http://geekin-out.com Everyone needs to geek out sometimes Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:50:33 +0000 en hourly 1 Everyone needs to geek out sometimes Geekin' Out no Geekin' Out bree@geekin-out.com bree@geekin-out.com (Geekin' Out) Everyone needs to geek out sometimes http://geekin-out.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://geekin-out.com/category/movies/ http://geekin-out.com/the-book-is-definitely-better/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-book-is-definitely-better http://geekin-out.com/the-book-is-definitely-better/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:37:29 +0000 Bree http://geekin-out.com/?p=4285 With the Hunger Games movie arriving in March, it seems like everyone, their mom and probably the dog are picking up the book. This phenomenon also effected the Harry Potter series, turning it into one of the highest grossing film ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/the-book-is-definitely-better/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/reeker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reeker http://geekin-out.com/reeker/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:47:54 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=4374 Everyone loves a good mindfuck film. The Sixth Sense. Identity. Black Swan. Memento. When done well, they're the type of movies that will leave you guessing until the very last moment, sometimes even well after the credits. They're the perfect ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/reeker/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/and-the-snubs-are/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=and-the-snubs-are http://geekin-out.com/and-the-snubs-are/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:43:54 +0000 Shannon http://geekin-out.com/?p=4191 The Academy Awards are my 'bad boyfriend' relationship.  I'm always excited to see him, regardless of how many times he's broken my heart in the past.  He teases me with flashes of brilliance and promises he doesn't intend to keep.  ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/and-the-snubs-are/feed/ 3 http://geekin-out.com/episode-32-archetype-is-not-a-dirty-word/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-32-archetype-is-not-a-dirty-word http://geekin-out.com/episode-32-archetype-is-not-a-dirty-word/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:57:42 +0000 Bree http://geekin-out.com/?p=4116 When we enjoy a movie, TV episode, comic or video game we give most of the credit to the great characterization of the hero, villain and everything in-between. Without good characters, there are no good stories. But what makes these characters ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/episode-32-archetype-is-not-a-dirty-word/feed/ 0 archetypes,characters,Comics,heros,mary sue,Movie,TV,villains When we enjoy a movie, TV episode, comic or video game we give most of the credit to the great characterization of the hero, villain and everything in-between. Without good characters, there are no good stories. - When we enjoy a movie, TV episode, comic or video game we give most of the credit to the great characterization of the hero, villain and everything in-between. Without good characters, there are no good stories. But what makes these characters so great? Is it their actions, their struggles, or the fact that they kick a lot of ass? This week we try to discover the secret recipe to great characters, why people love the anti-hero, while also exploring archetypes that are kinda the worst -- I'm looking at you, Mary Sue. Listen Now Geekin' Out no 1:32:25 http://geekin-out.com/the-make-you-scream-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-make-you-scream-edition http://geekin-out.com/the-make-you-scream-edition/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:49:40 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=4003 It's been a while since I've excited (or bored you all to death) with my horror movie reviews and in feeling extremely guilty in letting all one of my fans down, this week to kick off the new year, I'm ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/the-make-you-scream-edition/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/episode-24-ghosts-slashers-psychos-oh-my/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-24-ghosts-slashers-psychos-oh-my http://geekin-out.com/episode-24-ghosts-slashers-psychos-oh-my/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:00:06 +0000 Bree http://geekin-out.com/?p=3328 The conclusion to our Halloween Spooktacular (yes, I just wrote that). We're discussing the modern movie genres from slasher, shock, gore and foreign remakes. We also discuss the phenomenon of Slender Man and how it may effect the horror genre. Don't ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/episode-24-ghosts-slashers-psychos-oh-my/feed/ 0 Blair Witch Project,halloween,Horror,Marble Hornets,Paranormal Activity,Podcast,Psycho,Slender Man The conclusion to our Halloween Spooktacular (yes, I just wrote that). We're discussing the modern movie genres from slasher, shock, gore and foreign remakes. We also discuss the phenomenon of Slender Man and how it may effect the horror genre. - The conclusion to our Halloween Spooktacular (yes, I just wrote that). We're discussing the modern movie genres from slasher, shock, gore and foreign remakes. We also discuss the phenomenon of Slender Man and how it may effect the horror genre. Don't forget to gather your friends this weekend and check