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Hey, hey, hey Dacetacular Nation! The Dace Man is back after a very long hiatus from the nerdiest of realms Fanboys Anonymous. Now I know I haven't been here in a long while so I hope you still have the desire to read what The Dace Man thinks...even if it is madness.

One thing yours truly has been mulling over, is where does the Marvel Cinematic Universe go after 2019's blockbuster Avengers: EndGame. Now I know most people are spending time speculating what is going to actually happen in the fourth Avengers installment. Aside from the eventual write-off of the original Avengers who have become some what of a financial burden to Disney or those who wish to not portray awesome characters anymore, the movie has a sense of predictability to it coming up.

Black Panther, Spider-Man (which will also include Nick Fury and Maria Hill) and Doctor Strange all have announced sequels, so that's five characters guaranteed to return from the snap of doom. Not to mention prior to the James Gunn debacle at Disney, the Guardians were teed up for a 2020 release which means they will return as well in some form assuming Dave Bautista still wants the Disney money without his friend directing.

So with the exception of a few of the OGs the Marvel Cinematic Universe won't take too large of a hit, especially since the two suspected to sacrifice it all have had SEVERAL exits from the comic book source material. Some one will enter phase four with the Captain America mantel and I'm fairly certain some one will be running around in a suit of iron.

I have several theories on those two topics that I will explore in another article at some point. However as of right now there doesn't seem to be a direction that would call for an Avengers 5, once the squad handles Thanos that underlying threat that has been there for three phases is gone. So lets take a look at what could be in store for Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

A New Captain In Town


In the history of the Avengers there have been several instances of either Steve Rogers or Tony Stark being the leader of the Avengers. The Marvel Cinematic Universe handled it beautifully, essentially making their version of the Avengers lead by co-captains. Don't believe me? Captain America: Civil War is the prime example of the avengers having co-captains since it split the team right down the middle. Now assuming both Steve Rodgers and Tony Stark make the their exit from the main story lines in Phase 4, either by death or some other kind of creative writing, the leadership role of the Avengers will be open.

Enter Carol Danvers. We get our first look of Captain Marvel in early 2019, but without a doubt she's got the credentials to lead the team. Speculation among fans point to her being a key factor to the end of the mad titan Thanos, she has been noted as the most powerful the MCU has had to offer when it comes to heroes, plus she's a captain. Not to mention with the recent women's empowerment movement playing out in reality it would be huge for a female leading some of the highest grossing films in history. I also have read the comic runs of Carol Danvers and I definitely have a bias towards her running the Avengers in the future, plus Brie Larson for the win!

Acquisitions Assemble

Luckily Disney has made some moves in the world of reality that could setup three major villains that would not have been a possibility a mere three years ago.

First up would be a character they currently have secured based on a deal made with Sony Pictures. Norman Osborne has been a thorn in not only Spiderman's side but the Avengers too. Playing off the current theme that was set into play during Captain America: Civil War, Norman can easily play off the fears of, "If The Avengers were not a team, these threats would not plague Earth." mentality. Secretary Ross has already played the card with the Sokovia Accords so it's not to far fetched to believe this story line. From the seeds of this Norman can form the Dark Avengers and play out the comic run, that saw the good guys and bad guys swapping positions in the public opinion.

Another villain who will potentially be available in 2019, assuming the FOX and Disney merger is finalized, is Magneto. Now the one weak point of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has to be the introduction and inclusion of the Inhumans. Clearly all the big wigs in Marvel yearned to have the mutants find their way home, however due to 20th Century Fox owning their rights they settled for the little-known Inhumans. That experiment fell flat on its face. First a movie was announced to include them into the big screen line up, but the small screen took a crack at them first and seemingly foiled the plans of the big screen team. Then they decided to put them in their own series on TV and that was the death of the Inhumans.


Now with the Mutants back on the home team we now have a chance for the Avengers to square up with the baddest mutant out there Magneto. What would be the most fun is exploring Scarlet Witch and her connection with Magneto, assuming they change the word "Miracle" to "Mutant" for her. Then maybe we can get a House of M scenario going and instead of "No More Mutants" we can wipe out the Inhumans...Sorry Blackbolt.

Lastly is the nemesis of the soon to be acquire Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom. Victor Von Doom has stirred the pot on several occasions that caught the attention of The Avengers. Considering the Fantastic Four has been the weakest performer over at FOX it would most likely be the easiest to integrate into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Also with titles like Guardians of The Galaxy and Doctor Strange it's not crazy idea to have the Fantastic Four pop up... or another one of their greatest foes...Galactus.

The possibility are endless, with the new acquisitions, but none of these villains really have an multi-movie plot line appeal in my opinion. With the three previously mentioned they could all play a role that calls forth a large threat requiring The Avengers to pull out the big guns once more.

Kang the Conqueror Cometh

Thanos has been the big baddie in the background for almost 6 years. The army supplied to Loki in the original Avengers movie was by the mad titan and the stones he so desired played a part in the majority of the individual film's plots. One of the other big threats to the Avengers was Ultron, however he was dismissed after a single film and even had dialogue at the end that implied he wouldn't be coming back despite his ever nagging presence in the comics.

