I can’t be the only geek on earth for whom this shirt is the ultimate, defining garment. Can I?
Full Story »Heart Attack: One Man’s Love for Attack the Block
What was going to be a fairly average day of playing video games to forget about my current state of unemployment, actually turned into a pretty fantastic day of getting paid to talk about beer and going to see Attack the Block.
Full Story »Jane Espenson Wants Your Questions
Dear PRG Readers! Jane Espenson here! Husbands is my first original production… do you want to know more? Ask and I’ll do my best to answer!
Full Story »Captain America: The First Avenger
I’m hoping that with Captain America and the upcoming The Amazing Spider Man we can let the “origins of a hero” trope lie fallow for ten to twenty years. I would hate to see this being an overplayed trend, as sometimes audiences don’t need to know the full backstory of a protagonist. Sometimes it’s what you don’t see that’s the most intriguing.
Full Story »Proposed 2012 Stamps from The US Postal Service
The US Post Office has been previewing their new 2012 stamps for the past few days. It’s the usual stuff we can expect from the post office: influential Americans, plants, things that spell out “LOVE“. Personally, I think the USPS is missing out on a great opportunity to capitalize on the swirling vortex of 2012 [...]
Full Story »Five Reasons You Should Be Watching Alphas
I have a Pavlovian response when Syfy puts a show out there: I don’t watch right away. Syfy has trained me to be disappointed with their shows, so much that, when one comes along that looks interesting, I feel no sense of urgency to watch it. My attitude is, “Well, I’ll get to it eventually. Let me watch this 43 year old episode of Star Trek I’ve seen a thousand times, first.”
Full Story »Justin Bieber and Morbid 8 Year Olds
Pre-teen boys have learned to hate Justin Bieber. Nursery rhyme evidence provided within.
Full Story »Falling Skies: Sanctuary Part 2
Does anyone at 2nd Mass care about Karen? Remember her? She was Hal’s girlfriend and a resistance fighter up until episode three, when she was dragged off by Skitters. We haven’t seen her since. We also haven’t seen Hal, or anyone else, display any mourning or concern whatsoever.
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Interview: Wendy Powell
To me one of the best things about anime “celebrities” – voice actors, directors, producers, artists – is that they are so accessible to the fans. They participate in conventions, hosting panels about themselves as well as anime related topics. They sign autographs without charging fees, they take part in silly activities, and they don’t treat convention goers like idiots (even if they are wearing cardboard clouds, sparkles, a sign that says “Free Hugs” and not much else). Anime celebrities are real, down-to-earth people who we can relate to and like, even in real life. And one of the most down-to-earth of all is Wendy Powell, she of the deep voice and southern drawl, that hails from Texas and provided the voice of Envy from both popular Fullmetal Alchemist series.
Full Story »Team Unicorn: Because Geek/Gamer Girls Exist and They are Brilliant!
The petty, jealous, tween girl deep inside of me wants to hate the girls of Team Unicorn. They are pushing past the geek girl stereotypes (they’ve actually been accused of being TOO SEXY) and creating media projects that I want to have created. But they look like they are having so much fun doing it all, and when they talk about their interests, I can relate to them. These are my peeps – albeit the tall, gorgeous, famous ones who don’t actually know that I exist. Still….think if I invited them to my slumber party they’d come?
Full Story »Movies: Green Lantern
With the exception of Batman, and then more by Nolan’s hand than by Burton’s, DC seems to continually miss the mark in making good film adaptations of their comics. What they lack is essentially a big picture that’s brought by greater editorial control of their property. Marvel did that, and their movies have been spectacular. DC doesn’t seem cognizant of that fact and as a result, their films suffer, as lack of caring rolls downhill into a director’s lap.
Full Story »Games: Dungeon Siege III
Normally, I’d see a game all the way through before delivering a verdict, but so far Dungeon Siege 3 (by Square Enix and Obsidian) have left an impression that’s too strong to set aside. Unfortunately, it’s not a good one.
Full Story »Harry Potter and Me: The End of an Era
I was restless thinking about Harry, Hermione and Ron and their story. They had become friends to me, over the course of these 14 years. I have actual friends I’ve known for less time, and so much happened to me, as I, like those 3 wizards, grew up and was forced to face the hard realities that life inevitably brings. I dreamt images of the film, the films, the books. I awoke still restless and also exhausted, not just physically, but mentally, I am struggling with saying goodbye.
Full Story »When Captain Kirk Saved the Whales
When I first saw Star Trek IV, it didn’t occur to me that I’d one day be watching it on a computer the size of a book. At the time, it seemed far more likely that I’d grow out of my awkward face and baby fat – as Mom promised – and be married to Jon Bon Jovi.
Full Story »2030: A Beach Read for Pessimists
I’d consider 2030 to be a good beach read for those of us who can’t go in the ocean without thinking of all the radiation and BP oil we’re soaking up through our skin.
Full Story »Revisting They Live
Following the news lately, I got the impression that someone was using They Live as a blueprint.
Full Story »Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 1
Epic. That’s the first word that comes to mind, for the Harry potter series as a whole, but even more for the film version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 in particular. It’s a very different feeling from the other films, to be sure, but it’s also, I feel, the natural result of the pervious films’ progressions, as was the case in the books. They have gone from the whimsy of childhood to the heavy responsibility of adulthood, and it’s wholly appropriate that this film’s tone reflects that. It’s rated PG-13 for a reason: while the films have garnered that rating since Prisoner of Azkaban, this one has earned it more the previous installments.
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