So we’re getting down to the wire. In less than 24 hours, the insanity that is San Diego Comic Con will begin. The Gaslamp at San Diego will be overflowing with nerds and swag. There will be lines with hundreds of people patiently and impatiently waiting for something they love. […]
The Sinkhole of SDCC Swag
As a goer of Comic Con, I have to say that one of the biggest downwards spiral in the entire convention is swag. If you aren’t familiar with it, swag or stuff we all get, is a term for all of the free things that you can get at a […]
"Pacific Rim" Will Knock You Out of the Water
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5guMumPFBag] I don’t often have many issues with movies. I can normally see the good parts of a movie and see the positive without minding too much about the flaws. But I knew, I knew that I would have to be biased with Pacific Rim, because I have been excited […]
Fringe: The Zodiac Paradox by Christa Faust
Title: Fringe: The Zodiac Paradox Author: Christa Faust Release Date: May 14th, 2013 Publisher: Titan Books Source: Titan Books Genre(s): Media Tie-In, Thriller, Sci-Fi Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon I really wanted to fully enjoy this book and come out with rave reviews, but a few things fell flat for me in this media tie-in novel by […]
Why You Should Watch "Pacific Rim" This Weekend
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5guMumPFBag] Pacific Rim is coming out this week, and I think any long time readers of Nerdophiles know that I have been an undeniable fan of this film for months. I’ve been foaming at the mouth for it to be released. So far, I have seen it twice at pre-screenings, […]
Whedon's "Much Ado About Nothing" Gets High Marks
I am a pretty big Shakespeare fan. I haven’t got it as bad as some, but I take my love seriously. So when I heard Much Ado About Nothing was getting another movie, I was excited. But when I heard it was by Joss Whedon, I was very cautious. Don’t […]
Continuum: Second Degree & Second Listen Recap
We learn something pretty quickly in Second Degree. That it’s quickly turning into Kiera, Alec, and Carlos versus Liber8. As loyalties are tested and people reveal themselves to be two-faced it’s turning into a race to stop whatever Liber8 is planning. With the trial of Julian coming up, Carlos must […]
The Gothic Tradition Found in Serial Killer Television
So I took a class on the Gothic tradition and for my final project and my honors contract, I wrote two articles. One of them was connecting the gothic to some of our favorite television serial killers. Here it is, reformatted for Nerdophiles. Death is a living-breathing beast. The Gothic […]
True Blood: The Sun Recap
Seriously, how many emotions can True Blood make me have? It’s only episode 2, and I’m already having freakouts. With Worlow coming back, we ended the pilot with the potential that Jason had just been picked up by him. However, the episode quickly established the stranger as Jason’s grandfather, Niall […]
Frank Miller's Sin City: The Hard Goodbye
I love the universe of Frank Miller’s Sin City, but I until recently, I’ve never actually read the source material. So after searching out the original seven stories, I decided to do a bit of a reaction post to each of them, as well as take a look at some […]
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