Week In Geek 5/17/24: Superman Suit, The Boys, The Phantom Menace & more!
05/17/24 • 35 min
Welcome in to another edition of Week In Geek with the whole gang, where we catch you up on all the latest news of the week in the world of nerd!
We saw the theatrical rerelease of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, and the movie did NOT hold up for some of us in our cold open...
After that we touch on some rumors spilling out across social media including Ms. Marvel leading the Marvel Zombies project, and Dwayne Johnson hopefully not coming to an MCU project near you. We then get into the confirmed castings of Paul Walter Hauser and Giancarlo Esposito, and theorize who they could be cast as. Magneto? Mephisto? Mole Man? Some other M's?
We then decide whether we like this new DCU Superman Suit more then Henry Cavill's! We get into the newest trailers, discussing if our hype levels changed for The Acolyte, and who is going to die in the fourth season of The Boys?
All this and MORE!
00:00 - The Phantom Menace Theatrical Re-release Cold Open
06:40 - Rumors (Ms. Marvel, Apocalypse, X-Men and the 616?)
11:55 - Confirmed News (New MCU Castings, Disney Q2 News, Maze Runner)
19:55 - Updates (Skeleton Crew Release, Wonderman, Superman Suit)
26:25 - Trailers (The Acolye, The Boys S4)
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Welcome in to another edition of Week In Geek with the whole gang, where we catch you up on all the latest news of the week in the world of nerd!
We saw the theatrical rerelease of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, and the movie did NOT hold up for some of us in our cold open...
After that we touch on some rumors spilling out across social media including Ms. Marvel leading the Marvel Zombies project, and Dwayne Johnson hopefully not coming to an MCU project near you. We then get into the confirmed castings of Paul Walter Hauser and Giancarlo Esposito, and theorize who they could be cast as. Magneto? Mephisto? Mole Man? Some other M's?
We then decide whether we like this new DCU Superman Suit more then Henry Cavill's! We get into the newest trailers, discussing if our hype levels changed for The Acolyte, and who is going to die in the fourth season of The Boys?
All this and MORE!
00:00 - The Phantom Menace Theatrical Re-release Cold Open
06:40 - Rumors (Ms. Marvel, Apocalypse, X-Men and the 616?)
11:55 - Confirmed News (New MCU Castings, Disney Q2 News, Maze Runner)
19:55 - Updates (Skeleton Crew Release, Wonderman, Superman Suit)
26:25 - Trailers (The Acolye, The Boys S4)
SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW!
Follow us on social media:
Instagram/Twitter/TikTok: @whysosidiouspodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whysosidiouspodContact: [email protected]
Previous Episode
118. Nerd Therapy 2: DCU & MCU Villains + more
Open conversation. All nerd DC Marvel Star Wars etc. Theory-heavy. Enjoy!
Intro
Which characters will we see on the big screen first (DC or Marvel)...
DCU Joker, MCU Apocalypse
The Maker, Batman Who Laughs
Sinestro, Bane
Nightwing, Red Hood
& More!
12:12 Top 5 seasons of TV series
24:10 Desert Island Pick an Actress' movies
27:00 Christian Bale as the Batman Who Laughs
30:20 Pick a past DC or Marvel movie where you would have preferred the villain win
34:10 Scarlett Witch & Cassandra Nova
38:10 DCU big bad? Lanterns series mysterious threat
40:15 Batman Brave and the Bold villain: Ras Al Ghul.
Least favorite AND favorite lightsaber
45:20 What video game doesn't exist but needs to?
& Sentry/Thunderbolts/Asgard/Dark Reign Comics
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Week In Geek 5/22/24: House of the Dragon/Rings of Power Trailers, Galactus in the MCU & more!
Welcome in to another edition of Week In Geek with hosts Caleb and David, where we catch you up on all the latest news of the week in the world of nerd!
A NEW Lord of the Rings movie is being made...And its about GOLLUM?! We discuss this big news as well as other projects being continued such as Shogun and 28 Years Later. We also discuss a whole lot of casting. Giancarlo Esposito in the MCU and Mark Strong in the DCU, but as who? And is Spider-Noir getting a green light at Sony with Nicolas Cage?
After that we dive into all of the details of the new trailers coming from House of the Dragon and the Rings of Power! We are extremely excited for both of these series to come out, and we cover what we may be getting in the seasons from what we saw in the trailers. Can I get a Siege of Eregion?! And also, a new Dune prequel series dropped a trailer as well, which has massive potential.
We wrap the episode up in our video game corner, discussing the new Assassins Creed Shadows trailer, and our continuing coverage of our journey's through Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4.
All this and MORE!
01:15 - Rumors (Hawkeye Season 2?)
02:30 - Confirmed News (Shogun S2-3, LOTR Movie, Galactus and F4, Giancarlo Esposito and more castings)
18:55 - Updates (Upfront Summit Release Dates, MCU 2025 Outlook and more)
29:55 - Trailers (HotD, Rings of Power, Dune: Prophecy)
53:45 - Video Game Corner (Assassin's Creed Shadows, Fallout New Vegas/4)
1:07:40 - 2024 Box Office Draft Updates
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