With two of the biggest threats in The Avengers history already down and out by the closing credits of Avengers: EndGame, who could that leave?


Welcome the conqueror. Kang has been held hostage over at 20th Century Fox but with the acquisition rumored to be complete as early as January 2019, he will be fair game again. A descended of the great Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four, Nathaniel Richards develops time traveling technology that allows him to travel to the past. Time travel has been hinted via the quantum realm in Avengers: End Game so how cool would it be if Kang appeared at the end of EndGame and captured Steve Rodgers or Tony Stark rather than actually have them die or something dumb.

Kang could be introduced as an unknown side-effect of reversing the Thanos snap. Thanos has warned several of our heroes about the universe out growing it's available resources. Who would better experience the effects of limited resources than a conqueror from the 31st century. Kang could appear later than originally intended, because after all it would be his first jump back through time, and out of frustration kidnap an Avenger or two until he figures out how to get back earlier than his initial jump. Think about it.

Well, anywho... we have another few months before we put a cap on the first three phases of the Marvel cinematic universe before we have to start worrying about the future. This, however, is definitely food for thought though. With the merger of 20th Century Fox and the deal in place at Sony, the future has unlimited possibility. I mean with the exception of a solo Hulk movie, but that's not a big deal.

So...let's see if I still got it.

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Nailed it.

What's up Dacetacular Nation? Chris "The Dace Man" Dace back again with another post Avengers: EndGame speculative article! Join me as I guess and get everything wrong!

Pending the release of the articles, you may or may not have read my hypothetical situations for Steve Rogers. This is going to be essentially the same article but focusing solely on the man who kicked off the Cinematic Universe, Tony Stark. Now you may notice I didn't include a recast option for Tony Stark, and that's because I feel like that is highly unlikely, even more so than Captain America. Public image at this point is Robert Downy Jr. is Iron Man and I believe we are a long way off before talks to recast this pivotal role can be thought of. With that being said let's jump in and figure out how to replace that arc reactor sized hole Mr. Stark may potentially be leaving us with.

The King Continues to Reign

Robert Downy Jr. is absolutely the king of kings when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So much so it is kind of hard picturing life after Tony Stark in Marvel Movies. In fact he has been in the most Marvel films (I Absolutely do not count the post-credit scene in Ant-Man for Captain America, it's just a clip of Captain America: Civil War no impact to Ant-Man plot). When I entertain the idea of RDJ sticking with the Tony Stark character, I picture just that. He's retired from the Iron Man suit and is a mentor to others like Peter Parker. In the comics he's even assumed the role of Secretary of Defense at one point and the head of SH.I.E.L.D. so those are two viable options as well if Tony is killed off.

Ms. Potts to the Rescue

Let us make the painful assumption Tony Stark does in fact bite the dust. A character that seems to have been positioned for her debut is Rescue, a.k.a. Pepper Potts in an Iron suit. Rescue had a decent run in the comics and even managed to hold her own. So let's go off the assumption Pepper will be there as Tony takes his last breathe, with a renewed vigor to actually fight the fight rather than complain about unavoidable confrontation, Rescue has potential to be pretty kick-ass. On the off chance Tony lives but is badly injured and can't perform the Iron Man duties she would be a logical padawan for Mr. Stark.

The Iron Heart...Shuri 

Now this one could be a bit far fetched if they decide to have Shuri stand out as her own but I feel like there have been small teases at her becoming Iron Heart. I realize that Iron Heart was a completely different character in the comics but it's not a stretch to transition Shuri into that role. They have already pointed out her knack for technology and even outshining Bruce and Tony a bit in Avengers: Infinity War in regards to Vision's construction. She already has the gear we've seen in Black Panther that uses similar propulsion technology Iron Man's Suit does. If they needed an Avenger to replace the missing Iron Man she would have my vote especially if they go the route of just retiring Tony rather than killing him off. Imagine scenes with RDJ and Letita Wright....amazeballs right?

Dead is Dead

I said this with Cap and I'll say it again with Tony, dead is dead. Now this would be the worst option for any one who's been with the MCU since it's 2008 inception but unfortunately the most logical. Robert Downy Jr. will be 54 when the next film comes out, so he's has the potential to turn into a creepy billionaire playboy philanthropist. Not to mention if he's playing his actual age in the movie, his fight scenes would be as painful to watch as an Undertaker match these days. Additional RDJ is the highest paid actor in the MCU to date. Stack all these things on a kill/don't kill sheet and our boy is dead.

The positive to come out of this will be a full payout of the character though, when we first met Tony he was a drunk egotistical jackass who wouldn't make the tough play. By the end of Avengers: EndGame we could see the finalization of the complete 180 for the character. I hate saying this, but I think this is what is going to happen this April. His death would have the biggest impact on the MCU in a way that could be reflected as a positive. Killing Cap is just gonna suck if it happens.

