Author: Maurice Mitchell
Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (1977) – Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Greedo (Paul Blake) [Source] We always knew George Lucas lying when he said Han Solo shot first, but now we have proof! It’s hard to believe that the question of whether Han Solo (Harrison Ford) shot Greedo first ever came up at all. The scene is pretty clear when you watch the film. Han Solo gets jumped by Greedo who says, “I’ve been looking forward to killing you for a long time.” Han Solo says, “Yes, I’ll bet you have” and blasts a hole into Greedo. Pretty straightforward…
Super Mario Bros Video Game Cover 1985 If you think of video game music, then you think of Super Mario Bros. But why? Why does a song made decades ago still get stuck in our heads? PBS’ Game/Show produced a video hosted by Jamin Warren that explains exactly why. Psychology Today wrote a wonderful article about how music evokes nostalgia and that psychologist “Schulkind and his colleagues found that the more emotion a song generated for someone, the more likely the song would cue a memory. In addition, older songs more often evoked memories for the older participants whereas recent…
I’d love to hear what you think of the Internet’s strangest and geekiest moments in this week’s “Geek Bits.” Poll This week’s poll question is about National Donut Day which happens every year on the first Friday of June. Randy’s Donuts is a landmark donut shop in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles International Airport. Director Jon Favreau said Randy’s Donuts was the perfect place for Tony Stark to recover from his hangover. “The idea was, ‘What’s this guy like the morning after?’ ‘Where would this guy go if he had a hangover?’ And then the answer we came up with was…
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) – Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) The summer blockbuster season is in full swing and the next Mission Impossible movie is coming on July 31st. Paramount has released a brand new set of seven gorgeous character postersand a mind-blowing trailer. Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt Jeremy Renner as William Brandt Alec Baldwin as the Head of the CIA named Hunley Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust Sean Harris as Lane Also, check out the second Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation trailer which features insane spy gear, Tom…
The Flash (2015) – The Flash (Grant Gustin) The season finale of The Flash was a few weeks ago and it left a few answers and many questions. To try and sort it out here is an infographic I made that outlines everything we know about the multiple timelines on the show. Since it contains MASSIVE SPOILERS I’ll warn you that if you haven’t watched the show you should before reading further. Updated*** SPOILER WARNING *** On the show, Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) and Reverse-Flash (Tom Cavanagh) are able to run fast enough to travel through time. This was hinted…
Jurassic World (2015) – Nick Owen (Chris Pratt) Thanks for visiting! This Contest Has Ended Jurassic World (2015) is coming and we’re giving away a free ticket! The first Jurassic World trailer has over 60 million views on YouTube. Jurassic World toys promise insane fun. The Jurassic World release date is less than two weeks away and we want to send you to the movie for free! The Prize (1) Fandango movie gift card for $15 You can choose one of four designs and get a digital or physical card (physical card can take up to 14 days to deliver).…
I’d love to hear what you think of the Internet’s strangest and geekiest moments in this week’s “Geek Bits.” Poll This week’s poll question comes from Invaluable.com, the world’s premier online auction marketplace. Invaluable offers live auctions from all over the world covering pretty much anything you could think of. They often feature all sorts of movie memorabilia as well as other great collectibles. If you could buy any prop from a movie what would it be? Han Solo’s blaster pistol? Spock’s rubber ears? Thor’s hammer? What would your dream movie memorabilia piece(s) be? Let us know in the comments! Links Chinese Millionaire Secretly built…
Jurassic World (2015) – Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) The latest Jurassic Park sequel is coming, called Jurassic World, and Universal has made a new featurette called “A Look Inside” that explains what the film means to the cast and crew. Steven Spielberg explains why the movies are so enduring and director Colin Trevorrow explains how he wants adults to feel while watching the movie. Star Chris Pratt talks about how he feels responsible to keep the franchise going. Official Jurassic World Summary “Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar, off of Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, now features…
Family Matters – Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) From all walks of life, television is representing the Black community like never before. From urban to upper class TV shows all types and classes of African-Americans. There’s still a long way to go, but we’re especially excited about the rise of geeks in culture and Black Nerds. Black Nerds (or “Blerds”) are intellectual African-Americans. While culture at large has mocked intellectuals there’s been a surge in popularity of the intelligent and geeky. Today, the season four finale of The Soul Man on TV Land tonight (May 27) has a special guest star:…
The Arsenio Hall Show (1990) – Marina Sirtis and Arsenio Hall Back in the 1990s The Arsenio Hall show was the most popular and hippest talk show on TV. Several cast members from the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation came onto the show including actress Marina Sirits. She played Counselor Deanna Troi on the series and the four feature films that followed, as well as other appearances in the Star Trek franchise like Star Trek: Voyager. I found this wonderful interview on YouTube (7:25 minutes) that showcases her personality and sex appeal. She and Arsenio talked about many…
