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Geektress Supports Geeks With Heart

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:04:34 -0500

Today, while you're in the lovin' mood, why not share your big geek heart with others? Geek Girls Network™ & Geeky Clean have created a fundraiser to support the Haiti Relief called Geeks With Heart. Through Mercy Corp, Geeks With Heart has a fundraising goal of $2500 and there’s no minimum for donations. If you can spare just one special cup of coffee, an iTunes download, or a crispy chicken sandwich, donate to Haiti instead. Show Haiti why geeks have heart! As extra incentive, and not that you need any, once Geeks With Heart reaches $2500, all who donated will have the chance to win a prize from an amazing grab bag of geek prizes! So donate, tweet it up, put a badge on your website, and tell all your friends and family. Thanks! Geeks With Heart: http://www.mercycorps.org/fundraising/geekgirls

Green Arrow and Hawkman Watch “Smallville: Absolute Justice”

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:03:12 -0500

This past Friday was the two hour event "Smallville: Absolute Justice," that had superhero fans talking. Viewer reactions were pretty mixed, so I thought I would get the opinions of two of the episode's stars, or, at least, the opinions of their action figures. So, what did you both think of “Absolute Justice”? Green Arrow: It was pretty good. I think I nodded off for a bit during the second half though. Hawkman: The parts with the JSA were good, but I was confused as to when the past events of our careers were supposed to take place. It was very anachronistic. Green Arrow: I have no idea. I wasn’t paying attention.

Dear Sam Worthington: Please Fire Your Agent. Out of a Cannon. (Into a wall.)

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:09:51 -0500

Remember this, sweetness? This is back when you were still kinda blond. We could call this: Your Fun Period. The Hollywood Reporter is confirming posts elsewhere on the web saying Universal, in a fit of stupidity, wants to produce a film called "Dracula Year Zero," "rebooting" the "Dracula myth", with Sam Worthington starring. (If I wanted to get really bitchy with the sarcastic quotations, I could write "starring," but I'm taking advice from Coco this week and trying to be less cynical. Sorta.) In other words, Laura called it a couple of weeks ago: Sam Worthington is becoming Gerard Butler, which means soon he'll be in a romantic comedy playing a New Zealander with a peculiarly high-pitched version of his native accent, because his interpretation of a Kiwi accent means stepping on your own nuts. Or, he'll play Mr. Mistoffelees in the film version of Cats, which will star everyone else who can sing except him. ...I can't be the only one who sat through Dracula 2000, seriously. SPOILER DRACULA WAS JUDAS SPOILER. That was seriously a spoiler. Ridiculous rant after the jump.

Among the Many Reasons I Go to the Movies Less and Stay at Home Watching TCM More

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:22:30 -0500

(Image via Terry Border's Bent Objects) The other day it was reported that the Spider-Man film franchise would be rebooted, and I, huge Spidey geek that I am, blogged about it and tried to remain optimistic. I knew that a rant was forming though, not specifically because of the news itself, but because of how the whole thing is just another example of a film studio completely missing the point. My annoyance was further fueled by reading this post at EW.com, which stated:

This time around, the series will place Peter Parker in a more contemporary setting, as a teenager battling today’s issues. The decision to go with an origin story stemmed from Sony developing two Spidey projects simultaneously. According to studio insiders, Sony was working on both Raimi’s Spider-Man 4 and the new origin story from James Vanderbilt, who wrote Zodiac. The original plan was to keep the Spider-Man gang together for one last film in 2011 before rebooting the series in 2012. When it became clear that Raimi would not be able to make the summer 2011 release date planned for Spider-Man 4, the studio opted to scrap Spider-Man 4 altogether, and focus solely on the series reboot.

Furthermore, according to EW, "the studio [is] interested in a more gritty, contemporary redo of the series." Did I not just say in my last post that I didn't want to see a gritty Spider-Man movie? And did I miss something where Sam Raimi's movies were some sort of period piece? Do kids today not live in crappy New York City apartments and have bosses who are jerks? Have teenage boys stopped having crushes on pretty girls? Are we going to get to see Gwen Stacy die? Is the new movie going to be all about terrorists and bomb threats in the high school? I'd just like to get an idea of what exactly is meant by contemporary.

Rebooted Spidey in 2012, If We're Still Around to See It

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:49:05 -0500

After a lot of drama in the past few weeks, it was reported today that director Sam Raimi would be walking away from the Spider-Man franchise, and taking Tobey Maguire with him, leading to a decision by Sony to reboot the franchise with a script by original Spider-Man 4 scribe, Jamie Vanderbilt, and a director to be named later. Hopefully, this means I no longer have to fear seeing Anne Hathaway in a bad, platinum blond wig. Sadly, it also means I won't get to see John Malkovich, the scariest actor alive, fly around with goofy green wings and a feathery, white collar. It definitely means no more of Kirsten Dunst's annoyingly dreary Mary Jane Watson, which should, at least, be the one thing we can all agree is reason to rejoice. Maybe now Maguire and Dunst can join James Franco in the cast of General Hospital.

