Secret Wars in Marvel Future Fight

Netmarble Games' Marvel Future Fight brings "Secret Wars" in the new update of one of the anticipated games in smartphones. With the said update some players are quite happy and some are not.

They added 3 new playable characters that came from secret wars series " A-Force". Nico Minoru/ Sister Grimm, She-Hulk and Singularity. They also added new uniforms from different Secret Wars series like Symbiote Spider-man, 1602 Angela, 1872 Bullseye, Maestro, Hala Field uniform of Captain Marvel, Groot from Thors, Marvel Zombies Venom. Some of the uniforms are not yet available in the shop yet you can have a preview of the alternate costumes of kingpin, captain america, iron man and black widow.

Battleworld

In order to feel the secret wars in the game they also included "Battleworld" in which you will select 5 heroes and fight with other players. You can get biometrics if you manage to be part of the rankings. The requirements to participate in the battleworld changes every 2 days I think? They also included comic book covers to collect via dimension rift and gain rewards.

TBH the update is not quite good for me despite the added features. One reason some players don't like it because of the changes in the villain siege specifically in the chaos and honor token shops wherein only hulk and captain marvel are the heroes you can buy for 500 tokens with 3 biometrics. Then the other heroes are now in the chaos or honor chest. It is now more cheaper but you randomly get 1-3 biometrics for 165. Maybe I was just satisfied with the previous update (Antman update) that's why it didn't meet my expectations but I'm still playing the game and hope we could get a much cooler update once Captain America: Civil War hit the theaters.

The Minds behind Inside Out

Have you ever imagined what’s happening inside your mind? Well let’s not talk about the emotions and tackle what’s in the inside of the one of the most anticipated animated movies of the year, Inside out. The press conference was held at Makati Shangri-La Hotel and hosted by Issa Litton. The program started with a short introduction from Amit Malhotra, General Manager, Studio Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, and Southeast Asia. He said that he wants to bring the Disney/ Pixar fans closer to the movies by doing such events in order for them to get a once in a lifetime experience to meet the creative minds behind Inside Out. Director Pete Docter together with his Pinoy Co-director Ronnie Del Carmen entered the scene with a short flashy dance moves that made us laugh. They had a short talk regarding their trip and they said for the past 12 hours all they did was eating. This is also a homecoming for Del Carmen who’s been away in the Philippines for almost 30 years. Then the program continued with questions from various networks and bloggers. 

The concept of the movie came from Pete as he wonder his own daughter, Ellie, who goes to a lot of changes as she faces life. The movie took for almost 5 years to finish and Docter’s daughter is 16 now, admitted that she likes the movie. They even called the experts like psychologists for them to understand what emotions are. It was said that they had to narrow down the emotions from 27 up to 5, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger that is present in the movie. It wasn’t hard for them to direct the movie because of the team who gave their best to finish the work. Del Carmen also said that there are many pinoys who also works at pixar “Pixnoy” as he called it. He gave an inspiring message for the Filipino artists to go beyond their limits, finish what they started, share what you do and ask for feedbacks which will help you develop into much better person. 

The last question we heard is about the theory that all Pixar characters co-exist in one universe which is also the question I would like to ask them and their answer was, “No”. They don’t believe that characters co-exist in one universe although they have some easter eggs present in all movies but the theory of co-existing was never a part of their intentions when making a movie. But who knows we might see it if Pixar wants it. Docter and Del Carmen are also present in the invite only red carpet premiere, August 7 at IMAX SM Aura in Taguig. It is the only time that the movie will be shown in IMAX here in the Philippines. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend the red carpet due to work but I’m happy enough to see the creative masterminds of the movie. Inside Out will hit the theatres on August 19. 

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I would like to see the DC Universe’s emotional spectrum in this movie. JK

ONELASTTIME

Few hours ago, Hugh Jackman posted it on his facebook page telling his fans that this is his last time putting his claws. We all know that he play Wolverine from various X-Men movies and even having his own solo movie. Many fans are disappointed of the news since most of us don't like reboot nonetheless you are not good in portraying your character. As a long time Wolverine fan, I can't figure out who can be the next Wolverine because in my point of view he's the right Wolverine despite the height differences in the comics. And for #OneLastTime I would like to see him play the Wolverine in berserker mode especially there are speculations that the last movie is all about "Old Man Logan".

To anyone who read this what do you want to see in the last Wolverine movie? #ONELASTTIME

Think Big!

The smallest hero to conclude the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2

It’s very unexpected for a not well known hero to have a blockbuster movie even having the thought of having his own movie is really surprising. Ant-man for consecutive weekends is at number 1 and topping “Pixels”. Marvel studios has now made $226.5 million globally and more than $106 million in the United States.

To give you a short background, there are different people who wore the Ant-man suit in Marvel Comics but the most popular from them is Dr. Hank Pym. He is a scientist who discovers the Pym particles (the size manipulating particles). One thing that most comic book readers cannot forget about Hank is beating his wife Janet Van Dyne. He is also a founding member of the Avengers but in the movie, he is an old scientist and considered as an urban legend because of his Ant-man missions while working for shield. Then the second Ant-man is Scott Lang, which is the protagonist in the movie. He is a thief who wants a shot for his redemption in order to give something good for his daughter, Cassie Lang (In the comics, Cassie became a part of Young Avengers and known as Stature).

HENSHIN!

The story is very simple and it tends to target audience that doesn’t have any idea about Ant-man. It’s about Scott Lang helping Dr. Pym to prevent the Ant-man shrinking technology to be replicated by Darren Cross because the technology might go in the wrong hands. The movie is fun to watch because of Michael Peña and his buddies’ crackling jokes that made us laugh all throughout. The difference of the movie from the comics is that Darren Cross, not by Hank Pym, portrays Yellow jacket and he is the villain in the story. I really like the appearance of the Yellowjacket costume especially the two stingers and the helmet that makes me think he could be a great kamen rider, Henshin Hahaha!

Concept Art for Wasp

Easter eggs are also present in the movie. Most notable part is how Anna Akana describes Spider-man in the last part of the movie, "We have a guy who can jump. A guy who can swing. A guy who can crawl up walls." This really implies that it is Spider-man. Also the OsCorp logo at the brief case in the presentation of Yellowjacket tho I'm not sure if it's really an OsCorp logo. The credit scenes tell us many things, first one is Hope Van Dyne as the Wasp. Hank Pym shows to his daughter the prototype wasp he and his wife working on and it's about damn time. The last credit scene shows that Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson found a badly beaten Bucky. It maybe vague for now but in my opinion Steve and Tony already have a faction and finding Bucky/ Winter Soldier should remain secret or might as well Stark will capture him. Enter Ant-man which could play a big role in keeping it a secret either by making them small as they stay hidden or as they accompany Bucky in a safe place. Lots of stuff could happen since in MCU they don't really follow the story in the comics.


Therefore, if you haven't watch Ant-man go give it a try and you may see things differently.