The Geek Show

Been a geek for 35 years. Love most things that are sci-fi and fantasy. Love to draw, read, play videogames and go bowling. I get my goofy sense of humor from my dad (RIP).

[starwars]

Artist of the Week - Tim and Greg Hildebrant

[daily-films]

[jmlarson-blog]

the avengers aka my sudden and immense love for bruce banner

[atjeonjungkook]

[roryamy]

I will always remember when the Doctor was me.

[sherlock-hannibal]

G U Y S   H E   D I D   T H E   T H I N G !

 [here]

[starwars]

This set of quirky Star Wars holiday greetings comes courtesy of a rare set of cards printed by Drawing Board Greeting Cards in 1977.

[jackarrie]

"He sees you when you’re sleeping, He knows when you’re awake, Doesn’t care if you’ve been bad or good He’ll just EX-TER-MIN-ATE”

[michuboo]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f33c/

[fndungeonmom]

going boldly into your drink or on your cupcake

[forkroid]

I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED

[frankenstinwentmad]

FUUUUUUUUCK

[leandra-kinard]

Dear my friends, if you are ever looking for a birthday present for me again don’t ask me what I want, GET ME THIS!

[thisfeliciaday]

Merry Christmas everyone! <3

[aerylon]

…boldly going where no fandom has gone before

USS Enterprise 1701 - East Peoria, Illinois

the tie fighter is a bonus XD

[dduane]

Best. Christmas lights. EVER.

[starwars]

[norsenaturetolkien-deactivated2]

this is my new favourite thing 

[amuzed1-deactivated20241106]

Nicole Beharie as Lieutenant Abbie Mills in ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Early on two things about Fox’s Sleepy Hollow were clear. One, that its premise is pretty ridiculous. Two, that it actually works in spite of the ridiculous premise, making for a fun little supernatural series. But the show also gets props for having five major recurring characters played by people of color, one of them of course being Nicole Beharie as Lieutenant Abbie Mills. Beharie is special in this role not just because she was the only other lead black actress on a network show this year other than Kerry Washington. She’s special because she’s a lead black actress on a genre TV show, despite the long tradition of tokenizing, excluding, and abusing black women in many genre properties (see Coven, the Stark Trek reboot, True Blood, The Vampire Diaries). In Sleepy Hollow, with her excellent chemistry opposite co-star Tom Mison, Beharie is strong, funny, vulnerable and, yes, even sassy. It’s refreshing to see a black actress get to be all these things over the course of a series. It’s refreshing that her race and gender are neither ignored nor overemphasized. And most of all it’s refreshing that her bond with the male lead is not based on a foundation of hyped up romantic drama, but mutual respect and genuine affection.

Six Great Performances by Black Actors in 2013 (via amuzed1)

But still “sassy” and not hyped by romance though…

Do I have to name those other genre shows where black female support and leads were just bros, again???

(Star Trek: TOS, Mysterious Ways, Beyond Belief, Poltergiest: The Legacy, Nightstalker 2006)

[anunexpectedhotdwarf]

And so it begins..

[genaleah]

So I was talking to one of my younger sisters about this last night. We both knew this scene was coming, but the wording of “Orc mutant” had surprised me. You don’t really hear the word mutant thrown around in high fantasy very often! But my sis is the LoTR master (a step below Stephen Colbert), and she reminded me that Orcs are mutants. They’re elves that have been mutilated and warped into an entirely different species. So Legolas is saying that Gimli is an Orc TWICE OVER. Vicious.

But man, this just gets me even more hyped thinkin’ about their friendship in LoTR. I think it’s one of the most important plots going on in the series, and it perfectly fits into the overall theme of small acts of kindness and love being more powerful than hatred. 

I mean, we go from this

To this

Their friendship undoes centuries and generations worth of built-up hatred and mistrust between their races. Hatred that was passed on from their fathers and forefathers. And after the War of the Ring? They went back and rebuilt their kingdoms together, and Legolas invited Gimli to cross the sea into the Undying Lands. 

It may not be the most important story going on in this series, but it’s my personal favorite.

[richardarmitageforever-deactiva]

Actually, I can argue that - for this day and age - their is the most important story to come out of Tolkien’s writings:

that we have more in common than we think

that if we only open up our minds then our hearts will follow

that wars are the product of selfishness, greed and/or lust

that love and friendship can transcend race and culture

that we can live in harmony if we only decide we will

Then again, I’m a romantic and an idealist who believes that people can change if they really want to, and that ‘ordinary’ people have the power to change the world. What do I know compared to all the highly educated and cultured, worldly, powerful people of this world, right?  *sigh*

[hallandoates666-deactivated2014]

[caseymalone]

Required by law to re-blog this. 

[sorceressofangst]

I love them…so much

[stephiecarcar]

this is Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch in 30 years.

[kanes-the-fan-of-stuff]

this is Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch in 30 years

[brimalandro]

[kpfun]

"The fence jumping is an obsession of mine because when I used to walk to school it was in the alleys not through people’s back gardens, and I always wanted to take a shortcut through their gardens and I never did, so I’m living vicariously through the movies." —Edgar Wright