Category: TV Shows

This Week With Pete! Xavier Makes Rogue an ‘Ex-Men’

Posted on by Nick Doll in Batman, DC, Marvel, Pete Holmes, TV Shows

Though only 2 episodes in… this week.. so far… THE PETE HOLMES SHOW has already aired multiple sketches worth sharing with you, my geek friends. As well as an interview with the master podcaster whose podcast inspired Pete’s, YOU MADE IT WEIRD.

I recommend watching Tuesday’s entire episode, where Pete fires Rogue, gets taught by a pastor to surf, and interviews Marc Maron.

If you’d rather pick and choose… then… you’re welcome!

First Pete Holmes returns as Xavier to fire the X-Men, Rogue.


“And I wish I could walk!”

If for some reason you have missed the other downsizing from X-Men to Ex-Men, click the corresponding links below.

Wolverine

Gambit

Nightcrawler

Angel

Iceman

Pete Holmes also played the joker... once. I could use more of that, Petey Pants.
Pete Holmes also played the joker… once. I could use more of that, Petey Pants.

Pete has mentioned on his podcast, that perhaps he has done too many Batman sketches. I think it’s time to give Xavier a rest… but only if Batman returns! (Tim Burton need not apply.)

Pete also got to talk to the man whose podcast has inspired him the most, King of the Podcasters, Marc Maron.
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Pete Holmes Does ZELDA Fans A Favor

Posted on by Nick Doll in Pete Holmes, TV Shows, Video Games

On THE PETE HOLMES SHOW, comedian Pete Holmes has a segment called “All the Games.”

On Part 3, Pete does every LEGEND OF ZELDA fan a solid by setting the record straight.


“You’re welcome everyone dressing up as Link at Comic-Con.”

Thank you, Pete Holmes, for letting everyone know that the hero of my favorite franchise is not named Zelda.

 

Check out ‘All the Games” Part 1 & 2 after the jump!

Bonus Videos! The two Ex-Men videos I did not include in my Top 6 Favorite sketches from THE PETE HOLMES SHOW. Continue reading “Pete Holmes Does ZELDA Fans A Favor” →

Since When Was Jeff Goldblum So Cool? (Since 4-Ever! Yo!)

Posted on by Nick Doll in Features, Movies, TV Shows

I’ve enjoyed the comedic/acting stylings of Jeff Goldblum since I was a child.

What would JURASSIC PARK be without Ian Malcolm? (He was my most favorite character!… “When you gotta go, you gotta go.”)

Ian Malcolm was always a pimp, even when he was nearly crippled by a fucking T-Rex, yo!
Ian Malcolm was always a pimp, even when he was nearly crippled by a fucking T-Rex, yo!

Would JURASSIC PARK: THE LOST WORLD be entertaining at all without Jeff Goldblum? (Again as Ian Malcolm.)?

Answer: No, because gymnast girls can’t beat velociraptors. And Vince Vaughn is horribly miscast.

Jeff Goldblum was as big as Will Smith! Before Will Smith was the biggest actor ever...
Jeff Goldblum was as big as Will Smith! Before Will Smith was the biggest actor ever…

Who would have helped Will Smith and Bill Pullman save the entire planet in INDEPENDENCE DAY? After all, Will Smith can’t save the Earth without a partner, like Agent K… or Jeff Goldblum!

I even like HOLY MAN because of Jeff Goldblum. Eddie Murphy was okay… (Sorry, Eddie!)

But these were all from my childhood years. Great performances yes, with lasting impressions (JURASSIC PARK is one of my top five favorite flicks), but somehow, since the 90’s (the 1990’s, kids!), Goldblum has gotten greater…and far more funny… with age.

This is the story of Jeff Goldblum’s effect on my adult life…

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Ex-Men: Professor X (Pete Holmes) Fires Gambit

Posted on by Nick Doll in Comics, Marvel, Pete Holmes, TV Shows

The superhero shorts from Pete Holmes just don’t stop!

With The Pete Holmes Show premiering next Monday, at midnight, on TBS, another sketch from the show has hit the net, landing at Entertainment Weekly.

After firing Wolverine because a character with a metal spine is useless against arch-nemesis Magneto, it’s time for Professor Xavier to go down the X-Men roster to fire the next useless mutant.

Check out the video after the jump!

Pete Holmes returns as Professor X.
Pete Holmes returns as Professor X.

