Author: Nigel G Mitchell

Source: LEGO Dimensions On Doctor Who, the Doctor has met dinosaurs, pirates, aliens, cyborgs, astronauts, and knights, so we didn’t think he could get any cooler. But this trailer for the upcoming game Lego: Dimensions blows them all away, because it shows the Doctor teaming up with Gandalf, Wyldstyle…and Batman. And Batman makes everything cooler. It’s a “toy-to-life” game, which means you place physical figurines of characters onto a base, and the characters appear in the game. We don’t normally play toy-to-life games (five bucks for a single character seems like a rip-off), but the chance to fight Daleks with…

Mike Colter as Marvel’s Luke Cage When Daredevil hit Netflix, it was a surprise hit, and Netflix is rushing to get to season two. This begs the question of what happened to our most-anticipated Marvel TV series, Luke Cage. What’s up with that? Daredevil is part of a package of four Marvel shows that Netflix is developing into series. The other three are Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist. Luke Cage, an African-American powerhouse who calls himself Power Man, is one of the most prominent and beloved minority heroes in comics, so the blerd community was psyched to see…

Day After Tomorrow, Source: 20th Century Fox Tornadoes are one of the most powerful forces in nature, so they show up in movies and TV shows a lot. Tornadoes are incredibly destructive, can appear without warning, cause billions of dollars in damage, and kill anyone unfortunate enough to get near one. But usually, movies and TV shows get them all wrong. Let’s tackle six tornadoes in sci-fi movies, and how they get it wrong. 6. Thor (2011) In the first Thor movie, the Norse god regains his hammer Mjolnir, and uses it to battle the Destroyer with a tornado. Now…

Everybody knows it’s hard working in an office environment, but especially if you’re a xenophobic alien bent on world destruction. That’s the premise of Dalek Gary, a web series about a Dalek from Doctor Who who ends up stranded in California, and has to get a job in an office. The idea of an alien war machine trying to navigate life in a cubicle pretty much writes itself, but there are some twists along the way, like dealing with the dating scene, and being filmed by a documentary crew that thinks he’s a migrant worker. Dalek Gary started as a…

Star Wars and vanity license plates come together at last in this fun infographic. Vanity license plates are real big here in the US, and it’s always a fun little game trying to piece together what they’re trying to spell out. Star Wars spaceships don’t have license plates, but if they did, we’d like to see what funny messages they’re trying to spell out. That’s where Simply Show Plates came in, creating this fun infographic with a variety of license plates. Can you guess which one matches which character? What do you think? How many did you guess right? If…

Well, after lots of speculation, it’s official. The new Star Trek movie coming in 2016 has an official title. In April 2015, several outlets including Trekmovie leaked that Paramount had registered the name Star Trek Beyond with the Motion Picture Association of America. While there was some speculation that the title might have just been a decoy to throw people off, Justin Lin confirmed via Twitter that the new movie will officially be called Star Trek Beyond. Star Trek Beyond will be the sequel to Star Trek Into Darkness, and the third in the rebooted Trek movie series. Director Justin…

Source: Marvel When we first heard Spiderman had been approved to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, our first thought was, “Poor Black Panther.” We wrote an article about how Black Panther was substituting for Spiderman in Captain America: Civil War. In short, the comic mini-series the movie will be based on featured Spiderman at its heart. Since Marvel didn’t have the rights to Spiderman, they made Black Panther the focus in the movie. It was a chance for Black Panther to really be a focus of a Marvel movie. But with access to Spiderman, it seemed like a perfect chance…

Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon); Source: FOX If you haven’t been watching FOX’s sci-fi thriller series Wayward Pines, now is the time to tune in. The TV show will be airing its sixth episode 6/25, and it’s really getting deep into the story. If you’re not familiar with it, here’s a rundown and five reasons you should catch the next episode. 1. It Has a Great Premise – The show’s concept is killer. On the surface, Wayward Pines resembles a cross between Twin Peaks, The Prisoner, and The Village. But it takes the best elements of those, and comes up with something…

In the trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron, there was a lot of press over the fact that we briefly saw Captain America’s broken shield. That turned out to be a hallucination, but it has happened in the comics. According to comic book lore, Captain America’s shield is composed of a vibranium-adamantium alloy that makes it totally unique and nigh-indestructible. It’s survived direct impacts from the Hulk’s fists and Thor’s hammer. But it’s not completely indestructible. Here are five people who managed to break Cap’s shield. 1. Molecule Man Molecule Man is a supervillain who can control molecules, which is…

Source: YouTube If you haven’t seen Bad Lip Reading yet, this is a perfect time to start. They do spot-on but completely inaccurate dialogue based on the lip movements of actors in various movies and TV shows. They finally got around to doing Marvel’s Avengers, but they gave it a redneck twist. Watch this clip to see what the Avengers would be like if they were a bunch of Southern superheroes working out of a trailer park. And had ridiculous conversations. What do you think of Redneck Avengers? If you enjoyed this, then please use the buttons below to tell…

