Last week I took a look back at all that was in comics over the previous decade. This week, I thought I would look to the future (don’t worry, I wont be nearly so long winded this time). Today, I want to look at some of the things I am most excited to see show up in 2010. Unlike last week, I wont be limiting myself to just comics, anything and everything that seems neat to me is fair game.

NEMESIS: Mark Millar and Steve McNiven pair up again in 2010 to put out NEMESIS through Marvel’s Icon imprint. The story has been pitched as “What if Batman was the Joker?” which doesn’t quite make sense, but upon reading more, I like the tag line that Millar uses, “What if Batman was a total C*&t?” Anything this team does turns out to be awesome, so I am in.

Bioshock 2: The first game scared me. No really, I had to play with the lights on, on account of the creepiness. This year, the sequel comes out, with players getting to be a big daddy (that big honkin’ thing in the picture with a drill hand). Certainly I will be safe if I am a big daddy, right?

Iron Man 2: The first movie was great, and just going by the trailer, this one looks just as good. Two times as many Iron mans (iron men?), Mickey Rourke looking all crazy and Russian, and Scarlett Johannsson in leather as the Black Widow; yes this movie will rock.

Longbox Digital: Longbox has been touted for the last year or so as the thing that will revolutionize digital comic book viewing. Is this the year that comics on the computer become the norm?

American Vampire: Vampire stories are a dime a dozen these days, so why should I get all uppity about this Vertigo vampire book? STEPHEN KING! That’s right, the master of the horror novel is actually creating original comic book work. Sign me up!

Marvelman: Whether it’s just reprints of the impossible to find TPBs or (gasp) new work on the character, I can’t wait to see what Marvel does now that they have the rights to Marvelman. Oh, and if Neil Gaiman or Alan Moore want to come back to write the character, that’d be alright too.

Mass Effect 2: When Mass Effect came out a few years ago, I was blown away by the RPG. I was given a whole Universe full of different alien races to interact with, and a choose-you-own-adventure style plot, it was awesome. So, will the boys at BioWare be able to top their initial 2007 offering? I don’t know, but I’ll be the first in line to find out.

Tron Legacy: The original Tron came out the same year I was born. Growing up, I always thought Disney’s black-light sci-fi extravaganza was a fun ride, and this year, we finally get a sequel! It looks like there will be a lot less black-light this time though.

Hitman Monkey: Yes. Yes. Yes.

Well folks, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

I am pleased to introduce my weekly section here at Semantink.com, “Cinegasm.”  I’m stoked that Ben invited me to help contribute to his already amazing blog and website.  Semantink Publishing has some awesome things in store this fall, so stay tuned!

So, I’m sure you are all wondering, “What the hell is/are ‘Cinegasms?’”  Cinegasm will be my weekly indulgence in the world of cinema and all things rad.  I love movies.  I’ve been watching awesome movies since I was a fetus.  My palette has a wide range, so don’t fret.  I’ll be covering new and upcoming films, old films, comic related films, films I think you should see before you die, and an occasional DVD review as well.  Over the years I have begun to notice the convergence of art.  Everything from graphic design and technology, to toy design and graffiti art.  To me, art is art.  Comics, movies, video games, etc. are all art to me.  Recently, comics and movies have become pretty good friends again.  I haven’t seen a surge of comic based movies like this since the 90’s, so attending Comic Con was as good as ever.  I grew up a child of the 80’s.  I’ve always loved science and computers (I’m the resident MacTard in my circle of friends) so Tron, to me, has always been one of the definitive Sci-Fi films of its time.  I know what you’re thinking, “You went to Comic Con? Did you see the Tron Guy?!?”

“Wanna toss my disc of Tron?”

Unfortunately, I did not have the pleasure of being blessed with the presence of Jay Maynard in tight spandex.  I actually can’t even say I got the opportunity to see the new trailer for Tron Legacy in 3D.  :(  Take a look at the classic Tron trailer to reboot your memories of the film:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Now bask in the glory of the logo for the new, Tron Legacy!

Sooo gloooowy…

Luckily, Disney has released the trailer online in glorious and crisp HD. Here’s a quick look at it if you don’t have the bandwith/computer to handle HD (If you do, I highly recommend the HD version.)
Tron Legacy Trailer

I took the liberty of making some desktop pics
out of the HD trailer for you to download:

(Click to the thumbnails to embiggen.)

Enjoy!

-“Ash”

P.S.  My favorite French Robot DJ’s, Daft Punk, are confirmed to be working on the Tron Legacy soundtrack!  Check out the first leaked track:
Daft Punk — Tron Legacy Theme

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