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- Geek Gear: Star Trek ‘He’s Dead Jim’ Shirt
- Legendary Character Actor Charles Napier Dead At 75
- Geek Discussion: Would You Pay $60 To Watch Brett Ratner’s ‘Tower Heist’ At Home Early?
- Visionary Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs Dies At Age 56
- FREE Listen: Paul McCartney’s Ocean’s Kingdom
- TV Review: American Horror Story – Pilot
- Comic Review: G.I. Joe, Vol. 2 #6
- WTF? Nicolas Cage Once Sought By Joel Schumacher For What Would Have Been ‘Batman Triumphant’?
- Comic Review: Fear Agent #31
- The GoD List: Comics For October 5, 2011
- American Horror Story: Delicious Dill Recipe
- Disney To Re-Release Beauty and The Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. & The Little Mermaid
| Geek Gear: Star Trek ‘He’s Dead Jim’ Shirt Posted: 06 Oct 2011 04:50 AM PDT  The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Star Trek-themed shirt called "He's Dead Jim" by artist Ian Leino. The sale began at Teefury today, Thursday, October 6, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]            |
| Legendary Character Actor Charles Napier Dead At 75 Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:03 PM PDT  Charles Napier, an iconic character actor who specialized in playing stern authority figures and various tough guy roles in an acting career in film and television that spanned more than four decades, passed away today at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield, CA. He was 75. Born in 1936 in Scottsville, Kentucky, Napier served in the U.S. Army in the 11th Airborne Division before becoming an actor in the late 1960's. One of Napier's first acting roles was playing a space hippie on the Star Trek original series episode "A Way to Eden." He later became a favorite actor of director Russ Meyer and appeared in his films Cherry, Harry, and Racquel!, The Seven Minutes, Supervixens, and Meyer's mind-blowing magnum opus Beyond the Valley of the Dolls [...]      |
| Geek Discussion: Would You Pay $60 To Watch Brett Ratner’s ‘Tower Heist’ At Home Early? Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:03 PM PDT  We've heard talks about plans to try offering big Hollywood movies on demand not too long after they're released in theaters for a while now, and it looks like those who support the idea are ready to test the waters. According to the LA Times, Universal Pictures will offer up Brett Ratner's new movie, Tower Heist, three weeks after its November 4, 2011 theatrical release through Universal parent company Comcast's on demand services. The movie will only be available to 500,000 customers in the Atlanta and Portland, Oregon areas to test the waters of this new option, and those of you who have this option will only have to throw down $59.99 to check the movie out. Universal and Comcast will pay close attention to how well the movie does released this early and at this price, while firm eyes will also be focused on how offering a movie three weeks after theatrical release affects box office numbers. [...]      |
| Visionary Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs Dies At Age 56 Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:31 PM PDT  At the end of August, many were stunned when it was revealed that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was stepping down as CEO, and that Tim Cook would be taking his place. It wasn't the first time that Jobs had stepped away, and many feared the worst given that he had battled numerous health problems, including pancreatic cancer and a liver transplant. Now those fears have become a reality, as Apple has announced via a short statement on their website that Steve Jobs has passed away at the age of 56. The statement read: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple. [...]      |
| FREE Listen: Paul McCartney’s Ocean’s Kingdom Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:26 PM PDT  Yesterday, we mentioned that the MP3 version of Paul McCartney's brand-new classical album Ocean's Kingdom was on sale for only $3.99 (the sale is still valid today). Now, this week, you can listen to the entire album online at AOL for FREE! [...]      |
| TV Review: American Horror Story – Pilot Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:31 PM PDT  American Horror Story Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot Directed by Ryan Murphy Written by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk Starring Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Taissa Farmiga, Jessica Lange, Jamie Brewer, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters, Denis O'Hare FX Air Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10pm American Horror Story, the new series from Glee creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, seems to be heading in a potentially interesting direction if the pilot episode is anything to go by. But I won't be going along with them. First off I'm not exactly the biggest fan of Murphy (whose other crimes against pop culture include creating Nip/Tuck and writing and directing Eat, Pray, Love) or any members of the American Horror Story cast, including Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton (although she was good on Spin City and Friday Night Lights), and Jessica Lange. It's a mixed bag of overrated talent that grates my nerves whenever any of them are on screen and it doesn't help the actors that the characters they play are unsympathetic and the material dull and pretentious. By the way, this is supposed to be a haunted house story [...]      |
