Avengers Cosplay!

It's been a whole year since my last Avengers cosplay video, and I've seen a bunch more great cosplays, so I decided to update it! Here you go!



Thanks to all the cosplayers in this video!

Captain America
https://www.instagram.com/ridd1e/

Spider-Man
https://www.instagram.com/aspideyj/

Loki
https://www.instagram.com/chameleonphoenix/

Valkyrie & Thor
https://www.instagram.com/veloria.solo.cosplay/

Hulk
https://www.instagram.com/veloria.solo.cosplay/

Spidey/Venom
https://www.instagram.com/undeaddu/

Korg
https://www.instagram.com/rawrbomb/

Hela & Skurge
https://www.instagram.com/izaphina/
https://www.instagram.com/vazz.the.avenger/

Loki
https://www.instagram.com/sharonrosecosplay/

McThor
https://www.instagram.com/mcthor_cosplay/

Mantis
https://www.instagram.com/ivydoomkitty/

Winter Soldier
https://www.instagram.com/whitewolfrising/

Loki
https://www.instagram.com/silhouettecosplay/

Thor
https://www.instagram.com/darayz/

Valkyrie
https://www.instagram.com/thefeatheredhart/

Drax
https://www.instagram.com/sentinelofseattle/

Gamora
https://www.instagram.com/the.queen.bee.cosplay/

Star-Lord
https://www.instagram.com/theomnus/

Loki & Thor
https://www.instagram.com/kyntari_cosplay/
https://www.instagram.com/missxboof/

Doctor Strange
https://www.instagram.com/eatpraycosplay/

Captain America
https://www.instagram.com/sharonrosecosplay/

Thor: Ragnarok Group
https://www.instagram.com/pirate.angel002/
https://www.instagram.com/kyntari_cosplay/
https://www.instagram.com/missxboof/
https://www.instagram.com/pinkofy/
https://www.instagram.com/deathbright/
https://www.instagram.com/veloria.solo.cosplay/
https://www.instagram.com/rawrbomb/
https://www.instagram.com/wunderbarcosplay/

Captain Marvel Pager
https://www.instagram.com/tangymilk/

Captain America & Winter Soldier
https://www.instagram.com/call_me_cap_brooklynkid/
https://www.instagram.com/raf_bucky_barnes/

Emerald City Comic Con 2018 Cosplay Music Video

My second time at Emerald City Comic Con was a blast! Here's some of the awesome cosplay I saw there this year!



Many thanks to the following cosplayers!

Dan F.
https://www.instagram.com/weerd1/

Ivy Doomkitty
https://www.instagram.com/ivydoomkitty/

Mini Boba Fett
https://www.facebook.com/minibobafett/

The Honest Cosplayer
https://www.instagram.com/thehonestcosplayer/

McThor
https://www.instagram.com/mcthor_cosplay/

Ve'loria Solo
https://www.instagram.com/veloria.solo.cosplay/

Sentinel of Seattle
https://www.instagram.com/sentinelofseattle/

QueenBee
https://www.instagram.com/the.queen.bee.cosplay/

Omnus Painting & Props
https://www.instagram.com/theomnus/

Ani-Mia
https://www.instagram.com/animiaofficial/

Modulus Props
https://www.instagram.com/modulusprops/

Emma from Carma Cosplay
https://www.instagram.com/carmacosplay/

Rawrbomb
https://www.instagram.com/rawrbomb/

RocketFett
https://www.instagram.com/rocketfett/

Linh V Tran
https://www.instagram.com/linhvtran/

Zabracus Cosplay
https://www.instagram.com/zabracuscosplay/

Brittany Doran
https://www.instagram.com/ladylongshanks/

The Feathered Hart
https://www.instagram.com/thefeatheredhart/

Ali Williams
https://www.instagram.com/onlyalicat/

Baby Groot Project

Baby Groot was the scene stealer in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, and I decided to make one for a Secret Santa gift exchange!

Eleven Films I'm Anticipating In 2017

Only a month into 2017 means a whole new crop of movies to get excited about! This year, I just couldn't narrow my list down to ten, so here are the eleven films I'm looking forward to seeing in 2017!

11. John Wick: Chapter 2

What's it about?: Legendary hitman John Wick is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome, where he squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers. From Wikipedia.

Why I'm excited: The first John Wick was surprisingly fun! With Keanu Reeves back in an ass kicking role minus the Matrix special effects, John Wick was a very entertaining revenge flick. Acting skills be damned! Reeves is perfect for a hitman whose actions speak louder than his words.

