The Week In Geek 6/17/15

So...Game of Thrones. Since a lot of you are super spoiler sensitive, we'll be talking about the season finale after the jump.

A lot of people aren't cool with the direction of the show currently (I'm not two jazzed about Benioff and Weiss shoehorning another rape scene in for terrible's sake myself), but the upside is that this opens up a whole new level of excitement going into the coming seasons. As of now, the show runners have essentially run out of books to hermetically seal on the small screen. Up until this point, a lot of the show's followers have stuck around to see how it measures up to the book (which seems to have become a thing in the past two seasons in particular). Now, it's an even playing field. Everything that happens from here is a complete surprise to everyone (except the showrunners who have loose access to Martin's playbook). Now, everyone gets to be genuinely shocked by this show and just ride it out if they haven't already jumped ship. Hopefully, there's no more shoehorned shock value rape. 

Also, this marks yet another week of DC relaunching after absolutely NOTHING being shaken up in the wake of Convergence. And thus, now we have a new incarnation of Justice League of America. Last time, Geoff Johns' version was a government sanctioned team led by Steve Trevor to take down the Superman's team if they ever go rogue (because if the shit ever hits the fan with a dude who can block bullets with his eyeball and turn back time by flying around the world, I'll feel safer knowing that Vibe and Catwoman are on the case). Now, this title forgoes continuity (Superman with no powers, Jim Gordon Batman, Hal Jordan on the lamb) and lets Obligatory Big Name Artist/Writer, Bryan Hitch, have his way, telling a story for all those who just want a huge, for-all-the-marbles, save the world adventure with a "Big Six...Oh and Cyborg" team. With all that in mind, it has promise. The pieces don't quite come together enough to justify 48 pages and a jacked up price point, but Hitch crafts a great opening set up. Superman finds a bunch of dead versions of himself in a giant dogpile. That alone has sold me personally. It's nice to see have a DC book that acts outside of company mandates that tell the kind of wacky, sky-is-falling stories that we love Justice League for, so it's definitely worth sticking around for. 

Meanwhile, as usual my weekly comic reviews on Thors and Ms. Marvel are up and available on Black Nerd Problems for your enjoyment. Feel free to read, comment and share at your leisure. You know the drill.