Category Archive: Geek Rant

Predicting the Future of Cinema

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Throughout this pandemic have frequently heard the phrase “return to normal”, but with something which impacted the world at this level there is no going back to the original normal. I could go… Continue reading

Comicsgaters are Awful & Stupid

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At some point during my latter college years, I was listening to a radio show on NPR which specialized in music from emerging acts from all over the world. On this night, they… Continue reading

The Movie Disney Couldn’t Be Bothered Discrediting

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Disney are known for being a touch litigious. Surely it can’t hurt to paint some familiar characters on the wall of a low-income childcare centre…right up until Disney sues the shit out of… Continue reading

Geekery In The Time of Social (In)justice

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We live in an age of distractions. We are distracted by our 4.5 inch screens that we carry around in our pockets. We are distracted by the latest social media rabbit hole that… Continue reading

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Retrospective

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In their quest to own all of media in 2012, Disney spent $4 billion to purchase Lucasfilm. They were not about to just sit around and merely continue what the studio had been… Continue reading

1990s: The ‘Dark Time’ of X-Men Comics

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For the past few years I’ve been reading through the X-Men comics. All of them. New Mutants, Excalibur, X-Factor…every title that existing in order of publication. This wasn’t planned. I’d read the comics… Continue reading

The 7 Most Shitty Disney Business Practises

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If you’ve been on this site anytime recently you’d know that we’re fans of the Disney company. We’re fans of their animation history, the scope they added to the MCU, the creative direction… Continue reading

The New Horror Movie Trend: Rich People

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There’s a commonly held theory favoured by horror fans and film academics alike. The horror genre provides a barometer to what fears are felt by the society that created it. It’s the reason… Continue reading

Aussies: Don't Blame Each Other for Not Social Distancing. Blame Scott Morrison

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Jump onto your social media for a moment. Facebook will yield the best results in this social experiment I’m sending you on. It’s very likely that you’ve just seen a bunch of people… Continue reading

I Watched a Horror Movie So Boring I Forgot I Watched It

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It was late in the afternoon that I remembered. It just popped into my head…I watched a horror movie last night. This is nothing out of the ordinary, and my mind was still… Continue reading