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Disney 23 Expo presentation Jeph Loeb Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (2013) Check out photos, video and the press release from Disney’s upcoming show Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I’m really looking forward to the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. show and I’m super excited that we got some more news this weekend. Yesterday at the “Disney 23 Fan Expo” (D23) Executive Producer Jeph Loeb introduced a special screening of the show. While we don’t have video from it (yet) we do have a few images from the presentation, a press release and the video of Jeph Loeb’s intrduction. Joseph “Jeph” Loeb III…

Ender’s Game (2013) Asa Butterfield Who wants to see more originality in Star Trek 3? What would Optimus Prime look like as a TARDIS? How accurate was the aging make-up in Back to the Future? Did Marvel win their lawsuit with Jack Kirby’s heirs? Links 10. Ender’s Game trailer (via Geek Tyrant) The new trailer for Ender’s Game dropped this week, based on the classic sci-fi novel from Orsen Scott Card and it looks brilliant. *Added trailer 🙂 9. Retro Trading Card Madness (via Dinosaur Dracula!) Matt has a wonderful collection of old trading cards from the 80s including Dick Tracy,…

Is George Clooney the next Batman? Which older actor would you cast as the next Batman? It’s time for the next bi-weekly poll and it’s a good one. At San Diego Comic Con 2013, Warner Bros announced that the sequel to Man of Steel will be a team-up with Batman and Superman. Henry Cavill is coming back as Superman and Zack Snyder is directing. According to insiders, the studio is planning to cast an actor in the “mid-40s” to play a “grizzled veteran who has been on the job for several years.” This makes sense if they want to reference…

Thor: The Dark World (2013), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) The second trailer for Marvel’s Thor: the Dark World dropped this morning and here are first movie poster along with some dynamic screencaps from the trailer. The sequel to the Thor movie comes out in November and many ask, “is there Thor 2?” A lot of people don’t know about it. Marvel is just starting to ramp up it’s marketing for the film and it’s getting bigger and better. First, here’s the new U.S. Marvel’s Thor: the Dark World poster showcasing the Thor 2 villain Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) glowering at our heroes.…

Atari 2600 Game System ad Source Do you want to play old school games on your smartphone? This guest post shares four apps that you can use to play your favorite retro games. Games You Won’t Believe You Can Play on Your Phone: Taking it Old School The top three gaming consoles of all time (Wii, Playstation and PS2) have each sold over 100 million units. Since 1977, over 30 million Ataris have been sold, according to Examiner.com. Gaming represents a long-term investment of both time and money, but since the ’70s developments in technology have moved many of these…

Peter Capaldi is the 12th Doctor on Doctor Who, but who is he? The name of who will play the next Time Lord of the BBC sci-fi television series Doctor Who was announced Sunday on Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor at 11 AM PT on BBC America and 7 PM in the UK on BBC One. “There comes a right time for the right person to play it,” show runner and executive producer Steven Moffat said. “We all had the same idea, and it was a quite different idea.” He added that, after seeing Capaldi’s audition tape, filmed at his house, “Everybody…

Sharknado Hair (via Neatorama) Melissa pointed us to this awesome Sharknado hairdo at San Diego Comic Con 2013! Who are the five types of “Nerdy Girls?” What made Netflix pull Star Trek III: The Search For Spock? How should blog comments be responded to? Why do mockbusters use the letters A, B, C or D in the title? Find out in this week’s top ten “Geekiest Bits” of the Internet. Opinion I stopped by Spunk on a Stick’s blog and read How to Identify a Popular Blog for a Blog Tour. It’s a good read although it’s not completely accurate since…

Star Wars Episode VII (2015) Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) fan banner by Darth Temoc What nickname would you give the next Star Wars film? It’s time for the results of last times poll and the new question. According to reports from /Film that Star Wars Episode VII will begin production next month under the working title “Foodles.” Disney’s “Foodles” are snack packs that have apples, cheese and crackers. My son loves these things, but it’s not likely that Disney is making a major motion picture about snack packs. Yet. Jedi News is speculating that it’s actually the production of the…

