All Things Geekery Podcast S3E8 – Avengers Endgame Review

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 8 of the All Things Geekery Podcast – Avengers Endgame Review

In this episode, we are starting off with a spoiler-free review of Endgame for all those that have still yet to see the movie.  Then we will dive into some of the biggest scenes throughout the movie and what we thought of each. Wrapping up the podcast we will talk about our thoughts on what the future of the MCU could be.

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Show Notes

Spoiler Free Review

• Go see the movie! – Ok done
• It is hard pressed to say that there could have been a better resolution to the end of the Infinity Saga.
• Although the total run time is 3 hours, every minute was enjoyable and filled action and or interesting story
• The movie is one of the best fan service movie created and that is not a bad thing

Lets talks scenes – SPOILERS

Before the Time Gap

• Majority of the community was correct in that Endgame started right up where Infinity War stopped
• We finally see why Hawkeye goes so far off the deep end – his ENTIRE family was dusted – that would break any man
• How did Captain Marvel know to pick up Tony and Nebula? Did she go to Earth first and then head out?
• Really impressed with how frail they made Tony look – Was not expecting Tony to be as beaten mentally as he was when they rescued him
• The infinity stones were still usable??…..Until Thanos snapped them away…
• Wow – they kill Thanos off in the first 30 mins
• The Avengers were truly defeated

After Time Gap (Before Heist)

• Each Avenger is coping in their own way – Almost every Avenger is broken – More so than others
• Natasha is so desperate to get my to normalcy – She is now the leader of the remaining Avengers trying to get order in the world
• Odd note here is you would think the world would be in worse shape than what it is in – but you know plot reasons
• Pan to Scott’s van, which is now in the storage facility and we get to see the real hero of the movie – Splinter aka the random rat
• Fortunately, Cassie was not dusted as that would have broken Scott and thus ended the story – but again plot reasons
• Tony’s Family is probably wanna of the best and most heartfelt moments in the movie – It showed the full growth that Tony’s character has gone through since Iron Man 1
• Fan service #3453 – Professor hulk – A brand new person that had both the memories of Hulk and Banner but acted more on the civilized Banner side
• Thor “Big Lebowski” Odinson – Seeing the once mightiest Avenger reduced to self-pity and carelessness really brought home how much weight each of the Avengers put on themselves for not stopping Thanos – Thor more than anyone because he had the chance to stop Thanos and didn’t
• Ronin/Hawkeye has gone off the deep end – He has become a no hold vigilante 

After Time Gap (The Time Heist)

• Space, Time, and Mind – Cap, Banner/Hulk, Antman, Ironman
  • Right to the battle of New York and getting to see “America’s @$$”
  • Cap works for HYDRA?!?!?  JK but great call out to the Secret Empire comic
  • Loki stole the Space Stone?!?! – Well there goes that timeline
  • 1970 – Plan B – Tony and dad meet
  • The Sorcerer Supreme is in the movie!
• Power and Soul – War Machine, Nebula, Black Widow, and Hawkeye
  • Nebula is part of a network?
  • Well dang now past Thanos knows of his future success and also Avengers attempt
  • We knew a sacrifice was going to be made and it was only perfect that Black Widow and Hawkeye went – from a story standpoint Black Widow dying made the most sense
• Reality Stone – Thor and Rocket
  • They are going to extract it with a needle?!?!
  • Renna Russo AKA Frigga had the most lines in all of MCU
    • This is hopefully causing Thor to eat more salads
  • They used old footage of Natalie Portman
• Infinity stones back together and Snap everyone is back just like that – kinda forgot it included birds too

The Final

• Past Thanos comes to the future and immediately bombs the Avengers
• Thor with Mjolnir and Stormbreaker???!!!???
• CAPTAIN AMERICA CAN WIELD MJOLNIR!!!!!
• CAPTAIN SHIELD CAN BREAK?!?
• How can 3 take on a world-conquering army??
• “On your left”
• Pepper as Rescue!
• What are they going to do about his ship?? – oh Captain Marvel has it
• Wonda almost single-handedly took out Thanos
• Tony’s big sacrifice
• Asgardians of the Galaxy

Future of MCU –

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All Things Geekery Podcast: S3E2 – Superhero Madness

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 2 of the All Things Geekery Podcast – Superhero Madness

In this episode, the geeks are back to discuss all the upcoming superhero & villain films coming out this year and what our thoughts are on each.

