Entertainment Earth

10/21/2016

NYCC 2016- Sat- My 1st Ever Con Cosplay: The Punisher, Part 1

  1:13 PM            No comments
This is a little different from my usual convention reporting, as it has me being the main focus of it, of sorts. On Saturday, the third and biggest day of NYCC, I did my first ever cosplay at a convention. While, I had worn store bought costumes or masks at Oct Chillers, I had never walked around in cosplay, during the day at a convention, before this. While I didn't make any of it, I did scour the internet looking for all the pieces. The original reason being a friend was having a Marvel wedding where one had to choose a Marvel character to dress up as. Everyone had to be a different one, so naturally I did my favorite comic-book hero of all, Frank Castle, the Punisher!
At comic con, Negative Pop took a bunch of pics of me as Punisher. They began with the above and below pics of just me, and then moved on to pics of me with others. There is a shit ton of them, and I wanna share as many of them as I can. Here is the first part of them. I also conducted interviews with fellow cosplayers, but that video is still to come, just stay tuned!
Despite what this site may lead you to believe I am actually very shy, but being in cosplay made me feel great. I was flattered and surprised that people wanted to take pics of me or with me! I had so much fun, that despite being exhausted on this day, I enjoyed the hell out of it. The attention was flattering and getting to be my fav hero, a true badass, was quite the experience.

With his popularity at all time high, thanks to his amazing appearance on Daredevil's excellent second season, there was more Punisher cosplay than ever. I got a pic with two of them, at the show. There was even a Punisher Facebook group called Punisher: The Original Anti-Hero taking pics of all us Franks for their group page. All this Punisher love made me feel very happy!
 
Above is me with two of my favorite Punishers at NYCC 2016.
The first criminal scum that I encountered was NYC's crime boss, a long time foe of mine and other street based crime-fighters in New York: Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin! This guy looked AWESOME as the Kingpin. He really bought him to life. Later on Daredevil, based on an early look of him in the early part of the first season, lent me a hand. If there is anyone who knows Fisk, better than me, it is he!
The Silver Surfer is in the background, but he clearly has bigger things on his mind than street crime!
Daredevil and I don't see eye to eye (so to speak) on how to deal with crime, but when need be, we put our differences to rest for the greater good!
 I may only be human, but I'll still take on Loki. Though I gotta ask where the fuck are Avengers?!
 I did run into the Black Widow, but that was earlier in the day.
Later in the day, I ran into two beautiful Elektras! This is perfectly fine by me. Apparently, Jack Skellington is also fine with this. He just better hope Sally doesn't get jealous when she sees him checking these two lovely ladies out!

I did run into Spider-Man at the convention. He and I never agree with my methods, but oddly enough we have worked together countless of times. Shit, the first costumed hero I ever encountered was he (The Amazing Spider-Man #129 [cover-dated Feb. 1974]), when that scumbag the Jackal tricked me into thinking old Web-Head was a criminal. Anyways, on this day we protected NYCC from the scum of New York!  
In all seriousness, this incredible Spidey was my good friend Nelson D. Martinez. I am gonna say this right here. He is one of the best Spider-Men I have ever seen, if not the best. And, no I am not biased. I mean it. Come on, look how awesome he looks in the costume and how good he poses. Joining us was Ariel as a Venomizied Spider-Gwen!

Later in the day, I encountered some A.I.M. troopers. I had to deal with them. And, had I seen that freak, and their leader, M.O.D.O.K. I would've dealt with him, too!
 
Time to fight crime with the help of Deadpool and Wolverine clones, Daredevil, and the mighty Photobomb Dude!

The greatest crime fighting trio in Marvel history that never was! The lovely Shadowcat, Lockheed, and, me, the Punisher (below)! Yo, Marvel how's about making this a miniseries! In all seriousness, it would be a really fun title with two characters working together that couldn't be more different.

The beautiful Elsa from Frozen has turned to the Dark Side and become a Sith Lord! I'll have to put an end to her! Once again, this is one of the most awesome cosplays by one of the most awesome cosplayers at comic con!

Sorry, Batman, but when the Punisher enters Gotham City (through some weird dimensional portal), he gets all the lovely ladies of Gotham City. Maybe they're criminals, but let's ignore that for a moment! This was actually the last shot of me of the day, but it's a perfect way to end this part of this write-up, wouldn't you say? As these three ladies are absolutely stunning! Stay tuned for more punishing cosplay moments!
 All photography by Negative Pop.

 My Previous NYCC 2016 Posts
NYCC 2016- Fri, Part 2: Cosplayers Galore!

10/19/2016

NYCC 2016- Fri, Part 2: Cosplayers Galore!

  3:17 PM            No comments
We have a lot more of the best cosplay from Fri at New York Comic Con to look at, so let's get to it!
 I am a HUGE fan of the Universal Classic Monsters, especially the Bride. So, naturally, I would love this!
 I am the law!
Perhaps the coolest cosplay at the entire show was this one inspired by sci-fi/ horror/ found footage/ World War II flick Frankenstein's Army. The movie is about an Nazi doctor who makes super zombie Nazi creatures. I talked the lady who did this amazing work. It turns out she was the movie was on SyFy, and though that she can do that (meaning the make-up)! And, so she did. Her daughter is under all of that, by the way.


