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NRC host, Eric Brown, kicks off the year with NEMESIS RELOADED #1 by Mark Millar and Jorge Jimenez! MINISERIES PREMIERE! The world’s most evil comic book is back! Who is Nemesis, and why does this eccentric billionaire who dresses up in a mask and cape want to terrorize people instead of helping them? Isn’t that how this is supposed to go? Trigger warning: Too violent and too cool for some! INTROD...

NRC Reviews A.X.E. Judgment Day #3 and A.X.E. Death To The Mutants #1 by Kieron Gillen! Judgment Day begins. The heroes know what they have to do. But do they have to do it? They were smart enough to get themselves into this mess. Maybe they can be smart enough to get out of it... DRUIG, the current Prime Eternal, determined that Earth's mutants represent excess deviation--and therefore, he ha...

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Fifty-Nine Episode, Samuel Jackson fights back against Quentin Tarantino’s comments regarding The Movie vs. The Movie Star. At the same time, former Black Widow Scarlett Johansson returned to Just Cause for Amazon Prime TV after her early days from the ’95 Adaptation when she was just a kid getting...

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Fifty-Eight Episode, Battlefield 2042, the game that was dead on arrival and I have no interest in playing despite people saying its good NOW after a YEAR of release, launches its third season of content that makes me think had the game has been delayed another year, it would've done better for...

NRC Reviews The New Golden Age #1 One Shot! The New Golden Age from DC Starts Here! Spinning out of the Conclusion of Flashpoint Beyond, The New Golden Age Starts The Strangest Mystery to Ever Plague the DC Universe. From the 1940s to the 3040s, great heroes across the DC timeline take on the great evils of their era. But in the aftermath of Flashpoint Beyond, those heroes and villains will have t...

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Fifty-Seventh episode, Stargirl on CW is canceled after three seasons while Marvel expands the gaming portfolio with Electronic Arts with a three-game deal, citing Star Wars, despite the Battlefront 2 controversy, as a significant factor in doing this. We get extensive details regarding HBO MAX'...

NRC Reviews the Four Issue of DC Comics’ Blockbuster Event, Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths! Written by: Joshua Williamson Art by: Daniel Sampere Colored by : Alejandro Sánchez Associate Editor: Chris Rosa Editor: Paul Kaminski Editor-in-Chief: Marie Javins CHAPTER FOUR: CROSSOVERS WITNESS THE BIRTH OF THE NEW DC MULTIVERSE! Spinning out of the pages of The Flash , the heroes have learned the secre...

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Fifty-Sixth Episode, Resident Evil 4 Remake unveiled already confirmed cut content involving a dog from the original game that uproars the community over the ordeal. Following Queen Elizabeth II's death, Fallout London announced a previously vowed cut of content from the mod in this event before...

NRC Reviews A.X.E. Judgment Day #2! ...THE WICKED WILL BE PUT TO DEATH! As the world shakes, an unlikely group of heroes and less-than-heroes gather to find a peaceful solution. Sadly, the best laid plans of man, mutant and Eternal oft go awry… DRUIG, the current Prime Eternal, determined that Earth's mutants, with their ability to resurrect themselves, represent excess deviation--and therefor...

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Fifty-Fifth episode, Henry Cavill returns to the role of DCEU's Superman in the wake of Black Adam; DC Film's President Walter has left the company after the film's release. After years of pure silence, Konami unveiled a rebirth for The Silent Hill franchise with a Silent Hill 2, a new e...

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Fifty-Fourth Episode, in this episode, Activision's CCO Frances Townsend, someone who was criticized for her comments and actions during the company's lawsuit, has stepped now in her role and serves in an advisory position to the board and CEO (Sadly). At the same time, Tencent plans to expa...

NRC Reviews the Third Issue of DC Comics’ Summer Blockbuster Event, Dark Crisis! Written by: Joshua Williamson Art by: Daniel Sampere Colored by : Alejandro Sánchez Associate Editor: Chris Rosa Editor: Paul Kaminski Editor-in-Chief: Marie Javins CHAPTER THREE: BOOT CAMP THE BATTLE OF THE EMERALD ARMY HAS BEGUN! Hal Jordan has launched an all-out war on Pariah and the Dark Army to avenge his fallen...

