By Frank on August 16, 2010
As hot and humid summer days give way to slightly less hot and humid days (for which I am grateful that some geek came up with the invention of air conditioning), my thoughts turn to the return of fall TV. Now with the advent of streaming video int he past couple years, watching tv seems [...]
Posted in Social Geekery, TV and Movies | Tagged Big Bang Theory, chuck, glee, TV |
By Frank on June 8, 2010
If you haven’t watched Glee, you’ll probably be confuzzled about this entry but hey – positive writing covers both general and specific subjects. You’d better watch the series if you haven’t! So Fox’s Glee comes to a season’s end tonight, and with another set of storylines from the back 9 episodes coming to a close, [...]
Posted in TV and Movies | Tagged glee, glee season finale, journey to regionals |
By Frank on June 3, 2010
How about Knight? The news cracked today that Patrick Stewart, who needs no introduction among us geeks as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: TNG, Professor Xavier in the X-Men movies, and the inadvertent creator of the internet facepalm, has been knighted. Yes, that’s “Sir Patrick” to you now. The latest addition to the Queen of [...]
Posted in Social Geekery, TV and Movies | Tagged picard, Star Trek |
By Frank on April 9, 2010
Come Tuesday, there’s going to be more than one kind of glee coming back into my life. When you’re an eternal optimist like me, that’s pretty hard, you know? But yes – I’m referring to the fact that my own personal enjoyment is going to be raised when one of my favorite TV shows of [...]
Posted in TV and Movies | Tagged glee |
By Frank on April 9, 2010
Perhaps the greatest advancement of the geek-tech that has invaded media is the fact that little tidbits of winning material can be crafted, tuned, and uploaded for all the world to see within minutes. In some cases, the perceived phenomenon of something that is decidedly as obvious as a slap in the face is made [...]
Posted in TV and Movies | Tagged csi miami, david caruso, instant CSI |
By Frank on March 1, 2010
So today my good friend and fellow Gleek Kristen sends me an uplifting link on a dreary Monday – the news that the cast of Glee is going on tour very briefly to hit four cities – with right here in Chicago being among the lucky places. Am I excited to see one of my [...]
Posted in Social Geekery, TV and Movies | Tagged glee, glee live tour |
By Frank on February 17, 2010
Recently I had the pleasure of showcasing cult classic Battle Royale to a couple of co-workers who’d never seen the film before. Geek media, especially media that is not well known in popular culture, is always a trip when you hand it off to a new audience, and it’s even better when it’s a piece [...]
Posted in Social Geekery, TV and Movies | Tagged battle royale, TV and Movies |
By Frank on January 23, 2010
I totally blame Conan O’Brien for me missing a post yesterday, but it was totally worth it, especially when it came down to Conan’s last, serious speech regarding his short time as the host of the Tonight Show. I’ll have more about this later, but for now, I think it honestly speaks for itself – [...]
Posted in TV and Movies | Tagged conan o'brien, teamconan |
By Frank on January 16, 2010
Good TV is sometimes tough to find to begin with these days, especially when it comes to discerning geeks like us who tend to be a little picky about what we want to watch. But every so often comes a series that speaks to us that actually isn’t on a major channel. One of these [...]
Posted in TV and Movies | Tagged chuck, tv shows |
By Frank on January 15, 2010
If you keep up with late night TV at all, then by now you’ve heard about the great NBC entertainment messup that starts just after prime-time and lasts until 1. In response to affiliate concerns, NBC has decided to move former Tonight Show host Jay Leno’s new show to the slot currently occupied by old [...]
Posted in Internet, TV and Movies | Tagged facebook, Internet, jay leno, late night, team conan, teamconan, Twitter |
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