Going Back To Cali

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ConVersation

Check out how I kicked off my convention at 2 cons in 2 weekends.  

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Batman and True Blood Catch Up Post

 

I have been talking about the Batman 75th Anniversary on my podcast for some time now.  DC Comics is going all out for The Dark Knight for his birthday.  The festivities will commence on July 23rd at your local comic book stores and Barnes & Noble during their Get Pop-Cultured in store event.  There will be a free comic book giveaway of Detective Comics #27 re-telling of the origin of Batman.  Also, preceding Batman 75 DC has released 13 on going series with variant covers by various artist.  Superman Wonder Woman 10 and Justice League 33 (not in stores yet) show below. 

 

Check out the podcast to find out all the information on Batman 75.

True Blood returned 4 weeks ago and I am still on the fence.  Now, I will finish the series since I am 6 years invested in it.  But, with the surprising deaths of Tara and Alcide before we even get to the middle of the season has left a sad taste in my mouth.  I mean there deaths were treated so insignificantly It makes you think they were B-list characters.  I for one think that Hep V Vampire storyline was used too much already and I wish it was already over.  But, you can check out the podcast below and hear my full review on True Blood so far! 

The Nerd Weekend Edition

What a weekend for this Blerd.  I actually started out pretty early on Thursday evening by seeing the latest Captain America movie The Winter Soldier. It was AWESOME! Then on Friday and Saturday I attended the first ever Pop Culture and Comic Book Convention for my little city, appropriately named POP!CON. 

I met so many cool and interesting people that I could barely contain my inner geek.  There were things I liked and there will always be things you do not like.  But overall it was a fantastic event and weekend.  

I did get a lot of swag and was happy with my purchases.  I missed out on some stuff I wanted because of my profound procrastination.  But, next time I will plan better.  

The event was filled with some Cosplayers, Artist, Vendors and Celebrities.

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Most of the celebrities were really cool and down to Earth.  I took pictures with UFC Fighter Miesha Tate and Making Monsters Reality contestant Mikey Rotella.  Mikey has worked on big budget films such as Cabin In The Woods and Man Of Steel.  He  was very cool and very real.  He gave us an inside scoop of the industry and told us how they made the Michael Myers mask from the Halloween films. Listen to the below Nerd Week Edition to hear the an excerpt from his panel discussion. 

Check out my thoughts in my latest Fanboy Weekly Podcast

Free Comic Book Day Founder Joe Field

Thanks to @The5by5 for blogtalk re: @Freecomicbook Day today. 44 days til #FCBD, the world's largest comic event! http://t.co/VvlxwW7533
— Joe Field (@flycojoe) March 20, 2014

Kick A$$ GIVEAWAY!

It's Fanboy Weekly again (a little late) and we are giving away 2 Kick A$$ movie key chains.  I know it isn't much, but they are cool nonetheless. I will choose, at random, 2 people to receive either the Kick Ass or Hit Girl Key Chain.  I only have 2 so if you want to be eligible to win just listen to the below podcast to find out how. Also, in this week's podcast I talk about how I am going overboard on collecting.  My weekly comic load, Marvel and Netflix team up to bring us original exclusive super hero entertainment and NBC is revamping it's long lost Heroes franchise. 

Fanboy Weekly: Michonne & More

Remember that Walking Dead comic book I got at Free Comic Book Day? Well the return of The Walking Dead closely followed that story line about Michonne's origin.  Carl was being a bratty teenager and we almost saw Rick zombified.  On this week's edition of Fanboy Weekly we also chat about Arrow and Nick Fury aka Samuel L Jackson.  I have recently started to get back into comic book collecting and I share my comic book load for this week. I included an interview from Larry King Live with Stan Lee.  Stan was talking about expanding the diversity in Marveldom.  Lastly, I simulcasted my spreaker show onto Google Hangouts.  If you want to join me on a hangout just add me on google plus.  

Find out how to win this guy by listening in.

Our Google Hangout Simulcast

The Tomorrow People, Agents and Arrow

What a night of premieres.  All except one (3rd episode) Agents Of Shield is still riding the wave of popularity. The new show quirkiness is there, but that doesn't stop them for delivering solid geek filled episodes.  The underlying discussion about Agent Coulson's identity is still present.  This week the mystery behind him was given to us by one line from Agent May "And You Died".  