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Show Notes

 

• Captain Marvel

  • Release Date: March 8, 2019
  • What We Know So Far
    • Marvel’s first female-led superhero film will revolve around the most powerful character in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.  This iteration of Captain Marvel will focus on the character of Carol Danvers, whose adventures are earthbound but whose powers are based in the cosmic realm. Joss Whedon wanted to introduce the character at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron, but Marvel didn’t want to bring Captain Marvel into the MCU fully formed without first telling her origin story.
    • This film will be a prequel to the MCU, taking place in the 90s and bringing back Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson for the first time since The Avengers. Moreover, the comics characters the Skrulls are the villains with a story revolving around the Skrull vs. Kree war, which explains why Lee Pace and Djimon Hounsou are reprising their roles from Guardians of the Galaxy as Kree. That could have major repercussions leading into Avengers 4, but Captain Marvel will also give us a two-eyed Nick Fury. Jude Law is set to co-star as the alien Mar-Vell.

• Hellboy

  • Release Date: April 12, 2019
  • What We Know So Far:
    • Hellboy creator Mike Mignola came up with the story for this new reboot as opposed to moving forward with the third film in Guillermo del Toro‘s established franchise, and Stranger Things standout David Harbour fills the role of the titular character for director Neil Marshall, who helmed The Descent and a couple standout Game of Thrones episodes. The film has loosely based the Rise of the Blood Queen arc with Milla Jovovich filling that villainous role, while Ian McShane plays Trevor Bruttenholm and Daniel Dae Kim fills the part of Ben Daimio. Oh, and this is 100% Rated R.

• Shazam

  • Release Date: April 5, 2019
  • What We Know So Far:
    • Making his superhero movie debut, Dwayne Johnson opted to take on the role of the villainous Black Adam in this DC comics adaptation, but Warner Bros. subsequently decided to hold Johnson for a separate Black Adam movie so Shazam will be all about that hero. Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation director David F. Sandberg is directing, and this served as Warner Bros.’ next DCEU film in production after Aquaman.
    • Zachary Levi is the title superhero character, with Asher Angel playing his boy counterpart Billy Batson. The story revolves around a young boy who can transform into a powerful superhero simply by uttering the word “Shazam!”. Mark Strong is playing the film’s villain, Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.

• Avengers Endgame

  • Release Date: April 26, 2019
  • What We Know So Far:
    • The conclusion to the epic two-part Avengers storyline will close out Marvel’s ambitious MCU with a bang. The title, Avengers: Endgame, has finally been revealed, if not the story, confirmed cast, etc.

• Dark Phoenix

  • Release Date: June 7, 2019
  • What We Know So Far:
    • The sequel to X-Men: Apocalypse has been firmed up as Dark Phoenix, which will tackle the beloved Jean Grey story arc from the comics that was first broached (and botched) in X-Men: The Last Stand. X-Men writer/producer Simon Kinberg has penned the script and is making his directorial debut on the project, which also stars Jessica Chastain as maybe the villain Lilandra and is bringing back pretty much the entire main X-Men cast. The movie won’t be skimping on the weirdness, as it’s been confirmed that the story will find the X-Men finally venturing to space. Hans Zimmer is coming out of superhero movie retirement to compose the score.

• Spider-Man Far From Home

  • Release Date: July 5, 2019
  • What We Know So Far:
    • Not much. Bolstered by the positive response to Homecoming, director Jon Watts returned to direct, and screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, who came on to rewrite Homecoming, wrote the script.
    • Jake Gyllenhaal plays comics villain Mysterio, although Mysterio is a good guy in this movie. Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie Smulders also co-star, adding a S.H.I.E.L.D. presence to the whole shebang.

