Marvel Collector Corps Unboxing December 2015: Guardians of the Galaxy

Hey Merry Christmas everyone! Just in time for the holidays is this month's Collector Corps featuring a holiday themed GOTG! Notice also my lovely assistant for this unboxing! Enjoy!

Lego Nerd: The Milano Spaceship Rescue

Today I am featuring Starlord's spaceship, the Milano, from Guardians of the Galaxy Movie. The likeness to the movie is pretty incredible, and Lego really goes all out to make the pieces that fit to really drive home the point that... this is a beautiful ship. It even comes with some stickers. The and the build was an absolute blast. It took a few attempts as you can see it is almost 700 pieces, so I built it a bag at a time. but it comes with great figures (Starboard, Gamora, Drax, Ronan and a minion. A little pricier than the last set coming in at $62.99 on Amazon, but worth every brick. If you have the cash definitely nab this one!

A great set

Guardians of the Galaxy

So release weekend for Guardians of the Galaxy has passed by and already people are asking if Guardians is better than The Avengers. To which I would answer, "Read my review!" So here I am today reviewing Guardians of the Galaxy! And first, regarding the first question, I would say right off the bat, that this movie is the best movie that Marvel has released yet based on risk and execution of vision that makes the initial risk pay off BIG TIME, and that comparing the two movies isn't really a fair comparison (kinda like apples to oranges). But keep reading.

Even the poster for the movie is epic. Like Disco epic. Like when you strut to disco.

Comic Book of the Week 7/30/14

Hello comic fans! Happy Guardians of the Galaxy release day! Although Mrs. Nerd and I were very pleased to have watched it last night at the early release (which will be reviewed very soon), today I am featuring Guardians of the Galaxy #17 as the comic book of the week!

The cover shows guardians old and new

2014 Movie Previews Part 2

Hello nerds! Hasn't it already been a great year for movies? I know that I am already behind on my movie reviews so that's how good this summer's movies have been. Stay tuned for my review on X-Men: Days of Future Past. But for now, let's look ahead to the movies I am looking forward to for the second half of 2014. I know my list doesn't include the second Planet of the Apes or Sin City 2 but honestly...I've never been a big fan of the Apes, and it's just been a long time since we've seen a Sin City and honestly, I wasn't a fan of the first one either. So you won't see them featured on this list, but that's only because I personally don't feel that strongly for them. Anyways, here we go.

Lucy

Mrs. Nerd and I were able to see the preview panel at Wondercon this year, and we are excited! Director Luc Besson was on hand to give additional details like how they didn't film the movie in chronological sequence (they rarely do). So they had a wall in Scarlett's trailer where they would put up lists with different percentages of brain capacity with abilities and characteristics that would be unlocked with each different percentage so Scarlett would know how she needed to act according to the shooting schedule. Anyways, the whole Scarlett gains the power to use more of her brain than an average person and she uses it to kick major butt (unlike Bradley Cooper's Limitless) totally piques our interest. Releasing July 25th.

Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer…You're Falling in Love With Them

The Guardians of the Galaxy are here! And they are hooked on a feeling, high on believing that you're in love with them. Yes the song in the trailer by Blue Swede is oddly appropriate for this ragtag band of cosmic misfits that no one in the Marvel Universe or OUR universe for that matter seems to know. 

This Week's Haul: New Year's Edition

Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a fresh start where the Lord gives us a chance to forget the old and look hopefully towards 2014! I hope to forget just how few posts I've published in the last month and bring you more awesome nerdy content in 2014. Here's what y'all have to look forward to:

Thanks again to Undercity Comics in Whittier, CA and Robot4Less in Fullerton, CA!