Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

ABOVE: Jessica Rabbit, the beloved wife of Roger Rabbit, being portrayed by model/designer KAY PIKE. She’s not bad, she just dresses that way. [ObviousWinner]

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This is not, I repeat NOT, a viral video from ABC/Marvels highly anticipated Agents of SHIELD. No, that is not The Incredible Hulk causing destruction, captured from a distance. What you see here, is video Mrs Nerd Bastards took of me after gorging myself with Taco Bell (did you know they finally have cool ranch Dorito tacos?). Clearly, you wouldn’t like stomach when it’s angry.

Bathroom humor aside, this is indeed a viral teaser for the upcoming show. While ABC has not made an official announcement, they briefly (likely accidentally) published the  video on their youtube page.  It’s being take down left and right. Much like Hydra, however, cut off one head, and two more will grow in it’s place. Still, watch it before it’s gone.

here’s a second copy, just in case the first get’s pulled

What the hell is The Hulk doing in Agents of SHIELD? That’s a surprise, isn’t it? Does this mean A-List characters like The Hulk will be featured regularly? Or, is this just security footage; something you’d see on a monitor on the Hellicarrier bridge?

I’m sure this viral footage is just a small piece of what’s to come. If the marketing for Iron Man 3 is any indication, you can bet Marvel/ABC are gonna promote the hell out of this show. Cool viral shit like this pleas to my nerdy sensibilities, so I say “bring it!”.

The pilot was directed by Joss Whedon, co-written by Joss, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen. Clark Gregg reprises his role from the Marvel films as Phil Coulson, appearing alongside Ming-Na Wen, Elizabeth Henstridge, Iain De Caestecker, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet and J. August Richards

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Marvel can cast whoever they think is right for their super hero flicks. A) They’re Marvel, they can do whatever they want, and B) they’ve proved their decisions time and time again. They often make surprising choices (like RDJ as Iron Man, and Chris Evans as Captain America), but they’ve always been the right picks. Once you see their actors breath life into a character, you couldn’t possibly picture anyone else in the role. So, yeah, Marvel has done a great job so far.

So, this brings me to Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy; a comic space adventure featuring out of this world characters. The film has already secured the bulk of its main cast, with a few peculiar picks; including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana , Micheal Rooker and Dave Bautista. Pratt and Bautista getting the most head-turns.  However, now Enzo Cilenti has announced on Twitter that he too has joined the film. The tweet was later deleted, but here’s what it said.

I may or may not be in #Guardiansofthegalaxy. I am sworn to secrecy so can’t say. In entirely unrelated news, “I am”.

— Enzo Cilenti (@EnzoCilenti) May 8, 2013

Who the hell is this guy? Yeah, I’ve never heard of him either. Apparently, he’s been in quite a few things, including a mystery role in Kick-Ass 2 but I don’t recognize him.

Most of the lead characters have been cast, but rumor has it the English Cilenti could be playing one of the two remaining members of the Guardians. Rocket Raccoon has been said to be the “heart” of the film and is typically portrayed with a British accent, after all. Now, Doctor Who’s David Tennant was also rumored for this as well, so who knows?

What do you guys think of the casting for Guardians so far? Hit, or miss?

Guardians of the Galaxy will launch into theaters  August 1, 2014

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Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

ABOVE: Spot-on Rose Tyler and Donna Noble spotted at C2E2. Well, that’s a fan-fiction I never thought of before. I’ll be in my bunk.  [FashionablyGeek]

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I’ve always had a great affinity for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Now, I dunno what liking a musclebound strong-man in a loincloth says about me (I don’t really care), but I’m a He-raver through and through.  I’ve enjoyed watching that pink-shirt-wearing-prince, with that fabulous secret, transform into “the most powerful man in the universe” since I was a kid.

Homoerotic undertones be damned, He-Man was a great sword and sandals type fantasy! What kid doesn’t fantasy about being hit with some puberty lighting and morph into one bad-ass barbarian dude?  I loved the shit out of the original 80′s cartoon, and the revived, but failed relaunch in 2002. I even have all the toys from the original line including the new collector series offered by Mattel’s subscription service. I’ll tell you this, to establish and qualify myself as a He-Man aficionado. I’m someone that can confidently and competently discuss the new comic series offered by DC, and the ridiculous new re-design.