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AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. “Girl In The Flower Dress” – Flame On!

Posted on by Nick Doll in Marvel, MCU, TV Shows

The Girl in the Flower Dress, herself.
The Girl in the Flower Dress, herself.

A Chinese man named Chan can create fire from nothing, in the palm of his hand.

(Like Doc Ock says in SPIDER-MAN 2, “The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand!”)

Chan is approached by a mysterious woman in a flower dress. She convinces him to take on a superhero-esque name and show off his powers. After all, as she says, no one knows the name Steve Rogers, but everyone recognizes Captain America.

So, Scorch is born. (The girl in the flower dress’s idea).

Apparently becoming a superhero or supervillain is an important lesson in branding.

Before Chan can use his powers to bed the seductive girl in the flower dress, he is captured by men in fireproof suits that answer to the mysterious woman. Continue reading “AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. “Girl In The Flower Dress” – Flame On!” →

It’s Time To Cancel Cable! And DirectTV! And Dish Network! Etc.!

Posted on by Nick Doll in Features, TV Shows

My favorite IMPRACTICAL JOKER, Q, also from the genius podcast TELL 'EM STEVE-DAVE
My favorite IMPRACTICAL JOKER, Q, also from the genius podcast TELL ‘EM STEVE-DAVE

Do you pay for cable? DirectTV? Dish Network? (Is Dish Network still a thing?)

“Fool of a Took!”

The future  is now! And ‘now’ is the age of “Menu” TV! Between Netflix, Hulu (free Hulu, not even Hulu+), iTunes and/or Amazon Instant play, you can watch every show you love, and NEVER pay for any sort of cable service again!

Trust me, I’ve lived using the “Menu” model of TV for years, last paying for Time Warner Cable in 2009. In my past 3 years in Colorado, I have NEVER paid for Comcast (besides the internet service I am on now) and have still watched all my favorite shows from BREAKING BAD to AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. to IMPRACTICAL JOKERS.

My Days as an NBC Page
My Days as an NBC Page. I put the ‘cock’ in Peacock, baby!

During my year at NBC Universal as an NBC Page (yes, like Kenneth on 30 ROCK), I learned a great deal about cable. It didn’t hurt that I was working there during the period in which GE handed off the NBC keys to Comcast.

The basic idea behind cable is this; you pay the cable company (Time Warner, Comcast, etc) and a certain fraction of your payment goes to each and EVERY network. (Well, each corporate conglomerate that owns channels: Time Warner, Fox, Viacom, Disney, and Comcast’s NBC Universal gets paid.)

Based on the viewership of each channel, your money is distributed accordingly. ESPN is a channel that always reaps a big percentage of the pie for Disney. If MTV is having a good year due to shit like JERSEY SHORE, than Viacom gets a bigger cut.

You are paying for every channel! Every show! Even the ones you never watch!

And the show/channel you like the best may only be getting pennies compared to the shit you can’t stand.

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AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D “Eye Spy” – More Skeletons In Coulson’s Closet

Posted on by Nick Doll in Marvel, MCU, TV Shows

Another week, another MARVELous (sorry for the pun…) episode of AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.

Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Mindy
Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Mindy

In ‘Eye Spy,’ Coulson and the gang track down one of his old proteges, Agent Mindy, long thought dead, more recently appearing as a turncoat with superpowers. Not only is she a skeleton from Coulson’s past, but she can see skeletons with her new gift of X-Ray vision.

Rather than going into detail surrounding the synopsis, in this ‘issue’ I simply want to cover the broad strokes/themes of the season and how they play out in this ‘Eye Spy.’

You are welcome to watch the episode for yourself, for free, on Hulu, if you have not seen it already.

WHO IS THE ENEMY?

Tough question, no answers. Last week, the culprit behind everything appeared to be Ian Quinn’s company and Dr. Franklin Hall (who we are still waiting to reappear as Graviton).

In the Pilot (first) episode, we had a shady organization attaching a Extremis style centipede on human subjects to create superhumans.

In the second episode, ‘0-8-4,’ it seemed the villain was simply Coulson’s old Peruvian contact whose government commissioned a weapon from Hydra decades ago.

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Pete Holmes Fires WOLVERINE and Tackles BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN

Posted on by Nick Doll in Batman, Comics, DC, Marvel, Pete Holmes, TV Shows

Pete Holmes.

