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To kickstart the Fanboys Anonymous A REVIEW TO A KILL podcast, hosts Tony Mango, Callum Wiggins and Robert DeFelice discuss their thoughts on the James Bond franchise before diving deeper into the films with rewatches (or, in some cases, first-time viewings) of the 007 movies.

How will the A Review to a Kill podcast series work? What are we looking forward to watching or anticipating not enjoying all that much?

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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:

GTA 6 Will Feature a Female Protagonist

And a male one. Relax. You'll still be able to play as a guy, too.

I like this. After all these games, they've never had a female playable character in a traditional sense. This feels like a no-brainer. Thumbs up.

No Time to Die Pushed Back....Again....

Every time I try to do something based on this film, it gets moved back to a further release date.

Well, screw it. We already recorded a few episodes of our retrospective podcast A REVIEW TO A KILL and I'm not going to sit on those for months. They'll be released and we'll continue to go through these movies, just at a more leisurely pace than originally intended.

So if you need your 007 fix, join us in watching the films and checking out our reviews.

Deadpool 3 Confirmed as Rated R

Kevin Feige can pretty much do no wrong. Of course he knows that this needed to happen and that it needed to be rated R. He's the man.

I'm really interested to see what they do. How are they going to play around with the MCU, now that it's open for business? This could be the best one of the series. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme.

WandaVision First Impressions

Check out the Bonus Features tier on the Patreon to hear my first impressions of episodes 1 and 2 of WandaVision.

Mortal Kombat Info

Lewis Tan is playing a new character named Cole Young. Why isn't he just playing Liu Kang or a character already established? It seems kind of weird that a franchise that has way too many characters as it is feels the need to introduce a brand new one to make it even more overcrowded.

One theory going around is that he's Johnny Cage and that he'll go by that as a stage name later in the film. I don't dislike that idea. However, I'm anticipating he's just Cole Young and they just want to create their own thing so that they can forever have this "I created that guy" thing about them and the next games can introduce him as a DLC.

Godzilla vs Kong Moved Up

We'll see Godzilla vs Kong earlier than expected (if you don't count how it should've been released last year) yet we still haven't seen a trailer. Odd. The movie will be coming out on HBO Max and in theaters simultaneously on March 26th.

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On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, Tony Mango and Robert DeFelice break down the hits and misses of Batman: Soul of the Dragon by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.

DC'S BATMAN: SOUL OF THE DRAGON (2021):

DIRECTED BY
Sam Liu

WRITTEN BY
Jeremy Adams

STARRING:
David Giuntoli (Bruce Wayne / Batman), Mark Dacascos (Richard Dragon), Kelly Hu (Lady Shiva), Michael Jai White (Ben Turner / Bronze Tiger), James Hong (O-Sensei), Josh Keaton (Jeffrey Burr), and Jamie Chung (Jade Nguyen)

In the 1970s, a missing martial arts teacher is the subject of a quest by Batman and his former classmates.

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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:

Michael Jai White's "Original Plans" for Gambol

Michael Jai White claims that the plan told to him at first was that Gambol wasn't going to die in The Dark Knight. Instead, he'd come back and try to take over Gotham City.

Why do I get the feeling he was told this just to sign on for the movie, play a bit part, and then disappear without any intentions of giving him another return? It seems like that happens in a lot of movies. God knows how many James Bond films have been pitched with the "maybe you'll also return in the next film" line for the Bond girl of that particular movie.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't buy for one minute that this was ever any real plan for Gambol.

Zack Snyder's Justice League Coming to Blu-Ray?

Supposedly, there will be a release of The Snyder Cut coming to 4k Blu-Ray release. Good. Some people aren't going to want to get HBO Max but would like to own the film itself. This presents another opportunity and avenue for those fans to watch the film in their preferred method.

Krysten Ritter Returning as Jessica Jones

As expected, rumors are going around that Jessica Jones will re-join the MCU with Krysten Ritter taking on the character once more. This follows everything that's happened with Daredevil coming to Spider-Man 3 and the deals of the Netflix shows ending, allowing more flexibility.

My guess is they might keep the actors for these shows while discarding the continuity. Since it wasn't directly tied into any of the movies, that way, they get to have their cake and eat it, too, essentially. People who liked Ritter as Jones won't be annoyed at a recasting, but they won't have to worry about factoring in the story elements we've already seen.

Jones supposedly will pop up in She-Hulk. That's the BEST spot for her. Not only does she have super strength that will allow us to see her against Jennifer Walters, she's also a great source for Walters to use in the legal system.

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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:

RIP Tanya Roberts

Unfortunately, Tanya Roberts has passed away at age 65.

For those who may not recognize the name outright, she was Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, played Donna's mom Midge Pinciotti in That '70s Show and arguably gained her initial notoriety from being on Charlie's Angels. Obviously, you might recognize her from other things as well, if you browse her IMDB page.

Obviously, there isn't too much to say other than to offer condolences.

Patriot in Falcon & Winter Soldier?

There's a report going around that Elijah Bradley has been added to The Falcon and The Winter Soldier to help set up Patriot as a member of the Young Avengers. This makes perfect sense. Not only is Falcon someone who could be a mentor to a young, black, Captain America based hero, it just also helps set up some of the past and future. If they make it so his grandfather was part of the super soldier serum experiments and passed that on, he's got a tie back to Steve Rogers. If they want to move on from Falcon (and USAgent, who I'm convinced will be in the Thunderbolts down the line) and set up a future Captain America type for 10+ years from now, Patriot could be that person. It could even tie into Project Patriot from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. since they already did Jeffrey Mace.

I'm all for this.

