Batman Trilogy

Most people know Batman from the cartoons, the comic book, or the most recent movies. But what most people dont know is that the Batman adaptation actually began in 1943. Shown in black and white the movie had two sequals made after it. Then another mvoie was made in 1966 which followed the comic book of the 1960s. 25 years later Tim Burton recreated the Batman movies in 1980s starting Michael Keaton in the lead role, and Jack Nicholson as "The Joker". While the movie was a bit cheesy, the flick made enough money to get sequels started and Burton returned with villains Catwoman and The Penguin for 1992's Batmans Returns. But then Warner Bros left us with Joel Schumacher and a replacement Batmen Val Kilmer (Batman Forever - 1995) and George Clooney (Batman & Robin - 1997).With a new direcrtor in place the movies were still too cheesy, and had too many villains mixed in. After an 8-year hiatus, Warner Bros rebooted the Batman films with 2005's Batman Begins. Directed by Christopher Nolan it became a more realistic and relatable Batman. Batman Begins follows the origin of Batman, how he became Batman and why he choose that path. Soon after Christopher Nolan release the Dark Knight staring Heath Ledger as the Jokern in 2008. Next Christopher Nolan released a third and final movie to the trilogy the Dark Knight Rises in 2012, with Bane as the new villian. Christopher Nolan is actually working on Man Of Steel which is going to work up to a Justice League movie, in Which Batman will be rebooted again. 

Avengers

Most people know Avengers from the movie released in 2012 by Marvel comic books and Walt Disney Pictures. What the general public doesnt relize was that Avengers was a comic book started by Marvel Comics which brought all the Marvel characters together. The comics issued its first comic book in 1963 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Since then they have made serveral cartoons of the Avengers, but none of them were as worldworld wide or sucessful as the 2012 movie, ranking as the third highest grosing film of all time. making an astonishing 1.5 billion only in the first week, and if you didnt catch it in theathers, it is to be realsed onto DVD September 25, 2012.

The story begins with Loki, a leader from a extraterrestrail race known as the Chitauri. Lokis mission is to collect the tesseract for his race and in return loki will get an army so he can take over Earth. Meanwhile there is a team of scientist working to try and figure out this tesseract, when all of a sudden it starts radiating a unknown source of energy. The tesseract suddenly opens a portal allowing Loki to reach Earth. When Loki arrives he destroys their research facility with powers not of this world. Seeing this catastrophy Nick Fury kick starts the avengers inative to join together and save Earth.

I would have to rate this movie one of the best comic book movies ever made.They did an awesome job putting all these characters into one and having it flow nicely. If you havn't seen it yet, I would argue that renting will be worth your while. I love all these comic book characters and am happy they made a movie with all of them in it. The Avengers 2 is set to be released in 2015 hopefully with the same luck as the first one.

Smallville

     Smallville started as a television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based off of the DC comic book character Superman. The television series premered October 16, 2001 ending its run after 10 seasons on May 13, 2011.Ending the season created so many unhappy fans, that they decided to create a comic book following the television show and picking up on season 11 where the tv show left off.

          The story begins with a meteor shower in the small town of Smallville, destroying half the town, the shower brought more than just rocks.A couple who got caught in the shower notice a young boy walking from the rubble. The couple ended up adopting the young boy and raising him as their own, unable to have children they seen this as a blessing from god. Little did they know this was much bigger than they could have imagined. As the young boy he posess super human strength and super human speed. Going through puberty he developes all of his other abilities, this show follows his journey through his changes. 

  I would reccomend this show and the comic book that follows, to anyone who is a superman fan. This show brings everything, suspense, romance, action, and a backround that other comic books and movies never showed.  

The Walking Dead

           The Walking Dead is a television series about a post apocalyptic world, based on the ongoing comic book, The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The comic book was first issued in 2003, which was picked up by AMC and released October, 2010. After the first season their ratings went through the roof, having the highest rated cable series premiere in 2010, and having the largest audience for an original series on AMC.

           The story begins with a police officer named Rick Grimes, who has just awakened from a coma, to find the world overrun by zombies or walkers as they call them. It continues to follow Rick as he searches for family and a peaceful exsistance worth living for. As easy as that sounds Rick is faced with many challenges not only with the relentless and infectious walkers, but its not just the dead that Rick has to worry about, the living can be just as deadly.

   If you like shows that keep you on the edge of your seat and keeps you guessing, than this is a show for you!!! If you have a weak stomach though I wouldnt recommend this to anyone, because it has some pretty gory sceens. I have been sucked in since the first season, and would rate this one of television best series. seasons 1 and 2 are out on dvd and season 3 continues on AMC October 14, 2012.