Admittedly, the classic look of He-Man made him look like a gay-bondage wet-dream. At-least, that’s what I assume the male BDSM community fantasies about; I’m not speaking from experience, clearly. Still, the loin cloth, fur boots, cross armor and bulging muscles did play to the idealistic view of ones self. Again, who doesn’t dream of looking like bad-ass barbarian? Anyway, this look has stayed with He-Man since his inception. A few tweaks here and there through out each iteration (minus the “New Adventure” series, which we won’t talk about), but he has remained identifiable the same.  Unfortunately, DC Comics has redesigned the character…drastically.

DC Comics has released the cover for issue #4 of Keith Giffen and Pop Mhan’s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and it features a very different looking He-Man. See below:

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Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

ABOVE: Michelle of The Suitcase Studio is a clever and creative girl. She made a steam punk Iron Man inspired dres. s [FashionablyGeek]

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Nobody, I repeat nobody, wants a remake of The Crow. The original 1994 movie starring the late Brandon Lee is a timeless cult classic. It’s a shame that Relativity Media is hell bent on tarnishing Lee’s legacy (he left this world while making it) with this unnecessary rehash. With that said, the recent casting rumors on who might play the lead has turned a few heads.

There was a time when Mark Walhberg and Bradley Cooper were rumored to play murdered musician Eric Draven. Fans, of course, balked at such silly notions. Things then got interesting when James McAvoy was linked to the project. A moment of pause, really. McAvoy was just a whisper in the shadows. Most recently,  some real eye-widening names got dropped. Thor‘s Tom Hiddleston and True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgard were said to be finalists.

To be honest with you, as much as I loath the idea of a Crow remake, I’d be slightly intrigued to see Hiddleston in Crow make-up, acting all crazy and shit. That would be something! Alas, he and Skarsgard were just “in-talks”, with no real amount of negotiations involved. Apparently, all the actors (and bucket full of potential directors) the studio have cycled through, were all meant to keep-up appearances. The real choice for Regency was Luke Evans…. who, according to Deadline, just got the part.

Luke Evans (The Hobbit, Fast and the Furious 6, the upcoming Dracula) has been chosen to play the lead. Reportedly, director F. Javier Gutiérrez wanted Evans from the start, but his schedule was packed. Relativity wants to make the film badly enough that it has pushed back the start to shooting until early 2014 to lock Evans into the gig.

So, yeah, Evans is THE guy. What do you all think about this? I, for one, am not too invested in the remake. Hell, I consider this movie being made an act of treason. Anyway, some would say, Evans is the poor mans Orlando Bloom. Is he right for this role? Can you picture it? I dunno, maybe, however unlikely, the remake could be good. Evans seems a capable actor, and maybe, just maybe, Relativity Media could give us a faithful adaption to the comic book?

What say you fans? Sound off in the comment section below.

Source: Deadline

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As any nerd will automatically tell you, today is May the 4th, Star Wars day. Get it? May the fourth? Leave it to nerds to hijack a random day on the calendar and turn it into their own holiday based on a play on words (oh by the way, it’s also Free Comic Book Day, so a double pox on normies).

Celebrating the venerated day, fans will often dress up as their favorite characters, make intergalactic themed foods (Blue Milk, coconut covered chocolate Wookie balls…etc), get that rebel alliance tattoo they’ve been thinking about getting, write some unfortunate fan-fiction, and have a Star Wars movie marathon with friends and family and not the prequels. We at Nerd Bastards, however, wanna do something a little different….

Over the years, we’ve come across a number of videos inspired by the Star Wars. Some are good, some are bad, and some are extremely well done. There’s only a few, however, that stand out (in our eyes) as the best and funniest, and it is those that we present to you here, cue the scrolling text!

[Editor's note: Our scrolling text guy missed his deadline... sorry]

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Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

ABOVE: Cosplayer Lovina as Spider Jerusalem from Transmetropolitan.  [FashionablyGeek]

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Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

ABOVE: Fem Gambit by cosplayer Nadyasonika.  Mon Ami, what a fantastic cross-gender cosplay! [ObviousWinner]

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