out some of our recommendations for a terrifying night of Halloween movie watching! Listen Now Geekin' Out no 1:27:56 http://geekin-out.com/renfield-you-have-betrayed-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=renfield-you-have-betrayed-me http://geekin-out.com/renfield-you-have-betrayed-me/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:26:38 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=3014 With modern horror films focusing on torture with the deviant psychopath guilty of horrendous and brutal acts of violence, the more fantastical monsters had been tucked away into their dusty tombs and forgotten about.. at least until recently. Vampires have exploded ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/renfield-you-have-betrayed-me/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-audition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmares-on-netflix-audition http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-audition/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:51:37 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=2959 "Kiri... kiri.... kiri... kiri... kiri..." ~ Asami Yamazaki Maybe I'm on a foreign horror movie fix? Sure, I reviewed the movie where three people are sewn together ass to mouth last week and it is ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-audition/feed/ 1 http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-the-human-centipede-first-sequence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmares-on-netflix-the-human-centipede-first-sequence http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-the-human-centipede-first-sequence/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:59:45 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=2743 "Feed Her!"  ~Dr. Heiter Okay, let's not kid around here folks - eventually I was going to have to review this film! Better now than later? I'm not really sure that makes this better. No, I'm sure it doesn't. ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-the-human-centipede-first-sequence/feed/ 1 http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-mega-python-vs-gatoroid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmares-on-netflix-mega-python-vs-gatoroid http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-mega-python-vs-gatoroid/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:58:59 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=2149 "The pythons aren't at the top of the food chain - I am! And we're going to take care them right now!" ~Tiffany This is a special installment of Nightmare on Netflix because I allowed the wonderful Bree to choose which ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-mega-python-vs-gatoroid/feed/ 2 http://geekin-out.com/episode-16-cant-believe-were-doing-this/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-16-cant-believe-were-doing-this http://geekin-out.com/episode-16-cant-believe-were-doing-this/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:00:12 +0000 Bree http://geekin-out.com/?p=2132 A special edition podcast! First off we give our honest view on the relaunched Justice League #1 (sorry guys, it's not going to be nice) then we suffer through a viewing of Sucker Punch (also not very nice). It's a long ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/episode-16-cant-believe-were-doing-this/feed/ 1 Comics,DC Relaunch,Justice League,Movies,Podcast,Sucker Punch A special edition podcast! First off we give our honest view on the relaunched Justice League #1 (sorry guys, it's not going to be nice) then we suffer through a viewing of Sucker Punch (also not very nice). - It's a long one this week, A special edition podcast! First off we give our honest view on the relaunched Justice League #1 (sorry guys, it's not going to be nice) then we suffer through a viewing of Sucker Punch (also not very nice). It's a long one this week, but we'll forgive you if you don't make it through our Sucker Punch commentary... we almost didn't! Guest Host - Shannon @vertigirl Listen Now Geekin' Out no 2:21:11 http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-flight-of-the-living-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmares-on-netflix-flight-of-the-living-dead http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-flight-of-the-living-dead/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:01:34 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=2078 "You thought what? That it was me gnawing on the passengers? Nah, I'm a vegetarian." ~Frank Listen to the last podcast? Well, then you know how much I love zombie movies. Well, I love -most- zombie movies. Since they've been trendy ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-flight-of-the-living-dead/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-the-breakfast-club/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=late-to-the-party-the-breakfast-club http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-the-breakfast-club/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:10:14 +0000 Toria http://geekin-out.com/?p=2084 This week's choice is brought to you by my co-worker Julia, who was kind enough to suggest this one to me when I was rather stuck on which movie to watch. Of course, it's been suggested by other people before, ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-the-breakfast-club/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/ridiculed-ruined-part-ii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ridiculed-ruined-part-ii