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On episode 0012 of the Fanboys Anonymous A REVIEW TO A KILL podcast, hosts Tony Mango, Callum Wiggins and Robert DeFelice discuss the 007 elements of the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only including the gadgets, the girls, the villains, the quips, the music and more.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY:

DIRECTED BY
John Glen

WRITTEN BY
Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson

STARRING:
Roger Moore (James Bond), Carole Bouquet (Melina Havelock), Julian Glover (Aristotle Kristatos), Topol (Milos Columbo), Lynn-Holly Johnson (Bibi Dahl), Michael Gothard (Emile Leopold Locque), Jill Bennett (Jacoba Brink), John Moreno (Luigi Ferrara), John Wyman (Erich Kriegler), Walter Gotell (General Gogol), Geoffrey Keen (Minister of Defence Sir Frederick Gray), Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny), Desmond Llewelyn (Q) and James Villiers (Bill Tanner)

British agent James Bond is dispatched to recover a strategic communications device before it finds its way into the hands of the Russians. When the secret device that controls Britain's Polaris submarines goes missing after the spy ship carrying it sinks, 007 joins forces with a vengeful woman and a wealthy hero of the Greek resistance movement to find the equipment.

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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:

Ghostbusters Clip

A clip was released for the new Ghostbusters movie (that we should've already seen by now if the pandemic wouldn't have botched that) which shows mini Stay Puft marshmallow men.

I want them. They're adorable. It's also good to see that there seems to be a true reverence for the original film going on, rather than someone trying to shake up the formula for the sake of "Wouldn't it be interesting if I put my own spin on it?"

Deadpool R-Rated Animated Series

Remember how there was supposed to be an animated Deadpool show helmed by Donald Glover and then, it disappeared? It seems that might be back in the mix, but possibly now with Ryan Reynolds spearheading it.

I would have loved to see Donald Glover's take, but I'm also down for more Reynolds.

Lucy Liu for Shazam

Lucy Liu has been cast as Kalypso in the sequel to Shazam.

I'm not at all familiar with the character, so I can't weigh in on whether or not I think that's a great casting choice. It seems she'll be the sister of Helen Mirren's Hespera, but that doesn't do much to inform me on anything beyond that text.

Liu's a good actress, though. I guess we'll see what the direction of this story is before we can judge whether she's being wasted here or not.

Cobb Vanth and Others for The Book of Boba Fett

Slow news week, so I'll end things off with this. It's being reported that we can expect Cobb Vanth, Migs Mayfield, Greef Karga and Din Djarin to all appear in the Book of Boba Fett series.

This was expected, for the most part—at least, by me. I assumed there would be some of the characters to lead in to this while introducing new characters (who will inevitably show up on The Mandalorian and elsewhere, down the line, too).

This is all happening at the same time in the same universe, so why wouldn't they interact? Smart move.

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On episode 0011 of the Fanboys Anonymous A REVIEW TO A KILL podcast, hosts Tony Mango, Callum Wiggins and Robert DeFelice discuss the 007 elements of the James Bond film Moonraker including the gadgets, the girls, the villains, the quips, the music and more.

MOONRAKER:

DIRECTED BY
Lewis Gilbert

WRITTEN BY
Christopher Wood (screenplay), Gerry Anderson (screenplay), Tony Barwick (character creator, uncredited) based on the novel by Ian Fleming

STARRING:
Roger Moore (James Bond), Lois Chiles (Dr. Holly Goodhead), Michael Lonsdale (Hugo Drax), Richard Kiel (Jaws), Corinne Cléry (Corinne Dufour), Geoffrey Keen (Sir Frederick Gray), Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny), Desmond Llewelyn (Q), and Bernard Lee (M)

Agent 007 (Roger Moore) blasts into orbit in this action-packed adventure that takes him to Venice, Rio De Janeiro and outer space. When Bond investigates the hijacking of an American space shuttle, he and beautiful CIA agent Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) are soon locked in a life-or-death struggle against Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), a power-mad industrialist whose horrific scheme may destroy all human life on earth!

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Welcome to another edition of MOUNT RUSHMORE, where we will be taking on the task of picking four people to best represent the pillars of a specific corner of geek culture.

This time around, our focus will be surrounding the theme of Batman's rogues gallery. The Dark Knight has some of the most amazing enemies in the history of media, but who are the four best Batman villains of all time?

The panelists for the Fanboys Anonymous podcast will present their own lists and their reasons why they chose their options to be the representational figureheads of this topic, with the goal being to reach a consensus to make up the definitive list.

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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:

New Gods and The Trench Shelved

Based on DC's track record and the fact that New Gods and The Trench were spin-offs, I knew there was no chance they were actually going to get made. Lo and behold, I was right.