Slow News Week

This wasn't a week packed with information across the things that I particularly follow. Maybe I missed some stuff, though. As always, if you have something you want to get my opinion about, drop it in the comments below and I'll chime in.

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On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, hosts Tony Mango and Robert DeFelice break down the hits and misses of PIXAR'S SOUL by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.

PIXAR'S SOUL (2020):

DIRECTED BY
Pete Docter and Kemp Powers (co-director)

WRITTEN BY
Pete Docter, Mike Jones and Kemp Powers

STARRING:
Jamie Foxx (Joe Gardner), Tina Fey (22), Graham Norton (Moonwind), Rachel House (Terry), Alice Braga and Richard Ayoade (Counselor Jerry), Phylicia Rashad (Libba Gardner), Donnell Rawlings (Dez), Questlove (Lamont "Curley" Baker) and Angela Bassett (Dorothea Williams)

Soul follows a middle school music teacher named Joe Gardner, who seeks to reunite his soul and his body after they are accidentally separated, just before his big break as a jazz musician.

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Welcome to the annual New Year's edition of 6 Flicks Picks that will jump-start the year 2021!

Normally, this would have followed an entire 12 months of seeing lots of films the previous year. However, the COVID-19 pandemic absolutely destroyed that idea, with most movies being pushed to the next year or onward (although Onward didn't, surprisingly). Only some made it out to streaming platforms and theaters, which made for an abysmal 2020 at the theater.

This means 2021 is packed with a lot of holdovers from 2020 and this list is going to be similar to last year's, albeit with a few changes. Some of the films did come out, some new ones are in the running and I've learned more information about the movies, which may bump them up or push them further down the list.

For those who haven't seen 6 Flicks Picks before, the way this goes is rather simple: out of all the options scheduled to come to theaters, you are given six choices of what you'd want to see. If there aren't six worth watching, you have to pick from the ones you don't want to. If you want to see more than six, you have to narrow down your list.

Usually, this goes month by month. But at the beginning of the year, I do one overall 6 Flicks Picks list that encompasses the entire lineup as of January 1st.

Keep in mind the pandemic is not yet over and it's guaranteed some of these films will see different release dates, so by the end of 2021, this list could look much different in hindsight.

Without further ado, let's take a look at what makes my cut for 2021!

6 FLICKS PICKS FOR 2021

This year, I have 24 films I had written down, which evens out to a proper split of several different tiers of 6. As per usual, this is largely based on blockbusters, as most smaller films are just meaningless titles to me that I know nothing about.

Low Tier Honorable Mentions:

24. Dune — I haven't seen the original, but this looks impressive enough for me to go along for the ride. Maybe it's full of itself. Maybe it's an amazing epic. Let's find out.

23. Jungle Cruise — This wasn't listed last year, but likely would have been #25 in 2020. It's still at the bottom of the list, as I don't imagine it'll be spectacular. But it could be some mindless fun to shut your brain off and enjoy.

22. The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard— To be honest, I was disappointed with the first one. However, I enjoyed it just enough to think that maybe this time around, they can get some more laughs out of me. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek are great. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

21. Space Jam: A New Legacy — The first film is one of those movies most people loved as a kid. I wasn't as big on it as everyone else, but I did enjoy it back then. I watched it a few years ago and boy, it does not hold up. But maybe this can be some childhood fun in a way.

20. Mortal Kombat — The original two films are terrible. Admit it. Likely, this film will be bad, too. However, at least the CGI shouldn't be as rough. Since the game was something I liked, I'm definitely revisiting this. However, I was always more of a Street Fighter guy.

19. Snake Eyes — This stayed exactly at #19 compared to last year's list, funny enough. G.I. Joe was never my biggest passion, but I did enjoy it when I was younger. I saw the other two films and if this movie is better than those, then cool. It can't be that hard to beat them, right?

Middle Tier Honorable Mentions:

18. Morbius — This also stayed exactly at the #18 position from last year. I am positive Sony has made a lackluster film here. However, it's connected to Spider-Man. I pretty much have to see it.

17. Top Gun: Maverick — This fell down some spots. Last year, it was #14. I hadn't seen Top Gun until 2019 and while I wasn't totally in love with it, I understood why people could be high on it when it came out. It was a decent enough film that I do want to see this, though.

16. A Quiet Place Part II — I enjoyed the first one quite a bit. Of course I'll watch a sequel if that's the case. This fell a few spots as it was #11 last year.

15. Coming 2 America — This fell some spots, too. Last year, it was #12. I had first seen Coming to America in 2019 as recommended by my then-girlfriend, now fiancée. Guaranteed, this will be a date night for us.

14. Free Guy — Admittedly, this doesn't look as great now that I've seen more than one trailer. I do still think it can be a lot of fun, but I dropped it down a spot. Last year, it was #13.

13. The Forever Purge — I wasn't big on the first Purge film. The second, third and fourth, though, I did enjoy, and I liked the television series. I'm down. This fell a few spots, though, as it was #8 last year.

Top Tier Honorable Mentions:

12. The Matrix 4 — I'm not as big on The Matrix as most people. I think the first film has a lot of merit and the second and third bring up some good points, but the series is largely stuck up its own ass and has overrated visuals that no longer hold up and at the time, were only innovative because people forgot slow motion existed. With that being said, I'm curious as hell how they take the franchise in a different direction.

11. The King's Man — Down several spots. It was #5 last year. I absolutely love the first Kingsman. The second one was a massive departure and I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as I felt they made some terrible mistakes in the direction of the series. I hope they've learned their lessons.

10. The Suicide Squad — The first film is pretty horrible. I actually think this will be bad, too. But I trust James Gunn to deliver something interesting, no matter how bad it is. He did pull off Guardians of the Galaxy, after all. I really, really, really hate the title, though. Adding "the" in front of the other movie's name is so stupid.

