TV and Film

People Choice: The results

Tonight on CBS’s peoples choice awards, the Scifi and  fantasy community raked in the awards.   A total of 13  awards were given to our shows, including best chemistry for Ian and Nina on the Vampire Diaries,  Joseph Morgan for best actor in a new show, and the best new movie overall, to Iron Man 3….

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Bachman’s Best – Almost Human

The best thing I saw last week was Almost Human the new show that premiered last night on FOX. It’s a sci-fi procedural with all the good parts of Robocop without the crazy and a touch of the new DREDD without all the depressing scorched earth downside. Taking a small step into the future Almost…

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Doctor Who Knitters & Hookers

Fiber Geeks are everywhere in mainstream geekdom; you’ll see knitters and hookers (crocheters) at cons working a few rows at panels, interrogating cosplayers where they got or how they made their own knit or crocheted pieces, and if the stars are right you may even see a group of fiber geeks break out the spindles…

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Lootcrate October 2013

Hey all just received in the mail my first loot crate. (http://mbsy.co/lootcrate/417943) Its a mail order box with random items of the month geared towards the geeks and gamers of the internet.  It comes with a random assortment of seven to eight hand-picked monthly themed coolness.  They cost 13. 97 a month and you wont…

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New villain cast for Arrow

Fans get to see more powers in use in the CW’s Arrow as Shrapnel, a supervillain from the comics, enters the prime time arena. His body is made of metal plates that he can toss around and fling at opponents. What’s more is that River’s over-protective brother Simon from Firefly/Serenity will be playing him. Sean…

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Michael Bay Attacked on Transformers 4 Set?

Transformers: Age of Extinction is currently filming and like its predecessors the film is set in various locations like Hong Kong where the crew is currently stationed where things appeared to be going well until yesterday. During filming, director and producer Michael Bay was attacked and injured on the set in the busy area of…

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‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ gets a full season order

Joss Whedon must be doing something right. ABC has announced that they’ve officially picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with a full season order. This means season one will consist of a traditional 22 episodes. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. opened as this years highest-rated new drama and even despite a drop from its debut, ratings have…

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J.J. Abrams Apologizes For Lens Flares

Most geeks know that filmmaker J.J. Abrams has received a lot of trouble for making a somewhat frequent appearance of the lens flare technique in his movies. While some fans have spent hours defending Abrams it turns out that the creator has taken the first step in his recovery – admitting he has a problem….

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The Force is Strong with EA

This may be old news but it’s new to me so I figured other Star Wars/Gamer geeks might’ve missed it as well. Fans who’ve been speculating about future Star Wars video games have an answer now in EA Games. The leviathan of video game publishers has signed a deal with Disney to exclusively make Star…

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Han Solo Found On Mercury

We might not have news about the upcoming Star Wars VII, but that doesn’t mean we are lacking in Star Wars news.  I’m a sucker for any story coming from NASA.  Combine that with Star Wars and I’m hooked.  The Messenger spacecraft division of NASA has released a picture which shows a formation in the…

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