May 10
When it comes to adaptations, do you think the producers involved should assume more than a baseline knowledge of the original material? If the Paul W.S. Anderson Resident Evil feature films, Gearbox/TimeGate Aliens video games, and Scott Ciencin Silent Hill comic books have taught us anything, it’s that no adaptation should be thrown under the …
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Feb 14
This year instead of beating several dead horses to death, we’re just going to share some of our favorite Valentine’s Day images for your viewing pleasure. Portal Valentine’s- This is just awesome. Valentine’s Day Penis Card- We’re immature, what can we say? Mario and Peach Kiss- Gaming’s first couple Call me Maeyb- A somewhat topical …
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Oct 10
Writer: Rick Remender Artist: John Cassaday For months, I’ve been trying to peg down exactly what MarvelNow! was. It wasn’t a full on universal reboot as the New 52 was for DC last year, but it also wasn’t supposed to be a simple continuation of what had already come. It was some mystical beast that would be …
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Aug 07
The opening scene of a film is super-important. Like the opening paragraph of a book, or the cold open of a television show, its purpose is two-fold: to grab the audience’s attention, and to establish the sort of world the film takes place in. Different films take different approaches to this; the James Bond films …
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Jun 01
Wesley takes the reign of power this week, as we discuss Grant Morrison. First with a focus on his X-men run before opening it up to a wider discussion on all of his works. We break down favorite stories, favorite moments and question.. is Nicholas Reed… Grant Morrison? All that and more in this mind-bendingly …
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Feb 17
The 90s were a good time.. but they were also 2 decades ago.. boy we’re getting old! Anyhow, this episode dives into the best and worst of the 90s cartoons. Everything from the superhero movement (Batman, Superman, Spider-man, X-men,etc) to the monster movement (Pokemon, Digimon and Monster Rancher). Along the way, there are diversion and …
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Feb 08
Ladies and gentlemen, with the current influx of superhero and comic book related movies springing up. We here at Nerds on the Rocks felt it was only fair to express our desire for one of comic’s greatest characters to get her own movie. Sure, we have Batman and Superman, Spiderman and Wolverine, but the true …
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Oct 15
Writer: Kieron Gillen Artists: Billy Tan & Andres Mossa Based on the cover of this comic, I really wasn’t expecting much. The artwork of Wolverine in particular on the cover was so unappealing it almost made me not buy the comic. That combined with how much I hated 4 out of 5 issues of Schism, …
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Sep 22
The gang goes to the X-treme this week as they discuss their favorite X-men comics. Dissecting what makes the X-men so great as well as keeping them apart from the Marvel Universe. Discussion leads to favorite mutants, Wolverine being a bad-ass, a salute to the douche and something about being a honky! This episode has …
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Aug 05
Captain America hits the big screen for the 2nd time (but no one ever wants to think about his first movie!) and the Legion of Nerd-dom assembles to discuss The First Avenger. Sadly, we all agree that is a good and entertaining movie (oh noes spoilers!). At the end of the show, we determine which …
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