A place for all things geek... ONCE UPON A GEEK is a blog that focuses on a variety of geeky topics, including: comic books, Doctor Who, Star Wars (classic and legacy characters), role-playing, 80’s TV shows, and science fiction in general. However, any topic is really fair game. Don't forget to share your thoughts by adding comments!
By day, The Irredeemable Shag plays the part of a wealthy industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. By night, he is a frightening creature that strikes terror into the hearts of criminals!
... 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...The upcoming release of the Apple iPad on April 3 has generated a lot of debate amongst geeks and non-geeks. I’ve found myself in conversations with both groups recently where the same questions have come up. “Who is the target market?” “Why would I want one?” “Why is it such a big deal?” Well, I’ll [...]
This Avatar review is brilliant! Enjoy! My thanks to Todd on The Unique Geek listserv for sharing this.
In case you haven’t seen it already, here is the second trailer for Iron Man 2. The film is due in theaters on May 7, 2010. Holy crap, this movie just keeps looking better and better! I can’t friggin’ wait! If you can’t view the embedded video above, please click here.
Here are two great ways to spend $13 at Wal-Mart … or Each only $13 at Wal-Mart right now. Go shopping!
Do I really need to say anything else?
It’s been a big week for me. Just got back from an amazing 7-day eastern Caribbean cruise. Probably the most fun vacation I’ve ever had. Unfortunately, I’m exhausted from the vacation so today will be very brief. While on the cruise I got to snorkel in some of the clearest, most beautiful water in the [...]
Surprisingly, the SNL skit MacGruber (a parody of the TV series MacGyver) has been turned into a feature film. I enjoyed the skit for what it was (click here for my favorite MacGruber), but I’m not entirely sure there is enough to carry a feature film. Below you will find the red-band trailer. In other [...]
Science comedian Brian Malow explores some real science behind time travel. He asks will a time machine ever be possible? Running time 3 minutes 37 seconds. If you can’t view the embedded video above, please click here.
In case you haven’t seen it already, here is the Iron Man 2 trailer. The film is due in theaters on May 7, 2010. Man, it looks REALLY good! My thanks to Lore (the irredeemable brother) for suggesting I post this. If you can’t view the embedded video above, please click here.
The TV show Family Guy is doing another Star Wars parody. This time out it’s The Empire Strikes Back that gets the Seth MacFarlane treatment. The hour-long episode is titled, “Something, Something, Something, Dark Side” and will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 22 prior to being aired on television. This is a [...]
