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The Ben Affleck Backlash – Reaction and Speculation of the DC Movieverse

I have the feeling that 24 hours ago Warner Bros. was pretty excited about their casting announcement that Ben Affleck would star opposite Henry...

Stefan BlitzAugust 24, 2013

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View From The Brig(gs): Episode 14
(“Co-incidentally, The Same Number Of Possible Bravais Lattices That Fill Three-Dimensional Space”.)

The Doctor Is In. Again Hurrah! Peter Capaldi is the new Doctor Who! I’d heard rumblings about Capaldi a week or so before the...

Peter BriggsAugust 16, 2013

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View From The Brig(gs): “They Call Me Lucky 13”.

Hey, all. Watching G.I. Joe Retaliation this week (see my comments further down the page), I was reminded of a comment Will Rogers, the...

Peter BriggsJuly 31, 2013

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A Few Thoughts On How To Make Batman/Superman The WORLD’S FINEST Movie

By Atlee Greene I’ve wanted to see a Superman/Batman movie since before I could tie my own shoes. The confirmation of their silver screen...

Atlee GreeneJuly 24, 2013

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How Over-The-Air TV Could Save The Networks

Last week an attempted sale of Hulu was aborted. The broadcast networks don’t make money from it, but they are not quite ready to...

Seth LeviJuly 17, 2013

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An Open Letter to Moviegoers on the So-So Reception of PACIFIC RIM 

Dear Joe Q Public: Please explain to me how a movie as good as Pacific Rim gets the short-shrift from general movie-going audiences, while...

Steven Segal TwistJuly 16, 2013

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Half-Empty Mouses

People have been baiting me to critique the new Mickey Mouse cartoons made for the Disney Channel, executive produced by Paul Rudish. I tried...

Stefan BlitzJuly 12, 2013

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View From The Brig(gs): “12: (Not Especially) Angry Columns”

Summer drags on, which means I watch lots of emails go by. Mostly lots of screaming about film-related paperwork. Oh, let me tell you....

Peter BriggsJuly 10, 2013

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View From The Brig(gs) The Maddeningly Elusive (Episode) “10”.

Hey, Panzertroopers. We made it to Installment 10 and we’re double figures. Yay! These past few weeks were the run-up to the Cannes Film...

Peter BriggsMay 29, 2013

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Avengers Assemble?

After previously discussing the ever growing relationship between Marvel’s movie and publishing properties, let’s dive into another facet of the movies impacting the comics:...

Stefan BlitzMay 10, 2013

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Deschanel

I love The New Girl. From the economically unrealistic loft apartment they inhabit to Schmidt’s clumsy and unrequited affection for CeCe; from Nick Miller’s...

Stefan BlitzApril 26, 2013

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View From The Brig(gs) Episode 8: A Fibonacci Cube, And The Air That We Breathe

Hey, Brigateers! It was a struggle to get this week’s piece together (slightly late: sorry, Ed), as my last few weeks have been jam-packed...

Peter BriggsApril 25, 2013

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View From The Brig(gs) Episode 7: JJ Hasn’t Named It Yet

Ave, Centurions! Well, I’m slowly ramping-down on reading the pile of fiction books I have as shooting on PANZER 88 looms, transferring affections to...

Peter BriggsApril 10, 2013

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View From The Brig(gs) Episode 6: Return Of The Ennui

Hi, Crazy-Gang. And, welcome to this week’s “Penned-So-Randomly-It’s-As-If-I’m-Rolling-Dice” go-round of everything that tickles my cerebellum. I’ve had an exhausting rollercoaster of a week. Unfortunately,...

Peter BriggsMarch 28, 2013

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Time for a Nonprofit Studio?

Easily the biggest piece of entertainment news this month was that the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign raised several million dollars overnight. As many people...

Seth LeviMarch 27, 2013

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Cut! And That’s a Wrap for “Letters To Hollywood”

Dear Reader (and Hollywood), I have contributed to Forces of Geek for a little over a year now, writing about 25 columns which you...

