Geekin' Podcast and Blog

  This has been a difficult film for me to review. You see, Superman has played a huge role in my life. I grew up watching the fabulous Richard Donner Superman movies (Superman I & II) and reading Superman comics (the post-Crisis John Byrne relaunch of the character). Superman, for me, represents the best of humanity and the hopes of this nation. We’re talking about an orphan child, an immigrant to American shores, an outsider looking in, a boy taken in by a “common” Midwestern couple, raised on a farm in Kansas, taught to care about his neighbors and to try to do what is right. We’re talking about a young man from Kansas who, more than anything else, wants to help those in need, wants to live up to the ideals upon which he was raised, wants to be the man his father gave everything to allow him the opportunity to be. We’re talking about an everyman (he could be you, he could be me) but this everyman has a gift which we don’t. But that gift is not flight, or strength, or invulnerabi...

[caption id="attachment_144" align="alignnone" width="194"] SU-per-man![/caption] Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! (Why are you pointing out there's a bird in the sky?) It's a plane! (Again. So. What?) No! Wait! It's... SUPERMAN! The Man of Steel! The Last Son of Krypton! The Man of Tomorrow! And various other titles that are horrible inaccurate. Superman has been front and center since before I was born. He's the epitome of "superhero". He's the standard. I used to have a Superman lunch box I carried when I was a wee lad. [caption id="attachment_145" align="alignnone" width="300"] This is a job for...[/caption] I watched the movies, the cartoons, the tv shows, but I've never listed Superman as one of my favorites. Why? He's too easy! He's unstoppable, and even when a writer comes up with a way to stop him, you know he isn't ACTUALLY going to stop him. The story becomes bori...

The Doctor is dead! Long live the Doctor! I've finished the first season of Doctor Who and Christopher Eccleston has regenerated into David Tennant. I must say, I'm wildly disappointed, even though I knew it was coming. I love Mr. Eccleston as the Doctor (can't wait to see him as Malekith in Thor 2!), I loved his chemistry with Jack Harkness, and I'll miss him terriblly. I've been eating up Doctor Who ever since, and already nearly done with the second season. David Tennant is a wonderful addition to the show, and I think a better fit if they're going to pursue some soft of relationship between the Doctor and Rose. I like his energy. If I was going to compare the two, Eccleston and Tennant, I think I'd say that Eccleston delivers a threat better. If he says he's going to kill you, you believe it. Tennant is softer. It makes me a little eager for Matt Smith, just to see how someone so much younger than Eccleston and Tennant pulls off being The Doctor. But...

Further into the season now, ended last night with the episode Dalek. Won't lie, when the episode started, I had serious concerns. At first, the Dalek is a little... hokey. Screeching like he does. Looking like a terrible R2-D2 rip-off. My wife was sitting next to me yelling "Do not disassemble! Johnny-5 is ALIVE!" through-out the episode. But I have to say, the last half totally redeemed it. Again, the effects quality is lacking, but the story and acting and characters tend to make up for it in the end. The episode ended up being kind of a tear-jerker. I was pleasantly surprised. Definitely looking forward to more, but I'm still not getting the "omigawd-this-is-so-awesome". It hasn't quite lived up to the hype. As of yet, anyway...   More to follow.

I've finally done it. I've started the journey into the wibbly wobbly timey wimey world of Doctor Who.  Starting with Christopher Eccleston's 9th Doctor as suggested, I'll continue to blog my journey as I continue down this odd little rabbit hole. While I'm currently enjoying Eccleston's Doctor, I'm underwhelmed. I'm not getting the awesomeness that's being raved about yet. But we'll stick it out. I hear after the first season that it gets a lot better. The graphics are uber-cheesy, even for 2005. But I expect that's budget issues. Comments, suggestions, and complaints are welcome!