Non-Geek TV From The Geek Perspective: Vicious

Gabbing Geek What We're Watching

There’s a lot of TV out there, and some of it is throwback British sitcom stuff.

This week, I’m covering Vicious.

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Gabbing Geek 28: Clue, Death, And Taxes

It's Gabbing Geek 28: Clue, Death, And Taxes!  It's real, and it's fantastic!
It’s Gabbing Geek 28: Clue, Death, And Taxes! It’s real, and it’s fantastic!

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“X-Soup” Casts a New Nightcrawler

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Jenny has complained several times on the Gabbing Geek podcast about how Batman v Superman is turning into Batsoup with all the characters being cast.  Maybe X-Men:  Apocalypse is the next soup du jour, because after ALL the casting news of late on the next franchise installment featuring the mutie scum, we now have a new Nightcrawler.

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Sir Ian McKellen is Mr. Holmes

"Oh, and now I'm Sherlock too."  *DROPS ALL THE MICS EVER*
“Oh, and now I’m Sherlock too.” *DROPS ALL THE MICS EVER*

Every so often the geek universe fails me.  For example, how am I only finding out TODAY that there’s a movie called Mr. Holmes coming out THIS SUMMER which has Sir Ian McKellen playing an elderly Sherlock Holmes?  WHY DID I NOT KNOW THIS FOREVER AGO?!?  If this is now a must-see movie for you like it is for me, jump after the break to see the first clip from the film

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Stewart/McKellen will NOT appear in the next X-Men movie!


The old make way for the young:

In an interview with Larry King, Patrick Stewart (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”) delivered some sad news. When asked if he was going to be in the next X-Men film, Stewart replied, “No. Nor Sir Ian McKellen, either.” Wow, not only is Stewart’s Professor Charles Xavier not going to be in it, but  McKellen’s master of magnetism Erik Lehnsherr, aka Magneto, won’t appear either. That’s a bummer, man.

Probably the right move, but I like these two so much that it still makes me a little sad. 

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