We continue our Villains we Love to Love arc, with a look at Portal 2’s GLaDOS, her Louise-Fletcher-like chilling calm, nurture-less “mother” persona, and impressively psychotic ability to manipulate — plus the interesting differences in how we perceive female and male villains differently. And we run down the Week in Geek, discussing Joss Whedon’s upcoming SHIELD […]

This week: Audra talks middle-Earth technology with The Tolkien Professor. Sean relates his awesome Tekken 3 tournament experience and teaches Chuck — and you — how to go from zero to hero in Tekken 6 with just a few hours practice. And we discuss battle tactics and leadership in Lord of the Rings: Two Towers. […]

Kaywinnit Lee Frye, a.k.a. Kaylee. Beloved mechanic for the ship Serenity. Mal’s girl Friday with an attitude. I think we all love Kaylee in our own way — but is she a good role model? One definition of the term is “a person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others.” Do parents want their daughters to […]

I heard a great deal about Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog in the last few weeks and it came heavily recommended from people I respect so I decided to check it out. After about 10 minutes in I couldn’t watch anymore, I turned it off it was – horrible. I wondered why folks had been making a […]

It appears Jewel Saite was right: Firefly will arrive in a new box set soon — on BluRay. And if the rest of her land-down-under panel comments prove true, we’ll see some new commentary to go with the additional resolution. Firefly On BluRay Confirmed [Whedonesque]

Jewel Saite seems to have dropped a bit of a bombshell at a convention in Melbourne, Australia the weekend before last, suggesting that we may see a re-release of Firefly “a special edition in a box set.” She mentions being asked to swing by Los Angeles to participate in a new commentary. See for yourself […]

We’re busy re-watchin’ away at GWC. If you’d like to jump in, here’s what we’re currently checking out and discussing: BSG Season 3: Dirty Hands Firefly: Ariel Heroes: (Volume One: Genesis) In His Own Image Movie: Real Genius Dirty Hands offers up not only “My Triumphs, My Mistakes,” but also a piece of prime evidence […]

We’re busy re-watchin’ away at GWC. If you’d like to jump in, here’s what we’re currently checking out and discussing: BSG Season 3: A Day In The Life Firefly: Out of Gas Movie: Real Genius A Day In The Life delivers some great Adama family backstory, and includes some incredible bonding moments between the Admiral […]

If you’ve yet to join the GWC crew in the official Firefly re-watch, now’s a great time to start. This week’s episode is Bushwhacked, important in that it introduces us to reavers — critical to anyone who’s seen the Firefly movie Serenity — plus it goes a long way toward establishing why the Flrefly ‘verse […]