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• Geek Gear: Game of Thrones/Big Bang Theory In ‘My Spot’
• Comics Deal: ‘Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born’ Premiere Hardcover For $3!
• Geek Gear: Twofury: Breaking Bad/Dexter’s Laboratory & Game Of Thrones Shirt
• Anna Kendrick, Imogen Poots & Felicity Jones On Shortlist For Mysterious Role In ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
• Now Warner Brothers Passes On Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’ With Russell Crowe
• ‘The Hunger Games’ Director Gary Ross To Make Peter Pan Fantasy Next
• Surprise! Female Version Of ‘The Expendables’ Could Head Into Production
• $5 MP3 Album Deal: Thin Lizzy ‘Live And Dangerous’, Plus A Brief Remembrance Of Phil Lynott On His Birthday
• Spike Lee’s ‘Olboy’ Adds Samuel L. Jackson; Bruce Hornsby To Compose
• Geek Peek: New Set Images From ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
• Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine To Audience: ‘Obama Staged Aurora, Sikh Temple Shootings’
• Blizzard Introduces ‘Paragon System’ For Level 60 ‘Diablo III’ Characters
• Comic Review: The Threat #1
• The Geeks Of Doom Round Up 19: Seven Psychopaths and Black Sabbath
• Movie Review: The Expendables 2

Geek Gear: Game of Thrones/Big Bang Theory In ‘My Spot’ Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:50 AM PDT The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a mash-up of Game of Thrones and Big Bang Theory called "My Spot" by artist shumaza. The sale at RIPT began today, Wednesday, August 22, 2011, 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 [...]

Comics Deal: ‘Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born’ Premiere Hardcover For $3! Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:27 AM PDT The Deal of the Day over at Things From Another World today is the Stephen King's Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born Premiere Hardcover for only $3 (that's 88% off of the regular price of $24.99). Note – The sale at TFAW is valid only for today, Tuesday, August 21, 2012, til 11:59PM PST while supplies last (and there's a limited supply, so it will sell out, so hurry!). Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born is also available as a 'nick and dent' (used) copy for $12.49 (50% off) or new at Amazon for $16.49 (that's 34% off) [...]

Geek Gear: Twofury: Breaking Bad/Dexter’s Laboratory & Game Of Thrones Shirt Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:50 AM PDT Today, TeeFury is doing one of their special "Twofury" deals with two themed shirts for $10 each: one is a mash-up of Dexter's Laboratory and Breaking Bad called Walter's Lab" by dorksince83 (in green); the other is a Game Of Thrones-themed shirt called "Fire and Blood" by TrulyEpic (in black). The sale began at Teefury today, Tuesday, August 21, 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. [...]

Anna Kendrick, Imogen Poots & Felicity Jones On Shortlist For Mysterious Role In ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Posted: 20 Aug 2012 07:33 PM PDT There would be no hero without the love interest. Aside from saving the world from any sort of dire situation, the hero comes back home to the arms of their love. But that seems a bit difficult for Captain America, considering he's been under a very cold sleep for almost 70 years. So any hopes of reuniting with Peggy Carter would be near impossible. But as luck would have it, directors Anthony and Joe Russo hope to spark a new romance in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. According to The New York Post, they have narrowed down their choices to three very capable actresses: Anna Kendrick, Felicity Jones, and Imogen Poots [...]

Now Warner Brothers Passes On Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’ With Russell Crowe Posted: 20 Aug 2012 06:31 PM PDT Much like the gunslinger's from Stephen King's popular book series, The Dark Tower, the journey of a planned film and TV adaptation has been a long and difficult one. It's being reported that Warner Brothers has decided not to take on the property, which is being shopped around by Imagine Entertainment's Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, despite the fact that even Russell Crowe was interested in starring. This comes five months after word that a deal with Warner Brothers was very close. [...]