The Wolverine (2013) Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) How many times would Hugh Jackman have died without his healing power in the Wolverine movies? The latest Wolverine movie TheWolverine (2013) is a blockbuster hit mainly because we love the guy’s resilience and strength. Born James Howlett, and commonly known as Logan, he can take a licking and keep on ticking. But what if he was a regular guy? My brother has already listed ways to kill Wolverine even with his mutant healing factor, but how many times would he have died without it? This infographic by DSL shows every punch, kick, stab…

As much as I love Terence Stamp’s performance in Superman II, Man of Steel’s Zod is just better. Compared to Michael Shannon’s Zod in Man of Steel, Terence Stamp’s Zod looks like a Muppet Baby. British actor Terence Stamp played General Zod in the 1978 film Superman and Superman II (1980). In Total Film’s list of “Top 50 Greatest Villains Of All Time” Terence Stamp’s version of Zod is #32 on the list. In IGN’s list of the “Top 100 Comic Book Villains” they said “Stamp is Zod.” But they were wrong. Here are eight reasons that the 2013 version…

Would anyone really pay good money to see the Z-Grade Sci-Fi Movie Sharknado? Regency hopes so. Usually a bad movie comes out in the theaters and is turned into a cult classic on video, but for the first time a straight-to-DVD movie is getting released in the theaters. “Sharknado” will be shown at 12:05 a.m. Saturday, August 3rd at 200 theaters across the country. I LOVED Sharknado, so I’m probably not alone in getting excited about the concept, but is it worth the money? Sharknado got a ton of free promotion thanks to Twitter. Sharknado was a viral hit on…

Jobs (2013) Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad), Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher), John Sculley (Matthew Modine) Do you think you’re funny? Why not add a title or caption to this picture? This week’s caption comes from the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons, Matthew Modine, and James Woods that hits theaters on August 16th. Have a better caption for this picture? Head down to the comments section below to throw it out there. The owner of the funniest and most original caption will be given praise and adulation, here and on…

Check out how the bizarre 70s Spider-Man kid’s show predicted the future we live in today. Starting in 1974, the PBS children’s TV show The Electric Company had a live-action skit called “Spidey Super Stories.” Amazingly, a few of the skits came to life! The show The Electric Company was already strange, bizarre and hilarious to my little kid mind. This was a show that had cooking tips for making “Grilled Dill Pickles with Chilled Vanilla Filling” and a talking plant that teaches phonics. Insane stuff, but we never thought they would ever come true! Peter Parker’s Spider-Sense warns him of danger…

What’s the connection between ancient mythology and modern science fiction? Noble Smith is an award-winning playwright, video game writer, documentary film executive producer and narrative designer. We interviewed him last year when he told the fascinating story of watching Star Wars with the late director Irvin Kershner Today we have him back for an interview where he talks about the links between our past and our vision of the future. He also talks about his trips to modern Greece while researching his new book. What link is there between science fiction and mythology? Here’s a great example of a direct…

Feast your eyes on the most detailed Star Wars AT AT cake ever made. I’ve seen a bunch of cakes based on the Star Wars AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport) from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back but this one takes the cake. Literally. It was made by ChrisTheCookfor a friend’s wedding. The movie version is 72 feet (22 meters) tall, but this grooms cake stood 2′ tall. It was lemon raspberry flavored and covered in sculpted fondant and had an amazing amount of detail. Rolled fondant is a type of frosting that includes gelatin and food-grade glycerine,…

Sharknado Parody “Sharkalanche” What if everything that happened in Michael Keaton films were part of one long timeline? When does Agent Coulson return to TV? What does Electro look like? Who dressed up like a Ren & Stimpy character? Find out in this week’s top 10 geekiest bits of the Internet. 10. Starfleet Academy Cadet Pack ThinkGeek is selling this pack of three baby creeper or “Onesies” so a baby can be either in Command, Science or Operations. The perfect gift for a future Starfleet cadet in training. 9. Cool Stuff: Tom Whalen’s ‘Batman’ TV Series Comic-Con Posters (via /Film)…

