June 2019 | Fanboys Anonymous
Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum. Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about: DC Consolidating Comics Labels Rather than having Vertigo Comics and others continue, there will be only 3 labels going forward: "DC Kids", "DC Black Label" and just regular old "DC". Their...

TOY STORY 4 Movie Review: How Does Pixar's Latest Film Measure Up?

Posted by Anthony Mango - Sunday, June 23, 2019
Toy Story has always been one of my 3 favorite Disney films (the other two being Aladdin and The Lion King—lucky me for this year's film slate, right?) and the trilogy is pretty much one of the only examples I can think of wherein the third wasn't a disappointment, or the series didn't take a dip in the middle, or take the first film to get the ball rolling. All three films were great, so when Toy Story 4 was announced, I was equal parts...
Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum. Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about: Battletoads E3 Trailer The music is classic. The animation reminds me of Earthworm Jim (not the biggest fan of that, but at least it's going to stand out). That original game was HARD...

Marvel's Falcon and Winter Soldier Disney+ Show Ideas & Story Pitch

Posted by Anthony Mango - Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Ever since it was first announced that there would be spin-off television shows on Disney+ that would deal with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I've been trying to think of what this could all be about and where I'd like to see these different shows going. I had some ideas heading into Avengers: Endgame, but after seeing that film, some of them changed, and now, I'm more convinced than ever that I have a good idea for at least the Falcon...

Week in Geek #54: Geena Davis on GLOW, Avengers Video Games and More

Posted by Anthony Mango - Sunday, June 16, 2019
Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum. Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about: Why Dark Phoenix's Release Date was Delayed Supposedly, James Cameron wanted to make sure Alita wasn't around Aquaman, Bumblebee and Mary Poppins Returns, so when he pushed Alita to...
The third and final season of Marvel's Jessica Jones (which is, incidentally, the final season of all these Netflix Marvel shows) has premiered. I normally try to binge these shows and give my running commentary of thoughts as I watch every single episode, but I've finally learned my lesson to not bother doing that this time around. These shows are too hard to do 13 hours starting at 3am EST, particularly as I always feel like 4 or 5 episodes'...

X-Men Characters Who Should Not Be Mutants

Posted by Anthony Mango - Monday, June 10, 2019
The X-Men series is equal parts some of the best storytelling in the superhero genre, with absolutely marvelous (no pun intended) characters who have incredible depth and nuance, as well as 50% "what the hell is this doing in this story?" Like all comics that have been around for so many decades, the creators and writers took it in so many different directions that pretty much everything has been done at some point, and in my mind, a lot...
Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum. Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about: Robert Pattinson IS Batman I haven't seen any of his movies, I think, other than Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I honestly can't remember a single movie I've seen him in other...

DARK PHOENIX Movie Reviewpoint: Film's Hits & Misses Breakdown

Posted by Anthony Mango - Friday, June 7, 2019
On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, host Tony Mango breaks down the hits and misses of the latest film in the X-Men movie franchise, Dark Phoenix, by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it. DARK PHOENIX (2019): WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Simon Kinberg STARRING: James McAvoy (Professor Charles Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto), Sophie Turner (Jean...
Black Mirror finally returned to our screens on Wednesday, June 5th and the promise of a more hopeful, optimistic future was… sparse. Anyone who has seen the previous four seasons will know that Black Mirror has a history of making you question any seemingly positive new technology, whilst also being able to deliver a gut-wrenching revelation at the drop of a hat. Well, season five is pretty much more of the same. Brooker's promise of a...

Predicting the Plot of X-Men: Dark Phoenix Film

Posted by Anthony Mango - Wednesday, June 5, 2019
The latest and last of the X-Men films, according to promotional material, which conveniently ignores the whole New Mutants thing that should totally just go to Hulu and not attempt a theatrical run, will be Dark Phoenix, which premieres tomorrow. I'll be having my Reviewpoint for it as soon as I can after watching it tomorrow night, but by all accounts, it seems like this is going to be a train wreck, and not just in the finale. I've...
It absolutely bugs the living hell out of me when I see franchises going down the same exact path over and over again with the philosophy in mind that it's "something different", as if different automatically means good by default, and that just because they failed to do it right the first time means they can keep trying until they do, and keep saying it's different. This latest Terminator film has officially crossed over in my mind from...
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