Avenging Ultimates

A new comic book movie is out this week. And some people have already had some questions for me. Being the comic book nerd friend, this is normal when a comic book expands beyond it's standard format. Ultimate Avengers is based on The Ultimates, which is essentially an updated version of the Avengers. Ergo, the movie name which combines the two. Basically, the American government puts together a team of super-heroes. The comic book plays with the idea that maybe it's not the best thing in the world for George W. to have access to weapons of super destruction. It'll be interesting if this gets raised in a streamlined story that barely runs over an hour. The PG-13 rating makes it seem like some of the edgier content may stay in the animated version. The movie stars Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and the Incredible Hulk so it should have someone you've heard of before in it. Also, the head of the elite spy organization is based on Samuel L. Jackson so that might some entertainment value.

Another question actually regards the format that the movie is being released on: UMD. I found that UMD stands for Universal Media Disc according to an evolution of the DVD article. Best guess? Sounds like the Playstation Portable discs, just by a different name. Apparently, the days of movies on PSPs discs might be numbered. So, enjoy your UMDs while you can, if you even knew what they were.

Hope these helped.

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