 
One of the things I mentioned that to my friend, was the lack of Rey from The Force Awakens cosplay. As if the cosplay gods answered my pleas I saw the first and best Rey cosplay of the entire show! And, it came in the form of the lovely KatieBug Princess. And, she was just at the moment joined by an awesome Finn, who didn't come with her! As if to further prove how awesome this was a fun take on Kylo Ren joined in, too!
 This monster's eye moved around!! How awesome is that?!!
See, this wins a million points for the fact that it is inspired by the AWESOME Stranger Things, is thoroughly original, yet simple, she looks like Winona Ryder, and the fact that I saw no else do a cosplay of this amazing horror/ sci-fi show.
Baxter Stockman from Teenage Mutant Ninja Tutrles cosplay!!! Awesome!!!
Victoria Secrets Angel cosplay! She is certainly as beautiful, if not more beautiful than an actual Victoria Secrets Angel.
Like the earlier thing that I said about Rey, I was disappointed in the lack of Enchantress from Suicide Squad cosplay. Low and behold this lovely lady and her friend popped-up!
 These beauties were at the DC booth, everyday.
 
 
 
This gorgeous stunner above did an amazing job with her Raven cosplay. She looked breathtaking! 
 
 
 
 No doubt about it. The above Kara Danvers was one of my favorite cosplays of the entire show. I think she really looked the part and was naturally drop-dead gorgeous. She also really knew how to pose for the camera, in character, might I add.
The best Enchantress and perhaps my absolute favorite comic-book cosplay was from this breathtaking beauty.
And, to end it all, I leave you with this image of a scary, evil clown (which are currently all over the news in the real world!) terrifying me, the Master!

 My Previous NYCC 2016 Posts

10/18/2016

SHIN GODZILLA (Review)

  1:24 PM            1 comment
Title: Shin Godzilla 
Director: Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi 
Writer: Hideaki Anno
Cast: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ohsugi, Akira Emoto
Year: 2016
Min: 120

An underwater menace in Japan is discovered. At first authorities scoff, at the idea that's a lifeform, but they soon realize that it is. As it reaches land, it grows and mutates into an even larger monster. America gets involved, even sending their beautiful liaison Kayoko (the gorgeous Satomi Ishihara). It gets its American and Japanese name, Godzilla and Gojira (meaning god incarnate), respectively. The Japanese military strikes do nothing to stop Gojira. In fact, it reveal it's powers. The Americans are ready to implement a nuclear attack to kill it. Can the Japanese find an effective way to stop the King of Monsters before they get nuked?
Shin Godzilla (AKA Shin Gojira AKA Godzilla Resurgence) is the 31st (29th as far as Toho goes) Big-G movie and a reboot of the series. Unlike earlier entries, some of which acknowledged the first film, this one acts as if this is the first Godzilla is attacking and appearing. Which is fine by me as continuity is mostly non-existent in this franchise anyways. Japan hasn't given us a Godzilla movie since the awesome Godzilla: Final Wars, and with the US giving their own Godzilla flick in 2014, it seemed long overdue. 
It's a solid film, but one that definitely has it's faults. One of the major problems are the characters. There are a lot of them, but none are really developed save for Kayoko. And, even she is not much more than pretty American/ Japanese ambassador who is dedicated to her position but wants to help Japan. There is a lot of talking and introduction of these characters, and most of it is done via subtitles. These are on top of subtitles telling us where we are and the actual subtitles telling us what they are saying! It's a bit overwhelming, more so when they are on top of Japanese subtitles! This means we have like 3-5 subtitles on screen! Of course, this should not deter you from seeing it dubbed, as Godzilla movies are always dubbed awfully, in the US.
That being said the acting is good, but I just didn't care about anyone. There is a lot of talking by the characters. Now, on one hand this adds a welcome sense of real world feel to the proceedings. But, it really hurts the third act, as the movie just stops to have more talking and exposition. Perhaps some editing was in need, or at least that is how I feel.
The FX are all CGI. Some of it is not that good, especially the first version of Godzilla, which looks rather silly with googly eyes. But, a lot of the CGI is good. Especially the actual full grown Godzilla, which is amazing! Whenever he is onscreen and attacking, the movie is rocks. The destruction scenes are utterly devastating. In fact, he has not been this terrifying in ages. Godzilla is utterly menacing, as the movie has a closer horror movie feel than the series has had in a long time, with some truly chilling shot of him. The final shot in the film is one the best in the entire series. Be warned, thogh, there is not a lot of Godzilla in the movie. This ain't a tease fest like the 2014 US flick, but Big-G sleeps a lot. This is alternated with a lot of the Japanese government talking about what to do about him. But, hey when he is onscreen, it fucking rules.
Shin Godzilla maybe hurt by its flat characters and uneven pace, but it is definitely worth seeing for Godzilla fans. The adding of a real world feel adds to the upped horror factor. And, there are enough surprises in the movie to make up for the lack of other monsters. Let's hope this is the beginning of a new batch of Godzilla flicks from Toho. In the meantime, if you love monster movies, in particular Godzilla movies, you gotta see this one.

     
3 out of 4
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)