Sadly, I would have been interested in seeing them. I don't think The Trench makes for a film unless you just want to do a generic monster film that happens to be called a DC property of sorts, but maybe James Wan had a pretty cool idea I'm unaware of. New Gods is something I think works better in theory than in execution, but Ava DuVernay might have done a great job with that, too.

Add it to the list of something like 30 films that have been announced, only to be taken off the schedule. Warner Bros has to stop tossing things out there and then backing down. Make a plan and stick to it where adjustments are the exception, not the rule.

The Batman = Earth 2

More hints that the Snyderverse is coming back is that Warner Bros have said Robert Pattinson's version is definitively on "Earth 2" (which doesn't make a lot of sense, considering Earth 2 is supposed to be a separate thing, but whatever, Marvel keeps having multiple 616 universes, so...)

This means it's a distinct continuity away from everything else, similar to how Joker isn't tied in with the others.

I'm 100% down for this. Warner Bros have shown that they can't pull off the MCU method of having everything planned out and connected, for whatever reason (lack of planning, foresight, etc) so if that's the case, just do separate stories and tie them in together if you can, when you can, but don't put embargos on characters anymore like you used to. Let's have multiple Batman versions at the same time and if audiences are confused, they can Google it and figure it out. It's not THAT complicated.

Olga Kurylenko in Black Widow

Only just now, it's coming out that Olga Kurylenko has a part in Black Widow. Rumor has it, she's playing Natasha's mother. Frankly, I can't see the resemblance, but if that's the case, I'm cool with it regardless. Kurylenko strikes me as someone who would be better off playing a different part in a different movie, though, and this might end up being a bit of a waste when she could do more of an action role.

Space Jam 2 Trailer

Well that...wasn't good. Then again, I wasn't expecting much more. It's not like the original is actually a great film. Take off the nostalgia goggles. It was fun when we were kids, but it's not actually "good" by any means. Hopefully, kids enjoy this. That's what is most important.

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On episode 0010 of the Fanboys Anonymous A REVIEW TO A KILL podcast, hosts Tony Mango, Callum Wiggins and Robert DeFelice discuss the 007 elements of the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me including the gadgets, the girls, the villains, the quips, the music and more.

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME:

DIRECTED BY
Lewis Gilbert

WRITTEN BY
Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum

STARRING:
Roger Moore (James Bond), Barbara Bach (Major Anya Amasova), Curd Jürgens (Karl Stromberg), Richard Kiel (Jaws), Caroline Munro (Naomi), Walter Gotell (General Gogol), Geoffrey Keen (Minister of Defence), Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny), Desmond Llewelyn (Q), and Bernard Lee (M)

In a globe-trotting assignment that has him skiing off the edges of cliffs and driving a car deep underwater, British super-spy James Bond (Roger Moore) unites with sexy Russian agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) to defeat megalomaniac shipping magnate Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens), who is threatening to destroy New York City with nuclear weapons. Bond's most deadly adversary on the case is Stromberg's henchman, Jaws (Richard Kiel), a seven-foot giant with terrifying steel teeth.

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Is King Kong worthy of the crown, or is Godzilla truly the King of the Monsters? Thankfully, with Godzilla vs. Kong having just been released on HBO Max, Fanboys Anonymous is providing you with another edition of the FanTracks podcast!

For copyright reasons, we cannot provide the movie itself, but after a short introduction, you will be told when to sync your copy of the film so you can following along with us and listen to our thoughts on the movie as we crack some jokes, expose plot holes, and discuss anything else that comes to our minds for commentary.

Godzilla vs. Kong

Release Date: March 25, 2021
Directed by Adam Wingard
Written by Eric Pearson (screenplay), Max Borenstein (screenplay), Terry Rossio (story), Michael Dougherty (story) and Zach Shields (story)
Starring Alexander Skarsgård (Dr. Nathan Lind), Millie Bobby Brown (Madison Russell), Kyle Chandler (Mark Russell), Rebecca Hall (Ilene Andrews), Brian Tyree Henry (Bernie Hayes), Eiza González (Maya Simmons), Julian Dennison (Josh Valentine), Shun Oguri (Ren Serizawa), Demián Bichir (Walter Simmons) and Lance Reddick (Monarch Director)

FanTracks Episode 33 hosted by Tony Mango along with Robert DeFelice .

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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:

Black Widow Release Date Update, Again

Black Widow has been once again pushed back. Instead of May 7, it's July 9. However, it seems like this time, they're going to stick to it, after well over a year of delays.

That's because it's going to be released with the Disney+ Premier Access at the same time, like what happened with Mulan. It seems as though Disney finally said "enough is enough, we have to get this movie out in some fashion" but still felt like they wanted to wait a few more months to maximize in-theater revenue.