http://geekin-out.com/ridiculed-ruined-part-ii/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:46:44 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=2052 There have been some terrible remakes, and I'm counting them down. We've already done the first five in Part I and if you haven't read it, you should totally check it out. If you guys are liking my 'Top Ten' ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/ridiculed-ruined-part-ii/feed/ 1 http://geekin-out.com/ridiculed-ruined-part-i/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ridiculed-ruined-part-i http://geekin-out.com/ridiculed-ruined-part-i/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:46:26 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=2035 Last week as an added bonus to my 'Nightmares on Netflix' weekly post, I decided to write about what I consider to be some of the best horror movie remakes. In that post, I mentioned that if someone commented, what ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/ridiculed-ruined-part-i/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/remade-and-remastered-part-ii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remade-and-remastered-part-ii http://geekin-out.com/remade-and-remastered-part-ii/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:06:36 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=1930 Every horror movie out there is at risk of being remade. Each passing year the industry ramps up the number of these retellings, so that soon enough we're going to be drowning in them. Never fear! There are many that ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/remade-and-remastered-part-ii/feed/ 1 http://geekin-out.com/remade-and-remastered/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remade-and-remastered http://geekin-out.com/remade-and-remastered/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:24:57 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=1905 I figured that since I submitted by 'Nightmares on Netflix' piece late this week, that at the very least, I should offer all you guys a little something extra. With Fright Night having just hit/stab/slice/chop theatres across the country, and it ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/remade-and-remastered/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-idle-hands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmares-on-netflix-idle-hands http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-idle-hands/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:50:32 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=1885 "Yeah, well, we weren't in Hell! I mean, there was this bright white light at the end of a long tunnel, right? And there was these chicks' voices, and that music... kinda uncool music, like, Enya. And these chicks' voices, ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-idle-hands/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-the-rocketeer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=late-to-the-party-the-rocketeer http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-the-rocketeer/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:38:11 +0000 Toria http://geekin-out.com/?p=1869 The Rocketeer was recommended to me by both Kim and Brendon, as well as one of my best tweeps, so I thought I’d give it a go. I had high hopes for it when I discovered that it was a ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-the-rocketeer/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-stand-by-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=late-to-the-party-stand-by-me http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-stand-by-me/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:19:16 +0000 Toria http://geekin-out.com/?p=1732 My main motivation to watch this film was that it starred Wil Wheaton, who is quickly becoming one of my nerd idols.  I’ve seen him in the Guild, a couple of clips from Star Trek: The Next Generation and an ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-stand-by-me/feed/ 4 http://geekin-out.com/nightmare-on-netflix-paranormal-activity-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmare-on-netflix-paranormal-activity-2 http://geekin-out.com/nightmare-on-netflix-paranormal-activity-2/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:07:22 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=1487 It's strange getting to do a review of a movie that's come out in the last couple of years. What's stranger still is that only the -second- film of this growing franchise is up on Canadian Netflix. It's sort of ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/nightmare-on-netflix-paranormal-activity-2/feed/ 3 http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-dawn-of-the-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=late-to-the-party-dawn-of-the-dead http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-dawn-of-the-dead/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:03:04 +0000 Toria http://geekin-out.com/?p=1402 This week’s blast-from-the-past review is for George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.  Hopefully I won’t piss Kim off too much, ‘cause she’d probably hunt me down and hurt me for saying anything bad about it.  