Author: Tony Smejek

This woman’s reaction is priceless since she was on a missionary trip when Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rogue One had debuted. She had missed them both when she was partaking in a higher calling. Since television of any sort is forbidden whilst LDS mission trips, when Brinley returned, she was awestruck as she sat through Rogue One’s ending which obviously leads into 1977’s A New Hope. Her friend Stephen Smoot posted it on Facebook and YouTube: This week my friend Brinley returned from her LDS mission. She is a HUGE Star Wars fan! But due to the timing…

How many here think that the price of photo ops and/or autographs from a favorite celebrity is really worth it? With the crowds at these events reaching astronomical levels due to the likely population explosion, it’s no wonder if it’s worth it to wait 2 to 3 hours in line to get a photo op with a sci-fi/comic book celebrity. You could shorten your line wait by purchasing a VIP pass for big bucks to pay for something that also costs big bucks. This past month, Star Wars Celebration photo ops reached around the $200 mark and fans were willing…

Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser trailer was finally revealed at the 2017 Star Wars Celebration event in Orlando. Along with that, a very impressive and ominous movie poster that impressed tons of cheering fans. The content contained within each brings up other theories to supplement already existing ones. Will There Be A New Faction? Has Luke gone off in exile to change his path to that of a Grey Jedi master? Will he be training his next pupil to bring balance to the Force? Afterall, this has been the end game for the Jedi. To find someone who will bring…

Star Wars Celebration in Orlando has officially introduced the new Last Jedi teaser trailer and in it some obviously titillating questions when Luke Skywalker says his final words in the clip. The panel was streamed live on The Star Wars Show via Facebook, YouTube, and many other outlets. Fans have been lining up in droves outside of the presentation hall to the point where Star Wars enthusiasts stayed outside the day before. Chances are they were pleased and had received satisfaction for what they had seen. https://youtu.be/zB4I68XVPzQ Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega,…

Just when you thought the Warner Bros. Justice League movie trailer created waves online, Thor: Ragnarok just volleyed another energy-filled preview right back at them. Nothing can get any better than Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” appropriately synced to a fascinating piece of art form. Fans were mouthing the lyrics and going air guitarist as the trailer played. The people who had put together the piece should be proud and some fans were cited saying that it fell in line with Guardians of the Galaxy’s Vol. 2’s musical mantra, with similar pastel colors and a space opera feel. And why not? After…

AMC’s The Walking Dead is going strong – though its had a drop in viewership according to many sources. BGR reported a season three popularity equivalent and there was a surge in viewers that reached 20.8 million during the season seven premiere where Negan made his debut, according to Coming Soon. The Walking Dead Bandwagon The psychology about all this is interesting, because I can tie this surge in popularity of the season seven premiere to that of those who only watch football when the Superbowl is on, most of which who just stick around for the funny commercials and…

Deadpool 2 Cable casting buzz has been going around like wildflowers these past few days. All of which included the recently rumored Brad Pitt in the running and now the recently reported Man of Steels/Batman v. Superman’s Michael Shannon. Boss Logic, Inc. had put together an amazing concept art piece for ComicBook.com entailing Shannon as the futuristic X-Man, Cable. If scheduling doesn’t get in the way, fans may see that this look could work for the former General Zod actor. https://www.facebook.com/BossLogicInc/photos/a.500038631922.275862.150694751922/10154172758131923/?type=3&theater From the look of the art work, he seems to be represented as more of a machine than a…

From General Zod to a frontrunner to play Cable in Deadpool 2? Now that’s going to blow some minds and some may find it quite appealing to find out that Michael Shannon is in the running to play the future X-Man in the Marvel sequel. Especially since he played a futuristic bad guy in Man of Steel as Shannon has made for himself to a pretty good performance in the DC Comics flick. According to sources with The Hollywood Reporter, Shannon is considered at the top of the list of actors up for the role that plays alongside Ryan Reynolds. Stranger…

The Batman movie which was suppose to been helmed by Ben Affleck is likely going into another delay. Justin Kroll of Variety said that we’ll likely not be seeing the film start production until 2018. The aforementioned year was thought to have been the film’s release date, but then later it was long thought not likely to be the case. Now there’s a shift which may likely put the debut in 2019. https://twitter.com/krolljvar/status/841772193558142977 There has been a lot of hem-hawing regarding this Batman solo movie. Warner Bros. has been quite erratic with production dates and the erratic decisions involving the helming…

The Iron Man mantle has been passed on to Riri Williams, a young African-American woman depicted in the comics as an M.I.T. student who had built her own Iron Man suit in the dormitories. Now a fan film was created based on the seeding of said story inspired by Invincible Iron Man No. 7. The new “Iron Man” was named IronHeart. You have to say, the cast and crew went all out filming this storyline with actress Ayomide F. portraying Riri. The short film was entitled “Not All Heroes Wear Capes—But Some Carry Tubes.” The flick also had a throwback soundtrack…