Unipiper Plays Bagpipes Balancing on BB-8 We’d love to hear what you think of the Internet’s strangest and geekiest moments in this week’s “Geek Bits.” Links This Spider-Man Car is Amazing To celebrate Spider-Man’s long-awaited welcome into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, here’s a custom 2000 Toyota Celica that honours the webbed hero. Batman Rollercoaster Offers Riders Darkness…No Parents…Plenty of Thrills After being lifted straight up a 120-foot hill, this 4-D Wing Coaster challenges riders to “face their fears” as they flip head-over-heels at least six times along the weightless, tumbling journey. Along the way, riders face hills and unexpected drops…
Star Trek (1968) “Spectre of the Gun” – Chekov (Walter Koenig), Scotty (James Doohan), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Kirk (William Shatner) Should Star Trek be less “Star Trek-y”? Simon Pegg is writing the next Star Trek movie and he was given very specific instructions from the studio. According to Slashfilm, Paramount decided to make big changes in the tone of the next film. Pegg told Radio Times, “They had a script for Star Trek that wasn’ t really working for them. I think the studio was worried that it might have been a little bit too ‘Star Trek-y’.…
Who’s the most lethal character in the Marvel universe? Morphsuits contacted us about their very cool infographic “The Deadliest Killers of Earth-616! Murderers of Marvel”. They describe this way: “Who is the deadliest character in the Marvel Universe? Wolverine? The Hulk? Deadpool? “We’ve had furious debates over this in the MorphCostumes office, pitting characters against one another in imaginary fights to the death. ‘This month, we decided to settle the argument once and for all. We combed our comic archives and ranked the deadliest Marvel characters, based on the number of people they’ve killed. From dangerous and deadly to downright…
Catwoman (2004) – Catwoman (Halle Berry) Here’s every actor who’s played a character in a DC and Marvel movie or television show. It gets confusing when you have actors playing multiple roles. One minute you see Johnny Storm and the next he’s playing Captain America. Is that the guy from Green Lantern or X-Men? But, it gets even more confusing when actors cross the lines from playing Marvel comic book characters to DC characters and vice versa. So, to help keep it straight, here’s a list of actors that have appeared in multiple franchises for both Marvel Studios and DC…
Black Angel (1980) Watch the two long-lost short films that played before Star Wars. Back in the day it was common for short films to play before movies. This is before they started playing commercials. Pixar is known for keeping up the tradition, but whole generations have grown up without watching a film before the film. The original Star Wars trilogy was no exception, but the films were lost to generations. Now, thanks to the Internet, fans can watch the two films that opened before Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for free…
Asa Butterfield is Spider-Man [Source] Since Asa Butterworth may be the new Spider-Man, here are some articles you need to read about him. Links Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield was born 1 April 1997 in England. He’s best known for playing Bruno in the Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), the young Mordred in the hit BBC TV Series Merlin, Norman in the 2010 film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, and Hugo for Martin Scorsese’s Hugo (2011) and Ender Wiggins the movie Ender’s Game (2013). He’s still been acting and has starred in Morgan Matthews’ X+Y…
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) – Thor (Chris Hemsworth) This Contest Is Now Closed Here’s how you can a set of amazing Tervis official Avengers: Age of Ultron cups! Avengers: Age of Ultron is the biggest movie of the year and Tervis has partnered with us to give away an official drink Tumbler and coffee mug to three random winners! Review The sent us some samples and here’s a quick review. The Avengers tumbler and cup are very well made and incredibly durable. They’re a little heavy, but very strong. Hot or cold drinks don’t make them sweat, which can…
Supergirl (2016) – James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), Kara (Melissa Benoist) Yesterday the trailer for the new Supergirl series was released by CW and the reactions have been mixed. Some love it and some hate it, but everyone is surprised by the Black Jimmy (“James actually”) Olsen. He’s played by Mehcad Brooks who’s described as “a photographer at CatCo., where Kara (Melissa Benoist) works. He’s the salt of the earth and this only makes Kara crush on him even more. The character has recently been living and working in National City, though the reason is still a secret. But with Kara…
Inge Lehmann (Source)Here are four fascinating facts about Inge Lehmann. Today’s Google Doodle is about Inge Lehmann (May 13, 1888 – February 21, 1993) who was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist who helped discover the Earth’s inner core. Earthquakes have tragically rocked Nepal and other places around the world 1. Her Study at a Mixed School Led to Disappointment Lehmann attended Denmark’s first co-educational school, founded by the aunt of Neils Bohr, Hanna Adler. She learned there that boys and girls could be treated alike for work and play. She later said in 1980, “No difference between the intellect of boys and…
Alien etching from Laser Art Canarias A young team of laser engravers from Spain told us about Laser Art Canarias. They use a process involving a combination of different pictures, AutoCAD, Photoshop and Illustrator designs all properly rendered for laser engraving. After that, the wood is treated, sanded, varnished and waxed in order to show all the details on the wood. “As fans of sci-fi, space, physics and horror movies we created an unique and impressive collection of wooden posters,” Diego Scaglia Rat said, “All of our designs are built with passion and dedication; beginning with an idea and ending…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) – Lupita Nyong’o Ever since Lupita Nyong’o was cast in Star Wars: The Force Awakens there has been speculation who she was playing. “I could not be more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII,” Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said in a press release. “It’s thrilling to see this extraordinarily talented ensemble taking shape.” Lutpita tweeted “I can finally say it out loud and proud: I’m going to a galaxy far far away!” Other than that, no details were given. She did say in an interview that her favorite Star Wars characters are R2-D2 and C-3PO because…
