It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy!
Ticketmaster is evil
Elon Musk is divisive
George RR Martin admits there are issues with season 2 of HotD
New Fantastic Four rumor might mean previous leaks were off just a bit.

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Linkin Park - NOTHING! The world was trolled. Now there was a second timer that stopped on 9:05. The band sent invites to their fanclub for a mystery event in LA on the 5th of sept.

Oasis - Ticketmaster gunna ticketmaster… The dynamic pricing hits again. This time the UK government is going to investigate after Oasis tickets skyrocketed nearly 3 times their face value.

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/the-uk-government-will-investigate-ticketmasters-dynamic-pricing-model-after-oasis-chaos-195446622.html 

Blessthefall - Drag Me Under  https://youtu.be/F53sP7JrfeU Still scene nonsense… but slightly more listenable in their older age. Almost trying for like a bro-core kind of sound/aesthetic.

The Dead Dasies - I Wanna Be Your Bitch https://youtu.be/W20wHP6yV88 revival rock garbage. Let Buck Cherry cover this ground…

Life of Agony - The Crow https://youtu.be/9lxhiCkFjGo tribute to Brandon Lee. Feels really contrived.AI video?

Shadow of Intent - Flying the Black Flag https://youtu.be/GRBOrXvRiSc DAMN these kids just destroy it!!

Punk in the Park - Offspring and Pennywise headline. Featuring heavy hitters like Streetlight Manifesto, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and more. Nov 16 in San Diego. GA tickets start at $69.

http://www.punkinthepark.com/ 

TSO - 2024 tour announced. As usual, 2 touring companies so LOTS of dates, with matinee and dinner shows.

http://www.trans-siberian.com/ 

Escuela Grind - Bodybox, Wisdom and War, for support. Dreams on Algorithms tour. Starts Oct 8, in Omaha NE, through Oct 27 in Montreal.
https://escuelagrind.ffm.to/dreamsonalgorithms 

Devildriver - Long time guitarist Mike Spreitzer has announced his departure from the band. His plan it would seem is to focus on his solo work with Verona on Venus. His public statement seems to vaguely imply that with Dez splitting his focus between Devildriver and Coal Chamber it was affecting his “full time” musician status.

https://blabbermouth.net/news/longtime-devildriver-guitarist-mike-spreitzer-announces-his-departure-i-have-decided-it-is-time-to-go-my-own-way 

Skillet - in response to Foo Fighters claiming they never allowed the use of their music to Donald Trump and RFK Jr, John Cooper, bass and vocals for Skillet, has come out and made it known that any candidate can use Skillet music as they wish. “I believe in America over party.”

https://blabbermouth.net/news/john-cooper-doesnt-care-who-uses-skillets-music-at-political-rallies-i-believe-in-america-over-party 

Atreyu - New album “The Pronoia Sessions” is a collection of re-imagined acoustic songs from their back catalog. They have released the re-imagined version of “Becoming the Bull” as the first single.

https://blabbermouth.net/news/atreyu-shares-becoming-the-bull-from-album-of-reimagined-greatest-hits-the-pronoia-sessions 

https://youtu.be/lhCHXvpXC7c 

https://youtu.be/g88kL0znPyA 

The Cure - Set to release the first new songs since 2008. “And Nothing is Forever” and “I Can Never Say Goodbye” have been songs on their live setlist for some time, but now they are finally releasing recordings of them for the first time. Novembre: Live in France 2022, Due for Oct 1 release.

Oni - Jared Dines is joining the metal band full time. After having stepped in for touring purposes for the last 6 months Dines announced on his IG that he is joining the band for good. ALSO announcing SION 2 with Howard Jones in the works, and the next season of his reality show Musician Mansion.

https://metalinjection.net/news/jared-dines-joins-oni-full-time 

Thomas Hogue - Master of Puppets Deathmetal https://youtu.be/uCPH9csQ6Bo?si=lH7U-swNI8ghpMS2 

Mac Glocky - Bad Guy by Chevelle https://youtu.be/oaLFmTwZLbs?si=EIOIr4SBQ9SooQhI 

Fallout 76 - Balance path notes. Fire and Poison will now do DoT. Which has larger implementation issues that needed to be tackled for this update. https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/fallout-76-milestone-zero-update-patch-notes/ 

Marvel VS Capcom Fighting Collection - now coming to Xbox… sometime next year. Capcom Fighting Collection 2 as well.

