A Geekaneer's year ahead

It's Christmas morning everybody, hope your having a great Holiday time so far, but what better to have then to line up all you "Geekaneers" upcoming movies for next year, That's right i said it..."Geekaneers"!!


Check them out below:

(Febuary 2012) The Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengence

(March 2012) John Carter

(May 2012) The Avengers

(May 2012) Men In Black 3

(May 2012) Battleship

(June 2012) G.I. Joe 2 : Retaliation

(July 2012) The Amazing Spider-Man

(July 2012) Batman : The Dark Knight Rises

(July) The Expendables 2

(Dec 2012) The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey

Happy Holidays Everbody!!

It's Official

This is it!! The Official Batman The Dark Knight Rises first official trailer for the upcoming movie next year in 2012 and we have it (Well its more like YouTube has it!) But yeah, check it out! More details should be popping out soon as we near the day of its release! 

Batman : The Dark Knight Rises Official Trailer (HD)

Rest In Peace Joe Simon

Legendary Golden Age comic creator Joe Simon passed away yesterday, Tuesday, December 14. Simon was the creator of Captain America and a myriad of other heroes and rogues in the Marvel Universe and beyond, including the 1940s version of Sandman. He was also the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would eventually turn into Marvel.

The news was broken by his son through Facebook. Simon was an active presence in the comics field throughout his entire life and made regular appearances at conventions even into his late 90s. He will be missed, although we continue to enjoy the fruits of his legacy to this day.

Rest in Peace - Joe Simon, 1913-2011

You should be excited

The Avengers story by Joss Whedon in theaters on May 4 2012. The Excitement builds on..

These pictures would make an awesome room posters for fanboys.



3D Rider

Hell Riders here up next from Marvel, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, coming to 3D and 2D theaters on February 17. Nicolas Cage returns as the bad ass Ghost Rider In the successor to the worldwide hit, Johnny still struggling with his curse as the devil's bounty hunter is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy from the devil. At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy - and possibly rid himself of his curse forever.

Hell Rides Over.....in 3D

Justice League : Doom

Awesome, just when we thought DC Direct animation to Blu-ray and DVD ended with Batman Year One, we found out that DC is releasing another Justice League animation, Justice League : Doom.

Justice League: Doom finds Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg and Batman on their heels when a team of super villains discover and implement the Dark Knight’s “contingency plans” for stopping any rogue Justice League member. The story is highly based on the “JLA: Tower of Babel” which was inspired by Mark Waid’s awesome storyline.

 

 

The Supercool reunion of actors who provided the voices of the Justice League for the cartoon of the same name and its follow-up, Justice League Unlimited, includes Kevin "The Man" Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) as Batman, Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville, Breaking In) as Flash, Susan Eisenberg (Superman/Batman: Apocalypse) as Wonder Woman and Carl Lumbly (Alias) as J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter. Bumper Robinson (A Different World, Transformers: Animated) joins the cast as Cyborg.

 

 

The Justice League faces two sets of villainous teams in the film – The Royal Flush Gang and a sextet of notable evildoers. The latter group includes three voice acting alumni of the Justice League animated series: Phil Morris (Smallville, Seinfeld) as Vandal Savage, Olivia d’Abo (The Wonder Years) as Star Sapphire, and Alexis Denisof (Angel) as Mirror Master. Also opposing our heroes are Carlos Alazraqui (Reno 911) as Bane, Paul Blackthorne (The Dresden Files) as Metallo, and Claudia Black (Farscape, Stargate SG-1) as Cheetah.

Arrives February 28, 2012

It's A Beautiful Day

What better way to start a slow Monday morning that with a couple of teaser posters of big superhero movies on the way out of Hollywood (below). It doesn't even need much mentioning to know what movies they are. Just feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that it's a beautiful day.

And it begins.....................again

Well looky what we have here...Clues to be decipher?! Oh Mr Nolan, you are such a tease.