Luckily for me, I quite ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/late-to-the-party-dawn-of-the-dead/feed/ 4 http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-devour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmares-on-netflix-devour http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-devour/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:47:31 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=1363 "Some people worship Satan for power.. money. Me? I did it for the women. There were more chicks willing to get down at a Black Mass than at a Judas Priest concert." ~ Tattoo Artist What do you get when you ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-devour/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/give-me-the-uzi-night-of-the-comet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=give-me-the-uzi-night-of-the-comet http://geekin-out.com/give-me-the-uzi-night-of-the-comet/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:45:37 +0000 Toria http://geekin-out.com/?p=1175 This week’s ‘80s movie was Night of the Comet, which was one of the few suggested to me that I’d never heard of.  Only Bree of Geekin’ Out fame mentioned this particular movie to me, telling me that “Zombies + ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/give-me-the-uzi-night-of-the-comet/feed/ 5 http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-i-know-what-you-did-last-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmares-on-netflix-i-know-what-you-did-last-summer http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-i-know-what-you-did-last-summer/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:33:28 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=1142 "You got a letter? I got run over, Helen gets her hair chopped off, Julie gets a dead body in her trunk, and you get a letter? Oh, that's balanced!" ~Barry The 1990s focused heavily on their teenage 'victims'. Lots of ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-i-know-what-you-did-last-summer/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/episode-10-from-san-diego-with-love/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-10-from-san-diego-with-love http://geekin-out.com/episode-10-from-san-diego-with-love/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:19:47 +0000 Bree http://geekin-out.com/?p=1070 The Geekin' Out team covers the news and announcements that came from San Diego Comicon 2011 over this last weekend. We discuss our thoughts and gripes about video games, television, movies and of course, comics! We also want to warn our ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/episode-10-from-san-diego-with-love/feed/ 0 Comics,Movies,News,San Diego Comicon,television,video games The Geekin' Out team covers the news and announcements that came from San Diego Comicon 2011 over this last weekend. We discuss our thoughts and gripes about video games, television, movies and of course, comics! - The Geekin' Out team covers the news and announcements that came from San Diego Comicon 2011 over this last weekend. We discuss our thoughts and gripes about video games, television, movies and of course, comics! We also want to warn our listeners about the poor recording quality of this podcast, and we apologize profusely. We have discovered what the issue was and it will be fixed for future podcasts. Listen Now Links Guild Season 5 http://www.watchtheguild.com/ Geekin' Out no 1:41:54 http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-tamara/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmares-on-netflix-tamara http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-tamara/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:39:47 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=1040 "Sorry, Mrs. Natolly. Tamara wants you dead." ~Patrick What do you get when you mix a unattractive high school student, witchcraft and a terrible prank gone wrong? Well, I'll tell you: a really mediocre (if not awful) mix of both Carrie ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-tamara/feed/ 0 http://geekin-out.com/say-anything-anything/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=say-anything-anything http://geekin-out.com/say-anything-anything/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:03:50 +0000 Toria http://geekin-out.com/?p=1032 This week I decided to review Say Anything. It was among one of the movies suggested to me by the good people of Twitter, and it’s been in my collection for a couple of months now. It’s one of many ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/say-anything-anything/feed/ 1 http://geekin-out.com/the-goonies-visited/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-goonies-visited http://geekin-out.com/the-goonies-visited/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:04:23 +0000 Toria http://geekin-out.com/?p=967 Hello, all!  This is my first-ever post for Geekin’ Out and I’m rather excited to present to you my review of The Goonies. I imagine you’re thinking that someone reviewing one of the most iconic movies from the ‘80s is a ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/the-goonies-visited/feed/ 1 http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-fright-night/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmares-on-netflix-fright-night http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-fright-night/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:42:12 +0000 Kim http://geekin-out.com/?p=920 "Apparently your generation doesn't want to see vampire killers anymore, nor vampires either. All they want to see slashers running around in ski masks, hacking up young virgins." ~ Peter Vincent, Vampire Killer Keeping with the 1980s theme of our podcasts ...]]> http://geekin-out.com/nightmares-on-netflix-fright-night/feed/ 1