Concord - The playstation and PC hero shooter will be shutting down this Friday after only 2 weeks. All players who paid for the game will get a full refund. Peak concurrent Steam players was 697.

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/playstation-shuts-down-concord-refund-players-1236128208/ 

X vs Brazil - in case you haven’t heard; a judge on Brazil’s supreme court has banned Elon Musk’s social platform in that country. Even going so far as to put a nearly $9,000 fine PER DAY that any citizen uses a VPN to access it. As a means of fully enacting the ban, Brazil then went after Starlink, and froze their assets in that country. Starlink has since filed suit with the courts, but while that is tied up in the courts, Starlink has agreed to comply with the Judges wishes, at least for now, and restrict access to X.

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/elon-musks-starlink-will-comply-with-the-brazil-x-ban-after-all-181144471.html 

X TV App - Speaking of X. They have announced a new TV app is currently in Beta on a select few app stores (Amazon fire TV, Google TV, LG Panel). With plans to not only roll it out in other stores soon, but also to implement a new video tab in the existing app.

https://x.com/XEng/status/1831094846540668986 

Instagram - Stories are now getting comments. They are toggleable, and anyone can see them, but only mutuals can actually leave comments on the short lived stories.

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/instagram-stories-are-getting-comments-183051677.html 

Gamestop - The gaming retail chain is making a bit of a change in certain markets. With the industry trying HARD to push all digital, some locations will begin stocking previous generations of consoles, discs, and even cartridges, for classic PSX, Nintendo, Sega, and Xbox platforms.

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/gamestop-pivots-to-retro-gaming-at-select-locations-180704406.html 

https://www.gamestop.com/retro-store-locator 

Astrobot - Launches this friday, but the game has leaked in full already.

Xdefiant - Well it seems the hype has died. The game reportedly struggles to maintain 20K players across platforms, and if those numbers don’t improve by the end of season 3 Ubisoft is threatening to pull support.

https://insider-gaming.com/xdefiant-player-numbers-2/ 

Fallout 76 - New balance patch, and still on Game Pass, so why not?

Ultimates - Issue 4 previews just dropped and they show that the origin of Dr. Doom in the new Ultimates universe is that he is a variant of Reed, and this arc is going to try and get his 616 life back. The Ultimates #4 Writer: Deniz Camp Artist: Phil Noto Letterer: Travis Lanham

https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-teases-doctor-dooms-origin-in-the-ultimates-preview/ 

Ultimate X-Men is a superhero comic book series, which was published by Marvel Comics, from 2001 to 2009. The series is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running X-Men comic book franchise as part of the Ultimate Marvel imprint.[1] The Ultimate X-Men exist alongside other revamped Marvel characters in Ultimate Marvel titles including Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four and The Ultimates.

Superman & Lois - Final season changes. Moved from Tuesday nights to Monday nights (was supposed to go to Thursdays), and is being moved up by 10 days from the 17th to the 7th of Oct. Seemingly due to “game night” (scrabble and trivial pursuit) changes on CW. https://cosmicbook.news/superman-lois-finale-season-premiering-earlier-new-night 

Walking Dead: Darryl Dixon - Season 3 has already begun production in Spain. So it should be only a year between seasons instead of 2. https://bleedingfool.com/movies-tv-film/season-3-of-walking-dead-daryl-dixon-begins-production-in-spain/ 

Agatha All Along - https://youtu.be/VpyzRNzLwAs Sept 18 on Disney+.

Yellowstone - Season 5 part 2 Nov 10 https://youtu.be/6PXuYlrORpc 

One Tree Hill - Reboot series in the works at Netflix. No word on exact format (i.e. Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life VS Traditional).
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/one-tree-hill-sequel-netflix-sophia-bush-hilarie-burton-morgan-1235988148/ 

George RR Martin - The Game of Thrones author is admitting that things have “gone wrong” with House of the Dragon. On his blog, he called out a couple minor issues (i.e. using the wrong sigil for house Targaryon) but he also acknowledged the fact that season 2 ends in basically the same spot as season 1.