So what do you think is the fate for the other guy burdened with knowledge, Tony Stark?

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What is crack-a-lackin Dacetacular Nation? Chris "The Dace Man" Dace back again here at Fanboys Anonymous to do what I do best...speculate with little to zero merit.

So with Avengers: EndGame on the horizon, it's time to let speculation run wild! One of the thing that has the Fanboys Nation in a loop is the fate of Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Actor Chris Evans has dropped enough soundbites and blurbs to indicate that the next Avengers could possibly be the end of him as Steve Rodgers. With that being said there are a few options on how to handle the departure of the First Avenger from the cinematic Universe and I have a few ideas.

Steve Rodgers Retains the Title

Here's the angle I personally hope for the most, out of all the options you are about to read. Chris Evans can step away from the character for the time being but that doesn't mean we have to kill off Cap to do so. It is very well plausible after all the things Steve has been through in his life time enough is enough and it's time to retire, he is in his 90s after all. Why not have Steve fight the good fight and then hang up the shield? Bucky can stay as the newly attained White Wolf moniker and no need to have Sam stray away from the Falcon gimmick. This also leaves the option open that if Evans ever wanted to reprise his role as the First Avenger it would be there waiting for him.

Bucky Barnes as Captain America

The next logical choice in my opinion, is Bucky picking up the shield and running with it. Bucky has been Caps oldest friend, hell Cap went against the stars and stripes for the man. If Cap were to perish in the next installment of the Avengers franchise, his old pal Buck should be the next inline to carry on the legacy. Another point is Bucky really hasn't done squat in the Marvel cinematic universe to stand out on his own. Sure Civil War breaks out partly because of him and Winter Soldier is named after him but Bucky has yet to have that redemption moment to make the audience buy into him. Picking up the mantle would surely do it.

Sam Wilson as Captain America

If Bucky doesn't pick up the stars and striped banner, Sam definitely should. In the off chance the Marvel Cinematic Universe has more in store for the White Wolf persona Bucky was sporting in Avengers Infinity War the door is wide open for Sam. Sam has been Caps modern-era B.F.F., following Cap on any crusade the man goes on and never really having a personal investment in the outcome. The Falcon also deserves a shinning moment for himself too, though I personalty think it would be better suited as The Falcon, Sam has gotten the raw deal in almost all movies thus far.

First he gets his butt whooped trying to help Cap take on Hydra-S.H.I.E.L.D. Secondly head into his Avengers Debut and he has a brief cameo talking about tracking Bucky and isn't even called to help against Ultron despite the hell he went through during the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. Next in an Ant-Man Cameo he gets upstaged by Ant-Man....Ant-Man. He ends up in jail at the end of Captain America: Civil War and then lastly is snapped out of existence in Avengers: Infinity War

To loosely quote one of my favorite comedies..."Sam's a Peacock Falcon, Captain! You gotta let him fly!"

Recast Steve Rodgers

Here's one I'm really hoping they don't do, recast. Now If you would have asked me back at the start of this all my feelings on Chris Evans as Captain America, I would have scoffed at the idea. How can a guy who was an evil ex in Scott Pilgrim v.s. The World and Johnny Storm in The Fantastic Four going to pull off the God-Fearing Clean Cut Steve Rogers. Well I've eaten crow and almost 8 years later I'm begging for the man not to go. Names have been jokingly thrown out there to recast the role, like John Cena, but hopefully they are just jokes and not serious. However it's an option, not a good one, but just ask Terrance Howard.

Dead is Dead

Lastly the super morbid way out of the roll...death. Steve Rogers is a man who absolutely lays it all out on the field each time he heads into battle so why wouldn't he do so to bring back half the universe. The ultimate sacrifice would be a heavy price to pay not only for the fictional character but as well as the audience watching in the theaters. One would think after the depressing ending of Avengers: Infinity War it's sequel would have a much more lighthearted ending. However knowing what we know about real world implications on our fantasy worlds it is a real possibility that dead will in fact be dead for Steve Rogers.

So what do you think is the fate for the star spangled man with a plan?

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Hey, Hey, Hey Dacetacular Nation! Chris "The Dace Man" Dace here with his first TV Show Review in years...yes years. Let's breakdown the latest season of Fuller House.

So to catch you up on where we are in Season 4, DJ managed to break up Steve's wedding at the end of Season 3 in Japan and Kimmy Gibbler has agreed to surrogate for Stephanie and her brother since Stephanie is unable to give birth.

If you're like me and thrive on nostalgia, you keep tuning into these reboot/returns of shows. Unfortunately these shows have not aged well with time. I personally despise laugh tracks, it feels as if though the studio is forcing you to laugh when they want you to laugh and it is painful in some cases. It is peppered through out the entire season with forced catch phrases that break the dialogue and cheesy shtick that just feels out of place.