When it opens: February 10th

   

Baby Groot For The Win!

Baby Groot is gonna steal every scene in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 just like he's doing in this second trailer!



And Drax is probably gonna steal a few scenes too... 😉

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 hits theaters in May 2017.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Teaser

It wasn't enough that we got a teaser poster for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 dropped by director James Gunn himself. But Marvel also released the first teaser for the movie too!



And now let's take a quick look at this short teaser trailer!

Marvel vs DC Epic Fan Made Trailer

YouTube user Alex Luthor pulled some video from Marvel and DC movies, TV, and video games and even some fan made superhero videos to put together this mashup trailer of epic proportions. The video starts off with Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill (I'm totally wrong on this. It's Amanda Tapping as Samantha Carter from Stargate SG-1. But it sounds so much like Smulders!) narrating about multi-verses, the existence of an infinite number of parallel dimensions. Doctor Doom is tinkering with the Tesseract until it explodes causing their universes to collide and all hell breaks loose. It has Superman squaring off against Thor, Batman and Iron Man pitting their techie, billionaire personas against each other, and Wonder Woman and the Hulk hurtling towards each other among other superhero appearances. The thing I love most is how well this trailer is edited. Reaction shots, fighting shots, it all looks great and actually makes sense. Just goes to show with good vision and some creative editing, an idea can turn into something epic.

2014 nerdy views in Review

2014 went by so quickly! Now that nerdy views is a year and a month old, I wanted to see what stories you guys were interested in the most this year. So here are the top ten stories you looked at and interacted with most on nerdy views in 2014.

10. Indiana Jones Reboot/Recast?!?

Way back in March, a rumor circulated that Bradley Cooper was at the top of the list to replace Harrison Ford in a reboot of the Indiana Jones franchise. And just like a toddler who doesn't get what he wants, the Internet lost its mind. I took a very neutral approach to the rumor, and at this point it was still very much a rumor. Indy's last outing, Kingdom of the Crystal was not well received but it was still a money maker. Although I'm astonished to find out it carries a 78% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes. I'm arguably a bigger fan of Star Trek than the Indiana Jones franchise and I didn't mind when that reboot hit theaters, so why should a new Indy incense me any more? Ultimately the rumors were debunked, while the studio still has interest in making a new Indy movie. Meanwhile Bradley Cooper stuck with Disney (they own LucasFilm & Marvel) and starred as the voice of Rocket in Guardians of the Galaxy, and Harrison Ford will be seen in next year's Star Wars: The Force Awakens. 

9. Game of Thrones: The Laws of God and Men

It's the trial of Tyrion Lannister! Accused of poisoning his nephew, King Joffrey, the episode was kind of a mish-mash until the trial began. There was Davos and Stannis trying to get money for an army, the attempted rescue of Theon Greyjoy, and Dany trying to make reparations for her dragon's burnish behavior. But when it came time for the trial, the episode finally got moving. The testimony was damning, even though it was all lies. And then a surprise witness shattered Tyrion's core. When Peter Dinklage took the stand, (he was nominated for an Emmy for this episode) he was electric. He told off the courtroom and demanded a trial by combat. And we all know how well that went for his champion...

Dance Off!!!

I am legitimately excited for the Guardians of the Galaxy Blu-ray which comes out December 9th mainly because I only got to see it once in theaters and I want to see it again. Marvel has been releasing Blu-ray clips this past week and this latest one is probably the funniest one I've seen. It's an outtake of the climactic face-off between the Guardians and Ronan where Star-Lord proposes a dance off. You can pretty much see where this is going.



And just for comedy's sake, the guys at How It Should Have Ended have finally applied their brand of humor to Guardians of the Galaxy with multiple ways it should have ended!

Infinity War Teaser

In case you're not completely burned out on all the Marvel news that's come out the past few days, the teaser for Avengers: Infinity War just leaked online. The majority of it is footage from previous Marvel movies showing the Tesseract, the Aether, Loki's Sceptre, and the Orb, with narration from Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury and Anthony Hopkins' Odin among others. The money shot is at the end when we see Thanos wielding the Infinity Gauntlet. It's shaky cam footage so you hear every cheer in the audience. But the biggest cheer was for the fact the movie will be split into two parts. Can you get that excited about a movie that comes out in four years? Apparently you can... :P

The Marvel Roadmap

Credit: Kyle Buchanan

Today's Marvel media event essentially did a Chris Rock "drop the mic" and leave the room as it mapped out the next five years with nine movies to add to the two we already know about to give us ELEVEN movies. DC did the same thing a couple of weeks ago, but to be honest, I'm way more excited about this news. Anyway, here's the lineup.

