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Brock Lesnar and The Rock sign new one-year contracts with the WWE
1 year ago
by Mike Villarreal
in TV
If you happened to miss this past Monday Night RAW, fans saw what was likely The Rock’s exit from the show and the return of Brock Lesnar. Following Lesnar’s lost and retirement at UFC 141, many suspected “The Next Big Thing” would likely return to the WWE despite his fallout with the company that More >
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story exclusive clip – Stan Lee on quitting
1 year ago
Here’s an exclusive clip from Stan Lee’s documentary, With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story, on why he almost quit comic book writing. The original documentary will premiere on EPIX during “Marvel Heroes Weekend”.
From April 27th to 29th, Stan Lee will be hosting the EPIX marathon featuring More >
NR Interview: The Aquabats’ Christian Jacobs, AKA The MC Bat Commander
1 year ago
If you’re looking for a campy and silly superhero show that stars a rock band fighting monsters and villains, then The Aquabats! Super Show! is your show.
We had a chance to talk to The Aquabats frontman Christian Jacobs, AKA The MC Bat Commander, about how he started out in the ska band from OC, More >
Fans rally to get Toonami back on Cartoon Network for good
1 year ago
If you haven’t been living under a rock, every one of your nerdy friends has told you by now that Toonami returned last night on Cartoon Network. Steve Blum returned to once again voice TOM, and numerous classic Toonami anime were shown during the Adult Swim block.
While this was a great nostalgic More >
Cartoon Network re-airs Toonami as April Fool’s joke
1 year ago
This is probably the best news you’ll hear all day. Last night, Cartoon Network viewers were treated to a very special April Fool’s joke. Cartoon Network’s normal Adult Swim programming was replaced by the return of Toonami.
Voice actor Steve Blum returned to once again voice the Toonami MC, Tom. More >
And that’s why they’re called The Justice League
1 year ago
Mad, the animated sketch comedy show on Cartoon Network, has created a music video featuring many of your favorite DC heroes singing about why Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman aren’t being super friends at all. No love for the lower tier heroes?
Via Nerd Bastards
Comic Book Men Season Finale Recap
1 year ago
In this episode, the guys of the Secret Stash make a pact to all get tattooed in order to force Walter into fulfilling an old promise. Plus, Nerd Reactor‘s Mike and Narvin talk about their adventures at this year’s WonderCon, and Mike gives another heart shattering story of the lost comic book More >
Nerdy Drag Race: Michael Keaton Batmobile vs. Adam West Batmobile
1 year ago
This one is for all the marbles, Ladies and Gentlemen. At last, the age old question of which one is better will finally be answered as 60s TV show Batmobile takes on the 90s Tim Burton film Batmobile in a drag of epic nerdy proportions.
Now obviously, these cars didn’t just randomly meet on a More >
First look at the Green Arrow in CW’s Arrow
1 year ago
A picture was just released for The CW’s pilot ARROW featuring Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, AKA Arrow. For those that wished that Justin Hartley, who played Green Arrow in Smallville, would be in this, they will be disappointed.
I would have preferred the full Green Arrow name instead of just More >
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome trailer featuring young William Adama
1 year ago
by John 'Spartan' Nguyen
in TV
Not sure if I’d choose Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” cover song that was featured in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but I’m very excited about this trailer for Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome. The story follows young William Adama fighting in the first Cylon War. We’re not sure if this More >
Who’s that badass woman with the katana in the season 2 finale of The Walking Dead?
1 year ago
AMC has announced that Danai Gurira will be playing Michonne in Season 3 of The Walking Dead. She’s the mysterious woman, seen in the second season finale, who saved Andrea’s life by slicing off heads of zombies with a katana. That’s pretty badass. She’s seen with two zombies chained to her, as if More >
Want a Grimm Fairy Tales animated series? Then join the Kickstarter campaign
1 year ago
Grimm Fairy Tales is an independent comic book series written and created by Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco and has attracted talented artists like J. Scott Campbell, Al Rio, Eric Basuldua, and Talent Caldwell. The stories are based on the already gory fairy tales by the Grimm brothers, but with a More >
Marcus Crassus and Julius Caesar gets cast in Spartacus’ third season
1 year ago
by John 'Spartan' Nguyen
in TV
Spartacus: Vengeance has been showing how Spartacus (Liam McIntyre) is as a leader of the rebels. And on his tail is Gaius Claudius Glaber (Craig Parker). In history, Glaber failed to capture Spartacus. The man responsible for stopping Spartacus and the rebellion was Marcus Crassus, a wealthy Roman More >
Alien Encounters premieres tonight on Science
1 year ago
by John 'Spartan' Nguyen
in TV
If aliens were to really exist, how would they act? Would they be able to contact us? Would they bully us like in Independence Day, Predator or Alien? Would they be nice like in E.T.? Maybe aliens are just like humans, with good and bad on both sides (Transformers, Star Wars, Star Trek). Or maybe More >
The Walking Dead – Season 2 Episode 12: ‘Better Angeles’ Recap
1 year ago
In this episode, the group deals with the death of their fallen comrade Dale and struggles to find a way to keep the group together. Also in this episode, the group figures out what to do with their prisoner Randall and Shane finally goes off the deep end.
