They put the "ASS" in Fantastic Four

I recently got a used copy of the Fantastic Four on DVD from a guy on ebay. At only 10.50, I figured it was a good deal. I missed seeing these episodes on t.v. and was looking forward to all the battles involving Marvel's First Family and their gallery of rogues (to include the world-devourer, Galactus!)

Sadly, this show got the cancellation it truly deserved. It's fun for kids (my two oldest were glued to the screen for about 5 straight episodes, but no one over 8 or 9 can really take it seriously. Yes, it's a cartoon based on a comic book, but I was hoping it wouldn't be so, well, cartoony. The art is choppy and the ever-lovin'-blue-eyed Thing looks like something that just needs to be flushed down the toilet. And it really bothered me that Galactus had the Silver Surfer, Firelord and Terrax as his heralds simultaneously. Oh, and the Silver Surfer, cosmic being that he is, should have been just overflowing with the Power Cosmic, let's himself get bitch-slapped off the roof of the Baxter Building by the Thing with his own damn board! He turned out to be quite the pussy in this show.

I haven't watched all the episodes yet, or watched many of the special features (it's always kinda' cool to see interviews with Stan "The Man" Lee, though) but on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd have to rate this sad sack of a cartoon collection a mere 3.5.

Radioactive Blood

Last week's Marvel RPG session went, as White Goodman would say: "swimmingly." We actually managed to keep the meta-game small talk to a minimum and got through 2 chapters!! There's no stopping us now!

Our heroes are still patrolling the streets of Chinatown, trying to prevent as many casualties as possible in the ongoing gang war.
The gangs, known as the Faces of Fear and the Dragonlords are battling for supremacy of Chinatown and have each employed various super-villains as extra muscle. Fortunately, our heroes, the H.A.R.D. Corps, Manticore (a helicopter pilot for The Vault), and Spider-man, have proven successful at stopping them, almost at every turn.



This photo by Peter Parker (as it was published in Monday's issue of the Daily Bugle) shows that one of the baddies employed by the Faces of Fear is none other than The Beetle.
The Hi-Tech criminal was shut down by the form-altering Alchemy when the H.A.R.D. Corps member blasted his armor into mere fragments.

Kevlar, the group's gravity manipulating and gun-toting spokesman for the group did his best to subdue the mysterious blade-coated Whisper with his rotting touch (most of Whisper's face was burned off, but his fast regeneration healed that up) but the super-villain eventually escaped into the sewer system.

Unfortunately, we'll be postponing this week's adventure until next Friday since two of our players are out battling real-world illness.

Excelsior!

Enter the Dragon

Ah yes, another chapter of the Gang Wars Trilogy under our belts (at the rate of 1 chapter a night, it will take us two more years to finish this campaign.)

Last week's adventure found our heroes facing off against the teleporting Japanese warrior, The Silver Samurai, but he made his escape from us all too quickly.











Last night's episode brought our valiant heroes to a theatre in Chinatown where a deadly battle was being waged between the Faces of Fear and the Golden Lords gangs. We stepped in and laid the smack down, managing to aprehend Constrictor and almost all of the gang members. None of these guys went down without a fight and it took us the better part of 4 hours to wrap up the chapter.

Stay tuned faithful listeners for a recap of next week's exciting battle!

Down These Mean Streets...

New York City's Chinatown.
Ordinary tourist attraction and way of life by day, but a playground to the Oriental underworld by night.
These are the streets our heroes must patrol and protect from the deadly Si Fan assassins and the Dragon Lords.
Will they be able to save the day (or in this case, night) in time?
The adventures of Spider-Man, Kevlar, Alchemy, Facade, BlackLight and newcomer Manticore will continue at Ryan's house this Friday night at 7 p.m.
Bring your stats and snacks (I don't want you mooching off of me!)

It's Hammer Time!

Excelsior! It's time we got back to our geek roots and played some Marvel Super Heroes Role Playing Game!
Our current campaign finds us smack dab in the middle of a giant gang turf-war on the streets of New York City as found in Book 2 of the Gang War Trilogy: Night Moves!
Game time will commence promptly at 1900 hours at Neal's house.
Those of us who are planning to attend are:
Beau (who's in charge of Judging this book)
Neal
Me
Matt
Victor
Nate
Everyone else in our group who aren't coming are slackers.
Bring your 2d10s and a desire to smack up some gangsta' bitches!