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  • New York Comic-Con '23, Dragon Ball Daima; Activision-Blizzard Deal Done | NRC 76

    Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-Sixth episode, New York Comic-Con happened, and with it, a ton of announcements were made in the world of Pop-Culture!


    First and foremost, Marvel unveiled their next big thing panel with big event comics and status quo changing storylines such as Marvel's Blood Hunt and FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X/RISE OF THE POWERS OF X that will signal the end of the Krakoan Era of X-Men that started back in 2019 to presumably go back to the mansion and thus ending my tenure reading X-Men Books.


    Comics in the '90s had a seismic shift when superstar artists left Marvel to form Image Comics. Now, in the 2020s, a new endeavor has begun as DC and Marvel lose prominent writers and artists who collectively come together to create GHOST MACHINE, a creator-owned multi-media company in partnership with Image to launch a multiverse of stories by talent such as Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Brad Meltzer, and many others.


    Dragon Ball Daima is the next phase in the Dragon Ball franchise, launching in Fall 2024, that will continue the adventures of Son Goku and Friends as kids! A Redemption of sorts for DBGT?


    And finally, after a year and a half, Microsoft has completed the Activision-Blizzard acquisition, and Bobby Kotick is set to leave with his golden parachute at the end of the year. Welcome to Xbox, hope you survive the experience. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!


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    43 min
  • Xbox Email Leaks, WGA Strike Ends with New Deal; Star Wars: Eclipse | NRC 75

    75th Episode Milestone! Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-Fifth episode, New Logo and some memes as we cover the massive Xbox Email/Court Document leak, featuring info about mid-gen refresh consoles, new plans for the successor of the XSX and XSS, and plans for big games such as Elder Scrolls along with a desire to obtain Nintendo that came out along with an update with the silent Star Wars Eclipse. After over 100 days of protesting for better conditions, provisions, and protection against the usage of Artificial intelligence in the Hollywood Machine, despite The Hollywood Elites' efforts to break the strike and get deals on their terms, they have capitulated; however, the battle isn't over yet as The Actors continue to fight. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!


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    45 min
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic, Volition Shuts Down After 30 Years; Final Fantasy XVI DLC Plan | NRC 74

    Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-Fourth episode, The Old Republic becomes more and more canon as Disney has given an official synopsis of this era in the Star Wars Universe. After 30+ years of gaming content, Volition has been shut down by the embracer group, despite recent reports of Publisher involvement in the development of the Saint’s Row Reboot that led to their demise. Final Fantasy XVI, the game that had catastrophically devalued Square Enix due to their insane expectations on the sales and past actions over the last few years, is also penned to have two priced DLC in their new revised plan after the game was initially not set to have those in the cards! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!


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    41 min
  • NRC Episode Seventy-Three: Secret Invasion AI Opening, Superman: Legacy Casted, Xbox Defeats FTC

    Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-Third episode, Secret Invasion happened, and I didn’t watch it, not only because of Superhero Media Burnout but because the opening intro was made from Artificial Intelligence, which is one of the reasons the Hollywood Strike of 2023 even happened in the first place.

    My Adventures with Superman has been a critical success, which is why they have Season 2 greenlit and production already in the works; speaking of Superman, the upcoming James Gunn feature has officially cast their Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane with David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan respectively, along with some additional castings that will be covered in a future video after Episode 75. All I can say is good luck to the new Superman and Ace Reporter! On the topic of James Gunn, he had to assure fans that the release of the final season of Doom Patrol would see the light of day despite WBD’s multiple canceling of projects.

    EA, with team members that developed Shadow of Mordor, announced a Black Panther video game to be in development! Deadpool 3 continues to expand its casting, with it seemingly turning into a significant reunion of the many Marvel FOX Era cast ranging from X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Daredevil as Jennifer Garner returns as Elektra with a rumored Cassandra Nova serving as the main villain in what is slowly looking like a ‘Deadpool kills The Marvel Universe’ adaption.

