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On the April 2016 edition of the FA Movie Club podcast (episode 25), Fanboys Anonymous members give their thoughts on four classic animated films from Walt Disney Pictures.

What is up Dacetacular Nation? Chris "The Dace Man" Dace here bringing you the promised and much anticipated game play footage from PAX East!

In this review we will be playing the game Move or Die. The game was developed and published by Those Awesome Guys. The game hit Steam January 16, 2015. Described by the developers as "The very definition of a friendship-ruining game," this fast-paced game has multiple challenges thrown into a party-mode scenario. The title is the exact gameplay: if you do not move, your life will begin to drain, and you will die.

Check out some of the game play below!


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What is up Dacetacular Nation? Chris "The Dace Man" Dace back with exciting news out of the Marvel and Netflix camps.

Just when you think there isn't any more awesomeness that can occur with these two parties, they add a sixth project to the outline. Joining the ranks of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and the culmination of those four works The Defenders is a huge announcement for those of us who love the ultraviolent and dark parts of Marvel.

It was just announced on Twitter this morning that John Berenthal is returning as Frank Castle! That's right my fellow geeks, The Punisher is getting his own Netflix series! I cannot express to you the level of excitement I have for this announcement!

The Punisher is back. Locked and loaded.https://t.co/nGKCa2taEV

— Netflix US (@netflix) April 29, 2016

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Hey, hey, hey, Dacetacular nation! Check out episode 149 of The Dace Man Show with hosts The Dace Man, Frank Ward, Gibby and Travis Goss!!

::SPORTS NEWS::

• The NHL, MLB, NFL, and our favorite: curling!

::WEIRD NEWS WITH GIBBY::

•  Gibby brings the class to the show with weird things going on in the world!

::FRANK'S CORNER::

• Frank-tastic facts for your everyday life

::CELEB NEWS::

• Dace is back, and he's packing a punch since he's on some diet pills and Red Bull. Get ready Hollywood!

Plus the occasional game of Who Said It, the crowning of The Douchebag of The Week, and much, much more, only on The Dace Man Show.



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On the latest edition of the Movie Trailer Reactions podcast for Fanboys Anonymous, host Tony Mango gives his live response and overall thoughts about the latest and final trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse released earlier today. Make sure to subscribe and tell us in the comments what you think of the trailer!

Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshiped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.

What is up, Dacetacular Nation? Chris "The Dace Man" Dace here, bringing you some exclusive coverage of PAX East 2016 and all the awesomeness that went on between those convention walls.

One of the most fascinating things about any convention you go to is the commitment from the cosplayers of the world! Ladies and Gentleman, I assure you that the folks up at PAX East 2016 did not disappoint. The Dace Man Show snapped several pictures which can be found on their Facebook page, but below are the Top 5 cosplayers that made them do a double take.

5. Fall Out

4 Red Son Superman

3. League of Legends

2. Super Girl

1. Mr. Bubbles

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What is up, Dacetacular Nation? Chris "The Dace Man" Dace coming to you from the great city of Boston Massachusetts! Where the tea is wicked good and the A's are pretty harsh.

Day two is in the books and The Dace Man made his rounds at the Mega Indie Booth display thinger. They had so many names for the damn area it was confusing. Anyway, The Dace Man got a chance to test a few new games coming to steam this spring/summer as well as have a chance to talk with the game developers themselves.

Check out The Dace Man Show's Daily download below to catch all the recap of day two of PAX East 2016.


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What is up, Dacetacular Nation? Chris "The Dace Man" Dace coming to you from the great city of Boston Massachusetts! Where the tea is wicked good and the A's are pretty harsh.

This year, The Dace Man finally tracked his way all the way up from the City of Brothely love to the city of Tea Baggers.... well he doesn't know what they call them up there to be honest, but go Phillies!

The Dace Man was rendered speechless by the spectacular event that is PAX East. This being his first time at the event, he put his feet in motion, logging twenty-two thousand steps, and tried to take in as much as he possibly could when it came to this historic convention.

Check out The Dace Man Show's Daily download below to catch all the recap of day one of PAX East 2016.


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We're back with another unboxing video from SuperGeekBox.com. Their theme for April 2016 is Destiny, focusing on characters from Transformers, Star Wars, Pokemon and others..

The SUPER EPIC Geek & Gamer Box

$40+ Value in each box!

5-8 awesome items every month.

Guaranteed exclusive Ultra-EPIC Shirt!

If you want to get in on the fun and reserve yourself some cool stuff for next month, place your order at Super Geek Box.

Thanks again to Super Geek Box for sending this our way!

With the upcoming release of Captain America: Civil War approaching soon on May 6th, Fanboys Anonymous is providing you with another edition of the FanTracks podcast.

For copyright reasons, we cannot provide the movie itself, but if you sync up the video of the movie with our commentary, you can listen to our thoughts on the film as we crack some jokes, expose some plot holes and so on.

After a short introduction, you will be told when to sync up your copy of the episode so you can follow along with our commentary. Follow the links below to listen to the podcast on either YouTube, iTunes, or Stitcher. Make sure to subscribe!

