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By The Way

Well, it’s finally happened! We teased about it,
hinted about it and then revealed the big news: The Geek Twins are now
on About.com. If you love Superman I hope you love my new site all
about the caped wonder. Here are some of the articles that I hope you
visit and like.

• 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Kryptonite

• Which is the worst Superman movie of all-time?

• Here are the best Superman comics coming in August 2015

• Henry Cavill was once called “Fatty”

It’s kind of weird writing without a comment section, so feel free to
share your thoughts on the articles here if you’d like. I’d love to
hear what you think and what you’d like to see.

Links

1. Captain America and Iron Man’s Civil War Teams Revealed (via io9)

   

2. Yesterdays Enterprise – Star Trek TNG Quiz (via Spacerguy) What’s your score?
3. What’s your Star Wars name? (via Jeremy) Mine is Mitma Elrook. Bounty Hunter extraodinaire
4. Guillermo Del Toro Would Love To Put Godzilla In Pacific Rim 3 (via The Mary Sue)

   

5. Star Wars Group, Weird Al Strike Back Against 8-Year-Old Fangirl’s Bullies – Love her, you will. (The Mary Sue)

   

6. THE ULTIMATE CLICHE: BIKINI SHOTS (via MsMariah’s Space Blog-yssey)

   

7. J.J. Abrams Promises There Is No Talk of Midi-chlorians in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ (via /Film)
8. Queen Elizabeth I’s Execution Confusion [Scratch game] (via Sci-Fi Gene)
9. Skynet Wins After All: Terminator Genisys Is a Monster Hit in China! (via io9)
10. Maryland’s ‘Lamborghini Batman’ Killed In Highway Crash (via io9) He was the hero we needed but not the one we deserved

    

11. A Guy Grew an Ear on His Arm… (via Jay Noel)
12. This totally ordinary-looking wedding cake has a super secret, much like the heroes it’s paying homage to. (via /Film)

    

Reviews

Movies

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) – Recommended

Official Synopsis: “In the early
1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin
participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal
organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.”

This taut fun thriller is supposed to be a throwback to classic James
Bond and it works. The reason it works is the same reason it bombed:
director Guy Ritchie gives it the slow pace of 60s movies and it’s a
wonderful contrast to the quick cuts and frenetic pace of modern films.
The action is phenomenal, the intricate plot is well written and Henry
Cavill makes a wonderful leading man.

Here are some more reviews from the coolest blogs

• Family Movie Night: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (via Armchair Squid) Recommended
• Filed Under M (via A**holes Watching Movies) Not Recommended
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E Review (via The Black Geeks) Recommended

Chronicle (2012) – Recommended

Official Synopsis: “Seen through the
lens of a troubled teen’s video camera, yet filled with eye-popping
action and jaw-dropping special effects, Chronicle is as real as it
gets. When three ordinary high school friends make an extraordinary
discovery, they acquire amazing abilities beyond their understanding.
But as their powers develop, so do their darker sides. Fun, harmless
pranks soon lead to much riskier activities as the boys’ “gifts” – and
their lives – spin dangerously out of control!”

Josh Trank creates an incredible low budget movie but it’s not about
superheroes. This movie is about people and as the movie spends more
time on the characters they use their powers to explore their ambitions
on things like pranks, travel and revenge. It’s a thoughtful and
powerful film and shares many themes of Fantastic Four with teenagers
getting powers and one turning evil. But if this is what Trank was
trying to make I can see why the studio balked. It’s way too slow paced
for a summer blockbuster.

Fantastic Four (2014) – Not Recommended

Official Synopsis: “The FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.”

In case you couldn’t tell from my rant about the movie’s poorcharacterization this movie is a waste of time in every way. The acting
and special effects are too good to enjoy it as a bad movie, but the
plot and characters are too ill-defined to enjoy as a good movie. Some
say the movie would have been better if the studio hadn’t interfered,
but from everything we’ve heard about Trank – from his trashing his
rental house, telling the actors not to breathe, locking himself in a
big tent and tweeting an attack on the movie before it opened – he’s
just not professional enough to handle a Hollywood film. He’ll go back
to independent film and the studio will try to save what’s left of the
franchise. Don’t waste money in the theater and only rent it if you get
a free rental from Red Box or On Demand.

Here are some more reviews from the coolest blogs

• Rants: Fantastic Four (Spoilers!!!!) (via Nerdette At Large) Recommended
• I Liked Fantastic Four…and Not Because Johnny Storm Is Black (via Black Girl Nerds) Recommended

What do you think of this week’s
links and reviews?

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