This week on The Nerdpocalypse podcast the guys discuss Google Loon, flasks that you can take to the office, not so flying bikes, Superman/Wonder Woman comic announced today, a mac and cheese fight between brothers, Steven Spielberg on the future of the movie industry, and of course and in depth look at Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel.
Comic book movies have had such a successful run over the last number of years. The sub genre has become mainstream and is beginning to feel like a genre all its own. In 1978, Richard Donner’s Superman was unprecedented, but since then we have seen three direct sequels and a fourth unsuccessful pseudo followup in 2006. Superman is by far the most well known comic book character around the world. Even people who have never read a comic know his basic origin story. Being such a known character has made his onscreen adaptations difficult to tackle. Director Zack Snyder attempts such a task with this year’s Man of Steel.
After the last Man of Steel trailer was released I think most people who were on the fence have jumped officially on the S train. However, WB/DC had one more card up their sleeve for us. Check out the last and final trailer before Man of Steel hits theaters next Friday in the U.S.
The biggest and the baddest superhero of them all will once again get a big screen debut this June. We have seen two teaser trailers for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel so far, but this full 3-minute trailer blows them both out of the water. Man of Steel tells the familiar origin story with some new twists and turns of famed comic book hero, Superman. Check out the latest trailer below:
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast the guys talk about Roger Ebert’s passing, gender neutral pronoun has been created, so called underwear of the future, dried breast milk jewelry available to buy on Etsy, Saga #12 comic book censorship, Man of Steel viral marketing campaign has begun, Wesley Snipes is out of jail and already has a role, and much more.
Looks like the disaster that was the potential script for WB’s upcoming Justice League movie might never see the light of day. Badass Digest is reporting from multiple sources inside WB that Will Beall’s script was seen as unsatisfactory.
When it was announced that Warner Bros. was planning on rebooting the Superman series I was hesitant. After seeing the lackluster sequel, Superman Returns, I felt that there was nobody who could do Superman proper justice, just rehashes of the same Donner films. Could The Man of Steel really be relevant in this world where things aren’t so black and white? He is the ultimate boy scout, and nowadays people want to see a vulnerable hero. How do you make someone who is basically a god vulnerable?
This week Jay, Micah, Matthew AND Terrence talk gender kid toys, PS4 rumors, voice stereotypes, and of course racist Hunger Games tweets.