The weird thing about the show is the best part of it is the characters that were not involved with the original Full House. There's a feeling with these characters that they are not restrained by catch phrases or the anticipated slapstick humor. The only ones who have seemed to escape the the stigma from the original cast are Danny Tanner and Steve, the latter most likely because I don't remember too much about him except he likes to eat.

The stand out character in the entire show has to be Max though. his dialogue seems fresh and quick witted, especially since he's the second youngest of the main cast. Between him and Fernando they have hooked my attention to watch the episodes, plus Stephanie is still hot. The extremely disappointing part of the show four years in is still no Michelle Tanner. You would have thought by now one of them would have caved and made a cameo. I'm sure the payday would be decent and it gives fans some closure on the mystery behind Michelle and her apparent Fashion Empire.

I'd imagine the show continues to be a strong family content contender for Netflix, however with Girl Meets World biting the dust at 72 episodes you may see Fuller House squeak out one more season since they sit at 57. Most of the story lines have been neatly tied up to a point that could be seen as fulfilling...you know, except for the whole Michelle Tanner thing. So maybe if an Olsen agrees to appear it will breathe new life into the show, if not it's days are surely coming to a close within the next year.

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Welcome to the second annual FANBOYS FILM AWARDS! This is my attempt to counterbalance the Academy Awards bias when it comes to movies that are often ignored due to their genre.

So rather than focus on the Oscar-bait, the Fanboys Film Awards pays tribute and extends gratitude to the movies which are overlooked because they're more along the lines of science fiction, fantasy, action/adventure and so on.

The only qualification for the nominees is that they must fall somewhere into the geek culture spectrum, which means superhero films and similar genres. Everything else is not eligible for any of the categories, so you won't see A Star is Born on this list. That not only isn't what this focuses on, but it also looks like garbage pandering to me.

Also, you may notice that the awards structure isn't the same as the Academy Awards. That's because I feel this is a more efficient way of doing things and an easier list to make, rather than diving into technicalities that I'm not qualified to judge. But by all means, if you want to create your own categories, go ahead in the comments!

NOTE: All nominees were from the time frame of January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 as far as release dates. Plus, this is only one person's opinion and I admittedly haven't even seen every film that could potentially be nominated, so that's going to put a significant bias on this. You're encouraged to leave your choices for the nominees and winners in the comments below to keep the discussion going!

BEST PICTURE

WINNER = Avengers: Infinity War

EXPLANATION = You'll see that I gave Black Panther the Best Story award below. Forgive me. Overall, as much as I think that's the better film by itself, Infinity War appeals to me more as a fanboy and at the end of the day, this isn't the Academy Awards, it's the Fanboys Film Awards, so shouldn't that win out?

HONORABLE MENTIONS = A Quiet Place, Black Panther, Incredibles 2, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

BEST ACTOR

WINNER = Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa in Black Panther

EXPLANATION = I bought him as an action star, I bought him as a king, I bought him as a troubled man who doesn't know how to deal with the struggles of his position, etc.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Josh Brolin as Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Johnson in Creed II

BEST ACTRESS

WINNER = Holly Hunter as Helen Parr / Elastigirl in Incredibles 2

EXPLANATION = This wasn't a strong category and I honestly had nobody in mind, so I just went with one I felt would be overlooked. Honestly, though, this wasn't any performance that I took away anything big from. I just needed to choose somebody.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = n/a

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER = Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

EXPLANATION = Suddenly, Jake Johnson is one of my favorite people to play Spider-Man, even though he played a strange otherworldly version of the character. Awesome.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Creed II, Winston Duke as M'Baku in Black Panther

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER = Danai Gurira as Okoye in Black Panther

EXPLANATION = Okoye is a character I knew nothing at all about and didn't figure I would end up enjoying a lot, but wound up being one of my favorite characters in the film and a true standout.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Letitia Wright as Shuri in Black Panther

BEST STORY

This is an alternative to Best Adapted/Original Screenplay where the execution of the overall product might not be the equivalent of Best Picture, but the idea was there.

WINNER = Black Panther

EXPLANATION = Oh man, I really wanted to give this to Avengers, but fundamentally, I have to say Black Panther was the best overall movie I saw this year as a standalone feature. Infinity War is more of a mad rush and it's fun, but it's also very simple. Black Panther dealt with much more complex themes and was executed so well.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = A Quiet Place (if that counts), Avengers: Infinity War, Creed II, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

MOST FAITHFUL ADAPTATION

Which felt like it was the most honorable to the source material it was trying to represent?

WINNER = Avengers: Infinity War

EXPLANATION = Not only was this true to the source material in as many ways as they could be, but it was also true to the expectations of the MCU precedent set before it.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Aquaman, Black Panther, Creed II, Deadpool 2, Mission: Impossible - Fallout

BEST VISUALS

This examines special effects, cinematography, production design and even editing.

WINNER = Aquaman

EXPLANATION = That was the one takeaway from the film that I thought they did an impressive job with.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Avengers: Infinity War, Bumblebee, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story

BEST ACTION SET PIECE

This honors the stunt work as well as the choreography and idea of an action sequence.

