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TV That Molded a Geek: Roswell

10 August 2011 by Leave a Comment
Roswell

This TV show isn't really one that molded me; rather, it perfectly fit a certain time in my life so well that it might as well have been molded to me.  Everyone can probably find a TV show or movie that just gets everything right - the clothes, the hair, the conversation topics.  For a certain generation, it's John Hughes movies like Sixteen Candles.  For me - a teenage geek girl whose room brimmed with aliens of all kinds, ranging from the neon green plush to the purple inflatable - it was … [Read more...]

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Trust No One: Secret Sectors On-Screen

3 August 2011 by Leave a Comment
mib

In the world of on-screen science fiction (or sf lite), most writers can agree on one truth: if extra-terrestrials exist, the government knows about it.  Sometimes they're fighting evil aliens, sometimes they're protecting us normies from mind-exploding truths, and sometimes they're the bad guys; any way you cut it, they all make us just a little more paranoid and we love it.  This week the news has been full of a government that needs a little help pulling together and Getting Stuff Done; in … [Read more...]

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X-Men: Next Class?

15 June 2011 by 5 Comments
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This past weekend, on a whim, I decided to see X-Men: First Class.  I wasn't sure if I was going to catch it in movie theaters or not; the last two installments in the franchise, including the much-anticipated Wolverine movie, were decidedly meh and I wasn't incredibly interesting in sitting through more at movie theater prices.  However, I noticed it was getting good reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, and decided to take a chance. I'm glad I did!  It really was a breath of fresh air for the … [Read more...]

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Torchwood: Adult Fun in the Whoniverse

25 May 2011 by Leave a Comment
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It's come to my attention that Doctor Who seems to gaining more and more new fans - which is, of course, excellent.  Most of the new fans I've seen have been American, perhaps due to the marketing blitzes of BBCAmerica (again, excellent).  If you've only been introduced to Doctor Who in the last year or so, you might be wondering why a good chunk of the internet is waiting with anticipation for the return of a little show called Torchwood. Don't worry; you have more than enough time to … [Read more...]

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Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith

20 April 2011 by 5 Comments
sarahjane

Even though the new series starts on Saturday, the world of Doctor Who is a somber place today.  Elisabeth Sladen, the actress most well-known for playing Sarah Jane Smith, has passed away.  It was an unexpected shock for fans, and the loss is felt deeply across multiple generations.  I've said before that I come from a family of Doctor Who fans.  My mother has often mentioned that while her first Doctor was Pertwee, more importantly, her first companion was Sarah Jane Smith.  You see, … [Read more...]

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Doctor Who: Spooky Speculation

25 March 2011 by 1 Comment
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With only a month away before the Easter weekend premiere of the new season (or series, depending on your location) of Doctor Who, fans are brimming with speculation.  Here I present to you some of the main themes that are being hashed out on forums, and in my own personal conversation.  We only have a month left for our most radical ideas, after all!  (Note: While obviously I have no access to real spoilers, this does discuss the trailers and teasers for this season, as well as the events of … [Read more...]

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Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: Too Much, Too Soon?

3 February 2011 by 3 Comments
trap

In general, I'm not the kind of girl who can spout obscure passages of dialogue from movies and TV shows.  There are a few films that are embedded in my brain, most of them from before I was ten years old or so, when my brain was more plastic.  Oh, and Family Guy. Yep, Family Guy.  I don't quite know how it happened; I wouldn't call Family Guy a guilty pleasure, but maybe an unlikely one.  I've always been the "mature one," and I'm pretty quiet and shy in person (for the first few … [Read more...]

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Love, Sex and Doctor Who

5 January 2011 by 15 Comments
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The space-time continuum of the geek world may be collapsing: The Doctor is engaged to his daughter.   The joke about the engagement between David Tennant and Georgia Moffett is two-fold; Tennant played the Doctor and Moffett played his daughter in an episode, and Moffett is the real-life daughter of Peter Davison, who played the fifth incarnation of the Doctor.  Yes, it's kind of creepy, but only if you can't separate fiction from reality.   Thinking about "the Doctor's" engagement, … [Read more...]

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One Box Wonder: Gamma World

4 January 2011 by 11 Comments
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I fell in love with Gamma World at the Dungeons & Dragons Experience (DDXP) 2010, where I was lucky enough to play a preview game GMed by Rich Baker. Having never played a previous edition of Gamma World, I went in without any expectations. And I had my mind blown. The sheer randomness of Gamma World is what intrigued me at first. The dice rule the game, for better or worse. Actually, I wouldn't say "worse" as much as "hilarity ensues." Trevor Kidd was playing a Yeti Cockroach and … [Read more...]

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Weirder Than Tron: Obscure Disney Films

22 December 2010 by 9 Comments
watcherinthewoods1

Up until a few years ago, when you mentioned live-action Disney movies of days past, you might think of The Parent Trap, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, or maybe Pete's Dragon.  Hardly ever did anyone mention Tron. Well, that all changed with the game Kingdom Hearts II.  Tron was the basis of a level in that game, right up there with Pirates of the Caribbean, and suddenly kids (and some adults) were going back to the original movie to fully understand what the heck was going on. Then, with the … [Read more...]

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