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Comics Deal: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns TPB

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 05:54 AM PDT

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

The Deal of the Day over at Things From Another World today is DC's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns trade paperback for only $7.99 (that's 50% off of the regular price of $14.99).

Note – The sale at TFAW is valid only for today, Friday, June 1, 2012, til 11:59PM PST while supplies last (and there's a limited supply, so it will sell out, so hurry!).

When the deal runs out, you can also get a copy of Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns for $11.15 (that's 44% off) at Amazon [...]

Geek Gear: The Hunger Games ‘Farewell District 12′ Shirt

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:50 AM PDT

The Hunger Games Farewell District 12

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Hunger Games-themed shirt called "Farewell District 12" by famousafterdeath.

The sale began at Teefury today, Friday, June 1, 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 [...]

Fox Release Dates: ‘Independence Day 3D,’ ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ & Untitled ‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel

Posted: 31 May 2012 07:09 PM PDT

Independence Day

Fox has just released a collection of release dates for some of their major films. The slate contains highly anticipated sequels, original projects, and a re-release, including Independence Day 3D, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and an untitled X-Men: First Class Sequel.

First up, Fox plans to release a Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy untitled buddy cop comedy on April 5, 2013. That will be followed by a 3D re-release of Independence Day on the fitting date of July 3, 2013. That same year, the Percy Jackson sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters hits theaters on August 16, 2013. And closing out the year for Fox will be the adaptation of the highly successful TV series Walking with the Dinosaurs on December 20th and the Ben Stiller-directed comedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty on Christmas Day [...]

Catch Up On Season 2 Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ With Massive Marathon Before The Finale

Posted: 31 May 2012 06:00 PM PDT

Game of Thrones Season 2

If you've fallen behind on season 2 of Game of Thrones, fear not---there's still time to catch up before the finale airs this Sunday, June 3rd.

HBO is making this much, much easier for those of of you who may not have the option to DVR episodes or catch up via on demand services. Starting this Saturday at 6:00 p.m. EST, you can flip over to the HBO Zone channel, where all nine episodes of season 2 will air not only once, but three times in a row leading right into the Sunday night finale. [...]

Sylvester Stallone & Robert De Niro To Square Off In Boxing Comedy ‘Grudge Match’

Posted: 31 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Copland

The stars of the two greatest modern boxing movie epics could be getting in the ring for a cinematic heavyweight clash. Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro, the respective stars of the Oscar-winners Rocky and Raging Bull, are both in negotiations to star in Grudge Match for Warner Bros. This would mark the second time the two Italian-American film legends have appeared in a movie together, the first being the 1997 James Mangold-directed crime drama Cop Land (pictured above).

According to Lucas Shaw at The Wrap, Stallone and De Niro would play "two aging boxers who plan one final match against one another." [...]

Interview: Ex-Deep Purple and Rainbow Singer Joe Lynn Turner

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT

Joe Lynn Turner

From Fandango to Purple, from Rainbow to Yngwie – the king of AOR lead vocalists Joe Lynn Turner has done it all. But he never chooses the easy route.

I grabbed the great man for an extensive chat about projects past and present including his time spent with notorious guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow and Deep Purple, his history with current blues master Joe Bonamassa, and 'crazy' six-string virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen.

Tuner's most recent album, Emotional Fire, with his Sunstorm project has been on the receiving end of some extremely positive reviews. This seemed like a good place to start.

Geeks of Doom: First of all, you've had so much great feedback for the Emotional Fire album you must be really pleased.

Joe Lynn Turner: Well not only am I pleased, I'm very surprised. I'd like to preface this by saying I didn't have any chance to put any of my old material on it. Usually [on albums with] Sunstorm I've got three to five songs on it of old material that has never been recorded. I was in Turkey at the time for like a month down in Antalya and I had no hard drive with me, I just had this little mini computer so I told Serafino [Perugino, album executive producer] 'I really can't get to any of my material.'...He went around in search of material [and] came up with the two Michael Bolton's and the Cher [songs], which I sang backgrounds on [originally], God only knows how long ago that was [...]

