April, 2012 - Forces of Geek

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FOG! Visits DreamWorks Animation: After Hours

Forces of Geek recently visited the DreamWorks Animation campus in Glendale, CA to interview a few artists (Tyler Phillips, Ted Ty, and Manny Fragelus)...

Stefan BlitzApril 6, 2012

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PHOO ACTION Revisited

The last few years have seen British genre television make a hell of a return. The BBC’s rejig of Doctor Who saw the show...

Stefan BlitzApril 6, 2012

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The Comedy World of Wheeler and Woolsey

When naming the great screen comedians of the Golden Age of Hollywood, two names that are all too frequently absent are those of Bert...

Stefan BlitzApril 6, 2012

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PLASTIC FILMTASTIC: THIS MUST BE THE PLACE

History’s first and only weekly stop-motion animated film review podcast. Now with extra violence! Every Friday, FOG! will present the biggest movies reviewed, Lego...

Stefan BlitzApril 6, 2012

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THE ASSAULT—Like Visiting Paris to see “The Expendables”

French cinema generally makes me happier than an organ grinder in a monkey house. It’s arty and pretentious and has sub-titles; plus people have...

Stefan BlitzApril 5, 2012

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FOG! Chats With PLAGUE TOWN Author DANA FREDSTI

In the small university town of Redwood Grove, people are succumbing to a lethal strain of flu. They are dying—but not for long. Ashley...

Stefan BlitzApril 5, 2012

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OTAKU LOUNGE – Rethinking ‘Otaku’

Given the name of this column, it seems appropriate that my first piece of writing should deal with the word ‘otaku’ – what its...

Stefan BlitzApril 4, 2012

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The Comic Drawer – ULTIMATE COMICS: THE ULTIMATES

My comic drawer this time gave me something from Marvel Comic’s Ultimate Universe. When I saw that it was from the Ultimate Universe, and...

Stefan BlitzApril 4, 2012

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TRACY MORGAN Explains Twitter….Kind Of

Tracy Morgan recently attempted to answer questions about the Shorty Awards and social media in 140-characters. The results were typical Tracy Morgan, which means...

Stefan BlitzApril 3, 2012

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Letters To Hollywood: Mostly The Whedon

Dear Hollywood, This week I am resisting the urge to type “Cabin in the Woods,” into the internet, paranoid that Google will auto complete...

Stefan BlitzApril 3, 2012

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DON’T GO IN THE BASEMENT – I’d Never Seen Son Of Kong

People get embarrassed for a myriad of different things. Some people are ashamed for uncontrollably peeing their way through elementary school. Some missed a...

Stefan BlitzApril 3, 2012

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Loyal Order of Dinosaurs

Students of conspiracy theory will often track modern secret societies such as the Freemasons back to the formation of the Bavarian Illuminati in 1776...

Steve AhlquistApril 2, 2012

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THE PULL LIST – FLASH #7, THE AVENGERS #24.1, AVENGERS VS, X-MEN #0 & MORE!

Check out what I checked out this week. Whether the comics are inspiring or disappointing, I read them all. Welcome to The Pull List....

Atlee GreeneApril 2, 2012