Tapdancing Crocs and Nuclear Dingoes

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:35:59 -0500

This clip has next to nothing to do with the rest of the post. Hey, guess what happens when there's no podcast for a while? You folks get chat transcripts. It's like the low-fi version of the podcast. Brenda So, I am watching Bootmen on my iPod now. (Bootmen is available on iTunes for $5.99) Laura Yeah, I doubt I'd actually want to pay for that though. Brenda I will of course force you to watch it the next time I see you, much like I did Rogue. You don't know what's good for you. Only I know. I have the cure, and the prescription is: more attractive Australian men. (more chat after the jump)

THIS ONE TIME, THERE WAS A ROBOT SHOW

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:47:21 -0500

This one time, there was a robot show. It was a robot show that I liked very much. It was a robot show I wrote about on this very site. It was a robot show that never had the chance to disappoint me with some bullshit about angels, because this robot show was cancelled before that could happen. It was a show with hot robots, like that other show, but more importantly, it was a show with Garret Dillahunt as a robot, and also that girl from Garbage with the hair and the accent. In short, it was an awesome show, and lately I've come to resent its being cancelled. Again. Yes, it's time for my quarterly "FOX is the devil and they took away my robots" rant. Here we go:

Geektress Does Christmas

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:44 -0500

If you're fretting over what to get that certain weirdo someone for the holidays this year -- don't. Geektress has got you covered. Take, for instance, Brandon Bird's Nic Cage Adventure Set. I don't know if you ever played with Colorforms as a kid, but you sure as hell never played with them like this. Nine vinyl stickers on two re-usable backdrops -- ALL NICOLAS CAGE. You see, although Nic Cage is sort of scary and bizarre, I like to think we can move past Ghost Rider and learn to appreciate Cage in the abstract. Like justice, or Cheetohs. And for just $10 (plus shipping), you can appreciate him... anywhere! In the car, in the bathroom, on an international treasure hunt for historic-type objects. You never know. (Thanks to Jack for the tip.) For more gift ideas, check out the full entry.

We Are The World's Worst Gossip Blog

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:28:20 -0500

Click to Embiggen Someone who loves us, or just loves to confuse us, gave us the hot tip that a P.A. for Lost (presumably for the writer's production office, since the show shoots in Hawaii) has been buying up old Nick Fury comics, and having them mailed to an address on the Disney lot. This may cause some of you to jump to the conclusion that J.J. Abrams is writing the Nick Fury movie. That's because you don't have our superior intellect. (Unless you turn out to be right, in which case, we told you so all along.) Logic says that it's probably nothing, and there is no cause for alarm, especially since J.J. has booked his waking life with movie sequels through 2012. So, since we can't get anyone on the phone to confirm or deny said purchases (and possibly explain what they're actually for), this lead to a lot of discussion between Laura and myself whether we should run this story at all. Which leads to classic email exchange material, after the jump. By the way, you should all be thanking me for not using a Hasselhoff photo on this post. It was damned tempting.

MOAR PIKSHURS, LOL

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:52:05 -0500

Click to embiggen For some reason we can't post more than two video clips in one post, which probably makes your browsers happy. In that case, here is another photo from Superman Batman: Public Enemies, and more pictures, plus a clip, after the jump.

Tim Daly Talks Superman, We Have Videos

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:06:24 -0500

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So, here's a free clip from Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, which is available today on DVD and Blu Ray and On Demand and Pay Per View and beamable directly to your subconscious. Okay, maybe not the last one. After the jump we have a few more clips, plus more photos from the film, and an interview with Tim Daly (the voice of Superman.) Apparently he does some sort of television show now. That's nice for him. What a nice young man.

Kevin Conroy: Good Cop, Bat Cop?

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:40:06 -0500

(Click to embiggen, for downloadable, wallpapery goodness) Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is available for purchase on DVD (and On Demand) tomorrow. We haven't seen it yet, so we can only infer from the following interview with The Voice Of Batman, Kevin Conroy, just how much sexual tension there is between Bats and Supes. (We hope it's A Lot.) Click through to get more photos and an interview with Conroy from this year's San Diego Comic Con.

The Brave and the Delicious

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:58:52 -0500

Do you like Airheads brand taffy? Do you like Batman? Well have I GOT THE CROSSOVER FOR YOU! In some sort of promotional blitz (I assume) for the Batman: The Brave And The Bold cartoon, you can get a six pack of airheads, each flavor with its own hero, for $0.99.* Red Tornado is cherry, Blue Beetle is blue raspberry, Aquaman is tangerine, Plastic Man is watermelon, Green Arrow is green apple, and Batman is grape. I never though of Batman as grape flavored, but then again his costume is often purple-ish. Heh. Is Batman the grape drank of superheroes? (More pictures after the jump.) *UPDATE: I bought more today (11/14/09) and they are in fact $0.99 for a pack with all six flavors. BARGAIN.

DIY Wonder Pigs!

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:51:49 -0500

Yay! Wonder Pig! Remember the episode of Justice League Unlimited where Circe turns Diana into a pig, and the pig has little piglet wristlets and Batman is trying to save her from the slaughterhouse and it was awesome? Well, to everyone's shock and delight, DC actually released the above JLU action figure version of Batman, complete with Wonder Pig. Target had the exclusive deal to sell this particular line of action figures, and quick-thinking Laura snatched up the two she saw at her local Target. Since then, the both of us have been checking every Target we see to try and find a third for Rania. I haven't even taken mine out of the box, because I don't want anything to happen to it and then I no longer have a Wonder Pig. Even my Puptress loves this thing: However. If you have any kind of free time and crafting skills and want to make your OWN unlicensed Wonder Pig, you don't have to worry. I've done it in order to help you do it yourself -- and here is the step by step guide.

This Was Bands We Know! Week

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:59:45 -0500

(Image by Gre3g) Did you know? This week on our Twitter and our Facebook page, we let you know about our friends that are cooler than us because they decided to organize and write music. It was Bands We Know! week, and four rock groups were linked from our various social networks. If you missed out, there's a recap after the jump.