- Monday, March 8, 2010, 13:34
- commentary, movies, television, videos
If you stayed up late last night after the Oscars and kept the channel tuned to ABC, you saw Robert Downey Jr on Jimmy Kimmel Live, premiering the brand new Iron Man 2 trailer! (insert giddy geeky glee here)
It gave us more of Whiplash, more of War Machine, more of Black Widow, more ...
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- Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 21:08
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*SPOILER FREE*
I was more than pleasantly surprised when I finally got a chance to check out the new Planet Hulk DVD from Marvel Animation and Lionsgate. Based on the hugely popular story arc written by Greg Pak, Planet Hulk deftly distills the epic into 81 minutes of gloriously gladiatorial goodness. ...
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- Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 9:05
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I fell in love with Kitty Pryde back in the 80s when she and I were both teenagers and just young and dumb enough to think it might work between us if not for the fact that she was completely fictional. It didn't stop me from writing alternate reality stories about my relationship with ...
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- Monday, December 21, 2009, 9:00
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Still looking for gifts for the geek in your life? Well, if they're a fan of Marvel comics and animated films, you can't go wrong with the 6 film DVD box set from Lionsgate. And while they're a bit more safe than I would like (meant for kids and Marvel fans who have ...
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If you can't tell from the pictures I took, the Long Beach Comic-Con was a rousing success, celebrating the world of comics and lots more (but mostly comics). There are those who complain that the San Diego Comic-Con, the big daddy of all conventions, has gone Hollywood in recent years, pushing aside ...
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- Friday, September 25, 2009, 11:50
- comic books, commentary, conventions
The
1st annual Long Beach Comic-Con is coming to the Long Beach Convention Center on October 2nd through the 4th. Big stars, movie screenings, video game demos, exclusive comics, and more are expected to draw crowds from throughout Southern California and beyond!
Meet living legend and Marvel Comics founder Stan Lee! ...
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- Friday, September 25, 2009, 0:36
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Titan Maximum. Surprisingly not a new brand of condoms made for geeks. Unfortunate, since it's literally and figuratively an untapped market.
Titan Maximum is actually the latest Adult Swim series from the minds behind Robot Chicken, Moral Orel, and the writers of various acclaimed Marvel and DC comics. Created by Tom ...
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- Sunday, May 17, 2009, 19:30
- comic books, movies
According to
Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily, Marvel has picked their god of thunder and it just happens to be Captain Kirk's daddy! Chris Hemsworth, most recently seen in the blockbuster Star Trek revamp from JJ Abrams playing James T Kirk's self-sacrificing father in the opening sequence of the film, has been tagged to ...
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- Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 18:59
- comic books, movies
Marvel.com has
the first image from the set of the now-filming Iron Man 2 (click here to go to the site and see the full-sized image). There's not much else to say about it. It's got Robert Downey Jr standing in front of what looks like translucent monitor thingies ...
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- Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 19:48
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According to
Variety, Marvel Entertainment and Samuel L Jackson have come to an agreement that will put Jackson in nearly all of the studio's upcoming films as Nick Fury, the role he was born to play. Well, more accurately, the modern version of the Marvel character's look was based on him and ...
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- Monday, December 15, 2008, 22:33
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If you didn't see it in front of The Day the Earth Stood Still, you can catch the
X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer on MySpace.com. It's a little more low-key than I expected it to be (could it be the influence of the more dour Dark Knight peeking through?), but it's got lots of ...
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- Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 0:55
- comic books
If you have been following Marvel's Secret Invasion series over the last year, then you've seen the final page of the 8 issue series. The Dark Reign has begun and
Marvel.com has released the official trailer for this event in stores today (12/10/08). Dark Reign is written by Brian Michael Bendis and ...
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- Friday, October 17, 2008, 19:10
- comic books, movies
Yeah, I know it's old news by now, but I had to say something. According to the
Hollywood Reporter tells us that Don Cheadle is set to replace Terence Howard as Tony Stark's right hand man, Jim Rhodes, in the sequel to the blockbuster Iron Man. Fans of the Golden Avenger know ...
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- Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 11:02
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The following press release was sent out by Marvel Comics to encourage us to be acceptant of the Skrulls.
To all of Earth, we are the alien race you know as Skrulls. We wish to offer a few words to you about recent events. You have so much potential. You have so much to offer. Your future can ...
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- Monday, September 15, 2008, 19:45
- comic books, video games
Hmmm... what could possibly this mean?
Marvel has posted this brand new picture of the Punisher on their video game blog, of all places. Could they be planning a new game in conjunction with the release of the third Punisher movie due in December? You think that development could have ...
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