Fourth Wall Weekly #15 – Media

Media

We dive right into another Media podcast with a quick review of 21, then we highlight the week’s big releases in theaters. Danny and Art review the latest X-Files Film and pretty everything X-Files in general, while Fred and Jess tackle the new comedy on the block, Step Brothers. Apologies for running late. We’ll be back at full speed for next week’s sweet sixteen!

DVD

What’s Out on DVD:

• 21[00:34]
• SPACED: The Complete Series [02:05]
• Masters of Horror: Season 2 [03:47]
• Mummy Series on Blue Ray [04:40]
• Next Week’s Releases Included: Dark City: Director’s Cut, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, War Games, etc. [05:03]

GAMES

• Soul Calibur IV [06:02]

• Resident Evil: Degeneration [07:29]

FILM

News:

• Netflix has Sundance (live-action and animated) shorts [08:44]

This Week’s Big Release:

• The X-Files: I Want to Believe [09:48]

Other Mainstream Releases:

• Step Brothers [22:18]

Other Media:

• Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog [30:05]

Comic-Con News:

• Punisher: War Zone [31:28]
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine [34:23]

Fourth Wall Weekly #15 – Comics

Comics

We’re in our respective homes this week but you know where we wish we were: San Diego for Comic Con. Oh well… To combat this, we’ve brought some guests from our favorite comic shop in all the land, A Comic Shop in Winter Park, FL. That’s right, the boys behind the counter, Dan and Aaron, join us this week to report on Comic-Con news and give their two cents on the comics in the respective stacks.

COMICS

Mainstream Weekly :

• Uncanny X-Men #500 [00:57]
• Green Lantern Corps #26 [5:04]
• Gotham After Midnight #3 (of 12) [7:52]
• Joker’s Asylum Scarecrow #1 (4 of 5) [10:33]
• Robin #175 [13:33]
• Two-Face Year One #1 (of 2) [21:02]
• Ultimate X-Men #96 [31:14]

On The Invasion Front :

• New Avengers #43 [26:46]
• Skrulls! #1 [29:12]
• Avengers: The Initiative #15 [29:49]

Independents Day:

• Black Summer #7 (of 7) [33:08]
• The Straw Men #1 (of 12) [41:48]
• War Heroes #1 (of 6) [43:54]

News:

• Comic-Con News [36:51]

Trade Show:

• Scud The Disposable Assassin: The Whole Shebang [46:10]

Next Week:

• Wolverine #67
• Jokers Asylum Two Face #1
• Black Panther #39
• newuniversal 1959 #1
• Green Lantern #33
• Ultimate Spider-Man #124
• Wolverine #67
• Fantastic Four True Story #1

Fourth Wall Weekly #14 – Media

MEDIA

July 20, 2008

DVD

What’s Out This Week:

[00:34] The boys place their witty commentary on the following releases:

• The Bank Job
• College Road Trip
• Penelope
• Hip-Hop For Kids
• Step Up 2 The Streets
• SECRETARY Re-Release
• ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST Blu-Ray
• Birds of Prey: The Live Action Series
• Batman: The Animated Series – Complete Series Release Details

Trailers:

[15:57] For our new (I can’t believe I’m about to write this) “Cock-Tease” section, we talk on the following trailers:

• Watchmen
• Harry Potter
• Quarantine

GAMES

[29:12] Jesse brings us news on E3

TV

[40:20] Fred and Art review this week’s Fear Itself episode entitled “New Year’s Day” co-written by Steve Niles.

[44:16] While Jesse and Art shower the creative team of The Wire (David Simon & Ed Burns) with praises on their new mini-series, Generation Kill.