9. Eternals — I know virtually nothing about The Eternals. However, it's the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You've got my money.

8. Godzilla vs. Kong — This was bumped up one spot from last year. I still don't know how they're going to make this work by stepping backward and doing two babyfaces against each other while they already had Godzilla fight everyone else the last time. But hey, King of the Monsters was a visual spectacle, so that should at least be a selling point. However, if this is released at home and not in theaters, I'd imagine it won't have the same impact.

7. Venom: Let There Be Carnage — This stayed at #7. The first film had some major flaws, but also some charm. Since it's a Spider-Man thing and I love the Venom character, as well as Carnage, I'm still hoping for the best and seeing this no matter what.

What Made the Final Cut:

6. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — I know virtually nothing about Shang-Chi, too. However, MCU and the real Mandarin? Neat.

5. Mission: Impossible 7 — These films basically keep getting better and better. Take my cash.

4. Ghostbusters: Afterlife — This actually stayed in the #4 spot compared to last year. I really, really don't want them to screw this up. I absolutely love the first film and I still maintain some fondness for the second, even though it's nowhere near as good. Bustin' makes me feel good. Don't make me feel bad.

3. Black Widow — Down one spot. It's an MCU property, so it gets high priority. Black Widow is great and this movie has a lot of potential to set up some interesting things going forward.

2. No Time to Die — Down one spot. I'm getting increasingly more nervous that this film is going to go in the direction I don't want it to, where they're setting up Nomi to take the lead with the franchise and try to either kill James Bond off or retire him for real, with her being 007 going forward. I watch Bond films to watch Bond, not to watch some other character. Give me an opening gun barrel, a better film than the previous one, something that FOR ONCE doesn't entirely revolve around Daniel Craig being "not Bond yet" (Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) or "too old already" (Skyfall and Spectre). Then, end it where we can recast Bond and reboot the series again. Don't play any other games.

1. Spider-Man 3 (title unknown) — No shit, right? It's an MCU film revolving around my #2 favorite superhero of all time. You've got the multiverse coming into effect here. I'm going to go BONKERS for this film. Aaaaaaaaaah!

WHICH MOVIES ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CHECKING OUT?

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Welcome to the fourth annual FANBOYS FILM AWARDS....of sorts. This year has been an absolute mess with the film industry and it's forced a necessary alteration to this segment.

Normally, this is my attempt to counterbalance the Academy Awards bias when it comes to movies that are often ignored due to their genre. What I typically do for the Fanboys Film Awards is focus on the geek culture genres (superhero films, sci-fi, fantasy, etc) and give them their equivalent Best Picture, Best Actor/Actress and so on.

However, with the COVID-19 pandemic absolutely putting a halt to movies being released, virtually nothing came out this year. There aren't a lot of movies to pick from, so it wouldn't make for an interesting or worthwhile breakdown with the normal setup.

So here's what we're going to do instead. I'll be listing all the films I watched this year period, whether or not they came out in 2020. Then, rather than go through the same list of awards we normally do, it'll just be a discussion to pinpoint several things.

Hopefully, it'll be an interesting recap and insight into my movie-going habits this year and you'll enjoy it nevertheless, with 2021 being a much better year for a more standard Fanboys Film Awards.

Also, I invite everyone to join in on the fun by leaving their own lists and thoughts in the comments below to tell us what you watched this year!

FILMS THAT CAME OUT IN 2020 THAT I WATCHED:

Antebellum
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Black Box
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons
The Hunt
The Lodge
New Mutants
Nocturne
Onward
Palm Springs
Sonic the Hedgehog
Soul
Superman: Man of Tomorrow
Superman: Red Son
Tenet
Wonder Woman 1984

FILMS THAT CAME OUT BEFORE 2020 THAT I WATCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2020:

1917
Alien
Aliens
Amadeus
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Frozen II
Jacob's Ladder
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Jojo Rabbit
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Parasite
Richard Jewell
Rocketman
Spies in Disguise
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans
The Rock
This is Spinal Tap
We Need to Talk About Kevin

BEST MOVIES OF THE YEAR

This is for the film I think is fundamentally the best, as opposed to the one that I necessarily enjoyed the most. For instance, one of my favorite movies of all time is Robin Hood: Men in Tights, but I'll never make the argument that it's on par with The Shawshank Redemption as far as Best Picture material.

If we're counting movies that weren't released in 2020, I'd have to go with Parasite. I was a big fan of it and really happy it won Best Picture.

Shout out to Richard Jewell, Amadeus, Jojo Rabbit and Alien for those pre-2020 movies that were rather good, too.

As far as legitimate 2020 releases, I don't think any of them were spectacular as far as pure quality of cinematic arts.  

If I had to pick, Superman: Man of Tomorrow would maybe have to be the pick by default. That's not a particularly strong film, though. This just wasn't a good year for film variety/strength out of the ones I saw.

Addendum: I watched Soul on January 1, 2021. Technically speaking, it came out in 2020 and I had planned on watching it before the year switched over, but holiday stuff got in the way. After watching it, I'm fully comfortable saying this was the best movie to come out in 2020 that I saw. Soul was so good! You're going to see that listed elsewhere on this list, too.

FAVORITE MOVIES OF THE YEAR

Sonic the Hedgehog was my favorite out of the new films. It was just a genuinely enjoyable movie to watch and hit me in the nostalgia gut.

Soul gives it a run for its money and possibly exceeds it. I'd imagine time will judge this as not quite the rewatch value as Sonic, but it's a better movie, so it's on the list for favorites, for sure.

Back to the Future Part II might be my favorite of the pre-2020 films.

