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Robocop
They don’t make ‘em like they used to. Cartoons, video games, comics: for us 80’s and 90’s babies, older is better. I’m sure my dad would say the same thing, how The Beatles were better than any band since.
Dating a Geek
We've established why it's a good idea to date a geek (if it's on the Internet, it should be a real thing), now let the folks at GeekOut help you catch your very own geek like they were Pokémon.
Return of Marvel Legends
The Return of Marvel Legends was welcomed by a lot of collectors around the world and you know that Marvel Legends is back when the usual discussions, threads and topics are up again.
Dancing Towards the Future
Immersion is a tricky concept in video games. Above and beyond graphical and audio fidelity, a game has to play right. But what does this mean precisely?New Stuff
Dark Shadows
I learned about Dark Shadows rather late in the proceedings. It was already about to open in local cinemas when I read about the movie online, and that it was yet another collaboration between Mr. Depp and Mr. Burton, who have already worked together in seven films since 1990’s Edward Scissorhands. In fact, it’s almost not a Time Burton film unless Johnny Depp is in it. Remember Mars Attacks!? Neither do I. Dark Shadows, Tim Burton’s new film based on the gothic 70’s daytime soap, is one of those movies that I keep going back and forth about in my head....
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Jollibee Avengers Comic Books
A couple weeks back, while I was browsing through Facebook, I saw a couple pics of Avengers comic books that had Jollibee on the cover. I was all "I don't know what the hell that is but I want one." So I did what any good fan would do and trekked on over to the nearest Jollibee and indulged in some good ole' fashioned fast food to get myself a copy of the freebies. For those who don't know, Jollibee is the Philippine version of McDonald's, only with a giant bee instead of a creepy clown. It started out as a...
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Fully Booked FCBD
So, who says Free Comic Book Day can only happen when everyone else is doing it? In this humble nerd's opinion, the spirit of FCBD should be celebrated everyday! By that, I mean, big bookstores giving out freebies. And Fully Booked is doing just that. I guess they timed it to coincide with a little somethin' somethin' brewing at their stores. This Saturday, May 19, 2012, Fully Booked will be holding their very own Free Comic Book Day. It says on their poster you can get a free comic book. I don't think they're going to do it like the other comic...
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Marvel Select Avengers Movie Hulk
Hey, how's it going, guys? I know most of you have watched the Avengers movie (twice?) already and I am pretty sure lots of folks enjoyed Hulk's scenes. I mean, Hulk may be a ravaging beast when he gets really mad but his short scenes in the movie sure were funny. As a fan, geek, and a comic book reader, I really enjoyed Hulk's parts in the movie. What makes it a lot more awesome? Well, as collectors, we get the chance to own the figures that sport the look in the movie; and for the scale that I collect, we...
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Avengers' Battle Hammer Thor
I couldn’t have been more stoked to see Marvel’s The Avengers. I might not be the biggest fan of the comics, but I’m a geek for anything to do with superheroes. Plus it was a Joss Whedon movie and he’s no stranger to comics. He wrote the Astonishing X-Men stories in the Astonishing X-Men Ombibus, which are some of my favorite. He was also the one responsible for bringing Firefly to life. Have you seen Serenity? Mal Reynolds would kick Tony Stark’s ass and steal a Quinjet to sell to the Alliance.
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Damn it, Hasbro! More Transformers?
Like I said when I wrote about the upcoming Ninja Turtles line, the only toys I’m anticipating more right now than the new TMNT figures are the various Transformers that Hasbro has announced in the past few months. Included in those is a new Fall of Cybertron line to help out my War for Cybertron guys and a whole mess of new Transformers: Prime figures. I mean just look at these bad boys! It’s stupid how awesome these things are!