Again, I come to you, bringing tidings of Pete Holmes, who will soon have his own show, THE PETE HOLMES SHOW, premiering on Monday, October 28th, on TBS (a channel that really doesn’t know funny at all… yet).

Batman Vs. SupermanI am not paid to promote Pete Holmes (any accusations would be ridiculous for a website with such low readership); I am just a giant fan, both of his BADMAN videos and his excellent Podcast that puts Marc Maron’s WTF to shame, YOU MADE IT WEIRD WITH PETE HOLMES. His E*Trade baby ain’t too terrible either.

While ramping up for the impending premiere of his show, Pete Holmes has put up two hilarious sketches, both from the comic universe; taking pot shots at Marvel and DC.

First, Pete Holmes returns as Batman in his ‘Teaser’ for BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN.

A video I wished to embed here, but doesn’t seem to work… in any browser. So CLICK HERE TO SEE IT!

Not his best appearance as Batman (see GOOD WILL HUNTING with Batfleck), but still, not bad. I really do owe my own impression of Christian Bale’s Batman to the one, the only, Pete Holmes!

His greater sketch of late, has to do with a metal Marvel hero with a love of the expression, ‘Bub.’

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I am a Cumberbitch… Now let’s do the Alan Rickman!

Posted on by Nick Doll in Benedict Cumberbatch, Star Trek, TV Shows

It’s no secret that I am a HUGE Benedict Cumberbatch fan, a member of  a group of fans often referred to as Cumberbitches. I’m not gay (I like how every straight man has to clarify that, yet gay people never have to preface with ‘Now, I’m not straight…’), not that there is anything wrong with that. But I do have a big ole’ man crushes on Cumberbatch (and Ryan Gosling…).

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes

SHERLOCK, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, and STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS are all golden, due to, in a big part, Cumberbatch’s performances.

Khan
Khan

As I said in my last post, my favorite scene in INTO DARKNESS is Khan’s speech about his crew, as he sheds a legitimate tear. The darkness he brings to Sherlock Holmes is equally impressive, causing me to watch every episode (especially ‘The Great Game,’ ‘A Scandal In Belgravia,’ and ‘The Reichenbach Fall’) countless times… also resulting in countless tears (I get damn emotional about my movies and TV. It’s cathartic.).

Julian Assange
Julian Assange

I even want to see the next two chapters of THE HOBBIT, even though though the first one bored me to tears (again, I cry), just because Cumberbatch plays Smaug and the Necromancer. Likewise, I can’t wait to see THE FIFTH ESTATE, even though I don’t give a shit about wikileaks. The man is a chameleon, one of the few actors working today that disappears into the role.

Stay with me now; there’s an amazing video after the jump!

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AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. “The Asset” – Coulson Creates His Own Demons

Posted on by Nick Doll in Comics, Marvel, MCU, TV Shows, Villains

Tony Stark isn’t the only one in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) who creates his own demons. In the third episode of AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Phil Coulson ends up accidentally creating his own super-villain.

But just like the narrative of IRON MAN 3, let’s track this from the beginning…

If the “Pilot” was  an NCIS knock-off and “0-8-4” was a mini-Marvel action movie, then “The Asset” is basically Marvel’s version of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE.

You gotta' drop that shit in the ocean, son!
You gotta’ drop that shit in the ocean, son!

Starting with the most impressive special effects I’ve seen on a network show (surely part of the budget is borrowed from the AVENGERS INITIATIVE: PHASE TWO films), this globe spanning episode involves infiltrating an incredibly secure compound and ends with a device that would make SPIDER-MAN 2’s Doc Ock jealous.

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Good Will Hunting with Batfleck

Posted on by Nick Doll in Batman, DC, Pete Holmes, TV Shows

Pete HolmesPete Holmes.

You may not know his name now, but you will.

This month (Oct-o-ber) on the 28th, at midnight,  THE PETE HOLMES SHOW premieres after whatever-Conan-O’Brien’s-show is called.

He is also a wonderful comedian, a great podcaster, the voice of the E*Trade baby, and the best Batman impersonator on the interwebs. Simply put, one of the greatest talents working today.

His latest feat, a parody of GOOD WILL HUNTING… if Ben Affleck were Batman in the academy award winning film.

Pete Holmes is BADMAN!
Pete Holmes is BADMAN!

