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Slacker and The Man Episode 141: Halloween and Zombie Survival

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On this episode of Slacker And The Man, the guys talk about their recent trip to Dinosaur World, relieve their childhood Halloween memories, and play an exclusive new Sci-Fried song call “Evil Dead Guy”. Then Ana Aesthetic joins the guys as they talk Zombie Survival, and KSV plays one of his new zombie songs. They also review Paranormal Activity 2 and the first episodes of The Walking Dead.

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Interview With David Fich, Writer/Artist of Batman: The Dark Knight

David Finch who has been drawing Batman for several Grant Morrison stories over the last few months, will get the chance to write and draw the character in Batman: The Dark Knight.

Newsarama recently sat down with Daivd and asked him what his plans were for the Dark Night.

Newsarama: David, does the concept behind Batman Inc. play a role in The Dark Knight?

David Finch: It only plays a role in the sense that it's the framework Batman is operating under right now. That's the framework all the Batman books are operating under. But each one is providing something different of the overall Batman story. So while Grant's exploring the details of Bruce Wayne's travels around the globe, recruiting for Batman Inc. and turning Batman into a brand, I'll be telling more traditional Bruce Wayne Batman stories in The Dark Knight.

Nrama: So you're telling Bruce Wayne's adventures in Gotham? Kind of an old-fashioned, gritty, tough, Bruce Wayne-back-as-Batman comic?

Finch: Yeah! Batman, in my book, is entirely in Gotham City. And yeah, this is the Batman we all know and love, and have for 70 years. Although Batman is spending time all over the world, he still has Gotham City as his home base, and he still has so many connections and ties and grudges and friendships in Gotham City. He can't completely walk away.

The stories I'm telling are all about relationships and connections he has in Gotham City that he can't walk away from.

Nrama: How does this interact with Dick Grayson being in Gotham City?

Finch: Even though Dick is here, it's not easy for Bruce to completely walk away. As much as Dick has proven himself, Bruce Wayne is still Bruce Wayne. It's very difficult for Bruce to just completely walk away from a fight he's been fighting his whole life.

And then there's something in particular that keeps him interested as we kick off the series.

Nrama: Is that what your first story is about in The Dark Knight?

Finch: Yeah. He has a friendship with a girl he knew when he was very young, before his parents died. She goes missing, and he goes on the hunt for her.

During the course of his hunt for her, he runs across a lot of people who are mixed up in it. And he realizes it's something much bigger than he initially thought it was. And it ultimately takes a pretty dark turn and goes in some spiritual and occult directions.

Nrama: Then is the series a little more dark overall?

Finch: Well, that's kind of my aesthetic, you know? This book, for me, is like a dream come true. I've always had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted from a Batman book. While Batman Inc. will be more of the upbeat superhero, my book will, comparatively speaking, be going in a darker, angrier direction.

I've read a lot online about how people think that, ever since Dark Knight Returns, Batman has been to dark and gritty. But I don't agree. That's what made me love Batman. I think a Batman that is too fun and happy and has a little sidekick dog and all those types of things doesn't speak to me at all. This is the character that speaks to me: The dark, angry, vengeful, almost hateful character. That's what I love. And that's what I'm doing. I want to push that as far as editorial will let me push it.

Nrama: Since you're writing the comic, do you feel a little extra vested interest in the artwork?

Finch: Yeah. For sure. I'm finding that there are times when I hate being the writer when I'm drawing. When I'm writing, I'm really trying to keep the art side in mind, obviously. But I got really close to the story. So it got really detailed in some places, and I'm having to kind of match that with the artwork.

I mean, I hate to admit it, but working with writers, you can trim and cut here and there and tell the story in a more streamlined way, but I'm really not doing that. So it can be a little challenging at times, because I'm so close to the story.

But I can't complain about getting the chance to do this. It's been very satisfying overall. I'm getting to write and draw the Batman story I've always wanted to tell.

Nrama: It seems like it would almost help to just walk away and come back to it later with a fresh eye.

Finch: I've been able to do that, actually. I'm working on something else with a writer -- something I can't really talk about yet -- but I'm able to kind of walk away from my own book to work on that from time to time.

But drawing a story and writing it too -- it's not like it used to be in the '90s, when I wrote a few things. I could write something overnight and draw it, and there wasn't a lot to it. But nowadays, the level of the writing in this business has gotten so strong that it would be pretty foolish for me to just write something fast so I had a chance to draw what I want.

I've been putting so much effort into the writing. It's been a strain, because readers have such high expectations, and so do I. The standard is so high.

But you know, we also have readers now, which I don't think we had before. There was a long time where people just put books in bags and it was a collectors' market. I remember thinking at the time, "I wish people would start reading these books again." And now I've gotten my wish, which is great. I like that there isn't any tolerance for weak material. There shouldn't be. But it sure creates a lot of pressure!