‘The Bourne Legacy’ Trailer: More Questions, Fewer Answers, Thrilling Action

Posted: 31 May 2012 03:10 PM PDT

The Bourne Legacy Header

The Bourne franchise proves that no matter how many movies or entries there are, you will only know less than half of the real story. A new trailer has emerged for The Bourne Legacy, and it gives a clearer picture of the characters surrounding the very people involved in the project that made Bourne the dangerous amnesia spy that he is (or was) today. You can check out the trailer below.

Jeremy Renner takes the main character mantle as he begins to be caught up in the conspiracy involving the people behind the Tredstone project. Renner joins fellow series newcomers Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach, and Oscar Isaac, while franchise veterans Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn, and Scott Glenn reprise their roles [...]

FREE Listen: David Bowie’s ‘The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars’

Posted: 31 May 2012 02:28 PM PDT

David Bowie The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 40th anniversary

The 40th anniversary of David Bowie's breakthrough album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars has been reached this year, and to celebrate this, there is a free stream of the entire album to listen to below, AND there will be a full scale special re-release of the album on CD, MP3, and limited edition vinyl formats on June 5th.

The album, which propelled Bowie into mythical status, stands as one of rock and roll's all time great albums. Bowie, who had rotated his way around the musical landscape for a few years prior to this with a few releases and even a hit in "Space Oddity," finally hit the jackpot with Ziggy Stardust. The album, a concept one which tells the tale of an alien mired in androgyny who fell to Earth with a hopeful rock and roll message and became a rock star of superstar proportions that would also happen to Bowie in real life as a result of the album in an amazing case of art imitates life, is almost a roadmap for glam and early punk and hard rock sounds. Bowie was hinting at this sound on earlier albums, "The Width of A Circle" on The Man Who Sold the World and "Queen Bitch" on Hunky Dory, but on Ziggy Stardust, the sound became fully realized, the attitudes and style he was carving and carving finally came to whirlwind musical fruitions. Not only did the album put Bowie in a higher musical echelon, it also almost singlehandedly started the entire glam movement, a movement started in a way by Marc Bolan and T-Rex, who certainly was the Chuck Berry to Bowie's Rolling Stone glam, but Bowie had the superstar power and muscle to put him over the top and arguably become the sole heir of the glam rock mantle with this release [...]

Digital Comics Deal: Comixology’s Grant Morrison Sale

Posted: 31 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Morrison Sale

Oh my! Oh my! Comixology is having a Grant Morrison sale! For a mere 99 cents a piece, you can pick up several of Grant Morrison's finest DC/Vertigo comics, including Doom Patrol, Batman, All-Star Superman, and more.

What's the catch? Well, let's get into that. Barely any of the comics on sale will provide you with a full story. While you may be teased by the mention of Batman R.I.P., Batman and Robin, and Batman Incorporated, the first thing you need to realize is that this isn't the entire run. If you're not reading Batman and Son or Club of Heroes, then the rest of this run won't make any sense. But beyond that, the entire run of Batman and Robin that leads directly into Batman Incorporated is not in this sale. If you want to do that, you're going to want to buy the regularly priced Batman and Robin #10-16. So, if you're wanting to check this out, I really suggest you go back to Batman #655 and start from there and keep going. You won't regret it, it's one of the finest runs on Batman, for sure [...]

$5 MP3 Album Deal: Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band’s ‘Live Bullet’

Posted: 31 May 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band: Live Bullet

Another great deal on a live record is available on Mp3 format via Amazon for only $5.00 right now through the end of today (PST). American rocker Bob Seger rocks, rolls, and then some with his Silver Bullet Band on Live Bullet, a 1976 release showcasing the band at Detroit, Michigan's Cobo Hall at its absolute peak.

Seger remains one of this country's most successful blue-collar style rock singer/musicians. His gritty style has been successful for decades now. Starting in the late 1960s during that famed Detroit hard rock/early punk genre but arguably second rate to the kinetic sonic frenzies of fellow city mates like The Stooges and The MC5, Seger took an altogether different direction as the sun of the 1970s rose. Seger eventually became a hero to the rock and roll working man as the decade wore on, he became a Midwestern artist mired in sounds and heavy rock and ballad rock styles which became his stock in trade. By the 1975 Cobo Hall show, he was a sensation in Michigan, a few years later, the rest of the country would take notice [...]

