Poptic Nerve

Welcome to the all-new Pop Optics Podcast featuring yours unruly,  Stalks with a One-on-One conversation with special guest Justin M. aka “Optimus Stump” or “Stumpy” if you’re nasty. We discuss topics such as the squandering of the Hasbro cinematic Universe, Transformers x G.I. Joe, 80’s cartoons and so much more.

So now that Amazon Studios bought MGM from Sony, what's the first thing they have planned? Well, make Reboots from their newfound franchise films from the 80's of course! Starting with an obscure but cult favorite Roadhouse featuring the late Patrick Swayze, but in this Joel Silver remake, there’s a jacked Jake Gyllenhaal as Dalton a drifter with mixed martial arts training who is hired as a bouncer for you guessed-"The Roadhouse.: Our protagonist Dalton has a checkered past which judging from the flashbacks you can do the math of why he became this "humanitarian" after administering beat downs. But how long will it take for him to lose his cool, when facing a group of shitstirring thugs asThe Roadhouse is constantly visited by   troublemakers who harass customers while wrecking the establishment.  This movie reminds me of that old G.I. Joe episode where Cobra hires biker thugs to terrorize Roadblock's family until they sale their diner which could be used as

So now that the anticipated X-Men Revival series has made its debut this week, I thought I’d express my overall opinions based on the first two episodes I watched last week. This isn't necessarily a review but there be spoilers, matey! The events of this series continue to follow through with the 90's timeline however, situations have been slightly altered. Instead of Charles Xavier living out his existence with Lilandra of the Sh'air the revivals storyline deals with the aftermath of his assassination by former NSA Henry Gyrich and while this death brought about sympathy for mutantkind, there is still opposition caused by Friends of Humanity or "FOH " for short who kidnap a Mutant teen Roberto for "target practice " until the X-Men arrive to save the day. The plot gains more traction as the Team tracks down FOH's retrofitted weapons salvaged from the Sentinels. After a big encounter with the giant automatons, the first episode wraps up with a not so

Alex Proyas director of Dark City and 1994's The Crow starring the late Brandon Lee, has always been consistent when voicing his opinions against rebooting the original cult classic since there were rumors in 2017 that Jason Mamoa would reprise the role that the son of Martial arts legend  Bruce Lee, established: “I finished the film for Brandon – struggling through grief, along with the hugely supportive cast & crew who all loved Brandon, to complete it in his absence,” Proyas wrote. “We were imbued with the strength of Brandon’s spirit and his inspiration. Not only Brandon’s wonderful work as an actor and a film-maker, but as a man, whose humanity had touched us.” "I really don’t get any joy from seeing negativity about any fellow filmmakers work. And I’m certain the cast and crew really had all good intentions, as we all do on any film. So it pains me to say any more on this topic, but I think the fan’s response speaks volumes.” Proyas posted on Facebook a few days ago,

Disclaimer: The comments and opinions expressed therein by Sky and Ollie do not reflect Poptic Nerve it is a work of satire, but in bad taste. So for those of you easily triggered, I can recommend Birth Movies Death...oh, wait. ! Ahem without further ado,  I present Sky and Ollie After the Oscar's! *Audience cheers* Sky: So, Ollie, what do you think of our featured masthead pic that was generated by A.I.? Ollie:  I can barely see any resemblance between us, WTF is this shit? Sky: I hear its all the rage for people too lazy to come up with original ideas, art or scripts in the case of Hollywood. Ollie And that explains both the SAGAFRA, and the WGA strikes respectively. They say it’s the “Great replacer” and so far, it’s gaining momentum.  Sky: So, do you feel that Artificial Intelligence is needed when handling screenplays? Ollie: If it can prevent shitty storytelling and dialog like Madame Web and a few of those Comicbook movies, fuck yeah, I’m all for it. Sky: Well, don’t embrac

Now this news apparently came from out of nowhere. With one week till the highly anticipated X-Men Revival series makes its debut, it was announced that Writer and Producer Beau DeMayo, who was also the series' Showrunner has been fired by Marvel Studios weeks before its premiere. Marvel provided no reason of why ties were severed between the Comic based studio and DeMayo as the showrunner's Instagram account and company email have been deactivated and deleted respectively. Prior to his dismissal DeMayo was embroiled in a bit of controversy which began when changing Sunfire's ethnic background and of course his original premise for the upcoming Blade project which centered around three Women with Blade relegated as the fourth lead in his own movie?? This implementation frustrated actor Marshella Ali who threatened to bail out of the project, causing several script revisions.  DeMayo who was a fan of the original X-Men animated series, claims to identify with the characters