Category Archive: Geek Rant

Random Thoughts While Watching The Oscars

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Oh fuck off Justin Bieber. Just because you made a joke about why he’s there doesn’t make it relevant. The self-depreciating humour in the opening Billy Crystal reel is kinda…lame. Crystal stretching Tom… Continue reading

Beginning the Saga: My Phantom Menace Adventure in 4D!

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I have a love/hate relationship with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. As a huge Star Wars nerd I haven’t been more hyped since the new trilogy was announced, I was one… Continue reading

You Need To Meet Their Mother. Right Now.

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The week that the House of Geekery launched coincided with the seventh season of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ starting. At the time I wrote an article about why they needed to start… Continue reading

What Makes a Good Prequel?

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G-FUNK lays out some truth… Prequels. So few words are as reviled by cinema snobs as this one. It inspires more groans that ‘sequel’, ‘reboot’ and ‘gritty’ combined (but not ‘video games adaptation).… Continue reading

The 5 Directors Who Used to be Interesting

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Some petty bitchiness from G-FUNK Over the past two and half months I’ve been running a series about the Top 10 Most Interesting Directors of the Now – the directors who are defining… Continue reading

Derpy Hooves vs The People

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He’s a tale of internet and media drama that is currently unfolding. It involves rampant fandom, over-zealous parents, social networking, censorship and ponies. Just to get things established, the ponies in question are… Continue reading

Best Performances in Superhero Movies

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Anyone who has even a passing familiarity with films, over the past couple of decades knows that super heroes are big hits for the box office but not so much with accolades. This… Continue reading

The Sexism of Lego Friends

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(image credit, Lego) Ranted by Hedgehog I’d like to preface this, the first of what is sure to be a great number of diatribes, with a fact. As a child, perhaps three years old,… Continue reading

Common Conspiracy Theories You Shouldn’t Believe

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The internet has fulfilled its primary function to a tee – it spreads information. The beauty and the curse of the internet is that it doesn’t matter if the information to beneficial or… Continue reading

Capt. Haddock is a Great Role Model For Our Children

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Recently the Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson adaptation of the popular children’s stories – ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ – arrived on our screens. The movie itself is awesome, as discussed in our review. A few… Continue reading