Tag: geek-out moment
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June 12, 2008 01:00 PM EDT --
The Highlander series follows a world where a chosen few can live forever unless they and their head are somehow separated. These immortals must fight each other, killing their rivals and absorbing . . . more
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March 21, 2008 02:12 PM EDT --
The popular audio format of the 1960s, 8-tracks were one of the major alternatives to large records, giving music fans some portability. Ford Motor Company was the first to include an 8-track . . . more
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March 24, 2008 05:48 PM EDT --
The first X-Men movie proved good comic books films could be made. Then X2 made X-Men 1 sit in the corner and think about what it had done wrong. X2 propelled itself into comic book movie . . . more
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May 22, 2008 11:12 AM EDT --
Superman as kryptonite. Green Lantern’s weak against yellow (wuss). And Indiana Jones, the macho, whip wielding academic, hates snakes. The man has a Ph.D. in adventuring and super smarts; he . . . more
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March 09, 2008 03:24 AM EDT --
Comic book geeks enjoy pointing to to Hollywood as validation for our passion. For some reason, when celebrities like comic books, especially good looking ones, it makes us feel better about ourselves. . . . more
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March 15, 2008 08:12 PM EDT --
When Pig Latin isn’t enough, geeks turn to the popular alien language Klingon. And thanks to its creator Marc Okrand, we have an entire dictionary dedicated to teaching us how to speak it. . . . more
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March 31, 2008 12:48 AM EDT --
Family Guy provided an assortment of colorful characters with instantly quotable lines and raunchy humor that makes television worth watching. The FOX Network didn’t like this kind of popularity . . . more
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May 26, 2008 04:12 PM EDT --
Any film that causes a woman to miscarry her child has got to be worth remembering. A woman actually blamed Freaks, a 1932 horror film featuring horrific sideshow freaks, for scaring her into miscarrying . . . more
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June 07, 2008 01:48 PM EDT --
Catcher in the Rye spoke to a generation of geeks and malcontents, and earned the ire of adults who didn’t like anything that had such dirty words in it. Main character Holden Caulfield quickly . . . more
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June 29, 2008 06:12 PM EDT --
Most people found the internet an amazing communication tool to keep in touch with friends. But geeks saw something even better. We could share trivia and rumors about Star Wars and comic books. The technical . . . more
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July 01, 2008 11:00 PM EDT --
Star Trek’s opening monologue has become a mantra for space travel. Space, the final frontier, must be explored because we’ve seen everything else. We have a more than 5-year mission to . . . more
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June 24, 2008 02:00 PM EDT --
The British fellows of Monty Python enjoyed exploring ways to annoy and irritate people. One of their best and most famous attempts was the Dead Parrot Sketch. John Cleese plays a customer who purchased . . . more
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July 17, 2008 07:00 PM EDT --
Hugh Hefner’s Playboy gets more credit for its pornography than its pop culture influence, possibly because people really like boobies. But Playboy pioneered many aspects of pop culture . . . more
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June 17, 2008 10:24 AM EDT --
Designers use Safari, housewives use Internet Explorer, and geeks use Firefox. The web browser Firefox has been growing in popularity since its release in 2004, currently holding 17 percent market share . . . more
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June 18, 2008 01:12 PM EDT --
If I knew how to type it, I would. Godzilla’s high-pitched screech is as iconic as the city destroying beast himself. For more than half a century, Godzilla has plagued Japanese cities (and Manhattan . . . more
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August 04, 2008 04:24 AM EDT --
Model trains were our grandfather’s Sim City. These motorized whirlwinds of excitement entertained generations before TV got its act together. Avid train hobbyist could build large . . . more
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March 15, 2008 12:48 PM EDT --
Oh the 80s. We miss your giant robots and even gianter hair. But mostly we miss the amazing high schools movies. Ironic teen icon John Hughes made a slew of heartfelt adventures of . . . more
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March 17, 2008 05:12 PM EDT --
Video game fans have the most to thank the Matrix for. The pioneering visual effect of Bullet Time made slow motion cool and gave high octane, fast-paced fight scenes an excuse to take a breather. . . . more
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March 20, 2008 06:48 PM EDT --
A valuable use of anyone’s time is the practice of randomly Googling words and phrases. This led to the geeky practice of Googlewhacking, where a search phrase of two words brings back a single . . . more
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March 27, 2008 12:00 AM EDT --
Geeks and TV critics alike knew Buffy was an innovative show willing to toy with expectations. But nothing could prepare us for Once More, With Feeling, the Buffy Musical episode. During . . . more
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