FILM

This Week’s Big Release:

[49:40] The Dark Knight

Wrapping Up:

[1:04:07] The show ends Danny Leary’s Kick-Ass Update on the Kick-Ass imdb page as we fade out…

Fourth Wall Weekly #14 – Comic Books

The gang’s all here for the usual shenanigans:

COMICS

Mainstream Weekly :

MARVEL

• Captain America #40 [01:05]
• Ghost Rider #25 [04:16]
• Marvel 1985 #3 (of 6) [07:51]
• Omega The Unknown #10 (of 10) [32:34]

  DC

• Final Crisis Rogues Revenge #1 (of 3) [23:04]
• Jokers Asylum Poison Ivy #1 (One Shot) [26:36]

On The Invasion Front :

• Mighty Avengers #16 (Secret Invasion Tie-In) [16:10]

Independents Day:

• Spike: After the Fall #1 (of 4) & Angel: After the Fall TP [41:04]
• Screamland #5 (of 5) [45:52]

Wrapping Up:

• Freddie’s tease of a review of Gantz: the manga [48:39]

• What’s ahead for Next Week with: Gotham After Midnight #3, Green Lantern Corps #26, New Avengers #43, Skrulls! #1, Thunderbolts #122, and Uncanny X-Men #500 [49:40]

Fourth Wall Special Edition – Batman Retrospective

On the eve of the midnight screenings of The Dark Knight, Fourth Wall members Jesse, Freddie, Art, Danny, Seth and Dan take a look back at the Batman film series:

Fourth Wall Weekly #13 – Media

MEDIA

DVD
Spotlight Release:
· [01:21] Batman – Gotham Knight

Mainstream Releases:
· [13:23] The Ruins – Unrated
· [16:57] Shutter (Unrated)

GAMES
· [24:07] E3 News

FILM
This Week’s Big Release:
· [27:34] Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Movie News:
· [38:04] Iron Man
· [38:47] The Goon
· [39:33] Sherlock Holmes
· [40:26] Dark Knight

Fourth Wall Weekly #13 – Comic Books

Here’s the geeky goodness:

Comics

Mainstream Weekly:

Marvel
· [00:58] Secret Invasion #4
· [10:35] Ultimate Origins #2
· [16:42] Captain America White #0
DC
· [21:36] Action Comics #867
· [26:18] Final Crisis – Requiem #1
· [30:20] Detective Comics #846
· [34:46] Batman Confidential #19
· [37:06] Jokers Asylum – Joker & The Penguin #1

Independents Day:

· [41:44] Wolfskin Annual #1
· [43:04] Dead She Said #2

Fourth Wall Special Edition – Brian Reed Interview

Thanks to the great guys over at A Comic Shop in Winter Park, Florida, we got the chance to chat with comic book writer Brian Reed. (Ultimate Spider-man game, New Avengers: Illuminati, Spider-Woman, Ms. Marvel, The Circle, Red Sonja and Secret invasion Front line)

Once again, we would like to thank Brain for being really cool and taking time out to answer our questions.

Fourth Wall Weekly #12 – Media

Media

This week we talked about the following:

Spotlight DVD Release:

• Vantage Point [00:47]

In Limited Release:

• My Blueberry Nights [04:46]
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters [07:18]

Movie News:

• Some news about Keanu Reeves including Point Blank on Blu-Ray, plus The Day The Earth Stood Still Trailer [12:32]

• Mark Millar wants to revamp the Superman franchise [16:46]
• Quantum of Solace trailer review [20:26]

FILM

Major Film Releases:

• Hancock [21:20]

Limited Releases:

• Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson [30:40]

Other Topics:

• Angry Video Game Nerd vs. Nostalgia Critic [31:39]

GAMES

Guitar Hero:

• On Tour (DS) & Aerosmith (360, PS3, Wii) [40:22]

WRAPPING UP:

• Next weeks news, including The Future is Unwritten, Batman: Gotham Knight, and more info on the Special Edition Batman: Retrospective podcast. [49:00]

Fourth Wall Weekly #12 – Comic Books

COMICS

Mainstream Weekly:

DC

• Batman #678 [00:45]
• Billy Batson: The Magic of SHAZAM #1 [09:57]

Marvel

• Astonishing X-Men #25 [16:54]

On The Invasion Front:

• Secret Invasion Front Line #1 (of 5) [22:56]

Independent States:

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer #16 [29:23]
• Angel After The Fall #10 [35:11]

Trade Show:

• Superman: Lost Son [37:58]

WRAPPING UP:

• We talk about what’s to come in the weeks ahead: like the upcoming Brian Reed interview and Aaron from A Comic Shop chiming in on Secret Invasion #4. Plus a few of the fourth wall members are going to review the first five Batman movies in honor of the new Dark Knight film. [39:33]