First Images of Sentinel Prime from TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON Revealed

The upcoming issue of Empire magazine showcases director Michael Bay's next Transformers film installment, and features images of Sentinel and Optimus Prime.

Two International Character Posters for X-MEN: FIRST CLASS

New GREEN LANTERN Movie Wall Posters

Merchandise manufacturer NECA, who produce licensed collectibles based on movies, television shows and video games, are leading the charge with Green Lantern products; check out these awesome posters they will be releasing.

Anime Addicts Anonymous Podcast 71: Unlikely Cosplay Items

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Anime Addicts Anonymous Podcast 71:Unlikely Cosplay Items

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Discussion Topic: Have you ever seen a plastic recorder and thought a sword hilt? Or a piece of insulation and thought of Link's shield? Well we did! Kimiko and Chiaki lend their cosplay expertise for the unlikely items and the unlikely places to find all the best cosplay goodies.

Impressions: Yumekui Merry, Level E, and Infinite Stratos

Reviews: Rosario + Vampire and Motto To Love Ru

Slacker and The Man Episode 158: Thor > Captain America

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On this episode of Slacker And The Man, the guys recall their weekend at Tampa Comic Con, Dobbs' conscience sits in for an episode, Ana Aesthetic learns what trim is, they discuss the new Thor trailer, and the new video game trailers for Jurassic Park and Dead Island, what they want to see in a Walking Dead video game, pit Beast Vs Beast Boy in Deadliest Geek Warrior, and ponder Kevin Costner being cast as Pa Kent in the upcoming Superman film.

We forgot to review last week's netflix movie review, so we'll pick up with it again next week.

Don't forget to come join us at Vulcan Events this weekend (Feb 25-27) in Tampa. And Friday night at 7pm there is a special screening of Starship Troopers. What makes this screening special is that Casper Van Dien will be doing a live commentary during the film and Q&A session afterwards.

For those of you interested in the Slacker And The Man listeners Vs show Call of Duty: Black Ops tournament, email Geeqshuq at geeqshuq@gmail.com

Details for THOR: TALES OF ASGARD & Trailer

Packed with special features like audio commentaries with the creators, a "making-of" featurette and a bonus TV episode of The Avengers, Thor: Tales of Asgard will come to Blu-ray combo pack and DVD for the suggested retail prices of $29.99 and $19.98 on May 17th, 2011.

The story will go back to Thor's earlier years, before he ever lifted his mighty hammer. It follows the upstart god's quest for the legendary Lost Sword of Surtur. To help in the search, Thor teams up with his loyal brother Loki, a budding sorcerer with a knack for conjuring up trouble, and the fabled Warriors Three, a band of boastful travelers. But what starts out as a harmless treasure hunt quickly turns deadly, and Thor must now prove himself worthy of his destiny by saving Asgard itself.

Special Features:

* Audio commentary with Supervising Producer Craig Kyle and Screenwriter Greg Johnson

* Audio commentary with Supervising Director Gary Hartle, Animation Director Sam Liu and Character Designer Phil Bourassa

* "Worthy: The Making of Thor: Tales of Asgard" featurette

* The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Bonus Episode from the new hit TV series

GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD KNIGHTS Trailer

In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power... Green Lantern's light!

Warner Home Video and DC Entertainment present the first official trailer for “Green Lantern: Emerald Knights,” the next direct to DVD feature in the DC Universe line of movies. “Green Lantern: Emerald Knights” stars Nathan Fillion, Elisabeth Moss, Henry Rollins, Jason Isaacs and Roddy Piper and is set for release on June 7, 2011.

The Talk Nerdy Show Episode 27: Have You Ever Heard of Guns n Roses?

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On this episode of the Talk Nerdy Show we try to hash out the planning meeting that happened that brought us the fiasco that was the superbowl halftime show. We also have a bit of news concerning reportedly “unknown” XBox Live purchases, debate preferred comic book format in the growing popularity of digital download, and get our, ever the nerdiest, rant on about tanks and why we love, hate, and love to hate them in this week’s Less QQ segment of the show!
Don’t forget to check out Ryan’s weekly blog, Wednesday of Warcraft, posted every Wednesday!

EDIT: Ryan here, just wanted to apologize for the quality of this episode, we tried recording on a different computer and had some technical difficulties throughout the episode. We apologize, but please, try to enjoy.

