Geek Sheets 8/20/2018

by Steve Monnich, Grand Admiral

Welcome one and all to this week’s edition of the Geek Sheets! Get buckled up for your weekly dose of pop culture dork news tidbits, brought to you in a small portion size to help keep the calorie count down.  However, if you are interested in more of a delicious, fatty, gives-you-the-Itis-fast-food-bender version of what GGR has to offer, subscribe and check out our podcast GGR Pirate Radio.  We always get into the week’s Geek Sheets topics more in depth, as well as have discussions on various other movie, music, comic book, television and video game trends and topics.  I’d say go for it, you can always start your diet next week!

Rumor Abounds That We May See a Tom Cruise Version of Hal Jordan

As discussed on this past week’s episode of GGR Pirate Radio, some unsubstantiated rumors have been flying around the last few days that serious consideration is being given to casting Tom Cruise as one of the most iconic DC characters in its legendary pantheon.  While nothing official has been announced for the casting in the upcoming Green Lantern Corp film, some elements being cited are that Tommy’s Mission: Impossible cohort Christopher McQuarrie has been put on a shot list to direct the film, Tom Cruise has the right look for the character, DC needs a big name to inject some life into the DCEU and most importantly 32 years ago Cruise played Maverick and flew in a jet just like Hal Jordan did.  That last one there is the real deal sealer if you ask me!

Watchmen Series Ordered by HBO

Keeping on with some DC comics to the screen news, Damon Lindelof’s version of Watchmen has been officially picked up by HBO.  Fans of the original comic line are anticipating its release with bated breath as Lindelof has stated the series will be a “remix” of the original with new story lines and characters.  Recent live action comic television series’ have been a somewhat hit or miss affair, with shows like Preacher taking off whereas something like The Inhumans had every film print scooped up and locked in that secret warehouse where the government keeps the Ark of The Covenant from Indiana Jones.  Lindelof himself has, from the fans’ perspective, a spotty record too, with hits like The Leftovers and parts of Lost, but then strikes out on his scripts for Star Trek: Into Darkness and Prometheus.

Iron Fist Season 2 Trailer Drops

So when it comes to the Netflix Marvel Series’ that kicked off with Daredevil all those years ago, nothing has drawn a more unanimous “meh” than Iron Fist.  Already a B-list level character whose best utilization in the comics is with his buddy Luke Cage, having him headline his own show was going to be a challenge.  Unfortunately it was a challenge that was not quite met with the various business plots, plodding dialogue and meager action scenes.  The trailer for season 2 address all those points rather quickly as it establishes a litany of action set pieces, keeps the dialogue in service of the background story of Danny and Davos, and there isn’t a single shot of Rand Enterprises Headquarters.  It’s evident this season will be about the interplay of Davos as the man believing it was his right to wield the Iron Fist and Danny who actually attained that power.  I think we can all agree this will be far more compelling than the prior season, but then again almost anything would have been!

Alright folks that brings us to the end of yet another round of the Geek Sheets.  If you are looking to carbo-load on more of geeky topics, every week we drop a new podcast for your earholes and the site is just riddled with funny and interesting articles.  Please do check them out! I was going to write a quip here related to the food/diet stuff from before but then I remembered I am out of shape and it made me sad.  Guess I better hit the gym, so until next time Refugees, I’m Steve Monnich and don’t be a Juicebag.