With a whole one-twelfth of the year out of the way, it’s possible you haven’t been keeping up with what’s been going on beyond a handful of tech announcements, giant blue aliens, award nominations, and wild speculating if the next Apple product would revolutionize the world or just collect in the cut-out bins in a few years. If that’s the case, here’s what you missed — just in case you spent the last few days wondering if you really wanted an oversized iPod Touch for twice the price. Read More…
It’s Oscar nomination day, and a few rush lists are making their way online (like this one from The Guardian).
Be sure to check out the full list and let us know your choices for some of the categories. For now, here are some highlights from the nominations list as well as some opinions on who might take home the statue. Read More…
Sure, the Oscars generate a big fuss, but we’ll get to them later.
The second biggest set of movie nominations just came out, and the internet’s buzzing with speculation. Transformers 2 seems to be leading, and word is Michael Bay is long overdue to win this time. Fans are saying Twilight was snubbed, although a few actors got nominations. A few people like Lindsey Lohan might receive a lifetime achievement award, while Whiteout was completely shut out.
Of course these aren’t quality awards for quality films and filmmakers. It’s the Razzie Awards!
Here’s a complete list of nominees.There aren’t too many big surprises here, although sometimes it seems like The Razzies go for the cheap joke (like nominating The Jonas Brothers for “Worst Screen Couple” for their live concert) rather than bestowing their truly dubious honors to those more deserving. As a bonus this year for their 30th anniversary, they’re giving out awards for “Worst Movie of the Decade,” and there are definitely a few deserving nominees (Battlefield Earth, anyone?).
With less than a week to go until the premiere of LOST’s final season, fans are more excited than Hurley was when he found that cache of ranch dressing.
In the years since it debuted in 2004, LOST has done more than almost any other show to surreptitiously push science fiction further into the mainstream consciousness. Simultaneously, it revolutionized the way people watch television by standing on the shoulders of programs like 24 and Alias to perfect the art of the serialized drama. LOST has had fans not only watching the show, but analyzing every frame, discussing it endlessly around water coolers and in online forums, and even participating in alternate reality games.
With the final season ready to go, though, there are a lot of questions that have been raised by the writers of LOST that have so far gone unanswered. Read More…
It’s been 21 years since Weird Al released the movie UHF to thrilled fans and confused critics, and while it bombed on screen, it went on to have a healthy life on video, late night cable, and now DVD.
Today, years later, he’s ready for another go:
Without going into too much detail, the good folks at Cartoon Network decided that they liked me and wanted me to provide some content for them – series, features, animation, live-action… they were open to anything. So after a couple years (yes, really) of the lawyers going back and forth, we finalized a deal – now all I have to do is start making stuff!
The first thing I’m on track to do for them is, in fact, a live-action feature film.
His blog says that it probably won’t be ready to shoot until this fall, and although he won’t be the star himself (although he might play a supporting role), he sounds pretty excited about it. Read More…
After weeks of speculation and media hype, the final Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien aired Friday night.
As expected from a show that many felt was cut short, the attitude on the show was a mixture of silliness, visible frustration, and sadness. Conan will likely end up somewhere else when his contract allows in seven months, so some of the sting will be gone soon for him and his fans. But tonight he ended his show with a rather serious plea, and one that might surprise some of his fans. Dead serious, as if a warning, he said:
“All I ask of you is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism- it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.”
Entire careers are made on cynicism, particularity in the comedy business, so O’Brien deserves a lot of credit for this heartfelt moment. Cynicism surrounds us in pop culture, and it’s easy to find. Read More…
Almost 60 years after Elvis swiveled his hips and played some bluesy, gospel-y, country music, the guitar has been the cool instrument in much of pop culture.
You don’t have to know how to play much. In fact, just three chords will get you some attention. If that doesn’t work, you can just hold one while pretending to strum along. There are other options, too: smash the thing for no apparent reason, toss it up in the air and try and catch it in your mouth, whatever works — you’ll likely look cool to someone. I mean, it’s not like Accordion Hero is selling that well.
But how do you make that guitar a little more geeky? There’s a way… Read More…
Today, January 19, 2010, is the official one year anniversary of the launch of FaithAndGeekery.com.
We’ve been privileged to have spent the last year bringing you news, reviews, and commentary on the colliding worlds of faith and geeky interests. Hopefully we’ve also opened your eyes to new and interesting things as together we’ve reveled in the obscure and more deeply examined the wildly popular.
Geeks from 107 different countries have stopped by to see what’s going on, and we’ve been blessed to partner with some fabulous people and organizations to offer fun content and giveaways.
And that’s just the beginning.
Even just a few weeks into 2010, we’re already planning some pretty cool things for this year. We hope you’ll stick with us and that you won’t be disappointed.
Special thanks to some of the great people who have joined with us in this past year:
If I missed anyone, please forgive me. Thanks again for hanging with us; we’re looking forward to year two!
It’s hard to stop watching the news right now.
The horrible devastation in Haiti is the top story wherever you look, aid is having a hard time getting in, and conditions are grave for the survivors. If you’re like a lot of us and don’t know how to begin responding to all of this, here are a few suggestions. Read More…
With nearly the entirety of 2010 ahead of us, we’re looking forward to a year packed full of geeky goodness. So full, in fact, that our top ten list of upcoming geek films actually goes to eleven.
Here’s what we predict will have the nerd masses flocking to theaters in 2010. Read More…