WINNER = Avengers: Infinity War (battle of Wakanda)

EXPLANATION = That battle of Wakanda was awesome.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = The First Purge, Ready Player One, Mission: Impossible - Fallout

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN

This combines makeup, costumes and the CGI build of characters.

WINNER = Black Panther

EXPLANATION = I know most people will probably think Thanos alone deserves this, but this isn't just CGI, this is everything. That includes all of the attention to detail they had for the different tribes for Wakanda, the Black Panther suit itself, etc.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Infinity War, Venom

BEST MUSIC

This category examines both the score and the soundtrack.

WINNER = "Ashes" by Celine Dion from Deadpool 2

EXPLANATION = That song was the best part of the movie.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Black Panther, Ready Player One

On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, host Tony Mango breaks down the hits and misses of Bumblebee by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.

On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee the Autobot seeks refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. Charlie, on the brink of turning 18 years old and trying to find her place in the world, soon discovers the battle-scarred and broken Bumblebee. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns that this is no ordinary yellow Volkswagen.

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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:

First Look at Aladdin

Well, these photos aren't making me go crazy, but they aren't making me run for the hills, either. It just looks like they're a little off in some way, as if they're a TV movie instead, or something. Seems like they're definitely trying to go for an Oscar in costumes and production design.

Hellboy Trailer

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'll watch it, I guess, but I never really loved those other two films.

Men in Black International Trailer

Generic. I'll probably see it if I have the time, but I'm not thrilled.

Kaldur is Aquaman in Young Justice

So in a still image from the next season of Young Justice, apparently, Kaldur'ahm has grown into the official Aquaman role while Arthur is just the king of Atlantis. I like this. I don't know how the context of it will work, but I like the idea behind it.

Benicio Del Toro Voicing Swiper in Dora the Explorer Movie

LMAO I had to watch this stupid ass show a bunch of times while babysitting and the idea of Del Toro being Swiper is so out there crazy.

On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, host Tony Mango breaks down the hits and misses of Aquaman by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.

Aquaman finds himself caught between a surface world that ravages the sea and the underwater Atlanteans who are ready to revolt.

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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:

Sonic the Hedgehog Poster

Why do his hands look like human hands in that silhouette? The proportions look weird and I'm getting a Teen Wolf vibe, which I don't think I should be getting. #concerned

Carmen Sandiego is Coming to Netflix

Hey, I'm not going to watch it, but that's great. A reboot of that show with a different vibe that plays to today's kids and has a bad ass woman lead should be a hit.

Stranger Things Season 3 Titles

They revealed all of the titles for the episodes of season 3, but not when the premiere date is, which irks me. You can't really tell what's going on with the titles, of course, but "The Mall Rats" and "The Battle of Starcourt" makes me think they've gotten old enough now that they're starting to be those kids who hang out in the mall all the time and that will be the new base of operations, so to speak, which is why they feel the need to use that as the end fight, since they already did the school and the lab. I'm so down. This show's great.

Godzilla II: King of the Monsters Trailer 2

Why is Godzilla so fat, though? Other than that, the movie looks like it won't be good, but that it will be visually enthralling, so I'm seeing it no matter what.

Chris Messina Cast as Victor Zsasz in Birds of Prey

I have no idea who that is, I have no faith in this Birds of Prey film, but at least Zsasz will pop up for a moment. Neat.

Solo: A Star Wars Story Disqualified from Oscars Best Score

They didn't submit it on time. Disney didn't pay attention to the date. Whoops! Oh well, it wouldn't have won anyway.

Hawk and Dawn

I'm a bit late to the party in watching last week's episode of Titans, but man, I have to mention, I really liked this episode exploring the backstory of Hawk and Dove with both Donny and Hank and Dawn. I wish we'd have gotten to see Holly Granger, but I can't nitpick. This was great, and I even loved the touch of having Hank and Don be half-brothers to help explain how different they were and to add some diversity into the mix. I really like the casting of Hank and Dawn. Minka Kelly and Alan Ritchson have been good in everything I've seen them in. Kudos for a great episode.

On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, host Tony Mango breaks down the hits and misses of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.

Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Spider-Man. When he meets Peter Parker, he soon realizes that there are many others who share his special, high-flying talents. Miles must now use his newfound skills to battle the evil Kingpin, a hulking madman who can open portals to other universes and pull different versions of Spider-Man into our world.

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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:

Zatanna Movie in the Works

Of course it is! Again, as I keep saying, DC can't just announce films that are going nowhere. They can't get anything off and running. Stop focusing on what you can announce and then throw in development hell and focus on actually doing that Batman film, the Flash film, and so on.

Vision and the Scarlet Witch

Awesome. I can't wait to see this. That's a good title, but I would have personally gone with Scarlet Witch and Vision, giving her first-billing.