X-Men Anime Teaser Trailer Released

The X-Men Anime series is set to premiere on April 1 in Japan and will be shown in the US via G4 later this year together with Animax’s Iron Man, Wolverine and Blade anime series. Check out the trailer below. **Warning it is in Japanese**

Vulcan Events February 25-27, 2011 Tampa, FL

Slacker and The Man Episode 157: Fish Hook In The Balloon Knot

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On this episode of Slacker And The Man, everybody is back, except KSV (who is no longer a part of the show). The guys and Ana Aesthetic go over last week's drunken episode, more Call Of Duty: Black Ops stories and stats, they give their take on the X-Men: First Class trailer, review My Name Is Bruce, The Fighter, and The Last Exorcism, pit Wonder Woman Vs Ms Marvel in Deadliest Geek Warrior, nerbot reads some listener emails, and they go over the Caption This winners. Then the guys get to interview Casper Van Dien and talk to him about Starship Troopers, working with Johnny Depp, and his upcoming appearance at Vulcan Events in Tampa.

For more information on Vulcan Events got to http://www.vulcanevents.com

Adrianne Palicki Cast as WONDER WOMAN

Adrianne Palicki has been tapped to star as the title character in the pilot for NBC’s new “Wonder Woman.”

The series pilot is a reinvention of the iconic DC Comics title in which Wonder Woman – a/k/a Diana Prince – is a vigilante crime fighter in Los Angeles but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life.

New Thor Trailer

Check out this new trailer for Thor. In this trailer not only do you get to see more of Thor, um well acting like Thor, but you also get more shots of Loki and The Destroyer Armor. This movie is going to be bad ass and I can't wait to see it. "FOR ASGARD!!!!!!!!!!!"

The Amazing Spider-Man

The title for Marc Webb's new take on the Spider-Man franchise has officially been revealed by Sony and Columbia Pictures -- The Amazing Spider-Man. Additionally, an all-new high-res pic (see it in full below) was released with the announcement depicting Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man completely decked-out in his Spidey-suit, mask and all. Despite a more modern approach to the costume, it certainly does appear that Webb is going down more of a comic-faithful route. Starting with a title that has a deep tradition in Spider-Man lore, the casting of Emma Stone as the Wall-Crawler's first real love in Gwen Stacy, we now see another purist element in this film -- web-shooters!

Marvel Comics Releases FEAR ITSELF #1 Teaser

Marvel Comics has released a teaser image for Fear Itself #1, from writer Matt Fraction and artist Stuart Immonen. The event kicks off April 6, 2011.

FEAR ITSELF #1 (OF 7)
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils by STUART IMMONEN
Cover by STEVE McNIVEN
Variant Covers by STUART IMMONEN
FF Anniversary Variant by PAOLO RIVERA
Blank Cover Also Available
Rated T+ .$3.99
On-Sale-4/6/11

First Trailer for the Upcoming Movie Tie-in Game GREEN LANTERN: RISE OF THE MANHUNTERS

The Manhunters are an android race, originally created by the Guardians of the Universe to serve as the first interstellar police force. The Manhunters became more obsessed with administering punishment than serving justice, forcing the Guardians to dissolve their ranks. The few Manhunters that survived fled into exile and the Guardians founded a new elite police force called the Green Lantern Corps and armed its members with specially crafted power rings. Now the Manhunters are back and out for revenge, readying their forces for a war against the Guardians and the Green Lantern Corps. Faced with destruction, the Corps is looking to you as the newest recruit, gifted but cocky test pilot Hal Jordon, to protect peace and preserve justice. Building on the anticipation of Warner Bros.' feature film Green Lantern, in theaters June 17, 2011, Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters includes the likeness and voice talent of Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, who is the star of the upcoming motion picture.

Check out this first trailer for the upcoming game:

Superboy Coming to Smallville

Lucas Gabreel who played Lex Luthor Clone Alexander is returning to Smallville, but this time as Connor Kent, a.k.a. Superboy. No announcement has been made as to when Alexander will become Connor, but in a recent interview Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders stated that, “Connor’s journey is manipulated by a master. Luckily, someone knows more about Connor’s life than he does. But he should be wary of strangers bearing gifts.” And from the looks of the picture below, he will be doning the black and red tee and jeans.

Sentinel Prime Confirmed for TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON; May be Last Film in the Franchise

Michael Bay has revealed that his upcoming third film in the Transformers franchise will be the last one with his involvement and also drops some hints on the villainous Shockwave.