Batman was created by Bob Kane in 1939, and since then, the character has appeared in hundreds of stories, in and out of comics. His portrayal has varied wildly, from campy and funny in the sixties to psychotic and brutal in the eighties. Everyone seems to identify with some aspect of the Dark Knight, but which one of them are you? Created by Nick Dahl at Shirts.com, this flowchart helps you find out. Which Batman are you? If you enjoyed this, then please use the buttons below to tell your friends about this post! Follow us! Email | RSS | Twitter…

Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Return of the Jedi; Source: Lucasarts In 2014, we wrote an article called 15 Interesting Facts About the Slave Leia Costume. It’s one of our most popular articles, and we were pretty proud of it. Until we got a tweet that blew us away. Carrie Fisher herself weighed in on the “facts,” and what was right and wrong. On 6/10/15, Jamie (@hamstachick) reached out to @carriefisher, and asked her to fact-check the article. Surprisingly, Carrie Fisher responded with this: Now first of all, we should clarify that none of the information in the article came from us.…

James Bond (Daniel Craig); Source: MGM Today, the first official trailer for the next James Bond movie was released, SPECTRE. SPECTRE promises to bring back a major nemesis of 007, the evil organization SPECTRE. Here’s the description: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. The locations for SPECTRE include Pinewood London, Mexico City, Rome, Tangier and Erfoud, Morocco. Bond is also back in the snow, this time…

Jurassic World is coming out in the US on June 12, and everyone’s really excited about it. After all, what could be better than dinosaurs? Halloween Costumes.com has the answer: dinosaurs in Star Wars. Cody Peterson drew this awesome series of images combining Star Wars and Jurassic Park, even the new Indominus Rex. View post on imgur.com What do you think of Jurassic Wars? There’s still time to win free tickets to Jurassic World! Click here to enter! If you enjoyed this, then please use the buttons below to tell your friends about this post! Follow us! Email | RSS…

Michael B. Jordan, The Human Torch; Source As we’ve discussed before, the casting of a black man to play the Human Torch (a typically blond, white superhero) has not been well received in certain racist areas of the Internet. Michael B. Jordan, the actor hired to play the role in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie, wrote a letter about it in Entertainment Weekly. Here it is in its entirety, with some emphasis from us: You’re not supposed to go on the Internet when you’re cast as a superhero. But after taking on Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four—a character originally written with blond hair…

Jupiter Ascending was an interesting movie. And by interesting, I mean not good. Well, there are some good parts, like the dazzling visuals and costumes, and philosophical exploration of identity in a world of cloning, and the extension of life by destroying it. But also some massively bad parts. Like the wolf ears on Channing Tatum, which is only saved from being completely ridiculous by the fact that it’s Channing Tatum. Heck, you could put that guy in a propeller beanie and a diaper, and women would still swoon over him. Oh, and the flying roller skates probably sounded better…

The Internet went crazy when the studio released the first official photo of Jared Leto as the Joker in Suicide Squad. The tattoos were especially mocked and derided. Well, it turns out the Joker won’t be running around the whole movie with his shirt off and his mouth open. Some unauthorized video taken on the movie set revealed what the Joker will really look like. And I have to say, it looks much better. The videos were taken off YouTube by the copyright fascists, but here are some screenshots and other photos from the set. If you’re wondering, here’s a…

The Sega videogame Sonic the Hedgehog first came out in 1991. He’s a super-fast hedgehog who raced through levels, collected rings, and dodged obstacles to fight the evil Dr. Robotnik. Since then, there’s been several animated series, and a few mediocre sequels. Eventually, Sonic the Hedgehog might end up being forgotten, and he’ll need to get another job. And where would he work at? Sonic Drive-In, of course. HOOMPH created this cartoon to show it would go something…like this. <a rel=”nofollow” target=”_blank” href=”http://hoom.ph/post/48008709035/sonic-at-sonic”>http://hoom.ph/post/48008709035/sonic-at-sonic</a> If you don’t hear the PINGALINGALING sound while looking at that last panel, then you probably never…

Captain America is known for many things, including his incredible athleticism, his tireless determination, his unfailing patriotism, and of course, his indestructible shield. The shield as both his defense and his greatest weapon, forged from an indestructible metal. Jeff Waddle created his own Captain America metal shield from scratch. On Twitter, he shared the details of his construction as it happened. Homemade Captain America Shield What do you think of the shield? If you enjoyed this, then please use the buttons below to tell your friends about this post! Follow us! Email | RSS | Twitter | Facebook

[Warning: This article contains racist terminology.] There’s been a lot of press about racist terms bringing up racist locations in Google Maps, but Google shouldn’t be taking the blame. The problem isn’t Google. It’s racists. If you haven’t heard, here’s an overview. First reported by The Washington Post on May 19, it was discovered that if you typed “n*gger king” into Google Maps while on the map of Washington D.C., Google Maps would show the White House. It quickly followed that other racist terms produced different but equally racist results. For example, type in “n*gger university” in the right place and…

