My ten year old step-son and four year old daughter.  Forget Tony Stark, they are Iron Kids!

Why do heroes become heroes and villains become villains?

Heroes choose to be heroes because they think they have the responsibility or they have to.  Because like the X-Men, Xavier thinks that he should make all the Mutants good and they should make humans feel safer around Mutants so they do not capture them and kill them.  Jeepers that would hurt.

And villains become villains because they have very good power and they think they could rule the world with their amazing power that they have.  And they think they can rob banks whenever they want.  And then soon some hero in tights would come in and beat their butts.  And the villains would come back from the dead like always.  Like Juggernaut or Mysterio.

Y’know what?  What if all the heroes had battle with all the villains?  Maybe that should happen because if villains were supposed to rule the Earth, then they would win.  If the heroes were supposed to rule the Earth, then they would win.  If no one was supposed to rule the Earth, then they would all just die.

So I think you get my point.  So join me next time on The Rambunctious Rascal’s Blog.

PS: Better than Shag’s.

Aquaman

Okay what’s the deal with Superman? Well he’s supposed to live forever, but c’mon people, let Aquaman have a chance.  I know that he has two bad powers, but Peter David could make him have more powers, like something good. Like heat vision.  See-through-walls.  Claws.  Or just a gun.

See if Superman had Aquaman powers, then he would be canceled more than Doctor Fate.

Speaking of comics.  What if Aquaman fought Superman?  And Aquaman could summon some sharks and get them to bite Superman while he chokes him with Kryptonite in his mouth.

So I think you get my point.  So thanks for wasting your valuable time.

Here is another installment of KID TREK!  “Kid Trek” features reviews of classic or recent Star Trek adventures from the perspective of a child. These short audio interviews are conducted by me with my nine-year old step-son.

This past weekend I took my step-son to see “Star Trek” the movie. Even though it was rated PG-13, I knew he’d be able to handle the movie after seeing it myself a week before.  Not only did he handle it well,  HE LOVED THE MOVIE!  It made this geek proud to see my boy cheering for Kirk and company.

You can play this “Kid Trek” edition right here on the ONCE UPON A GEEK site with the handy-dandy player below! Running time 4 minutes and 33 seconds.

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If you’re unable to play the file above, please download it by clicking here (1.07 MB).

He’s beginning to take an interest in Star Trek, which does his step-dad proud.  What spurred us to watch “Space Seed” and “The Wrath of Khan” was my step-son’s purchase of the Star Trek mini-mate figures below – Khan and Kirk from the TOS episode “Space Seed”.  He didn’t know who the characters were, but he thought they looked cool.  After answering several questions for him, I suggested we watch the Khan stories.

You can play the audio file right here on the ONCE UPON A GEEK site with the handy-dandy player below! Running time 2 minutes and 35 seconds.

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If you’re unable to play the file above, please download it by clicking here (2.37 MB).

“Kid Who” features reviews of Doctor Who episodes from the perspective of a child. These short audio interviews are between myself and my eight-year old step-son.

You can play the audio file right here on the Once Upon a Geek site with the handy-dandy player below!  Running time 1 minute and 36 seconds.

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Here is another installment of KID WHO! This time we decided to watch the classic episode, “Genesis of the Daleks“. Given that the mid-season trailer showed several Daleks and hinted at the possible return of a wheelchair-bound villain, I thought this would be a good one to post.

“Kid Who” features reviews of Doctor Who episodes from the perspective of a child. These short audio interviews are between myself and my eight-year old step-son.  Please forgive the poor audio quality and the abrupt ending on this one.  It was actually the very first Kid Who installment we recorded.

You can play the audio file right here on the Once Upon a Geek site with the handy-dandy player below!

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Click here to see all installments of KID WHO.

This time we decided to discuss the recent episode, “The Doctor’s Daughter“.  You can now play the audio file right here on the Once Upon a Geek site with the handy-dandy player below!  Thanks to Ed for showing me this utility.

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Please bear with us as we do these segments.  He’s still getting used to being recorded, and I’m still trying to figure out the best way to interview an eight-year old.

The first installment is his review of the classic Tom Baker episode, “The Sontaran Experiment“.  I thought this would be a good classic episode for him to watch, especially after he’d seen the updated Sontarans recently in the current series.  Finally, this episode was only two parts, so it didn’t drag on too much.

Link to download Kid Who below:

Kid Who – The Sontaran Experiment – 2 minutes 4 seconds (486 KB)

We hope you enjoy!  Even if you don’t, we had fun doing it!