All this and more on a new episode of The More >
Comic Book Men – Episode 5: ‘Con Gone Wrong’ Recap
1 year ago
In this new episode of Comic Book Men, the guys hear of a local Comic Con being held at a Elk’s Lodge. Seeing a way to make some quick cash, Walt and the boys head out on a road trip. Also in this episode, the boys hit up a local garage sale and find some very hot items.
All this and more on a More >
Exclusive: Spartacus Vengeance’s Ellen Hollman on her warrior role, superheroes, Marvel vs. Capcom & pranking Xena
1 year ago
Ellen Hollman will play Saxa, a German warrior, in Spartacus: Vengeance tonight, March 9th, in the episode “Sacramentum”. What makes her role different from the other female roles is that she’s the first female character to be a warrior. She would never be put in a submissive position.
Nerd More >
Comic Book Men Episode 4: ‘Zombies’ Recap
1 year ago
In this episode, Ming tries to bring in new business to the store by having all the guys do zombie makeup for a special sale. Also in the episode, Walt has chance of a lifetime to grab a piece of Comic Book history that he has been wanting for a long time.
All this and more in a all new episode of More >
The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 11: ‘Judge, Jury, Executioner’ recap
1 year ago
In this episode of The Walking Dead, the group struggles to determine the fate of their prisoner, Randall. With the pros outweighing the cons, it is pretty unanimous among the group that he should be executed, but Dale doesn’t believe they should decide so easily. With a man’s life hanging in the More >
Giveaway Time: The Aquabats cds, signed Transformers Prime key art
1 year ago
We have two of the most seemingly random giveaways for you this week. On the one hand, we have five collector’s edition Transformers Prime season one key art (depicted above). Each one will come autographed by the show’s executive producers, Bob Orci (“Fringe”, “Star Trek”, “Transformers” movie) More >
‘The Walking Dead’ season 2 ending – Spoiler Alert
1 year ago
by Steve Ahmad
in TV
Someone made a big mistake over at the AMC online network when a picture captioned for the season 2 Blu-ray compilation discs of The Walking Dead featured descriptive spoilers from unaired, major show changing, plot advances. Some might say that most of season 2 has been nothing but character More >
I love being a stop-motion animated turtle!
1 year ago
After 4,000 individual pictures, 60 hand drawn images, and 3 months of production, Kyle Roberts and crew have finished their homage to the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opening. The only thing I wasn’t fond of is the cover song by Oklahoma native band, The Boom Bang (the cover was probably More >
The Walking Dead cast The Governor for Season 3
1 year ago
Season 2 of The Walking Dead is currently airing, but that’s not stopping the AMC show from getting a head start for the next season. Actor David Morrissey has been cast as The Governor. For those that haven’t read the graphic novel, The Governor is the main antagonist for Rick Grimes (Andrew More >
Lucy Liu to play Watson in CBS’ New Sherlock Holmes Series
1 year ago
by Michael Pao
in TV
CBS has cast Lucy Liu to play Watson in their new Sherlock Holmes series, ‘Elementary’. Liu will be playing an ex-surgeon and former NYPD consultant in this new series who will be Holmes’ new faithful companion. In this adaptation Holmes will be a recovering addict and former Scotland Yard More >
Pac-Man to get a new US cartoon. Hide the children
1 year ago
American TV adaptations of video games have been scant these days, with providers instead opting to air the localized versions of ones produced in Japan. Largely because the US results had been less than favorable in the past. Apparently Namco is set to break the long silence, with the More >
