Reel Nsight Episode 132 The Avengers Age of Ultron

Episode Guide

• Introduction
  • U.S. Release Date - May 1, 2015
  • Summary - When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it's up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans.
  • IMDb Profile
  • Wikipedia
  • Rotten Tomatoes - 75%
• Insight
  • Wait those aren’t the X-Men
  • X-Men Days of Memories Past
  • So would you say there are no strings attached
  • In peacetime, why not be a superhero construction crew?
• Summary
  • When your villain has the emotional state of Jubilee and your anti-villain looks like Magneto, what could go wrong?
  • Reel Score - 90%
  • Positive(s)
    • Color scheme of X-Men meets Man of Steel
  • Negative(s)
    • The only way to top an army of Iron Men is an evil army of Iron Men

Contact

• E-Mail Me
• Twitter - @pateln01
• Voicemail - (714)451-6574
• Online Contact Form
• Support Geek I/O via our very special sponsors!
• Support Geek I/O on Patreon!
• HeadphonesNeil Amazon Author Profile

Reel Nsight Episode 119 Agent Carter s01ep01 & ep02

Introduction

• U.S. Air Date - January, 2015
• Summary - In 1946, Peggy Carter is relegated to secretarial duties in the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR). When Howard Stark is accused of treason, he secretly recruits Peggy to clear his name with the help of his butler, Edwin Jarvis.
• Episode 1 - Pilot - In 1946, Peggy Carter is now a secretary for the Strategic Scientific Reserve. Howard Stark asks her for help when the country believes that he is selling deadly weapons to their enemies.
• Episode 2 - Bridge and Tunnel - Howard Stark's deadliest weapon has fallen into enemy hands, and only Agent Carter can recover it. But can she do so before her undercover mission is discovered by SSR Chief Dooley and Agent Thompson?
• IMDb Profile
• Wikipedia

Insight

• The Cones of Silence never worked because Bell crossed the wires
• If clothes are the limit,  why not detect clothes composition?
• Does that vocabulator have other voice options?
• Lobster sound effects when celery isn’t available?

Summary

• SSR with hubris is actually Standard Security Response
• Reel Score - 100%
• Positive(s)
  • Howard Stark
  • Captain America’s radio hour
• Negative(s)
  • The least secret secret agency building ever

Contact

• E-Mail Me
• Twitter - @pateln01
• Voicemail - (714)451-6574
• Online Contact Form
• Support Geek I/O on Patreon!
• HeadphonesNeil Amazon Author Profile

Sponsors

• TweakedAudio - Use the promo code 'geek' to get 1/3 off your brand new headphones today!
• TeeFury - Visit TeeFury for all your t-shirt needs!
• ThinkGeek - Visit ThinkGeek for all your nerdy and geeky toy and appearal needs!
• ProXPN - Use promo code 'geek20' to get 20% off their low rates and start browsing the web securely and safely today!
• Puget Systems - Use Puget Systems to get your custom build computer build today for whatever your needs may be!

Reel Nsight Episode 105 Agents of SHIELD s02ep01 Shadows

Introduction

• U.S. Air Date - September 23, 2014
• Synopsis - Carl Creel is sent after an item that was stolen from Hydra during WWII. Fitz tries to cope with his mental issues.
• IMDb Profile
• Wikipedia

Insight

• It's always a party because a SHIELD party's got fly...toys…
• Wouldn’t Talbot be better served going after mutants while Trask goes after Hydra?
• Why didn’t anyone ask about the different naming schema when Dr. Jones went looking for the crystal skull?
• If Simmons can finish Fitz’s sentences, shouldn’t she stick around to help him finish the projects...

Summary

• I’ll just absorb these bullets and become bulletproof
• Reel Score - 90%
• Positive(s)
  • Degradation of Ward and Fitz
  • Difficulties of the new SHIELD as recap of the end of Season 1
• Negative(s)
  • Dr. Whitehall is still alive and no one knows about it

Direct Download

E-Mail Me

Online Contact Form

Support Geek I/O on Patreon!