Heroes (2006) cast David Anders, Kristen Bell, Santiago Cabrera, Jack Coleman, Tawny Cypress, Dana Davis, Noah Gray-Cabey, Greg Grunberg, Robert Knepper, Ali Larter, James Kyson Lee, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Zachary Quinto, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Dania Ramirez, Leonard Roberts, Cristine Rose, Milo Ventimiglia Source Should Heroes come back as an original series on Netflix? Back in the day the quasi-superhero show Heroes was amazing. I watched the first season, which premiered September 25, 2006, obsessively along with 14.3 million others and the series grabbed a ton of awards for the show and creator Tim Kring. The American Film Institute…

Hugh Jackman Wolverine the Musical puppet See Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine sing and dance thanks to puppets. If you loved Jackman’s singing in Les Miserables, then you’ll love his singing as Logan. From the comedy troop “Glove and Boots” comes Wolverine: the Musical. And it’s about time. via The Mary Sue What’s your favorite part of the video? Please use the buttons below to tell your friends about this post. Click on the links to follow us for free by Email, RSS and follow us on Twitter @thegeektwins and like us on Facebook Follow @Thegeektwins

Caroline Marie Henn holding a picture of “Newt” from Aliens (1986)Source Ever wondered what happened to the cast of Aliens? The movie Aliens (1986) is a landmark of science fiction film and the actors are famous for their roles. But what happened in the 27 years since the film? From the terrified little Newt to the outspoken Private Hudson, read on to find out whatever happened to the cast of James Cameron’s Aliens. Lance Henriksen Lance Henriksen 2011 Lance Henriksen, now 73, played the Android Bishop in Aliens. He went on to do two other Alien movies. Henriksen reprized…

Star Trek Enterprise Cutaway Model ThinkGeek.com See inside the Star Trek: The Original Series USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) with this awesome cutaway model!* There have been dozens of fan blueprints and even an official Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual we gave away in a contest. But there’s no better view than this cutaway model of the ship designed by Walter “Matt” Jeffries. This Diamond Select Star Trek Enterprise Cutaway Model, available from ThinkGeek, let’s you see things never seen on the show. Here’s the official product description: We’ve always wanted to see a version of Star Trek that shows what…

Is Pacific Rim worth watching? Why is Captain America’s shield scratched? Is Batman a hoarder? Which female Captain America star is getting her own short film? Find out in this week’s top ten geek bits. 10. Captain America Teaser Poster Here’s the teaser poster for Captain America: The Winter Soldier which opens April 14, 2013. Bubbawheat asks a good question. @Thegeektwins @CaptainAmerica so vibranium isn’t scratch resistant? — Bubbawheat (@Bubbawheat) July 9, 2013 Which begs the question: Is Vibranium scratch resistant? We’ll have to wait till the movie comes out to see, but according to the Marvel Wiki, “This shield…

<i>Alien 1979</i> (1979) – Parker (Yaphet Kotto), Dallas (Tom Skerritt), Ash (Ian Holm), Kane (John Hurt) Truth is stranger than fiction and there are some “so-crazy-they-must-be-true” facts in science fiction history. Unfortunately, there are some “so-crazy-but-not-true facts” too. 10. Every Episode of Seinfeld Has a Reference to Superman. Seinfeld Superman magnet Source The Myth: The television show Seinfeld is known for two things: “The Soup Nazi” and Superman. Jerry Seinfeld is a huge Superman fan, and every episode has a reference to the comic book character. You just have to know where to look. The Shocking Truth: In reality, not…