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Marvel Cinematic Universe Character Wishlist
With Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Captain America 2, the possibility of a Black Widow origin prequel, Samuel L. Jackson signing on a 9 picture deal, and the tease of an Ant-Man movie, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is just brimming with potential. And if The Avengers and the last four Marvel-produced movies are any indication, it can be said that comic book movies have broken free of the stigma that none of them can really be great. This has left me more than a little bit excited for the future of the MCU. Because of the richness of the Marvel character...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Sadly, I’ve been reading that the recent Bandai Thundercats toyline based on the new cartoon series is dead in the water. They had a few more figures in the pipeline (including some awesome looking 6” figures), but it looks as if they may have canned them. I guess interest in these old 80’s properties among kids just isn’t as big as the big wigs think they are. But I’m hoping that I’m wrong.
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21 Jump Street
1987. Bon Jovi’s Livin’ on a Prayer hits number 1. The Fox Network debuts with Married… with Children. The Simpsons first show up as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. U2 makes it big with The Joshua Tree. The Iran-Contra hearings begin. Guns N’ Roses releases Appetite for Destruction. George Michael releases Faith. Kylie Minogue's cover of The Loco-Motion starts her career. A gallon of gas is only 89 cents. We had 1 billion less people in the world. We also got Johnny Depp in 21 Jump Street.
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Extreme Rules 2012: Official GeekOut Review
Wrestlemania 28 was a strange beast, as I reviewed earlier this month. A strange, controversial beast that, in its conclusion, ended a couple of its most interesting storylines and preserved some that weren’t as hot. In its wake, the company has tried to create new ones while continuing the others in the wake of a new WWE season, and that is what Extreme Rules has to work with. There was really only one major storyline heavily promoted going into the show, and that is John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar. That particular feud’s company-imposed sense of enormity easily overshadowed most other goings-on...
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Hasbro's Avengers Movie Series Wave 1
It was just days before the very first leg of Avengers Movie Event that I was around the boards waiting for news if these figures will come out. Until the very first day of the event, when I went in early for our displays ingress, I asked around if there will be new items other than the boxes, key chains, posters (that was so awesome) and the like and all the reps and even the guys handling the event had no clue. Around the afternoon, calls were coming in and SMS poured in regarding the 6" figures - they are...
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The Cabin in the Woods
If there was a pantheon of geek gods, Joss Whedon would be right up there with the likes of Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Jim Lee, Frank Miller, Guillermo Del Toro, and the Four Horsemen, tossing back goblets of wine and drunkenly hurling lightning bolts down upon the jocks and cheerleaders. I’ve been a fan of Whedon’s since I first started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Everything the man has done after that has immediately made it into my list of favorite things. Angel, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog… All of it better than a hand job from Orion slave girl.
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Free Comic Book Day 2012
My first Saturday of May has for the past several years been reserved for Free Comic Book Day. What is Free Comic Book Day? Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) “is an annual promotional effort by the North American comic book industry to help bring readers into independent comic books stores”. What does this mean to you? Free. Comics.
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Thanos and Adam Warlock
Because of the awesome Avengers movie, I decided to open up my Thanos and Adam Warlock two-pack instead of another G.I. Joe figure. I took some pics and I kinda like how they turned out, mostly because Thanos is awesome. Thanos makes dreams come true, by the way. Like all my pics, they're taken with a Lumix LX5, only this time, I took my external flash off the tripod and tried to play around with it a bit. Looks pretty cool, methinks.
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Marvel’s The Avengers
Holy sh*t, holy sh*t, holy sh*t, holy sh*t, holy sh*t… That was my reaction after watching Marvel’s The Avengers earlier today. I was half afraid that it wouldn’t live up to the hype (it had a 100% rate on aggregate review site www.rottentomatoes.com based on critics’ early reviews). After all, Marvel Studios has had such a long run of awesome movie making that they were bound to serve up another dud. Plus, you know it’s written and directed by Joss Whedon, which raises the expectations that much more. I should have known better. Whedon has never failed to impress and it’s no...