LEAST FAVORITE MOVIES OF THE YEAR

Antebellum is the only movie on this list that I actually shut off, rather than finishing. That probably takes the cake.

However, New Mutants was awful, Nocturne wasn't good, Birds of Prey was just as bad as I was expecting it to be and I was not AT ALL a fan of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. I don't even know what Kevin Smith was trying to go for with that one.

MOST PLEASANT SURPRISES OF THE YEAR

Sonic the Hedgehog, as mentioned, took me by surprise. I didn't expect it to work as well as it did and I've seen it a second time this year.

Parasite was also very surprisingly good. I figured it would be some art house nonsense that is stuck up its own ass, but it's great.

This is Spinal Tap was another movie I thought I'd walk away from thinking "Why do people think this is great?" and I laughed quite a bit.

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE YEAR

So many. So, so many.

Antebellum looked great. The concept maybe wasn't even all that bad, but the execution of it was terrible and it made the idea behind it even less interesting once I guessed what the movie was all about from very early on.

Onward was just "meh" and not quite the level of Pixar's best works.

Superman: Red Son was a real let down. I thought that had so much more potential.

Birds of Prey and New Mutants weren't really disappointments after I knew they'd be terrible, but they still lived up to that expectation.

But above all, I think Tenet might be my biggest disappointment. I had such high hopes for this film. Inception is amazing and I thought this would be even better. It doesn't come close, sadly.

MOVIES I'D RECOMMEND THE MOST

If you're looking for 2020-specific films, go with Soul, Sonic the Hedgehog or Superman: Man of Tomorrow. If I had to narrow that down to one pick, it would be Soul.

Pre-2020, there are more options: Alien, Aliens, Amadeus, Back to the Future 2 and 3 (although 1 is still the best), Jojo Rabbit, Parasite, Richard Jewell and This is Spinal Tap. If I had to pick just one out of that list, it would be Parasite.

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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:

The Book of Boba Fett Confirmed as Spin-off

The tease at the end of the last episode of The Mandalorian of "The Book of Boba Fett" seemed like a spin-off, but it wasn't confirmed. After announcing so many new series at Investor Day, it seemed like maybe this would just be a subtitle to The Mandalorian or something, possibly.

Nope. Confirmed to be a spin-off. Very cool. I'm so down. The Mandalorian has been the best thing to happen to Star Wars since the Disney takeover.

MGM Looking to Sell

MGM wants to sell its studio and its library, which includes the James Bond franchise as well as Rocky, The Hobbit, RoboCop, Silence of the Lambs, etc. The market value is apparently 5.5 billion. Hefty price, but maybe they'd settle for something like 4 or so if a bidder plays the right cards and MGM is hurting enough.

Someone will buy it. Guaranteed.

Forgive me for not doing tons of research on the status of each company and how everything is interwoven and the stock market is blah blah blah, but here's how I see things (and if I'm dead wrong, let me know in the comments)...

Sony was spearheading the distribution up until Spectre. They were part of the bidders trying to renew their rights beforehand. Other companies that were trying to do that were Annapurna (what?), Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox.

Fox is inside Disney now. I can't imagine Disney will want to buy MGM, necessarily. They're spending a lot as it is, but unless they can get it for an absolute steal, it seems like it's too much money to shill out for something that clashes with its overall aesthetic. RoboCop's not going on Disney+, for instance.

I don't even know what Annapurna is. That's not happening.

I'd imagine this is going to go to a streaming platform that wants to branch out, like Apple, or that it goes to WarnerMedia, NBC/Universal, or ViacomCBS.

In some ways, Viacom makes the most sense. They have the rights to Terminator, if I'm correct. RoboCop and Bond and Rocky and all are on a more similar wavelength than the Disney brand.

If you're looking to put these franchises on your streaming services, though, where does it fit best? I can't see Apple buying it, cause they aren't in the mode yet to make films for regular distribution as even Netflix isn't too much into that. So again, we're back to those big 3. Does it go to HBO Max (Warner), Peacock (Universal) or Paramount+ (Viacom)?

I'd lean less in the direction of Peacock, but we all know Comcast makes enough money as it is that they can afford it.

HBO Max could be a great spot for it. They're really going to be hoping this year's worth of movies on that platform drives up subscribers. Maybe adding these franchises will be part of the plan.

Then again, maybe Paramount makes a play for it so they have some big guns for when they launch Paramount+.

Toss-up. Either one of those two, with a potential swoop-in from Sony. I highly, highly doubt it's anyone else's asset to acquire.

Wonder Woman 3 Confirmed

After the release of Wonder Woman 1984 (review here) they've confirmed a third Wonder Woman film is in the works with Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins returning, naturally.

At this point, I think the first film is overrated and the second just isn't all that good, so I'm not having high hopes the third will be the most amazing film ever. It'll probably be fine.

What I'm hoping for, as far as the story goes, is that they don't bring back Steve Trevor. They'd have to figure out a convoluted way to do that and it just doesn't make sense after having just done that. Unfortunately, I don't know how they'd get around doing a film without a love interest of any kind, so maybe they introduce Trevor Barnes, Keith Griggs or Mike Bailey (characters I know nothing about, really).

As far as villains go, I feel like you need to stack it to get some of them in there that hadn't been done already. Admittedly, I'm unaware of most of her villains. I know nothing about the majority of them that have only been around the past decade or so, for instance, like Grail. What I think you need is Circe as the great manipulator and possibly combine her with Veronica Cale, use Giganta as the biggest physical threat and then maybe Silver Swan if you have room for a third villain. Medusa is too hard to pull off in any great context. Angle Man is ridiculous. Egg Fu.....no. I don't know if there's any way to cram in Doctor Psycho, but to be honest, the Harley Quinn cartoon kind of distorted my opinion on that character and now, he's just a funny little guy.

