https://nerdspan.com nerdy news for fangirls and fanboys Sun, 03 Nov 2013 18:12:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-thor-the-dark-world-2013/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-thor-the-dark-world-2013/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:58:00 +0000 Iain McNally https://nerdspan.com/?p=20173 With the nine realms under control after the restoration of the Bifrost, Thor and his Asgardian and Human allies must face a powerful ancient enemy, as Malekith and the Dark Elves return seeking vengeance upon the entire universe.]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-thor-the-dark-world-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/geek-start-a-go-go-the-ningyo/ https://nerdspan.com/geek-start-a-go-go-the-ningyo/#comments Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:23:58 +0000 Bill Ostroff https://nerdspan.com/?p=16696 The Ningyo is a 1909 period film pilot about cryptozoology. The search for mythological or unproven creatures. A Faustian tale about losing oneself in the process of achieving the filmmaker’s goals. Dr. Marlowe, a paleontologist and professor, finds a piece of a map pointing to the place where the Ningyo, the mythical Japanese creature, could be found. The [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/geek-start-a-go-go-the-ningyo/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/the-10-most-wanted-geeky-films-still-to-come-in-2013/ https://nerdspan.com/the-10-most-wanted-geeky-films-still-to-come-in-2013/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 2013 15:00:30 +0000 Chris Perkins https://nerdspan.com/?p=16436 2013 has already seen some pretty huge films hit the cinema screens of the world. Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness and Man Of Steel have seemed to delight and disappoint in almost equal measures. There’s still a whole lot for film geeks to look forward to, even though we’re a little over halfway [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/the-10-most-wanted-geeky-films-still-to-come-in-2013/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/thor-theism-theodicy/ https://nerdspan.com/thor-theism-theodicy/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:51:57 +0000 Mackenzie and Walker https://nerdspan.com/?p=15652 Spoilers abound, for those who care. You’ve by now heard our recitations about our comics reading of the last decade or so. Hopefully you’re all reading Crossing Worlds. In any event, despite only occasional glances until recently in the Marvel direction, it’s hard not to get Thor. Cultural osmosis and the odd skim through the [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/thor-theism-theodicy/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/box-office-back-issues-iron-man-2-2010/ https://nerdspan.com/box-office-back-issues-iron-man-2-2010/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:57:23 +0000 Dave Howlett https://nerdspan.com/?p=13064 Box Office Back Issues is a new feature here at the Movies Section of NerdSpan, where we revisit the previous installments in a comic movie franchise in anticipation of the next adventure–a rummage through the metaphorical movie longbox. There’s a generally acknowledged maxim about action-movie franchises–superhero movies in particular–which says that the third movie in [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/box-office-back-issues-iron-man-2-2010/feed/ 1 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-journey-into-mystery-6/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-journey-into-mystery-6/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:19:23 +0000 Josh Flynn https://nerdspan.com/?p=12871 It’s rare for comics to allow a one-off adventure these days. Most books focus on five or six issue narrative arcs. Only Hawkeye comes to mind as a comic that thrives on mini adventures. This month, Journey into Mystery takes the small scale approach—story wise, anyway. The book’s focus shifts from Sif to Volstagg and [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-journey-into-mystery-6/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/blu-ray-review-marvel-cinematic-universe-phase-one/ https://nerdspan.com/blu-ray-review-marvel-cinematic-universe-phase-one/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:34:42 +0000 Dave Howlett https://nerdspan.com/?p=11347 If you were a comic fan who longed to see your favourite Marvel superheroes come to life on the big screen–heck, even the TV screen–the 1980s and early 1990s were a frustrating time to grow up. Now-defunct magazines like Comics Scene and Wizard were always abuzz with news of big-budget comic-movie treatments that never came [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/blu-ray-review-marvel-cinematic-universe-phase-one/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-indestructible-hulk-6/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-indestructible-hulk-6/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:00:14 +0000 Dave Howlett https://nerdspan.com/?p=11307 For whatever reason, Mark Waid‘s take on Marvel‘s Green Goliath hasn’t garnered anywhere near the rapturous acclaim of the writer’s critically beloved Daredevil relaunch. The reason could be that, while Waid (aided by an astonishing roster of artistic talent that includes Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera, and current illustrator Chris Samnee) has taken the sightless superhero [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-indestructible-hulk-6/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/review-avengers-vol-5-8/ https://nerdspan.com/review-avengers-vol-5-8/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:21:05 +0000 Dave Howlett https://nerdspan.com/?p=9956 Jonathan Hickman has, in a short time, earned a reputation as one of comics’ most meticulous long-range planners. This larger sense of overriding structure, most apparent in his acclaimed runs on Marvel’s Fantastic Four and Future Foundation, can be comforting to some degree. It’s nice to know that a greater plan is being realized and [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/review-avengers-vol-5-8/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/review-thor-god-of-thunder-5/ https://nerdspan.com/review-thor-god-of-thunder-5/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:30:36 +0000 Leo Johnson https://nerdspan.com/?p=5862 Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic have taken Thor through time and space in this opening arc of the Marve NOW! series. Gorr the God Butcher has attacked Thor throughout the millennia, fighting him in the 900s, the present day, and in the far future. Gorr is on a quest to kill the gods of all races and times and he has a very special plan in mind for Thor. ]]> https://nerdspan.com/review-thor-god-of-thunder-5/feed/ 0