The new year has come and gone and we already find ourselves in February, so what better way to keep track of 2020 speeding by than this selection of nerdy calendars; for every procrastinator who meant to buy one in November!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2020 Calendar | Amazon

Even though the TV series finished in 2003, it’s still as popular as ever, especially after five seasons of comics after the show. This calendar has an image of a character from the show each month, as well as three small images below of awesome scenes from the show. There’s even comic art every month!

Origami Calendar | Amazon

Love origami? This desk calendar gives you the instructions and paper to make a different paper creation every day. The only issue is once you’ve made the origami, the instruction sheet will be made into the next day’s creation, meaning you can’t make it again.

Rise of Skywalker Calendar | Amazon

This Star Wars calendar is awesome; there are Rise of Skywalker characters portraits on every month, resplendent in all their glory. And lightsabers.

Fractal Cosmos 2020 Calendar | Amazon

For something a little different, this psychedelic calendar has bright, multicoloured computer generated images each month. Warning: if you look into it for too long, you might end up in another dimension…

Harry Potter Calendar | Amazon

Who can say no to a magical calendar? While it doesn’t flip the pages for you or write all your arrangements in automatically, at least it has all your favourite characters!!

365 Days To Spanish / French 2020 | Amazon

If you’ve always had a hankering to learn a language, this calendar will teach you 700 words of French or Spanish, with pretty pictures of France and Spain to add to it. As this year is a leap year, it is actually 366 days, so maybe you get a break from language learning on February 29th!

Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth | Amazon

If your fandom is science, then this is the best calendar for you. Arty cartoons of animals and plants in their natural biomes decorate each month.

Deadpool Calendar | Amazon

The Merc with a Mouth will be on your wall, with Deadpool’s classic humour on each month’s comic panel or Deadpool centred image.

Donald Trump Out of Office Countdown Calendar | Amazon

In a purely jokey manner, this Donald Trump calendar showcases his best and funniest quotes.

Lonely Planet Toilets Calendar | Amazon

To end on something very, very weird, the Lonely Planet’s toilet calendar shows views from various random… toilets? Whatever floats your…er… bowl, I suppose. If toilets don’t strike your fancy, Lonely Planet do another calendar, the Travel Book.

Any other suggestions? Tell us in the comments below!

The post 10 Nerdy 2020 Calendars If You Still Don’t Have One  appeared first on The Nerd Daily.

Tippy toe, sneakin‘ up behind you. I’m Deadpool, do I have to remind you?

After the incredible success of Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds proves once more that he was born to be Wade Wilson.

The first movie ended with Wade being reunited with Vanessa and the sequel picks up right where we left off. The couple are together and happy, but somewhere in between Deadpool is killing people all over the world. Unfortunately, one of this jobs he takes home by accident, which ends with Vanessa being killed. Wade deals with her death the way he deals with everything in his life: in the most extreme way possible.

He gets picked up by Colossus (Stefan Kapicic) who brings him to the X-Mansion and offers him to be a part of the X-Men, or more like X-Men trainee.

The first mission for the small X-Men team, which includes Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), Colossus and Deadpool, is to stop a teenage mutant by the name of Firefist (Julian Dennison) who is trying to burn down the orphanage he is living in since the headmaster takes pleasure in torturing and suppressing his mutant powers.

The whole thing ends with both Firefist and Wade being locked up in a Mutant prison with collars around their necks to suppress their powers. For Wade it means, he has “cancers to grow” while he’s waiting to get out.

Meanwhile, Cable (Josh Brolin) steps into the picture and he’s travelled from the future to the prison so he can kill the one who murdered his family: Firefist. While Wade can escape from prison after his fight with Cable, Firefist is making a new friend, which turns out to be Juggernaut whose first movie appearance was in X-Men: Last Stand.

Wade decides to build a team of his own: The X-Force. The team consists of Domino (Zazie Beetz), Shatterstar (Lewis Tan), Zeitgeist (Bill Skarsgard), Bedlam (Terry Crews), Vanisher (Brad Pitt), Peter (Rob Delaney) and of course, Dopinder (Karan Soni). Before any of you start freaking out over Brad Pitt, you literally only see his face for three seconds.