I assure you, this makes sense. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know Ben Affleck will portray the Dark Knight in 2015’s BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN. It’s simply Batfleck!

Check out the hilarious video after the jump! (Meaning, CLICK CONTINUE READING!)

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AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. “0-8-4” – Coulson’s Team Assembles!

Posted on by Nick Doll in Avengers, Marvel, MCU, TV Shows

The second episode of AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. is a real Marvel!

While S.H.I.E.L.D.’s pilot left the question, whether or not the show would be original or an NCIS -type-procedural with a coat of Stan Lee paint, the 2nd episode proves this show is the real deal; a deal even Samuel L. Jackson can’t refuse.

This episode, Marvel movie fans get the treat of transitioning from A.I.M.’s  Extremis in episode 1, a Hydra’s Tesseract weapon of mass destruction.

Responding to a ‘0-8-4,’ Agent Phil Coulson’s (Clark Gregg) elite unit of S.H.I.E.L.D operatives and Skye (Chloe Bennet), the former(?) member of ‘The Rising Tide,’ (and acting consultant, just like one Tony Stark), end up in Peru.  What is a 0-8-4, you may ask? (As Skye did…).

Well, let’s just say the last 0-8-4 Agent Phil Coulson responded to was an unmovable hammer in New Mexico…

The 0-8-4 is.... an old Hydra weapon!
The 0-8-4 is…. an old Hydra weapon!

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Pilot – Coulson, Spies, & Extremis… Oh My!

Posted on by Nick Doll in Marvel, MCU, TV Shows

The “Marvel Movie Universe” has finally come to a television near you (or Hulu) for the 2nd chapter in “The Avengers Initiate Phase Two.”

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. continues every geek’s wet-dream by weaving the same universe, not just across multiple big-screen superhero franchises, but now in a weekly TV format, shedding more light on S.H.I.E.L.D and Agent Coulson, the essential, behind the scenes backbone of the Avengers. Though the show still lost in the ratings to what continues to be TV’s most popular show, NCIS, it was the third best premiere of a drama… ever… with 12.1 million viewers.

The gang's all here!
The gang’s all here!

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YOU Are (most likely) a Geek!

Posted on by Nick Doll in Batman, Comics, DC, Marvel, Movies, Star Trek, TV Shows, Video Games

There are many types of geeks. To be a geek is to be obsessed… with anything. You don’t have to be big into ‘geek culture’ like comics, video games, STAR TREK films, yada, yada, yada.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS - More mainstream than your father's TREK, but still geeky as shit!
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS – More mainstream than your father’s TREK, but still geeky as shit!

This obsession… or extreme passion, fuels the geek. Are you obsessed over sports? Do you know baseball or football stats? You’re a sports geek, not a jock (unless you also play the sport on the reg). You are an even bigger geek if you participate in a fantasy leaf. Fantasy? That’s practically ‘Dungeons and Dragons,’ geek.

Most people have an idea in their head, a strong passion for something; maybe multiple things. Continue reading “YOU Are (most likely) a Geek!” →

Community Season 4 – The Hunger Deans!

Posted on by Bronson in TV Shows

Alison Brie as Captain America (found via Screen Rant)

With the release of the Season Four trailer (below) and only 24 days until October 19th, I wanted to write  a short article about the show and upcoming season before the internet is flooded with reactions.

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What I Want to See – Doctor Who Series 7, Part 2

Posted on by Bronson in TV Shows

The new, unexplained, TARDIS interior.

With the long-ago leaked information of Neil Gaiman’s Cybermen episode, the new TARDIS interior, some confirmed and unconfirmed episode names, and the questions left by the Christmas Special, there is not better time to talk about what I want out of the second-half of this series.

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Breaking Batman: The Artwork

Posted on by Nick Doll in Batman, DC, Geek Art, TV Shows

Image found at http://www.reddit.com/tb/157om1
Image found on Reddit

Believe it or not, Breaking Geek is not named as such because I love BREAKING DAWN.

Rather, I am a huge BREAKING BAD fan, and had the world’s best drama on my mind when creating the site.

BREAKING BAD's original Walter and Jesse
BREAKING BAD’s original Walter and Jesse

Here at Breaking Geek, I have also discussed Batman on more than one occasion, from Breaking Batman Parts 1 & Part 2, to more recent articles like A BETTER CLASS OF CRIMINAL (including the “hit” blog covering 2012’s blockbuster cinema villains).

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