http://www.geekspeakblog.com All Geek...All the Time! Now in Surround Sound! Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:46:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got the distinct pleasure of interviewing Eric Garcia, the brilliant mind behind the darkly humorous and gripping novel, Repo Men, (formerly called Repossession Mambo) and the basis for the movie of the same name that hits theatres this month (3/19/10). I was further delighted to find that I had run into someone else who [...]]]> http://www.geekspeakblog.com/movies/eric-garcia-the-repo-men-are-coming-gsb-interview-with-eric-garcia/ For those of you who, like us at GSB, can’t wait to fall down Burton’s Rabbit Hole, check out the full length music video for Avril Lavigne’s hit single, Alice. The video blends Avril into the shadowy Wonderland, right down to a tea party with Depp’s Mad Hatter and a lot of quick, intriguing flashes [...]]]> http://www.geekspeakblog.com/movies/musical-peek-at-tim-burtons-alice-in-wonderland/ Thanks to our guest, author Mark Henry, for hanging out, virtually speaking. Mark is the creator of one of THE funniest, sexiest and best dressed zombies on the written page, Amanda Feral. Yes, I did say, “sexiest”, in the same sentence with “zombie.” I challenge you to read Happy Hour of the Damned, and not [...]]]> http://www.geekspeakblog.com/books/gsb-welcomes-the-king-of-snark-mark-henry/ I subscribe to one of the coolest online services known to geeks, since the invention of the 20-sided die: Netflix. While perusing their offerings for “watch instantly on your PC/TV” I stumbled across this odd film. Netflix seemed to think that due to my undying love for Princess Bride, I’d enjoy The Gamers: Dorkness Rising. [...]]]> http://www.geekspeakblog.com/gaming/dorkness-rising-must-see-netflix-tv/ Lots of happenings in the city of Smallville this week. First up, some casting news that makes me pretty darn happy. EW’s Michael Ausiello is reporting that Annette O’Toole, who played Martha Kent until season six, will be making her way back to the Kent family farm before the end of the season. It [...]]]> http://www.geekspeakblog.com/comics/smallville-casting-news-new-absolute-justice-clip-released/ Those fine folks at DC have done it once again…yet another announcement that has made me squee with delight. DC Universe: The Source is reporting that Paul Levitz will be revisiting the 31st Century as the writer of a new Legion of Superheroes comic launching this spring. Now, Levitz was already announced as returning to [...]]]> http://www.geekspeakblog.com/comics/dc-announces-new-legion-of-superheroes-series/ Hmmmm…I’m not sure what Marvel’s angle is with this, but something sure seems fishy about this. Actually, fishy is probably not the right word. More like douchey. This just smacks me as being nothing more than sour grapes because Blackest Night is the most talked about series in quite a while (keep in mind as [...]]]> http://www.geekspeakblog.com/comics/marvel-offers-retailers-to-trade-dc-comics-for-seige-variant/ Well, the film version of everyone’s favorite emerald ringslinger seems to be filling out their cast. Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) has been cast as Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan’s boss, on-again off-again lover and sometime Green Lantern foe, Star Sapphire. Not sure how great a fit that is, considering that she’s just 22 years old, compared [...]]]> http://www.geekspeakblog.com/comics/green-lantern-casting-news/ Wow, DC Comics has just been on a role lately with news for their upcoming stuff. Hot on the heels of the announcements regarding the Brightest Day, DC’s official blog The Source has announced that two fan-favorite series are making a comeback to the DCU. First up, Kieth Giffen returns to the world of Justice League [...]]]> http://www.geekspeakblog.com/comics/justice-league-international-and-birds-of-prey-returning-to-dc/ ***UPDATE*** Sony Released a Press Release regarding the reboot and it’s been added at the bottom of the post There’s been a load of troubles surrounding the pre-production of the upcoming Spider-Man 4, with director Sam Raimi wanting to use classic Spidey villain The Vulture, but the studio not only wanted a different (unnamed) villain, they [...]]]> http://www.geekspeakblog.com/comics/spider-man-4-no-more/