Stefan BlitzMarch 19, 2013

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More Traditional Than You’ll Admit:
A Look At OSCARS 2012

Dear Hollywood, I flew in the face of tradition this year and watched the Oscars the day after it took place, not wanting to...

Stefan BlitzMarch 5, 2013

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Return of the Epic Length

When I think of Hollywood in the 1950s and ‘60s, one thing that quickly comes to mind are movies that were so long that...

Seth LeviFebruary 27, 2013

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Damning with Faint Praise: THE LAST ENEMY

Stephen Ezard (Benedict Cumberbatch) returns to a near-future England in the wake of his brother’s death. He meets his brother’s widow, and the seriously...

AdminFebruary 12, 2013

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Stop Pretending That You’re Above a Good Fake Dead Girlfriend Gossip Story

As the Manti Te’o controversy has been fiercely raging for the last several weeks, the reactions in the comments sections of online media outlets...

Seth LeviJanuary 30, 2013

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Avoiding Quentin Torrent-tino:
Illegal Downloading During Awards Season

Dear Hollywood, I am partial to a touch of illegal downloading, especially when it comes to certain overpriced computer software, but when my friend...

Stefan BlitzJanuary 22, 2013

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What HOMELAND Can Learn From THE WIRE

We all know that the last season of Homeland was below par — I’m not going to relitigate that. But what I find striking...

Seth LeviJanuary 16, 2013

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It’s Time To Kill The Origin Story

We’ve been so inundated with super hero movies in the last decade that we’re now well into reboot territory. In 2012 Spider-Man was rebooted,...

Seth LeviJanuary 3, 2013

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Otaku Lounge:
‘Good’ vs. ‘Enjoyable’ Anime (And Other Pet Peeves)

There are three things I loathe about anime fans above anything else: 1. People who say ‘animes’. THERE IS NO SUCH THING. With the...

Stefan BlitzDecember 5, 2012

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The Ben Affleck Backlash – Reaction and Speculation of the DC Movieverse

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View From The Brig(gs): Episode 14 (“Co-incidentally, The Same Number Of Possible Bravais Lattices That Fill Three-Dimensional Space”.)

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View From The Brig(gs): “They Call Me Lucky 13”.

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A Few Thoughts On How To Make Batman/Superman The WORLD’S FINEST Movie

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How Over-The-Air TV Could Save The Networks

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An Open Letter to Moviegoers on the So-So Reception of PACIFIC RIM

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Half-Empty Mouses

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View From The Brig(gs): “12: (Not Especially) Angry Columns”

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View From The Brig(gs) The Maddeningly Elusive (Episode) “10”.

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Avengers Assemble?

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Deschanel

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View From The Brig(gs) Episode 8: A Fibonacci Cube, And The Air That We Breathe

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View From The Brig(gs) Episode 7: JJ Hasn’t Named It Yet

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View From The Brig(gs) Episode 6: Return Of The Ennui

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Time for a Nonprofit Studio?

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Cut! And That’s a Wrap for “Letters To Hollywood”

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More Traditional Than You’ll Admit: A Look At OSCARS 2012

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Return of the Epic Length

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Damning with Faint Praise: THE LAST ENEMY

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Stop Pretending That You’re Above a Good Fake Dead Girlfriend Gossip Story

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Avoiding Quentin Torrent-tino: Illegal Downloading During Awards Season

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What HOMELAND Can Learn From THE WIRE

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It’s Time To Kill The Origin Story

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Otaku Lounge: ‘Good’ vs. ‘Enjoyable’ Anime (And Other Pet Peeves)

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View From The Brig(gs): Episode 14
(“Co-incidentally, The Same Number Of Possible Bravais Lattices That Fill Three-Dimensional Space”.)

An Open Letter to Moviegoers on the So-So Reception of PACIFIC RIM 

More Traditional Than You’ll Admit:
A Look At OSCARS 2012

Avoiding Quentin Torrent-tino:
Illegal Downloading During Awards Season

Otaku Lounge:
‘Good’ vs. ‘Enjoyable’ Anime (And Other Pet Peeves)