    Lastly, after weeks of contention and stunning revelations, Xbox has defeated The FTC in their attempted Injunction to stop the Activision-Blizzard deal from being finalized and FTC’s appeal also being denied, causing the agreement to evolve from an IF to a WHEN. Much to tribalists’ frustration and chagrin. Oh, and Elon Musk continues to make a fool of himself. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

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    48 min
  • NRC Episode Seventy-Two: Emma Frost And Tony Stark, Avatar: The Last Airbender; Kraven The Hunter
    Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-Second episode, The Fall of X is looming for the Mutant Nation of Krakoa
so naturally, it is time to do a wedding when an organization is bent on extinguishing their entire race with Emma Frost, The White Queen of The Hellfire Trading Company, is tying the knot with
TONY STARK!? Yep, the multi-billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist hero known as The Invincible Iron Man is set to marry The White Queen of The X-Men in holy matrimony that may or may not be followed by an ORCHIS raid because weddings in Superhero Comics nowadays must either be mentioned out of nowhere or have a group of villains attack. But yeah, The X-Men and Avengers are in attendance (Including the Recently Deceased Ms. Marvel) for this (obviously political) union between X-Men and Avengers. I hope they survive the experience.
    Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action adaptation has the first look of Avatar Aang, who looks more accurate to his OG Cartoon Counterpart than the Live Action movie counterpart, but I’m not optimistic about this project since there are already new animated films and series in the works in the main original timeline which may dilute interest in the multi-million budgeted series that may or may not get canceled after about 2 weeks of Season One’s Binge release given Netflix’s recent years of high budgeted shows ending after only a season. Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal survives the WBD Animation Purge with a greenlit season three in production, and there was much rejoicing. The upcoming Assassin’s Creed Mirage has more details with the reveal of the map scale of the game will be on the level of Assassin’s Creed Unity and Revelations.
    Battlebit Remastered, the popular 254-Player answer for Battlefield and Call of Duty’s stagnation and decline, is gaining increasing traction in their early access release. At the same time, Kraven The Hunter launched a trailer set to be produced by Sony for their MCU-Adjacent Shared Universe, and given their track record for films that aren’t MCU Spider-Man or The Spider-Verse animation films, I have very little hope of this doing well, but we’ll see how it all comes together when the film releases in theaters. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!
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    52 min
  • NRC Episode Seventy-One: Green Lantern: War Journal, Batman: The Brave And The Bold; House Of The Dragon Season Two

    Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth-First episode, Reddit continues to self-destruct (along with other platforms) with absurd changes due to the rise of Artificial Intelligence, so by corpo logic, everyone will be punished for it. The Flash’s Director, Andy Muschietti, defends The film’s questionable CGI by basically saying, ‘It intended to suck, therefore it’s alright!’, and can only hope his subsequent significant work, Batman: The Brave and The Bold, goes much better than Ezra Miller’s Flash.


    John Stewart, DC’s Earth Green Lantern of many, is set to return in a new comic series titled, ‘Green Lantern: War Journal’, set for release following the DC Event Comic, Knight Terrors. House of The Dragon Season 2 is brought up again, with production hopefully set to start soon, showcasing the Dance of The Dragons and the beginning of the end of House Targaryen. Xbox’s Matt Booty confirms that they’re no longer making games for The Xbox One, ending the era of the XBONE as Dan Houser forms a new studio after leaving Rockstar Games since its founding and Xbox Plaza and Microsoft Theater are renamed into the Peacock brand.


    David Fincher’s iconic Se7en film is set for a 4K transition, and the director wishes not fundamentally to change the film and references E.T.’s controversial changes with the police that Stephen Spielberg has regretted doing. Diablo IV’s Hardcore mode enrages players with their character’s permadeaths happening in the most absurd way possible: Loading Screens. We learn more about the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 Fundamental Foundation Changing Expansion Pack: Phantom Liberty and the planned Cyberpunk 2077 sequel! And we learn more from James Gunn and his plans for the DCU and Peacemaker Season 2. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!