With WandaVision being a disappointment overall for me, and the fact that so much time has gone by, I've honestly lost a lot of interest in Black Widow. I hope they blow me away.

Echo Spin-off

While everything is being held off and delayed further and further, we're still getting news about things to come. One of those is a spin-off of the Hawkeye show, which we have no idea when we'll see. This will revolve around Echo.

I'm not familiar enough with Echo to get excited about a show dedicated to the character. Frankly, I think it's probably an instance of stretching things a little too thin. Hopefully, I'm wrong.

How Much Slow Mo?

IGN calculated that around 10% of Zack Snyder's Justice League is in slow motion. 24 minutes and 7 seconds of slow motion footage for a 4-hour movie. That's pretty crazy, and I do think that some of those shots didn't need to be slow motion, as it wasn't essential or artistic enough from my perspective to make it a necessity.

Still, great film. That's just one of the nitpicks.

Ron Livingston Replaces Billy Crudup

Since Billy Crudup is out of The Flash as Henry Allen, he's been replaced by Ron Livingston.

While I like Livingston, I don't see this being quite as good. Crudup looked far more like he could be Ezra Miller's father. I have no problem with Livingston being able to pull off the role if I can get past that, though.

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren has been cast as one of the villains in the Shazam sequel. I know nothing about Hespera, but I do know Mirren is great. Going with a new villain isn't normally something I'm super fond of, considering how many characters the comics can pull from. I still think Black Adam shouldn't be a solo film, for instance. Speaking of that, though...

Pierce Brosnan Cast as Doctor Fate in Black Adam

I never would have seen this coming if you gave me a thousand guesses. I like the idea of Brosnan being involved, though. He's not only my second-favorite James Bond, he's also someone I think shoudl have had a bigger career than what he did. There are probably a lot of people who could play Kent Nelson well, but I'm even more curious about this now that he's been cast, rather than if someone else would have.

Trailer for The Suicide Squad

A trailer for James Gunn's The Suicide Squad has finally been released. I was still hoping there would be some cooler heads prevailing who would change the name of this film at the last minute to something other than the same exact title from before, but with "The" in front of it. Even "Suicide Squad 2" or "Some Kind of Suicide Squad" or "Suicide Squad: Task Force X" or "Suicide Squad: Back in Action" or anything would have been better than "The Suicide Squad".

Anyway. Let's talk about the trailer. We already knew the cast looked amazing. It's also been clear from the start that Gunn is exactly the type of guy who could pull off something with the right level of quirkiness without being obnoxious and annoying like what happened with Birds of Prey. I still don't know if I'd go into this film expecting it to be good so much as fun but holy shit, we have King Shark and Starro. That's worth something. And how long before "Hand?" is a meme?

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On episode 009 of the Fanboys Anonymous A REVIEW TO A KILL podcast, hosts Tony Mango, Callum Wiggins and Robert DeFelice discuss the 007 elements of the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun including the gadgets, the girls, the villains, the quips, the music and more.

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN:

DIRECTED BY
Guy Hamilton

WRITTEN BY
Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz, based on the novel by Ian Fleming

STARRING:
Roger Moore (James Bond), Christopher Lee (Francisco Scaramanga), Britt Ekland (Mary Goodnight), Maud Adams (Andrea Anders), Hervé Villechaize (Nick Nack), Clifton James (J.W. Pepper), Richard Loo (Hai Fat), Soon-Tek Oh (Lt. Hip), Marc Lawrence (Rodney), Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny), Desmond Llewelyn (Q), and Bernard Lee (M)

Cool government operative James Bond (Roger Moore) searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), a hit man so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland), and together they track Scaramanga to a tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.

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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:

Academy Awards Nominees

Like 10 movies came out in 2020. Nobody saw any of them. Unfortunately, the options are to either go with another Oscars ceremony with "whatever" or to just not do it, and too much money is at stake to be lost by not having a ceremony at all.

For over 15 years, I've always done predictions for the Academy Awards, watched the show and tried to see as many of the films as I could.

That's not happening this year after seeing the list of nominees. In my mind, this year doesn't even really count.

Also, it's interesting that despite having almost literally no competition whatsoever, Tenet still couldn't get even nominated as Best Picture. I guess the academy had the same feelings I did.

RIP Yaphet Kotto

Actor Yaphet Kotto, best known in many circles for his roles in Alien and Live and Let Die, has passed away at age 81.

There's a weird bit of synchronicity going on with the A Review to a Kill series wherein the starting week, Tanya Roberts passed away. The week we recorded Moonraker, Nikki van der Zyl passed away. And now, the week Live and Let Die is released (we record them in advance), Yaphet Kotto is gone.

He's great as Kananga and one of the standouts of Alien, too. I think he was criminally underutilized in the industry and had he come around in the current era, he would have made an amazing MCU villain of some kind, too.

