If anyone tells you that France is lovely in the summer, you can tell them that… well, yes, it’s technically LOVELY, but it’s really really hot. At least, that was my experience at the beginning of July. Lyon, France was about thirty eight degrees Celsius (that’s over 100 degrees Farenheit for Americans), and I was drinking at least sixteen cups (that’s 128 oz.) each day without ever needing a trip to the water closet because I was expelling it in its entirety through my pores. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Relaunch: The New Norm
I am in no way, shape, or form an expert on the inner workings of the comic book industry. While a loyal fan, I am not privy to what goes on “behind the cover” so to speak. Having said this, I am really starting to wonder what exactly is going on at the Big Two when it comes to the nearly continuous reboots and rebranding that have occurred in my relatively short tenure as a comic fan. Continue reading
Filed under Andrew Hales, Comics
Therefore I Geek Podcast Episode 40, Marvel’s Secret Wars
In Which Andrew and Tracy discuss Marvel’s ongoing event Secret Wars. Not going to lie, the feelings are pretty good all around. The duo talk event comics, feminism, and of course God-Doom.
Show Notes:
Secret Wars (Current)
Secret Wars (Original)
Loikamania Ep. 216 w/ Jonathan Hickman
Staff Writer | A Look Back at Summer Cinema
So it is now September, the limbo month, where movie goers don’t get any blockbusters worth the name and no real Oscar contenders are out yet. Let’s take a look back at the summer and see what we learned from the biggest movies of the summer:
#1) Your creation will kill you. In most movies where this is a plot device, a human playing god in some way will get bitten in the ass, and this summer had plenty of ass biting. There were three killer Artificial Intelligence movies: Ex Machina, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Terminator Genisys (although, to be technical about it Ex Machina wasn’t a summer movie), plus Jurassic World’s supercharged killer–dinosaurs–just to hammer home the point. Continue reading
Filed under Joseph De Paul, Movies
Therefore I Geek 