‘You Don’t Know Jack’ Arrives On Facebook For Sarcastic Trivia Fun With Friends

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:00 PM PDT

You Don't Know Jack

For those of you who have never had the opportunity to play You Don't Know Jack, it's one of the better trivia games ever created. Not only is there a nice mixtures of topics and a variety of different segments to keep things fresh, but it's hosted by a sarcasm maestro named Cookie Masterson who uses an often hilarious composition of words to insult you into the ground when you answer questions wrong.

Thankfully for all of us, You Don't Know Jack will now be available on a much larger scale than it ever has been before. [...]

Comic Review: Doctor Solar: Man Of The Atom, Volume 2

Posted: 31 May 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Doctor Solar: Man Of The Atom, Volume 2

Doctor Solar: Man Of The Atom, Volume 2
Script by Jim Shooter
Art by Roger Robinson, Agustin Alessio, Diego Bernard
Cover by Michael Komarack
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Cover Price: $15.99

I chose to review Doctor Solar: Man Of The Atom, Volume 2 because I really wanted to believe that Jim Shooter still has it. The "it" that I'm referring to is Shooter's ability to create brilliant comics like the kind Marvel published with him in the 80s. I was still a young kid when Shooter was in his prime, but his contributions to comics are still felt to this day. That being said, when Shooter returned to Doctor Solar in 2010, the result was average at best. The first volume of Doctor Solar, Man Of The Atom was convoluted and utterly perplexing. With volume 2, I hoped that somehow, Shooter had turned it around. Fortunately, this time around the result is better, but not by much [...]

‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Peter Dinklage Leads 2012′s Walk for Farm Animals

Posted: 31 May 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Game Of Thrones Star Peter Dinklage Leads 2012's Walk for Farm Animals

Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister on HBO's Game of Thrones, is Farm Sanctuary's spokesperson for their 2012 national Walk for Farm Animals.

Check out the video here below of Dinklage talking about the organization and what they do, as well as their annual Walk For Farm Animals.

Geeks Of Doom proudly supports the efforts of Farm Sanctuary. For years now, we've sponsoring animals at their sanctuaries and have participated their Walk For Farm Animals in NYC (and thanks to generous readers like you, we raised a lot of money for the organization last year!). So, we're extremely excited to see that Dinklage is the spokesperson for the Walk this year (as if we need another reason to love him!) [...]

Contest: ‘The Zombie Tarot’ Set With Personal Reading From The Author!

Posted: 31 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT

The Zombie Tarot

Howdy breathers. Your old & rotten pal Obvious Zombie here, and have I got a meaty treat for you GoD readers! Get this. One of you meat sacks went and created a ZOMBIE-themed Tarot deck called The Zombie Tarot: An Oracle of the Undead. Maybe things have changed since my brain turned into gray goo, but from what I remember Tarot decks are used to tell the future. Yes? No? Maybe so?

Being the kindly monstrosity that you all know I am, I'm going to save you some time. Look deeply into my crystal baaaaall. I see you & I together. We're out. For a nice bit of lunch, it seems. Hrmmm. Your future...it's hazy. Wait. Oh, silly me. I see it now. We're not *at* lunch. You *are* my lunch... Ha! I kid the living! But seriously though. That'll be $50.

I'm sorry. I seem to go off message a lot ever since that dude in Walmart took a Louisville to my left lobe. DON'T WORRY! We were just playing a round of Catch You, Eat You. Contest. CONTEST! Right. We've got us a pretty special contest right here. Not only are we Geeks of Doom giving away FIVE copies of The Zombie Tarot: An Oracle of the Undead, but one Grand Prize winner will be getting their own personal tarot reading (via tele) from the author. All made possible by the quirky kooky zany crew at Quirk Books.

One (1) Grand Prize winners will receive:
- One (1) Zombie Tarot Set
- One (1) Personalized Tarot reading by the author via phone*

Four (4) First Prize winners will receive:

- One (1) Zombie Tarot Set [...]

Doom Digest: Blade Runner, Martin Freeman, Harry Potter, Spider-Man, The Avengers

Posted: 31 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: Martin Freeman beatboxing in Ali G Indahouse, Spider-Man bathrobes, Harry Potter supercut of all the spells, artist recreation of the magazine covers seen in Blade Runner, how The Avengers should have ended, and Snow White's Scary Adventures takes it final journey at Disney World, plus Bits Of Doom [...]

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