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... or ...
maybe The Irredeemable Shag managed a comic book store for four years, and a movie theater megaplex for three years. Nowadays he's just a really vocal geek on THE UNIQUE GEEK, a semi-regular on the VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX podcast, and runs the ONCE UPON A GEEK and FIRESTORM FAN blogs.
You decide...Welcome back to LIGHTSABER DAYS here at ONCE UPON A GEEK! Today we’re concluding our look at some fan-produced films of lightsaber battles! Today’s fan film is a little different. The scene should be familiar, but with a bit of a twist. Enjoy! If you enjoyed the video above, you can view an even better [...]
Welcome back for LIGHTSABER DAYS here at ONCE UPON A GEEK! We’re continuing our look at some fan-produced films of lightsaber battles!! Today’s fan film is entitled CONCRETE HUSTLE! Once again the choreography, effects, and story are outstanding. Just like with Ryan vs. Dorkman, there are no embarrassing scenes of them pretending to be Jedi [...]
Welcome back for LIGHTSABER DAYS here at ONCE UPON A GEEK! We’re continuing our look at some fan-produced films of lightsaber battles!! Yesterday we watched Ryan vs. Dorkman. Today we’re checking out the sequel, cleverly entitled Ryan vs. Dorkman 2! Once again, the choreography, effects, and story are great in this. As I said yesterday, [...]
Welcome to LIGHTSABER DAYS here at ONCE UPON A GEEK! This week we’re going to feature some fan-produced films of lightsaber battles! There are zillions out there on the web, but these are few of my favorites. Today’s film is Ryan vs. Dorkman. This fan-made film is really fantastic! I’m seriously impressed with the choreography, [...]
BBC America ran a special Doctor Who teaser recently just for us folks here in the United States! Check it out below! Yee-haw! And if you missed the complete trailer for next season, check it out below. It looks soooo good! I can’t wait for next season! Geronimo! Oh yeah, Happy New Year too!
The Eleventh Doctor locked in a life or death struggle with Doctor Doom as the Fantastic Four and Amy Pond look on helplessly! Here is the inked version before coloring. I couldn’t resist posting this insanely awesome picture here! Drawing by Dan McDaid with colors by Dean Trippe. Found via HeroPress.net.
Here is a cute Foxtrot cartoon to get you in the spirit… Thanks to Lore (the irredeemable brother) and his son for sending this to me!
I recently picked up a copy of The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. I read his book The Accidental Time Machine and really enjoyed it. Apparently The Forever War is his masterpiece. Here is the description from Wikipedia: The Forever War (1974) is a science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, telling the contemplative [...]
Check out this sweet video of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan from Children in Need. They put on a tea party in the TARDIS for two brothers, one of which suffers from the after effects of meningitis.
Matt Smith recently appeared on the Craig Ferguson show. Below you’ll find the unaired musical number that was produced for the episode. It’s funny, bizarre, and a fairly accurate description of Doctor Who. This made the rounds on the interwebs a couple weeks ago, but I’m just now getting around to posting it here. If [...]