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    54 min
  • NRC Episode Seventy: The Energon Universe, Assassin's Creed's Rebirth; The Continental
    Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Seventieth episode, Showcases continue throughout the month of June because E3 is irrelevant to many these days in a post-COVID world. Such as Ubisoft unveiling Assassin’s Creed’s Rebirth titles such as Mirage, Jade, and Nexus! While The Continental is set for the September in the 3-Part Event Miniseries, controversies have arose with Mel Gibson’s major role casting in an interview with IGN where they go into the detail of planning and producing this event series with potential followups set in the 80s and 90s.
    Reddit messed up big time and major subreddits had gone dark in protest to their changes, hasn’t work as well they hoped. Xbox is put to the task regarding its future, the Activision-Blizzard Deal, and the locking of FPS in Redfall and Starfield, and I must say, it’s pretty wacky how things have turned for them, like Disney and their massive reshuffling of film release dates in Marvel, Avatar, and Star Wars stretching all the way to the 2030s. Overwatch (Continued), continues to display their contempt to the consumer and fans by locking PvE story missions behind a paywall after they scrapped the skill trees and original plans that would’ve justified Overwatch having a 2 to its name.
    Skybound’s Robert Kirkman’s Void Rivals was released and gives way to a new shared universe of Transformers and G.I. Joe dubbed The Energon Universe, after the licenses expired from IDW and their original Hasbro Shared Universe along with Micronauts and ROM heading back to Marvel, with new titles from great writers and artists such as Joshua Williamson and Daniel Warren Johnson involving Transformers, and Cobra Commander. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!
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    1 hr
  • Ultimate Invasion #1 | Ultimate Universe Rebirth | NRC Reviews
    Eric Brown of Neo-Reality Collective reviews The First Issue of Ultimate Invasion, by Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch with inks by Andrew Currie and colors by Alex Sinclair! Music by AVI - Mystery Man!
    CHAPTER ONE: GOOD ARTISTS COPY / EPILOGUE: GREAT ARTISTS STEAL
    THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE BEGINS! Superstar creators Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch team up! The Illuminati must form once again to stop the Maker from his plans to destroy—or perhaps rebuild—the universe, with Miles Morales at the center of it all! Bryan Hitch’s work on THE ULTIMATES helped redefine super hero comics for the 2000s—wait until you see what he and Jonathan have in store for this decade! Including new data pages by Jonathan Hickman—plus exclusive behind-the-scenes material on the world-building that has gone into this project!
    ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY INTERVIEW
    “[Revisiting the idea of Ultimate Comics] couldn’t be replicating or revisiting what Bryan did in the original ULTIMATES—creating a streamlined, modernized version that would eventually become the spine of the MCU, and it certainly couldn’t be what I did, which was a final chapter of a pre-existing universe,” Hickman explained to Entertainment Weekly. “We also thought the very idea of Ultimate Comics needed to be inverted from what the original universe was—we wanted this to be something that could really only exist in the comic space: a new way of thinking about, and enjoying, a new version of the Marvel Universe. I’m pretty happy to say that it feels like we’ve accomplished those things and we’re very excited for everyone to get to read it.”
    “It’s been more than 20 years since I started work on THE ULTIMATES, a project that would have a big impact on my own career and beyond, so when Marvel came to me with the idea of revisiting the Ultimate Universe with the man who so brilliantly and spectacularly destroyed the last one, I was both feet in!” Hitch said. “Jonathan is a terrific writer of big, sprawling epics, and we’ve talked about working together more than once so for this new Ultimate Universe adventure to unite us is very exciting. I get to bring two decades of new experience as an artist and storyteller to this. It’s new, different and familiar. It’s big budget, high-concept, widescreen storytelling. I feel right at home.”
    48 min
  • NRC Episode Sixty-Nine: James Gunn's The Authority, CP2077: Phantom Liberty; Star Wars Outlaws
    Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Sixty-Ninth episode, Showcases are made direct and move forward, terrible puns I know, with unveiling details and gameplay trailers of Fable, Starfield, and the upcoming expansion pack of Cyberpunk 2077, Phantom Liberty, which will fundamentally alter the base game going as far to introduce a sixth mainline ending to the game’s main storyline that may save V from death, only time will tell.
    Star Wars’ first foray into Open World begins in Star Wars Outlaws by Ubisoft’s MASSIVE ENTERTAINMENT which tells the tale of Kay Vess and her companion Nix, set during the one-year time skip between Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi. Suppose you think of it, with all the added continuity material set between Empire and Jedi in the Disney Canon. In that case, this one-year gap makes no sense if you recall the recently concluded Crimson Dawn Trilogy and the upcoming Star Wars horror event Dark Droids that features galactic-wide events occurring that are never brought up or even subtlety referenced in the galaxy post-OG trilogy.
    Superman: Legacy, the first official entry into the Gunn-Safran DC Universe, directed and written by James Gunn, is closing in on the test screenings for the roles of Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Lex Luthor is now set to not only include the usual Superman Mythos such as Krypto The Superdog, but, in a new report from THR, now featuring some of the members of THE AUTHORITY, a rogue group of Superheroes who seek to protect the world however they see fit, which will raise the question if The Authority is already a formed group or will form up in their titular film, either way, this further raises my suspicions that Gods and Monsters will feature a newly formed Justice League fighting The Authority that could topple the more aggressive, borderline dictatorial, team from their pedestal by the Paragons of Hope and Justice. We shall see in this new era. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!
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    1 hr 2 min
  • NRC Episode Sixty-Eight: Ultimate Universe Reborn, Justice League: Warworld; Summer Game Fest 2023

    Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Sixty-Eighth episode, Hickmania II continues to be in full effect as The Ultimate Universe is fully reborn anew; as revealed in Retailer Conference, Hickman, along with Bryan Hitch and C.B. Cebulski, laid out their plans for the new Ultimate Universe line that will be fully realized after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION with a one-shot aptly titled: Ultimate Universe #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Stefano Caselli, which will introduce readers to the new Ultimate Universe and the new line of Ultimate Comics that will be revealed in the coming months. Let’s hope they rid themselves of all the edgy jerks, cannibalism, and Scarlet Witch/Quicksilver relationship of pure uncomfortableness.


    Summer Game Fest 2023 went down in June with a host of titles revealed, such as Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, which is now set for Early 2024 and on two discs, much to everyone’s laughter and joy, Persona 3 Remake, and Mortal Kombat 1 Gameplay details! Final Fantasy VII Rebirth features new combo moves, a playable Red XIII and Chocobos, along with story teasers of Sephiroth’s Manipulation and Tifa Lockhart’s presumed death, making CloudxTifa fans worry about the bartender’s fate in this Unknown Journey. Magic The Gathering expands further with the new Lord of The Rings expansion, and already the One-Ring card is a bounty worth a million dollars for would-be collectors; I guess Gollum is going to have friends who truly relate to him; may god help us all; while a new survival game set in the universe is unveiled titled ‘Lord of The Rings: Return to Moria.’ Friday, The 13th video game is set to be delisted by physical and digital stores at the end of 2023 as the developer has lost the license. For the first time in years, a new Prince of Persia arrives in the form of a 2D Metroidvania action-adventure video game set for January 18, 2024!


    The DC Tomorrowverse series of animated films all have led to this moment, the official formation of the Justice League as they prepare to wage war against the forces of Warworld featuring multiversal happenings such as the wild west, Vikings, and gritty noir in an R-Rated Animated Film that promises a bloody intense spectacle and featuring the Trinity all together for the first time in the new continuity that formed after the events of Justice League Dark: Apokolips War! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!


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    43 min

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