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Snake Eyes Action Figure Review
Snake Eyes is the Spider-Man of the G.I. Joe franchise. Literally almost every wave will have a Snake Eyes variant of some kind - Arctic Snake Eyes, Commando Snake Eyes, Bushido Snake Eyes, Flying Grappling Hook Snake Eyes, Sunday Morning Barbecue Cookout Snake Eyes, Anxiety Attack Snake Eyes with real therapeutic sessions, etc. This is why most Joe collectors suffer from what is called "Character Fatigue." With every announced wave, you will hear a collective sigh from Joe collectors who don't want more than one definitive Snake Eyes on their shelves. Thankfully, I have never experienced this as I am not...
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A Few Words with Kirby Krackle
Because of Marvel's webshow, The Watcher, and the Green Lantern petition, I was introduced to Kirby Krackle's music. My interest was piqued! There's a band out there that plays good geek music! I researched a bit about them and started listening to their music on their YouTube channel and eventually, on their Bandcamp. Kirby Krackle is Kyle Stevens and Jim Demonakos. They're a Seattle-based indie rock band who plays geek music. I freakin' love their stuff. They wrote songs like Ring Capacity about Green Lantern, Zombie Apocalypse and I Wanna Live in a World Full of Heroes. Though I forgot to...
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Leader Class Sentinel Prime
Seeing as how it’s taking forever for the new Transformers: Prime – Robots in Disguise assortments to reach us here in the Philippines, here’s another overdue review. Got this baby a month ago and despite my hate-on for the movie, Dark of the Moon, I’ve got to say I’m really digging Hasbro’s Leader Class Sentinel Prime. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, I’m going to spoil it for you with the rest of this introduction, so don’t go emailing me, whining about how I ruined it for you. Fair warning.
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Iron Man: Mark VII Android/ iOS App
Marvel just keeps rolling out with the Avengers goodies! Now that we've got only 8 days to wait, excitement levels are crazy. People have started posting their ticket reservations on…
Avengers Trivia
Ever since the 1989 Batman movie came out, I have dreamed of a massive team superhero movie that didn't suck. Yeah, sure, there was the Justice League, but that had…
Battleship
I recently watched A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas. It was a pretty fun ride: not as good as the classic Harold &Kumar go to White Castle, but a…
The King and I
I’m no longer sure of where I bought my first flash drive, but chances are it was most likely at CD-R King. I don’t remember much of the details anymore,…
Wrestlemania 28: Official GeekOut Review
The 28th edition of Wrestlemania has come and gone, and boy, we can use one word to describe the entire show at face value: controversial. I don’t exactly mean Montreal Screwjob-levels…
Wrath of the Titans
I wasn’t all that impressed with the remake of The Clash of the Titans. Aside from the “Release the Kraken!” and the shiny Olympus meme it inspired, it didn’t leave…
Low-Light Action Figure Review
Low Light, as a character, has always been on my radar for some weird reason. In the 80's cartoon, he was C-list, at best. The character has minor cameo roles…
A Wrestlemania Hodgepodge: An Assortment of Bite-Sized 'Mania Hype
Wrestlemania 28 is just around the corner, and due to a combination of various factors involving my time and energy, I haven’t been able to discuss it as much as…
If The PS4 Rumors Are True, Gaming is Dead
Around 24 hours ago, rumors broke out about the Playstation 4, codenamed the Orbis. Lemme list down the details we've been told about it. - Launch pegged at the 2013 holiday…
Hands On With The Nokia Lumia 710
Yesterday, I got my grubby hands on the Nokia Lumia 710, which is being offered exclusively by Smart. They were kind enough to let me borrow it so I can…
Mirror Mirror: The Untold Adventures of Snow White
Ever notice how many times Hollywood seems to put out pairs of movies?Remember how when Armageddon was making Michael Bay a household name, Paramount Pictures and was releasing Deep Impact,…
TAGCOM 2012
Convention alert! Now on it's 6th year, the Toys, Anime, Games Cosplay and Movies/Maquettes Convention, or TAGCOM, will behappening on March 30 and will run till April 1st at Robinson's Manila…
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