You know those stories you read of geek fathers introducing their children to the classics of nerd-dom like Star Wars and Batman? I love those stories. I envy those stories. But that never happens to me. I’ve got three kids. Boys. Youngest is three, oldest is eight. Never have I seen more of a culture gap than I do when I show them my favorite sci-fi movies. I always expect them to look upon these treasures with wonder. I imagine seeing them for the first time through their eyes. I imagine bonding with them over the common love of science…

For a long time, the Empire State Building was the preferred landmark to be destroyed by Hollywood. Starting with King Kong and continuing through Independence Day, a lot of monsters and aliens liked to smash that skyscraper. But over time, a new landmark has emerged as a target of destruction: the Golden Gate Bridge. Here are seven movies that smashed up one of America’s most celebrated bridges. 1. The Core In this disaster movie, the Earth’s core has stopped spinning, and a team plans to bore to the center of the Earth to restart it. One side effect of the…

You probably don’t know the name John Underkoffler, but you definitely know his work. Remember when you watched Minority Report, and saw Tom Cruise use his hands to navigate a virtual computer interface? That was Underkoffler. How about when you saw the opening credits of Hulk and saw David Banner gathering DNA from starfish and lizards to experiment on himself? That was Underkoffler. And how about the famous ARC reactor in Iron Man, the generator that powered his armor and exploded in the climax? All Underkoffler. Underkoffler is what’s known as a “technologist,” a vague term that really means he…

Source: CW/DC Hot off the heels of the trailer for Supergirl comes this new trailer for another DC TV series. They basically took some of the characters they’ve introduced from the two existing DC series (Arrow and The Flash) to form a new team of heroes and villains. It’s the Atom, Captain Cold, Heatwave, Hawkgirl, Firestorm, and White Canary. This motley crew is Legends of Tomorrow. Led by time traveller Rip Hunter, they’ll be traveling time and space to stop an immortal evil warlord named Vandal Savage. [Via Screenrant] What do you think of Legends of Tomorrow? If you enjoyed this, then…

Source: CBS While Marvel has recently expanded its TV presence with Netflix’s Daredevil, DC is still way ahead of them. Not only is the new CW Flash series a hit, and spawning a spin-off on its own, there’s also a new TV show coming to CBS: Supergirl. While Netflix teased us with a few scant minutes of footage for Daredevil, Supergirl is coming out blazing with almost seven minutes of girl power superheroism that feels like the pilot episode in miniature. And I gotta say, it feels more like a rom-com than a comic book. You’ve got the clumsy heroine, the…

Gumdrop seems like any other up-and-coming actress in Hollywood. She’s bright, she’s funny, she’s slightly awkward, and eager to appear on the big screen. But she has one big difference: she’s a robot. This short film, written and directed by Kevin Conran (writer-director of Sky Captain) and co-directed by Stephen Lawes, shows a feminine robot named Gumdrop during an audition for a new movie. During the course of the audition, she describes her background, her hopes and dreams, and whether she would do nudity. What did you think of Gumdrop? You Might Also Like: 21 Surprising Facts About Sky Captain…

Source: Netflix/Marvel Daredevil has finally been released on Netflix. All thirteen episodes are available for viewing right now, but I decided to review each individual episode in the season, as if it were airing on TV. If you haven’t seen it or haven’t seen the show at all yet, just come back to read this when you do. And remember… Click here for previous reviews I say this over and over but this might be my favorite episode. It has some of the most intense action scenes of the series, and also introduced new complexities for our hero. The opening, as always,…

Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron introduced the Hulkbuster Iron Man armor to a global audience, but comic fans were quite familiar with it. In Age of Ultron, when the Hulk goes on a rampage, Iron Man unleashes a mega-powerful version of his standard armor to fight the green goliath. Tony Stark is famous for tinkering and modifying his armor to suit every occasion, and has had several variations of Hulkbuster armor in the comics, as well as armor to fight other foes. In celebration of the return of Earth’s Mightest Heroes to the big screen, Halloween Costumes.com created this awesome…

On May 4, you probably saw everyone on social media talking about “May the Fourth,” also known as Star Wars Day. But what was May the Fourth? What is Star Wars? UCB Comedy’s Pocketwatch has you covered. Who better to explain Star Wars Day than someone from Star Trek? Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager, presented this informative video about May the Fourth, the Star Wars series, and everything in-between. And it’s totally wrong. What did you think of the video? Is the Fourth with Tuvok? If you enjoyed this, then please use the buttons below to…

Selena was murdered in 1995, but she may be coming back to life, not as a ghost, but as a hologram. Selena (real name Selena Quintanilla-Pérez) was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, actress, and fashion designer. Called the “Queen of Tejano music,” her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican American entertainers of the late 20th century. Billboard magazine named her the “top Latin artist of the ’90s,” and the “best selling Latin artist of the decade” She’s often compared to Madonna for her clothing choices. She’s also considered among the most influential Latin…