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I love comic books and I love movies so naturally, I’m a big fan of movies based on comic books.  There is no doubt that this summer was enough to make many a geek wet themselves with delight.

The summer started off with a giant crimson and gold bang as Iron Man dominated theaters to the tune of $318,219,154.  Not too bad for a movie about a dysfunctional millionaire with a really cool suit.  Despite the fact that I think that Tony Stark is a giant douche bag in the comics, especially after Marvel’s Civil War, there’s no doubt that Robert Downey Jr. was flat out amazing.  Throw in a nice cameo by Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury that set up the upcoming Avengers project, and this provided much geek glee.

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Before you get to excited let me clarify. This is not a review of Mel Gibson’s 2000 film. Nor is it my pitch for the sequel, What Men Want, because I quickly realized the answer was “Boobs”, and didn’t really think that could be stretched to feature length. It’s also not my editorial on what makes a successful husband, though as a psychologist I’ve thought about doing just that. No this is my quest to answer one of the great mysteries of the 21st century. What do women want in a video game? This is up there with who shot JFK, and why Reggis Philbon has a career, for the great questions of life. So I thought I’d give it a go.

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Thanks to TardisCaptain, this morning I was able to attend an advanced screening of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  For those who know me, you know that I’m a big Star Wars geek so being able to see the movie a whole week before it’s released was awesome.  (I think that it should help my geek cred.  Maybe +5?)

I’m too lazy to write a plot synopsis so here is one from allmovie.com.

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LA Daily News reports that X-Men executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner is currently working on the cast for a 4th installment in the movie franchise. Renegotiations would be needed to secure the main stars of the previous three films.

Donner says “The newer cast members are signed, and the older cast members are not.” Considering the older names involved — Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Romijn, Famke Janssen and Anna Paquin — that could run into a huge chunk of money.

All that’s putting the cart before the wolverine, of course, since Hugh Jackman is set to reprise his role as the manicure-challenged mutant superhero in his own film. “Next, we’re going to do ‘Wolverine,’ but not before the end of the year because he’s in the Baz Luhrmann film,” she says of the film maker’s untitled Australian epic with Nicole Kidman. However, “We have the script and are working on it.”

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I’m a fan of the X-Men. Granted, due to the small percentage of my income that is allotted for comic books, I don’t get to read the various X titles as much as I would like. But that doesn’t change the fact that the X-Men have some very cool characters as members.

Well, it looks like the Marvel entertainment juggernaut is at it again, this time hitting television. Right now, it appears as though Wolverine and the X-Men will begin airing on Nicktoons sometime during the spring of 2009.

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