With Con on the Cob coming up this week it got me thinking about cons in general. I love cons. This is really saying something because I’m an introvert by nature. But if you’re a geek and you’ve never had the opportunity to experience a convention, you don’t know what you’re missing. It’s fun, entertaining, crazy, amazing, exciting, exhausting… all crammed into just a few short days.
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Best Geeky Finds – They See Me Rolling: A Review of the Movie Rubber
It’s a story as old as time. Tire becomes sentient, learns it has super powers, goes on a killing spree, and then falls in love with a human woman whom he just can’t talk to.
First of all, I can only recommend this movie to film students and those interested in the different aspects and qualities of script writing or film history. This is not a Saturday afternoon popcorn movie, despite being, on the surface, a movie about a murderous car tire.
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Irregular’s Intel – The Age of the Geek
Hardison, the hacker from Leverage, would utter the phrase “Age of the geek, baby!” whenever his skills helped bring a plan together. I have said it a time or two when things worked in my favor, whether it was appropriate or not! At any rate, it begs the question, is it really?
The Gamer Geek Blog – Street Fighter Riot
Hey Geeksters!
So this week was a lot better than last week. To start, Zangief got confirmed for Street Fighter 5, along with a list of other characters that may come out, but its just a rumor so it’s up in the air as to if it’s true or not. Along with a Zangief, a character got leaked: her name is Laura and her v trigger element seems to be lightning, like Ryu. Continue reading The Gamer Geek Blog – Street Fighter Riot
V-Yellow’s Comic Box – Female Superheros
I wonder how many female character leads we’ll see in DC and Marvel films. I know that Warner Bothers will begin filming the first live action Wonder Woman movie starring Gal Gadot this month. While Marvel studios are working on a Captain Marvel movie in 2018. I will include the upcoming Supergirl series on CBS staring Melissa Benoist and Jessica Jones series on Netflix starring Krysten Ritter, but that’s all we’ve seen or heard from as far as a standalone superhero movie in recent years. Yes, Scarlett Johanson has been a big part of Marvel’s cinematic universe but she hasn’t been in her own movie. Continue reading V-Yellow’s Comic Box – Female Superheros