A few weeks back we got two issues of the “Marvel Fact-Files” Collection. Since I used to read the “Marvel Universe” Comics for fun, I jumped at the chance to preview the magazines. Then, they broke my heart. Marvel Fact Files collection (http://www.marvel-factfiles.com) is a weekly magazine collection “which builds up into the ultimate Marvel reference guide.” It is mind blowing. Yes, you can look up information on the Internet about the Marvel Universe, but you’re not going to find anything like this. This series is written for hard-core Marvel comics fans by hard-core Marvel comic fans. Although anyone with…

The Lone Ranger (2013), Tonto (Johnny Depp) The surprising reason the failure of The Lone Ranger will have huge implications to sci-fi movies. By now, everyone knows that The Lone Ranger is a huge flop. It made $48.9 million in five days and the film reportedly cost a whopping $250 million. You’re probably thinking, “Who cares? I wasn’t going to see that movie anyway.” But you should. We all should. As an avid science fiction fan, I realized it could have huge implications on sci-fi and superhero movies. Why? Surprisingly enough, it’s all about CGI. It’s not the fact that they…

Here are this week’s top ten best “Geek Bits.” 10. Space 1970 has a post on the goofy, but fun, CAPTAIN AMERICA (1979) film These movies represent a unique frustration for me. Captain America has always been my favorite superhero, and I realize how lucky Cap fans were to see these movies, but… it stings that they’re not very good. Clearly they were less inspired by the comics and more by the then-contemporary Six Million Dollar Man series, including giving Cap an Oscar Goldman-like boss and a unique sound effect when he used his super-strength. 9. Christian Bale Confirms He Won’t…

Man of Steel (Henry Cavill) vs. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) It’s the first Thursday is the month and is time for the results of the monthly poll and the new question. The results of the June poll – Which is the best genre franchise – is Star Wars (19.32%) followed by Star Trek (18.18%). Here’s the poll for July: With the success of Man of Steel the question comes up again. Who makes better comic book movies: Marvel or DC? Vote below and come back in August for the results and the next monthly poll. Come back next week for the…

Man of Steel (2013) Superman (Henry Cavill) What should, or shouldn’t be in the sequel to Man of Steel? Since it’s release on June 14, Man of Steel has been wowing audiences with it’s characterization and action-packed scenes. However as the studio gets ready to release a sequel, and lead up to a Justice League movie, it risks alienating hard-core fans. They could kill the whole franchise again. Zack Snyder has shown a very different side of Superman – from unsure child to confident adult – and has been bending all kinds of rules of what we think makes him the…

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) HAL 9000 (Voiced by Douglas Rain) Here are four technologies that blur the line between Science Fiction and Science Fact. Today we have a guest post sent to us by reader Anjali Patel about how science-fiction is getting closer to reality. HAL 9000, the “conscious entity”/computer in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece “2001: A Space Odyssey,” launched fanboys and intergalactic dreamers over the moon. Thoughts like, “What if computers rule the world one day, man?” have been dominating sci-fi movies ever since. The HAL 9000 is represented by a red camera eye, which brings to mind Orwellian surveillance as well as…

Independence Day (1996) White House destruction Here are the worst times the White House has been attacked in movie history. The President in never safe. With the release of the movie White House Down (2013), where terrorists take over the White House, its time to look back at all the worst examples of security at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States since 1800. It’s located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. It’s one of the most recognizable buildings in the world. It’s so common, it even appears on…

Superhero Summer Vacation via Comic Book Resources Which Marvel character do you think Vin Diesel is playing? What genre movies are playing in July? Find out all this and more in this week’s top ten seven “Geek Bits.” 7. Which Character Could Vin Diesel Be Meeting With Marvel About? (via Comic Book Movie) Diesel said on Facebook: “Marvel has requested a meeting… no idea what for… haha, you probably know better than me…” My money is on voice work for Guardians of the Galaxy although he would be an amazing Luke Cage. 6. Man of Steel: Supergirl “Past and Present” (via…