"It does have an end, yes. Because I am finished doing this," said Bay on his run with the Transformers films. The third movie in the franchise has been confirmed to feature the Decepticon Shockwave as the main villain and Bay describes the bot as having a "much bigger gun" and is "more vicious" than previous baddie Megatron. The director also praised another new character to the trilogy, confirming his inclusion in film.

"Sentinel Prime is great. He's great. I can't tell you anything else, other than he's great."

Transformers: The Dark of the Moon, starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, John Malkovich is scheduled for 3D theatrical release on July 1st, 2011;

Marvel hires screenwriters to write CAPTAIN AMERICA Sequel

The Joe Johnston directed Marvel film Captain America: The First Avenger doesn't come out until July 22nd, but apparently Marvel has gone ahead and hired Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus to write the script for the sequel to Captian. This is the same writing team that wrote the first Captain America.

There's no infomation of what the sequel will be about, but since the first movie takes place during World War II, the sequel will obviously be set in the present day. We could very well see a Captain America 2 hit theaters in 2013.

Talk about jumping the gun. Did Marvel even watch the so called "trailer" that was aired during the Super Bowl? If that is any indication what the movie will be like, then they would probably be better off writing a reboot as opposed to a sequel, because man that "trailer" (again I use the term loosely) looked aweful!!!!!! Well, here's hoping that the movie will be good, but I am not going to hold my breath.

X-Men: First Class Trailer

20th Century Fox has released the first movie trailer for Matthew Vaughn‘s X-Men: First Class on Facebook. Based on a story by original X-Men director Bryan Singer, the new film is a Casino Royale-style prequel/reboot of the comic book movie series. The story “charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events.” This first trailer gives a much better idea of what we can expect from this film. And it seems like it should calm fans worried that we wouldn’t see much mutant action.

X-MEN FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

Slacker and The Man Episode 156: Three Years Of Slacker And The Man

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On this episode of Slacker And The Man Podcast, the guys and special guest No Neck play the listener drinking game while recording, tell stories of playing drunken Black Ops with listeners, ask that you go vote for Ana Aesthetic on egoshift.com, talk Super Bowl trailers, pit Captain America Vs Wonder Woman in Deadliest Geek Warrior, review Machine Girl, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, and Being Human, take some listener emails from Nerdbot, go over a list of the 20 most powerful superheroes from old-wizard.com, and give you more info on vulcan events, Tampa Bay ComicCon, and more info on their joint cd release party ar MegaCon with Sci-Fried.

Anime Addicts Anonymous Podcast 70: Side Character's Series

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Discussion Topic: Side characters are sometimes as loveable as the main characters in a series. We talk about side characters who we would want to see whole series devoted to. Loveable antics? Slice of life? Action-packed! And More.

Impressions: Fractale, Freezing and Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu

Reviews: Read or Die (OVA) and Amagami SS

Activision Dropping Guitar Hero Franchise

Yesterday, Activision/Blizzard announced it is dropping the Guitar Hero game planned for 2011. The company is disbanding its Guitar Hero division in order to focus on more profitable franchises like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft.

“Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing’s Guitar Hero business unit and discontinue development on its Guitar Hero game for 2011,” the company said in a statement.

Activision Blizzard Inc. said Wednesday it lost $233 million, or 20 cents per share. Net revenue fell to $1.43 billion from $1.56 billion in the previous year.

DC Announces BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY Tie-In Series

Today, DC Comics announced a six-issue miniseries tie-in with BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, the sequel to the critically acclaimed video game BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM.

The series will be written by ARKHAM ASYLUM and ARKHAM CITY writer Paul Dini with pencils by the games' concept artist, Carlos D'anda. The story is set one year after the events of ARKHAM ASYLUM, and is designed to bridge the gap between the original game and the sequel:

BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY picks up one year after the original game, where former Arkham Warden turned newly elected Mayor of Gotham City Quincy Sharp has decided to close down the infamous institution. In its stead, he establishes “Arkham City,” the new maximum security “home” for all of Gotham City’s thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, inmates can roam free and do whatever they want as long as they don’t try to escape. To run this urban prison, Sharp has appointed Dr. Hugo Strange, a man who knows that Bruce Wayne is Batman.

Issues 1 and 2 of the ARKHAM CITY miniseries will be available in May.

FF #1: The Fantastic Four is Dead, Long Live The Future Foundation!

