I've been more active with this blog lately. I'm not entirely sure what's led to this, but I'd like to assure anyone who's out there reading this (if anyone actually does read this...) that I don't plan on stopping anytime soon either.
A few odds and ends: Since
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hit the big screen, I noticed my
little Mainframe video received several hundred more views than it had in a very short time. Obviously, this is due to a SPOILER-ific cameo by a certain singing celebrity who voices the Guardians of the Galaxy-related character coincidentally also named
Mainframe. For the record, the two characters are not related. That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the film for it's wonderful character depth and character exploration. Seriously, go check it out!
I've considered doing more 'Evolution'-style
MC2 videos, but presently I feel there is limited material to draw from. What little material I have been able to track down to use in future videos also comes with the extra complication of having unidentified or unverified voice actors. This applies to
Stinger's recent appearance in the
Marvel Avengers Academy mobile game and various symbiote-related characters featuring currently in the
Spider-Man Unlimited mobile game. Sadly
TinyCo's Avengers game has listed credits and
Gameloft's Unlimited has not updated it's in-game credits in sometime. Hopefully, this will improve in the near future.
Speaking of hope....I am conflicted about whether to address
Hope Pym in other media.
Hope Van Dyne bares very little resemblance to her comic counterpart in the
Ant-Man film. In addition, it is the film version who is featured in other media, such as the
Lego Marvel's Avengers video game, making them an adaption of an adaption. I highly doubt this version of
Hope will turn to villainy, despite my early speculation when the character was announced for the
Ant-Man movie. Then again,
Tom Defalco and
Ron Frenz are given a mention in the films credits. Perhaps I should consider the film version etc when creating a future
MC2 video? I am befuddled.
I have a similar conflict with adaptions of
Cassie Lang as a character. Until recently, '
Stinger' was the superhero identity of the
MC2 character, almost exclusively. Cassie's alias in the main Marvel Universe was
Stature but recent developments in the
Ant-Man comics have led to her adopting the Stinger nomenclature and costume. Not only is
Cassie a character who originates in the regular Marvel Universe, she's quite different. With
MC2-related concepts feeding back into the main
Marvel Universe, it's muddied the waters when determining which version of the character is being adapted. The obvious exception is the
Ant-Man movie's adaptation of
Cassie, who is too young to suit up as a hero just yet.
Until I resolve my trivial problems, I remain
frogoat
