This Week in Geek- 5/1

Bringing Back the 90's, this week in geek!

First Look- Jubilee and Jean Grey in X-Men Apocalypse - I love, love how Jubilee is very much her comic book costume. It helps that the film is period-set in the 1980s, where her look would have been very fashionable to begin with. Seeing this kind of stuff is always fun, especially when it shows how close a director is willing to go to the source.

Stephen Amell as Casey Jones - Straight from Michael Bay himself, we have a look at a fan favorite returning to screen in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2- Casey Jones. Amell is a good  Green Arrow and I don't doubt he can make the best of what material he's given in the sequel. .However, on a general design note, I feel the  Casey Jones mask makes the same mistake as the current cartoon in trying to over-design the simple look that worked so well in the comics and first movie. What made the first design work was the simple fact it was an easy graphic design. The new movie- and the 2012 show- overcomplicate it.

NECA unveils Terminator exclusive figure - NECA is making a very nostalgia-driven exclusive for San Diego Comic Con this year. They are homaging the Kenner toyline for the film by creating a new Terminator endoskeleton figure based on the Endo-Glow Terminator figure from the line, complete with glow in the dark pieces. This is pretty cool and a perfect choice for an SDCC exclusive- a fun idea that isn't exactly essential to complete the line.

Power Rangers reboot pushed back to 2017 - Perhaps this falls more under 'pushing back the 90's', but Lionsgate has announced a push on its in-progress Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers film reboot to January 2017. This is not a good sign. January is a dumping ground for films that a studio doesn't have faith in- and with no stars attached and no shooting done, this means the movie is one step closer to simply falling apart. Hopefully, it will emerge from this with more direction and quality. However, I can't say I find that premise terribly realistic.