[Mock up CIA Documents for fans to dechipher]

Chris Nolan is at it again, releasing some sneaking viral media for fans to start promoting his last Batman Movie (So Sad to hear) The Dark Knight Rises. First what it appears to be is a Central Intelligence Bulletin for a Dr. Leonid Pavel, who ran a Russian Nuclear facility. Good? Evil? Two-faced? That's just part of this crazy madness! 

Then, there is this heavily-censored transcript about obtaining security for the good (evil?) Doc to travel stateside.

This is AWESOME!! But the question remains........WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN???

Go Boy Wonder Go!!

Superman - Christopher Reeve Hot Toys Unboxed

Finally it arrives after a long gruesome 6 months of anticipation, but the wait is finally over. As promised, we will be showcasing a tribute to the real man of steal, the man who made us fan boys ogle about a man flying trying to save a reporter falling down from a 100 floor building. The terrible injury and subsequent death of Christopher Reeve was a tragic end to the life of an actor loved by many fans around the world. While he starred in almost 50 movies and television shows, he'll always be best remembered as Superman.

When i first went to pick this package out, i was so amazed by the size of the box and the design was just simply amazing! Here's a little bit of pictures taken when i first "unboxed" it today. 

The cool box which will look fantastic when displaying the figure, keep in mind, its a pretty big box!

A Few writings on the back, you might wanna read everything first, with the price this figure cost, the last thing i wanna do is miss out on an instruction. 

Credits to the Hot Toys crew involved in designing this iconic figure.

3 Sets of Hands and The Fortress of Solitude Diorama Stand.

2 Types of stands, Diorama and also a normal stand.

Diorama set up, If you want to make it glow, might wanna invest in some small white colour LED to light up the ambience. 

Just look at the detail, i felt a little bit weird because he looks so real. All the pieces are extremely well tailored with great fitting to the figure. The Scale of the suit is perfect, even the emblem on both the chest and cape is cool!

Boots are very accurate that it actually looks leathery cool for when he flies super fast. The boots are especially nice, made from a soft leather-like material. They give just enough for the ankles to move, yet remain stiff enough to look great in any pose.

For Articulation sake - The figure joints are tight,but no trouble posing him the way I wanted. But if you read the instruction properly, you might wanna watch out when moving the head to avoid any damage to the rubbery skin. Very delecate - Wash your hands boys! 

Let's talk a bit about the awesome thin wire inside the cape, designed to allow you to give some poses to the fabric. It's not strong enough to hold the cape out straight from his back (too bad) but it is stiff enough to add some realistic curls and contours. So its still workable for a great picture pose! 

Finally i end this unbox review with my rating for this figure, out of ten - i would give this a score of 9 out or 10. Only because of the price for this figure, overall detail and articulation is perfect. But BND$290 is just way too much for this non Deluxe (DX) Hot Toys Figure and lack of accessories. I Guess it was just about the Tribute, with all the complaints i've said, once i held this figure in my hands, it was totally worth it. 

Stay cool true believers!

Lego Drama

For more info go to : http://www.legosuperheroes.com/

Awesome news coming for Lego game fans , The following image of LEGO Batman 2: Super Heroes, which the site says will likely hit all platforms in 2012.  The game is expected to include a lot of the DC Comics characters such as Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman.

This game is created with their tie in for Lego Superheroes - Unite! Watch out, look out, here comes the Super Heroes!

Reign of Superman

BBTS is now taking pre-orders for a new assortment of "Reign of Superman" figures from Mattel.
The assortment will include the following:

- Superboy
- Steel
- Eradicator
- Cyborg Superman
- Doomsday

This is good, for those who missed out on some stuff, will now be able to get these other characthers to add to their collection. These figures are slated to be released in February 2012. Each of these characters have been previously released by Mattel in plastic form in either their old DC Super Heroes line or the more recent DC Universe Classics line.