NoobMaster69

Aaron from Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the Apple Store employee played by D.C. Pierson, has been revealed as NoobMaster69 from Avengers: Endgame, in an Xbox commercial.

This is the kind of stuff I love that the MCU does. Sometimes, it's a bit hard to believe, such as the Peter Parker Iron Man 2 bit, but the fact that they don't forget about these things and repeatedly go back to enrich the other films makes it so good.

I think at this point, you can't even argue that this is the best overall series of all time with the highest success record both financially and critically. They're just in an entirely different league.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier First Impressions

I'll probably record a podcast on the Bonus Features of the Patreon diving into this. Stay tuned!

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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 Zack Snyder's Justice League by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.

ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE (2021):

DIRECTED BY
Zack Snyder

WRITTEN BY
Chris Terrio (screenplay and story), Zack Snyder (story), Will Beall (story)

STARRING:
Ben Affleck (Bruce Wayne / Batman), Gal Gadot (Diana Prince / Wonder Woman), Henry Cavill (Clark Kent / Superman), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Jason Momoa (Arthur Curry / Aquaman), Ezra Miller (Barry Allen / The Flash), Ray Fisher (Victor Stone / Cyborg), Ciaran Hinds (Steppenwolf), Amber Heard (Mera), Connie Nielsen (Queen Hippolyta), Robin Wright (Antiope), Diane Lane (Martha Kent), Willem Dafoe (Nuidis Vulko), J.K. Simmons (Commissioner Gordon), Joe Morton (Silas Stone), Harry Lennix (Swanwick / Martian Manhunter), Ray Porter (Darkseid), Jesse Eisenberg (Lex Luthor), Joe Manganiello (Slade Wilson / Deathstroke), Kiersey Clemons (Iris West), and Jeremy Irons (Alfred Pennyworth)

Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists newfound ally Diana Prince to face an even greater threat. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to recruit a team to stand against this newly awakened enemy. Despite the formation of an unprecedented league of heroes -- Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash -- it may be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

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On episode 008 of the Fanboys Anonymous A REVIEW TO A KILL podcast, hosts Tony Mango, Callum Wiggins and Robert DeFelice discuss the 007 elements of the James Bond film Live and Let Die including the gadgets, the girls, the villains, the quips, the music and more.

LIVE AND LET DIE:

DIRECTED BY
Guy Hamilton

WRITTEN BY
Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay), based on the novel by Ian Fleming

STARRING:
Roger Moore (James Bond), Yaphet Kotto (Dr. Kananga / Mr. Big), Jane Seymour (Solitaire), Clifton James (Sheriff J.W. Pepper), David Hedison (Felix Leiter), Julius Harris (Tee Hee), Geoffrey Holder (Baron Samedi), Gloria Hendry (Rosie Carver), Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny), Earl Jolly Brown (Whisper), Tommy Lane (Adam), Roy Stewart (Quarrel) and Bernard Lee (M)

When Bond (Roger Moore) investigates the murders of three fellow agents, he finds himself a target, evading vicious assassins as he closes in on powerful Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Known on the streets as Mr. Big, Kananga is coordinating a global threat, using tons of self-produced heroin. As Bond tries to unravel the mastermind's plan, he meets Solitaire (Jane Seymour), a beautiful tarot-card reader, whose magic is crucial to the crime lord.

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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:

Deadpool Taking Over Stan Lee's Cameos

There's a rumor going around that Ryan Reynolds is going to replace Stan Lee as the perpetual cameos in the MCU films going forward, reprising his role as Deadpool here and there.

If that's true...which I take with a big grain of salt...then I absolutely, absolutely love that idea. I think that's a magnificent way to take things into a new generation, break the fourth wall, pay tribute to Stan Lee and work some humor into all the films.

I really hope this is true, and I really hope the very first one of these is Deadpool calling out that he's the new Stan Lee in honor of him.

Avatar Beats Avengers: Endgame

Due to its re-releases, Avatar is now back above Avengers: Endgame for the highest-grossing film of all time. 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Release Endgame some more, then. Let it reclaim its proper title!

That's pretty cheap to be released over and over again in order to rack up the dollars. Avatar doesn't deserve it.

Kiersey Clemons Back as Iris West / Billy Crudup Out

Kiersen Clemons was cast as Iris West for Justice League, with the assumption she'd be in The Flash. Since that film has taken forever to get off the ground, she eventually had to drop out. Now, it seems she's back, which is great. I thought she had potential to be a great Iris West.

Unfortunately, the same set of circumstances has led to Billy Crudup dropping out, so he'll be recast as Barry's father. I'm disappointed about that, for sure. I thought they had some pretty great casting with that idea and I'm hoping the scheduling conflicts get resolved.

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