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Geek Gear: Star Wars ‘Imperial Academy’ Shirt

Posted: 23 May 2012 05:50 AM PDT

Star Wars Imperial Academy

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is the Star Wars-themed shirt with a nod to Police Academy called "Imperial Academy" by adho1982.

The sale at RIPT began today, Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

Geek Gear: Adventure Time ‘Where the Wild Adventures Are’ Shirt

Posted: 23 May 2012 04:50 AM PDT

Adventure Time Where the Wild Adventures Are

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a mash up of Adventures Time and Where the Wild Things Are called "Where the Wild Adventures Are" by artist Michael Myers Jr..

The sale began at Teefury today, Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

Comic Review: Lord of the Jungle Annual #1

Posted: 22 May 2012 07:00 PM PDT

Lord of the Jungle Annual 1

Lord of the Jungle Annual #1
Written by Mark Rahner
Illustrated by Sergio Fernandez Davila
Colors by Santosh Kumar Rath
Letters by Simon Bowland
Based on the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Cover by Lucio Parrilo
Dynamite Entertainment
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Cover Price: $4.99

Lord of the Jungle Annual #1 is a good read for anyone that's a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs or Tarzan in general. It's a classic story that some of you might be familiar with, but entertaining nonetheless.

Writer Mark Rahner brings us Tarzan's first trip to civilization! And believe me, it's a really fun read. There's been many versions of this story told in countless media, but it's your classic fish out of water story, with a couple of great twists thrown in for good measure [...]

‘The Great Gatsby’ Trailer Encapsulates The Lights and Sounds of Fitzgerald’s Novel

Posted: 22 May 2012 07:00 PM PDT

The Great Gatsby

Baz Luhrmann certainly has a knack for spectacular music and equally spectacular visuals. From Moulin Rouge to his adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Luhrmann has never sold anything short and put out more than a 110% in his movies. Now the first trailer for Luhrmann's big-screen adaptation The Great Gatsby has arrived, and while it capture's spirit of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel visually, the music queues can come into question.

Watch the trailer here below.

But it's not like the music can bring the film down, not with a cast that consists of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carrie Mulligan, Isla Fisher, and Joel Edgerton. A lot of the bright lights, fashion, and set pieces are something you would expect to see in a Luhrmann film [...]

TV Review: Game Of Thrones 2.8: A Prince of Winterfell

Posted: 22 May 2012 06:00 PM PDT

Game of Thrones Review for 5.21

Game of Thrones
Season Two, Episode 8 – A Prince of Winterfell
Directed by Alan Taylor
Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
Starring Mark Addy, Alfie Allen, Emilia Clarke, Liam Cunningham, Charles Dance, Stephen Dillane, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Aidan Gillen, Jack Gleeson, Iain Glen, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Conleth Hill, Carice van Houten, Harry Lloyd, Richard Madden, Patrick Malahide, Rory McCann, Sophie Turner, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maisie Williams, and Issac Hempstead-Wright

I wasn't blown away by Game of Thrones Episode 8, "A Prince of Winterfell." That's not to say there weren't individual moments throughout the episode I enjoyed, but I felt it was lacking as a whole. My major quarrel with the series has been that it spends a lot of time setting up plots to pay off later on down the line and after several weeks of payoff, we had another setup episode.

I get what the show's trying to do. There's been a warning throughout the course of the season that something major was coming and most of this week is building up towards this major event [...]

Comic Review: Youngblood #71

Posted: 22 May 2012 05:09 PM PDT

Youngblood 71

Youngblood #71
Written by John McLaughlin
Art by John Malin & Rob Liefeld
Colors by Ross Hughes & Matt Yackey
Letters by Russ Wooton
Edits by Eric Stephenson Covers by Rob Liefeld & Matt Yackey, Ryan Ottley & Jordie Bellaire, and Chris Giarrusso
Image Comics
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Cover Price: $2.99

Astonishingly, Youngblood #71 is something that falls into the "things I didn't know I wanted or needed category," like Rocky Balboa -- who knew we needed an official ending to the Rocky story? Not me, but it sure was awesome. Also, the film Rambo. The last scene where John Rambo walks down the driveway to his family's farm was, again, an ending that I didn't know I needed. But again, I was surprised and satisfied that I got it. Truth by told, I stopped paying attention to Youngblood about a couple years after it started coming out, so why then was I excited for this issue? Some would say nostalgia (who, me?), but most of all, it's because I have been impressed by the other Image titles that have came back for the 20th anniversary that have been fantastic! And out of all those titles, Youngblood was the only one that I cared about originally [...]

New ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Posters Forecast Stormy Weather

Posted: 22 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT

The Dark Knight Rises Poster Header

Yesterday saw the release of a burning and crumbling Gotham City poster for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. Normally this would be a call for celebration as it has been a few months since we saw the release of a poster for the film. But due the horrible photoshop work - which combined the teaser poster and a promo image of Batman from The Dark Knight - fans thrashed Warner Bros for their sloppy release. There's even an animated gif that proves just how easy it is to recreate the poster that was released yesterday.

Now that Warner Bros has seen the reaction of what horribly done posters can do, they released six brand new posters, featuring Batman, Catwoman, and Bane braving inclement weather. Check out all six of these posters below [...]