Towards the end, we are treated with two big fights: Cable and Deadpool against Firefist and Colossus against Juggernaut.

Just like the first, we’re treated to a lot of pop culture references and humour, including seeing Logan (Wolverine) in a music box. Thanks to Wade, he opens our eyes to realise that “Do You Want To Build A Snowman?” from Frozen sounds exactly like “Papa, Can You Hear Me?” from Yentl.

You’ll also have Cher’s “Turn Back Time” stuck in your head for days after mourning with Wade over the loss of George Michael and David Bowie. Plus you’ll also enjoy a short sing-along to “Tomorrow” from Annie and a flashback to the movie Say Anything with Wade standing in front of Colossus’ windows playing “In Your Eyes”.

You’re so dark, you sure you’re not from the DC Universe?

The movies marketing strategy was unlike anything else with it claiming to be a family movie, just like Bambi and The Lion King. However, before you think you can go taking your kids to the movie, think about the one thing these Disney classics have in common, plus uh, it’s got quite the high rating.

Not only are you treated to some great tunes, but you should also keep an eye out during the intro and credits as there’s some seriously fun things mixed in there.

Just like every Marvel movie, you can also play “Find Stan Lee” in Deadpool 2 along with searching for a bunch of great cameos. Not only are Brad Pitt and Hugh Jackman in the movie, but some of the younger X-Men have a very short appearance. Plus you’ll also see Wade in Xavier’s wheelchair and lending Cerebro.

If anyone was hoping for more Negasonic Teenage Warhead like me, you will be disappointed as there is not much you will see of her. However, we learn that she has a girlfriend by the name of Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna) and she can fix Cable’s time travel device.

The after credits scene is an essential to stick around for as Ryan Reynolds is making fun of everything and everyone and he doesn’t even stop when it comes to himself. Somehow he not only seems to prevent Vanessa’s death, he also kills 2009 Wolverine and Wade (because who needs him anymore), along with stopping him from accepting the role of Green Lantern.

If you are searching for a good movie that takes you far away from reality and you have no problem with seeing some bloody scenes and a lot of cursing, this is the perfect movie to watch!

Did you enjoy Deadpool 2? Tell us in the comments below!

The post ‘Deadpool 2’ Is A Hilarious and Out There Movie appeared first on The Nerd Daily.

If you’re after some laughs, Melissa McCarthy’s movie is guaranteed to do so along with Anna Faris starring in the 1987 remake of Overboard.

Read on to discover what movies are coming out this month and tell us what you’re looking forward to!

Deadpool 2

Bigger, better and occasionally more pantless than ever before. When a super soldier arrives on a murderous mission, Deadpool is forced to think about friendship, family and what it really means to be a hero – all while kicking 50 shades of ass. Because, sometimes, to do the right thing you need to fight dirty. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin (Gotham), Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool), Bill Skarsgård (IT), Lewis Tan (Into The Badlands), Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Josh Brolin (Avengers: Infinity War).

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes. Starring Alden Ehrenreich (Rules Don’t Apply), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Thandie Newton (Westworld), Donald Glover (Atlanta), Woody Harrelson (The Hunger Games), and Paul Bettany (Avengers: Age of Ultron).

Life Of The Party

Dumped by her husband, longtime housewife Deanna turns regret into reset by going back to college. Winding up at the same school as her daughter, Deanna plunges headlong into the campus experience — embracing the fun, the freedom and the frat boys. Starring Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids), Gillian Jacobs (Community), Debby Ryan (Every Day), Adria Arjorna (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), and Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids).

Book Club

Diane is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage, Vivian enjoys her men with no strings attached, Sharon is still working through her decades-old divorce, and Carol’s marriage is in a slump after 35 years. The lives of these four lifelong friends are turned upside down after reading the infamous “50 Shades of Grey,” catapulting them into a series of outrageous life choices. Starring Diane Keaton (Something’s Gotta Give), Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie), Candice Bergen (Boston Legal), and Mary Steenburgen (The Last Man on Earth). 

