Written by Marvin C. Pittman - Forces of Geek

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Epic Overload: Do I Get Hyped For AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Now?

The past few days, I’ve been listening to Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings film scores. Often music without lyrics or singing work better...

Marvin C. PittmanApril 16, 2015

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How CINDERELLA and STEVEN UNIVERSE Unleashed A Kind of Magic

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Those are Arthur C. Clarke’s words, the third of the science fiction author’s Three Laws of...

Marvin C. PittmanApril 2, 2015

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BAR RESCUE, HELL’S KITCHEN and The Benefits of a Good, Honest, Righteous Yelling

“Who’s the biggest asshole in the room?” Jon Taffer, the big-time nightlife consultant hosting Bar Rescue (Spike), yells this at a bar’s owner in...

Marvin C. PittmanMarch 19, 2015

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A Wampa, a Cobblepot and Bliss Walk Out Of A Toy Show….

“Hey, honey, Smitty’s at a toy show today,” my wife says to me as she lay in bed Sunday morning, while I shake off...

Marvin C. PittmanMarch 5, 2015

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FRESH OFF BROAD CITY’S BLACK-ISH BOAT: Riding TV’s Diversity Wave

Y’all know me at this point. Big fan of diversity in pretty much anything. And these days, I’m all about TV. Here’s a sample:...

Marvin C. PittmanFebruary 19, 2015

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EMPIRE: On Watching The Soap Opera With Hip-Hop Flavor

Money, power, glory, sex, sin, family, secrets, intrigue, melodrama and music. Mix them together, with a dash of messy black realness, and Empire has...

Marvin C. PittmanFebruary 5, 2015

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BUMP AND GRIND: Ten Years of Neo-Burlesque and Me

NOTE: This one goes out to Dot Mitzvah, Kitty Katastrophe, Vivienne LaFlamme, Nikki LeVillain, Ruby Solitaire, Bastard Keith, Crimson Kittty, Jezebel Express, Miss Indigo...

Marvin C. PittmanJanuary 22, 2015

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Christmas, My Father, and the Best Soft Jazz You’ve Never Heard

The Christmas tree stands before me, boasting its baubles, beaming in motley colored lights and draped in tinsel, a winter angel presiding over all...

Marvin C. PittmanDecember 19, 2014

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The Real Way Kim Kardashian Can Break The Internet

NOTE: On November 12, 2014, Paper magazine released a photo of professional celebrity Kim Kardashian, stripping out of a dress with her bare, famously...

Marvin C. PittmanNovember 26, 2014

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Waiting For Wonder Woman And Black Panther, And Fearing Their Arrival

It’s been quite a run for superhero movie geeks in this past month, as DC and Marvel have set up some 40-odd films in...

Marvin C. PittmanNovember 13, 2014

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Going Back To Go Forward: A Return to the Renaissance Fair

On a sunny October Sunday in the middle of Pennsylvania, a strange woman just hit on me and is flicking her tongue on my...

Marvin C. PittmanOctober 30, 2014

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Attack of the Zombie Shows! TWIN PEAKS, LABYRINTH and Reunion Fatigue

Look at the recent geek news, and you’d think we’re in a time warp. Twin Peaks is coming back. A Super Troopers sequel announced....

Marvin C. PittmanOctober 16, 2014

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When Worlds Collide: Nerd Life Enters Real Life

Every once in a while, my nerd world of pop culture covered by the FOG! faithful, and the ostensibly non-nerd world of sports –...

Marvin C. PittmanOctober 2, 2014

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BOJACK HORSEMAN and ’90s Throwbacks To TV Diversity

Back in the ’90s, he was on a very famous TV show. And now he’s back, trying to recount his life, revive his career,...

Marvin C. PittmanSeptember 18, 2014

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Forever My Superman: Remembering My Father

It’s been a sad roller coaster these past few weeks in Blerd Vision-ville. My father suddenly died Aug. 5 after a battle with cancer....

Marvin C. PittmanSeptember 4, 2014

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Aging Out Of Pop Culture

It’s 11 o’clock on a Saturday night, and the missus and I are watching an episode of the new VH1 show SoundClash. Pop ghostwriter-turned-headliner...

Marvin C. PittmanAugust 7, 2014

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Professor Badass, Look-Alikes and Me

I recently met up with a friend of mine to see Snowpiercer, the fancifully dystopian mindjob of a movie about the last of humanity...

Marvin C. PittmanJuly 24, 2014

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TYRANT, FARGO and Drawing the Villain’s Black Hat Cheaply

The new FX series Tyrant introduces the lead character’s brother, the crown prince of a fake Middle Eastern dictatorship that feels like an Iran/Saudi...

Marvin C. PittmanJuly 10, 2014