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Now that we’ve discussed our favorite 2013 movies and our most wanted videogames of 2014, it’s time to talk about the most wanted nerd movies of 2014. On the plus side, 2013 had all sorts of movies for comics, fantasy, and sci-fi fans. Unfortunately, many of them were merely good and few of them caused true nerdgasms. On paper, 2014 looks promising. There are loads of comics, sci-fi, and fantasy films slated for release, packed with phenomenal casts and crews. Below is a list of nerd movies that I’m looking forward to. After you check it out, please share your most wanted nerd movies of 2014 in the comments section.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier — The trailer for this movie looks sick and I’m a huge fan of the comic-book version of the antagonist. With some luck, Winter Soldier could surpass Loki as Marvel’s coolest movie bad guy.
X-Men: Days of Future Past — The source material is awesome and Bryan Singer has shown skill at being respectful to the source while deftly adapting it to the big screen (let’s all pretend his Superman didn’t happen). Awesome mutants, menacing sentinels, and Peter Dinklage should make this a fun flick. That said, I am concerned that time hopping, alternate realities, and time stream alteration could make this one a mess.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 — The first movie was utterly charming and I’m hoping for more of the same in the sequel. Plus, dragons are awesome.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes — I loved the first movie. It was smart, the acting was great, and the special effects were excellent. My concern here is that the director worked on Felicity. That show sucked.
Muppets Most Wanted — After years of being shelved, Jim Henson’s Muppets made a triumphant return in 2011. Accompanied by Tina Fey and Ricky Gervais, I’m hopeful that the Muppets will smash it once again.
The Knights of Badassdom — Peter Dinklage and Steve Zahn awesome. LARPing is hilarious. Put it all together and you should have a sweet nerd movie. As an added bonus, the movie was directed by a former G4tv coworker of mine.
Hercules — No, I’m not talking about the one starring the Twilight guy. I’m talking about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s movie. As a WWE mark, I need to support The Rock’s quest to become America’s best action hero.
Lucy — Scarlett Johansson as a drug mule turned superhero? I’m down! Actually, I’m down with most things Scarlett Johansson.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For — The first movie was stellar — arguably the best pure comic-book-to-movie adaptation ever made. The second movie brings back the scintillating Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, and Jaime King. I’m curious about recasting Miho with Jamie Chung, as well as Lady Gaga’s cameo. Creator Frank Miller is assisting Robert Rodriguez as director, so it should be another faithful adaptation.
Guardians of the Galaxy — I’m a bit torn about this movie. It’s a difficult book to translate to the silver screen. I mean, two of the main characters are a bad-ass raccoon and a repetitive tree. The source is lots of fun and I want the movie to kick ass…but it also stars WWE Batista. Part of me wants the world to see him as the utter fraud of an entertainer he is — that guy sucks at everything (except, perhaps, writing unintentional funny autobiographies).
Amazing Spider-Man 2 — The first movie was fun for me, but not great. I’m hoping that the cast and crew does a better job the second time around. The acting talent is immense and Spidey special effects are always fun. Will the gang have the stones to kill off Gwen Stacy?!? I’m anxious to find out.
RoboCop — The costume makes the titular character look like a Japanese sex toy. Let’s forget about that and look at the tremendous supporting cast: Michael Keaton, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel, and more. That’s a crazy amount of talent!
Transformers: Age of Extinction — Yeah, these movies are pretty stupid (Michael Bay’s specialty), but the upcoming Transformers flick has two things going for it — Mark Wahlberg and (rumored) Dinobots! Me Grimlock wants to see this one (when it’s available digitally)!
Now it’s your turn. Kindly share your most wanted nerd movies of 2014 in the comments section (please!).
Xmen because of time travel.
Hercules because of The Rock.
Rest are pretty meh to awful.
Lies! You want to see X-Men because Iceman is in it.
-M
Days of Future Past would be first on my list. After being burned from X3, I passed on First Class (I know I shouldn’t have, but I had to teach Fox a lesson and not give them my money). So with First Class being a success, I am ready to renew my faith in the franchise. Also, ICEMAN!!!
My wife will definitely want to see How to Train Your Dragon 2. She absolutely loved the first one. Captain America and Spider-Man 2 are also likely to get my theater money as well. I’m not a huge Captain America fan, but the first one was decent, so I won’t mind seeing the sequel. Also, I like finding out what happened to all the characters from the Avengers after the invasion of New York. Amazing Spider-Man was a mixed bag, but I think the good ultimately outweighed the bad so I won’t mind seeing if Andrew Garfield gets better. Changing the origin story was a bit of a curve ball, but it’s too early to tell if where they are going with it ultimately leads to something good or bad.
Transformers: After the second movie slapped me in the face and spit on my childhood, I haven’t seen another Michael Bay abomination. Having Dinobots in the movie only gives Bay a reason to screw that up beyond recognition. The 1986 Transformers movie already screwed up Dinobot enough to last three decades. I don’t need Bay’s interpretation. If it turns out to be some critical success (by some form of voodoo magic) then I’ll probably just borrow it from the Internet later.
-M
I strongly suspect that Transformers will be another Baytacular exercise in sucktitude…but Dinobots would be rad. I want to find that one episode where Grimlock becomes smart and begins every sentence with, “I, Grimlock…”
I am familiar with that episode. It’s called “Grimlock’s New Brain.” It’s in the third season of the original series, I think. I have all of the episodes on my computer.
-M
I don’t think the 86 cartoon portrayed the dinobots poorly. There were a few corny lines, I.E. ” Me, Grimlock kick butt “, that I could have done without, but there was also some really good stuff. The part with the sharkticons immediately springs to mind.
Grimlock’s new brain is a great episode, its the first appearance of the Technobots, I believe. They merged to form Computron, and that, if nothing else, is a badass name.
Ray is right, do not expect much out of Michael Bay. He has raped me…so many times. If given the opportunity, I would go off on that dude like Michael Bolton on an office copier.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcgg8_transformers-grimlock-s-new-brain_auto?start=5
Captain America on obviously.
Dawn of the planet of the Apes
And x-men: DoFP