HeadphonesNeil Amazon Author Profile

Reel Digest - September 2014

Headlines

Action

• Image Entertainment to bring TV series based on Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

Children

• Shigeru Miyamoto to create short films based on Pikmin

Comedy

• Steve Carell signed on to star in Looney Tunes movie

• Halle Berry working on medical comedy coming to CBS

• Lionsgate to release ‘Now You See Me 2’ and ‘Dirty Grandpa’ in 2015

• Deal or No Deal to return in 2015

• John Mulaney to get special starting October 5

• Vince Vaughn to star in political comedy called The Politician

• Adam Levine to produce comedy about his life as musician - Kids in America

• Darrell Hammond to be next announcer for Saturday Night Live

Drama

• Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe to star in The Nice Guys - to release in 2016

• Morgan Freeman to star as Ildarin in Ben Hur remake

• BBC One to release 6 part mini-series based on Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie

Sci-Fi / Horror

• Saw to return to theaters October 31 for 10th anniversary

• Content Films acquired rights to 400 Days - a film about a simulated space trip that may not be simulated

• Ridley Scott to produce Philip K Dick novel ‘The Man In The High Castle’

• The Walking Dead companion show coming to AMC

• X-Men Apocalypse to film in Montreal

• Michael Bay to direct film based on Cosmic Motors

• Amazon working on pilot for The Tick

• Tom Hiddleston to star in next King Kong film

• Deadpool film to release in 2016

• J.J. Abrams to direct Hulu series based on Stephen King novel 11/22/63

• Max Borenstein to script Godzilla sequel

• Screen Gems buys Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for US distribution (adds Lena Headey and Charles Dance to the cast)

• SyFy renews Dominion for 2nd season and Defiance for 3rd season

• Jupiter Ascending with Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis to release February 6, 2015

Rumors

• Underworld franchise may get rebooted with Lakeshore Entertainment

• Martin Scorsese to make biopic about the Ramones

• Pirates of the Caribbean 5 may start filming in 2015 in Australia

• Terminator Genisys to get sequels in 2017 and 2018

• Stan Lee confirms movie for Black Panther

• James McAvoy to go as bald Professor X in X-Men Apocalypse

• Sylvester Stallone to direct new Rambo movie

• Teen Titans to release as live action show on TNT

• Next James Bond film to start filming December 2014

Reel Nsight Episode 98 Guardians of the Galaxy

Introduction 

• U.S. Release Date - August 1, 2014 
• Tagline(s) - You're welcome 
• Synopsis - Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser. 
• IMDb Profile
• Wikipedia
• Rotten Tomatoes - 92%

Insight 

• Rocky is just a verbose Riddick. 
• Knowhere is a terrible subsidiary name for Cloud City. 
• Nova Corp. Filling your atmospheric band-aid needs in any situation. 
• It sure is easy to trick reborn zombie Meryl. 

Summary 

• Han Solo, Starfox, and She-Hulk walk into a room 
• Reel Score - A 
• Positive(s) 
  • Lighter version of Star Wars
  • Star Trek for the Marvel universe 
• Negative(s) 
  • Weird close up angle of Thanos when talking to Ronan over the space video phone.

Direct Download

E-Mail Me

Online Contact Form

Support Geek I/O on Patreon!

HeadphonesNeil Amazon Author Profile

[Sponsor - TweakedAudio] Use promo code 'geek' to get 1/3 off your brand new noise reducing headphones to listen to your own awesome mix in style!

Reel Nsight Episode 75 The Wolverine

Introduction

• U.S. Release Date - July 26, 2013
• Tagline(s)
• When he's most vulnerable, he's most dangerous.
• The hero. The fugitive. The warrior. The survivor. The legend.
• The fight of his life will be for his own.
• When enemies rise... when immortality ends... the ultimate battle begins.
• Synopsis - When Wolverine is summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, he is embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons.
• IMDb
• Wikipedia
• Rotten Tomatoes - 69%

Insight

• Wolverine is the only person who can sanely live on Shutter Island.
• I think Yashida was competing for medical pod in Prometheus and used himself as the template.
• Lakes provide Wolverine the information he needs, not what he wants.
• I'm gonna ride this Harley to the gates so they know I'm coming and walk in so they take me to the right floor.
• Inception was in fact a scheme by Yashida to become the Silver Samurai.

Summary

• The Wolverine: Rebirth would have been a more appropriate title.
• Reel Score - D
• Positive(s)
  • Fight sequence with Silver Samurai
  • Magneto airport scene in end credits
• Negative(s)
  • Ninja flick with the Wolverine
  • No obvious relationship with X-Men movies (original cast or first class)*

Direct Download

E-Mail me or fill out our online contact form!

Support Geek I/O on Patreon!

[Sponsor - TweakedAudio] Use promo code 'geek' to get 1/3 off a pair of headphones to suit your style today!

HeadphonesNeil Amazon Author Profile

Simply use my Amazon link when shopping to support my content!