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...To help celebrate the 48th birthday of Doctor Who, below we’re featuring the trailer for the upcoming Christmas special! It looks sooooo good! I can’t wait for Christmas! I’m so excited, I won’t be able to sleep a wink on Christmas Eve! Click here if you are unable to view the embedded video above.
Recently Jon, Serv, Cary, Ed, and me got together and ran down, previewed, reviewed, and generally rambled about the most recent, yet to come, and future television season(s). Check it out over on THE UNIQUE GEEK! Now get listening!
Maybe everyone else has already discovered this show, but I just fell in love with Better Off Ted. It’s friggin’ hilarious! It ran on ABC for two seasons and is now available on DVD and Netflix Instant. It’s technically a sitcom, but the writing is extremely sharp and clever, the actors are fantastic, and the [...]
Y’know, it’s a pretty sad state of affairs when the future predicted in Back to the Future Part II was more creative than the real future we live in nowadays. Ugh. My thanks to Dug from THE UNIQUE GEEK for directing me to this comic on COMIXED.com.
Today marks the 47th anniversary of the airing of the very first Doctor Who episode. It was Saturday, November 23, 1963 at 5:15pm GMT when an unheard of children’s program appeared on BBC television. It featured two school teachers, an oddball student, and a grumpy old man. Humble beginnings! It’s surprising to me how popular [...]
Here is a funny horror video. Wish I’d shared this with y’all last week. There are no words, but be sure you’ve got your speakers up. The music and sound effects really make the film. Click here if you can’t view the embedded video above. If you enjoyed this, there is a whole series of [...]
Marvel launches their new Avengers animated series on Wednesday, October 20 on Disney XD! Here are a couple sneak-peek videos. Avengers promo (30 seconds) Ant-Man is cool! (6 minutes) For more information, visit the official website for the cartoon. My thanks to Van Allen Plexico for directing me towards these videos!
On October 6, the planet blacked out for two minutes and seventeen seconds. The whole world saw the future. The question on everybody’s lips was, “What did you see?” I’ll tell you what I saw… I saw an awesome television series! FlashForward: The Complete Series was released on DVD just over a week ago. I [...]
I like talking about Doctor Who! Yes I do! In fact, I was fortunate enough to guest-star on two fantastic podcasts discussing Doctor Who recently! Two True Freaks and Better in the Dark both invited me to discuss my favorite show recently and coincidentally both podcasts were released this week! Here are the details on [...]
Click the image to enlarge. You can see the detail better that way. A very interesting project over at “These Are Their Stories“. This piece was called “Race Becomes an Issue”. Here is the description of the project on their website: For twenty years, the heroes of “Law & Order” have navigated literally hundreds grotesque [...]
