Category: Geek News
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Spooky Shorts- Mater and the Ghostlight
Welcome back boys and ghouls! Welcome today’s Spooky Shorts! Today’s blog takes us to the world of Cars, it’s Mater and the Ghostlight! This is another more recent animated short, much like Donald’s Halloween Scare. Mater and the Ghostlight was released in 2006 as a bonus feature on the Cars dvd. I rather liked it,…
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X-Wing and Tie-Fighter to be Digitally Re-Released
One of the best set of Star Wars games is about to be digitally re-released. Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: Tie-Fighter will be re-released on October 28, 2014. The announcement came from Good Old Games. The games will be digitally enhanced but retain their earlier classic look from the early 90’s. Both games should be…
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Star Wars Rebels: Rise of the Old Masters (S1E4)- Review
My weekly review of Star Wars Rebels is a tad bit late this week and I hope you will forgive because I feel like we have quite a bit to talk about. First, lets all quickly refresh ourselves with what happened in the episode Rise of the Old Masters: Recap Kanan has begun to focus…
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Spooky Shorts- Donald's Halloween Scare
Greetings readers! Welcome to this today’s Spooky Short! Today, I will be writing about Donald’s Halloween Scare. This cartoon is one of the more recent cartoons I’ll be writing about this month. It was released in 2000 on Disney’s House of Mouse. The cartoon starts off with Huey, Dewey, and Louie trick or treating. They…
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Spooky Shorts- Runaway Brain
It’s almost Halloween, you know what that means? It’s once again time for more Spooky Shorts! This week I will share more shorts from various Disney works, from Mickey Mouse to Cars. This week’s first Spooky Short is Runaway Brain! Runaway Brain was released in 1995 attached to A Kid in King Arthurs Court and…
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Disney Kingdoms and Marvel to Bring Big Thunder Mountain to Comic Life
Each Disney Kingdoms series keeps getting better and better! I’m eagerly anticipating Big Thunder Mountain Railroad as the next mini-series to debut. The collaboration between Disney and Marvel in comics form has been terrific. I’ve liked both Seekers of the Weird and Figment. It looks like this new series will continue on in this way…
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New to Who: The Gadgets
Hello Whovians and welcome to ‘New to Who,’ where I, Hello McFly, will be your guide through Doctor Who. Every good sci-fi property has its fair share of technological wonders – Star Wars has lightsabers, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has the Electronic Thumb, and Men in Black has the Neuralizer. Yet no other show comes close to reaching both the…
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Infinity Gauntlet and Old Man Logan Coming in Summer 2015
Marvel continues to release images of upcoming issues in the summer of 2015. Old Man Logan was a series about the last days of Wolverine. Recently, Wolverine has died, which makes this future more of an alternate one than the way things are going. Infinity Gauntlet is an infamous series about Thanos’ plan to wield…
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Geek Eats- Arizona Taco Festival Recap
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to my Taco Fest Recap! As you might have been aware this past weekend was Arizona Taco Festival! That’s right, two days of taco bliss, especially if you are a connoisseur of tacos. Given that I have not missed a Taco Tuesday in about 8 months you can imagine the excitement I…
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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Hen in the Wolf House (S2E5) – Review
Hello, Danie here, taking over on the Shield review front for Johnny this week and excited to do so. I have been looking forward to this episode since I caught the promo at the end of last weeks so without further ado and the assumption you have also viewed the episode, here we go. …
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Moana’s Frozen Wall of Geek – Geeks Corner – Episode 403
Welcome to this week’s Geeks Corner! Due to the geeks going on a secret mission, this week’s episode has been pre-filmed. Halloween continues to get bigger and better at the Disneyland Resort. Check out some Pumpkin Pictures here: https://www.dapsmagic.com/2014/10/01/halloween-time-disneyland-resort-2014/ This week on the Wall of Geek, it’s a surprise. What’s the theme? New details have…
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Gotham Recap- 'Viper'
Greetings Gothamites! Welcome to this week’s recap of this season’s 5th episode, Viper. Each week we seem to delve deeper and deeper into the Gotham underbelly and this week was no different. This week brought us another link to the Batman universe as we know it now. So without further delay, let’s get started. Oh…
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Doctor Who Review: 'Flatline'
Hello Whovians and DAPs-devotees, and welcome back to the Doctor Who Review! A running gag is that the TARDIS is bigger on the inside – but what happens when it gets smaller on the outside? Much, much smaller? With the Doctor effectively out of commission being trapped in his tiny TARDIS, it’s up to Clara…
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Marvel's House of M Returns!
