November 19, 2011
Muppets! Muppets! Muppets!
Next week a great piece of my childhood is returning to the big screen as The Muppets return to the big screen for the first time in over a decade in - what else, The Muppets.
July 20, 2011
The Amazing Spider-Man Teaser Trailer
This looks like it might be a return to form for our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
July 18, 2011
The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer
I remember being in 7th grade and reading the novelization of Tim Burton’s Batman. That’s how excited I was for that movie - an actual movie about Batman! As the years went on they got sillier and sillier - but Christopher Nolan changed all that with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
Now, his trilogy is coming to an end with The Dark Knight Rises - and the official teaser trailer has gone online. I tweeted a bootlegged version that looked like crap this week, and I saw it on the big screen Saturday night when seeing Harry Potter. But I can’t NOT have it on my own web site - so here it is:
June 22, 2011
These Were Shows?: Movie Adaptations
I am sure that most of your are familiar with the television show MASH. It’s one of the most popular shows in television history, and I am fairly certain that most of you know that this show was based on a movie. And of course with success comes copying. Of course if MASH can make it big, other shows based on hit movies are a lock to make it big as well. Right?
Thing again.
I am starting a new post theme at Geek Mentality called “These Were Shows?” where I search through YouTube to find clips from television shows that either you don’t remember or you never knew existed. In this first edition I look into the realm of “Movie Adaptations” to discover that the MASH blueprint does not necessarily guarantee a winner.
May 31, 2011
Star Trek Season One Checklist
Last Updated 9/15/11
I’ve only watched two episodes since the last update. As you can see, my viewing method is slow and steady…and slow:
00 “The Cage”
01 “The Man Trap”
02 “Charlie X”
03 “Where No Man Has Gone Before”
04 “The Naked Time”
05 “The Enemy Within”
06 “Mudd’s Women”
07 “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”
08 “Miri”
09 “Dagger of the Mind”
10 “The Corbomite Maneuver”
11 “The Menagerie, Part I”
12 “The Menagerie, Part II”
13 “The Conscience of the King” 4/26/11
14 “Balance of Terror” 5/3/11
15 “Shore Leave”
16 “The Galileo Seven” 5/31/11
17 “The Squire of Gothos”
18 “Arena”
19 “Tomorrow Is Yesterday”
20 “Court Martial” 8/16/11
21 “The Return of the Archons”
22 “Space Seed”
23 “A Taste of Armageddon”
24 “This Side of Paradise”
25 “The Devil in the Dark”
26 “Errand of Mercy”
27 “The Alternative Factor”
28 “The City on the Edge of Forever”
29 “Operation: Annihilate!”
