Neal thinks that Nick would think that Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is racist. The Last Airbender trailer exceeds expectations but still disappoints these two Avatar fans who cannot get over the bizarre casting choices. Michael Jackson and Billy Mays have left the building. Play it to the Bone and Gran Torino are solid movies. Neal tells Nick about New Era hats with Marvel Comics stuff on them. Nick tells Neal about G-Man, Avengers: The Initiative, X-Men Legacy, Demon in a Bottle, and a short western comic by Skipper Martin from the new Outlaw Territory anthology. Also: is Alan Moore the literary Dov Charney? And what is podcast vérité?
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AudioShocker Podcast #86 [47:24m]:
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Nick is not feeling Fanboys, Neal is not feeling Transporter 3, Lil Flip raps about Kim Kardashian while Hurricane Chris raps about Halle Berry, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever sucks, Nick is listening to a lot of video game music from vgmusic.com (Contra is the best), the guys reminisce about watching Booker T. play live, Death of Autotune prompts Nick to serenade Neal with Believe (you know, by Cher), the guys wanna know what happened to Alia Shawkat, and Nick talks about Captain America #600 (new) and Iron Man #182 (old).
AudioShocker Podcast #85 [46:22m]:
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War Machine Wallpaper - Avengers: The Initiative Armor
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Welcome illustrator Stefano Caselli and colorist Daniele Rudoni to the War Machine wallpaper hallowed halls of fame! They delivered this awesome interior page image of Rhodey in Avengers: The Initiative #11. It’s too bad that Mr. Rhodes never got to bust it out like this in Marvel vs. Capcom series. Still, his Proton Cannon special is pretty @#$%ing sweet.
Thanks to Marvel Avalon for the image (I’ve been getting my hi-res scans from them for years). This is the second stunning installment of a three-part War Machine wallpaper series. Be back here next Monday for the third War Machine Hyper Combo Wallpaper!
More: War Machine Original Armor Hyper Combo Wallpaper!
And more: Classic issues of War Machine reviewed… in webcomics form!!!
British humor vs. rap music, Nick loves Balls Out and JCVD, Neal reminisces about Edgewood Town Center, Gabriel Bros vs. American Apparel, Nick watched people light fires in the streets of Pittsburgh after the Steelers won the Super Bowl, Neal watched Super Bowl Commercials and hated them, Nick watched Chaos;HEAd and loved it, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, New Avengers #49 and Luke Cage, Avengers: The Initiative #21 and Clor, and In Like Flint is overrated.
Then, after the end theme, the guys discuss some shocking casting news for The Last Airbender – Dev Patel is in as Zuko. As usual, the casting makes no sense and Neal is revoking M. Night Shyamalan’s Chaat Stand Pass.
AudioShocker #66 [49:23m]:
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Neal wants to see Black Snake Moan because he loves Christina Ricci, Teen Wolf is surprisingly subversive, The Spirit is filmed in Millervision, Peyton Reed and Craig Alpert make Yes Man a great movie, Neal thinks “Just Like Me” by Jamie Foxx and T.I. is just okay, War Machine #1 by Greg Pak and Leonardo Manco stars a different Rhodey than Nick is used to, and Neal wants to know if superheroes movies pull more from old comics or new comics.
AudioShocker #62 [40:47m]:
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Video game documentaries The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade show two different versions of Billy Mitchell, Bigger Faster Stronger makes Neal want to take steroids, Kinamand makes Nick hungry for Chinese food, the Death Note live action films have sweet computer graphics, Neal can’t stop watching Dark Angel and Jessica Alba, Nick hates Pixar’s WALL-E, Busta Rhymes’ “Arab Money” is ignorant, Neal discovers Borders is trimming their graphic novels section, and Nick can’t stop thinking about War Machine.
AudioShocker #60 [59:45m]:
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Dark Reign is at Marvel Comics as Secret Invasion ends, Nick wonders if Bucky is the emo Captain America, Neal is creeped out by the cover to Wolverine: First Class #12, Punisher: War Zone is a great date movie, Elisha Cuthbert uses a body double in He Was a Quiet Man, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is awesome, and GrandCentral sucks for turning off invites.
AudioShocker #59 [37:54m]:
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So Secret Invasion ended Thursday and introduced some big changes to Marvel’s heroes over the next few months. Something of note is that Marvel Comics “declassified” their preview covers and solicitation copy for a bunch of Avengers books thru February.
On our next show – Podcast Episode 059 on Tuesday, December 9th – I’ll be talking about these recently released covers and descriptions. Way I see it, the AudioShocker will be one of the first podcasts to share our opinions on these changes.
Below is a huge list of links in chronological order of release date. The biggest thing you need to know is that Norman Osborn a.k.a. the Green Goblin is now legally in charge of the government sanctioned Avengers and Tony Stark has become the scapegoat for the entire Skrull invasion of Earth. (Here’s more info on the fallout of SI)
Marvel’s declassified previews:
SECRET INVASION: DARK REIGN #1
DARK REIGN: NEW NATION #1
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #8
WAR MACHINE #1
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #20
NEW AVENGERS #48
SECRET INVASION: REQUIEM #1
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #9
MIGHTY AVENGERS #21
DARK AVENGERS #1
WAR MACHINE #2
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #21
NEW AVENGERS #49
AGENTS OF ATLAS #1
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #10
SECRET WARRIORS #1
DARK AVENGERS #2
MIGHTY AVENGERS #22
WAR MACHINE #3
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #22
DARK REIGN FILES #1
NEW AVENGERS #50
I might have missed a few comics here and there, but these titles are most of the biggies that will be affected by the end of Secret Invasion and the start of Dark Reign.
9. Nighthawk – There’s a reason this list starts with Kyle Richmond: he’s stepped up (during and) since Civil War, but not enough to be a rising star. Simply put, Nighthawk is more important in the Marvel Universe now than he was previous to Civil War. Not by a lot, mind you. Just more than before. I thought that his starring role in Last Defenders was a trippy superhero hoot, and I hope that writers continue to push his story further in the direction that Joe Casey kindly put him on.
8. Iron Man – I would be remiss to not include the Iron Avenger in my countdown. Plain and simple, Tony Stark has become the new Wolverine. Now that he has a breakout Hollywood blockbuster under his belt, his street cred is only going up. For readers of Marvel Comics since Civil War, Tony’s star status is a no-brainer. In fact, he’s bordering on overexposure lately, and that’s why he’s so low on this list. The fact remains that Iron Man is more integral to the Marvel Universe now than ever, and it’s safe to say that things will be staying like that for quite some time to come.
7. Hercules – The Lion of Olympus is now the proud owner of his own critically acclaimed solo series (shamelessly stolen from Hulk), and from the looks of things, he’s going to be in Mighty Avengers after Secret Invasion. After smashing the shit out of Clor in the final issue of Civil War, Herc has been on the fast-track to fandom. He’s been the star of some of the best event tie-in stories of the past few years, and if things keep going the way they are right now, Hercules will be one of Marvel’s biggest stars in the upcoming decade.
6. Luke Cage – Carl Lucas was the breakout star of New Avengers following Avengers Disassembled. But following Civil War, Luke took leadership of the team and became this top selling title’s lead character. Luke is now a bonafide staple of the Marvel Universe after languishing on the sidelines for decades. Need proof? Cage gets name-checked by Q-Tip in his new album Renaissance on the track “Dance On Glass,” where Q-Tip calls himself the “Luke Cage of the loose leaf page.”
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