Monthly Archives: October 2016
Funko Announces Batman: The Animated Series Collectibles
Funko has announced a new range of Batman: The Animated Series collectibles.
As well as Batman and Robin, the collection also includes figures of Batgirl, The Joker, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy.
Though Funko state the figures are "coming soon", as yet, there's no specific release date.
Batman: The Animated Series, inspired by Tim Burton's take on the Caped Crusader tales, ran from 1992-1995. The show was eventually renamed The Adventures of Batman and Robin for its final year, and generated its own spin-off movie, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
Though we all consider Harley Quinn a staple of Batman lore now, she actually didn't make her appearance until this animated show came along.
Samsung Offers Galaxy Note 7 Explosion Solution – Turn the Phone Off
Samsung's new phones keep exploding, and the answer is to stop using them, forever.
Following a huge recall in September, Samsung had said that replacement Galaxy Note 7s were now safe. However, as the BBC notes, replacement phones have since begun spontaneously catching fire, even causing a US domestic flight to be evacuated.
Samsung has now called for Note 7 owners to "power down and stop using the device", while asking all retailers and carriers who stock the phone to halt selling or exchanging it.
Doctor Strange Embraces the Trippy Astral Realm and Multiverse
When director Scott Derrickson introduced a sneak peek at 15 minutes of footage from Doctor Strange, he described the curated scenes as being "representative of the movie we made." If that's the case, then comics fans are in luck, because it is one heck of a trip through the astral plane that is pulled straight from Steve Ditko's mind.
If you ask Derrickson to describe what he put together with Doctor Strange, he calls it a "mind-trip action movie about one man overcoming himself." While the footage shown (in IMAX 3D) gave a broad sketch of the journey of a man "who through this gauntlet of pain and suffering he overcomes himself," it went especially heavy on the "mind-trip action movie" side of things.
Krypton: Superman Prequel Show’s Full Cast Revealed
Syfy has revealed the full cast for its Superman prequel series, Krypton.
Deadline reports that Game of Thrones’ Ian McElhinney, who played Barristan Selmy on the HBO show, has joined the series.
The rest of the cast includes Elliot Cowan (Da Vinci’s Demons), Ann Ogbomo (World War Z), Rasmus Hardiker (Your Highness), Wallis Day (The Royals) and Aaron Pierre (Tennison).
Ian McElhinney in Game of Thrones.
Darth Vader’s Comic Ends This Week
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Check out our picks, then head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
Art by Juan Gimenez. (Marvel Comics)
By writer Kieron Gillen & artist Salvador Larroca | Marvel Comics
The Punisher’s Jon Bernthal Says Thomas Jane’s Fan Film Helped Inspire Him
Thomas Jane’s portrayal of the Punisher helped inspire Jon Bernthal’s take on the anti-hero.
ScreenGeek reports that, while answering questions during a New York Comic Con panel, Jon Bernthal revealed he studied Jane's Frank Castle in the short fan film, Dirty Laundry.
Bernthal said he "watches everything" and "reads everything" about the Marvel hero, and that he particularly "loves Dirty Laundry."
"Once you devour and eat up and much as you can, my way is to make it as personal as possible,” said Bernthal. “ It was a great pleasure to watch all of those.”
New Study Estimates Pokemon Go Players Took 100 Billion Steps in Just Three Months
Microsoft Research recently released a paper estimating that while using the Pokemon Go app, players added over 100 billion steps to the Unites States' collective physical activity in just three months.
Composed by Ryen W. White and Eric Horvitz at Microsoft and Stanford University's Tim Althoff, the experiment looked at 32,000 users' activity over the course three months "through a combination of signals from large-scale corpora of wearable sensor data and search engine logs," to "quantify the impact of Pokémon Go on physical activity." Of that number, they identified 1,420 users and measured the game's overall effect between July and August based on their use of the app.
First Look at Lynda Carter on Supergirl Revealed
Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter will be bringing a presidential air to Supergirl in its second season, and The CW has unveiled a first look at her guest spot as the Commander-in-chief.
Four new photos have been released by the new home of Supergirl, The CW, showcasing Carter's guest spot as the nation's president. Check out the photos below:
Carter was confirmed for the role earlier this year — she'll appear in multiple episodes, making her debut in the third episode of the second season. The show's producers had said they wanted Carter for this exact role in season 1 but couldn't make the timing work during the Supergirl's run on CBS. Supergirl star Melissa Benoist posted a photo of herself and Carter on set earlier this year.
Logan: Wolverine 3 Villain Confirmed
The main villain in the third Wolverine film, Logan, has been revealed.
Earlier this year, Narcos star Boyd Holbrook was cast as a mystery villain in the movie, and now it’s been confirmed, via Instagram, the actor is playing Donald Pierce.
Image courtesy of the wponx Instagram account.
In the comics. Pierce is a cyborg who served as both the White Bishop and the White King of The Hellfire Club. The organization was portrayed in 2011’s X-Men: First Class, where they were led by Kevin Bacon’s Sebastian Shaw. Pierce's motivation in the comics is to create an army of cyborgs called Reavers.
Power Rangers: Every Official Movie Image So Far
New York Comic-Con may be over, and the first footage from Power Rangers may have been shown, but there's still plenty more to see from the mighty morphin' movie before its release next year.
In addition to Lionsgate's release of the first teaser trailer for Power Rangers, there are all of the character posters released so far, as well as a number of still photos from the movie. Check out every image from the film so far below:
The photos and posters provide a good look at the Power Rangers suited up, a view of their Zords and Rita Repulsa (portrayed by Elizabeth Banks). That said, we still haven't seen what Zordon (Bryan Cranston) or Alpha-5 (Bill Hader) look like in the film.