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On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, hosts Tony Mango and Robert DeFelice break down the hits and misses of Wonder Woman 1984 by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.

WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020):

DIRECTED BY
Patty Jenkins

WRITTEN BY
Patty Jenkins (screenplay and story), Geoff Johns (screenplay and story) and Dave Callaham (screenplay)

STARRING:
Gal Gadot (Diana Prince / Wonder Woman), Chris Pine (Steve Trevor), Kristen Wiig (Barbara Minerva), Pedro Pascal (Maxwell Lord), Robin Wright (Antiope), and Connie Nielsen (Hippolyta)

Diana Prince lives quietly among mortals in the vibrant, sleek 1980s -- an era of excess driven by the pursuit of having it all. Though she's come into her full powers, she maintains a low profile by curating ancient artifacts, and only performing heroic acts incognito. But soon, Diana will have to muster all of her strength, wisdom and courage as she finds herself squaring off against Maxwell Lord and the Cheetah, a villainess who possesses superhuman strength and agility.

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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.

This week, I figured we'd try something a little different. Instead of the normal text rundown, I set aside the time to record a podcast edition of Week in Geek similar to the Hot Tags on the Smark Out Moment brand. I hope you enjoy it and if you'd like to have more podcasts like these, let me know in the comments below and consider supporting the growth of Fanboys Anonymous with a donation to the Patreon!

TALKING POINTS:

The Mandalorian season 2 finale

Non-spoiler thoughts on Tenet

Cyberpunk 2077 refunds

Tom Cruise's rant about COVID-19 protocol

DC reducing its publications in 2021

Movie exhibitors threatening to slash prices of Wonder Woman 1984 to spite Warner Bros

Trademark of Marvel Studios Nomad

Super Nintendo World Direct reaction

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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:

Alfred Molina, Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield AND Charlie Cox for Spider-Man 3

We're getting Doc Ock, Mary Jane, both Peter Parkers AND DAREDEVIL for the next Spider-Man movie!!!! WHAAAAAAAAAT?!

I still don't get how they're going to cram in Peter's secret identity issues and being on the run from the law while dealing with all this multiversal stuff, unless the plot is that there are multiple Spider-Man people and that's how they get around it and Doctor Strange fixes it all and makes people forget Peter is Spider-Man. But yo! Daredevil is going to be his lawyer!! That's crazy!

Can we get D'Onofrio as Kingpin?! Is Jessica Jones going to be part of the mix?! What does this mean as far as setting up different versions of Electro, Octavius, Mary Jane and so on?

Disney Investor Day 2020

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Jaimie Alexander's Sif Returning to Thor: Love and Thunder

Hell yeah! I hate how they killed off the Warriors Three and Heimdall over the past few movies (particularly how quickly they just knocked off the Warriors Three, as Heimdall at least had a decent sendoff) and I've been annoyed at how there wasn't any explanation given to why Sif was missing for all of this. She was definitely replaced by Valkyrie in more ways than one, but I like Sif. In fact, I think Sif is a better love interest than Jane Foster. I'm hoping Sif has a decent enough purpose in this and that they don't just unceremoniously kill her off or anything. Give me an explanation for her absence during all the events that went down, too.

The Mandalorian: The Believer

This wasn't my favorite episode of the season so far, but it was still good. I liked the look into a different side of the Empire with the southern general being not entirely wrong (about the New Republic being a mess and some people wanting order more than anything else). I liked seeing that Boba Fett's cleaned up his armor even better than it looked in Return of the Jedi.

Cool moments here and there, but it felt like a step down from the past few that we've gotten.

Clarice

How did I not know there was a television series coming out in February about Clarice from The Silence of the Lambs until now? What?

The teaser doesn't really show much at all. However, I'll be checking it out. It's either great like Hannibal or it's awful and I shut it off after one episode like Ratched.

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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:

Hailee Steinfeld is FINALLY Confirmed as Kate Bishop in Hawkeye

After all this time of denying it, they've finally flat out confirmed that Steinfeld has been cast as Kate Bishop for the Hawkeye series on Disney+.

Discovery+

Disney announced it will be launching a "discovery+" (lowercase on purpose) streaming service starting January 4, 2021.

It's set to feature 55,000 episodes of content from networks like HGTV, Food Network, TLC, ID, OWN, Travel Channel, Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Basically, it's lumped together all the stuff like Ancient Aliens and Pawn Stars along with Planet Earth, the reality shows about awful people you find on TLC like the parents who try to live vicariously through their kids and the ones who think their wacky families are interesting, so on and so forth.

I'm not signing up for it, but I like the idea. This is the future of this cable/streaming battle. ISPs are going to just basically be telecommunications services providing the internet connections (eventually, probably merging with the phone companies, too) and televisions are just going to be even more so computers which stream things. Cable packages will be converted over to lumped platforms like this.

Disney owns a ton of assets. Not everyone is going to sign up for Disney+ itself because they don't want to see The Little Mermaid and the MCU films and whatnot. But there's ESPN for sports and there's these "learning" shows (if you can call them that) which a lot of people have lots of crossover for. Chances are, if you watch Pawn Stars, you watch Storage Wars. My fiance watches 90 Day Fiance and its surrounding shows, for another example.

This just makes sense.

HBO Max Going TO THE MAX

Warner Bros is going to do the Wonder Woman 1984 release method (in theaters at the same time as HBO Max) for ALL their movies for 2021.

This is huge. This is basically WB saying "You know what? Screw it. Let's get as many people as possible to subscribe and if it fails, it fails, but at least we'll have tried. The onus is on us to test this out."