Since no images of these have been released it is unclear if these will be new sculpted figures or simply re-issues of the existing ones. Check out images below of the previously released versions of these figures so you can have a taste.

*Info was gathered from i.toynewsi.com and Big Bad Toy Store.com

Desaadistic

I would hate to live on Apokolips; however, I'm sure the experience would be memorable. 

Imagine a world where you are faced with the threat of painful and non-immediate death each and every day - from being mauled by building-sized dogs to being zipped by Darkseid's heat-seeking-like omega beams. Yes, it would be an eventful life which would probably leave you paranoid for life and on a one way trip to Ward 9 at RIPAS pretty quickly. While we (at the House of El) have never really explored the characters of that make up the hellhole that is Apokolips, what better time to do that than now on this bright Tuesday (post-holiday) morning?

Jack Kirby created a whole host of characters to fill up his Fourth World / New Gods world; many of these characters have become a mainstay in the minds of DC fans for a number of years. On Apokolips, we are apt to remember the great and monstrous Darkseid, but we will probably never forget Desaad.

Desaad is one of the most well-known followers of Darkseid. He is Darkseid's master torturer and has had a colorful origins story.

Desaad's first recorded appearance in the history of the DC Universe was as peon and asskisser at the side of Drax, heir to Apokolips. At the time of his appearance, the character had already taken on the name Desaad and was known by no other name.

Desaad's origins (in the comic story lines) were told during a chess game between Darkseid and Eclipso. Darkseid shared how he had corrupted an innocent young boy by tricking him into believing the boy's pet cat had killed his other pet, a bird. Urged and verbally poisoning the boy to avenge the bird, Darkseid managed to manipulates the youth into burying the cat alive. The bird returned only to be also murdered by this young man in question. He eventually left New Genesis to become Darkseid's lackey.

Desaad appeared to be helping Drax with his attempt to master the Omega force. In actual fact, he was plotting with Uxas (Drax's brother ). As a result Drax was presumed killed, and Uxas mastered the Omega force and took the god-name Darkseid. Desaad went on to serve as Darkseid's torturer.

The Apokolips torturer has been seen, since then, in the DC Universe, still well and alive and continuing his malicious mechanizations throughout the Final Crisis story line; at one time, even possessing Mary Marvel.

Desaad by nature is a sadist and a coward. He is naturally treacherous, but is sufficiently afraid of Darkseid that he will not turn against his master unless someone else takes the lead (and will probably switch sides again if it looks like they will fail). Desaad has no powers of his own, relying instead on his intellect, inventiveness and scientific skill along with Darkseid's protection. He is immortal as all New Gods are.

The character of Desaad has appeared in numerous adaptations, from the 1980s incarnations of the Superfriends cartoon, The Legendary Super Powers Show and Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians to the Young Justice series, where in the episode "Disordered" he is shown as a supplyer of Apokolips weapons to Intergang. This version is somewhat gross and deformed, as shown by his face and hands.

Desaad was included in Series 12 of Mattel's DC Universe Classic toys, patterned after his appearance in the earlier Kenner Super Powers Collection.

Pre-Avengers Syndrome

The Avengers movie has been getting everyone all excited of late, but we’ve still got months to go before the film  and its for-sure-to-be-awesome action Figures. Thor, Hawkeye, Captain America and the Black Widow look like they jumped straight off the comics page (they even come with tiny versions of Ant-Man and the Wasp!)

So here a few things you could actually look into breaking open a set of Marvel Select Avengers figures from Diamond Select Toys, Ooo these Marvel Select looks good! 

Booster On Syfy

Syfy has ordered a pilot based on the DC Comics character Booster Gold. "Fringe" writer Andrew Kreisberg has been tasked with writing the pilot.

Created by Dan Jurgens in 1986 and featured in his own series, Booster Gold is the superhero identity of Michael Jon Carter, a resident of the 25th century who travels back in time to the present day DC Universe, making use of his futuristic technology to become a hero - instead signing endorsement deals and shamelessly self-promoting himself as a noble savior.

