This week in Nerd is a look back at the Pop Culture events and Nerdy News from the previous week.  This Week in Nerd is hosted by Troy Stegner of Zia Comics/Talk Nerdy to Me.

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All the Nerdy News that is fit to know for Friday!

MOVIES

Captain Marvel trailer has most views in 24 hours for a Marvel movie
Disney announces Star Wars movie slow-down

TV

Alan Tudyk to star in Resident Alien series
Michael B Jordan to portray John Clark in Tom Clancy series
Star Trek: Short Treks coming to CBS All Access
Kristen Bell to portray title character in Hulu’s Veronica Mars
Jordan Peele will be host on new Twilight Zone
Stargirl cast Brec Bessinger as title character on DCU Streaming
Daredevil season 3 out on October 19th on Netflix
Big Mouth season 2 premieres October 5th on Netflix

COMICS

James Bond 007 #1 to feature Oddjob
Batman: Damned #1 second printing will edit out Bat-penis

COLLECTIBLES

Diamond Select’s Marvel Premier Venom Statue Returns
Ragnarok Gladiator Hulk 1/6 scale action figure from Hot Toys
Psylocke Premium Format figure by Sideshow Collectibles
HBO & Funko will have pop-up shops in Manhattan during NYCC

GAMES

Sony is getting out of hand-held game market
PS4 Spider-man sold 3.3 million copies in first 3 days

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Marvel used their movies to build up to the big confrontation in Avengers Infinity War. They teased Thanos here and there throughout their other movies so that when he made his big appearance in Infinity War, most people already knew all about him and what a big threat he is.

We are hoping that Marvel starts building up to another of their epic stories after the Thanos situation is resolved in Avengers Infinity War part 2. They have plenty of great line wide story arcs that would translate nicely to the big screen.

Another thing we are hoping for is to start seeing more crossover between the movies and TV shows. Cross your fingers!

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All the Nerdy News that is fit to know for Thursday!

MOVIES

Bruce Greenwood cast in “Doctor Sleep”
Ryan Coogler will produce Space Jam 2
Aubrey Plaza cast in “Child’s Play” reboot

TV

Walking Dead planning movies and spin-offs

COMICS

Garfield gets a reality show in “Garfield: TV or not TV #1”
“Cheryl Blossom” and “Go-Bots” will release on Local Comic Shop Day
Carol Danvers origin retconned in “Life of Captain Marvel”
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” moving to Boom Studios
Wolverine’s healing power not quite right in “Return of Wolverine #1”
Dark Horse to publish “Berserk” hard cover deluxe editions
Lex Luthor makes a deal with Batman Who Laughs

COLLECTIBLES

Lego has Star Wars Advent Calendar

GAMES

Sony Playstation Classic will be out December 3rd

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All the Nerdy News that is fit to know on this Thursday.

MOVIES

Incredibles 2 short “Auntie Edna” will detail the night she babysat Jack-Jack
Doom reboot will not have Spider-demon
Captain Marvel will show origin and introduce Monica Rambeau

TV

House of Cards teaser reveals Frank Underwood is dead
Timothy Dalton will be Chief, Dr. Niles, on Doom Patrol

COMICS

Guardians of the Galaxy reboot will have lots of cosmic characters
William Stryker back as X-men villain
Marvel introduces Old Man Punisher
Avengers #7 gives origin of first Ghost Rider and Wendigo
Lobo is Crush’s dad, but who is her mom?
Artgerm hid easter eggs in Catwoman cover

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This is our individual list of top 5 most anticipated upcoming comic book movies.

Jack must have not slept well because he was very cynical of most of the upcoming movies. On the other hand, I enjoyed Green Lantern and the Ben Affleck Daredevil movie. Keep this in mind when going over our lists.

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Jack and Troy from ZiaComics.com get all geeky about the new Marvel storyline, Civil War II.

In the first Civil War series, The point of contention was the Superhero/Mutant Registration Act.  For those who aren’t familiar with that story-line, The government wanted all those with mutant powers to register with them.  The government wanted to regulate mutant activity to prevent another disaster occurring as a result of a superhero accident or misuse of power.  Some mutants disagreed with the Act and refused to register.  The Civil War was the pro-registration mutants fighting the anti-registration mutants.

** Warning, spoilers may appear below **

Civil War II is centered around the idea of free will.  An Ohio State University student named Ulysses comes in contact with Terrigen mist.  The mist gives him powers of precognition (like the 3 pre-cogs in the movie Minority Report).  One group of mutants led by Captain Marvel’s includes Captain America (Steve Rogers), War Machine, Spider-Man, Vision, Medusa, Blue Marvel, Winter Soldier, Spectrum, She-Hulk, Hawkeye, and Ant-Man (Scott Lang) wants to use Ulysses to determine crimes and give out punishment BEFORE the actual crime is committed.

A second group of mutants led by Iron Man with teammates Captain America (Sam Wilson), Thor (Jane Foster), Black Panther, Star-Lord, Luke Cage, Hercules, Miss America, Daredevil, Black Widow, Hulk (Amadeus Cho), and Deadpool believes your fate is not pre-determined and punishment cannot be given before a crime.

Ulysses has a precognition about Thanos causing trouble.  War Machine and She-Hulk attempt ambush Thanos.  During the fight Thanos kills War Machine and critically wounds She-Hulk.  Iron Man vows to never let this happen again and kidnaps Ulysses.   In response the Inhumans attack Stark Tower but are stopped by the Avengers. To avoid further incident they agree to confront Iron Man together at the secret facility where he has been running tests on Ulysses.

During the confrontation, Ulysses has a vision of Hulk killing the Avengers. Later, former Hulk Bruce Banner is approached by Captain Marvel at his laboratory outside Alpine, Utah.

All of this is in the first two issues.  It appears Marvel is taking this story-line seriously.  They have already offed fan favorite War Machine and it appears She-Hulk may be following him.  Civil War II so far is an all out brawl with both sides believing deeply that they are right.  If you like story arcs that make you stop and think whose side you’d be on, this is for you.  Some serious thought went into me choosing to side with Iron Man.

I don’t believe a crime can be punished if it is not committed.  There is a strong argument about stopping death/catastrophe if possible as well.  Whose side are you on?

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