Nrama: Getting back to Batman: The Dark Night comic, Will the idea of this being a more "traditional" Batman story mean we'll see some of the more traditional villains and settings?

Finch: Yes. Absolutely. I think it would totally fair to call this a "traditional" Batman story. But that doesn't mean it isn't updated. I designed a new Batmobile, and I designed a new Batcave, which will actually appear for the first time in Grant's Batman: The Return comic. The Batmobile first gets driven in The Dark Knight, and I'm trying to introduce a lot of new ideas into the comic. So in that sense, it's not old-fashioned or anything. It exists in a modern era.

Nrama: Is there anything you can tell us about the new Batmobile?

Finch: It's tied to something I have planned for later in the first arc, so I really want to keep it to myself.

But I guess what I'm trying to say is that this is the Batman I grew up with and always wanted to do. It's respectful of what Batman was always intended to be. Ultimately, what I want, is to do a traditional Batman story.

There are places I'd like to take the character morally. My interest is in exploring Bruce Wayne within his natural setting, within the world of his villains. And the things that make him what he is. So while Batman will be marketing the symbol on his chest in Batman Inc., that symbol is not all he is. In The Dark Knight, you'll see the man behind the symbol. There's a very strong theme to the book, and there always has been. And that's important to me.

Batman: The Dark Knight will debut sometime in November.

Source: Newsarama

First Look at Chris Evans as Captain America

Entertainment Weekly gave us our first look at Green Lantern a few months ago. Now, they've scored another comic book hero's costume reveal: Captain America.

Well, I don't know about you, but I do not like how Chris Evans looks as Captain America and have major concerns on how the movie will turn out. The one thing I do like is that they actually stayed true to the comic and got the shield right for the World War II Era Captain America.


















Source: IGN.com

Comic-Con 2011 Announces its First 20 Special Guests

Earlier today Comic-Con released a list of it's first 20 Special guests who will be at the Comic-Con 2011 convention.

• Jordi Bernet
  Spanish comics artist known in the U.S. for the hardboiled Torpedo series and for DC's Jonah Hex


• Patricia Briggs
  Author, Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega series


• Jo Chen
  Award-winning cover artist for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Runaways


• Alan Davis
  British writer/artist on such titles as Captain Britain, Excalibur and JLA: The Nail; currently artist on Avengers Prime


• David Finch
  Artist known for Cyberforce, Avengers, New Avengers, and Brightest Day covers; he's now writing and drawing Batman: The Dark Knight


• Dave Gibbons
  British artist on the classic Watchmen comics series, and Give Me Liberty/Martha Washington; writer/artist, The Originals graphic novel


• Kim Harrison
  Author, Rachel Morgan, Madison Avery series


• Jonathan Hickman
  Writer, Fantastic Four, Secret Warriors, and S.H.I.E.L.D.


• John Higgins
  Long-time British artist on 2000 AD titles; colorist on the classic Watchmen comics series


• Charlie Huston
  Crime/horror novelist, Hank Thompson series, Joe Pitt Casebooks; comic book writer, Wolverine: The Best There Is, Moon Knight


• Jamal Igle
  Artist (Marvel, Image, Devils Due, Disney), whose latest work includes Supergirl


• Richard Kyle
  Writer, Graphic Story Magazine, highly influential fanzine of the 1960s; coined the term "graphic novel" in 1964


• Rebecca Moesta
  Co-author (with Kevin J. Anderson), Star Wars Young Jedi Knights series, Crystal Doors series; author, Buffy novels


• Christopher Moore
  Author, humorous vampire novels, including Bite Me: A Love Story, You Suck: A Love Story, Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story, etc.


• Bill Schelly
  Historian of comics fandom; books include The Golden Age of Comics Fandom, biographies of Joe Kubert and Otto Binder, etc.


• Frank Stack
  Pioneering underground cartoonist (as "Foolbert Sturgeon"), artist on many of Harvey Pekar's American Splendor stories as well as the graphic novel Our Cancer Year


• Mark Tatulli
  Cartoonist with two ongoing syndicated strips: Lio and Heart of the City


• Roy Thomas
  One of the first fans to become a pro: published early 1960s fanzine Alter Ego, went on to be editor-in-chief at Marvel and write titles such as Conan; currently editing revived Alter Ego magazine


• Maggie Thompson
  Editor of Comics Buyers Guide; co-creator of Comic Art, one of the earliest comics fanzines in 1961


• Scott Westerfeld
  Author, Uglies, Midnighters series

Comic-Con 2011 will be held July 21-24 at the San Diego Convention Center.

DC UNIVERSE ONLINE Release Pictures of the Scarecrow

Just in time for Halloween, DC Universe Online debuted pictures of Jonathan Crane AKA The Scarecrow from the upcoming game.








