On March 18, 1965, The IPCRESS File was released to film audiences, just three years after Len Deighton’s book of the same name was published. It was directed by Sidney J. Furie and starred a then-unknown British actor named Michael Caine.
A few things up front. I am current with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I watched the episode before Captain America opened and I watched the one that essentially spoiled the movie a few days later. I had a spoiler free post about Captain America: The Winter Soldier all ready to go, when this week’s episode of S.H.I.E.L.D. spoiled it, so I threw it out and wrote this.
Captain America’s trailers months ago led all of us to believe that he was acting less like Captain America the superhero and more like Captain America, an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nearly every review for RoboCop mentions the original RoboCop. Nearly every mention online regarding the new RoboCop mentions the original RoboCop. The majority of comments on social media sites regarding the new RoboCop well, mention the original RoboCop. On one hand, this is inevitable.
“The Nerding Instinct is about celebrating and unifying all facets of nerd and geek culture.” This is a bold statement for such a young podcast of only 14 episodes, as I write this.
I have listened to all of them and I have to say, I really like their concept. The podcast sounds very much like the conversations I used to hear when hanging out in my gaming store years ago.
“Climbing up the corporate ladder can be murder” says the promotional poster for A Shock to the System. The poster also contains a quote from the Atlantic Journal and Constitution stating,”A film for anyone who ever muttered, ‘DIE YUPPIE SCUM!'”