Geek Mentality

Tonight marks one of those bittersweet moments in the life (or lack there of) of a fan for a television show. The show you love is finally back for a new season - but you know going in that it is going in that this is it. This is the end.

Tonight that show is Chuck.

I don’t have much time to write this tonight but I just wanted to say something about a show that has brought me and my friends a lot of fun over the last 4 seasons (tonight starts Chuck’s fifth and final season).

This is the one show left that I still get together with my buddy for every week - and that’s why I don’t have much time to type. I have to quickly walk my dog, eat dinner, and head over to my friend’s house…For the first of the last.

It’s funny looking back to the beginning - realizing just how much has changed with the show.

But one thing has never changed - Chuck doesn’t take itself seriously. It’s a comedy show above all. And while it pokes fun at the spy/action genre, it does it with a quality that makes it an actual great addition to that genre.

That’s all I’m going to say for now - just happy to have Chuck and all his friends back….

For one final season!

As I mentioned before, I’m excited about DC Comics’ New 52. To honor this major change in DC Comics (at least at this point it seems pretty major), I’ve decided to read all 52 of the new….52. Some I may like, some may love, some I may pretty much hate.

I am sure there will be more than a few that I won’t read again, but I want to give these 52 titles a try even if it’s just so I can say years from now, “Yeah, I read all of those…”

So here is the full list of the relaunched titles, with the dates they are released. The crossed out ones are obviously the ones I’ve already read - and I’ll updating this post as I go along.

Anyone else out there doing this?

August 31

• Justice League [8/31/11]

September 7

• Action Comics [9/7/11]
• Animal Man [9/16/11]
• Batgirl [9/20/11]
• Batwing [9/17/11]
• Detective Comics [9/7/11]
• Green Arrow [9/12/11]
• Hawk and Dove [9/18/11]
• Justice League International [9/12/11]
• Men of War [9/25/11]
• O.M.A.C. [9/25/11]
• Static Shock [9/23/11]
• StormWatch [9/17/11]
• Swamp Thing [9/18/11]

September 14

• Batman and Robin [9/21/11]
• Batwoman [10/6/11]
• Deathstroke [10/8/11]
• Demon Knights [10/8/11]
• Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. [9/29/11]
• Green Lantern [9/14/11]
• Grifter [10/8/11]
• Legion Lost [10/8/11]
• Mister Terrific [10/7/11]
• Red Lanterns [9/27/11]
• Resurrection Man [10/6/11]
• Suicide Squad [10/6/11]
• Superboy [9/15/11]

September 21

• Batman [9/26/11]
• Birds of Prey [10/6/11]
• Blue Beetle [10/4/11]
• Captain Atom [10/6/11]
• Catwoman [10/6/11]
• DC Universe Presents [10/6/11]
• Green Lantern Corps [9/27/11]
• Legion of Super-Heroes [10/8/11]
• Nightwing [10/3/11]
• Red Hood and the Outlaws [10/6/11]
• Supergirl [9/29/11]
• Wonder Woman [9/28/11]

September 28

• All-Star Western
• Aquaman [10/9/11]
• Batman: The Dark Knight [10/8/11]
• Blackhawks [10/13/11]
• The Flash [10/14/11]
• The Fury of Firestorm
• Green Lantern: New Guardians
• I Vampire [10/12/11]
• Justice League Dark
• The Savage Hawkman [10/14/11]
• Superman [10/8/11]
• Teen Titans [10/14/11]
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• Voodoo [10/9/11]

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