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Geeks has assembled the top list of all things comic, entertainment, superheroes, and popular culture.
Historically Accurate Facts from 'Black Sails'
Black Sails has become a smash hit series on the Starz Network. It's debauchery, sex, drinking, and pirate drama is everything you could imagine life on the high seas to be like - if you were reading a drama novel.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart9 years ago in Geeks
Movies and TV Exploring Inside the Human Body
There's something truly fascinating about exploring inside the human body from a comfortable position on your sofa. No need to roll on the plastic gloves. No sterile scalpels or pale blue smocks. Nothing squishy and sticky to plunge your hands into.
By Anthony Gramuglia9 years ago in Geeks
Most Parodied Films of All Time
Some of the first films to be released, even as early as the silent era, were parodies. It's hard to imagine they had much a pool to draw from, however, given the massive quantity of films that have come out since that era that are continually parodied and satirized by modern film makers.
By Anthony Gramuglia9 years ago in Geeks
Forgotten 'Toons
Cartoons have been a part of our collective lives in one form or another for hundreds of years. Even Leonardo da Vinci drew caricatures based on famous personalities of his day. The cartoon characters most of us are familiar with are the ones who have turned up on television or been made famous by regular appearances in newspapers and books. While it's safe to assume classic 'toon favorites like Charlie Brown, Garfield, and Mickey Mouse will always be with us, there are some once-popular cartoon characters who have since faded into obscurity -- at least in the minds of recent generations more obsessed with gadgets and social media trends than animated creations that aren't memes or GIFs.
By Kenneth Cox9 years ago in Geeks
Best NES Video Games
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), named by IGN the greatest video game console in history, is absolute video gaming royalty, along with all the NES games. Spawning blockbuster franchises like Super Mario, Ninja Gaiden, Metroid and Zelda, they still have huge fan bases today. The classic 8-bit graphics make you really how the console must have felt so state of the art in 1983. Luckily for NES fans, the NES Classic Mini was released at the end of 2016 with all of the classic NES games to relive those memories, or see where these huge titles first began.
By Patricia Sarkar9 years ago in Geeks
Amazing Book-to-Movie Adaptations
Have you ever met a devoted bookworm, and have you ever asked them how they feel about the movie adaptations of their favorite book? So often, they respond with the same line: "The book was MUCH better than the film." Said with an air that implies that the whole idea of a filmmaker adapting the written world to the silver screen is doomed to fail. And, indeed, many film adaptations of books do fail. They don't recapture the magic of the original. They forget important details.
By Anthony Gramuglia9 years ago in Geeks
Terrifying True Stories Behind Your Favorite Horror Movies
It takes a very special person to write, direct, or even act in a good horror movie. After all, there's a certain spark of magic that needs to be added in every film in order for it to be truly terrifying. As many film aficionados can tell you, finding that "spark" can be very difficult to do.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart9 years ago in Geeks
Must-Listen Podcasts To Match Your Vibe
March 2017 has been coined as "Trypod Month," where podcast fans are encouraged to introduce their favorite podcasts, and just the idea of podcasts in general, to friends and family. Earlier in the month I recommended some of my fave true crime podcasts and since I got such a great response, I thought I'd close out the month with some more recommendations. There really is a podcast out there for everyone, so get listening!
By Kat Walcott9 years ago in Geeks
Beyond Toxie, Five Troma Movies You Need to Watch
Troma Entertainment has had the market cornered on low-budget, schlocky, but incredibly fun films dating back to 1974. Countless actors, writers, and directors can trace their career paths to Troma, from actors like Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Costner, Marisa Tomei, and Vincent D'Onofrio to directors like Sean Gunn, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Oliver Stone, and more.
By Stephen Hamilton9 years ago in Geeks
Who's Tougher Than Samuel L Jackson?
Samuel L Jackson has made a career being an absolute badass who can tough it out with the best of them. This guy shows up, you know that everyone else around him is going to have to live up to his standard. He remains king of the mountain–the most bad-ass mother-f***er around.
By Anthony Gramuglia9 years ago in Geeks
Best Graphic Novels Ever Written
The graphic novel as we know it started as the comic boom medium elevated to a new level near the start of the 1980s. Starting as just longer comics, the graphic novels emerging around this time set the trend for the future of the medium: elevated characterization, deeper stories, original voices unshackled by the constraints of the comic book industry, and art work that could be at once breathtaking, beautiful, enigmatic, and grotesque. The graphic novels from genesis to the modern day all shared these qualities, but, naturally, there were some comics that took a stand above all others, rising to the highest echelon of the comic book medium--the greats among greats.
By Patricia Sarkar9 years ago in Geeks