Another in a series of cryptic summer event images comes out today. Marvel Comics will have an issue of House of M, a landmark series that has already occurred. House of M was an alternate reality formed from Scarlet Witch’s use of powers during temporary insanity. She recreated the Marvel universe where mutants where in…
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Star Wars Rebels: Fighter Flight (S1E3)- Review
Odd couples and bonding seem to be the theme of the week for the crew of the Ghost on Star Wars: Rebels episode Fighter Flight as Zeb and Ezra team up to take on the Empire. Recap: After terrorizing the crew with near constant, bickering Ezra and Zeb are sent on a supply mission to…
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Spooky Shorts- The Haunted House
Hello everyone and thank you for continuing to join me for my Spooky Shorts blog series! I’ve covered some great cartoons and today’s is no exception! Today’s Spooky Short is The Haunted House featuring none other than Mickey Mouse himself! Like Skeleton Dance this was done in 1929 but was not a Silly Symphony. It…
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Spooky Shorts- Donald and the Gorilla
Happy Friday everyone! We are on the 4th day of my Spooky Shorts series and sadly almost done! Tonight we are covering a different type of Spooky Short, whereas the other 3 have been somewhat supernatural this one is creature spooky! Tonight’s short is Donald and the Gorilla. As I previously mentioned, I love Donald…
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New to Who: The Doctor
Hello Whovians and welcome to ‘New to Who,’ where I, Hello McFly, will be your guide through Doctor Who. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the question – who is the Doctor, what does he gain from traveling across all of time and space, and why is he never ginger? The intricacies and complexities of the…
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Spooky Shorts- Skeleton Dance
Well it’s a little over halfway through the week and time for Day 3 of my Spooky Shorts blog series! Today we will be covering Skeleton Dance! Skeleton Dance was one of the first Silly Symphonies. It was released in 1929, which makes it one of the oldest Disney Spooky Shorts! It is also one…
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Geek Eats- Fantastic Fair Food!
Greetings foodies! Welcome to this week’s Geek Eats! This week I will be discussing the weird and wonderful world of State Fair Food! The Arizona State Fair is in town so Mister and I decided that we should go on a culinary adventure throughout the land of deep fried fun! We were joined by the…
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Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: Face My Enemy (S2E4) – Review
Wow, this one was cool. Like, a lot of new tricks on both sides of the line, some nice character moments, concise clear storytelling (which helped for such a confusing story to tell). Suspenseful, entertaining, and quite a ride. And if you haven’t seen it, stop now. Face My Enemy: Recap We get a nice…
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Walking in Disneyland – Geeks Corner – Episode 402
Welcome to the second episode of the fifth season with the episode number that starts with four! If you are confused about all of this, don’t worry… you aren’t alone. However, Johnny 5 assures me that this is correct because Geeks Corner started numbering at zero. There is a LOT to cover this week and…
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Peggy Carter and Howard Stark Team Up In Marvel Comics
Peggy Carter & Howard Stark Unite in OPERATION S.I.N. #1! This January, journey to the Marvel Universe of the 1950s for an all-new globetrotting adventure in OPERATION S.I.N. #1, the blockbuster new limited series from fan-favorite writer Kathryn Immonen and artist Rich Ellis! Tying in to the explosive events of Original Sin, OPERATON S.I.N.…