Avengers: Age of Ultron, May 1, 2015. We obviously already knew about this and you can check out the trailer and my trailer breakdown here.

Ant-Man, July 17, 2015. The Paul Rudd led film has hit some obstacles with director Edgar Wright leaving the film, but it's important because it completes Marvel's Phase 2.

Captain America: Civil War, May 6, 2016. Cap 3 has been referred to as Avengers 2.5 and will feature the Civil War storyline which required superhumans to register themselves with the government, with Iron Man leading the pro-registration faction, and Captain America being against it.

Guardians of the Galaxy Ten Best Moments

First off, I really enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy. Easily the best film of the summer, and quite possibly the best film I've seen all year with Captain America: The Winter Soldier a very, very close second. And in terms of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I would put it only behind the first Iron Man and The Avengers. But after a record breaking weekend, and mind-boggling ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and imdb, do you really need me to tell you this is a really good film?

For me the movie was super fun and packed with a ton of memorable moments. So here are my top 10 moments from Guardians of the Galaxy.

WARNING: Below there be tons of spoilers!

LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy

I love LEGO, and I seriously hope I love Guardians of the Galaxy which opens this Friday. Combine the two, and you get a kick-ass stop motion trailer that makes me want a LEGO video game of this movie. But seriously, there's some nice work done in this trailer re-creation.

Guardians of the Galaxy Extended Trailer

This latest trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy includes some new, some old, a bit of both kinds of footage. The most notable of which is the first time Yondu, played by Michael Rooker from The Walking Dead has been shown in a trailer.



And if you'll note at the end of the trailer when Star Lord says he has 12% of a plan, that's the same amount of credit Tony Stark gave Pepper Potts for the creation of Stark Tower in The Avengers. I watch too many movies... ;) In any case, Guardians of the Galaxy opens August 1st.

Star Wars/Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer Mashup

This fan made Star Wars trailer done in the style of Guardians of the Galaxy hits all the right comedy notes. Which essentially proves that you can cut a trailer any way you want to get a desired effect. Star Wars isn't the laugh out loud joyride this trailer makes it out to be, and Guardians of the Galaxy probably won't be either. I'm just hoping they haven't put all the funny parts in the trailer like they almost always do...

New Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer

There's a new Guardians of the Galaxy trailer! And it definitely has a different tone than all the previous ones. This one is more in line with most other trailers out there eschewing most of the comedy and focusing on the drama. There's new footage of when Star Lord was a child, a new shot or two of Ronan the Accuser, and a little more of Rocket Raccoon being an ass. The tone has almost been completely flipped which is a little puzzling to me since I greatly enjoyed all the other trailers and felt pretty meh about this one. This is a United Kingdom trailer, so maybe the comedy aspect wasn't tracking well there? I don't know, but here it is and judge for yourself. And remember Guardians of the Galaxy opens August 1st, and it opens July 31st in Ireland and the UK.

Josh Brolin is Thanos?

According to Variety, former Goonie, Josh Brolin has been cast to play Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy. Say Wha??? The film opens in 2 months. Does that mean he filmed his scenes already? It's probably just a cameo right? Brolin has the grizzled face for the role, but he'll probably either be in heavy prosthetics or providing motion capture for the character. I think he's certainly a good enough actor to pull it off and this isn't his first comic book role having been in Jonah Hex, Men in Black 3, and the upcoming Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. What do you think?

Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer 2

The latest trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy just came out and it's got tons of new footage. It really does seem like they're trying to reintroduce these characters to us again. But if you haven't seen the previous trailer or the mini character bios, the direction of the trailer makes a lot of sense. Star Lord gets a lot of screen time as he seems to be the leader who brings everyone together, but everyone gets a chance to shine, and there's a definite group vibe with plenty of team shots.

Guardians of the Galaxy Teaser

Are we really at the point where we're getting trailers for trailers?!? I guess so because here's a trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy for a trailer that's being released on Monday May 19th. So stay tuned for a trailer breakdown on Monday. ;)

Meet the Guardians of the Galaxy

Marvel is doing their best to introduce the public to the Guardians of the Galaxy because I would venture to guess, unless you follow the comics, most of us have no idea who these guys are. The first trailer came out yesterday, and today Marvel released little 30 second clips with behind the scenes interviews designed to introduce each character.