Tag Archives: Geek Stuff

Welcome to Earth!

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Kelly Sedinger

I see at AICN that a sequel or two to Independence Day may be in the works. Such a project has long been rumored; this has been on-again, off-again ever since the original movie came out in 1996 and did … Continue reading →

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I wanna see her as a Sith now.

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Kelly Sedinger

DragonCon 2009 Jedi Barbie, originally uploaded by PosiTori. First seen at Distracted by Star Wars. I have nothing to add here; just…wow!

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Do it! All the cool kids are!!!

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Kelly Sedinger

Buffalo News columnist Jerry Sullivan goes public with his addiction today: Thank you for joining me today. Many of you have come to know me through the years. You have supported me in good columns and bad. Now, you have … Continue reading →

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I hope it tingles and tangles and prangles my transistors!

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Kelly Sedinger

Remember my post a short while ago about the goofy 1980 B-movie space western Battle Beyond the Stars? I just figured that post represented a pleasant trip down geek memory lane for me and maybe a few others who recalled … Continue reading →

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Boom de yada!

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Kelly Sedinger

OK, I need to get this all down in one place. Here’s the great original Discovery Channel commercial: OK. Then came the always-wondrous xkcd: This, of course, needed to be set to music: And then it got even better: And … Continue reading →

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Things that explode!!!

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Kelly Sedinger

I’ve belatedly decided that the visual theme for Byzantium’s Shores this year will be things exploding. This will manifest itself in my periodically replacing the masthead image with a new screengrab from some movie or other in which something explodes. … Continue reading →

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“I have come to conquer you!”

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Kelly Sedinger

Battle Beyond the Stars is a movie that seems to confound expectations. If you watch it expecting a good movie, you’ll be disappointed. But on the other hand, if you watch it expecting a bad movie, you may be disappointed … Continue reading →

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Reboots: Yeah, I’m sick of ’em

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Kelly Sedinger

According to AICN, Sony Pictures has failed to come to an agreement with the creative team behind the first three Spiderman movies on the making of a fourth, so the whole team is out and now they’re planning to reboot … Continue reading →

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Can we have Doctor Doom squaring off with Captain Hook?

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Kelly Sedinger

I didn’t really have a strong opinion of Disney’s buyout of Marvel when it happened, but if the result looks this awesome, I’ll be on board, pronto: (via)

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The Year of the Dark Side!

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Kelly Sedinger

On New Year’s Eve, we decided to do something we’d never done before: we went to downtown Buffalo for the annual Ball Drop and the ringing in of the New Year. Now, we’ve watched the Ball Drop on teevee a … Continue reading →

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