No Superman Game for Rocksteady

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo unless you announce Justice League or something equally cool or better but still booooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Captain Marvel Trailer

The Skrulls look bad, but Nick Fury looks AMAZING. I still don't have much plot to go with, but it isn't like I'm not seeing this movie regardless, right? I trust Marvel at this point.

Celebrity Deathmatch Returning

You know, I'm more surprised about it taking this long to happen. I figured someone would've wanted to revive it several years ago. Neat.

Lucifer Season 4 Will Feature Eve

A story about Adam and Eve, with a focus of Eve being in love with Lucifer? Count me in! That sounds great. God I love this show. (Is that sacrilegious to say that last sentence?)

Men in Black International

That is the new title of the Men in Black film coming out, which makes sense to a certain degree, as just calling it "Men" in Black when one of the two main characters is a woman would be confusing to some people and result in complaints and such. The name leaves some to the imagination, but it's not bad.

Black Panther Nominated for Golden Globe

Good. It deserves the nomination, if not the win. I thought it was a fantastic movie. I don't think it should win Best Picture for the Academy Awards, but I honestly don't know what else I'd suggest as an alternative, so for now, yeah, give it the Golden Globe.

The Snap = The Decimation

So "The Decimation" is what they're referring to the Thanos snap fallout in the official MCU canon. However, we all know we're all sticking to The Snap. It's just too....snappy.

Night Gallery Reboot

Any time there is an idea like this, I understand why they're doing it, but I can also see it just flopping. Black Mirror already has this market cornered a bit, but maybe there's room for another anthology series that can use this name and do it justice. I'd be interested in checking it out, for sure.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order

Yoooo!!! I've been saying for years that they needed to do another one of these Ultimate Alliance games and how it made no sense that they weren't doing console games with the immense success of the MCU. I don't like the art style, though. I hope the roster is absolutely immense and I've even written something extra up about that.

As far as the Avengers Project thing goes...well, they didn't give us much to really talk about.

Avengers: Endgame

So why did they lie about the title? Why spend months saying that wasn't it if it was? That seems weird. Anyway, it looks great, as expected. Like I said above, I trust the MCU.

I'm nowhere near the biggest gamer in the world, as I haven't owned a console since the PlayStation 2, but I've been a big fan of the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games that had been out. I played and beat both of them with some friends and I was always eagerly awaiting a third installment of the franchise, which is FINALLY happening on the Nintendo Switch.

My first thoughts immediately went to wondering which heroes you'd be able to choose from, as I'm hoping to see the biggest, most in-depth roster that they've ever had, so I figured I'd go ahead and draft up my preferred list.

Like everybody, I have my tastes, and your favorite might be left off my list. But if that's the case, by all means, drop a comment below and tell me who you feel are the biggest omissions.

Without further ado, here is my fantasy list of characters you should be able to play as, broken down by several tiers of importance and such.

A-Tier

These people can be selected from the very start and absolutely must be in the game. No debate:

• Black Panther
• Black Widow
• Captain America 
• Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
• Cyclops
• Daredevil
• Doctor Strange (unless his powers are too hard to play and then he's an NPC)
• Hawkeye
• Hulk
• Human Torch
• Invisible Woman
• Iron Man 
• Luke Cage 
• Mr. Fantastic
• Scarlet Witch
• Spider-Man
• Silver Surfer 
• Storm
• The Thing
• Thor
• Wolverine
• Vision

B-Tier

These people SHOULD be guarantees, but I just can't rank them as high as the A-Tier people:

• Colossus
• Deadpool
• Drax
• Falcon
• Gambit
• Gamora
• Ghost Rider
• Groot
• Iceman
• Iron Fist
• Jessica Jones
• Punisher
• Quicksilver
• Rocket Raccoon
• Star-Lord 
• Spider-Woman
• Winter Soldier

C-Tier

Now we're stretching it for people who are on the bubble of being cut. They'd be interesting, but I could see them being too low on the priority scale, and if you had to choose, there are lots of options above who are more important:

• Beast
• Blue Marvel
• Cable
• Elektra
• Jubilee
• Mockingbird
• Moon Knight
• Rogue

DLC Extras

These characters are too powerful and/or intriguing to be chosen right out of the gate and should be reserved for special downloadable packs:

• Agent Venom (and/or Venom)
• Deathlok
• Doctor Doom
• Jean Grey / Phoenix or Emma Frost (not both)
• Magneto
• Namor 
• Nightcrawler
• Psylocke
• Ronin
• Sentry
• She-Hulk (because you already have Hulk, Gamora, Jessica Jones, etc, and we want people to want to buy this, so she's an enticing character for people to want to purchase)
• War Machine (because you already have Iron Man)
• Wonder Man

Non-Playable Characters

These heroes should appear somewhere as assistants or storyline parts, but not be options to pick from to play as. Simply put, you can't play as a million people, but these heroes are still important enough that I'd like to see them included in a NPC fashion, at least:

