Not So Fresh Reviews: Much Ado About Nothing

"Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me."

My lady and I sought to make a very merry Sunday, and after a lambasting of our lifestyles during a very strange and historical tour of the Mount Vernon hotel. But by luck and grace we were rescued, by the mad revelry of the Bard seen though the eyes of the Nerd. Truly there is no remedy after being lambasted like a Shakespearean comedy.

As I have written in the past, this is a film I have been looking forward to for a while. Having gown up on Buffy, Angel, and everything subsequent to them, it is easiest to say I (like most other manner of geek) am a huge fan of Joss Whedon. I also happen to be one of those actor and theater types (Though I did miss the Tony Awards last night. If you did too watch NPH kill the opening) so I also have a love for The Bard.  After seeing Much Ado it is plain that Mr. Whedon also has a similar affliction.

The tale of the two ever quarrelsome Benedick and Beatrice is well known by some, and easily recognized by others. Both are also completely convinced that there is no such romantic equal to themselves, thus they enthusiastically embrace lives of bachelorhood and mock the trivialities of love. That is, until a small council of their friends and family decide to rob cupid of his job and make a match between the two. Then things get complicated.

Cool Beans Week 4/22

Well things got interesting at the Iron Man 3 red carpet when Yahoo! Movies interviewers ask a few fine questions of the nerd savior Joss Whedon. What we learn first is that the first Avengers 2 draft is done; Agent Coulson is in the S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot and him being alive will get explained; Tony Stark will be as "swaggerful" as ever; though most interestingly Avenger 2 will feature a brother/sister duo, which many as speculating are Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
(Holy crap holy crap holy crap!)


So this game called Dragon's Crown is being published for the US, and people are pretty upset with the character designs. Specifically those of the obtusely leggy Amazon and the prominent decolletage of the Sorceress. I would be surprised if not for two reasons, this is a ATLUS game and it is a Japaneses port.
(This is only one of the many strange things to come out of Japan's gaming market, DoA Volley Beach Ball anyone?)


History Rules, and raps about history Rule Even More! Epic Rap Battles of History is so worth your time.
(Check out the Tesla vs. Edison one too.)

Much Ado

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff, and if Whedon has anything to say about it,  Much Ado About Nothing, shall be made of very stern stuff indeed, at least I hope.  As the resident theater nerd at Loaded Dice, I am pretty pumped to see this classic in a new setting for Joss Whedon's film adaptation.  I have probably seen two drastically different period takes on Much Ado in the the past; one as Victorian, which was an uninspired snoozeville, and the other set in WW2 era Europe that could have been really great if the direction choice and setting had been more solidified, but I digress.  It will be loads of fun to see the King of The Nerds: Joss Whedon, do something completely different, albeit with a cast of wonderful and familiar faces; Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, and Clarck Gregg.  From the look of the trailer, Mr. Whedon is clearly fond of playing with Shakespearean works, as most of us in the venn-diagram of geeks and theater beasts usually do. Give the trailer a view, cause you might just like, even if it doesn't have a giant super powered battle sequence over Manhattan.

 


Perhaps Avengers 2 will be a mediation on Tony Stark as Macbeth, betraying back stabbing SOB (try and clean out those damn spots  Pepper Potts, you know nothing gets gamma radiation blood out).
So what other MARVEL and Shakespeare characters can we match. Deadpool as Mercutio (minus the dying part, since he can't)