Beyond My Geeky Life

Just learned today of a this interesting, practically unknown, piece of Star Wars history. http://www.mcgreene.org/?p=296 http://www.nickstember.com/chinese-star-wars-comic-part-1-6/ This is a unlicensed mini-comic done in a style called ' lianhuanhua ' which is real popular in China. It is very much worth checking out. I love the art, even if most of it looks nothing like anything we see in the actual movie. A lot of odd use of characters (Oddly enough most of them from The Empire Strikes Back) in the wrong places, like the medical droid 2-1B as an imperial captain. Always interesting to see one of these odd pieces that are out there.

Now this is a perfect song for someone to parade with a Doctor Who theme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WBqHdI5Bdw I really an impressed with how well done this video is. The make the song fit the storyline of the show with minimal alteration, which is just brilliant. So watch the video and enjoy and if you don't get it, then go and watch some Doctor Who. The basic set up of the video comes from the David Tennant years. Even if you not into Doctor Who, it is still a fun video.

I am really looking forwards to X-Men: Days of Future Past. Everything seems to point to this be a really incredible X-Men movie. If all goes well the family will get to see it Monday. All the trailers and clips I have seen have helped to reinforce the my confidence in this movie. So here I am looking forwards to an X-Men movie, feeling that a second is getting on track with doing a Marvel license right, even though they have been going up and down with their movies. If DoFP is as good as I it at seems, that will make 5 of the 7 X-Men movies as being good. It makes me think they are getting back on track and there is hope for the future movies. Then I had to learn about the casting for Gambit in the next one... http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/video-channing-tatum-gambit-role-706443 Channing Tatum? Really? My personal opinion is that he is one of the most over rated actors out there today. He has no range at all. He is the exact same character in every movie he ma...

I made the mistake of showing the video to promote this to my boys. My say we have to enter. Does anyone have $50000 to give me so I can enter at the Jedi Grand Master of the Order level? http://www.omaze.com/experiences/starwars-episode-vii We get to see a set for Episode 7 and a new alien, so the video itself is pretty cool. Not sure why Abrams felt the need to return to Tatooine. Makes me a little worried about the chance of that there may be a lack of new worlds and ideas in Episode 7. I really hope I am proven wrong. There better be a good reason to be back there that works for the bigger story.  Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

I love Free Comic Book Day. How could anyone complain about getting free comic books? While the quality may vary, you can still get some real great comics. Hellboy, Spider-man, Serenity, the Walking Dead, Simpsons, The Tick, The Avengers and so on are just a few of the past free comics I have picked up. I would have no idea who Axe Cop was if it wasn't for getting a free issue of it. This year Marvel did its normal routine by promoting the Marvel Studio projects. They put out both Guardians of the Galaxy and Rocket Raccoon. The GotG was good and clearly connected to the main title's storyline. Rocket raccoon was cute, but didn't draw me in. There were a lot of indy comics that caught my attention. The First Daughter was a real interesting idea about the First Family of the US and a conflict that will need the forgotten children of our past presidents to deal with. There was a steampunked Star Wars titled Steam Wars. So many others that get a little mixed up in my he...

My youngest boy and I went to Starfest this last weekend. This was the first Starfest I had made it to in about a decade. There were lots of great costumes as expected. I also got to see my ‘con’ friends, a group that continues to grow with each convention I make it to. There were a few highlights to the convention, like getting to meet Billy Dee Williams. For me the most enjoyable part and the main reason we ended up going, was participating in the Dr. Horrible Sing-along blog Shadowcast. That was a lot of fun for me and Hayden. I was an extra doing any role that was needed of me, mostly just background characters. Hayden however got to play the role of Capt. Hammer, which he nailed. It was a fun group to work with and most likely we will be involved in future Shadowcasts with them. If you want to see just what a Dr. Horrible Shadowcast is you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu2t9g0xnY0&list=PLbjqbbd1QIa8FqDXFc3d6FJplbMtLG9_c Although it is somethin...