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We Know Nothing About Venom
The first issue of Venom is shown to be a chance for Marvel to build on not just the Venom Symbiote's relationship with its host but for the symbiote itself. This post will contain spoilers for Venom (2018) Issue #1. If you have not read the issue, you should, but there is also more information in this post for more background on the Venom character.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
'Spare Parts'
Plot With the help of their high school's newest teacher (George Lopez), four Hispanic students form a robotics club. Although they have no experience, the youths set their sights on a national robotics contest. With $800 and parts scavenged from old cars, they build a robot and compete against reigning champion MIT. Along the way, the students learn not only how to build a robot but something far more important: how to forge bonds that will last a lifetime.
By josh napper8 years ago in Geeks
Webcomics and Representation
Who does not want to be a hero? After hearing and seeing heroes go on epic adventures, save the day, and find true love in all kinds of stories, everyone would love to feel like the hero of a story. However, often times the hero gets played by one kind of person: the straight white manly guy who cannot spit out his feelings to the girl he likes. Just take a peek at movies and books on the whole and this kind of hero takes the lead more often than any woman, a person of color, or member of the LGBTIAQ+ community. However, there is one type of media that all kinds of heroes, a character for practically anyone who never saw themselves on the screen. Introducing the wide, wonderful world of webcomics.
By Kasey Szamatulski8 years ago in Geeks
10 Sequels We Never Knew Existed!
Sometimes, we get a sequel that's so good we forget about the original. For example, Terminator 2: Judgement Day is so much better than The Terminator to the point where we've almost forgotten how good the original is.
By Jonathan Sim8 years ago in Geeks
The Renegade Pokémon
“This is it…Giratina is up ahead.” I gulped and hopped off from the floating platform to follow Cynthia. As I walked, the air around us grew colder, and the maelstrom below us increased in intensity. Dread filled my entire being as I grasped Infernape’s Poké Ball tightly as I approached the edge of the platform. I stopped next to Cynthia, staring at the empty space in front of us. Cynthia said, “It’s odd that Cyrus isn’t here to confront us. Do you think something happened to him in the Distortion World?” I shook my head. “Honestly, I’m a little scared to think about it.” Cynthia looked into the dark ahead of us and said in an eerily calm voice, “It would seem that Giratina wishes to confront you. I wonder what you will do once you meet in battle.” I looked at her in bewilderment and said, “Why would Giratina want to fight me? I haven’t done anything to it! It was all Cyrus! He’s the one who used the Red Chain to disrupt the fabric of reality!”
By Arvind Pennathur8 years ago in Geeks
Harry Potter Changed Me
I've always been in love with reading and when my dad passed away when I was seven years old. I thought I lost my love for books until my school counselor helped me she suggested this series to me. She told me it's about a boy who lost his family as well but he has to push those feelings aside to stop the man that murdered his family. I know that is not one of the best summaries of the books but to a seven-year-old, that is a perfect summary for someone to read. I started to read the books and I was addicted to the books. I felt the biggest relation to Harry Potter and I understood the grief and hardships he felt. He lost both of his parents in one life and now is dealing with his aunt and uncle who are unpleasant and abusive.
By Jan Jas8 years ago in Geeks
Not So Smart as the Critics, I Still Love National Treasure
Call me stupid but I love National Treasure. So of course, I know the historically based action adventure has never been well received by the critics. But I haven't read the reviews until now, and finally realize how stupid I am.
By Rich Monetti8 years ago in Geeks
Something Is Wrong With the Venom Symbiote
We're going to be jumping into Marvel's new Venom solo title. The two issues that have been released are fairly good, and they take Venom in a new direction. So what we are going to be focusing on today is a very brief history of Eddie Brock and the Venom Symbiote, and what has happened in the first two issues of this title so far. So a spoiler warning right here if you want to read it.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
'Set It Up' Movie Review
The new rom-com movie Netflix has come out with has come out on Netflix! Ha! But Netflix has been coming out with a lot of rom-com movies lately with A Christmas Prince and Kissing Booth. Those were extremely cheesy movies to say the least, but this one is different.
By Rich Burton8 years ago in Geeks
Stopping By Stars Hollow: A Critic’s First Watch of 'Gilmore Girls' - Season 2, Episode 6
Do you ever want to be a dryad and turn into a tree? I’d love to be a tree, like a magnolia tree in the deep south. That’s the tree I’d be. I could grow tall and wide and be admired for centuries. Have people read, children play, and couples fall in love underneath me. Feel the warmth of the sun nourish me and sleep deeply in the winter frost. Oh, how I’d love to be a tree.
By Jacqueline Spence8 years ago in Geeks
Buffy, a Slayer of Vampires
When I was just a little girl I discovered a show. Little did I know how much that show would change my life. -Chasiti Jones
By Chasiti Jones8 years ago in Geeks
10 Strangest Offshoots of Humanity in the Marvel Universe
Marvel Comic’s universe is full of strange and even uncanny people, places, powers and cosmic beings. Over seventy years of history and innovation have made the world that started in the late 1930s a complicated place. Humanity, as the comics’ prime focus, is perhaps one of the stranger elements, ironically. According to the Marvel database, humans could evolve into super-powered gods and for that reason, alone aliens are wary of Planet Earth. Despite the idea that this will occur in the far future, there are already a large number of divergent superhuman groups that have evolved away from Homo Sapiens to become something else. I’d like to take you on a whistle-stop tour of these many and varied evolutionary offshoots and some of their inspirations. Join me now as I take you on a journey through Ten Strange Offshoots of Humanity in the Marvel Universe!
By Steve Cotterill8 years ago in Geeks