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One of my favorite scenes in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek is when Kirk, Sulu and Olson “space jump” from Pike's shuttle down to the Romulan energy drill. Free falling from space through Earth's atmosphere seems like it would be a thrill-seekers dream and now Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner is actually going to give it a try. Read more...

Tags Felix Baumgartner, Free Fall, Red Bull Stratos, space, Space Jump

Who ya gonna call?

GODZILLA!

IDW Publishing was kind enough to send along EXCLUSIVE peeks at two comic series based on two of our all-time favorite properties, Godzilla and Ghostbusters!

Click the images below to read the previews exclusive here at MTV Geek!

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Tags David Messina, Ghostbusters, Godzilla, Godzilla: Kingdown of Monsters, IDW Publishing, Jason Ciaramella, Victor Santos

Hey Clone Wars fans! So not only does PHANTOM MENACE 3D come out this Friday but the Force has also blessed us with another exciting new episode of this week's Clone Wars on the Cartoon Network!

This week's synopsis:
The conspiracy against the Chancellor is set. The playing pieces are on the board. Now, Count Dooku makes his move... In the next all-new episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, an extremely popular four-episode arc comes to its shocking finale. Obi-Wan is still deep undercover as the assassin Rako Hardeen, and he’s part of Cad Bane’s bounty hunter team tasked to kidnap the Supreme Chancellor. Guarding the Chancellor are the Jedi Knights, including Anakin Skywalker. Obi-Wan must stop Dooku’s plot, but is it already too late to stop the devious plans of the Sith?

Check out these clips:

“Crisis on Naboo,” a new episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, airing at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT Friday, February 10th on Cartoon Network.

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Tags Cartoon Network, Lucasfilm, Phantom Menace 3D, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Woodsy's World of Star Wars

DC’s The Source blog has been alight today with artistic change announcements on several of its titles, including the return of a 90s fan-favorite to the book that helped define his career.

First in the game of artistic musical chairs is Jesus Saiz, who will leave BIRDS OF PREY to take over the indestructible Mitch Shelley’s story in the pages of RESURRECTION MAN. Saiz’ first issue of the title will be May’s #9, which will pit the hero against the Suicide Squad.

“I’m going to miss BIRDS OF PREY immensely, although it’s also true that I was dying to work on the Dark line of books,” Saiz told The Source. “There’s some very interesting stuff happening in these books, and I’ve always considered horror / creating dark settings are some of my stronger areas as an artist, and I really haven’t had many chances to flex those muscles working in this genre during my career.” Read more...

Tags Birds of Prey, DC Comics

Check out the cast lineup for the upcoming DTDVD feature Justice League: Doom: you've got Tim Daly as Superman, Michael Rosenbaum as the Flash, Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman, Carl Lumbly as Martian Manhunter, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, and of course, Kevin Conroy as Batman (plus Bumper Robinson joining the cast as Cyborg). If you watched the Justice League animated series and its followup, Justice League: Unlimited, it'd look like a reunion of the voice actors who've made their marks as the modern animated incarnations of all of these characters. And that's effectively what it is.

After the jump, see how the Justice League has swapped out voice actors over the years, and how Justice League: Doom will end up sounding like nice burst of nostalgia from the beginning of the last decade.
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Tags Andrea Romano, Carl Lumbly, DC Comics, DC Universe Animated, Justice League: Doom, Kevin Conroy, Michael Rosenbaum, Nathan Fillion, Susan Eisenberg, Tim Daly, Warner Brothers Animation

Toy Fair 2012 takes place in less than a week and what better way to celebrate all the things we love about toys than by htting up the Toypocalypse2: Futuretro gallery show! While we've already posted about the Four Horsemen (our favorite action figure sculptors) and their 2nd annual exhibit of incredible sculptures, we've now recieved an update on the Outer Space Men action figure set and print that will exclusively be available at the show! Read more...

Tags Action Figures, Four Horsemen, Futuretro, mtv, MTV Geek, The Outer Space Men, Toy Fair 2012, Toy Tokyo, Toypocalypse 2, TT Underground Gallery

If you’ve been a devoted MTV watcher as long as we have, you’re probably very familiar with David Wain. The actor/writer/director started off on TV as part of MTV’s groundbreaking sketch comedy show The State, and since then has made his name as one third of the spin-off trio Stella, as well as directing hit movies like cult favorite Wet Hot American Summer, and general public favorite Role Models. All the while, he’s been steadily releasing seasons of his self-titled web series Wainy Days exclusively on MyDamnChannel since 2007; a show about a guy named David Wain pushing people to the ground and making out with hot women.

There’s a lot more to it, of course, but the series perfectly channels Wain’s absurd humor, and features a bevy of guest stars, ranging from Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks, to many, many members of The State. The entire first four seasons of the series will be hitting DVD on Valentine’s Day, along with some choice extras, including a cast reunion/pajama party filmed just for the DVD release. To find out more, as well a very short update on Wet Hot American Summer, read on:

MTV Geek: I’m curious to talk about your approach to Wainy Days... It seems like there’s a tone, and rules to the world, but what’s the main impetus for the series?

David Wain: The main impetus for me is more a way to express - in a way - the most personal corner of my work; which is specifically writing what I know, what my life outside of work has been about for most of my adult life. It’s meeting someone, meeting girls, and how embarrassing or bizarre, or tough funny that can be. Read more...

Tags David Wain, Wainy Days

Remember last week when the internet broke in half thanks to the polarizing news of DC Comics' Before Watchmen? Well, now you can celebrate all those twitter-based tirades with a new line of statues from DC Direct! Toy Fair is only a few days away and we have some big news from DC Direct on both the Before Watchmen line AND a little film you might have heard of: "The Dark Knight Rises"! There is a pile of info here on both lines, so read on fellow geeks-- read on!

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Tags Bane, Batman, Before Watchmen, Comedian, DC Comics, DC Direct, mtv, MTV Geek, Rorschach, Statues, The Dark Knight Rises, Toy Fair 2012, Watchmen

DC gave fans of the recently departed Smallville television show a surprise this morning when they announced the continuation of the series as a digital-first comic. SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 will pick up right where the show left off, with Clark Kent finally donning the iconic title and tights of Superman.

Written by Bryan Q. Miller with interior art by his frequent BATGIRL collaborator Pere Perez and digital covers by Cat Staggs, the book will be published digitally on April 13, 2012, with new digital chapters following weekly. Collected print versions, coupled with episode guides for the series, will begin release on May 16. The print edition will also feature covers by fan-favorite artist Gary Frank.

Miller previously worked on the pre-relaunch BATGIRL title starring Stephanie Brown, a character whose New 52 absence has been met with fan outcry. This marks Miller’s first published work with DC since the relaunch. Read more...

Tags DC Comics, Smallville

After nearly a decade of waiting, Marvel RPG fans can finally get back in the game. RPG publisher Margaret Weis Productions has taken over the dormant superhero license, and will be releasing the first volume of Marvel Heroic Roleplyaing later this month.

As a brand new effort that breaks away from previous efforts such as TSR's classic Marvel Superheroes RPG and Marvel's own Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game, this system from MWP will use a version of the Cortex Plus rules set made famous in the Leverage and Smallville RPGs.

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Tags Margaret Weiss Productions, Marvel, Marvel Heroic RPG, RPGs