• Adam Warlock
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Phil Coulson, Dum Dum Dugan, FitzSimmons, etc)
• Amadeus Cho
• Ant-Man and The Wasp (I figure the gameplay would be too hard to figure out with their size shifting)
• Blade and Morbius (some kind of zombie level)
• Cloak and Dagger
• Doc Samson
• Guardians of the Galaxy (not enough room for Nebula, Mantis, Yondu)
• Hercules
• H.E.R.B.I.E.
• Inhumans (nobody really wants to play as Black Bolt or Crystal or Medusa, right? Include them and the others like Karnak and Lockjaw as some side quest and that's it)
• Lady Sif and The Warriors Three 
• Living Tribunal
• The Nova Corps
• Odin
• The One Above All
• Pepper Potts
• Professor Charles Xavier
• Shuri
• Uatu
• X-Men extras = Angel, Kitty Pryde
• Younger heroes (by this, I mean maybe there's a mission that deals with helping out Ironheart, Kamala Khan, X-23, Miles Morales, etc)

The 76th annual Golden Globe Awards will take place Sunday, January 6, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton on NBC, hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg. Here are the nominees for all of the categories. Give us your predictions on the winners and your favorites in the comments below!

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Alex Borstein in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Susie Myerson
Patricia Clarkson in Sharp Objects as Adora Crellin
Penélope Cruz in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story as Donatella Versace
Thandie Newton in Westworld as Maeve Millay
Yvonne Strahovski in The Handmaid's Tale as Serena Joy Waterford

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Alan Arkin in The Kominsky Method as Norman Newlander
Kieran Culkin in Succession as Roman Roy
Édgar Ramírez in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story as Gianni Versace
Ben Whishaw in A Very English Scandal as Norman Josiffe
Henry Winkler in Barry as Gene Cousineau

Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
Amy Adams in Sharp Objects as Camille Preaker
Patricia Arquette in Escape at Dannemora as Tilly Mitchell
Connie Britton in Dirty John as Debra Newell
Laura Dern in The Tale as Jennifer Fox
Regina King in Seven Seconds as Latrice Butler

Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film
Antonio Banderas in Genius: Picasso as Pablo Picasso
Daniel Bruhl in The Alienist as Dr. Laszlo Kreizler
Darren Criss in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story as Andrew Cunanan
Benedict Cumberbatch in Patrick Melrose as Patrick Melrose
Hugh Grant in A Very English Scandal as Jeremy Thorpe

Best Miniseries or Television Film
The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Escape at Dannemora
Sharp Objects
A Very English Scandal

Best Performance By an Actress in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical)
Kristen Bell in The Good Place as Eleanor Shellstrop
Candice Bergen in Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
Alison Brie in GLOW as Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder
Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Miriam "Midge" Maisel
Debra Messing in Will & Grace as Grace Adler

Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical)
Sacha Baron Cohen in Who Is America? as various characters
Jim Carrey in Kidding as Jeff Piccirillo
Michael Douglas in The Kominsky Method as Sandy Kominsky
Donald Glover in Atlanta as Earnest "Earn" Marks / Teddy Perkins
Bill Hader in Barry as Barry Berkman / Barry Block

Best Performance By an Actress in a Television Series (Drama)
Caitriona Balfe in Outlander as Claire Fraser
Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale as June Osborne / Offred
Sandra Oh in Killing Eve as Eve Polastri
Julia Roberts in Homecoming as Heidi Bergman
Keri Russel in The Americans as Elizabeth Jennings

Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series (Drama)
Jason Bateman in Ozark as Martin "Marty" Byrde
Stephen James in Homecoming as Walter Cruz
Richard Madden in Bodyguard as Sergeant David Budd
Billy Porter in Pose as Pray Tell
Matthew Rhys in The Americans as Philip Jennings

Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical)
Barry
The Good Place
Kidding
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Best Television Series (Drama)
The Americans
Bodyguard
Homecoming
Killing Eve
Pose


Best Original Score
Marco Beltrami for A Quiet Place
Alexandre Desplat for Isle of Dogs
Ludwig Göransson for Black Panther
Justin Hurwitz for First Man
Marc Shaiman for Mary Poppins Returns

Best Original Song
"All the Stars" from Black Panther
"Girl in the Movies" from Dumplin'
"Requiem for a Private War" from A Private War
"Revelation" from Boy Erased
"Shallow" from A Star Is Born

Best Supporting Performance by Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams in Vice as Lynne Cheney
Claire Foy in First Man as Janet Shearon Armstrong
Regina King in If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers
Emma Stone in The Favourite as Abigail Hill
Rachel Weisz in The Favourite as Sarah Churchill

Best Supporting Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali in Green Book as Don Shirley
Timothée Chalamet in Beautiful Boy as Nic Sheff
Adam Driver in BlacKkKlansman as Flip Zimmerman
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
Sam Rockwell in Vice as George W. Bush

Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins Returns as Mary Poppins
Olivia Colman in The Favourite as Queen Anne
Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade as Kayla Day
Charlize Theron in Tully as Marlo Moreau
Constance Wu in Crazy Rich Asians as Rachel Chu

