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Weekery in Geekery Issue 9 12.18.13

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Episode Download Link .00 Intro 0.25 Mid-Week Mini-Christmas Comic Book Reviews Also Discussed: Lyesmith reviews Supergirl #26. Lyesmith reviews Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe #4. Lyesmith reviews Buzzkill #4. 10.17 Geekin News: Will War Machine be in Avengers: The Age of Ultron? http://www.aintitcool.com/node/65434 Also Discussed: Can James Rhodes fill Tony Stark’s shoes in the Marvel Universe? How will Marvel handle the departure of Robert Downey Jr? Should the Avengers films have different teams? 24.10 Geekin News: Venom and Sinister Six Movies on the Way! http://www.aintitcool.com/node/65436 Also Discussed: Retinax 5 is not impressed and is convinced there is a larger conspiracy in play! 30:15 Geekin News: Paul Rudd cast as Ant-Man http://www.thewrap.com/paul-rudd-early-talks-play-ant-man-edgar-wrights-marvel-movie-exclusive/ Also Discussed: Hank Pym is a dick! Does Disney/Marvel think they can do no wrong? 37.35 Geekin News: Will Joaqui

SPOILERS: Review: Buzzkill Dark Horse Comics

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Buzzkill #4 of 4 from Dark Horse Comics Writers/Creators: Donny Cates and Mark Reznicek Artist: Geoff Shaw Colors: Lauren Affe So I did the review for the first issue. Buzzkill #1 Review Which you loyal Geeks and Geekettes undoubtedly have already read.  Right? Anyway. The mini-series is now over and I have to say this is going down as one of my favorite stories of all time. This is just brilliant. The main character, Francis, is an ex-superhero who's powers only manifest when he's on something. Drinking. Smoking. Drugs. The more he does the stronger he is. He's like Popeye only with whiskey instead of spinach. After a huge knock-down drag-out fight that left scores dead that he can barely even remember happening, he decides to quit. He needs to get sober. To save himself and his relationship. But it seems it's almost too little too late. His girlfriend's already seeing someone else, he's been kicked off his super team, no

Spoilers: Review: Longshot Saves The Marvel U

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Happy Mid-Week Mini Christmas, Geeks and Geekettes! We're back with Longshot Saves The Marvel Universe #4!  Wait, a minute. Didn't I, like, JUST review this comic? Why, yessiree, I did! Longshot Saves The Marvel Universe #1 However, this being issue #4, is the end of the mini-series. And what a series it was! Magic! Chaos! Alternate realities! Mind-controlled heroes! Cameos galore! Longshot's abilities go haywire when he runs into cosmic entity, The In-Betweener, and a corrupt cosmic cube. He gets thrown into another reality where the Chaos and Order sides of  The In-Betweener are split and everything is wonky. Order is running SHIELD's magic-policing division and Chaos is trapped by his twin. Brother. Otherself. Guy. In order to restore reality, bring the two halves of the In-Between together, Longshot has to save the cosmic cube (in the form of a demon trapped in a teddy bear named Mr. Dapples) from the Order half while dodging the rampant des

SPOILERS: Review: Supergirl #25

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Supergirl #26 Writer: Tony Bedard Artist: Yildiray Cinar Happy Mid-Week Mini Christmas, Geeks and a Geekettes! This week we'll be doing Supergirl #26, Longshot Saves The Marvel Universe #4, and Buzzkill #4.  While not a hardcore Supergirl reader, it is a book I've picked up occasionally and have kept up with the story. But this issue is a little different. This issue, we have fan-titled "Nu" Lobo. But whom DC calls "real" Lobo.  I'm really excited about this character and what it means for Lobo, Nu or otherwise. This issue picks up where Lobo #0 during Villains month leaves off. "Real" Lobo, svelte Lobo, thin Lobo, not-the-main-man Lobo, is in search of The Man Main Lobo, who is apparently an impostor. Small Lobo picks up some intel on where The Main Man might be hiding, but it was old news; The Main Man is hold up on Earth, and only one woman will know for sure where to find him. That one woman just so happens to