‘Moon’ & ‘Source Code’ Director Duncan Jones Signs On For James Bond Creator Ian Fleming Biopic

Posted: 22 May 2012 02:55 PM PDT

Ian Fleming

As the latest installment in the James Bond movie franchise, titled Skyfall, sees its first trailer arriving, another Bond-related project is materializing.

It's being reported that up-and-coming director Duncan Jones has signed on to make a new biopic about Ian Fleming, the creator of the eternally appealing super spy, James Bond.

The movie will be adapted from Fleming's biography, Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond by author Andrew Lycett, by screenwriter Matt Brown. [...]

‘Bond 50′ Brings All 22 James Bond Films Together For The First Time On Blu-ray

Posted: 22 May 2012 01:28 PM PDT

Bond 50

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the James Bond film franchise, and with the long-delayed Skyfall (watch the first trailer) finally in production and set for worldwide release in November, MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment are marking the golden occasion by releasing all 22 original Bond adventures, from Dr. No - the movie that started it all - to 2008's Quantum of Solace, in one massive Blu-ray box set called Bond 50.

You can check out the full special features list for Bond 50 here below [...]

Comic Review: The Guild: Fawkes #1

Posted: 22 May 2012 12:11 PM PDT

The Guild: Fawkes #1

The Guild: Fawkes #1
Written by Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Color by Matthew Wilson
Letters by Nate Piekos of Blambot
Cover by Paul Duffield
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Cover Price: $3.50

The Guild: Fawkes is a one-shot, backstory comic for one of the best characters in Felicia Day's insanely popular web series. If you don't already know what The Guild is, then firstly, shame on you. Secondly, this comic will probably not make much sense to you; it'll just be a story about some kilted sociopath who oddly resembles Wil Wheaton. You should probably watch all five seasons of The Guild to truly appreciate this comic. Hey, the web series is short, free, and hilarious. You have no excuses.

Back in February, Dark Horse Comics released a preview image of the cover, the first ever glimpse of Fawkes' in-game avatar. The character looked amazing. Not how I would have pictured Fawkes -- just infinitely cooler. I was floored and instantly said, "I'm so gonna cosplay Fawkes at DragonCon." Yeah, I'm a complete mark for this whole Guild metaverse thing [...]

Contest: ‘Sherlock’ Season 2 Prize Pack

Posted: 22 May 2012 10:51 AM PDT

Sherlock, Season 2

Sherlock Season 2 is out today on DVD and Blu-ray, so in conjunction with this release, we here at Geeks Of Doom have a very cool Sherlock prize pack to give away, including a signed poster.

One (1) winner will receive:

- One (1) Sherlock Season 2 on DVD
- One (1) Sherlock poster signed by Stephen Moffat and Sue Vertue

TO ENTER: There's just two simple steps:

(1) Go LIKE Geeks of Doom on Facebook. If you're not a Facebook user, alternately, you can subscribe to the Geeks of Doom email digest. Click here to sign up.

(2) Fill out the entry form here below and submit. (Form is here after the jump.)

Good luck! [...]

Watch Now: ‘Finding Nemo’ 3D Trailer

Posted: 22 May 2012 09:39 AM PDT

Finding Nemo 3D

A trailer for the upcoming 3D re-release of the hit Disney*Pixar movie, Finding Nemo, has been released online via Yahoo! Movies.

The movie follows a clown fish named Marlin (Albert Brooks) who loses his son Nemo (Alexander Gould) and must search the ocean and overcome its many obstacles in his desperate attempt to find his only child. With only a fish with short-term memory loss named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) to help him, the duo will encounter rehabbing sharks, a passing whale, easy-going sea turtles, hungry seagulls, irritable crabs, and a slew of others on their quest to find a little fish with a bum fin who could be anywhere. [...]

Doom Digest: Will Smith, Star Trek, Transformers, Blade, HP Lovecraft

Posted: 22 May 2012 08:01 AM PDT

Doom Digest

Every day here at Doom HQ we receive tons of tips from our readers about really cool stuff from the world of geek, as well as promotional materials for new films, comic books, collectibles, and much more. While we do our best to bring you as much of it as possible, we don't always have enough geek manpower available to cover it all on a daily basis. But we hate the idea of all of this really cool stuff wasting away in our inbox. How could we NOT cover it? Hence why we've resurrected our long-defunct column Bits Of Doom, now rebranded and revamped as Doom Digest, a collection of easily digestible bits of news, videos, photos, and other goodies.

Today: an honest trailer for Michael Bay's Transformers, HP Lovecraft & Nikola Tesla as paranormal investigators, a fan-made Blade trailer, a customized Star Trek Starfleet Academy diploma, and Will Smith does the The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air rap, plus Bits Of Doom [...]

New Set Pics From ‘The Hobbit’ Show Bird’s Eye View Of Hobbiton

Posted: 22 May 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Hobbit

Some new pictures from the set of Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit have made their way to the 'net, and they're worth a peek.

Usually after official images and a trailer have been released for a movie, set pics mean very little. But for fans of Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy who are eager for the new movie, these new images offer a bird's eye view of the farm where Hobbiton was built, including Bilbo Baggins' Bag End residence. As you might already know, it's quite the beautiful area. [...]

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