Lots of geek news covering new trailers from Logan and Power Rangers, the Star Wars Episode VIII title, The Rock as Black Adam, casting for Hal Jordan in the Green Lantern Corps., superhero movie Oscar nominations, Black Panther synopsis and more! Imran, Anthony and Rugboy discuss video essays about the DCEU character problem, The Joker from The Dark Knight and Godzilla's roots. Plus, listener email and audio celebrating the 150th episode of the Jock and Nerd Podcast!

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• David Molofsky - A Place To Hang Your Cape
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• Mr. Throwback Thursday Podcast
• Mr. AntiHero
• Kate Amutazzo - See, Here's The Thing Podcast
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[00:06:19] News Links

• SHAZAM Becomes Two Movies As Dwayne Johnson's BLACK ADAM Gets His Own Solo Outing
• Report: Green Lantern Corps Eyes Reynolds, Cruise and More
• Is X-MEN Star James Marsden Also Being Eyed For Hal Jordan Role In GREEN LANTERN CORPS?
• Ayer Would Make The Joker the Main Suicide Squad Villain If He Could Do It Again
• 2017 Oscar Nominations
• The Flash Script to Get a Page-One Rewrite
• FOX - Logan Red Band Final trailer
• This X-Men Artist Drew The X-Comic Featured In The Logan Trailer
• 5 Huge LOGAN Reveals From James Mangold About The Trailer And The Movie's First 40 Minutes
• EXCLUSIVE: Avengers: Infinity War Production Designer Teases Many, Many New Worlds
• ‘Avengers: Infinity War: Part 1 And 2’ Movie Info Leaked — Thanos Has ‘Loyal Followers’ And Peter Dinklage Role Revealed? [Rumors]
• Black Panther Gets A New Logo As Filming Begins
• New Black Panther Synopsis Released by Marvel Studios
• Miles Morales Will Headline Sony's Animated Spider-Man Film
• Thanos Creator Reveals How Much DC Entertainment Pays For Characters Versus Marvel Studios
• POWER RANGERS Trailer 2 (2017)
• Who Is the 'Last Jedi' in the New 'Star Wars' Title?
• The Terminator Will Be Back Thanks to James Cameron and Tim Miller
• Marvel’s Iron Fist Directors, Episode Titles Revealed
• Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Directed An Episode of Netflix's Iron Fist
• New X-Men series plot details emerge as FOX orders a pilot
• X-Men TV Pilot To Be Directed by Bryan Singer
• The stunning reason why the NY Times eliminated comics-related bestseller lists

[01:23:50] Video Essays Discussion

• Dc Films Character Problem
• The Dark Knight — Creating the Ultimate Antagonist
• Godzilla - The Soul of Japan
• Anne Hathaway Plays a City-Crushing Kaiju in the First Trailer for Colossal
• The Godzilla & King Kong Universe Finally has A Name

[01:48:15] Mailbag

• Jimmy The Geek
• Kate from See, Here's The Thing

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