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Your new spot to discuss anything under the sun. Moving on over from the last Speak, Nerd, and Enter!
I’ll start you off with a topic, Rhode Island is neither a road nor and island. Discuss.
Your new spot to discuss anything under the sun. Moving on over from the last Speak, Nerd, and Enter!
I’ll start you off with a topic, Rhode Island is neither a road nor and island. Discuss.
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Wonder Womans getting her own movie
Carol Danvers is getting her own movie
Harley Quinn is heading a movie that might very well be Birds of Prey VS Gotham Sirens
And on the comics side, Bombshells is doing so well that Barbara Gordon will be getting a one shot in this universe as the worlds first superhero.
Wonder Woman has her own book, Legends of Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman ’77 going for her. ^^
Gwen Stacy has multiple books.
Harley Quinn has multiple books.
Birds of Prey is returning and Ms Marvel is doing well for herself.
And in television, Supergirl will be the biggest show on CW by a wide margin, which could very well herald a Vixen solo in an effort to replicate its success.
NYCC fan verification is up! And its a marketing survey? What.
Okay, so there’s this guy who comes in through my mall regularly (has for the last 3 years at least, and I’ve seen him regularly while working at two different stores). And he’s honestly a creeper. Like, I had a co-worker who he only ever referred to as Pocahontas, and one time asked how much to buy her. She’s black. And then after that, he wants to talk about Jesus. So he shows up to my store this morning and proceeded to talk the ear off my (female, pretty) co-worker about his life story for about 30 minutes while she was trying to work. Turns out he’s Lance Armstrong’s dad. Weird, weird world.
What?! That sucks and is really weird…how old is he?
60’s probably. He claims to be Terry Armstrong, Lance Armstrong’s stepfather, and there’s some interviews with him online regarding the whole doping scandal, but I can’t actually find a photo of him just to make sure it’s actually him. But my co-worker said he was showing her pictures on his phone of Lance Armstrong, so he could very well be legit.
No less creepy, though.
Geeeeeeeez
Wondering if I should spend this upcoming weekend binge watching Orphan Black or if I should try to be productive and get real stuff done.
And now I wish I had a treadmill because I just realized I could get so much exercise if I could binge watch tv while walking. But I don’t think my downstairs neighbor would appreciate the noise of a treadmill. I wonder if a stationary bike would be quiet enough to not bother the neighbors.
Watching Orphan Black isn’t ‘doing real stuff’?
Who’da thunk it?
Have you already watched all of OB and just want to rewatch or looking to catch up?
I’ve seen the first 2 or 3 episodes. I had actually tried watching it as episodes came out but just kept forgetting to watch them and then wound up waaaaaaaaay behind.
I would like to thank Agents of SHIELD for killing of its two worst characters in a single stroke. https://mattthecatania.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/agents-of-shields-tepid-third-finale-killed-the-right-characters/
**hopefully** Lincoln and the walking Aussie stereotype??? (NO SPOILERS, HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET!)
That was already a spoiler.
Seriously! Can’t people wait even the live+8 that the ratings do. Not
everyone watches the same night anymore. Same with this weeks “Flash”. I was just about to watch the finale; it is cued up and ready to go.
This was TMI.
Your opinion of who the two worst characters are may be entirely different than mine.
I realize that, but I did not know at all that two characters were to die.
And last night someone on the mothership, without warning, started live-watching The Flash, again, just as I was about to watch it.
So, if I sound cranky, I apologize, but I’ve sort of had it with casual spoilage.
Same. Same.
I shooda known better… I dunno ’bout one, but t’other had to go. It was time.
I watched the trailer for Conviction (ABC’s new Hayley Atwell show) again, to see if I changed my mind about it. Still bad… and embarrassing… and bad…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=KJqg6J4JeLg
I’m no longer excited for it. I’m gonna watch it just for Hayley :(
I got to make this GIF out of it though, so that’s something. http://thenerdybird.tumblr.com/post/144523938033/thanks-to-hayley-atwells-new-abc-series
That is the perfect gif, indeed! :D
Oh, god. It looks terrible. I’m so disappointed for that cast–I love a lot of them, and they deserve better.
