Geek vs Life

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Grand Poobah (Joe) says:

I recall my childhood with much more vigor than I’m experiencing now. Transformers, for example, is something that I totally dug when I was little, even on through high school watching Beast Wars. On the July 2, the world is once again set to be crushed by giant robots/various modes of transportation.

Jon says:

July 2? Really? All the posters till last week all said July 4th like here: Transformers Original Poster

Grand Poobah (Joe) says:

Well, the official website* and fandango all say the second…

Jon says:

Actually Fandango says July 3rd, but you can purchase tickets for the 8pm screening on July 2.

Jon says:

*Announcement* Check your local listings for release date. For some reason, I think they don’t even know

Grand Poobah (Joe) says:

Ok, so we’ve added a forum for those of us cool enough (or dumb enough) to be writers for geek-vs-life. You can find it by hitting that little link to the left that says: Forum.

Right now it’s set so that only writers can post to it, but eventually we will expand it to allow anyone to post.

Digg it?

Our sincerest apologies, but due to unforeseen circumstances, the Transformers movie review will be delayed until tomorrow evening.

In video format, here is a quick preview of our Transformers review, enjoy.

J&J

We’re at 3 days away from July right now, a July that means big things for fans of a certain series.

July 11th marks the release of the movie “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” and July 21st marks the release of the book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” Both are events that many fans are looking forward to, but is the product worth the hype?

Let’s take a look at the movie first.

“Order of the Phoenix” is the fifth movie in the series, and there’s a lot of hopes and expectations on this film. Looking back at the previous 4 films will tell us why.

There have been many video games that have come nad gone which set a new standard for excellence within their field. Titles which, to this day, still bring sounds of joy to any who remember them. The Mega Man 2s, The Links to the Past, The Super Mario 64s of the world have all earned a permenant place in memory. Unfortunately, Most of us not on japanese soil miss out on very important entries. Some of these lost games trump every title in their own genre.

It is my intention, to occasionaly bring up a lost title. For this I will waste no time. Today I would like to talk about one of the best action platformers I know of, Castlevania Dracula X for the PC engine Turbo.

Well folks, this is the 250th post, and with it, I’m announcing a few things. First up, the site is going through some changes, in case you haven’t noticed. We’re trying some new looks out, and doing a lot of work. Thanks to Dan and Doug for their work on this. Expect to see a whole new site soon, and with it, a new Geek Versus Life. We’re restructuring the internal workings to bring you the best content on the web, bringing in new talent. Since summer is here and a lot of the staff is still in school, there will be more posts. Please bare with us as we’re evolving, and any comments that you guys have on what we can do to make your experience here better, feel free to let me (joe *at* geek-vs-life.com), or any of the staff know.

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Jon says:

There’s a certain thing about watching certain movies that were made in the late 80’s early 90’s that demands you shut off the part of your brain which tells you “wait, that’s impossible.” Lethal Weapon, Speed, Commando are good examples of the genre. These were movies in which the hero was supposed to be one of us, a mere mortal with no super-powers, cyber gizmo’s or cool gadgets.

Jon says:

It was the age of the action hero, a man (or a woman in the case of Sigourney Weaver in Aliens) which prevail and beat the odds through pure guts and toughness. With the fourth installment of Die Hard, Live Free or Die Hard, the true action hero has returned.

Grand Poobah (Joe) says:

It only took 12 years for it’s come back, but it did. And unlike in the Aliens, it remained good, but the Aliens were of course a sci-fi series.

Seems someone or some ‘ones’ has/have an agenda on the UN’s IPCC (United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and certain failed Presidential candidates that think they can make films. The data that has been fed to the American public and the world about the sea levels rising due to “global warming” was… get this… falsified.

Yup, check it out: http://newsbusters.org/node/13698

It’s always nice to know that there are still some ethical scientist out there that will call the guys making millions on grant money on their BS. Now, the question is, where did these panel ’scientist’ go to university to get such outstanding morals and ethics?

So, on June 13th, did you Blog Like It’s The End Of The World or were you among the huddled masses, hoping it all just blew over?

I, for one, was taken by the bug to blog on my LiveJournal, which I’d be happy to point you to, but will not be posting the link here; comment with where you’d like the link sent, an email in anti-email-farming-bot form is preferred.

At 12 midnight on June 13th, the dead rose. It was not immediately apparent from the accounts, but as reports came in throughout the city, nation, and the globe, it appeared a pandemic of epic proportions was evolving. Stories of cities falling and the military taking over were abounding!…

Then, as the clock struck midnight at the end of June 13th, it was over. The zombies were nowhere to be seen and the siege had ended.

This is the greatest thing ever created in the history of stop motion Star Wars satire. It’s 20-some minutes, so sit back and enjoy

As the impending iPhone release looms over the world, it’s good to reflect upon Apple’s place in the world. Specifically, I’m speaking about their impact upon style and culture.

Can we imagine a world without iPods? That world existed, it can be confirmed. People had mp3 players previous to the iPod. But did anybody care? Not really. Was the mp3 player the stylistic commodity that it is today? Hardly. They were big, they were ugly. Then came along the sleek, and ever increasingly smaller iPod, and the whole world now owns mp3 players.

The iPod made the market, and it made the market cool.

Think about Apple’s website. Did you know that Apple was the first company to allow you to order your own customized computer from their website? Can you imagine a world where you couldn’t order exactly what you wanted from a computer maker’s site?

The White Stripes will be releasing their sixth album, Icky Thump on June 18, but we were lucky enough to get our hands on it early. The album is a return to their sources sounding a lot more like De Stijl than Get Behind Me Satan.

Stand out track include the title track Icky Thump with its hard beats and catchy guitar riffs. Catch Hell Blues starts off like with an almost eternal bluesy refrain only to morph into so much more. The 70’s are alive in this combination of tried and true classic White Stripes and experimental sounds in which Jack White just seems to be having fun. Little Cream Soda bring flashbacks of Metallica before they turned into the anti-Napster corporate bitches they are now, circa 1986’s Master of the Puppets. The whole album to me just seems to a mix of one style with another from one song to the next for example 70’s rock with Mexican Mariachi music on Conquest. But the key thing is that the White Stripes make it work. The album is red hot. My vote for the next released track is I’m slowly turning into you, the song took hold and stuck with me for hours.

Keiko, Uni-Cow and Panda are back as the Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show welcomes chef Itchy Balls to the program.

Seriously this is one of the funniest videos I have seen in a long time. Well at least since episode one.

Please let it be good, please let it be good.