This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast the guys discuss Netflix family plans, mind controlled phones, tech based eating utensils, truly magically underwear, yanking, McDonalds food for sex, the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot, Hayley Atwell interested in Tomb Raider reboot, a conversation about Tom Cruise’s Oblivion, and much more. Stay tuned!
Occasionally, one comes across a movie that is so miscast that ceases being a film, instead becoming a cautionary tale. The 2004 Fantastic Four movie, today’s Recast, is such a movie. Nearly every role in Fantastic Four should have gone to a different actor or actress. I’ve seen documentaries with better casting. Knowing that, I figured that we could do better here.
This week on The Nerdpocalypse podcast the guys hit the ground running with a talk about 3D printing your most prized possession, turning urine into stem cells, a new Megaman game, the Spike video game awards, new game trailers, a mother-daughter team that will surprise you, the death burger, reviews of some new Marvel NOW comics, Fantastic Four reboot gets a release date, Clerks 3, Skyfall in the U.K., and trailers.
With the massive success of The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Dark Knight Rises comic book movies are the hottest thing in Hollywood right now. For this reason movie studios are very likely to put more effort into the genre films now that they see the massive potential.
Sadly we are on vacation for the next two weeks (whomp whomp!) and we couldn’t just leave you guys with nothing to listen to. So we did the only thing we could think of: Do our own DVD commentary of a terrible summer blockbuster in the comic book movie genre! We present to you, The Fantastic Four (oh boy)! A movie that had potential but was just unbelievably awful. Cheesy dialogue, bad casting, bad effects, and the worst version of Dr. Doom to date! So grab some popcorn, hit the couch and pop in your copy of The Fantastic Four and watch along with us, you’ll be glad you did! We will be doing more of these in the future depending on whether you guys dig it or not. So please let us know!
Director of Chronicle, Josh Trank, is still attached to two comic book movie projects. Fantastic Four and a solo Venom movie are still under his wing, however before either of those gets off the ground, Trank will be taking on some big villains in Sony’s video game adaptation, Shadow of the Colossus. Released in 2005, Shadow of the Colossus was highly acclaimed and immediately gathered a cult following. The game centers around a boy who makes a deal with the devil in order to bring his lover back to life. In order to do this the devil asks him to slay 16 colossi.
The guys talk whether the Kindle was a success, Adam Sessler’s exit from G4, Your ex the dentist, and the death of a star wars legend. The winner of the slogan contest is announced!
Tom Rothman, Fox CEO, has been in the news a lot lately. From Cinema Con he has made some statements about a New Mutants movie and as of late he has something to say about some other Marvel properties. With Fox owning movie rights to Daredevil and Fantastic Four, it looks like both properties are making further progress on their upcoming reboots. So check out the rather spastic conversation about who might come on to develop Fantastic Four. What do you think about his choice?
The guys introduce a new segment, Checked in/Checked out. Jay thinks 3D phones are next, Matthew loves Oddities, and Micah admits his love for alien chicks…sort of.
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The guys discuss the amazing trailer for The Avengers and other Marvel Cinematic Universe potential projects. Jay and Micah look at what makes a hero a hero in past comic book movies, and talk about going back and watching Spiderman 3!
Special review of Batman: Year One
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