Oh, I had it pegged as a generic crime procedural.
…this is much worse.
…we lost Agent Carter… for that? http://pa1.narvii.com/6028/acd2da0d331f9428356bd5fb573dabe1cd31ef35_hq.gif
today i discovered a new super power. i can tell, just by looking at a person, whether there is an ANIMAL or a BABY in that stroller they’re pushing. thanks, retail job!
my LCS, which typically has a very dudebro-y, dudes-only, yo dude! graphic novel collection (as in they carry Jason Aaron’s Thor: God of Thunder, but not Jason Aaron’s Thor: GODDESS of Thunder. Man-Captain Marvel only, no Kamala Khan, etc), somehow has a bunch of out of print Wonder Woman titles (well, not a BUNCH, but enough). George Perez, Greg Rucka, Gail Simone. I don’t have the funds to pick them all up at once, but every couple weeks I’m grabbing a title here and there. My first time reading some of these trades. Greg Rucka. SO GOOD. George Perez, that art, OMG! I’m embarrassed to admit I’d dismissed Perez’s run in the past, thinking they were “old looking”, despite hearing over and over how iconic his WW is. Shame on me! Happily eating crow this evening.
Perez’ and Simone still have my favorite Wonder Woman runs to date, though De Liz on the currently running Legend of Wonder Woman is well on her way to that list as well. I liked a lot about Rucka’s Wonder Woman, but I wish the Medusa storyline had played out in a completely different way.
Awesome to hear! So excited for Legend to come out in trade after flipping thru one random issue that was left on the store shelf. The WW titles since Gail Simone’s run have left me cold, but this one does seem like a great take.
I’d also say there’s a lot to like about Grant Morrison’s Wonder Woman: Earth One, though there are also some major flaws with it as well. It focused on Wonder Woman as essentially a pacifist (there are no fight scenes in the book) and the Amazons being technologically advanced adds so much to them and Wonder Woman’s whole mythos that I wish it would get added into the main line books. Honestly, Azzarello’s New 52 Wonder Woman was a perfectly fine comic with excellent art on its own, but it was a terrible Wonder Woman comic. If they could just combine the best parts of Legend and Earth One, I want that to full out replace the mainline New 52 Wonder Woman.
Finally got around to reading the FCBD Civil War issue. Gotta say, as a Carol/Rhodey shipper, I’m having lots of feelings, and most of them are somewhere in the vicinity of please give Rhodey a damn break.
Currently batting down silly ghostbusters fans on twitter. How are you?
Everything is going so well with school i keep thinking something bad is going to happen i get kicked out on technicality or something lol
:)
So much nostalgia… and I’m not sure if it is the good kind.
I actually have a few weeks of free time before school starts again…what should i do? Any good video games come out recently that i missed?
as someone who is procrastinating on school work RIGHT NOW, i envy you! hope you are able to enjoy the break. i’m not at all up to date on new game releases, but just picked up Dishonored (admittedly kinda old at this point) for my xbone. so frustrating! forgive me if you are already familiar w it: there is an option to play a passive run instead of killing everyone in your way, but i keep getting caught and having to reload… and the loading screens are so. long. ugh.
Over 80k people have signed the Agent Carter petition: https://www.change.org/p/netflix-save-agent-carter-bring-her-to-netflix?recruiter=673863&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=des-lg-share_petition-no_msg&fb_ref=Default
Who shall volunteer as tribute to be my boyfriend?
Is this not relevant idk
all applicants welcome
I can introduce you to a friend of mine, but people say he’s a bit of a bro (probably the tattoo):
http://cubezz.com/images/201311/goods_img/4392_P_1385554316994.jpg
http://i.stack.imgur.com/cJTPX.gif
Blood and flowers…
Well i can’t beat that…i’ll bring a wedding present.
I will volunteer to fight all other volunteers to the death. I dunno if that’s the same thing.
you will help test the mettle of my potential suitors
Death to your beaux!