Booster Gold was featured in the final season of "Smallville" where he teamed with both Clark Kent and Blue Beetle. 

Mugs "R" Us

Need i say more? Start your day with a Super Cup of Joe. This is cool for those Fanboys with their own Geek Pads. 

Till All Are One..

Almost every 30 year old fans out there will be as estatic as we are for this very next posts. It's the Transformers - Generation 1 Masterpiece. Now im all for some good Transformer's movie (Michael Bay's version) but nothing and i mean nothing can even come close to the Original Generations 1 version of the transformer series.Storyline was good, A lot of crafty characthers, they dont die easily and Megatron was still a gun.

Now let's get to it, Optimus Prime.......What was your favorite forms of Optimus Prime? Was it the Armada series Priime? Animated Series Prime? Cybertronian Prime? Primal Prime? Beast Prime? Alternate Prime? Mac Truck Prime? Or just simply the original Optimus Prime? Being said that, we at the House of El love this first generation of Optimus Prime particularly and plus voiced originally by Peter Cullen.

The Latest Masterpiece class from Takara of the original form of the ever courages braveheart leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime now comes in a newer mold. This brand new version of Optimus Prime is sculpted to more closely resemble the animated G1 character, and also includes both his trailer with repair bay and Roller. In addition, this set features a Spike figure, Optimus' orange Energy Ax, the Autobot Matrix of Leadship and his blaster rifle that can fold in half and store in his back. This version of Prime is sized to go with the Rodimus and Grimlock Masterpiece figures, so be sure to get this figure to fit in with the rest of the newer Masterpiece figures. Older fans who didnt manage to buy them when they were kids can now get this...(Im one of them).

Now following in Optimus Prime's footstep, the second 1st generation autobots to be only be worthy of the Matrix of leadership is Hot Rod...Or when the music by Stan Bush kicks in, he grew taller and transformed to a new autobot leader, Rodimus Prime aka the chosen one. Hot Rod appeared in Transformers: The Movie, initially serving as a companion to the young Daniel. Kup served as Hot Rod’s built-in fencing device, the former frequently coaching the latter on his impetuous ways and mild disregard for rules and regulations. Using his retractable visor, Hot Rod was the first of the Autobots (those stationed at Autobot City) to detect the presence of the Decepticons aboard the incoming Autobot shuttle. Later, on Quintessa, Hot Rod deployed his buzzsaw to escape the misguided affections of a mechanical squid, and used his welding torch to repair the battered and dismembered Kup. Ultimately, within the labyrinthine bowels of Unicron, Hot Rod retrieved the misappropriated Matrix of Leadership from the crazed Galvatron, and was imbued with a transcendent glow as the Matrix transformed the outmatched Hot Rod into the dauntless Rodimus Prime. Rodimus’ heightened strength was such that he easily defeated Galvatron, which left the new Autobot leader with the final task of unleashing the remaining power of the Matrix to destroy Unicron.

Takara's Masterpiece has released a second one, this time around is to have corrected the flaws of the original version. The MP-09 Masterpiece Rodimus Prime is accompanied by Trailer/Mobile Defense Bay, Photon Eliminator, buzzsaw, welding torch, and Matrix of Leadership accessory. MP-09 Rodimus Prime is designed to enact the physical metamorphosis of the smaller Hot Rod into the noticeably larger Rodimus Prime; a switch-out feature swaps the younger Hot Rod likeness for the sterner Rodimus Prime likeness; Hot Rod’s twin Photon Lasers can be joined to create Rodimus’ Photon Eliminator. The metamorphosis is similarly reflected in vehicle modes, enabling Hot Rod’s sleek car mode to covert into a modified carrier for the trailer component; the Mobile Defense Bay, contained within the trailer, is equipped with a double-barreled cannon. All Takara as yet to do is create a mold for Galvatron!

Courtesy: Pictures were taken from http://www.seibertron.com/