It starts as an interest, then you're a fan, now you're a geek.
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In the spirit of Superhero Sundays, we will be giving away a digital issue of DC Comics New 52 The Flash Issue #1! We're super excited about the upcoming Flash TV Series starring Grant Gustin as Barry Allen, and wanted to give fans the opportunity to somewhat familiarize themselves with Barry from the comics before the TV Show begins airing.
So, we've seen the X-Men and the Avengers on the big screen. We have every notion that we'll eventually see a Justice League in a feature film. Movie executives and Studios and directors get to choose which mutants and which members of our favorite teams we get to see but now Atomic Geekdom is letting you write the script. We want to know who you would choose to be in a future X-Men, Avengers, and Justice League film. We'll tell you our choices, go in depth on those choices on our next podcast (April 29th release, recording on Friday, April 25th) and we'll also read your choices as well.
I've been a big fan of the DCAU (DC Animated Universe) since day one. The Batman: Animated Series was the best after school cartoon I can remember (Aside from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and X-Men: The Animated Series). DC jumped into another stratosphere when they started making their direct-to-video/DVD animated films. My favorite of the films is probably Batman: Under the Red Hood, but its really tough to choose as almost all of them have been so great. Their latest release, Son of Batman, is an adaptation of Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert's 2006 Batman and Son storyline. A loose adaptation at that, the film veers a bit from the source material.
The summer season is upon us and that means that a new slate of shows will be premiering soon. One of which is the returning post-alien invasion Falling Skies. It took me some time to get into this show but I'm glad I did. Last season was, in my humble opinion, the best season of the show and I like how season 4 seems to be shaping up. I enjoy the show's attention to historic detail. Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) was a history professor which gives him a great deal of knowledge when it comes to historical battle planning.
Last week on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., still reeling from the aftermath of HYDRA's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D., we find Coulson's agents being sheltered by Agent Eric Koenig (expertly portrayed by Patton Oswalt.) While they get organized, Agent Garrett (equally as exceptionally played by Bill Paxton) was freeing a whole mess of bad guys from "The Fridge." One of those bad guys was Marcus Daniels, otherwise known to Marvel fans as Blackout.
Much like Bruce Timm's animated short, Darwyn Cooke has gotten in on the fun with his Batman Beyond short celebrating Batman's 75th Anniversary. Kevin Conroy reprises his historic run as Bruce Wayne while Will Friedle returns to voice Terry McGuiness. The cartoon series, Batman Beyond, ran from 1999-2001 and even made an appearance in the Justice League animated series.
Ok, so here's the 1,000th...and final, X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer to be released before the actual film does. It feels like there's been a new one almost every week for the past seven years. Could be that I've been paying extremely close attention to this film, or it could be that Fox's Marketing Department has lost their minds. Either way, it looks great (Quicksilver's silly outfit aside) and this trailer makes me really excited to see this film. I do have a fear that Bryan Singer has loaded up too many mutants for this film and there won't be enough screen time to see my favorites (GAMBIT! WHERE IS GAMBIT?!) but I'll keep the faith until I actually see the film.
It was previously announced by DC that both Suicide Squad and Teen Titans current incarnations would end with this month's issue 30 for both. But it sounds as though they won't be gone for long. According to DC both will return this summer with brand new #1's and will feature a roster change for both teams.
It was previously announced by DC that both Suicide Squad and Teen Titans current incarnations would end with this month's issue 30 for both. But it sounds as though they won't be gone for long. According to DC both will return this summer with brand new #1's and will feature a roster change for both teams.
Marvel Studios knows what they're doing. When they started with Iron Man, they knew they were taking a risk but they had faith in the franchise. They also had faith in a plan that would create an ever expanding universe. A universe that saw Steve Rogers become Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger. That film was more of a war period piece, taking place during World War 2. As we all know, Rogers would be kept on ice, and finally found and awoken in present day New York. He'd join up with the Avengers with the help of S.H.I.E.L.D., who he would learn to not trust. Which brings us to Winter Soldier.
Details concerning our very first giveaway, partnered with Flash Fans to win a New 52 Flash Figure. Ends April 9th at 7:50PM EST.
Over the years and many, many issues of Batman comic books, there have been quite a few young men (and even women) to call themselves Robin. Some are well known to the general Batman loving public, while others are unknown to the casual fan. When asking a friend if she knew who the second Robin was, she stated “there’s more than one?” And that’s coming from someone who’s fairly geeky in her own right. So today I thought I’d go through the roster of people who have fought beside Batman as Robin and talk about how they got to be in that position.
Avengers: Age of Ultron is set for release on May 1st 2015 but filming has already started. A few photos have leaked to the web, among them the debut of Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). Feast your eyes and salivate...also do I see perhaps Ultron amongst the action? Its still very early but it looks like he'll be both CGI and practical effects much in the manner of Tony Stark in the Iron Man suit.
First there was a movie. It wasn’t great, but it was memorable. I saw the movie on VHS for the first time and thought…meh. It didn’t blow me away, but the reason it was memorable was because of the title. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was intriguing and different. I can’t say I remember the advertising for the film and it wasn’t something I was looking forward to seeing, but I loved the horror and vampire genre so I wanted to see it. It starred Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Luke Perry, Hilary Swank, David Arquette, Rutger Hauer and in an un-credited role even Ben Affleck. It didn’t do great and after it was made into a show we found out it wasn’t made with Joss Whedon’s vision in mind. That was the summer of 1992.
In the internet age, rumors are often reported as fact and more often than not we’re misled when it comes to news about our favorite films, and television shows. The emphasis has become about breaking a story, rather than reporting the facts. This leads to casting rumors being false, script plot lines being faked, and an overall over-exaggeration from the internet community. A lightening rod for these occurrences has been news about the Man of Steel sequel. I’m gonna run down the facts of the film and get your opinions on these facts and also ask how you feel about the speculating done by some of these movie sites.
Fox in all of their infinite wisdom (sarcasm font) has gone ahead and decided to reboot Fantastic Four. I’m actually okay with this, because the original two films were garbage…especially the second one. When the news broke of the reboot, I remained skeptical but believed that they may get it right this time. When I read that Josh Trank (Chronicle) would be directing, a lot of the skepticism left. And then there were the rumors of making Dr. Doom a woman…needless to say the skepticism returned. But now we have the Four in full cast (mostly) and I’m eager to see this film.
I'll make this brief, I've been waiting for a long time to see this trailer and I was not disappointed. This is a comic book team that very few people know about. In less than three minutes we're introduced to the whole team, and we get a glimpse into their personas. We didn't get to here Bradley Cooper's voice talent in his role of Rocket Raccoon, but its coming. It looks great and I can't wait to see this film in August. Marvel Films has another winner on their hands.
As we’ve just started this site, I thought it might be a good idea to give you guys some insight into how my Comic Book Geekdom all started. Once I’ve finished rambling coherently (I hope), the plan is for you all to share some of these things as well and we can begin our Atomic Geekdom Community. This place is designed for you all to give your opinions on everything we talk about.