• The New Mutants

  • Release Date: August 2, 2019
  • What We Know So Far:
    • Writer/director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) has been attached to direct New Mutants for some time now, but 20th Century Fox finally moved this thing into production after the success of Deadpool and Logan. The film is both YA-esque and horror-tinged in tone, revolving around a group of much younger mutants in the X-Men universe than the adults from the proper X-Men movies. The story will also ditch traditional superhero costumes and supervillains in favor of telling a story about these young mutants locked up together in some facility, mirroring a horror haunted house vibe. James McAvoy has been rumored to be reprising his role as Professor X in the film.
    • However, just a few months before the film was set to hit theaters in April 2018, Fox pushed the movie back 10 months to 2019 to take over Gambit‘s previous spot. No official explanation was given, but rumors swirl that Fox tested the film and decided it “wasn’t scary enough,” so some additional photography may be in order.

• Joker

  • Release Date: October 4, 2019
  • What We Know So Far:
    • This is a weird one. In the wake of Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad, and with Wonder Woman proving to be a massive success, Warner Bros. began changing up its plans for the DCEU. One idea is to kickstart a new arm at WB that will develop and produce one-off DC Comics adaptations not connected to the DC Extended Universe, meaning filmmakers can come in, try something really radical, and not have to worry about setting up a franchise or fitting into an established timeline. The first of these to hit the trades was a Joker origin movie directed by The Hangover and War Dogs filmmaker Todd Phillips, who is co-writing the script with The Fighter scribe Scott Silver. The idea is to craft something in the vein of Taxi Driver, a gritty, hard-boiled crime picture set in the early 1980s.
    • The lead actor would not be Jared Leto, but someone else entirely—WB reportedly wanted Leonardo DiCaprio, and when he passed they moved on to Joaquin Phoenix, who signed on after prolonged negotiations. The movie began filming in September 2018 and wrapped in December.

• Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

  • Release Date: February 7, 2020
  • What We Know So Far:
    • This project hit the fast track at Margot Robbie‘s urging, as the Harley Quinn actress lobbied Warner Bros. an DC to put together a female-centric DC movie based on the Birds of Prey comics. The studio not only put this together but has Cathy Yan in line to direct based on the strength of her indie feature Dead Pigs. The idea is to potentially introduce a few DC comics characters in this film, like Batgirl, which would then pave the way to their own solo films a la Black Panther and Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War.
    • This project is a priority for Warner Bros. and could begin filming at the end of 2018. Jurnee Smollett-Bell plays Black Canary, Mary Elizabeth Winstead is Huntress, and Rosie Perez is The Question, while Ewan McGregor plays villain Black Mask.

• Gambit

  • Release Date: March 13, 2020
  • What We Know So Far:
    • Channing Tatum has been keen on playing the X-Men mutant for a while now, and 20th Century Fox finally pulled the trigger on a standalone movie for the fan-favorite Cajun. Production had initially been slated to begin Fall 2015, but when it was pushed back to early 2016, director Rupert Wyatt abruptly dropped out due to personal reasons. Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) subsequently signed on to direct, and while producer Simon Kinberg told us the film will be a heist picture and a “sexy thriller”, the film was pulled from its October 2016 release date and sat in limbo for a bit.
    • Gambit was officially back on track with Pirates of the Caribbean and A Cure for Wellness director Gore Verbinski taking the helm and a Valentine’s Day 2019 release date, but Verbinski dropped out two months before filming was set to begin and Fox is once again on the hunt for a director. Joshua Zetumer (Patriot’s Day, RoboCop) penned the most recent draft of the script, but this entire film could be scrapped or reconceived once the Disney/Fox deal goes through.

