An Introduction To Rod Serling's Creepiest Show: Night Gallery
Welcome to "a frozen moment of a nightmare." Rod Serling, legendary creator of The Twilight Zone, was the on-air host and a major contributor of scripts for this weekly look into the chilling worlds of horror inspired by authors like H.P. Lovecraft. Winning an Edgar for its first episode, the show was nominated for two Emmys at a time when the 'supernatural' was considered to be fringe television, at best. If you love the short stories of the likes of A.E. van Vogt, Richard Matheson,...
'Drive'/Han Solo Mashup is Cinematic Gold
The year's coolest movie meets film's coolest character. The upcoming Ryan Gosling film, Drive, is going to be the Scarface for a new generation. Whilst we wait for it to come out, the internet is getting all excited, and coming up with awesome things like this - the Han Solo/Drive Mashup, which shows you exactly what happens when you combine the coolest movie of 2011 with one of the coolest movie characters of all time. Gold. Kudos to ChiefBrodyRules on YouTube, who put this together...
Star Wars Blueprints
With the entire Star Wars saga coming to Blu-ray on September 14, the common question is - what's new? Well, that, and, 'will Jar Jar be digitally removed?' One of the more interesting things to emerge (especially for fans who really want to get into the nitty gritty, Bothan spies, and OCD nerdlords) from the Star Wars Blu-ray wave is this upcoming book of blueprints that has a large format look at the iconic designs that went into creating the world's most famous film franchise. Over 200...
What's On This Week Aug 28 - Sep 4
This week's got a great blend of old and new with all new-to-SCI FI episodes of classic Doctor Who, every weeknight from 5:30pm. There's also the classic fun of The Vault, every Tuesday night, from 7:30pm, with back-to-back episodes of Forever: Knight, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker. On Thursday at 7:30pm, it's Lost Girl! In this week's episode, it looks like Bo is finally getting somewhere in her search for her mother - the problem is, the info comes from a less than reliable source...
Priest 3D Reviewed
Starring Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Christopher Plummer Director Scott Stewart Rated M Released August 25 If you haven't been under a rock for the last few months then you might not be wary of Priest 3D. The legendary Korean comic (manhwa) created by Hyung Min-woo finally made it to the big screen in a big way in the US and was then met by an internet with folded arms and a grim 'no thanks'. It has a Rotten Tomatoes metascore of 17%. Coming in, I was expecting...
The Week in Geek Issue # 71
Welcome dear readers! Nothing much has happened to the writer this week, though he did manage to catch Conan the Barbarian, which we’ll talk about later. We’ve been in a contemplative mood mostly - between bouts of procrastinating about mowing the lawn we’ve been pondering the answers to the great questions in life, such as how many angels can dance on the head of a pin and is there a product a Kardashian won’t endorse? On with the news! First off, there’s been word that Battlestar: Blood...
Are YOU Ready To Wear an R2-D2 Sweater?
Do you dream of a time when winter will end? When the cold mornings, icy winds and rain soaked evenings will give way to a better time - a warmer time? Fret not. The planet revolves. Soon Spring will be upon us - but still, you know that's not going to be enough. Perhaps you need to get some clothing that will both warm the body AND the soul. If you feel that you are enough of a Star Wars fan to wear the physical mantle of the galaxy's favourite droid, then we've got good news for you. The...
The Muppets and OK Go Team Up: Happy Winsday!
This will be sure to brighten up your Wednesday! It's the video clip of OK Go doing the theme from The Muppets movie, from 'The Green Album'. Mixing some sequences that you may have seen before from OK Go (treadmills anyone?) and the mayhem that is tThe Muppets, this is a few minutes of magic that should see you through to the end of hump-day. If you are new to the internet - OK Go are a band that have become extremely popular on YouTube via visually inventive elaborate 'in camera' video clips...
Play Priest 3D - The Game!
When it comes to Apocalyptic Vampire Hunting, Priest 3D has the market cornered. The film releases in Australia on August 25th, and stars Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Maggie Q and Christopher Plummer. While you wait for the film to come out, we've got this great little online game for you to play. Obviously, as Priest is in 3D - then the game can also be played in 3D. All you need is a pair of stereoscopic glasses - and the vampire killing (in 3D) can begin! If you want to play in 2D,...