‘The Hunger Games’ Director Gary Ross To Make Peter Pan Fantasy Next Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:37 PM PDT If you ask any fans of (and any cast and crew) on The Hunger Games, they'd likely tell you they want director Gary Ross back for the sequel, Catching Fire. But Lionsgate had a strict timeframe in mind for the sequel and the two-part grand finale, Mockingjay, and Ross wasn't willing to rush things in order to meet the deadline. So off Ross went to find his next project, looking into many different options. But now the meticulous director has made a decision, and it looks like he'll be working for Walt Disney next. [...]

Surprise! Female Version Of ‘The Expendables’ Could Head Into Production Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:16 PM PDT The Expendables 2 proved that women could be just as tough as the guys carrying the big guns. Nan Yu may have been the beauty behind the testosterone group, but the recent success of the film has made a push for a female version of The Expendables to be made. Adi Shankar, producer of films like The Grey and Killing Them Softly, would like to see that happen. The producer has recently hired Dutch Southern to pen a script for the female edition of The Expendables. Variety reports that he would finance the film himself and that he's in talks with some major female action stars, past and present. Some of the most prominent members of the female action stars are Linda Hamilton, Siguourney Weaver, and Jamie Lee Curtis. All three were leading ladies in their respective James Cameron films. Then there is Lucy Lawless, who has appeared in Xena: Warrior Princess. Uma Thurman has proven her worth as Kiddo in Kill Bill. Milla Jovovich and Kate Beckinsale are probably the most recognizable female action stars of the newer generation [...]

$5 MP3 Album Deal: Thin Lizzy ‘Live And Dangerous’, Plus A Brief Remembrance Of Phil Lynott On His Birthday Posted: 20 Aug 2012 03:11 PM PDT One of the great live rock and roll albums, Live and Dangerous by the great Thin Lizzy, is now available on one sonically explosive MP3 from Amazon this month for only $5. (Browse all 1,000 albums on sale this month for only $5 each, as well as several albums on sale this week for only $2.99 each.) Originally recorded in London, Toronto, and Philadelphia during their 1977 tour, which was supporting their Bad Reputation album, and featuring the late, great Phil Lynott on bass and vocals, (whose birthday is today) Live and Dangerous showcases the band at an absolute peak. Thin Lizzy remains one of the most underrated heavy rock bands of all time, their unapologetic, fever pitch riffs, and pot boiling rockers influenced a huge generation of musicians in the band's wake, and they are running on all musical cylinders here on Live and Dangerous and then some. Great live versions of classic radio smashes like "Jailbreak," "The Rocker," "Warrior," and the hit songs "Dancing in the Moonlight" and especially the memorable 1970s zeitgeist cruncher "The Boys are Back in Town" get elevated to new musical stretches with these live renditions. Essential for any hard rock collection, as they wax ever so memorable in the cult film This is Spinal Tap and which can be applied to this album without question, "This One Goes To Eleven." [...]

Spike Lee’s ‘Olboy’ Adds Samuel L. Jackson; Bruce Hornsby To Compose Posted: 20 Aug 2012 02:11 PM PDT Another big name is joining the cast of Spike Lee's American remake of the brilliant South Korean drama, Oldboy. According to sources, Samuel L. Jackson has been confirmed for a small role in the movie. Oldboy follows a man (Josh Brolin) who's kidnapped, held captive for 15 years, and framed for the murder of his wife without any explanation as to why this was being done to him. [...]

Geek Peek: New Set Images From ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT Some new images from the set of the upcoming fourth installment in the Mad Max franchise, titled Mad Max: Fury Road, have found their way to the 'net. The images show off some good post-apocalyptic vehicles and props, as well as some rather unsettling masks and costumes that will be used in one way or another. You can check out the images below now! [...]