Beetlejuice: The Animated Series - animated television series that ran from September 9, 1989, to October 26, 1991, on ABC, and on Fox from September 9 to December 6, 1991.Loosely based on the 1988 film of the same name, it was developed by its director, Tim Burton, who also served as an executive producer. The series follows Lydia Deetz and her friend Beetlejuice and their adventures in the "mortal world" and the Neitherworld, a supernatural realm inhabited by various monsters. Danny Elfman, who composed the theme for the film, also arranged it for the series.

Running Man - Set to begin filming in November. Starring Glen Powell. Said to be a more faithful retelling of the Stephen King novel, where the Schwarzennegger version was a dramatic departure. https://cosmicbook.news/running-man-reboot-now-filming-with-glen-powell 

Nobody 2 - Bob Odenkirk’s John Wick everyman movie is now filming the sequel. https://cosmicbook.news/nobody-2-filming-bob-odenkirk-set-photos 

Peaky Blinders - Netflix movie casts Barry Koeghan.  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barry-keoghan-joins-cillian-murphy-peaky-blinders-movie-1235986815/ 

Army of the Dead - Six Flags in New Jersey just opened an escape room attraction that puts you right in the world of the movie. Maybe its not such a dead franchise after all.

Apartment 7a - https://youtu.be/Kj2GqMvhbNM Julia Garner Rosemary’s Baby prequel Sept 27 on Paramount+.

Joker: Folie A Deux - sneak peak scene posted to YT. https://youtu.be/7edidziIotg 10-24

Smile 2 - https://youtu.be/0HY6QFlBzUY Oct 18.

The Apprentice - Trump movie to release before elections. Kamala DOCUMENTARY with the same release window. Sebastian Stan to play Trump. 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/trump-film-the-apprentice-release-date-awards-campaign-1235984424/ 

Johnny Mnemonic - Johnny Mnemonic is a 1995 cyberpunk action film directed by Robert Longo in his feature directorial debut. William Gibson, who wrote the 1981 short story, wrote the screenplay. The film, set in 2021, portrays a dystopian future racked by a tech-induced plague, awash with conspiracies, and dominated by megacorporations and organized crime. Keanu Reeves plays Johnny, a data courier with an overloaded brain implant designed to securely store confidential information. Takeshi Kitano portrays a yakuza affiliated with a megacorporation attempting to suppress the data; he hires a psychopathic assassin played by Dolph Lundgren to do so. Ice-T and Dina Meyer co-star as Johnny's allies, a freedom fighter and a bodyguard, respectively.

REFUTATION: The Batman The Game - James Gunn has killed rumors around a game based on the Robert Pattinson Batman character.

CONFIRM: Sigourney Weaver in Mando - The actress has confirmed that she in fact HAS been cast in the Mandalorian and Grogu movie. https://cosmicbook.news/star-wars-sigourney-weaver-confirms-mandalorian-grogu 

Predator: Badlands - The next Predator movie is apparently borrowing, at least a little bit, from Disney’s the Acolyte. According to a recently obtained casting call. 2 sisters (Thia and Tessa) begin their lives apart and are serving opposing missions, in which they will eventually cross paths on opposite sides.

Fantastic Four - Julia Garner actually playing Frankie Raye nova and NOT Silver Surfer? This would be ever so slightly closer to comic accurate.

Yellowstone - Kelly Reilly and Cole Houser are said to be in talks for a 6th season of the supposedly ending series. Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler. Would NOT be part of the Madison, the new sequel series starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Mathew Fox.

Green Lantern - Josh Brolin rumored to be playing Hal Jordan for James Gunn.

Booster Gold - Kumail Nanjiani said to be playing the time traveling superhero in the DCU.

MK1 - New “leak” suggests Kabal, Jade, Skarlet, and Blaze as the MK characters for Kombat pack 3. 

Plus, again, we see Doom Guy, Ash Williams, Michael Meyers, and Fulgore as the guests. 

With Nightwolf, Kotal, Aaron Black, and Chucky as kameos. 

New Finisher called “Musicality” that has your opponent dance themselves to death.