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respectthesource - who has written 9 posts on ArsGeek.

geek creds: resectthesource has been comic bookin' since The Uncanny X-Men 274, gamin' since the Atari 2600, and bought each individual Constructicon from his local Rite-Aid.

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Zombieland: Instant Classic

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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While Zombieland is definitely for a select audience, that audience is in for a monumental treat. Sure you probably won’t take Gran to go see this, but zombie fans have so much to look forward to. I had put myself in the dangerous position of having high expectations due to the trailer. Zombieland far exceeded [...]

Destro and the Baroness Play the Clarinet

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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Destro and the Baroness Play the Clarinet

As self-proclaimed alphanerd, I declare this to be one of the best things on the internet. I don’t have an opinion on the new flick yet but I do know that experiencing the following video alone justifies the movie’s existence. Zach Galifiankais of The Hangover fame has made a loyal internet following with Cha-Ching Pictures [...]

Iron Man and Wolverine Anime: Sea Captains and Mullets

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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Iron Man and Wolverine Anime: Sea Captains and Mullets

We know that the Japanese love mecha. We also know that they love samurai. So what better properties to adapt than Iron Man, and Wolverine in feudal Japan? The Iron Man anime trailer appears to feature a suit that does all kinds of cool done the right way. Save maybe an 1800′s British era sea [...]

The Highest Grossing Bad Movie of All Time?

Monday, July 6, 2009

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The Highest Grossing Bad Movie of All Time?

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a bad film. Let’s just go ahead and get that out of the way. The tragedy of this particular bad movie is that it’s already made hundreds of millions of dollars therefore justifying its existence to movie studios and Michael Bay apologists. What’s even more frustrating is that the [...]

To Hell and Back

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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It’s a tough time to be a horror fan. With the majority of American fright films being either adaptations of barely better j-horror, Hollywood remakes, or a slew of disposable kiddie fodder, there seems to be no room for original ideas for studio scare faire. Leave it to Sam Raimi to step up to the [...]

Salvation for Terminator

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

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Back in the first 80′s movie when Kyle Reese described the war-torn landscapes of the Terminators, movie audiences could only imagine how that future looked. In the following films, brief glimpses were shown of the robot hell that earth becomes, but in Terminator Salvation, those visions have become realized. Christian Bale delivers the presence you’d [...]

Set Phasers to Awesome

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

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It’s a good bet if you read this blog you’ve already seen it, but if this little bit of positive word of mouth benefits this sci-fi masterpiece in the very least, then my duty is done. Star Trek proves you can have a summer blockbuster action flick with plot and substance and not rely solely [...]

The Expendables to Be Indispensable

Monday, April 20, 2009

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Why The Expendables could be one of the most important movies of this generation. If done well, which I think the new Rocky and Rambo were, seeing these iconic characters and figures at the end of their game is a logical and potentially powerful narrative course of action. It’s arguable whether or not the 4th [...]

Comic Book Costumes Can Work

Thursday, April 9, 2009

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Before comic books were cool they were shoved into hallway lockers along with other nerdy counterparts like Dungeons and Dragons and computers. In 2009 you would have to be some kind of social outcast if you were into Lord of the Rings, Batman and the internet, right? Well back when we were all ashamed to [...]