Originally Recorded January 9, 2011.

The Jerk Store Called and they said they’re tired of waiting for me to upload this podcast! Zac kicks off the new year of Powetcasts with aDam, Crazy, and Sindra. Terminator, Fringe, and Matty Collector are NOT topics this week. We do get into some Zombies, Sailor Moon, and Pokemon.

This week’s music is The Flaming Lips And Stardeath And White Dwarfs With Henry Rollins And Peaches Doing Dark Side Of The Moon

Direct Link: Powetcast 47: Delayed Reaction

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Batgirl has been a staple of the Batman mythos for decades, much like Much like Robin, the boy/girl wonder — though for not quite as long. The one near-constant of this title is that the girl in question usually ends up as the current Robin’s girlfriend. That might not be so bad, except the role sentences the unsuspecting Batgirl a slew of terrible fates (in no particular order): being shot, paralyzed, raped, tortured to (apparent) death, and even wiped out of existence. Mostly.

Regardless, I’m sure fans everywhere remember when the very first Bat-Girl, Betty Kane, burst onto the scene with her red, green, and gold outfit.

…bwuh??

Read on to see more about Batwoman’s sidekick, and her not-quite-as-long-as-Robin line of unhyphenated successors.
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Marvel.com had news that Rhys Ifans will be joining the cast of the forthcoming Spider-man film from Sony. He will be playing the part of the villain, but it is not clear just who that is currently. You may remember Rhys as the kicker from the Replacements among many other films.

From the article:

The filmmakers prefer to not reveal which character Ifans will be playing in the forthcoming film.

Webb added, “What sets the Spider-Man villains apart is the complexity of their relationships with Peter Parker. Rhys’ incredible ability to embody both warmth and rage makes him the ideal choice for this character.”

Based on this clue, I’m taking a wild stab in the dark and calling that the villain is going to be one Dr. Curt Connors. Have a guess of your own? Leave it in the comments below!

Here’s the current line-up for who’s on board with this film so far:
Spider-Man/Peter Parker: Andrew Garfield
Gwen Stacy: Emma Stone
Villain: Rhys Ifans
Screenplay: James Vanderbilt
Director: Marc Webb (punny Webb of Spider-man jokes go here)
Producers: Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin

The film is expected to start production in December and release to audiences on July 3rd, 2012.

TV premieres galore! Plus DC ends Wildstorm, and your dreams.

Direct Link: Powetcast 41: Stealing 40 Cakes (and Your Heart)

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Holy San Diego Comic-Con info dump, Batman! With so much news about Marvel and DC’s upcoming movie and TV projects, it’s almost hard to forget that this weekend also saw the Season 5 Finale of Doctor Who on BBC America, some great Dragon Age announcement, and more!

Direct Link: Powetcast 38: King of the SDCC Castle

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(What was your favorite SDCC news? Excited for Dragon Age II? Leave your thoughts below!)

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Since the alphabet is the building block of our language, the Powet Alphabet is the building block of what makes us geeks.

What do geeks like even more than our geeky pleasures? Seeing those geeky pleasures mashed together into incomprehensible new shapes, with ourselves in the middle of this new, geek-love sandwich of awesome. The fact that these things may not exist in the same “universe” (or owned by the same company) is hardly an issue! Pun intended.

Titillated? Read on!

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King Koopa is Dead; Long Live the King. We talk about Season and Series finales, comics made into movies, games made into movies, comics made into games (and back into comics). Waiting for our LOST thoughts! They’re coming in a special Cool Beans! Listen on, dear Poweteers.

Direct Link: Powetcast 34: Long Live President Koopa

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(Did you even SEE the Super Mario Bros. Movie. Mario Mario and Luigi Mario? What’s THAT all about? Leave your thoughts below!)

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Not fighting Aliens. Well, they do fight aliens if you consider the humans on a world not their own are technically aliens.
Also, Robert Rodriguez, famous for directing Shorts and Spy Kids, is not the director of this movie. His name is all over it because you’ve never heard of Nimród Antal.
I’m not sure this series needed a reboot. If anything, I was kinda hoping the AvP series would go direct to video and we’d start seeing some rubber suits and Gary Busey in a new one. Leave it to sci-fi horror fans to take stuff too seriously…