Marvel has released some information on FF, the new series taking the place of Fantastic Four. Here's what they had to say today:

There is no more Fantastic Four, so just what is the FF? This March, the superstar creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting present the over-sized FF #1, introducing the biggest new super hero team of the century! After the death of the Human Torch, the surviving members of the Fantastic Four--Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman & Thing--join with Spider-Man and some top secret members to form an unstoppable force: The Future Foundation. Their mission is simple: save the Marvel Universe from its greatest threats and prevent future dangers from arising. But even with knowledge of what’s to come and one of the most powerful teams ever assembled, just what villainous force could stand in their way?

Marvel also released two covers, the regular one by Steve Epting and one of the variants by Daniel Acuna:

Nathan Fillion To Voice Hal Jordan In Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Following in the tradition of "Batman: Gotham Knights," an animated short anthology tying into director Christopher Nolan's 2008 sequel "The Dark Knight," Warner Bros. is prepping a similar release to arrive alongside this summer's Ryan Reynolds-starring DC Comic adaptation, "Green Lantern."

Dubbed "Green Lantern: Emerald Knights," the home video release will arrives on June 7, 10 days before the release of the film. And today brings us our first official look at the anthology's version of Green Lantern Hal Jordan

Television stars Nathan Fillion (Castle, Firefly) and Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) lead a diverse cast of performers in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, the next entry in the popular ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Fillion provides the voice for the central character, Hal Jordan, the human Green Lantern of Sector 2814 and Moss will be voicing Arisia, a young recruit forced into her first mission on just her third day.


Also providing their voices will be Henry Rollins (Sons of Anarchy, The Henry Rollins Show) as Kilowog, Jason Isaacs (the Harry Potter films) as Sinestro, legendary professional wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (They Live) as Bolphunga, Arnlod Vosloo (The Mummy) as Abin Sur, Kelly Hu (The Vampire Diaries) as Laira and Wade Williams (Prison Break) as Deegan. Radio Hall of Fame commentator/talk show host Michael Jackson voices Ganthet.

Bruce Timm is the executive producer and the directors are Lauren Montgomery, Jay Oliva and Christopher Berkeley.

Movie Trailer TV Spots From Super Bowl XLV

Cowboys & Aliens - Super Bowl Spot and HD Trailer

Cowboys & Aliens is comic book adapted film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Paul Dano and Noah Ringer. It is set for theatrical release July 29th, 2011.

Super Bowl Spot:

HD Trailer:

CAPTAIN AMERICA Movie Poster and Movie-Based 10-Inch Action Figure

First Poster for the Captain America Movie that hit theaters July 2011.


This red, white, and blue hero has articulated arms and includes his famous shield. Look for it to be released in March 2011.

The Walking Dead Season 1 Available on Blu-Ray/DVD March 8th

Take a walk on the undead side, as the groundbreaking, genre-bending AMC original series The Walking Dead rises again when Anchor Bay Entertainment releases the Blu-ray™ and DVD of the hit show that wowed both critics and audiences. The SRP for the March 8 release is $49.99 for the Blu-ray™, and $39.98 for the DVD. Both the The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season Blu-ray™ and DVD contain all 6 episodes of the first season on a 2-disc set and are packed with special behind-the-scenes featurettes and insightful extra footage.

**Pre-Order on Blu-ray at Amazon.com for $27.99**

Nominated for a Golden Globe® for Best Television Series - Drama,The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season breathes new life into the zombie genre as it unfolds a post-apocalyptic saga that follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln, Love Actually), who searches for a safe haven and, hopefully, a new home, far from the undead that now roam the earth hungry for human flesh. Each episode explores the challenges of life in a world overrun by zombies, and the toll it takes on the survivors who now find themselves going to extremes just to see another day. In this horrific world gone mad, each turn brings new surprises and dangers, as the survivors try to regain some semblance of a normal life.

The Walking Dead is based on the popular Image Comics' comic book written by Robert Kirkman. The series premiered on AMC Fearfest Halloween night and immediately became the most watched drama series in cable's history among Adults 18-49 with 3.5 million viewers. It also gained a following among critics (from People to Vanity Fair) who have hailed it as one of the best new series of the year.

Latest SPIDER-MAN Movie Set Photos Reveal New Action Scene & Costumed Andrew Garfield

Ever since MTV first posted the image of Andrew Garfield in the Spider-Man costume, more and more images have been posted all over the internet. Here are some of the lastest ones to come out showcasing a new scene being filmed in LA and star Andrew Garfield getting in on the action.