The show I have been really anticipating this season other than Agents of Shield is Arrow.  And tonight's season premiere gave us some season 1 closure, but also opened a few new can of worms.  I was left wanting more, but I was very entertained by the Stephen Amell led show.  And I finally got my Black Canary

 fix.  Right after Arrow the second Amell family member charged in with The Tomorrow People.  Robbie Amell younger fraternal cousin to Stephen is the lead in the U.S. version of an old British scifi classic.

Check out their interview below it's very cute.

Fanboy Friday: True Blood 'nuff said

This week on Fanboy Friday we talk about the Season Premiere of  True Blood.  I was not that enthused.  But, don't get me wrong I enjoyed it.  The one person I am over in this series is Jason Stackhouse.  It looks like they have changed Tara.  We didn't see much from Sam Merlotte or Lafayette, but I am sure both of their stories will grow.  I hope they don't ruin the Bill Compton character with this whole Billith thing.  It could get a little old.  I wonder if this will be the last year for this show. I know it's going strong, but how long can it really go.  I need to read the books.  

Also, Teen Wolf is back and not only does Scott and Derek have to fight off Boyd the moon starved wolf.  There is a new player in town killing virgins. And is Stiles the next victim. Allison is hunting on here own.  And Lydia is going crazy again. Peter is the usual asshole. 

AppleTv finally adds HBO Go and Watch ESPN to their line up.  And I give you this

 weeks top Superhero IOS Apps.

Thanks To FrogPants Studio for my Free Comic Book Day free piece of signed art.  Below

This week's Fanboy Throw Back comes from Wonder Woman 172.  It features the death of Hippolyta!

Fanboy Friday: Finales and Comic Book Reviews

Agents of Shield

Teen Wolf

True Blood

Free Comic Book Day Live

It was a stellar Free Comic Book Day.  I even picked up some books on the day after.  Check out all the pics and the live show below.  Email me your pics or free comic book day stories.. 

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Free Comic Book Day!!

On Location at Free Comic Book Day

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We made it to and through Free Comic Book Day!!

Art from Local Artist

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Truth and Consequences &

Straw Man both by Local Artist

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The four comics I went for to begin with.

And the extra goodies

Here are some of the comics being given away free on Free Comic Book Day.

Latest IRONMAN 3 Clip

THOR DARK WORLD TEASER

Men of Steel

The many lives of Superman!

We are also running a giveaway contest on our blog talk radio show page
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I finally get to let my inner geek out for a bit on this week's entertainment blog.  Summer is fast approaching and so are the summer movies.  It seems like each summer movie season we get more and more comic books morphing into live action movies.  The  highly desired and much anticipated reboot of Superman is one that I am definitely looking forward to seeing. 

Henry Cavill

Man of Steel will be DC's entry into the comic book movie showdown this summer, with Henry Cavill (Immortals) donning those very well fitted blue tights (what happened to the red undies). I was very surprised not to see Tom Welling who played Clark/Superman on The CW's Smallville not given the chance to take his very popular and long running role to the big screen. I wonder if he's mad about the snub.  Although, this new movie is more of a re-telling of the Superman story. I guess Welling's version would have been more of a continuation.  Oh well..   

George Reeves

With all that being said, how can one talk about a Superman movie without reminiscing about all the actors who have portrayed Mr. Faster Than A Speeding Bullet.  I was more of a Superman animation and live action fan than I was his portrayal in the comic books. But, I will say I own the complete series of The Death of Superman comic books.   My earliest memory of any kind of Superman television show was on Sunday mornings after church.  My dad and I would watch the George Reeves version in Adventures of Superman.  Little did I know I was watching black and white reruns from the 1950's.  I actually think at some point they were in technicolor.  But, regardless, I enjoyed watching him each week fight the bad guys and duck out on Lois Lane to do so. For some reason I remember the "Clark Kent" scenes with him typing very fast.  I also remember the first man, Kirk Alyn, to portray Superman in a movie from 1948.  My mom took my sister and I to a Super Hero movie revival at The Victory Theater in Evansville, IN.  I remember it being very odd and corny and not like what I had seen on television. I bored quickly and fell asleep on my mom's lap much to her disappointment.  She should have warned me that it was going to be so horrible.  LOL!  