Credit to them for not rolling over anymore and just hoping things go back to normal. However, it's understandable why theater chains are pissed about this. The less need to go to a theater, the less people will go. It's just a fact. However, if people aren't going to begin with, what's better? Doing that and having some people go, or continuing to have NO no releases and hoping people see garbage films that no one would have seen to begin with on a non-pandemic schedule?

Mandalorian: The Tragedy

Boba Fett is cool again! He's been restored! They managed to rewrite part of Star Wars history that was pretty bleak, as he looked awful in Return of the Jedi and it seemed like he never amounted to jack shit. Now, we see that even years after this, he's a total bad ass.

I didn't expect Mando's ship to be blown up. I figured Grogu would be captured just to up the stakes, but I never imagined the Razor Crest would be completely eviscerated like that. Maybe the reason why is because they want to give him a bigger ship with a bigger cockpit so he can have more characters inside to interact with?

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After writing up this post wondering why Jack Wade wasn't featured in any fashion in the GoldenEye 007 video game for Nintendo 64, I started thinking about other characters that were included in the game. Somehow, we have Oddjob and May Day, but no Jack Wade. It seems odd, as he's an actual character in the movie, while the legends characters aren't even from the Pierce Brosnan era (as he had only done one film at that point).

This, in turn, led me down a path of thinking about other characters that could have been included in a similar fashion if they had the cartridge space, the development time and wanted to add more characters.

That is what we'll be discussing here as we discuss more characters that would have been interesting to add into the game's multiplayer system.

Jack Wade

Again, he's already been discussed here. However, for the sake of being complete, I needed to put him on this list. Moving on!

Bond Villains

Dr. No = Put him in the black gloves and the collared shirt, but maybe not the hazmat suit. He's the first true villain of the series (at least in the films) and his inclusion makes perfect sense.

Red Grant or Rosa Klebb = Klebb is the more interesting choice, but they can't really make a shoe-stabbing mechanic for the game specifically for her. Grant is an easier character to model as he's just another stock male figure with a few tweaks.

Ernst Stavro Blofeld = Specifically, the version from You Only Live Twice. I suspect one of the reasons this didn't happen was all the legal nonsense going on with the character and Thunderball/Never Say Never Again that was still prevalent at the time. One problem I do see, though, is that his outfit is very similar to Dr. No and that might be a bit confusing for people, so they might have to pick between the two. Assuming you can't do Blofeld for legal reasons, go with No. If you can do Blofeld, go with him and maybe give No his hazmat suit so people can tell them apart.

Francisco Scaramanga = You've got the Golden Gun in the game! Why is Baron Samedi the one in that level? This guy is a guarantee on this list and I'm happy they added him to The World is Not Enough.

Franz Sanchez = This is my biggest stretch, by far. However, I just love License to Kill so much and since he was the most recent villain before this—as well as one of the more brutal ones—he'd make for a cool evil character to choose.

You might be asking yourself why some people aren't on this list. Obviously, characters like Aristotle Kristatos just aren't popular or memorable enough for anyone to clamor for. Someone like Emilio Largo would be an odd choice to have walking around shooting people. Brad Whitaker isn't memorable enough and clearly, Joe Don Baker isn't allowed to be in the game, for whatever reason, but I was tempted to put Necros in there if not just to have exploding milk bottles.

Others already have characters representing their films. No need for Goldfinger, as we have Oddjob. May Day takes over for Max Zorin. Baron Samedi throws Mr. Big / Kananga out of the mix. Jaws takes care of Karl Stromberg and Hugo Drax.

I gave a lot of thought to adding Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd to the list. However, I ultimately decided against it for a few reasons. That would mean 2 characters filling up spots, which is precious real estate. Plus, while they're memorable, I don't think they have anywhere near the same level of interest that some other characters have. Oddjob is iconic, while Wint and Kidd are footnotes in comparison.

Just for argument's sake, if we were remaking this game today, we'd also have access to characters that came out past GoldenEye's release. Obviously, they never would have included people from Tomorrow Never Dies into the game since they couldn't see the future. However, if we could make this an all-inclusive Bond game of all stars, here are some other villains I think could be included:

Renard = Maybe, if it doesn't mess with balancing issues, he's even harder to kill?

Colonel Moon / Gustav Graves or Zao = Definitely not Mr. Kil. Zao makes for the more interesting visual, so I'd lean more toward him.

Raoul Silva = Very cool former agent.

Mr. Hinx = Giant Dave Bautista makes sense.

Bond Girls

Ideally, there would also be more female characters to choose from. There are only a few in the game (Natalya, Xenia, May Day and the extras). So let's add some more, shall we?

Honey Ryder = White bikini, rather than what she wears at the end of the film.

Jill Masterson or Pussy Galore = Galore makes more sense as she's the more capable of the two and action-oriented, but it would be kind of neat to have a completely gold-covered character representing Jill, wouldn't it?

Fiona Volpe = Badass sexy villain with some action going on. Sign me up. She's awesome. Love her character. You're also not going to find Helga Grandt on this list because she's just a discount Fiona, and because I think you should include...

Aki or Kissy Suzuki = Give us a Japanese character on the list. For my money, Aki is so much better than Kissy Suzuki, but I can see why they'd want to go with her instead.

Mary Goodnight = She's a ditz, but she's also an agent.

Anya Amazova = Agent XXX is a must for this list. Give her the outfit she wears at Stromberg's place.

Dr. Holly Goodhead = Above everyone, Holly is perhaps the absolute best pick for this list. She even could have appeared in the Aztek level, as that was inspired by Moonraker. She's a competent CIA agent who kicks some ass in the film.

