TV/Film

Contemplating Mission: Impossible Part 2

Take any episode of Mission: Impossible, TV or film, and you can break it down into 4 parts: 1) the debrief, 2) the assignments, 3) the turn and 4) the objective. For most other shows, having a repetitive formula such as this would come off as rote or predictable. The reason why it works for…

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Contemplating Mission: Impossible Part One

I just realized what my first genuine geek moment was, that moment where most other people look at you a bit differently because your passion over something considered trivial by 99 percent of the population. I was 15 and I had just seen the first Mission: Impossible film. I was torn by the film, on…

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Bachman’s Best Ant-Man

***Slightly Spoileriffic*** The best thing I saw last week was Ant-Man. Now usually I do these spoiler free on opening weekend to let you guys know my thoughts and whether or not you should drop your hard earned dollars. I waited on this one for a specific reason that I will now explain. According to…

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Star Trek Beyond Casting: Idris Elba Officially Joins Cast

It’s been speculating for quite some time that Idris Elba would be joining the cast of Star Trek Beyond. The announcement was done in a way that’s a little unusual – at the end of a video promoting a Star Trek charity movement. The announcement was as simple as Idris walking into the shot and…

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ComicCon 2015: Your One-Stop Shop For Panels (GoT, Dr. Who, Walking Dead, Star Wars, Batman v. Superman)

Hear Ye, Fellow Geeks. Here’s your chance to see a great many of the panels put on for the first two days of San Diego ComicCon. More to come later: Game of Thrones (2 Parts)   Doctor Who (2 Parts)   The Walking Dead (2 Parts)   Star Wars (2 Parts)   Batman v. Superman:…

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Star Wars The Force Awakens San Diego Comic Con 2015 Reel

Our guess here at GonnaGeek is that you’ve seen this already. But in case you are like our very own network owner (*cough* Stephen) who decided to go camping this weekend this post is for you. Take the 3 minutes and 40 seconds to watch. And Thank You Star Wars for continuing to be amazing….

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Netflix’s Daredevil Has Found Its Elektra

Marvel’s Joe Quesada tweeted earlier today that they have found their Elektra for the second season of Netflix’s Daredevil television show. 34-year old Elodie Yung, whose most well known parts as of today were Jink in G.I. Joe Retaliation and a pivotal role in David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, was selected to…

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Han Solo is Getting His Own Movie

According to StarWars.com, Lucasfilm announced that yet another film is set to be made in the newly minted Star Wars Anthology series. This film will revolve around a young Han Solo’s exploits as a smuggler and scoundrel across the universe. The script has already been written by Star Wars Vet Lawrence Kasdan along with son…

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The Zombie Franchise Effect

Arnold Schwarzenegger came back to the Terminator franchise after a decade-long drought (if you don’t count that CGI abomination in Salvation) and was supposed to bring the whole series back to glory, right? From most accounts, the intent missed the goal by margins, though not nearly as badly as the McG catastrophe. But this marks…

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Why Joy & Sadness are better than Woody & Buzz

It was November of 1995 when Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Films’ TOY STORY introduced us to an odd couple that became synonymous with friendship for the next several decades. Woody, the charismatic cowboy doll with a pull string full of oddly dark humor (seriously, who puts “Somebody poisoned the water hole!” in a doll?…

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