Happy belated Miracle Monday to everyone.
Anyone else going to watch this show, Still Star-Crossed?
https://twitter.com/StarCrossedABC/status/732663145475407874
It’s by Shonda Rimes, about Juliet’s cousin Rosaline, after Romeo and Juliet croak.
I will absolutely give it a shot. Could be great, could be terrible, but I’m definitely curious about it.
I’m up for anything Shonda makes. ♥
Can you tell me what format the missing info is in? Or what site is linked to?
‘Cause I got nothin’.
what if captain america was a magical girl series? i really want this actually https://twitter.com/theyoungdoyler/status/731267219863277569/photo/1
she did a good job capturing Bucky’s sad-eyes face.
here is more with the Falcon too http://theyoungdoyley.tumblr.com/post/144363802880
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ef/df/ce/efdfceca26dec3388ed24fcff3961e5b.jpg
This is actually a very popular mashup.
Yoooo, I need this. Nat would become such a tsundere tho.
Isn’t she enough of one already?
WE CAN GO DEEPER
B-BAKA
and tony https://twitter.com/theyoungdoyler/status/732381890775224320
Can you tell me what format the missing info is in? Or which site is linked to?
‘Cause I got nothin’.
Seeing these sketches reminds me of this little fan for some reason:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bb/9b/5e/bb9b5e04a1020dee00b4e68e1518d26a.jpg
This is how the winter soldier became good again
That’s insane.
But never having thought that, now I think I need it.
Would it have Steve Rogers grab his shield and suddenly start spinning naked in a nimbus of light as his uniform appeared out of nowhere?
http://66.media.tumblr.com/1e1942cca64ee3b44d747ecfe772dd91/tumblr_nnbli1fBhp1tz1p0co2_r1_1280.jpg
Sooo… yes?
Seriously, I had no idea. But that’s brilliant.
What Marvel movies would you say are essential for a newcomer to the MCU and which do you imagine are more or less filler? I saw Civil War with my friend who’s never seen an MCU movie before, so I wanted to watch more with her without forcing like 15 movies down her throat.
id say ,thor, captain american, iron man before seeing avengers, (i still havnt seen iron man 2 or hulk actually), cap 2, ultron, then i think you can go right into civil war if you are trying to catch up to that
I’d say it depends on what she liked about Civil War, really. Because some MCU movies have very different tones–someone who loves Winter Soldier might not dig Ant-Man, and someone who strongly sided with Cap in CW might not be all that into Iron Man, you know?
I’d personally say the other two Cap movies are essential, but the best thing would be to figure out what characters in Civil War most intrigued her (that have appeared in prior movies) and go from there. Also, despite it being one of the best so far, Guardians isn’t necessary since it doesn’t connect as solidly. Maybe after the sequel (supposedly) brings them to Earth or as background to Infinity War but those are both far off.
I think it would depend entirely on what she found interesting about Civil War. You could safely skip Hulk, Thor, GOTG, and maybe even Iron Man 2. Not because they are bad, but because they don’t have much relevance to what she saw in Civil War.
lol, I forgot about Hulk, even after having just seen Ross in CW. Yeah, that’s def a skipper
I’m actually hoping they get Liv Tyler as Betty to return in a future Marvel movie(s). TIH wasn’t the best movie but it was better than Ang Lee’s first Hulk movie. It’s a shame we don’t really have a good Hulk movie.
I’m hoping the P4 rumors prove to be true, and we get Ruffalo starring in his own Hulk movie. I’m *also* hoping Betty Ross comes back at that point, but potentially as Red She-Hulk… I’ve never actually seen TIH, though.
It’s not bad, it’s just not on the same level as the post-Iron Man MCU. It’s very much proto-MCU, you can see Marvel was exercising more creative control than usual but they weren’t quite there yet.
Agree with Adrian. Nearly everyone’s there, so you can kind of pick whomever she found most interesting. If i had to pick I’d say the Avengers movies are essential for learning who everyone is and what’s going on. Probably also IM1 and Winter Soldier.