• Wonder Woman 1984

  • Release Date: June 5, 2020
  • What We Know So Far:
    • Very little, but Wonder Woman marked a major turning point for the DCEU with wildly positive reviews and massive box office, so anticipation is high. Patty Jenkins returns to direct a story that takes place in the year 1984 against the backdrop of the Cold War (timely!), with Kristen Wiig playing the villain Cheetah and Chris Pine somehow reprising his role as Steve Trevor. The film was originally scheduled for release in November 2019, but Warner Bros. opted to push it into the summer corridor of 2020.

• Black Widow

  • Release Date: TBA
  • What We Know So Far:
    • A standalone Black Widow movie has long been requested by fans, and Marvel Studios is finally pulling the trigger—although all official details will be under wraps until Avengers 4 hits theaters so as not to spoil how that film wraps up. Scarlett Johansson handpicked indie filmmaker Cate Shortland to direct after an exhaustive search, and the most recent draft of the script was written by Jac Schaeffer. Early word is that this movie takes place before the events of The Avengers, but again all confirmed details are under lock and key at the moment.

• Suicide Squad 2

  • Release Date: TBA
  • What We Know So Far:
    • David Ayer definitely isn’t coming back to direct this sequel, and Warner Bros. looked at some intriguing names for his replacement. Mel Gibson was approached towards the end of 2016, but Warner Bros. eventually moved on and offered the movie to Jaume Collet-Serra of The Shallows and Non-Stop fame to take the helm, only to see him pass. Gavin O’Connor (The Accountant) was subsequently set to direct, but when his take came out similar to the plot of the Birds of Prey movie—which is going into production first—he became frustrated and moved on.
    • Subsequently, Warner Bros. tapped former Guardians of the Galaxy 3 filmmaker James Gunn to write a script from scratch and potentially direct. The idea is for Gunn to craft whatever kind of story he wants, which means we could be in for a complete reboot of this franchise.

• The Flash

  • Release Date: TBA
  • What We Know So Far:
    • Miller made his brief debut in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but he’s a fully fledged star of the Justice League. After tasking Phil Lord and Chris Miller with penning a treatment only to see them head off to direct the Han Solo Star Wars film (and then leave that), the studio subsequently tapped Seth Grahame-Smith to make his directorial debut on the superhero picture. Alas, after the disappointing reception to Batman v Superman, Warner Bros. opted to change course and parted ways with Grahame-Smith, seeking to find a more established filmmaker in his stead. They settled on Dope filmmaker Rick Famuyiwa, working from Grahame-Smith’s script that was a buddy film of sorts between Flash and Cyborg. But after months of developing the project and with casting underway (Dopestandout Kiersey Clemons landed the role of Iris West), Famuyiwa exited the project in late October.
    • This put the March 2018 release date in doubt, as it was dependent upon production getting underway in early 2017. Miller was then due to start filming Fantastic Beasts 2 in mid-2017, which would push production of The Flash to late 2017 or early 2018, meaning the March 2018 date was impossible. The film does now have a pair of directors though. Names like Robert Zemeckis were bandied about early on, but WB settled on Vacation and Game Night helmers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to direct Flashpoint, who also co-wrote Spider-Man: Homecoming.
    • Warner Bros. announced at Comic-Con 2017 that this Flash movie will be an adaptation of the Flashpoint time travel comics storyline, which could give WB a way to reboot the DCEU somewhat. But it’s unclear if that’s still the plan.
    • The long road to getting The Flash movie off the ground hit yet another speed bump in October 2018, when it was revealed that production is being delayed from Spring 2019 to late 2019 due to the fact that the script wouldn’t be ready in time and Miller once again has to shoot Fantastic Beasts 3 starting in July 2019. As a result, The Flash movie isn’t expected to hit theaters anytime before 2021 now.

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All Things Geekery Podcast S2E15: The Endgame

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 15 of the All Things Geekery Podcast: The Endgame

In this episode, we’re talking about the new trailer for Avengers 4 and all the HYPE along with it!  We’re also sharing our thoughts on Destiny 2’s latest DLC; Black Armory and the new Dawning event that just hit!  

