Geek Syndicate
The Geek Fourteen of 2014
This year was excellent for geeks of all description. In the gaming world, we saw some
fantastic titles as well as the release of next-generation consoles. Another round of great
films hit the cinema, including the (seemingly Marmite) re-imagining of Superman. On top
of this, there were some great conventions, comics and book releases – not to mention the
fiftieth anniversary of a certain British television show. After all that, can 2014 begin to
compare? Here is a compilation of some of the things coming up that prove it isn’t over yet!
Captain America: The Winter Soldier [Films] – April
2014
August’s Guardians of the Galaxy may be the other
Marvel Studios movie to come out in 2014 but the
latest Captain America film will be on everyone’s “To
Watch” list. Chris Evans returns in the title role, set
two years after the events portrayed in 2012’s Avengers Assemble. For many the most interesting aspect
about the Captain America character in the comics
was him being a man out of time - familiar to the relatively naïve world of the 1940s and suddenly thrown
into the twenty-first century. A clash of values, being thrown into a world far murkier than the one he
knew, with conspiracy theories and shock revelations, will be on the cards as Cap questions his role
in the world and whether he should trust S.H.I.E.L.D.
All while he confronts a major global threat that involves someone called ‘The Winter Soldier’. Directed
by Anthony and Joe Russo and co-starring Scarlett
Johansson (Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick
Fury), Robert Redford (senior S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Alexander Pierce), and Anthony Mackie as the big
screen version of The Falcon.
X-Men: Days of Future Past [Films] – May 2014
Two X-Men franchises collide as original series director Bryan Singer brings a double sequel to the big
screen. With an IMMENSE cast, acting simultaneously as a follow up to X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
and X-Men: First Class (2011) - and 2013’s The Wolverine - the X-Men of the future and the past fight to
prevent a future that has gone disastrously wrong
for mutant-kind. Based on the fan favourite classic
story of the same name by Chris Claremont and John
Byrne, there was a mixture of scepticism and mild
interest in this film when it was announced but the
first trailer has managed to silence many of the naysayers. Take a seat. This could be very interesting.
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