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So I Have Been Watching One Chicago.... Content Warning.
I had seen clips of the shows through endless scrolls on TikTok for months. They often appeared on lists of alternate shows to watch if you were into an action packed fire, med, or pd drama.
By Alexandria Stanwyck2 years ago in Geeks
5 Animated Disney Films Everyone Forgets About
Disney fans around the world have fallen in love with the short film Once Upon A Studio, produced to celebrate one hundred years of Disney animation. The short, taking place after the studio has closed for the day, follows numerous characters as they emerge from the frames on the studio walls, while Mickey and Minnie Mouse attempt to gather them all for a group photo in celebration of the hundred-year milestone.
By Kristy Anderson2 years ago in Geeks
Self-Awareness: The Backbone of the MCU
Even as a fan of the Marvel Universe, sometimes it’s difficult not to feel as though we’re being completely inundated with new projects, movies and shows. Since the start of the pandemic alone, Marvel has released more than ten blockbuster movies — and that’s without even mentioning their burgeoning world of new TV shows. From Loki and Wandavision to Hawkeye and the increasingly notorious She Hulk: Attorney At Law, Marvel fans have had a lot to keep up with in recent months.
By Ben Ulansey2 years ago in Geeks
Max Fleischer's SUPERMAN
I watched all seventeen short episodes of Max Fleischer's excellent, excellent "Superman" series from the early Forties, from start to finish. They were great, well-animated, slam-bang actioners the lot of them, and, although there was little plot to get in the way of the derring-do, they were all that much more a visceral bang of enjoyment, an old-fashioned childlike pulp fiction, comic book dive into all-American costumed hero mythology.
By Tom Baker2 years ago in Geeks
The Boys Season 4
We know that Gen V is going to flow right into season 4 of The Boys, which is theoretically going to flow right into the second season of Gen V. Now that really just means that there is a single timeline that both of these shows are operating on. It doesn’t necessarily mean that one is required viewing for the other. So what exactly can we expect the crossover to be like? I am going to go ahead and make some predictions for season 4 of The Boys, and the second season of Gen V and what one might need to know before season 4 of The Boys releases.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
Gen V
Alright folks we have reached the end of the first season of Gen V. We know that this finale will lead pretty much right into the next season of The Boys that is prepped for a 2024 release. When we left off last episode there were a few vials of this supe killing virus left and it is now in the hands of a politician, so that’s gonna end well. These kids also all know what’s been going on and dean Sheddy is dead. Oh right, and also Polarity is in the hospital for an unknown reason. So there is kind of a lot to wrap up in this last episode and set up if there is to be a second season. So here we go with the Gen V season finale.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
Quiz Lady - A Hulu Movie Review
Don’t worry about winning - have fun. After competing in a game show, Quiz Lady is a 2023 Hulu film. Anne is a lifelong fan of her favorite game show, Can’t Stop the Quiz. Caught in a predicament where she owes money, Anne and her sister travel to Philadelphia to compete.
By Marielle Sabbag2 years ago in Geeks
Solo Leveling Fans, Arise!
I don't know about you but I have been WAITING for this moment to come! Solo Leveling is here and they are not disappointing.
By Anisah Suhailah2 years ago in Geeks
Endicott College's 'Romeo & Juliet' Shines an Unforgettable Shakespeare Performance
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Endicott College's recent rendition of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy, Romeo & Juliet, graced the stage. Based on William Shakespeare’s famous play, the story is set around two families at war. Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love. Their love causes more harm than good.
By Marielle Sabbag2 years ago in Geeks
"Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November...". Top Story - November 2023.
"The State sanctifies its own violence as law. Yours it calls crime." Max Stirner I've quoted the above little observation by proto-anarchist and egoist Max Stirner, author of The Ego and What it Possesses, many, many times; perhaps too often, but there is no other way I could think to introduce an essay on Alan Moore's V for Vendetta, the most important graphic novel ever penned, a book so transcendent in its scope, so vast in its vision of humanity (both dark and light), it has become a piece of cultural iconography. The Guy Fawkes Face Mask is now an endemic, ubiquitous symbol of covert rebellion. Adopted by the Anonymous hacker group, it has gone the rounds of the internet and the face of the globe, a way for the most radical and dedicated and subversive elements of cultural fuckery to disguise themselves, as well as meld into one single "hive mind"; a collective unit pushing against repression and corruption; or, alternately, pushing the world forward past the edge of the envelope of nihilistic rebellion. V for Vendetta, more than any other single comic book creation I can think of (outside of Superman and Batman) has transcended the realm of mere entertainment into having a permanent place in the cultural zeitgeist.
By Tom Baker2 years ago in Geeks
Did Marvel Really Confirm The Scarlet Witch's Death In 'Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline'?
The long awaited book Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline, has finally hit stores worldwide, providing fans with a truly official timeline of events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the very first time.
By Kristy Anderson2 years ago in Geeks
Once Upon a Studio
What a beautiful short film for the 100th anniversary of Disney. I never thought that 100 years of an iconic studio could be captured in such a short time but this did just that. For many of us, Disney was a core part of our childhood and a very important factor in who we grew up to be.
By Hannah Elliott2 years ago in Geeks