Rusted Mecha

09/12/2024

John Wick franchise spin-off “Ballerina” extended film footage shown at CCXP Brazil. In theaters on June 6:

09/12/2024

New 52 DC Comics Flashback! Writers Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV and artist Jason Fabok craft perhaps the definitive origin story of Batman villain Mister Freeze: 🥶 ⬇️ https://rustedmecha.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-batman-annual-1-torment-of-mr.html

For years the quintessential origin of Mr. Freeze came from the 1992 Batman - The Animated Series episode "Heart of Ice". Incidentally it...

08/12/2024

Japan’s Roki Sasaki is expected to be posted during Major League Baseball’s winter meetings next week. Top teams rumored to sign the phenom include the Dodgers, Yankees and Padres. Via Jeff Passan

02/12/2024

While director Tim Burton believes a collaboration with actor Johnny Depp seems likely again, Burton shot down any talks of sequels to films like “Edward Scissorhands”. Burton stated “certain things are best left on their own”. Via Variety

30/11/2024

From Dick Grayson aka to Carrie Kelly to young Damian Wayne, who is the best, bestest sidekick ever? 🦇 We decided: https://rustedmecha.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-best-robin-ever.html

With all the hubbub over the recent events in Batman, Incorporated , the topic of 'Best Robin' has been thrown around lately in comic...

28/11/2024

🗾🧳 The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has recently announced a record-shattering amount of international visitors in October 2024, with 3,312,000 arrivals. 🇯🇵 That number of visitors in October 2024 represents a 32.7% increase compared to the same month in 2019. Via Travel Weekly Asia

28/11/2024

Absolute Wonder Woman concept artwork by Hayden Sherman. From the Absolute Wonder Woman series, written by Kelly Thompson and art by Hayden Sherman. 🗡️ Published monthly by DC Comics.

28/11/2024

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍽

28/11/2024

A dire fate is possible for automaker Nissan as the company could be dissolved with 14 months. According to executives quoted in the Financial Times, the company is reportedly looking for a new long-term investor, such as a bank or insurance group, to replace some of Renault's equity holdings. Nissan isn’t ruling out a majority stake by rival company Honda. Via Motor1

28/11/2024

How many? 🎮 SONY has updated sales figures for the PlayStation 2 console, announcing that 160 million units have been sold worldwide over its lifetime. The most ever by a gaming console. The PS2 debuted way back in 2000 in Japan and then other regions.

27/11/2024

In 2024, everyone’s favorite blind superhero Daredevil, celebrated the 60th anniversary of his first appearance. 😈📆 In February 2025, Marvel Comics reprints Daredevil issue one, first published in 1964, in an original format (complete with original ads!) facsimile edition.

27/11/2024

Deathstroke has a bitter feud with Nightwing and the Teen Titans. [SPOILERS] Discover the tragic reason for his hatred of the team: https://rustedmecha.blogspot.com/2013/04/deathstroke-history-of-violence.html

Having humble beginnings as a simple super-villain for the Teen Titans, Deathstroke the Terminator has come a long way from his comics q...

25/11/2024

SONY is in early of stages of developing a standalone handheld console, capable of playing PlayStation 5 games, according to Bloomberg. This would follow up on its existing PlayStation Portal device, which was intended to be similar to Valve’s Steam Deck.
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23/11/2024

Did you know? Daredevil: Born Again is an actual storyline from the character's comics series. [SPOILERS in link below] Someone really, really close to Matt Murdock practically shatters his world:

https://rustedmecha.blogspot.com/2014/07/daredevil-netflix-series-karen-page.html

Deborah Ann Woll plays Karen Page in Netflix's Daredevil series and we finally saw Matt and Karen's relationship take it to the next ...

20/11/2024

Unable to attend the awards ceremony due to health reasons, Studio Ghibli director Yoda Kenichi accepted the Ramon Magsaysay Award on behalf of acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki. During the event recently held in Manila, Philippines, Kenichi read a moving speech from Miyazaki, about Japan’s past wartime atrocities. Via Nippon TV News

20/11/2024

PlayStation Plus Premium members in select countries, are in for a treat with today’s latest PlayStation Portal update: Cloud Streaming beta for select PS5 games. Over 120 titles are available!

18/11/2024

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of John Constantine’s first comics appearance, DC Comics is reprinting Swamp Thing issue number 37 (originally published in 1985) in February 2025. Look for Mondo and Super Powers variants in addition to other reprint covers as well. Keanu Reeves portrayed the character on the big screen in 2005’s “Constantine”, while Matt Ryan starred in a one season series on NBC. A sequel to the movie is in early development.

18/11/2024

Venom: The Last Dance just crossed past the $425 million mark at the global box office this past weekend, despite being knocked out of its number 1 position by Amazon’s Red One movie. The Venom movie franchise has earned $1.8 billion worldwide so far. 🕸️🕷️