There are really two schools of horror movie icons. There were the original monster movies, which we kind of covered before but would deal with your Draculas, Wolfmen, Frankstein’s monsters and mummies. Then there was the resurgence in the late 70s/early 80s of what became known as the slasher films. And out of that emerged …
Monthly Archive: October 2010
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Oct 21
Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Ep 1/2
Last night saw the premiere of the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, after spending most of the summer being bombarded with micro episodes, it was time for the main event. The premiere was a two part episode titled The Breakout. How did the premiere fair? Let’s find out! What worked: The Avengers. There have been many …
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Oct 18
Horror Hangover: Stephen Colbert Yellow Lantern
As many know, Stephen Colbert will play host to “The March to Keep Fear Alive” (which has been combined with Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity”) at the end of the month. With the rally at the end of the month, and right before Halloween is only makes sense that Stephen dons his newest costume. Ladies …
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Oct 16
Talk of the Town: Marvel Video Games
This past week at the New York Comic Con, Marvel had various games on the showfloor in different capacities. There was Captain America in a hands off, but playable build, there was Thor which was only shown behind a door and there was X-men Destiny which only existed in trailer form. @Siwelkire and I both …
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Oct 15
Nerds on the Rocks 16: Mushy Peas at NYCC
This week we kick the show off right with a discussion about Mushy Peas. What are they? Most the crew had never heard of them, and Anthony wasn’t making it any more appealing. Then we get into the meat (get it meat and peas? Here still Tuesday folks!) with our discussion about some of the …
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Oct 15
Horror Hangover: Fictional Dress Up
Have you ever wondered what some of your favorite characters would dress up as when it came time for Halloween? In this very special segment, we will take a look at various characters’ costumes for the 2010 Halloween party! First up, we have Batman and Robin. And though Batman pitched the idea to go as …
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Oct 14
Talk of the Town: Tom Hardy in Batman 3
Word has come down that Tom Hardy will be appearing in the upcoming Batman 3. While we haven’t been given a role, or for that matter much about the movie, that hasn’t stopped the internet from being ablaze with fan speculation on what roles he could possibly play in the 3rd part of the Nolanverse. …
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Oct 13
Flashback: A Quality of Mercy
Welcome one and all to an exciting new Flashback featurette. When we last left our feature, it was an article that looked at a retro TV show in a modern light. While I enjoyed writing it, I felt that having someone write about a show they just watched wasn’t really that fun or interesting for …
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Oct 12
Nerds on the Rocks Hits 100!
The first big milestone is here ladies and gentlemen! Like that perfect A we all thrived for in school, like the number of games we buy between November and December, and like the total of our weekly comic book shopping spree, we have reached 100! What does that mean? It means for 100 articles, you …
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Oct 12
Batman Vs: Zombies
Let’s just get this out of the way, this is an unfair fight. I mean Batman is one of the smartest, most well trained fighters in all of the fictional world. Zombies are mindless killing machines that have one purpose. We also realize it isn’t fair since Batman (Dick Grayson) and the Bat-family just took …
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