We're back with another unboxing video from SuperHeroStuff.com to celebrate the upcoming release of the Captain America: Civil War film coming out May 1st, 2016.

The Hero Box Civil War Gold Edition for Men comes with a shirt and tons of other awesome stuff totalling 100 bucks..except you only have to pay 69! I think that's because you are pro-registration...or are you anti? Either way, the Hero Box Civil War Gold Edition for Men is the greatest mystery gift box for fans of Marvel's epic throwdown between Captain America and Iron Man!

Gold Edition: $69 for $100+ worth of goodies

Silver Edition: $49 for $70+ worth of goodies

If you want to get in on the fun and reserve yourself some cool stuff for next month, place your order at SuperHeroStuff HeroBox.

Thanks again to SuperHeroStuff for sending this our way!

Hey, hey, hey, Dacetacular nation! Check out episode 148 of The Dace Man Show with hosts The Dace Man, Frank Ward, Patty McTits and Travis Goss!!

::SPORTS NEWS::

• The NHL, MLB, NFL, and our favorite: curling!

::WEIRD NEWS WITH GIBBY::

•  Gibby brings the class to the show with weird things going on in the world!

::FRANK'S CORNER::

• Frank-tastic facts for your everyday life

::CELEB NEWS::

• Dace is back, and he's packing a punch since he's on some diet pills and Red Bull. Get ready Hollywood!

Plus the occasional game of Who Said It, the crowning of The Doucebag of The Week, and much, much more, only on The Dace Man Show.



As always, check back regularly to see what Chris "The Dace Man" Dace is looking at (and no, not just porn), as well as all of the other bloggers here at Fanboys Anonymous. Remember, keyboard warriors: leave your feedback! Until the next time, for the few, the proud, and, of course,the Dacetacular, grab a beer—and in this case a comfy seat in front of your computer—and check out what's going on here in the Dace-Sphere. See ya next time!


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On the premiere edition of Fanalyzed, host Tony Mango breaks down his thoughts on the recent comments J.J. Abrams made at the Tribeca Film Festival regarding who Rey's parents are in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, diving into his theory on just why Luke Skywalker is still the top choice despite how many are calling this the smoking gun that disproves their connection.

Watch the video below for yourself and make sure to subscribe and leave your comments below telling us what you think of this mystery and what will happen in future Star Wars movies.

Episode 28 of the Fanboys Anonymous Reviewpoint podcast reviews the 2016 remake of The Jungle Book.

You can check out the podcast below on YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher. Make sure to subscribe!

Welcome to the latest edition of Making the Grade—a review format segment here on Fanboys Anonymous where we break down the five major components of something and give it a score based on the standard report card lineup: A, B, C, D, and F for a total failure.

The next report card is for the 2016 remake of the Disney classic The Jungle Book.

The Jungle Book—directed by Jon Favreau; written by Justin Marks (screenplay) and Rudyard Kipling (book); starring Neel Sethi (Mowgli), Bill Murray (Baloo), Ben Kingsley (Bagheera), Idris Elba (Shere Khan), Lupita Nyong'o (Raksha), Scarlett Johansson (Kaa), Giancarlo Esposito (Akela) Gary Shandling (Ikki), and Christopher Walken (King Louie).

CHARACTERS: B

In a film like this, the characters aren't going to be exceptionally detailed and the stuff of Oscar material, so you take what you can get. The good animals are good, Shere Khan is a worthwhile villain for sure, and some personality is given to pretty much everything in the animal kingdom from the pesky little monkeys to the adorable little wolf cubs. Don't you just want to take one of them home and have it as a real pet? Don't you also never want to run into anything like King Louie in your entire life?

ACTING: B

Much credit is given to Neel Sethi for being able to pull off this movie on his own with nothing but green screen to work with. Child actors are very much either amazing or terrible and he's thankfully in the former's category. The voice acting is pretty spot on, with my favorite probably being either Ben Kingsley, who felt so natural in the role that I fully bought into him as a comforting character instead of something to be feared.

VISUALS (FX, MAKEUP, COSTUMES, SETS): A+

Everything is CGI, and yet there's a believable edge to it that made me not question it. Animals can talk now. That's just a thing I guess, right? Kudos to the team that pulled this off, because the environments shouldn't be glossed over just because the animals are sensational, and making a photorealistic jungle is an achievement on its own.

I still think we're a few years away from jaw-dropping, but this is one of the most impressive showings I've seen from something like this pretty much ever. I would rather see Disney focus their efforts on something like Aladdin next to allow just a little more time before we have a live action The Lion King come to theaters, which I'm sure will blow people away.

MUSIC & SOUND: B+

I was never the biggest fan of the songs as a kid, so seeing them cut down on them a bit here but still have some for those who were into it was a happy medium for me. They didn't annoy me, and I found them charming instead. Great marks for the sound, as I didn't pay any attention to it at all, which means it all felt natural enough that nothing stood out as weird.