Overboard

Kate is a single, working-class mother of three who’s hired to clean a luxury yacht that belongs to Leonardo — a selfish, spoiled and wealthy Mexican playboy. After unjustly firing Kate, Leonardo falls off the boat and wakes up with no memory of who he is. To get payback, Kate shows up at the hospital and convinces the confused amnesiac that they’re married. As Leonardo tries to get used to manual labor and his new family, Kate starts to wonder how long she can keep fooling her fake husband. Starring Anna Faris (Mom), Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), and Eugenio Derbez (Geostorm).

On Chesil Beach

Based on Ian McEwan’s novel, the film is set in 1962 England where a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night. Starring Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), Emily Watson (The Theory of Everything), and Billy Howle (Dunkirk).

Tully

The film is about Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, who is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully. Starring Charlize Theron (Atomic Blonde), Mackenzie Davis (Halt and Catch Fire), Ron Livingston (The Conjuring), and Mark Duplass (The Mindy Project).

Bad Samaritan

A young valet breaks into a man’s home and discovers a terrified woman who’s chained and gagged. After notifying the police, he soon becomes the target of the psychopath’s wrath as he tries to rescue the victim that he left behind. Starring David Tennant (Doctor Who), Kerry Condon (Better Call Saul), Robert Sheehan (Misfits), and Jacqueline Byers (Salvation).

Show Dogs

Max, a macho, solitary Rottweiler police dog is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious Dog Show, along with his human partner, to avert a disaster from happening. Starring Will Arnett (The Lego Batman Movie), Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is The New Black) and RuPaul, plus featuring the voices of Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), Stanley Tucci (Easy A), Gabriel Iglesias (Magic Mike XXL), Shaquille O’Neal and Ludacris.

What movie are you most excited for? Tell us in the comments below!

The post May 2018 Movies appeared first on The Nerd Daily.

Everyone gets excited about the new year and what it brings, especially upcoming movies. Whether  its sequels or stand-alone movies, one franchise that will be topping 2018 is Marvel.

Marvel is bringing multiple new films out in 2018, including Infinity War and Black Panther, but what other Marvel movies are coming out this year?

Read on to discover what’s coming out this year and tell us in the comments below what you’re most excited for!

Black Panther

February 16th 2018

Ever since his appearance in Captain America: Civil War many have been waiting for Black Panther’s stand-alone film, and now the wait is almost over. The film will see T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) return to his home as king of Wakanda, but he comes to find that his power and authority is being challenged by two adversaries he has known for a long time. The result of their conflict ends up causing issues for the entire world so T’Challa ends up partnering with a CIA agent. Chadwick

Joining Boseman is Michael B. Jordan (Creed) who is set to play the film’s villain, Erik Killmonger, and Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave), who will be playing Nakia (aka Malice). Also part of the cast is Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead), Martin Freeman (The Hobbit), Angela Basset (American Horror Story), Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings) and John Kani (Captain America: Civil War).

The New Mutants

April 13th 2018

The New Mutants follows a diverse group of teenage who discover they have extraordinary powers while held captive in a secret facility and must tackle their demons while trying to save themselves. The film features five mutants—Russian teen Magik, a sorceress that uses teleportation and discs to travel; Scots girl Wolfsbane, who must figure out how to reconcile her ability to turn into a wolf with her religious beliefs; Native American Danielle Moonstar; Brazilian ladies man Sunspot; and lastly, a Kentuckian code-named Cannonball.

Starring Anya Taylor-Joy (Split), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), Blu Hunt (The Originals), Henry Zaga (13 Reasons Why), Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things), and Alice Braga (I Am Legend).

Avengers Infinity War: Part 1

May 4th 2018

This is probably the most anticipated Marvel movie and definitely tops the first Avengers film. Infinity War takes place four years after Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 with the Avengers still torn apart after the events that unfolded in Captain America: Civil War. However, Thanos is coming to Earth to continue his quest on collecting the infinity stones for his personal use so the Avengers must join forces once again and work with more heroes to stop him.

The film is filled to the brim with almost every hero from the Marvel films and stars Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johannson, Chris Pratt, Robert Downey Jr, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Evans, Karen Gillan, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin, Sebastian Stan, Dave Bautista, Paul Rudd, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Tessa Thompson, and Pom Klementieff.

