Almost five years ago, comedian Patton Oswalt wrote an article for Wired called “Wake Up, Geek Culture, Time to Die.” It was equal parts eulogy for the romanticized nerd he once was, and a lament for the shape of nerdery to come. At the time, I took issue with the idea that the mainstreaming of […]
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New Extendo Trailer for Gotham
Apparently Fox is going to allow the Brits to watch Gotham, too—though I’m not sure what they’ve done to deserve it. Anyway, here’s a new extended Gotham trailer aimed at British viewers which has lots of face smashing, gun shooting, and cryptic veiled threats… which are exactly the things Limeys love most. (Americans are far […]
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New Gotham Spot: Jim Meets Bruce
Here’s a moody little spot for Fox’s Batman prequel Gotham—in which li’l Bruce Wayne meets future Commish Jim Gordon… aaaaand, as you can imagine, it’s under less than pleasant circumstances. Watch.
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Trailer for the Batman TV Series is GORGEOUS
FINALLY, the complete Batman TV series (the classic ’60s version starring Adam West and Burt Ward) is being released on Blu Ray, DVD, and digital download coming this November, and the remastered results? They’re GORGEOUS. Check out this trailer announcing the release, and put it on full screen to see all those vivid colors pop. […]
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New Gotham Trailer: Meet the Villains!
Here’s a new promo video for Fox’s Gotham, that features the primary villains of the show, Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith), future Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor), and future Catwoman… KittenGirl?… (Camren Bicondova). Visually, I’m loving the vibe of this show already—but let’s continue to manage our expectations, shall we?
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The Early Reviews for Gotham are In, and They are GOOD
Warming Glow has a nice roundup of early reviews of Fox’s Gotham, after the series debut was shown to critics this past weekend. And what did these critics think? While they weren’t quite squirting in their pants with joy, everyone across the board seemed to think that Gotham was verging on awesome. Here are just […]
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Headline of the Day: “Korean Spider-Man Has an Erection, Pisses People Off”
Says the artist: “My reason for [the boner] was that I wanted apply the natural physical phenomenon to a superhero” … The sculptor said that he wanted to underline the importance of “whats’s natural in the morning without lies and superficial-ness in a comical way.” Photos on Kotaku.com (link may be NSFW, read also: BONER […]
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Pete Holmes’ Version of X-Men is the Best X-Men
Erik mostly liked X-Men: Days of Future Past which debuts this weekend (read the review here)—but what if you don’t have time in your busy schedule to watch baby movies? Check out this much shorter, and far superior version of the X-Men as performed by the very funny Pete Holmes as Professor X, and the […]
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New Extended Trailer for CW’s The Flash
Prick up your ears, nerdlings! Here’s the extended trailer for CW’s newest fall superhero show, The Flash—and while I haven’t been able to really get into Arrow, The Flash looks like it’s more my speed OH MY GOD I DIDN’T MEAN TO DO THAT. Anyway, the vibe feels a lot more lighthearted and it’s jam-packed […]
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The Extended Trailer for… Gotham
The first extended trailer for Gotham—coming this Fall to FOX—is here, and boy oh boy, it’s a doozy! If you loved Chris Nolan’s dark-as-pitch version of Batman, then check out this prequel, in which a young Jim Gordon (The O.C.‘s Ben McKenzie!!) pursues the murderer who killed young Bruce Wayne’s parents, while nearly drowning in […]
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The Best Spider-Man Shorts from The Electric Company… RANKED!
In preparation for this weekend’s debut of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (read my review of it later today in the Mercury!), our friends at Screen Crush have ranked the best episodes of Spider-Man that were featured on the classic kids’ PBS educational show, The Electric Company. I’m gonna go ahead and spoil the the number […]
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The “Honest Trailer” for Game of Thrones!
So! The new season of Game of Thrones debuts this Sunday on HBO. Wooooooo-hoooooooooooo. [Crickets. Tumbleweeds. Screen door slamming in the distance.] Okay, so you probably know by now that I have about as much love for Game of Thrones as I do for Portlandia. Which is probably why, while I was gone on vacation […]