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Worst than Ancient Aliens? A Review of Two History Channel shows.
Worse Than Ancient Alien? Despite its longevity , The History Channel’s Ancient Alien has been a critical disaster. Not only has the show been lambasted for tying nearly every unexplained (and explained) mysteries and human achievements to the existence to ancient aliens, it has managed to turn the once vaunted cable station into a laughing stock.
By Dean Traylor2 days ago in Geeks
The Face of the Safe Bet
Watch enough recent Japanese anime and you get a specific kind of exhaustion. In an isekai show, a truck comes over the hill. The male lead opens his eyes on a grassland. His hair has changed color. His soul has not. In a school show, he sits in the back row by the window. By the third week, the three prettiest girls in school have had lunch with him, argued with him, and nearly bumped into him at a hallway corner. The genre changes. The setting changes. The girls’ hair colors change. The male lead looks injection-molded from the same template: not proactive, not offensive, not sharp, slightly self-deprecating, occasionally dense, and always able to say the right thing at the critical moment.
By Jin4 days ago in Geeks
Anime’s Safest Hero Is Also Its Most Exhausting
1. Two Scenes, One Interface Look at two scenes. On the isekai side, the male lead starts with nothing. A male character claps his shoulder: “You’ve got something, kid.” A female character blushes: “You’re actually very gentle.” He heads to the peak of life.
By Jin4 days ago in Geeks
When Fandom Becomes an Obsession: The Psychology Behind Swiftie Culture
To many listeners, the songs of Taylor Swift serve as a mirror of their inner lives, helping them connect with others, push through hard times, and draw on their own strength. Delve into who they are. The community that forms at her concerts is one where people take solace in one another's company. Through her music, feelings that defy simple description are given expression, and it offers companionship when people face grief, the loss of someone dear, hopelessness, or isolation.
By Jenna Deedy4 days ago in Geeks
Theme park car driving rides are so fun!
Pictured above is a ride at Lake Winnie (Chattanooga) where you get to ride or drive a car from the 1920s on a track. The fun of getting to ride a vehicle from a decade ago and feel what it would have been like to drive one around is exciting, it is a piece of history to have a blast on. I enjoy the prohibition era and speakeasies, so this is a great to put on a fedora and drive! Lake Winnie has a boat ride on their lake you get to paddle yourself. This is quite enjoyable to be able to hang out and gain exercise on a ride while normally sitting still. If you want to go on the lake in a boat that you don't have to paddle, there is a boat ride from the twenties beside the paddle ones that use the lake water. It is a fun little plunge!
By Seashell Harpspring 8 days ago in Geeks
Carrie: TV Series review
Carrie is one of the most widely recognised and universally acclaimed horror novels of the last hundred years. First published in 1974, the novel introduced the world to Stephen King, who would later become known as the king of horror and one of the most successful authors of all time. Over the past fifty years, Carrie has been adapted for the big screen three times, with the latest Amazon Prime adaptation marking the first time the novel has been brought to life as a television series.
By Maria L9 days ago in Geeks
Which Gambit was Better?
Have you ever doom-scrolled and found a video you felt needed a blog because the comment section was too short and limited? Trust me, it's happened to me a lot. I came across a video about the live-action X-Men character Gambit. The video is called “Is Channing Tatum’s Gambit really that bad? The video was made by YouTuber Cinefrenzylab; check out the channel and like their videos.
By stephanie borges10 days ago in Geeks
I'm glad Jeff Fowler changed Sonic's design
Seven years ago, I wrote a blog about two popular video games turned into films, and I shared my opinion on them. The films were Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm just going to be honest: I was totally disgusted by Sonic's design and the film. He looks absolutely fake and absolutely terrifying. Unlike Pokémon, you can literally see that Sonic's design doesn't match the film's environment, and he looks nothing like the game.
By stephanie borges12 days ago in Geeks
The Censor Dictatorship
After the World Wide Web became the hit craze of the nineties, the world can’t seem to get enough of the online sphere. Every day I find myself wrapped up in the vast expanse of social media, catching up on the latest drama or scouring for YouTube clips in the dead of the night and far too much short form content. Anything and everything lies at the tips of your fingers. I’m a child of the internet: I lived through Youtube’s prime and the rise of Twitter and Instagram. Ever since I got my first iPod touch in fifth grade I knew that there was no going back.
By caitodoesstuff12 days ago in Geeks
Love Furry shorts
What do you say, we take a trip undergrrround? Not “Underground” with 1 R but with 3 R’s. I am talking about some animated shorts under 30 seconds about two anthropomorphic canines. They live together as human couples do. One is a hyena named Diesel, and the other is his girlfriend, Roxie, a wolf. If you haven't heard of this interesting show, you might want to check it out on YouTube. I came across it in the suggestions notifications tab while watching more video clips of the famous Miss Chiff, written and created by Dreamshorizon.
By stephanie borges12 days ago in Geeks
The Social Reckoning: Movie Review
If you haven't seen The Social Network , it's genuinely hard to put into words just how incredible a movie it is. It's one of the defining films of the 2010s, and even now, more than a decade after its release, it hasn't lost any of what made it so great in the first place. If anything, it's a film that seems to get better with time. It tells the story of how Mark Zuckerberg became the youngest billionaire in history through the creation of Facebook, as well as the business partners who eventually took him to court over it.
By Maria L15 days ago in Geeks
Other Mommy: Movie Review
'Tis the season to be spooked...but not whilst watching Other Mommy . We’ve all seen the trailer for this movie, which took the internet by storm when it first dropped. It was packed with jump scares, creepy imagery, and the promise of a genuinely terrifying and unsettling cinema experience. With the film hitting theatres just a few weeks before Halloween, it felt like the perfect opportunity to get a few friends together and spend a Sunday afternoon watching what looked to be a seriously scary movie.
By Maria L16 days ago in Geeks