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Friday Fanboy Debate: Batman vs Punisher

Jeremy Conrad — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:00:45 +0000

Time for another Friday night debate. This week we picked two characters from DC and Marvel who are more similar than many people think: Batman and Punisher. Who would win in a fight if Frank Castle started to shoot up gangsters in Gotham or if Batman took his crime-fighting to the Punisher’s turf? Batman Driven [...]

Podcast #30 – Riddick, Star Wars Rebels, Avengers 2, and Xbox One

Jason Peffley — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:42:15 +0000

Today we started the show by discussing the new Star Wars animated series that will be airing in 2014 called Star Wars Rebels. And on the topic of animation, Clone Wars season 6 looks promising. We discussed some bad news for Hawkeye fans, but also heard some good news from Whedon regarding Iron Man. We [...]

5 Things Microsoft MUST Fix on the Xbox One

Jeremy Conrad — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:00:46 +0000

On Tuesday, Microsoft officially unveiled their new Xbox system called Xbox One. Following a presentation that focused more on how you can watch The Price is Right on the system than play games, the backlash online was so negative it even surprised the out-of-touch Microsoft. In the wake of the announcement, more details have come [...]

Quicksilver is in Days of Future Past, Too

Jeremy Conrad — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:17:01 +0000

It hasn’t been long since both Joss Whedon and Kevin Feige confirmed that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch would show up in The Avengers 2, but now at least one of them will be in a competing movie. Bryan Singer announced today via Twitter that Evan Peters will play Quicksilver in the new X-Men movie: Before [...]

Amazing Live Action Destiny Trailer Directed by Jon Favreau

Jeremy Conrad — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:56 +0000

This morning, Bungie unveiled the new live action trailer for Destiny. The trailer was directed by Jon Favraeu and the CG was handled by Digital Domain, so there are some big names behind this thing. It shows off the three main classes in Bungie’s scifi epic across a couple of different environments. It runs about [...]

That Blasphemous Poltergeist Remake? It’s a Sequel/Reboot

Jeremy Conrad — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:30 +0000

I’ve always said there should be a rule in Hollywood where you don’t remake a Spielberg film. Period. While Toby Hooper is credited with directing Poltergeist, it’s well known that Spielberg actually directed a large percentage of the movie. Toby Hooper was the credited director as Spielberg’s contract with Universal at the time forbid him [...]

ROTJ Plot Hole Involving Leia and Her Mother Finally Explained

Jeremy Conrad — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:16 +0000

Ever since the Prequels finished with Episode III, it established a big plot hole in Return of the Jedi where Leia says she remembers her mother. Since Padme died in Episode III, how could Leia remember her. While desperate fans tried to come up with some “force imprint” theory, the truth is that originally Luke [...]

The Return of Return of the Jedi

Jeremy Conrad — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:13:33 +0000

On May the 4th, Entertainment Weekly hosted some 30th Anniversary screenings of Return of the Jedi in Hollywood. Before each screening, they showed a ten-minute tribute video to Return of the Jedi that was directed by Kyle Newman of Fanboys. Now Entertainment Weekly has posted the entire video on their website. You can click on [...]

Andrew Garfield Plays Basketball With Kids in NYC…as Spidey!

Jeremy Conrad — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:11:48 +0000

They’re currently filming The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in New York City, and during the Chinatown shoot; Andrew Garfield took a break to play some basketball with a couple of kids. Except the cool thing is he did it in the Spider-Man suit. As the movie is being written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Transformers: [...]

Game of Thrones Cast Begins to Rebel Against Nudity

Jeremy Conrad — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:08:16 +0000

We’ve discussed the opinion that the amount of nudity and sex in Game of Thrones does get a bit gratuitous. And now it sounds like one key member of the cast is refusing to take her clothes off. Speaking with the Telegraph in the UK, Oona Chaplin who is Talisa Maegyr on the show says [...]