{"id":4805,"date":"2011-01-04T06:45:55","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T11:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4805"},"modified":"2011-01-04T00:04:27","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T05:04:27","slug":"lightsaber-days1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/04\/lightsaber-days1\/","title":{"rendered":"LIGHTSABER DAYS: Ryan vs Dorkman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Lightsaber Days\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/lightsaber_days.jpg\" alt=\"Lightsaber Days\" width=\"507\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcome to <em>LIGHTSABER DAYS<\/em> here at ONCE UPON A GEEK!  This week we&#8217;re going to feature some fan-produced films of lightsaber battles!\u00a0 There are zillions out there on the web, but these are few of my favorites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today&#8217;s film is <a title=\"Ryan vs. Dorkman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanvsdorkman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan vs. Dorkman<\/a>.\u00a0 This fan-made film is really fantastic!\u00a0 I&#8217;m seriously impressed with the choreography, effects, and story.\u00a0 The best part is there are no embarrassing scenes of them pretending to be Jedi or Sith.  They are just regular guys on modern Earth having a battle using Jedi weapons and powers.  Really cool stuff.  Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8NE5elL30w4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you can&#8217;t view the embedded video above, <a title=\"Ryan vs. Dorkman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8NE5elL30w4\" target=\"_blank\">please click here<\/a>.\u00a0 Come back tomorrow to see their re-match!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4805\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/04\/lightsaber-days1\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4805\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/04\/lightsaber-days1\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/04\/lightsaber-days1\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/04\/lightsaber-days1\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-4805\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/04\/lightsaber-days1\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to LIGHTSABER DAYS here at ONCE UPON A GEEK! 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