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Show Notes

• Avengers 4 – Endgame

  • It was a great trailer that showed nothing
  • Why is Tony Stuck without Nebula
  • Could we see a possible introduction of Captain Marvel in this film, by her finding Tony Stark floating in space ie: She rescues Iron Man
  • Thanos is still enjoying his peace on the farm
  • Cap is back to his Winter Soldier look but all black – everyone is in mourning
  • We get a small glimpse of Hawkeye, but he isn’t wielding his famous bow this time, instead, he has a sword
  • Ant-man makes it out of the Quantum zone
  • Could we see the Quantum Zone introduce alternate timelines to the story
  • This trailer honestly brings up more questions than answers and the film doesn’t release until April 2019

 

• Black Armory Thoughts / Controversy

 

• • First content addition(critical call out) that did not include story mission and instead added new “Escalation protocol” type events called forges
  • Right off the bat, we could tell this was endgame content
  • It was odd not to have something like that was a bridge between those that were still leveling up to 600.  The starting forge was recommended to be 620-630. So this left a lot of people behind in the experiencing the Black Armoy content.
  • With that said how does that compare to a game like World of Warcraft the when new content releases it  – most times only the top level get to immediately play it with other still having to work through the other content
  • Now Destiny is a different game so bridging could have been made
  • The is where most of the controversy was and how some of the player bases reacted
  • The Raid –  Different, New Mechanics, a Good change to the raids we have seen before with sparrows now an addition and needed skill in the raid along with tanks.
    • In prep for the raid most had already hit max level as the raid dropped – with that said all the mechanics were in place to make it for a raid fun
    • There have been idea floated around that level cap should be locked until raid drops and then grind happens – but there is always worry about people “rigging” the system with having loot pre-staged to pop to gain the level advantage

 

• The Dawning Returns

 

• • Eva Levante returns after a very long hiatus from the game
  • The dawning event brings a new feature never seen before in Destiny, or at least never in this style.  We now have the ability to cook items for specific quests and rewards through Eva Levante’s crafting oven
  • We’ve got more triumphs to go after, new loots, new winter-themed gear which has been fairly engaging to grind for
  • There are 16 cooking recipes you have to learn to earn triumphs, and also a hidden recipe/triumph for master Rahoul where you have to combine the wrong ingredients
  • There is also an exotic quest tied to a new Dawning themed sparrow – Good call back to the age of triumph armor and all the unlocks we had to do for it to reach its full potential – Why do they not do more of this?

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Marvel Studios: Black Panther – Hitting Theaters February 2018

Black Panther is one of the upcoming phase 3 movies that Marvel has revealed they are very excited about.  Looks like the fans will be getting there first official taste of the Black Panther trailer that will be releasing this summer.  Marvel has a pretty big year ahead of them as they will also be at the Disney D23 Expo, and San Diego Comic-Con showing off new projects.

If you all don’t know much about the Black Panther then check out the quick history run through from Variant Comics as they do a fantastic job.

From what we know so far the story of Black Panther will chronicle T’Challa finding balance between being a man, soldier, politician, and the soon to be responsibility of becoming the king of Wakanda.  The movie will look to take place very close to the events that happened in Captain America: Civil War.

One thing I would like to see from the movie is paying tribute to the history and past of the Black Panther, as he comes from a world us fans have never seen on screen before. Marvel could take this movie so many different directions as this will be the first time we get a real glimpse into the full life of this character.  We did get a small little nibble of who they were creating the Black Panther to be in Civil War, but for most fans it wasn’t enough and it just left them wanting more.

Overall, the Black Panther is a Marvel superhero that has always intrigued me and many others.  Personally I can’t wait for the movie to release and knowing the fact that we have to wait until summer to see the trailer just makes it that much harder to wait.  This movie I think will set a new stage for Marvel to begin explorations deeper into the Marvel universe and begin expanding characters that we all grew up with and love even today.  Black Panther hits theaters February 2018 which seems like an eternity away, but here’s to hoping for great things!