C-3PO Tape Holder (via Medocinie) I’d love to hear what you think of the Internet’s greatest strangest moments in this week’s “Geek Bits.” By The Way We’re trying something different this week. Instead of posting news links it’s the strangest and most bizarre geeky stories on the Internet. Let us know what you think. Links J.J. Abrams Stopped Filming Star Wars to Look at Moon (via Huffington Post) In an interview with HuffPost UK, Oscar Isaac, the strange thing Abrams did after Harrison Ford came back: “He was in such high spirits, he was literally making jokes on the loudspeakers.…
Black Panther Black Panther is coming soon in Captain America: Civil War and it’s never too soon to learn more about him. The Black Panther was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1966 and is the very first mainstream African superhero. Named simply T’Challa, he’s the king of the fictional African nation of Wakanda. He’s a skilled hunter and tracker with enhanced strength, speed and agility. T’Challa is a master strategist and a genius inventor and scientist. Wakanda has a supply of an alien metal called “vibranium” that can absorb all vibrations. It’s the rarest and most valuable…
Ted Milfi, Jared Hess, Jason Moore, Jonathon Levine, John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein Avengers: Age of Ultron has grossed over $643.5 million worldwide and is breaking records left and right. Because of that success, Marvel is fast-tracking their upcoming Spider-Man reboot and Deadline reports that Marvel and Sony are planning to make a decision on a director by the middle of this month. They also reported on the rumored short-list of directors for what they’re describing as a coming-of-age movie that combines “John Hughes humor and emotion” with “all the superhero stuff”. “Ol’ Webhead” has appeared in five…
Suicide Squad (2016) – Adam Beach (Slipknot), Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang), Cara Delevingne (Enchantress), Karen Fukuhara (Katana), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flagg), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Will Smith (Deadshot), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Killer Croc), and Jay Hernandez (El Diablo) Last week, we shared the first photos of Will Smith as Deadshot out of his costume, but director David Ayer gave the full cast photo for the upcoming Suicide Squad movie. Here’s the cast from left to right, Adam Beach (possibly Slipknot), Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang), Cara Delevingne (Enchantress), Karen Fukuhara (Katana), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flagg), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Will Smith (Deadshot), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Killer Croc), and Jay Hernandez (El Diablo). Everyone is especially excited about Harley Quinn (Margot…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) – Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Finn (John Boyega) Welcome to our latest podcast! We have an extra long podcast (longer than our usual 20 minutes anyway) because we were joined this week with the amazing blogger Pop Culture Journalist Amy Ratcliffe! Show Notes Maurice, Nigel and guest Amy Ratcliffe talk about Star Wars, the impact of women in Force Awakens and the possible coolness of Fantastic Four. Download | Length – 00:30:00 minutes | Podomatic Guest Profile: Amy Ratcliffe Amy is a writer who speaks geek. She writes about comics, conventions, cosplay, and other topics…
Happy “Star Wars day” everyone! Today, geeks around the world are celebrating “Star Wars Day” based on the silly pun “May the Fourth be with you.” So, this is a great time to watch a blooper reel from all six Star Wars movies. I can’t be sure, but it looks like it was the end credits for a bonus DVD. By the way, if you’re jonesing for Star Wars here’s Wil Wheaton reading his short story “The Trade” about him trading his Death Star at 8-years old. If you enjoyed this, then please use the buttons below to tell your…
Dad Builds Millennium Falcon Cockpit Bed For Son (via /Film) I’d love to hear what you think of the Internet’s greatest moments in this week’s “Geek Bits.” Links 9. History of the Batmobile (via He Geek She Geek) Which is your favorite Batmobile? 8. Rumor: Netflix’s Defenders Will Be in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ (via /Film) 7. Disappointed, But Not Surprised: Disney Excludes Black Widow From Avengers: Age of Ultron Merch – SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (via The Mary Sue) They also left out Falcon and War Machine (Double sigh). 6. SPIDER-MAN Shortlist Revealed: Includes Asa Butterfield, Tom Holland, & Timothee Chalamet (via Comic Book Movie) Asa Butterfield is the…
The long-anticipated Avengers sequel, Avengers Age of Ultron opens today and has an all-star cast. While you may have seen every Marvel movie leading up to this one, you may not know everything about the cast. Take our quiz and match the trivia fact to the right actor! It’s tricky! Here are 10 facts about 10 actors in the movie you may not know. View Survey Official Avengers: Age of Ultron Summary ” Marvel Studios presents ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron,’ the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant…
Marilou, Nathan and Mark Hamill Star Wars Celebration at the Anaheim Convention Center ran from April 16-19, 2015. We never got to go, but thanks to the magic of the Internet we get to share in the experience. The highlight of the convention was the Star Wars VII panel. In this backstage clip from StarWars.com voice actor James Arnold Taylor and Mark Hamill sat down to talk about what it was like being on the panel and returning as Luke for Star Wars VII. He also shared some old photos of family and his adorable son Nathan. They were taken…