Author: Nerd Voices

By B.A. Walsh Who knows what evil lurks in the depth of the ocean – The Trench may be coming for you! Aquaman has made over a billion dollars in the worldwide box office. While one suspects that this prodigious amount of money would ensure a sequel, no serious plans have been mentioned as yet. However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, a spin-off horror-tinged movie focused on The Trench is in the works. It will be written by newcomers Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald and produced by James Wan and Peter Safran with a more modest budget than some of…

By B.A. Walsh On its 3rd anniversary, Marvel Avengers Academy closed its doors and all of its teenage heroes moved on to bigger and better things. They’ve saved the world over and over again but sadly the students couldn’t save their game. What had attracted me to Avengers Academy was the sense of humor and whimsy in the dialog, stories, and animations as we followed teenaged versions of our favorite heroes and villains through some wacky adventures at the school.   There were Loki’s sarcastic comments and ridiculous nicknames for everyone (Bird-Man, Bug-Woman, King Potato, and Patch-Man to name a…

By Sandy Fries From a behind-the-scenes point of view I’m going to tell you why some TV episodes suck. I was a Staff Writer for Star Trek: The Next Generation, wrote for the animated Spider Man, NBC’s Quantum Leap and many, many other TV series. The following example of a lousy situation I had with Gene Roddenberry is a stellar example of some of the weird things writers must deal with to stop their scripts from turning sour. Gene was a great man, I loved him. But, like all humans, he sometimes made mistakes. So, here’s what happened with me…

By James L. Garza II Recently, I had the good fortune of watching the new movie “Escape Room”. And to be honest I loved it. It was exhilarating and tension filled with barely the hint of gore. Now, while the story was by no means completely original, it still managed to take hold of the audience, and keep them there for the entire length of the film. The characters were solid and most importantly, believable. And even the deaths of the characters, at no point felt forced or ridiculous. It was a solidly entertaining film. Afterwards, as I was leaving…

By Jacob Knight Grab your Hot Topic merch and your favorite baseball bat, because Warner Brothers has released a plethora of film dates, with The Suicide Squad being slated to release on August 6, 2021. Since its predecessor premiered back in 2016, the film has stayed on as one of WB’s more divided properties, with critics and fans clashing against its merit. The film has been in development for some time- with director/ writers David Ayer, Gavin O’Connor and Todd Stashwick all having involvement with the future of the franchise. The current script pitch has been drafted by James Gunn,…

The worst type of comic is one that is divided between its constant switch between fantastic and disappointment. No series of late has exemplified this feeling such as Heroes In Crisis has. This issue takes a breather to move characters along and help them step closer to the truth- and it’s in this issue that writer Tom King has finally gotten my attention . Without too much spoilage, a large chunk of this issue has Superman giving a speech to the press on the Superhuman Mental facility and its purpose. This speech not only exemplifies the theme this book should…

By B.A. Walsh Neil Armstrong as portrayed by Ryan Gosling in First Man remains something of an enigma. The movie takes a personal approach, focusing on Armstrong and following him on his journey through the NASA program until the fateful first moon landing. It is an interesting and more intimate approach to the material than the usual ensemble picture; the only problem with it is that Armstrong seems to live very much in his own head. We see brief flashes of joy or anguish before the main character regains control and internalizes his reactions. This stoicism places a barrier between…

By Antonio Ravelli As a lot of “Alphas”, “Betas”, and Pre-Order Access incentives are out there, recently I have found myself avoiding them like the plague. However, when EA’s Anthem offered up the VIP demo; plucked half-way through the story mode at level 10. I had to jump on it, it sounded too good not to. (They are also offering it for free this upcoming weekend February 1st from 9AM eastern time until February 3rd 9PM Eastern time) The Demo had a lot of bugs to begin with. People linking accounts, long load screens, servers getting a crawling start and…

By B.A. Walsh Nutcracker and the Four Realms looks good but doesn’t have much depth. I don’t really remember much of the classic ballet, but that might be a good thing in regard to the movie as I suspect it has only minimal relation to the plot of the ballet. Rather the story seems to borrow more from Alice in Wonderland, Labyrinth, or Chronicles of Narnia, with a protagonist transported into a magical realm and embroiled in its conflicts. In this case the protagonist is Clara (Mackenzie Foy), a young girl struggling with the loss of her mother. Her grief…

By Thera Pitts Our time as comic book nerds has finally come. After years of being largely left out of the prestige awards conversation, an honest to God superhero film has broken the vibranium ceiling and secured a whopping seven Oscar nominations, including best picture. Surely the geek community is seeing this as the long-awaited triumph it is. No, as it turns out, they’re being angry, cynical and often racist assholes about it. This isn’t exactly out of character, passions run high in both directions in the comic fan scene. So in times like this, the only thing to do…