The Daily Nerdgasm: Artist Recreation of Ant-Man Movie Test Footage


Back at the San Diego Comic Con, director Edgar Wright debuted the test footage he shot for his upcoming Ant-Man movie (still can’t believe that Ant-Man is getting a movie before The Flash and Wonder Woman) and it was raved about to no end by the select few who wwere able to squeeze into the showroom to see it. And of course all of us that were not able to schlep out to San Diego have been eager to see just what all the fuss is about but neither Marvel or Wright has seen fit to share the footage with the public at large.
Well fear not, true believers! A talented artist and comics fan, Samurai Jack, decided to do a shot for shot remake using his own artistic talent and his memory of what he saw at the San Diego Con. And let me tell ya something…this looks pretty damn spiffy as just animated line art which makes me want to see the live action footage that Wright shot even more.
So click on through to the other side to see one artist’s representation of what we have all been missing. Trust me its way cooler than anything having to do with Ant-Man has any right to be.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Ultimate Spider-Man #15


ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #15
GRADE: B+
STORY BY: Brian Michael Bendis
ART BY: David Marquez
COVER BY: Jorge Molina
PUBLISHER: Marvel

SYNOPSIS:
The events of “United We Stand” becomes a very large part of Miles Morales’ life which spurs him to contemplate joining the big dogs in The Ultimates. Plus Maria Hill questions Miles about his uncle’s death and Ganke comes up with the one thing that will make Miles the greatest superhero in the world.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: SWORD OF SORCERY #0


Sword of Sorcery #0
GRADE: C+
STORY BY: Christy Marx/Tony Bedard
ART BY: Aaron Lopresti/Jesus Saiz
COVER BY: Josh Middleton
PUBLISHER: DC

SYNOPSIS:
DC dives back into the world of fantasy comics with the launch of this comic that features the return of the 1980s character Amethyst who has been reimagined for the New 52 DC universe. This comic is written by Christy Marx who knows a thing or two about jewelry based heroines from her days writing for the Jem and The Holograms cartoon. The book also contains a back-up feature focusing on Beowulf by Tony Bedard and Jesus Saiz.

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The Daily Nerdgasm: The Halloween Movie That Could Have Been


Federico D’Alessandro, head Storyboard Artist and Animatics Supervisor at Marvel Studios, put together this animated pitch for a relaunch of the relaunched Halloween movie franchise (which was so necessary after the absolutely dreadful two films that Rob Zombie slapped together) that was being bounced around. Take a peak at the video after the jump.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: New Teen Titans – Games


NEW TEEN TITANS: GAMES
GRADE: B-
STORY BY: Marv Wolfman
ART BY: George Perez
COVER BY: George Perez
PUBLISHER: DC

SYNOPSIS:
Legendary creators Marv Wolfman and George Perez return to their most successful work with the 20something years in the making GAMES Graphic Novel. Set in the heyday of the Wolfman/Perez Titans series, the team is recruited by shady government agent King Faraday to help him win a deadly matching of wits against The Gamesmaster.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Peter Cannon – Thunderbolt #1


PETER CANNON – THUNDERBOLT #1
GRADE: C
STORY BY: Steve Darnall & Alex Ross
ART BY: Johnathan Lau
COVER BY: Alex Ross
PUBLISHER: Dynamite

SYNOPSIS:
The Charlton Comics character returns in this new series from Alex Ross and Steve Darnall that updates Cannon’s origin and powers for a new generation of comic readers.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Superman 3


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 24% (Critics) / 39% (Audience)
Directed By: Richard Lester
Written By: David and Leslie Newman
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Annette O’Toole and Robert Vaughn
Studio: Focus Features

Synopsis: Wealthy businessman Ross Webster discovers the hidden talents of Gus Gorman, a mischievous computer genius. Ross decides to abuse his talents, in a way to help Webster with his plans for economic control. When the man of steel interferes, something must be done about Supes. When Gus’ synthetic Kryptonite fails to kill Superman, it turns him into an evil incarnation of his former self. The tar-laced Kryptonite pits man against himself, setting up the Clark vs. Superman battle.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Wolverine & The X-Men #16


WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #16
GRADE: D
STORY BY: Jason Aaron
ART BY: Chris Bachalo
COVER BY: Chris Bachalo
PUBLISHER: Marvel

SYNOPSIS:
The story no one was waiting for…the origin of Kade Kilgore!

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The Daily Nerdgasm: Inspector Spacetime Ep.1

If you are a fan of the genius NBC comedy COMMUNITY then you are well aware of the time traveling Inspector Spacetime. if you are not a COMMUNITY  fan (and if this is the case I cast all sorts of aspersions in your general direction) then let me break down Inspector Spacetime for ya. On COMMUNITY, two of the characters, Troy and Abed, are gigantic geeks with a love of all things sci-fi. Chief among their sci-fi fan geekery is the longrunning British sci-fi show Inspector Spacetimie, about a long lived alien who travels around through space and time in a red telephone booth (named the D.A.R.S.I.T.) with his human associates.  Sound familiar? Whoever could Inspector Spacetime be based on?
Well, the metafictional character has leaped from the COMMUNITY universe to the Interwebs with a live action webisode that is more fun than I expected it to be. Check it out after the cut.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Bourne Legacy


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 55% (Critics) / 57% (Audience)
Directed By: Tony Gilroy
Written By: Tony Gilroy and Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton
Studio: Universal Pictures

Synopsis: The narrative architect behind the Bourne film series, Tony Gilroy, takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: The Bourne Legacy. The writer/director expands the Bourne universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. For The Bourne Legacy, Renner joins fellow series newcomers Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach and Oscar Isaac, while franchise veterans Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn and Scott Glenn reprise their roles.
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