New York Comic Con 2018

Another New York Comic Con is in the books! This may have been the most fun I've had at NYCC and been the most exhausted after it! Anyway, here are some of the wonderful cosplayers I saw at New York Comic Con!



Retired Wonder Woman
https://www.instagram.com/retiredwonderwoman/

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

Chappie
https://www.instagram.com/angel_ta2/

Green Lantern Corps
https://www.instagram.com/copandgoguys/

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

Predator
https://www.instagram.com/airpred/

Wizard of Oz

Aquawoman
https://www.instagram.com/allizcosplay/

Mini-Carnage
https://www.instagram.com/cosplaykris/

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

Fifth Element Police
https://www.instagram.com/bhcosplay/

Leeloo

Ruby Rhod
https://www.instagram.com/theartist_84/

Cable
https://www.instagram.com/mindofkiro/

Evil Lyn & Skeletor
https://www.instagram.com/fabshryock/

Sentinel
https://www.instagram.com/komodoguy/

Tyrone Biggums
https://www.instagram.com/ssmith6889/

Bleez
https://www.instagram.com/livicolecosplay/

Barbara & Adam from Beetlejuice

Soni Aralynn
https://www.instagram.com/soniaralynn/

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

Lizalfos
https://www.instagram.com/crashprojectcosplay/

D.Va
https://www.instagram.com/jaydencassidy/

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

Armored Kantus
https://www.instagram.com/machado_con97/

Landlady from Kung Fu Hustle
https://www.instagram.com/poorlyformedart/

Brainiac
https://www.instagram.com/jamal_johns/

Sister of Battle from Warhammer
https://www.instagram.com/kawaiimayhem/

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

Super Wonder Woman
https://www.instagram.com/beckanoel/

One Punch Man & Genos
https://www.instagram.com/unopunch/
https://www.instagram.com/nijbro/

Wolverine
https://www.instagram.com/thatonecosplayerguy/

Liberty Belle & Zoya the Destroya from GLOW
https://www.instagram.com/alounsburyyy/
https://www.instagram.com/misschelseaflores/

Arcade
https://www.instagram.com/chawancut/

Joker
https://www.instagram.com/jeanmarkus/

LeeAnna Vamp
https://www.instagram.com/vamp/

Venom Dog
https://www.instagram.com/scrapstastic/

Also if anyone can help identify these cosplayers, please do so! Thanks!

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

   

Logan Trailer

A day after the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 trailer dropped, we were gifted with another surprise trailer. This time it's for Logan, the third and final solo Wolverine movie and reportedly the last time Hugh Jackman will train his brains out for the role. Now the Wolverine series has not been good. X-Men Origins: Wolverine was utterly forgettable, and The Wolverine, while leaps and bounds better than the first, didn't have a high bar to get over and still ended up being a hot mess. But holy crap, this trailer looks great!



The movie takes place in 2024 and the aging Logan's healing factor isn't what it used to be. Much like my metabolism... ;)

"It's all of us... Against a god..."

There's a new trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse! While it doesn't offer any new plot details; it's still basically Apocalypse wants to destroy the world and the X-Men have to stop him; but there's a bunch of new footage. Here's the trailer!



There's a lot going on in the trailer so here's some of the highlights.

The trailer starts with some familiar dialogue that was in the closing scene of the original X-Men movie.

"Doesn't it ever wake you up in the middle of the night. The feeling that someday, they'll come for you, and your children?"

Psylocke Cuts a Car in Half

That's all you really need to know from the latest X-Men: Apocalypse trailer which debuted during the Super Bowl.

Ten Films I'm Anticipating In 2016

We're already a month into 2016 and with a new year comes a new crop of movies to get excited about! So here are the ten movies I'm anticipating most in 2016.

10. Finding Dory

What's it about?: The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the true meaning of family along the way. From IMDb

Why I'm excited: Finding Dory is the sequel to possibly my favorite Pixar film, Finding Nemo. Pixar has had a great track record, but I haven't considered its films the past few years to be anything special. Cars 2 was horrible, I didn't even bother seeing Brave, and Monsters University was simply average. But I have renewed faith in the animation studio because Inside Out was absolutely excellent! Plus the original writer & director, Andrew Stanton is returning so this film has win-win all over it.

When it opens: June 17th

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...

Connecticut ComiCONN

This past weekend, I went to Connecticut ComiCONN with the idea that I was going to cover the event as if I was press. I kind of saw it as a dry run for when I go to New York ComicCon later this year. And in the beginning, I was doing just that. I was taking pictures and thinking about what to write. And then I realized while I was thinking about what I wanted to cover and write about, I was missing exactly what I wanted to experience. So I chucked my original idea because let's face it, I'm not the press. I decided to just experience the day as a fan of all things nerdy and just have fun. So here's a little of what I saw.

I got a chance to meet some of the Connecticut Ghostbusters and check out all their awesome gear.

Weird Movie Tie-Ins

Lately I've noticed a very disturbing trend of really weird movie advertising tie-ins. It's one thing to have toys from your movie in a McDonald's Happy Meal. It's entirely something else when your movie is promoting something it has no business being connected with. I first noticed it in 2012 when The Hobbit was being promoted by Denny's.

Channing Over Your Gambit

When asked point blank by Total Film, Lauren Schuler Donner, the producer of the X-Men films confirmed that Channing Tatum would indeed be playing Gambit in a future X-Men movie. I gotta say I understand the casting. Tatum is a hot commodity and he was actually really good in Magic Mike, the one good film I've seen him in. (The G.I.Joe movies should not count.) But am I the lone person who thought Taylor Kitsch did a pretty good job playing the mutant in the first Wolverine movie? He sounded right, but then again my experience with the Cajun accent is limited to Adam Sandler's Cajun Man, so what do I know.

Final Trailer For X-Men: Days of Future Past

Here's your final trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past.

X-Men: Days of Future Past Clip

I've made it no secret that I'm pretty apathetic about the next X-Men film. This clip which aired during the MTV Movie Awards last night doesn't exactly change my mind, but it does show off some nifty effects. In it you see Sentinels being deployed, Blink opening portals, Colossus going metal, Sunspot firing up, and Iceman icing out. Iceman was one of my favorite characters growing up thanks to Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, so seeing him ice out and actually doing the slides is a real treat for me. X-Men: Days of Future Past opens May 23rd.

Friday April 11, 2014 Catchup

The latest trailer for How To Train Your Dragon 2 just came out and it does reveal a major plot point teased in previous trailers so beware of spoilers! The first movie really surprised me with how entertaining it was, and this one doesn't look to disappoint either. Anyway, here it is! Useless trivia; the song used in the trailer is one of my faves, Kings and Queens by 30 Seconds to Mars, fronted by recent Oscar winner Jared Leto, in case you didn't know.

X-Men: Days of Future Past Trailer Breakdown

Apparently it's underwhelming trailer day because I've decided to give another breakdown to X-Men: Days of Future Past. Well maybe not a full breakdown, but definitely a glimpse into one of my least anticipated movies of the year. I really don't know what it is. Patrick Stewart & Ian McKellan can do no wrong. James McAvoy is a fine actor. Hugh Jackman & Jennifer Lawrence are extremely likable. I've been on the Michael Fassbender bandwagon since 300. And Peter Dinklage has been riding a wave of goodwill from Game of Thrones. With all this talent, why am I not more excited? Maybe the franchise has finally exhausted me? Maybe another post-apocalyptic movie isn't what I want to see? Or maybe too much, is just that- too much! In any case, let's take an abbreviated look at this trailer.