| Comic Review: G.I. Joe, Vol. 2 #6 Posted: 05 Oct 2011 02:31 PM PDT  G.I. Joe, Vol.2 #6 Written by Chuck Dixon Art by Will Rosado Colors by Romulo Fajardo Letters by Shawn Lee Covers by Robert Atkins, Tom Feister & Will Rosado IDW Publishing Release Date: October 5, 2011 Cover Price: $3.99 As much as G.I. Joe Renegades was supposed to be "the G.I. Joe cartoon you remember watching when you were a kid," IDW Publishing's G.I. Joe comic is the G.I. Joe comic you remember reading when you were a kid. Only now, it's better, because you're an adult (I assume) and you can enjoy it on a completely different level. And, the book has many levels. First, it features the toys, yes toys, you loved playing with when you were a kid. Second, it's an all-out great action movie, and third, a solid, well put together comic book [...]      |
| WTF? Nicolas Cage Once Sought By Joel Schumacher For What Would Have Been ‘Batman Triumphant’? Posted: 05 Oct 2011 01:40 PM PDT  With hindsight being 20/20, the fact that a third film in the amazingly craptastic run of Batman films directed by Joel Schumacher seems laughable and unlikely. However, one must remember that there was indeed a third film planned. Following Batman And Robin, Mark Protosevich had written a draft of a new film, Batman Triumphant, which would have seen the maligned filmmaker get back behind the camera for another take at the caped crusader [...]      |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:17 AM PDT  Fear Agent #31 Out of Step Part 4 (of 5) Written by Rick Remender Pencils by Mike Hawthorne, Tony Moore Finishes by John Lucas Colors by Lee Loughridge Letters by Rus Wooten Cover by Tony Moore Dark Horse Comics Released October 5th, 2011 Price: $3.50 Fear Agent has always been a series that I think would appeal to a lot of Geeks of Doom readers who maybe don't read comics. It doesn't deal with any of the standard superhero tropes of other comics, instead focusing on sci-fi action with smart writing and excellent art. Fear Agent has been chugging along for a few years, and is coming to an end next issue (at least for a while), so it is amazing to see that Fear Agent #31, part four of the Out of Step mini-series, is the best issue of the series so far [...]      |
| The GoD List: Comics For October 5, 2011 Posted: 05 Oct 2011 09:58 AM PDT  Each and every week "The Red-Wingman" Henchman21 and "The Wednesday Warrior" MK2FAC3 read a lot of comics. Seriously you guys, a lot of comics. Maybe too many comics. I mean, it is possible... theoretically. They look forward to some more than others, I mean, who doesn't? So, let's take a look into the depths of their pull lists, grab some comics, and we'll let YOU know what the top books to look forward to are for the week of October 5, 2011. Single issues and trades, they're all here. Ladies and gentlemen, it is the best month of the year! Fall is here and there's a nip in there and a horror comic on your pull list. Great things happen in the month of October, folks, but does that mean that each week that an amazing comic will come out? We hope so, and if you keep reading The GoD List, then you will see what we think will reach that mark. Oh, and Henchman21 totally picks X-Men. SURPRISE SURPRISE!! [...]      |
| American Horror Story: Delicious Dill Recipe Posted: 05 Oct 2011 09:03 AM PDT  If you're reading Geeks of Doom, which you should be because it's great [*shameless plug*], you may have seen an article a couple of weeks back about a wedding cake sent to Doom HQ's to promote an upcoming show on FX, titled American Horror Story, the first episode of which airs tonight. In that article, there's a link to the show's site where you can sign up to get free stuff and stuff. Well, I did sign up, and while I didn't get a badass cake sent to me, I did get an email with a couple of pictures, one of which was a recipe for Delicious Dills (subtitled "No Friends like the old!"), so what the hell, it's perfect for me and my Cooking Corner collection! [...]      |
| Disney To Re-Release Beauty and The Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. & The Little Mermaid Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:06 AM PDT  Following the immensely successful re–release of The Lion King in 3D, The Walt Disney Company has announced plans for the re–release of four more classics, including two Pixar Animation films. The Lion King, which was first released in 1994, has made around $100 million worldwide in its 3D re–release. When added to the $312.8 million it made domestically back in '94, the over $450 million in foreign box office, and a few spurts of income here and there since then, the movie now sits at a grand total of around $883 million. So, of course, it wouldn't take a business–savvy supergenius to figure out that there's a whole lot of money to be made here. Which brings us to what movies you can expect to see returning to theaters in the next couple of years: Disney has revealed that Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., and The Little Mermaid will all make their way back to the big screen in 3D. [...]      |
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