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Christian Bale in Vice as Dick Cheney
Lin-Manuel Miranda in Mary Poppins Returns as Jack
Viggo Mortensen in Green Book as Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga
Robert Redford in The Old Man & the Gun as Forrest Tucker
John C. Reilly in Stan & Ollie as Oliver Hardy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Glenn Close in The Wife as Joan Castleman
Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born as Ally Maine
Nicole Kidman in Destroyer as Erin Bell
Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Lee Israel
Rosamund Pike in A Private War as Marie Colvin

Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born as Jackson Maine
Willem Dafoe in At Eternity's Gate as Vincent van Gogh
Lucas Hedges in Boy Erased as Jared Eamons
Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury
John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman as Ron Stallworth

Best Motion Picture (Foreign Language)
Capernaum
Girl
Never Look Away
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Motion Picture (Animated)
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Director - Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper for A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuarón for Roma
Peter Farrelly for Green Book
Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay for Vice

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuarón for Roma
Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga for Green Book
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara for The Favourite
Barry Jenkins for If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam McKay for Vice

Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice

Best Motion Picture (Drama)
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born


I certainly haven't seen all of these movies and television shows to be able to fully judge what's going on, which is why I don't give predictions for the Golden Globes. However, to chime in on the things I did see that are nominated:

• I've seen Black Panther and Bohemian Rhapsody, and I'm cool with either of them winning Best Drama, but I'd prefer Black Panther.
• Rami Malek was great as Freddie Mercury, so if he wins Best Actor, I'm down.
• Even though I didn't see it, I don't want A Star is Born to win things. It just feels so pretentious and stupid.
• "All the Stars" is a good song.
• I liked Incredibles 2 and I really hope I like Ralph Breaks the Internet and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse when I see them.
• I've been hearing about this Bodyguard show. I might have to check it out.
• GLOW got nominated for Best Actress for not Best Musical or Comedy? Booo. I imagine Alison Brie isn't going to win, but at least she got some recognition. I love that show.
• Donald Glover in Atlanta is great. I don't think he'll win, but it's nice to get a nomination.
• Darren Criss needs to win for his portrayal of Andrew Cunanan. That dude KILLLLLLED IT.
• For that matter, give that the best miniseries award. But I'm okay with Cruz and Ramirez not winning for supporting actor and actress.
• Thandie Newton is so good in Westworld. She won't win, but she's great.

The Academy Awards have been struggling with trying to appeal to mass audiences, while not losing the so-called "prestige" of still being the go-to measuring stick for film recognition.

Other awards like the Golden Globes get made fun of in comparison to the Academy Awards, but whenever the discussion is focused solely on the Oscars, people have more than enough complaints.

Why is there no Best Stunt Coordination category? Why are motion capture performances not recognized? Why aren't comedies and comic book movies able to get nominated for the more serious awards and have to only rely on things like visual effects?

They even tried to make a separate award this year that would have given recognition to a film for being a pop culture icon in an attempt to split the difference of Best Picture and Most Influential or whatever the hell they were going to call it, but we all saw right through it as a means to avoid nominating something like Black Panther for Best Picture, and once the academy was called out on that, they dropped the idea.

So how do you draw audiences to watch these ceremonies and make it a big deal while giving praise to as many movies as possible, but not diluting it too much or making the show last too many hours?

You make it an event extravaganza, instead of a one-night broadcast.

Just look at the success of things like San Diego Comic Con and apply that to the future of the Academy Awards.

People don't digest media the same ways they used to. The news isn't something we have to tune in to every night at 6 p.m. to understand what happened elsewhere in the world when we can check on our phones 24/7 to get more frequent updates on what is going on.

Twitch hosts Games Done Quick, which is a charity marathon of speed running video games that people can tune in to multiple days in a row. WWE has WrestleMania Weekend that has an entire slew of events like TakeOver and Axxess and the Hall of Fame and WrestleMania itself along with Raw and SmackDown that are all tied together in various ways.

There should be an Oscars Weekend that is similar to a convention of sorts, wherein there is more time to be dedicated to a wider variety of content before there is a "main show" that sticks out as the best of the best.

Obviously, I don't have all of the plans sorted out 100% due to details that I haven't thought of yet, but I think I have a pretty solid idea of a template of how the Academy Awards could be mapped out to take full advantage of this kind of setup:

Lifetime Achievement Night

This would be similar to WWE's Hall of Fame, in certain regards, wherein the whole event is dedicated to recognition of past accomplishments.

On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, host Tony Mango breaks down the hits and misses of Creed II by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.

In 1985, Russian boxer Ivan Drago killed former U.S. champion Apollo Creed in a tragic match that stunned the world. Against the wishes of trainer Rocky Balboa, Apollo's son Adonis Johnson accepts a challenge from Drago's son -- another dangerous fighter. Under guidance from Rocky, Adonis trains for the showdown of his life -- a date with destiny that soon becomes his obsession. Now, Johnson and Balboa must confront their shared legacy as the past comes back to haunt each man.

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