Issue 7 Weekery in Geekery - Week of 12.11.13

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Episode Download Link 0.00 Intro 0.26 Mid-Week Mini-Christmas: All Lyesmith Edition!!! 1.14 Mid-Week Mini-Christmas: Lyesmith reviews Justice League 3000 #1 5.31 Mid-Week Mini-Christmas: Lyesmith discusses The Darkness #116 6.57 Mid-Week Mini-Christmas: Lyesmith reviews Inhumanity: The Awakening 11.44 Geekin News: Terminator Genesis Casting News http://nerdbastards.com/2013/12/11/jason-clarke-up-for-john-connor-in-terminator-genesis/#more-142916 Also Discussed: Game of Thrones Love! They want WHO for John Connor?!?! Lyesmith theorizes that Amazon is the start of SkyNet. 20.37 Geekin News: Godzilla Trailer Released http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/30039/the-godzilla-trailer-has-arrived Godzilla Chart discussed in Podcast 25.26 Geekin News: Jason Momoa Up for Role in Superman vs. Batman . http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=112269 Also Discussed: Lyesmith bitchslaps ComingSoon.net. Was Conan a decent movie? What character will

Giant Sized Issue 6 Part 2 Fall Mid-Season TV Review - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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Episode Download Link   0.00 Intro 0.32 Join us on Facebook for a live chat! 15.00   Spoiler alert! May and Ward - Who else knows?        23.00 Skye is terrible. Is it the writing? The acting? Or a "Whedon" thing? 27.00 Skye's a super villain! Now it all makes sense... 28.59 Haunted Plane discussion/NOT an X-Men reference.  38.34 Should AoS stay a "spy show" or should they add "supers"? 43.30 Upcoming Spring TV Shows    52.05 Outro Facebook Twitter

Giant Sized Issue 6 Part 1 - Fall Mid-Season TV Review

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Episode Download Link 0.00 Intro. 0.32 Join us at our Facebook page for a live chat during our recording session. 2.02 The Geekin Facebook page now has over 200 followers! 2.57 Lyesmith and Retinax 5 are both Geekin on Dracula (Fridays at 10/9c on NBC). Also Discussed : The Tudors, starring Dracula and Superman. What Tim Burton did to Dark Shadows. Both Lyesmith and Retinax 5 LOVE Renfield. 14.47 Lyesmith and Retinax 5 are both Geekin on Almost Human (Mondays at 8/7c on Fox). Also Discussed : Lyesmith and Retinax 5 want more Android discrimination. Karl Urban’s curious career choices. 29.38 Lyesmith and Retinax 5 are both Geekin on Sleepy Hollow (Mondays at 9/8c on Fox). Also Discussed : Clancy Brown’s typecasting. Is the “flashback” format too constraining? 42.32 Lyesmith and Retinax 5 are both Geekin on Comic Book Men (Sundays at 12/11c on AMC). Also Discussed : Which Comic Book Man are you? Geeky TV for Wives/Girlfriends. Lyesmith reco

SPOILERS: Review: Justice League 3000 #1 - Lyesmith

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Writers: Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis Artist: Howard Porter Happy Mid-Week Mini-Christmas, everybody! Today we'll be reviewing Justice League 3000 #1. This comic has been hinted at and advertised here and there for weeks. We've seen this gimmick before with the DC 1-Million line, amongst others. A futuristic twist on the Justice League meant to boost sales and maybe make a few collectibles out of the new and different costumes. I'll admit it, I bought a few of the 1-Million issues that tied in with the current comics I was collecting at the time. And while the vast majority of those comics were iffy at best (Don't get me started on Kyle Rayner's story line. Grrroooaaaaan. More "Kyle is soooo special!") there were issues, or more appropriately, parts of issues, that were at least amusing. Robin The Toy Wonder , android version of Batman's side kick was pretty funny. I read the hell out of the Young Justice 1 Million. But I digress.

Issue 5 Batman vs Superman News in Review - Burn, Zack, Burn!

