This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast the guys discuss eye scanners in schools, lasers that you can use for criminal activity, .50 cal sniper shooting insanity, Scott Snyder’s The Wake #1, the Sexxxtons are back and now even creepier, more surprising Guardians of the Galaxy casting, Expendables 3 casting/release date news, review of After Earth, Fast & Furious 6, and much more.
In the climax of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ masterpiece Watchmen, Nite Owl II and Rorschach confronted Ozymandias. It was a scene we’ve seen before. Heroes figure out what is going on and confront the villain. Aware of their approach, Ozymandias doesn’t only prove equal to the task but he easily dispatches of them. With his former teammates lying prone he reveals his master plan. What makes this scene so iconic is that it flips a common comic book trope on its head. He goes through his entire plan, but he differs from most villains in comics in that it was too late for his plan to be stopped. Remove that difference and we’re still left with a man who had to share his plan with those who tried to stop him. Why is it that super villains find the need to share this?
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast the guys discuss odd plastic surgery stats, braille smartphones, Jonathan Hickman’s East of West, Mark Millar’s Jupiter’s Legacy, 132lb scrotums, tripping on LSD, The Strain tv show on FX, Tyler Perry’s movie studio issues, what Marvel can do with Avengers 3, and more.
This week on The Nerdpocalypse podcast the guys discuss vaporizers for alcohol consumption, lonely noodle bowls, the Vine movie app, the death of the video game section, the naked pooper, German soldiers, Deadpool’s Monkey Business, Star Wars Ep. 7, Marvel Phase 3 plans, X-Men: Days of Future Past casting, Guardians of the Galaxy casting oddities, another villain for The Amazing Spider-Man sequel, and much more!
This week on The Nerdpocalypse podcast the guys talk 1st world problem solvers, the most anticipated games of 2013, dentists and their misadventures, the best WTF stories of 2012, Fantastic Four #2, the ‘reMind’ comic, The Amazing Spider-Man #700 controversy, best movie trilogies, and much more.
There is no doubt that the constant battle between the two titans of the comic industry, Marvel and D.C., greatly influences how we, the fans, read comics today. Nevertheless, with D.C. comics gaining large strides from its controversial, yet financially successful, New 52 there was no shock to hear Marvel would try and compete. Lately, Marvel has done one event a year to garner excitement across its vast comic universe. In the past we have seen House of M, Secret Invasion, Civil War, Fear Itself, and Dark Reign to name a few.
Ever wondered what it is that makes perfectly sound people transcend to violent criminals and psychopaths? What separates us from them?
‘One Bad Day’
The Joker, escapes from Arkham Asylum to experiment on Jim Gordon, to find out if its really true that “all it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man to lunacy.”
Comicbookmovie.com is reporting an interesting comment from Mark Waid, writer of the current comic book run of Daredevil. Waid was asked about the future of the character in the TV/movie medium. Here is what he had to say:
Carol Danvers, otherwise known as Ms. Marvel, has been kicking butt along side The Avengers and other major Marvel characters for 35 years. She is a great addition to Marvel lore and one badass female character who will hopefully make it to the big screen one day. Recently, Marvel decided that Carol would take up the mantle of Captain Marvel after the death of Captain Mar-Vell, a Kree alien who’s DNA merges with Danvers giving her superpowers. After reading Captain Marvel #1 I’m happy to say Carol is still there but she is so much more.
Normally, I like to wait for comic book story arcs to run their course before throwing up a review. Most times its damn near impossible to write a proper review of just one weekly comic; never enough meat on those bones. However, The Massive, was one I was really looking forward too and it really pulls you in rather quickly.