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine To Audience: ‘Obama Staged Aurora, Sikh Temple Shootings’ Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:10 AM PDT During a recent Megadeth concert in Singapore, frontman Dave Mustaine went full tilt goo-goo for Satan when he asserted to a confused crowd that U.S. President Barack Obama staged the tragic shootings in both Aurora, Colorado and at The Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. This, according to Mustaine, was so that the President could justify a ban on guns. In the video taken from the concert, which you can watch below, Mustaine expressly states that the President planned these murders. "Back in my country, my President is trying to pass a gun ban so he's staging all these murders like the Fast and Furious thing down at the border and Aurora, Colorado, and all the people who were killed there and now the beautiful people at the Sikh temple." Mustaine goes on to say that he doesn't know where he's going to live if "America keeps going the way it's going," stating the the country is "turning into Nazi America." The crowd appears to disagree with Mustaine judging from the tone of its roar, which included a few boos. One audience member can even be heard shouting, "Hey, we love America!" Mustaine's response to the crowd's reaction: "Be quiet." So let's dissect Mustaine's claims with a few facts, lest anyone out there get the idea that these remarks are anything other than completely deranged [...]

Blizzard Introduces ‘Paragon System’ For Level 60 ‘Diablo III’ Characters Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:24 AM PDT When patch 1.0.4 drops for Diablo III, it's going to be a game changer. With all the class modifications having been announced, it seemed that the fanfare was over and we were just waiting for the patch to drop. This is not the case. Today, Blizzard Entertainment announced a new experience-based leveling system for max level (level 60) Diablo III characters called the Paragon System [...]

Comic Review: The Threat #1 Posted: 20 Aug 2012 09:19 AM PDT The Threat #1 Written by Mark Schmidt Art by Jordi Perez Estevez Letters by Mark Schmidt Cover by Tucker Doud, Phil Smith and Vince Chuter Stratum Comics Release Date: June, 2012 Cover Price: $2.99 Independent comics are all about passion and drive. And nowhere is this more evident than with Stratum Comics and their first comic The Threat #1. The fact that it is produced here in The Lone Star State only makes it that much cooler. These folks tried to help fund it through Kickstarter, though it unfortunately missed its goal. But the fact that they still managed to make this happen is a testament to their need to breathe life into their dream. This premier issue takes place in Houston, one of the few places that retained some sense of civilization in this future Earth. We start to get a sense of the division between the common people and the few people that control this city-state. Though not much of a story is laid out, we get to meet a lot of characters and learn a few tidbits about them. The main theme seems to revolve around those known as Virals. These Virals are enhanced humans, though we aren't sure exactly how this happened... at least not yet [...]

The Geeks Of Doom Round Up 19: Seven Psychopaths and Black Sabbath Posted: 20 Aug 2012 08:01 AM PDT The nineteenth episode of The Geeks Of Doom Round Up is here, and this week, Andy takes a look at an awesome and amusing trailer for the upcoming film Seven Psychopaths, directed by Martin McDonagh and starring Colin Farrell amongst an all-star cast. Later, Greg tips the hat to fellow Geeks Of Doom contributor, Stoogeypedia, for his recent Top Vinyl Rock Records Of The '50s, '60s, and '70s feature, and we play from his list, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by the kings of metal themselves, Black Sabbath. Later in the show, we take a look at The 10 Best Films of 2012 So Far, from an article by Famous Monster. We also recommend the new feature here at Geeks Of Doom called If BAADASSSSS! Controlled The Universe, and in the first edition, he examines (in an alternative universe), an unfinished version of The Expendables from 1976! [...]

Movie Review: The Expendables 2 Posted: 20 Aug 2012 07:17 AM PDT The Expendables 2 Directed by Simon West Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis Lionsgate Entertainment Rated R | 103 Minutes Release Date: August 17, 2012 "I now pronounce you man and knife." Simon West (The Mechanic) takes over directing duties for Sylvester Stallone with The Expendables 2, the sequel to Stallone's 2010 bullet-blasted action flick. Written by Richard Menk (The Mechanic, 16 Blocks) and Stallone, The Expendables 2 features an all-star lineup of '80s and '90s action stars and their new school successors. Led by Barney Ross (Stallone), The Expendables consist of blades specialist Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), martial artist Yin Yang (Jet Li), weapons specialist Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), demolitions expert Toll Road (Randy Couture), and snipers Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren) and Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth), the new guy [...]

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