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Episode Download Link 0.00 Intro 0.21 Welcome to a Special Edition of the Weekery in Geekery 1.06 Geek News: Ben Affleck discusses Daredevil and playing Batman http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/daredevil-ben-afflecks-motivation-do-batman-vs-superman Also Discussed: Is Daredevil the worst comic book movie ever made? 20.57 Geek News: Gal Gadot cast as Wonder Woman in Man of Steel sequel http://www.deadline.com/2013/12/newcomer-gal-gadot-set-for-wonder-woman-in-batman-vs-superman/ http://bestmoviesevernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Gal-Gadot-and-Dwayne-Johnson-on-Set-in-Fast-and-Furious-6.jpg Also Discussed: The Fast and the Furious has unexpected fans Zack Snyder’s belief that Amazons are 5’9” and weigh 100lbs Wonder Woman’s importance to the DC Universe and female fans of all ages Man of Steel 2 = Justice League Lyesmith and Retinax 5 offer advice on how to handle Wonder Woman and Nightwing in Batman vs Superman. How everything bad in lif

Let Your Voice Be Heard!! What is the Most Geekin Show of Fall 2013?

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Tonight, Lyesmith and I will be recording a Giant Sized Edition of the Geekin Podcast and the subject will be the Fall television season in review. We'll be looking back on our favorite shows this fall and looking forward to what they have in store for us when they return after the holidays. But the really exciting part is that we'll be trying something different: LIVE CHAT!! Log in to our  Facebook Page  at 9pm central time and click the green and orange Neat Chat icon. We'll be giving shout-outs to fans, answering your questions, and -most importantly - listening to YOUR opinion on your favorite show of the fall. At the end of the show we'll tally up the votes and crown one lucky show the Most Geekin Show of Fall 2013. Let your voice be heard!!

Issue 4 Weekery in Geekery for the week of 12.04.13

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Episode Download Link Lyesmith and Retinax 5 discuss the Weekery in Geekery! Issue 4 Show Notes 0.00 Into 0.17 Comic Book Review – Hinterkind #3 0.54 Comic Book Review – Ghosted TPB 2.33 Comic Book Review – Six Gun Gorilla #6 Also Discussed: Retinax 5’s unnatural affection for Comic Book monkeys 5.08 Geekin News – NBC Plans “Dracula” Spin-off: “The Wolfman” http://www.tvguide.com/News/NBC-WolfMan-Series-1074094.aspx Also Discussed: Lady Jayne Wetherby’s personal co-stars. Lyesmith and Retinax 5 beg for a Monster Squad television series 12.26 Geekin News – Marvel Now announces All New Ghost Rider ongoing comic book series http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=49408 Also Discussed: DC’s Blue Beetle. Marvel’s borderline racist attempt to target young Latino readers 18.32 Geekin News – Rob Liefeld praises X-Force movie script. http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/12/03/rob-liefeld-calls-x-force-movie-script-beyond-impressive/ Also Disc

SPOILERS: Review: Six-Gun Gorilla #6 - Follow Up

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Hey, Geeks and Geekettes, I guess this'll be the week for follow-ups on series we've reviewed before. This one will be on the conclusion to the mini-series from BOOM! Studios. Writer: Simon Spurrier Artist: Jeff Stokely Now, if you guys remember way back during Weird West Week, I reviewed this comic as well a others, you can find that here . As I said then, the first time I read about this comic and it's concept, I was largely skeptical. I thought it sounded like a silly idea and not anything I was even remotely interested in - however, it was getting a lot of press, so I decided to try the first issue. I was immediately hooked. The emotion behind the story itself, the message of the overall plot, the way the characters come to live and make you genuinely care bout them is just astonishing. The ending to this serious couldn't be better. This is not the ending you WANT, but it's the ending the story NEEDED. I loved every panel. I won't s

SPOILERS: Review: Hinterkind #3 - Follow-Up

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Hey, Geeks and Geekettes, it's that time again, Comic Book Wednesday, or better known as MID-WEEK MINI CHRISTMAS-Mas-mas-mas.... A few weeks ago I did a review for Vertigo's  Hinterkind #1  (you remember that, don't ya?) so now that we've hit issue 3, I thought it'd be nice to do a follow up and see how the series is coming along. Writer: Ian Edginton Artist: Francesco Trifogli It is probably wildly unfair, but still yet, it's hard not to compare this series to Image's Saga. While the style of artwork has some similarities, and the over all tone of the story is likewise similar in places, the two books are still very different. So I'm going to do my best to judge this book as this book, and not compare it to Saga.  Now keep in mind, we're only on issue 3, the story is just starting to build, but by issue 3 we know more about the world at large than we did in the first issue. As we find out more about in this issue, the my