https://nerdspan.com nerdy news for fangirls and fanboys Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:15:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-r-i-p-d-2013/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-r-i-p-d-2013/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:37:35 +0000 Steve Harcourt https://nerdspan.com/?p=19716 Based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name, R.I.P.D. brings together Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges in a tale of justice in the afterlife. With this being another comic adaptation for Reynolds after Green Lantern, would he be more successful this time around?]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-r-i-p-d-2013/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/rainfall-films-on-how-to-make-a-brilliant-wonder-woman-film/ https://nerdspan.com/rainfall-films-on-how-to-make-a-brilliant-wonder-woman-film/#comments Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:25:15 +0000 Jen Sylvia https://nerdspan.com/?p=19288 Fans rejoice, for there is a way to cast Wonder Woman. There is a way to make her costume relevant and still evoke its traditional roots. There is a way to show the emotional strength and moral steel of a character such as this.]]> https://nerdspan.com/rainfall-films-on-how-to-make-a-brilliant-wonder-woman-film/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-savages-2012/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-savages-2012/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:00:03 +0000 Dave Howlett https://nerdspan.com/?p=9913 Throughout his career, Oliver Stone has always loved to examine no less a subject than America itself–its questionable wars (Platoon, Born On The Fourth Of July, Heaven And Earth), its controversial leaders (JFK, Nixon, W.), and its monumental excesses (Wall Street, Natural Born Killers, his screenplay for Brian DePalma’s Scarface). 2012′s Savages, with its glossy [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-savages-2012/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/john-stewart-saved-dc-backtracks-on-killing-green-lantern/ https://nerdspan.com/john-stewart-saved-dc-backtracks-on-killing-green-lantern/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:34:33 +0000 Leo Reyna https://nerdspan.com/?p=10003 “I’ve told this story before, but I will tell it again,” said DC Women Kicking Ass’ Sue regarding the sudden death of famed comic book writer, Dwayne McDuffie. “When the Hostess cupcakes promotion happened last fall featuring Batman, Superman, Flash and Green Lantern, my friend showed her son the box. He took one look at it [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/john-stewart-saved-dc-backtracks-on-killing-green-lantern/feed/ 2 https://nerdspan.com/review-nova-2/ https://nerdspan.com/review-nova-2/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:00:01 +0000 Dave Howlett https://nerdspan.com/?p=9896 Whatever else you can say about Jeph Loeb as a writer–that his labyrinthine plots don’t make any sense, that his jokes never quite seem to land, that his nerdy references are often confusingly misplaced (remember Luthor making like Wolverine at the end of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies for no reason?), there is one thing that you [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/review-nova-2/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/review-justice-league-of-america-1/ https://nerdspan.com/review-justice-league-of-america-1/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:30:54 +0000 M Morse https://nerdspan.com/?p=5867 For fans of solidly-entertaining superhero books, Justice League of America is well worth buying. As a first issue it easily trumps the debut of DC’s main Justice League title in style and substance. It’s well-written, well-drawn, and leaves the reader wanting more. Now. …Please. Geoff Johns is a talented writer, but his stint on DC’s [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/review-justice-league-of-america-1/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/geoff-johns-ready-to-end-his-nine-year-run-on-green-lantern/ https://nerdspan.com/geoff-johns-ready-to-end-his-nine-year-run-on-green-lantern/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:15:36 +0000 Leo Reyna https://nerdspan.com/?p=5035 After revitalizing and writing the Green Lantern series for nine years, Geoff Johns is ready to say goodbye to Hal Jordan and the multicolored Lanterns in the book’s 20th issue scheduled for May. According to The Washington Post, Johns said he reached the point in his current storyline where he’s comfortable handing over the Power [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/geoff-johns-ready-to-end-his-nine-year-run-on-green-lantern/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/cartoon-network-cancels-young-justice-and-green-lantern/ https://nerdspan.com/cartoon-network-cancels-young-justice-and-green-lantern/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:40:48 +0000 Leo Reyna https://nerdspan.com/?p=3599 Earlier today Cartoon Network held their yearly upfront to announce new and renewed shows for their 2013 lineup. Among the many new programs was the gag-centric Teen Titans Go! and the CGI animated Beware the Batman for the DC Nation block. Absent from Cartoon Network’s press release were DC Nation’s current shows: Young Justice and Green Lantern: [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/cartoon-network-cancels-young-justice-and-green-lantern/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/review-threshold-1/ https://nerdspan.com/review-threshold-1/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:00:41 +0000 Keith Hendricks https://nerdspan.com/?p=3494 The science fiction anthology has a long history in serial format, whether The Twilight Zone on TV, or E.C.’s Weird Fantasy. Threshold is a new science fiction anthology title from DC Comics. The first issue includes “The Hunted,” a dystopian fable about the planet Tolerance where political criminals are hunted to the death in a [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/review-threshold-1/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/bookworms-the-amazing-absorbing-boy-2010-by-r-maharaj/ https://nerdspan.com/bookworms-the-amazing-absorbing-boy-2010-by-r-maharaj/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:00:02 +0000 Kaitlin Tremblay https://nerdspan.com/?p=1048 The Amazing Absorbing Boy is a novel about a young boy, Samuel, who moves from Trinidad to Toronto after the death of his mother. Samuel attempts to assimilate the in-flux people and the confusing customs of Toronto into his own worldview -- one that is informed, to a large extent, by the comic books he read in Trinidad.]]> https://nerdspan.com/bookworms-the-amazing-absorbing-boy-2010-by-r-maharaj/feed/ 0