Deadpool 2

June 1st 2018

Deadpool 2 is one of 2018’s Marvel films that is being kept underwraps and hopefully we will see a legitimate plot or trailer pop up sometime in the next few months to clue us in. Currently its plot stands at:

After surviving a near fatal knee boarding accident , a disfigured guidance counselor (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Poughkeepsie’s most celebrated French Bulldog breeder while also learning to cope with an open relationship. Searching to regain his passion for life, as well as a new stuffed unicorn, Wade must battle ninjas, tight assed metal men, and babysit a group stereotypical side characters as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and creative outlets for his very open-minded sex life. He manages to find a new lust for being a do-gooder, a sparkly Hello Kitty backpack, all while earning the coveted coffee mug title of World’s Best 4th Wall Breaking Superhero.

The film sees Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Josh Brolin, T.J Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, and Zazie Beetz return.

Ant-Man and The Wasp

July 6th 2018

Even though Ant-Man isn’t the most popular superhero, there are still many fans that enjoyed the first film so he’s getting a sequel. Again, the events of Civil War has caused Scott Lang to try to balance his life at home, being a father and the responsibilities of Ant-Man. The film sees Scott get called out on a job by Hope van Dyne and Hank Pym who require him to work with Hope, who will be taking up the role of Wasp.

The film stars Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly who will both be starring in Infinity War so this film will definitely play off the events of Infinity War. The film also stars Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfieffer, Judy Greer (Jurassic World), Hannah John-Kamen (Killjoys), and Walton Goggins (Justified).

Venom

October 5th 2018

We haven’t seen Venom in a while and it’s unclear if Spider-Man: Homecoming or a new Spider-Man movie has anything to do with this, however, we’re still very excited. The entirety of this film has been kept very hush-hush with no plot, images, or video—but we do know that it will be an R-rated film. Nobody is really sure why this movie is being kept on the downlow, but it’s creating a big hype.

Playing Eddie Brock/Venom is Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road), along with Michelle Williams (The Greatest Showman), Jenny Slate, Woody Harrelson (The Hunger Games), and Riz Ahmed (Rogue One).

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

November 2nd 2018

The X-Men are a huge franchise that has plenty of movies, but fans just keep wanting more and so Marvel is giving it to us. The film follows the comic book storyline, The Dark Phoenix Saga.

Set in the 1990s, 10 years after X-Men Apocalypse, Jean Grey loses control of her abilities as the Dark Phoenix and forces the X-Men to fight her and keep her safe, while the alien empress Lilandra tries to capture her.

Just like Infinity War, previous stars will be returning including James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, and Sophie Turner as Jean Grey. Along with these three, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Evan Peters, Alexandra Shipp and Kodi Smit-McPhee will also be joining them.

What Marvel movie or any movie are you looking forward to in the new year?

The post Marvel Movies To Watch In 2018 appeared first on The Nerd Daily.

Techno Superior is the second instalment in the story of X-Men Gold and it spans through three comics. Just as a preamble, the art by R.B. Silva has a great impact in this story and it is outstanding, and not to mention the inking by Adriano di Benedetto and the colouring by Frank Martin that help to make the special effects pop out of the page and provide depth to all the action scenes. The story again comes from Marc Guggenheim and it is fairly complex in terms of storylines with some of them opening up for future instalments of the series. Others are fully fleshed here and help to understand what drives certain characters.

That begin said, this is a story that will please you, especially if you like a big cast of characters and a story that has an impact that goes beyond the individuals that are part of the X-Men Gold recurring cast.

Read on to learn more about Techno Superior BUT beware of spoilers!

First and foremost, the story has an important addition to the cast of characters, albeit temporary. The favourite mutant thief who will steal (and break) many hearts, Remy LeBeuf, aka Gambit is the center of the first part of the story. As a professional thief, he infiltrates Nanostorm Inc. to steal nano technology, using and impressing the reader with his powers, which ends up being an extremely small (and apparently empty) vial.

Immediately one might think that Gambit is back on his reckless behaviour of thinking about his gain and pure profit without thinking about the consequences. The reader will be surprised to see that Gambit’s goal was to meet his anonymous employer and gauge the type and severity of menace that this employer poses to his fellow mutants and, in general, the world.

