The Initiative

First of all let me state that I am a geek. I am not a nerd. The difference between a geek and a nerd is as follows. Geeks are well versed in subjects not taught in state credited schools. These subjects may include Star Wars, Star Trek, comic books, video games, role playing card games, etc. A nerd on the other hand is someone who is smart in subjects taught in school like math and sh$t. I don't know math and sh#t. But ask me about the difference between Diaclone and Transformers and how Go-Bots is now a part of the Transformers Universe and I just might talk your ear off. Which leads me to one of my other hobbies in this beautiful experience that we call life: Comic Books.

I love comic books. I have been reading comics since 1981 and I will probably be reading comics until the day that I die. So it comes as no surprise as to why I am so damn "geeked" about "The Avenger Initiative."

What is "The Avenger Initiative" you ask? What hole have you been living under the past 48 hours? The Avenger Initiative is what we as comic book geeks dreamed of as little kids while reading "Secret Wars" and "Crisis On Infinite Earths" except this time it is not in a comic book (well actually, there is The Avengers Initiative in the post Civil War Marvel Universe but i am not talking about that). For the first time ever in live action form, we are finally going to see Superhero movies cross over with one another the same way comics have cross overs.

Now what exactly does that mean? Well, let me give you an example. imagine your watching the live action Transformers movie But instead of the Tyrese Gibson character and the U.S. Army, you get Roadblock and G.I. Joe. Or how about your watching the Spider-Man movies and then "wham!" some of the X-Men from the movie franchise show up to give Peter Parker some help. Things like this use to happen in the Comics and Cartoons all the time, but for it to happen in a live action? Straight up bananas!

So for those of us who are not living under a rock and went to go see Iron Man this weekend and actually stayed to read all the credits at the end of the movie (geeks have been doing this for years) I am sure you all saw exactly what I am talking about. It was the official confirmation we have all been waiting for ever since we first heard or read that Marvel planed on producing an Avengers movie in which multiple marvel movie franchises would start off as individuals and then come together for the Big Finale. That Big Finale being "The Avengers Movie" set to hit theaters in 2-3 years.

Now for those of you who have not seen Iron Man - GO SEE IT! Trust when I say you wont be disappointed. Stay until the credits role (like I said before, for Geeks this comes natural.)

But if your lazy or broke (Damn Gas Prices) and you just so happened to find a horrible Chinese bootleg Camcorder version of Iron Man off the Internet that cuts off right when the end credits begin then your missed a very very very very very crucial part of the movie. Not only Iron Man but other Marvel movies to come...

The following is that scene I was speaking of. I did not film it but someone did with what looks like a camera phone. How Ironic that Technology is being used during a Tony Stark movie.

SPOILER - DON'T WATCH IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE WHOLE MOVIE!





This right here will conclude my first post. I don't claim to be the best blogger in the world but this movie has gotten me so "geeked" that "I can't feel my face." I plan on tracking as much news as possible related to the upcoming movies that eventually lead to the Avengers flick so let's make the next 2 ( and 3 or 4 ) years a nice one.