Melina Havelock = I'm not big on Melina, but my bias shouldn't disqualify her. In fact, maybe they could have even had a crossbow weapon in the game to replace one of the least interesting guns like the Phantom (which looks cool, but does anyone really ever use it?)

Pam Bouvier = Another obvious pick as she's an agent and gets her hands dirty. Let's go with the short hair design.

The main ones who didn't make the cut for me, but I had in my mind at least temporarily, were Paula Caplan from Thunderball (already have Volpe), Tracy from On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Tiffany Case from Diamonds are Forever as well as Bambi and Thumper (just no), Solitaire from Live and Let Die (not a fighter) and Octopussy (just not engaging enough outside her name).

Now, once again, if you could look ahead into the future and add other Bond girls from movies that came out after GoldenEye, some other candidates would be:

Wai Lin = Duh.

Cigar Girl = More eye-catching in her red jumpsuit than Christmas Jones and more action-oriented than Elektra King.

Jinx Johnson = She's an NSA agent. Duh.

Camille Montes = Bolivian agent and definitely on the action side of things. No iconic design and not a beloved film, though.

Eve Moneypenny = Keep her away from shooting James Bond though!

Those are my lists, but who else do you think would make for interesting additions to a James Bond multiplayer lineup? Drop your thoughts in the comments below and tell me which characters you'd pick to play as!

GoldenEye 007 for Nintendo 64 is my favorite video game of all time and among the best ever made. Even with some of its technical flaws and how viewing it from a modern perspective makes it look dated, the game holds up as being a masterpiece of its time and still has so much replay value and lessons to teach.

However, we've all praised GoldenEye constantly. Sometimes, it's more interesting to pick apart the minor problems, if not just for a different discussion. That's what I'm going to do here as something recently struck me as quite annoying:

Why is Jack Wade not in the game?

There's this weird thing about GoldenEye (the movie) where Jack Wade comes in to replace Felix Leiter as James Bond's CIA contact ally. It's somewhat understandable, as the last time we saw Felix, his wife was killed and he was fed partially to a shark. He's probably no longer an active agent.

Wade is played by Joe Don Baker, which is odd, since he was one of the primary villains of just TWO films ago, Brad Whitaker. But that's not where the weird stuff ends.

Remember how Bond gets that car from Q with the stinger missiles behind the headlights? Do you remember what he does with it in the film? Nothing. The car chase is actually Bond inside of a tank (which is in the game in not just Streets, but also Runway, replacing the motorcycle, which is odd, especially since the bike was rendered and in the code but not accessible to ride). Bond tosses the keys to the car to Jack and tells him not to push any buttons. Wade laughs, drives off and that's about it.

I think we're missing a level here. They couldn't have created a whole new driving mechanic for a car chase or something, but this game took liberties all over the place with the story. Bond never went to the bunker in Severnaya, for instance. There are two Surface and Bunker levels along with Silo. What is Caverns, exactly?

So while I agree there should have been a Casino level, I think there also should have been a better version of the Jungle/Caverns setup and Wade should have been part of it.

The mission should have been something like Beach. Perhaps it would have involved you setting up some kind of rendezvous with Wade and then passing information along to him so he can get it to the military guys that pop up later.

But even if that couldn't have been practical to add that sort of level, the very least that should have happened was for him to be a multiplayer character. Take a variation of Zukovsky, slim it down a bit, craft Baker's face as close as you can get it, slap on the patterned shirt and light pants, give him his hat and you're good to go.

In a game that has so many characters to pick from, even if they were small parts of the film (helicopter pilot) or not in the movie at all (Siberian Special Forces), Jack Wade is the most glaring omission. He's not even a character like Anna that wouldn't make sense as a playable role. Wade is a CIA agent. He should be able to handle a gun and shoot people and such.

I'm assuming it has to be a likeness rights issue, but I hadn't come across that information when I was playing this as a kid, so it always felt strange. Why would they not be able to lock that down when they could with everyone else, as well as people from previous Bond films? Baron Samedi is in the game with an Egypt level and the Golden Gun and none of that makes any sense, but Jack Wade isn't in the game in the movie he was a big supporting character for?!

Crazy. Toss out your theories and thoughts in the comments below.

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King Kong vs Godzilla Heading to Streaming Service?

Rumor has it they're shopping around putting this film on a streaming platform after realizing how movie theaters still aren't going to have guaranteed people back to normal any time soon.

I think this feels like the type of movie you can't really watch at home. While many movies could work just fine on Disney+ or Netflix or HBO Max or whatever, this doesn't strike me as one of them.

Jeans Guy Removed from Mandalorian

They've edited the last episode of The Mandalorian to remove the crew member who was accidentally in one of the shots. Take a look. RIP Jeans Guy. You'll be remembered in the same vein as the Starbucks cup from whatever Game of Thrones episode that was (I didn't watch the show).

Speaking of The Mandalorian...

How cool was this last episode? I'm not a big Ahsoka Tano fan, having not grown up on The Clone Wars or anything, but it's abundantly clear over and over that Dave Filoni would have been a better choice commandeering this franchise instead of Kathleen Kennedy and her group. He at least respects what's come before him while making additions, rather than going "Screw that, mine's better, even if it's exactly the same but without the nuance and value."

They filmed her intro like she's the creature in a monster movie. That's great. That's some Phantom Menace opening scene stuff.

I'm not a big fan of the idea of "find Ahsoka and she'll refuse to train the kid and tell you to find a new Jedi" angle. But hey, Baby Yoda is named Grogu. I dig it. And they name-dropped Thrawn!

Man...it's a shame none of this matters because The First Order just destroys everything, sends it all back to the days of The Empire and renders the entire series up until that point moot, right?