TONE (ACTION, ROMANCE, COMEDY): B–

Disney films usually have a solid balance when it comes to tone, where the action was enough to keep the pace going and the comedy was enough to lighten the mood when things got too dark. This story lacks the romance angle (even more so than the original, as I could have sworn he at least meets a little girl in the animated film, but maybe I'm remembering that incorrectly). Seeing some kids in the theater get scared for the entirety of the movie hinders it a tad for me, as it is definitely marketed towards kids, but whatever, I had fun.

FINAL GRADE: B

I went into this not being a big fan of the previous incarnations and mostly just wanting to see what the visual effects looked like, but enjoying the movie enough to justify spending my money. This had enough of an edge to it that kept me from thinking that I was watching a kids film that was below me, but also wasn't too dark so as to bring the cynical side of me out. After watching Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and heading towards two more films that have some morose undertones (Captain America: Civil War and X-Men: Apocalypse), this was a much needed break with some levity. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is interested in seeing it, as it will likely pay off for you as well.

On the latest edition of Minute Man Reviews hosted by Tony Mango, the 2016 remake of The Jungle Book is given a full review in under 60 seconds.

Check out the video below and be sure to subscribe and leave your comments on what you thought of The Jungle Book!

According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, it was found that the Pokémon company has been courting several notable studios for the sale of the live-action film rights to the aforementioned franchise through a top secret auction. The studios in question were Warner Bros, Sony, and Legendary Pictures. It was found that Legendary Pictures emerged as the potential victor in this tournament to catch the rights even though Warner Bros has produced Pokémon movies in the past such as Pokémon: The First Movie.

Ash and Pikachu!

This arrangement does present itself with issues, though. Legendary Pictures is owned by a company based in China, and political tensions exist between both China and Japan. This can complicate any sort of arrangement for the rights of the Pokémon franchise. However, Legendary Pictures did release Godzilla in 2014—another well known Japanese property.

As for how this film can work, there are four essential criteria, in my opinion, which should be satisfied to generate a Pokémon film that could be taken seriously:

1. A good director and writer(s). While that is essential for just about any film, this is a property beloved by many generations both young and old and would need folk able to produce a film that can be fun first and foremost. Suggestions I've heard include Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Gareth Edwards, and Colin Trevorrow.
2. A big budget. When I first saw Avatar, it opened the possibility in my mind of a big budget Pokémon film as they created a whole new world from scratch with all sorts of strange creatures in that world. Avatar had a budget of $237 million, and given the sheer scope of that world, I feel $250 million would be the best.
3. A great visual effects company. A company with extensive history and experience in Creature Design is absolutely essential. All Pokémon have unique appearances that should be done well otherwise it just wouldn't feel authentic. Translating 150+ creatures from an animated medium to a live action medium presents many challenges that not many can do well.
4. Cast the actors well. I don't think I really need to mention the controversies that surrounded the casting of previous American anime adaptations such as Dragonball Evolution and The Last Airbender right? Let's not do that again.

So what do you think of the prospect of a live action Pokémon movie? What do you think should go into one? Let us know in the comments below!

With the upcoming release of Captain America: Civil War approaching soon on May 6th, Fanboys Anonymous is providing you with another edition of the FanTracks podcast.

For copyright reasons, we cannot provide the movie itself, but if you sync up the video of the movie with our commentary, you can listen to our thoughts on the film as we crack some jokes, expose some plot holes and so on.

After a short introduction, you will be told when to sync up your copy of the episode so you can follow along with our commentary. Follow the links below to listen to the podcast on either YouTube, iTunes, or Stitcher. Make sure to subscribe!

Every so often, a short film catches my attention and I feel the need to share it with the fanboy community. Such is the case with Director Jeff Chan's film Code 8, which shows a more reserved side of what a world with superpowers could be.

A desperate young man possessing special powers clashes with a militarized police force after committing a petty crime.

Directed by Jeff Chan
Written by Jeff Chan & Chris Paré
Producers: Jeff Chan, Tommy Dingwall, Chris Paré
Executive Producers: Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, Geoff McLean
Co-Producers: Art Chong, Billie Aleman

SHORT FILM CAST: Robbie Amell (Taylor Reed), Sung Kang (Alex Park), Aaron Abrams (Freddie), Stephen Amell (Drone Pilot), Chad Donella (Dixon), Alfred Rubin Thompson (Big Joe), Christine Pagulayan (Reporter), Jack Horan (Justin Reed), Phyllis Politowicz (Grandma), Jeff Sinisac (Drone Pilot 2), Peter Huang (Drone Pilot 3), Ryan Freer (Drone Pilot 4), Patrice Henry (Dispatch 1), Italia Ricci (Dispatch 2), Tonya Dodds Sinisac (Dispatch 3)

On the latest edition of the Movie Trailer Reactions podcast for Fanboys Anonymous, host Tony Mango gives his live response and overall thoughts about the first teaser trailer for Doctor Strange released earlier today. Make sure to subscribe and tell us in the comments what you think of the trailer!

In Doctor Strange, famous neurosurgeon Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) suffers career-ending injuries in a devastating car crash. Seeking help in the furthest reaches of the world, Strange uncovers the hidden world of magic and alternate dimensions!