When you think of “nerdy films,” the titles Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Matrix, and 2001: A Space Odyssey come to mind. All of these films have a great cult following that helped skyrocket them to their infamous nerdy status. But these movies did more than just become pop culture icons;…
Back to the Future Part II sent us to 2015 for a glimpse of what the future would hold. In 1989, when the film was released, all these fancy gadgets seemed so crazy and off the wall they could only happen in a fictitious version of the future. Now that we are approaching the real…
Obviously, if you’re reading this, you are one of two things: one half of a geek couple looking to spice up your usual hum drum geeky Friday night routine OR you are trying to woo a certain special geek with hopes of settling into a usual hum drum geeky Friday night routine. Here are a…
If you have an extra $20,000.00 to spare, feel free to buy the entire Invisible Man Kit, available from Optics Planet. The video “advertisement” on the Optics Planet website made me laugh harder than I have in a long time. Think of the acting from one of those upside down tomato basket commercials, and then…
Don’t you hate it when you watch a show, fall in love with all the characters, and then for reasons unknown, the network pulls the plug? “Fall in ratings” is the claim, but you know that can’t be true because the show is so awesome and so fantastic that anyone who is anyone should be…
What could be better than settling in with friends or family and popping in a good movie? Settling in with friends or family and popping in a movie so bad, and so low-budget that it’s actually good! There are so many movies that fit into this category it was tough to narrow it down to…
The list of Great Movies is almost endless. There are so many movies out there that touched our hearts and made us laugh and cry along with the characters. Movies in which it was almost painful to watch the screen fade to black and the credits begin to appear because we wanted more from the…
How is it that directors, film reviewers, and editors can all watch the final cut of a movie and not see the mistakes that are blatantly obvious to us viewers? These errors have become almost iconic. Instead of asking, “Did you like that movie,” people ask each other, “Did you notice that part when…” Some…
Names that have their origins in the geek realm are cool. Whether or not you know who Ripley is, or what movie she is from, is inconsequential to the sound of the name and the way it rolls off your tongue. Parents are Ooooooed and Ahhhhhhed over their beautiful name choices. Most of the time,…
So many people just loooooooooove Apple. If you’re reading this article, you’re probably one of them. I, on the other hand, am a nonbeliever. Apple has a few things going for it, I’ll give you that, but you lovers get tunnel vision and overlook all its downfalls. You save up for and buy your super…
Game of Thrones won our hearts back in 2011 when it premiered on HBO. For me, who didn’t subscribe to premium channels at the time, the only thing to do to catch up with the rest of society was to read the books. I was able to talk with people about the show, name drop…