Source: The Daily Blam

New Playstation Phone

Back in August, Endgadget announced that Sony will be releasing a Sony Playstation Phone and the other day released an article listing the specifications of the playstaion phone along with some pictures. The Playstation phone will run on the Android operatng system and have a custom Sony Marketplace which will allow you to purchase and download games designed for the new platform. No word on which carriers would the phones service provider, but we could be seeing these phones hit the market in earl 2011.

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Oakley Limited Edition Tron Legacy 3D Glasses

Oakley has teamed up with Disney to create these limited-edition Tron: Legacy 3D glasses. These 3D glasses are suppose to eliminate the "crosstalk" while watching 3D movies.

The glasses will be available in November, about a month before Tron: Legacy hits theaters, and will cost you $150. HOLY @%*&!, I don't know about you, but I don't think I will be buying these.

Tron: Legacy Theatrical Trailer and Daft Punk Music Video

Check out the latest trailer for the upcoming Tron sequel. Also check out the music video trailer featuring Daft Punk and their song "Derezzed."

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Source: The Daily Blam

DC Comics: SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE Preview

Superman: Earth One will be available at comic book shops and major book retailers on October 27, 2010.

The following preview images have been released by DC Comics:






Source: DC Comics

New Clip from The Walking Dead

Steve Yeun, who plays Glenn on the upcoming The Walking Dead, was recently on G4TV's Attack of the Show to talk about his role in the series. They also showed a brand new clip of him and Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes).

The Walking Dead chronicles the travels of Rick Grimes, a small-town police officer from Cynthiana, Kentucky, his family, and a number of other survivors who have banded together in order to survive after the world is overrun with zombies. The six episode first season of The Walking Dead begins on October 31st, 2010, on AMC.

Check out the full interview and exclusive clip below:

Game Trailers - E3 2011 - Movies and TV

Source: G4Tv.com

The Talk Nerdy Show Episode 22: Next season on...

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Episode 22

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This week on the Talk Nerdy Show, the hot button topic is our little hiatus that is forthcoming. But don't be too sad, we'll be back with guns blazing. I will be building us a shiny new website, complete with blogs and possibly even a show for Kyle! Not to mention, it makes my behind the scenes tasks that much easier, so you'll be getting all of the guys' mantics more quickly! Hiatus and improvements aside, Kyle and Josh profess their love of Glee, while Ryan poo-poos it. We hear a clip of Glee's protaganist, Sue Sylvester, ranting about gays, which leads to the startling discovery that Ryan, is, in fact, a skeaky gay! (How could he not, with all those cupcake candles?!) They also talk a bit about the trip to Dinosaur World that was, at the time of recording, about to take place. I haven't gotten all the gorey details or pictures yet, but from what I gather, it was a smashing success! So, I suppose this is all for season one, we'll keep you posted throughout our hiatus and renovation. Thanks for listening, and stay nerdy, folks!

Hyper Realistic Street Fighter Art

Awesome Street Fighter Artwork from Kode, a graphic artist from Autstraila. They almost look like Photographs.

Post Game TV Recap: STAR WARS: CLONE WARS S3E6 "Assassin"

Originally posted at Newsarama.com by Amy Ratcliffe

Padawan Ahsoka Tano is getting stronger. Though she is the same spunky girl we met in the feature film, the years of training and war are beginning to show around the temples of her head-tails. Okay, not really. But it is apparent in her Force abilities and her manner. The Jedi Council even commends her recent displays of strength and courage. Episode 7 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, "Assassin," shows us just how much Ahsoka has grown up.

Ahsoka is left behind on Coruscant while Anakin travels to Balith to provide assistance with a civil war on the planet. She is frustrated that she doesn't get to accompany him, but things start to take an interesting turn for her. She starts having visions. The shimmery edged dreams star wraith-like bounty hunter Aurra Sing. She tells Ahsoka, “She will die, and there's nothing that you can do.” Confused, Ahsoka visits Master Yoda. He counsels Ahsoka about her visions. “Always in motion is the future.” This is not the first time we've heard Yoda give advice about visions, and it is reassuring to see how much of a constant and impressive influence he is.

Further visions reveal that Aurra is after Padmé Amidala. Frightened for her friend's safety, Ahsoka tells Padmé that she is in danger. The Senator is in the midst of final preparations for a journey to Alderaan for a conference about war refugees. She refuses to cancel her trip. Ahsoka feels that the pending attempt on Padmé's life is imminent though, and she makes a last minute decision to accompany the Senator. They kill time on the ship by playing dejarik holographic chess. Ahsoka usually puts up a tough exterior, but she admits to Padmé that she doesn't have full confidence in herself. She's unsure, especially when Anakin isn't around to help her. Padmé confided that when she was Queen of Naboo, she had the same moments of uncertainty. Ahsoka's faith in herself is further shaken that night when she mistakenly believes that Aurra Sing is on the ship.