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Fifty-Third Episode, Ryan Reynolds shocks the world by revealing in his emotional video about the production of Deadpool 3, set for release on September 6th, 2024, that Hugh Jackman will return to the role of Wolverine from The X-Men Fox Franchise after being killed off in the emotional farewell fil...

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Fifty-Second Edition, we discuss Black Panther: Wakanda Forever details in regards to T'Challa, Namor, and the overall theme details of the film, which is said to run up to 2 hours and 41 minutes! Gerry Duggan of Marvel reveals his grand plan for the relaunched Invincible Iron Man! Netflix's...

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! We’re back after a brief hiatus to kickstart Season Three! In a week, we’ve got some surprises, such as Grand Theft Auto VI’s early development videos being leaked to the wider gaming public, resulting in an uproar over the quality of extremely early builds of a game not due within half or a full decade fr...

NRC Reviews A.X.E. Judgment Day Tie-In issue of Immortal X-Men! PART FIVE: MEDITATIONS ON THE X  THE BOOK OF EXODUS!  Bennet du Paris was born in the 12th century. Exodus marched forth with a sword in his hand and a shield in his heart to protect what he believes. It’s now the 21st century. What’s changed? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. And the Eternals who dared attack Krakoa are going to discover...

NRC Reviews A.X.E. Judgment Day #1 by Kieron Gillen! IN THE LAND OF THE RIGHTEOUS...The X-Men claim they’re the planet’s new gods. The Eternals know that position is already filled. The Avengers are about to realize exactly how many secrets their so-called friends have kept from them. Years of tension lead to a volcanic eruption as two worlds burn. Who has leaked the X-Men’s secrets to their lates...

NRC Reviews A.X.E. Eve of Judgment #1 by Kieron Gillen! FIRST SHOT FIRED - JUDGMENT IS COMING! The Eternals know that the mutants have conquered death. But what are they going to do about it? The oldest immortals on Earth eye up the newest, and the doomsday clock starts to tick toward Judgment Day. A long, long time ago, alien space gods came to Earth. They made 100 Eternals. They made 100 deviant...

Fire Will Reign Emotional Fantasy Music - Ice & Fire by Solas. House of the Dragon is an American fantasy drama television series that is a prequel to the television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), both based on the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin . The prequel series was created by Martin and Ryan Condal for HBO and is based on portions of Fire & Blood . Condal an...

50 Episodes. 50 Episodes since the show came back from the YouTube Daily News Show during the high point of a global pandemic, but we've reached a major milestone for the podcast. Hours Upon Hours of Content, Tons of Bonus Reviews, and Sponsored by The EveryDayFans since 40. But we've reached it... The Season Two Finale! Hello and Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Re...

NRC Reviews The Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler #1 by Tom King & Mitch Gerads! DREADFUL REINS Tom King and Mitch Gerads , the Eisner Award-winning duo behind Mister Miracle, The Sheriff of Babylon, and Strange Adventures, reunite to dive deep into the mind of Batman’s most intellectual foe…the Riddler. The Riddler has killed a man in broad daylight for seemingly no reason, but…there’s always...

Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the forty-ninth episode, WarnerMedia and Discovery merged back in April. Hijinks have finally started to ensue with corporate restructuring and canceling projects even when they’re already close to completion, Batgirl starring Leslie Grace has been shelved along with other programming set for HBO MAX as the new CEO announces plans f...

PART FOUR: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER A GALA PERFORMANCE! Emma Frost will do anything to protect the children, including the metaphorical child that is the Hellfire Gala. Last year's was a fantastic success. She would not like it if someone ruined the second. She would not like it at all. But don't worry, I'm sure it'll go fine. IMMORTAL X-MEN The island-nation of Krakoa was founded unde...

Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the forty-eighth episode, WarnerMedia and Discovery merged back in April. Hijinks have finally started to ensue with corporate restructuring and canceling projects even when they’re already close to completion, Batgirl starring Leslie Grace has been shelved along with other programming set for HBO MAX as the new CEO announces plans...

SDCC '22 was the 56th San Diego Comic-Con and the First in-person San Diego Comic-Con in since 2019, returning to its usual July dates (excluding the much smaller SDCC "Special Edition" event held in November 2021). A California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized for charitable purposes and dedicated to creating the general public’s awareness of and appreciation for comics...