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Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the thirty-second episode, Will Smith, Ezra Miller, and Tony Khan all have been causing whirlwinds of messes for their careers and companies while on the twentieth anniversary of Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts IV is made official with no planned release date or platform. Oh, dear. Meanwhile, AEW expands into Japan thanks to its part...

Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In Today's episode, Will Smith resigns from The Academy following the fallout of Chris Rock being slapped and investigations beginning against him. Wrestling promotions are offering Mike Tenay a spot-on commentary but The Professor declines them all, enjoying the retired life, WWE's Nick Khan announces the painfully obvious correcting...

THE LEFT HAND IN THE QUIET COUNCIL, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM! The Quiet Council rules the Krakoan age, for better... or worse. Now, shaken by INFERNO and X LIVES / X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE they strive to hold together, no matter how much they want to tear each other apart. Writer Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, ETERNALS, The Wicked + The Divine, Die) returns to the world of X with artist Lucas Wernec...

Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In our next milestone as episode 30 launches, we return to pop-culture with three main topics, the upcoming Kieron Gillien/Lucas Wreneck's Immortal X-Men, focusing on Krakoa's Quiet Council and all their dark secrets. Triple H, on First Take on ESPN, announces his in-ring retirement following his cardic event and we end with discussing...

Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the twenty-ninth episode of NRC, DC Comics has announced their summer monthly event and it goes by the name Dark Crisis . From creators Josh Williamson and Daniel Sampere, the seven-issue event kicks off in June in comic book shops . Joining them is Alejandro Sánchez on colors and letters by Tom Napolitano for an event that’s not on...

Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the twenty-eight episode of NRC, we discuss Xbox and Sony's major moves in the gaming industry in their respective purchases of Activison-Blizzard, and Bungie, along with discussing the potential impact and concerns and FTC's involvement in the Xbox-ABK Merger while hoping Bobby Kotick is removed from power as reported by WSJ! Is a...

NRC Host Eric Brown reviews X Deaths of Wolverine #1! Writer: Benjamin Percy | Inker: Federico Vicentini | Penciler: Federico Vicentini | Editor: Mark Basso DEATH IS NOT THE END. DEATH IS THE OMEGA. WEEK 2—If WOLVERINE’s future lies in the past, what does that mean for the present? The reciprocal series to X LIVES OF WOLVERINE, X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE is can’t-miss reading, chock-full of revelations...

NRC Host Eric Brown reviews X Lives of Wolverine #1! Writer: Benjamin Percy | Inker: Joshua Cassara | Colorist: Frank Martin | Letterer: Vc Cory Petit | Editor: Mark Basso | Penciler: Joshua Cassara TIME TO LIVE Wolverine has gone by many different names and lived many different lives in the course of his long existence. Armed with a mutant healing ability and a set of retractable claws, he's the...

NRC Reviews Devil's Reign: X-Men #1 by Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto Secrets of The Past No outlaw has evaded justice more than WILSON FISK, formerly the kingpin of a  vast criminal empire, and now the duly elected mayor of New York. Fisk failed to wash his hands of his old life and has set his ire upon the city and every costume vigilante in it -- including the newly elected X-Men, who have jus...

NRC Reviews INFERNO #4 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, and Stefano Caselli! The Finale of Hickman's X-Men Burns Away! INFERNO #4 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Inker: Adriano DI Benedetto, Stefano Caselli Valerio Schiti, and R.B. Silva Colorist: David Curiel Editor: Jordan D. White Penciler: Valerio Schiti, and Stefano Caselli TO EMBERS! Jonathan Hickman’s time on X-Men ends with the dramatic concl...

NRC Reviews Detective Comics #1047 by Mariko Tamaki and Ivan Reis THE TOWER, PART ONE “The Tower” begins! The 12-part weekly Detective Comics event starts here. Arkham Asylum has fallen, and in its place, Arkham Tower has risen in the heart of the city, a pitch made by the mysterious Dr. Wear. Unlike the Asylum, Dr. Wear promises his methods and drug treatments will heal Gotham’s criminally inclin...

NRC Reviews The Book of Boba Fett Chapter One: Stranger in a Strange Land! Boba Fett and Fennec Shand attempt to make a name for themselves in the galaxy's underworld by taking over the territory once controlled by Jabba the Hutt . Boba Fett Holds Court. The Book of Boba Fett is an American television series created for the streaming service Disney+ . It is part of the Star Wars franchise, a spin-...

TO CATCH A TOAD JUSTICE IS SERVED. The mystery surrounding Magneto and Scarlet Witch is resolved. The guilty will be judged, the innocent absolved, the victims avenged...and all shall endure their own trials. ALL CARDS ON THE TABLE The Scarlet Witch has been killed -- or has she? Confusion descended among the X-Men and Avengers, who had arrived on Krakoa to recover their fallen comrade and loved o...

Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the twenty-seventh episode of NRC, we discuss Del Toro's original plans for Pacific Rim as The Book of Boba Fett was revealed to have shocked the corporate Mongolian empire known as Disney while Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red settles with their unhappy investors. Details emerge of Kevin Owens' contract with emphasis on how...

Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the twenty-sixth episode of NRC, we're discussing Henry Cavill and his video games as he talked about starring in The Witcher and wanting to join the potential Amazon Mass Effect Series and hopeful Warhammer Series in his future. DC and Marvel Comics announce their next slate of titles along with DC's next big Wonder Woman Crossover...

NRC Reviews INFERNO #3 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, R.B. Silva, and Stefano Caselli! INFERNO #3 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Inker: Adriano DI Benedetto, Stefano Caselli Valerio Schiti, and R.B. Silva Colorist: David Curiel Editor: Jordan D. White Penciler: Valerio Schiti, R.B. Silva, Stefano Caselli NIMROD STRIKES! Krakoa's troubles don't attack one at a time. Jonathan Hickman reunites with h...

NRC celebrates the 25th official episode of Neo-Reality Collective! The Game Awards 2021 was an award show that honored the best video games of 2021 . The event was hosted by Geoff Keighley , creator, and producer of The Game Awards , and was held to an invited audience at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 9, 2021. Sydnee Goodman hosted the preshow ceremony. The event was live-strea...

NRC Reviews Star Wars: Crimson Reign #1 by Charles Soule & Steven Cummings! PART 1: THE ORPHANS AFTER THE DAWN...COMES THE REIGN! The story that began with WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS continues here, in the second installment of a trilogy that will reshape the history of the Star Wars Galaxy during the Age of Rebellion. Featuring the return of beloved characters, shocking twists, epic feats...

NRC Reviews Batman Vol. 3 #118 by Joshua Williamson & Jorge Molina ABYSS, PART ONE: NOW IT'S A PARTY! New creative team! Start of a new story arc as Batman leaves Gotham! “Abyss” part one! As Gotham celebrates surviving Fear State, Batman retreats alone into the darkness. But when he learns of a mystery involving Batman Inc., it forces the Caped Crusader to leave Gotham for a brand-new adventu...

(From " The X-Men Enter 'Destiny of X' with New Titles, Team Shakeups, and More | Marvel ") Rising out of the ashes of INFERNO and emerging out of the vital time-traveling mission in X LIVES OF WOLVERINE / X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE comes The Second Krakoan Age of X-Men: DESTINY OF X! Mutantkind’s future is reshaped once more, as Krakoa’s greatest triumphs and most crushing challenges still lie ahead....

TIME TO FACE THE TRUTH DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE! A Wanda divided cannot stand… …but there are many other things she can do. Chaos comes to Krakoa. The Scarlet Witch has been killed -- or has she? Confusion had descended among the X-Men and Avengers, who had arrived to recover their fallen comrade and loved one when Scarlet Witch suddenly appeared seemingly alive and well. Except...not well,...

NRC Reviews Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #1 by Kelly Sue Deconnick & Phil Jimenez The wait is over, and the entire story of the Amazons can finally be told! Millennia ago, Queen Hera and the goddesses of the Olympian pantheon grew greatly dissatisfied with their male counterparts…and far from their sight, they put a plan into action. A new society was born, one never before seen on Earth...

Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the Twenty-Third Episode, we cover Disney+ Day announcements ranging from Star Wars, X-Men, MCU, and Reboots. Along with looking at the routes that the X-Men could take with all the stories that came out since the end of the animated series, and Paywalling some sizzle reels for the upcoming KENOBI show. 🎵 Music by LAKEY INSPIRED ht...

NRC Reviews King Spawn #2 by Sean Lewis and Javi Henerdez. One of the most-vile and horrific villains in the SPAWN mythology returns: Billy Kincaid…now, simply called KINCAID. But his new campaign to murder is more than it seems. Like everyone else in SPAWN’S UNIVERSE…battle lines have been drawn, and all-out war is about to be unleashed. 🎵 Music by LAKEY INSPIRED https://open.spotify.com/artist/...

Just wait. Dark Knights of Steel is my biggest Elseworlds story yet. Twisting characters and origins in ways never seen before. I love this book. And the Yasmine Putri art elevates it to a whole other level. - Tom Taylor, Twitter . Writer: Tom Taylor Art by: Yasmine Putri THE BEGINNING An entire medieval world will be forever changed when a spaceship crash-lands from a doomed planet. Monarchs will...