Saturday morning cartoons is where I solidified my love for comics and the super powered.  The Super Friends were my Saturday morning soaps. Batman & Robin, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and, of course,  Superman were the super powered cast! I couldn't wait to see who The Super Friends were battling each Saturday.  My favorite Superman themed episode was the one called Revenge of Bizarro. The cartoon actually went through several incarnations in the 70's before it was canceled. Whew, finally in the 70's this is where it gets good.

1978 brought us the Superman Movie and probably one of the most memorable, hunkiest and beloved Supermen in all Superman movie-dom.  Christopher Reeve was the quintessential hero.  He embodied the role and fans adored him.  And who can forget the most perfectly curled piece of hair on his forehead.. ..swoon..  I remember being forced to play "Can You Read My Mind?" in band class.  

One of the most memorable scenes from the Superman: The Movie. And who didn't love Margot Kidder's cigarette smoking, raspy voiced Lois Lane.  This Superman franchise produced 4 movies in all.  In Superman: The Movie we see his battle with Lex Luthor and Mortality.  Superman II, General Zod and friends tear up the city.  By the way, to this day, Terrance Stamp's General Zod has been my favorite. In Superman III Richard Pryor is the anti-villain whose computer smarts produces a version of Kryptonite that makes one bad and one good Superman.  It also brought us the first appearance of  Lana Lang, Annette O'Toole.  For those of you who didn't know Annette O'Toole, played Clark's mother (Martha Kent) on Smallville.  When I first saw her on Smallville I giggled like an Asian school girl at a Sailor Moon convention. Superman IV: The Quest For Peace was the fourth and last movie in this series.  I really didn't like it and the franchise was getting old and stale. The solar powered villain and green message alienated audiences and the series was done.  

After a nearly fatal  1995 riding accident, Christopher Reeve, took on another hero role as an advocate for paralysis research.  The Horseback riding accident left him paralyzed from the neck down.  Christopher Reeve passed away in October 2004. You can make donations by visiting The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation page.  

Switching from the big screen back to the small screen Superboy debuted in 1988 and ran for four seasons.  It was an introduction of Superboy's adventures (renamed The Adventures of Superboy in the 3rd season) in college.   After John Newton donned the cape in it's premiere season, he was replaced in season 2 by Gerard Christopher. The reason being was John's diva behavior and publicised DUI arrest. Since, both actors have lent their voices to some Superman animations and documentaries. 

John Newton

Gerard Christopher

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman debuted in 1993.  It was a primetime hit that introduced the world to Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher (Clark Kent and Lois Lane).  It was more of an action soap opera, where I felt they concentrated on dialog and drama just as much as the action hero stuff. Did you know that Gerard was originally cast as Clark for this series? But, after the director found out he had already played the part he was replaced by Dean Cain.

Superman fans would have to wait until 2001 before we would see another actor take on the mantel of Kal'el, the son of Krypton, role.   Another Superboy-ish retelling of Clark's adventures, before he became Superman, is where Smallville came to life. Tom Welling, in my opinion, has definitely left his mark on the Superman mythology.  He, like Christopher Reeve, embodied the hero and made it his own.  The show included updated and upbeat versions of  Lana, Lois, Jimmy, Perry, Lex, TJ and Laura Vandervoort as Supergirl (remember when Helen Slater played Supergirl?).  I loved it when they would make references to The Super Friends or The Justice League. We also got an hour long show featuring The Justice Society of America.

Helen Slater as Supergirl

Smallville was the longest running live action Super Hero themed television show in history. The only problem I had with the show was the last episode.  I wanted to see him transcend into Superman.  But, something to do with copyrights never allowed us to see him in full cape.

Well that brings us back to the movie theater.  Superman Returns!! Thought of as the 5th installment of the original Superman films, in 2006 the cape belonged to Brandon Routh. Not much to say about this one.  I remember going to the theater to see it and almost walked out.  It was the basic formula that didn't quite translate. Lex + Superman + Kryptonite + Lois = Bad Movie. All I can say is Brandon made a good-looking Superman.  And obviously Superman had a son.  Booo! I guess it was bound to happen.



So there you have it.  I hope I didn't leave any of the actors or incarnations out.  Fanboys can still see Superman in the numerous and completely enjoyable animated movies.  See you at the show on June 14.