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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:

Lethal Weapon 5

Mel Gibson says Lethal Weapon 5 is still in the works with Richard Donner at the helm. Very cool. I'm down for it. The movies aren't Oscar-caliber, but they're quality entertainment and I'm curious to see where they take the franchise. Do they have kids who take over, for instance?

Franklin Richards Isn't a Mutant

Marvel has retconned the idea that Franklin Richards is a mutant by making it so, as they've stated, his cosmic powers made it seem like he was a mutant because he wanted to be special.

While I'm not super duper into the reasoning behind it, I'm all for Richards not being a mutant. The less crossover, the better. In my mind, as much as I love the X-Men series, I think a lot of characters are better off NOT being mutants. In fact, I wrote an article about it. Check it out here: https://www.fanboysanonymous.com/2019/06/x-men-characters-who-should-not-be.html

Batman: Soul of the Dragon Trailer

For a one-shot, this seems neat. I'm not normally into the whole "wouldn't it be interesting if X took place during a different time period and that's the one and only hook to get you to watch this?" type thing. I'm also not into the 70s culture. However, the idea of a story where Batman teams up with Bronze Tiger, Richard Dragon and Lady Shiva is interesting. I'll be checking it out in January for sure.

Wonder Woman 1984 Streaming on HBO Max & Releasing in Theaters on December 25th

They finally caved and announced they'll be releasing Wonder Woman 1984 simultaneously in theaters on Christmas as well as streaming on HBO Max. It's about time. This movie's been pushed back so many times that it became the new New Mutants in a way.

Funny enough, I just watched New Mutants and it was HORRENDOUS. Also, all signs point to the leaked script of WW1984 being real and you know what? That script was not doing it for me. So I'm anticipating this will be a bad film that people will be more excited to see just because it's a new release and they'll be starved for content, so they'll overrate it just like the first Wonder Woman.

Project 007

A video game is in the works, dubbed Project 007 for now, which will revolve around James Bond earning his 00 status. I'm down for that. Many Bond games over the years have been rubbish, though, and they haven't been able to replicate the success of GoldenEye or The World is Not Enough. I'd like to see them go back to that sort of formula while incorporating some more modern mechanics while not getting bogged down into the problems of what some post-2000 games tend to get messed up by.

With that, I mean you shouldn't feel like the game is there only for multiplayer, you shouldn't have to do quicktime events as some forced linear trajectory, there should be a distinct ability to see what's going on in your surroundings rather than to make things dark and dour where you NEED some sort of night vision goggles or "detective mode" stuff to navigate, and you shouldn't focus so much on cut scene cinematics and graphics that you sacrifice the gameplay just for some impressive trailer visuals to sell the game. Also...no DLC that you have to pay for just to make the game worth buying in the first place. Give people a game that they can enjoy and love from the start and that word of mouth can make it a classic, rather than a cash grab capitalizing on the popularity of the character just to make a quick buck.

Also...and it goes without saying this, based on the way No Time to Die is marketing itself as the end of James Bond and the transition to a new 007...if this is your attempt to wrap up the James Bond story and to move on to Nomi, you're going to be screwed.

Another Predator

10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg is going to helm another Predator film. Frankly, I think they've said all they need to say.

I just actually watched Alien and Aliens for the first time this week. Decent films, but overrated in a sense that while they were great for their times, they don't hold up as much anymore to a modern viewer. Predator does the same. But I think there's only been one good Predator film and I doubt this next one will be anything that impressive.

Wonder Girl CW Show

Wonder Girl is getting a CW show. Pass. I haven't watched any of these shows in a long while cause they're all the same and none of them last more than a season before they get too derailed.

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Slow News Week

I'm actually publishing this late because there was NOTHING going on that I felt like talking about.

Sasha Banks on The Mandalorian

Finally got a chance to check out the latest episode of The Mandalorian, which featured WWE's Sasha Banks in a role that was basically 2 lines of dialogue. I'm not at all surprised she was limited in that capacity, but made out to be a bigger deal. That tends to happen a lot.

Cool that they've brought more characters from other media into the live action. I'm a fan of that, even if I'm not big on The Clone Wars series and such.

Scream 5 will be titled Scream

What is up with this trend of naming sequels the first movie? Why do we have three "Halloween" movies, for instance? I get if it's a reboot, but if it's a sequel (like how this is Scream 5) then why are you calling it the same as the first movie?? This is one of the most baffling things that has been a trend in recent cinema that I can't wrap my mind around. Just call it Scream 5 or some kind of subtitle. Also, calling something The ___ isn't a big difference, either, a la The Predator. Take 5 minutes to think of a proper title.

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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:

Loki Renewed for Season 2

We haven't even seen season 1. Hell, I don't even know WHEN we're going to see it. But if it's that good that they're confident people will want a second season, then that's cool.

RIP Alex Trebeck

TV icon Alex Trebeck, host of Jeopardy, has passed away at age 80 from pancreatic cancer.

Awful news. I was never the biggest Jeopardy fan in the world where I watched it every day/week or anything, but it was one of those cultural institutions like Wheel of Fortune and Price is Right where I don't think there's anyone who dislikes that show. Trebeck was the host for so long that he was almost like a fixture of pop culture and not having him around like that anymore is yet another big loss from 2020.

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 2

Chapter 10 wasn't as great as the previous episode, but it definitely had its moments. The Child eating the eggs was perpetually cute/funny. I enjoyed seeing Dave Filoni back as the X-Wing pilot giving Mando a break.

Thumbs up for the episode, but it felt a bit rushed. It was almost as if the episode was just getting started 3/4 of the way through and then had to skip to the end super fast.

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