http://geeksofdoom.com Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:00:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/09/14/its-not-meat-its-not-puppets-its-the-muppets-theyre-coming-back-big/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/09/14/its-not-meat-its-not-puppets-its-the-muppets-theyre-coming-back-big/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:40:33 +0000 The Movie God D23DisneyForgetting Sarah MarshallFraggle RockJason SegelJim HensonJim Henson CompanyKermit the FrogMuppetsNick StollerThe Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=29446
Many of us cool kids are children of the '80s, and as such, one of the greatest forms of entertainment ever to be created, is the Muppets. The Muppets are a creation of the late genius Jim Henson, who built an army of funny and lovable puppet characters who appeared in a countless amount of TV shows, specials, movies, music videos, cartoons, and everything in between. As life moved on and new generations of kids showed up, the Muppets faded off slowly, but never completely disappeared, making delightful cameo appearances on shows and events from time to time. But now, thanks to the massive Disney D23 Expo, we've learned that the Muppets are coming back in a big way, and their ready to take over the world again!

Back in March of 2008, we learned that we would finally be getting a brand new Muppet movie, with Forgetting Sarah Marshall team Jason Segel and Nick Stoller joining the Jim Henson Company to write and direct a new movie. [...]]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/09/14/its-not-meat-its-not-puppets-its-the-muppets-theyre-coming-back-big/feed/ 4 http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/03/quick-reminder-shark-week-is-happening-now/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/03/quick-reminder-shark-week-is-happening-now/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:49:07 +0000 The Movie God Discovery ChannelGreat WhiteJawsShark WeekSteven Spielberg http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=26697 The Discovery Channel's most popular week of the year is without doubt the massive Shark Week. Even though the hugely-popular traditional summer event began last night, we wanted to send a quick little reminder to all of you who may still be unaware that it's going on right this moment!

Shark Week is now on its 22nd annual broadcast, and just like every other year, they have some vicious and awesome new shows that the shark fan in all of us just can't miss.

Their main event of the week is a special called Blood in the Water. The two-hour show tells the story of a multitude of shark attacks in New Jersey in 1916. These events were the actual events that inspired Steven Spielberg's classic ocean horror movie, Jaws. The events were also at a time when people just didn't know anything about these sea monsters, so as you can imagine, mass chaos ensued. [...]]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/03/quick-reminder-shark-week-is-happening-now/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/07/30/shatner-recites-sarah-palin-tweets-pressures-hp/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/07/30/shatner-recites-sarah-palin-tweets-pressures-hp/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:10:57 +0000 Empress Eve EnvironmentGreenpeaceSarah PalinWilliam Shatner http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=26314
Earlier this week, William Shatner made an appearance on The Tonight Show, where he recited Gov. Sarah Palin's resignation speech as poetry. Palin had promised her supporters that she'd keep in touch via Twitter and she most certainly has been doing so. So, Shatner went on The Tonight Show again last night to recite her most interesting tweets.

You can watch both video segments here below.

In other Shatner news, the Star Trek vet put the pressure on Hewlett-Packard this week, leaving a company-wide voicemail message for staff of the computer giant.

“This is William Shatner. You, HP, promised me a toxic free computer by 2009. Now my friends at Greenpeace tell me I will have to wait until 2011. What’s up with that?... Please ask your leader, Mark Hurd, to make computers that are free of toxic PVC plastic and brominated flame retardants just as Apple has done.”]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/07/30/shatner-recites-sarah-palin-tweets-pressures-hp/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/13/dvd-review-ghost-town-blu-ray/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/13/dvd-review-ghost-town-blu-ray/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:23:03 +0000 Jack Bauerstein83 David KoeppGhost TownGreg KinnearJohn KampsRicky GervaisTea Leoni http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=12638 Ghost Town Blu-ray Edition
Starring Ricky Gervais, Tea Leoni, Greg Kinnear
Directed by David Koepp
Paramount Home Entertainment
Release Date: December 27, 2008

When I first saw the trailer for Dreamworks' film Ghost Town on television, I immediately assumed it as another example of a popular TV star making a crappy movie for a big paycheck. I don't know about you but watching Ricky Gervais gag because of a smelly dog is not funny to me, but maybe I was the wrong target audience for the film. Having just been released on DVD and Blu-ray, I thought I'd give it a try and it turns out the movie's only mistake was hiring whoever created those terrible trailers.