They arrive safely to Alderaan. Ahsoka meditates, and she is able to see where the assassination takes place. She finds the room, and Padmé confirms that it is the room she will be speaking in later that day. Sure enough, Aurra Sing does show up. She's got a different jumpsuit too. She must have realized that dusky blue is much more flattering to her pale skin than garish orange. Regardless of her wardrobe, she is terrifying. She maneuvers through the ducts above the heads of the conference attendees. She assembles her sniper rifle and the clicking sounds of the pieces fitting together seem deafening. Though Ahsoka and guards are being vigilant, Aurra comes way too close to completing her hit. Ahsoka distracts her barely in time, but Aurra still manages to hit Padmé in the shoulder. She escapes.

Though the safest move would be to leave Alderaan, Padmé decides to stay and continue the conference. She doesn't want to let fear control her actions; in other words, she is stubborn. Ahsoka at least talks her into sending a decoy into the conference room this time. Bail Organa accompanies the cloaked robot. The fake Padmé delivers her speech but nothing happens. Aurra Sing was not tricked, and when she doesn't show Ahsoka guesses she is headed to Padmé's quarters. Ahsoka barely arrives in time. Padmé tells Aurra that her death will not stop relief efforts. Aurra gives her a look that says “you're an idiot” and states that it's not about her “cause;” it's about revenge. Aurra attacks and manages to nick Ahsoka in the arm. Ahsoka falls, but Padmé is ready. She stuns the surprised Aurra with a blaster.

Though Aurra is captured, her employer is unknown. With encouragement from Yoda, Ahsoka meditates on the question. She hears crazy laughter and sees the color purple. Padmé has many enemies, but those two clues lead to just one - Ziro the Hutt. Anakin and Ahsoka pay a visit to his prison cell. Ziro is a perfect example of why you should not judge a creature on appearance. The heavily tattooed blob doesn't seem menacing, but it doesn't take much trickery to get Ziro to admit to hiring Aurra Sing. He's livid with Padmé for getting him stuffed into a cold prison cell. There aren't even dancers for goodness' sake! Ziro shouts future threats as Anakin and Ahsoka turn away. We probably have not heard the last from him.

Marvel Comics and ESPN Take On The NBA

Marvel Comics and ESPN Magazine have teamed up for the NBA preview issue that will be hitting newstands on October 22, 2010.

Artists such as Marvel E.I.C. Joe Quesada, John Romita, Sr., Olivier Coipel, Leinil Yu, Greg Horn, and many more have contributed artwork that takes the stars of each team in the NBA and takes them to the next level: Super-Heroes.

Mortal Kombat Scorpion Trailer

Mortal Kombat Scorpion Trailer [HD]
Developer: NetherRealm Studios
Release: 2011
Genre: Fighting
Platform: PS3/X360
Publisher: Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment
Website: www.themortalkombat.com.
The newest chapter of the iconic fight franchise marks a triumphant return to the series’ mature presentation and a reinvention of its classic 2D fighting mechanic. Driven by an all new graphics engine, the fan favorite Fatality is back and presented in more gory detail than ever before. In addition, Mortal Kombat introduces a number of new game-play features including tag team and the deepest story mode of any fighting game. Players can choose from an extensive lineup of the game’s iconic warriors and challenge their friends in traditional 1 vs. 1 matches, or take on several new game modes.

Source: Geek World Order

Slacker and The Man Episode 140: Marvel Goes Tron

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Cover of Weird Al's Nature Trail to Hell
KSV, Nash, and Marc With A C recently covered Wierd Al Yankovic’s Nature Trail To Hell. Here’s the unmolested version.

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On this episode of Slacker And The Man, the guys recap the Spike Scream Awards, the man makes his opinion on Chris Evans playing Captain America known, they discuss the Marvel Comics characters in their Tron costumes, Ana Aesthetic joins them to talk about their favorite slasher flicks, they review Jackass 3D and RED, and to get into the Halloween spirit the boys eat some caramel covered onions….

Awesome Back to the Future Trilogy 25th Anniversary Blu-Ray Trailer

Check out this Interactive Trailer from the U.K. for the “Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy” available worldwide as early as October 25th and in the U.S. on October 26th

Interactive Trailer:http://www.bttfmovie.com/ww/itrailer/

Red Wii and DSi XL Bundles

Nintendo announced that they will be releasing two Super Mario Bros. 25th anniversary hardware bundles, a Red Wii and Red DSi XL. Both systems will arrive on November 7.

The $200 Wii bundle includes New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Sports, and a red Wii Remote Plus. The $180 DSi XL bundle includes Mario Kart DS, and comes pre-loaded with two Brain Age Express games and Photo Clock.

The Wii Remote Plus, combining a Wiimote and a MotionPlus, will be released the same day for $40, in white, black, pink, and blue.