Gambit not only finds that Bolivar Trask has a granddaughter named Olivia, but that she is Gambit’s secret employer and continues to manage Trask Industries. As a quick refresher, Bolivar Trask is also the character that created the sentinels, an artificial intelligence with only one goal: to eliminate the X gene. In essence, sentinels target the mutants and engage with deadly force and they have always been one of the deadliest opponents for the X-Men. It is incredibly rewarding to see them return to this world in an evolved fashion, now deadlier and more indiscriminate than before. Think Bolivar Trask sounds familiar? He was also portrayed in the X-Men movie “X-Men: Days of Future Past” by the incredible Peter Dinklage.

After understanding the type of threat that Olivia Trask poses to the world and realising (really being told) that the empty vial contains a swarm of nano technology that can render technology sentient, Gambit chooses to ignore Olivia Trask when she says she wants to use this technology for military purposes (and associated financial gain) and tries to recover the vial. This leads to a confrontation with Olivia Trask’s bodyguards and to the incident that will trigger significant action scenes (and panic) through New York City: The vial breaks and the swarm of nano technology infects a sentinel that is being built at the Trask facility.

The second part of the story focuses on the realisation of the menace this new sentinel poses to the city of New York. Initially, the X-Men Gold team is called into action to rescue Gambit (including a rescuing borderline kidnapping of Olivia Trask) and everybody else who is in the building of Trask Industries and the adjacent street, and to assess the threat.

Besides Logan, who is dedicated to save civilians who are in harm’s way and hilariously being displeased by being called “grandpa”, Kitty, Prestige, Storm, Colossus and Nightcrawler are dispatched to fight the nano-sentinel. Kitty—whose power to phase also has an effect on technology, usually damaging it permanently—uses her ability on the sentinel. Despite thinking that the ability worked, the sentinel proves to be stronger than the X-Men initially anticipated. To make things more complicated for our heroes, the sentinel is able to render Prestige unconscious through a psychic shock and the sentinel disappears.

They learn the magnitude of the problem, specifically that the sentinel is self-aware with an ability to learn from prior encounters and that the nano technology has affected more than one sentinel. This will lead to a dramatic escalation of events and a fight between Marvel heroes and the sentinels in the city of New York. There are several heroes that join the fight, including Daredevil, Deadpool, Hulk, and Captain Marvel to stop a threat that does not only affect mutants. The goal of this new sentinel is that all mutations must be eliminated, including mutations different from the X gene, for instance colorblindness or cancer. In essence, the entire population of New York is a target for the sentinels.

The key to win this fight will be Rachel Summers. While still unconscious from her previous encounter with the self-aware sentinel, she will need to face herself, her powers, her parents, her fears—including the fear of succumb to the dark phoenix force—and become a much stronger psychic than she was before.

The last instalment of the story really provides a closer look into Prestige and what fuels and holds her back from unleashing and becoming a stronger version of herself. It is an interesting specific character deep dive (that will have repercussions also in the following stories) and provides the option to connect with Rachel.

Prestige will wake from her coma and realize her potential and tap into it, connect with every mind and awareness and channel her powers into the world, reaching and destroying the nano technology that powered the sentinels.

And this is only the main story of Techno Superior! There are several interesting stories that intertwine, some that will have more lasting effects—for instance, Logan and Ororo are exposed for the first time to the fact that there is a mutant killer loose in the city of New York. This is a particularly upsetting information that will impact the X-Men Gold story in the next instalments.

Also, despite the efforts of the Back to the Basic story, Lydia Nance still is a painful presence for the X-Men and mutants in general. She is still advocating against them in public forums, taking advantage of the latest events involving the X-Men, labelling them as terrorist, which the younger members of the X-Men don’t take well.

It is going to be interesting to see what Lydia Nance will continue to do for the X-Men world and how she will be able to antagonize the X-Men in the next stories.

Have you read the story? Did you enjoy the story? Tell us in the comments below and stay tuned for more to come on X-Men Gold!

The post Marvel’s X-Men Gold: Techno Superior appeared first on The Nerd Daily.