Ghost Town centers around dentist Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais). Pincus is not the nicest nor the most social guy around and it shows in his lack of friends and loved ones. After Pincus unexpectedly dies for a brief moment during a routine surgery, he begins to see dead people. News of someone alive being able to see the dead passes quickly through the ghost community, resulting in ghosts showing up at Pincus' doorstep. One of the ghosts, Frank (Greg Kinnear), makes Pincus a promise. If Pincus helps Frank's widow, Gwen (Tea Leoni), Frank will make all the ghosts stop bothering him. Things, of course, go south and Pincus ends up questioning his past, present, and future [...]]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/13/dvd-review-ghost-town-blu-ray/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/06/tv-preview-the-greens-big-ideas-for-a-small-planet-fashion/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/06/tv-preview-the-greens-big-ideas-for-a-small-planet-fashion/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 23:11:44 +0000 The EnviroGeek Sundance ChannelThe Green http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/06/tv-preview-the-greens-big-ideas-for-a-small-planet-fashion/ Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Fashion focuses on fashion and tells us why clothing purchases and cleaning methods does have a significant impact on the environment. ]]> http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/06/tv-preview-the-greens-big-ideas-for-a-small-planet-fashion/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/04/contest-the-green-prize-pack/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/04/contest-the-green-prize-pack/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 00:20:03 +0000 The Geeks of Doom Sundance ChannelThe Green http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/04/contest-the-green-prize-pack/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/04/contest-the-green-prize-pack/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/08/earth-day-at-universal-studios-hollywood/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/08/earth-day-at-universal-studios-hollywood/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:38:23 +0000 The EnviroGeek Earth DayNBC UniversalUniversal Studios http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/08/earth-day-at-universal-studios-hollywood/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/08/earth-day-at-universal-studios-hollywood/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/01/season-2-of-the-green-premieres-tonight/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/01/season-2-of-the-green-premieres-tonight/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:36:37 +0000 The EnviroGeek David ByrneEnvironmentRobert RedfordSundance ChannelThe Green http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/01/season-2-of-the-green-premieres-tonight/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/04/01/season-2-of-the-green-premieres-tonight/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/13/dvd-review-arctic-tale/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/13/dvd-review-arctic-tale/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:28:01 +0000 Tony D, Hardcore Film Maniac Adam RavetchArctic TaleDocumentaryglobal warmingQueen LatifahSarah Robinson http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/13/dvd-review-arctic-tale/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/13/dvd-review-arctic-tale/feed/ 2 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/11/03/the-golden-compass-trailer-new-line-partners-with-world-wildlife-fund/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/11/03/the-golden-compass-trailer-new-line-partners-with-world-wildlife-fund/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:15:15 +0000 Empress Eve Christopher LeedaemonDakota Blue RichardsDaniel CraigEva GreenHis Dark MaterialsIan McShaneMeet Your DaemonNew Line CinemaNicole KidmanPhilip PullmanThe Golden CompassWorld Wildlife Fund http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/11/03/the-golden-compass-trailer-new-line-partners-with-world-wildlife-fund/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/11/03/the-golden-compass-trailer-new-line-partners-with-world-wildlife-fund/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/10/28/eco-fair-at-universal-studios-hollywood/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/10/28/eco-fair-at-universal-studios-hollywood/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:34:14 +0000 The EnviroGeek EnvironmentEnvironmentally-friendlyNBC UniversalUniversal Studios http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/10/28/eco-fair-at-universal-studios-hollywood/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/10/28/eco-fair-at-universal-studios-hollywood/feed/ 3 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/09/13/fractured-hope-a-short-poem/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/09/13/fractured-hope-a-short-poem/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:53:32 +0000 Dizzy Alien EnvironmentPhotographyPoems http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/09/13/fractured-hope-a-short-poem/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/09/13/fractured-hope-a-short-poem/feed/ 1 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/06/21/green-almighty/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/06/21/green-almighty/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:55:48 +0000 The EnviroGeek Almighty ForestEvan AlmightyGet On Board http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/06/21/green-almighty/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/06/21/green-almighty/feed/ 2 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/26/tribeca-film-festival-begins/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/26/tribeca-film-festival-begins/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:16:07 +0000 The EnviroGeek Film FestivalsNYCTribecaTribeca Film Festival http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/26/tribeca-film-festival-begins/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/26/tribeca-film-festival-begins/feed/ 0 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/22/planet-earth-final-episodes-tonight/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/22/planet-earth-final-episodes-tonight/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:14:40 +0000 Doomsday Mama Discovery ChannelPlanet EarthSigourney Weaver http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/22/planet-earth-final-episodes-tonight/ http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/04/22/planet-earth-final-episodes-tonight/feed/ 2 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