Geek Soap Box

Seven Things I Learned While Watching 2012 1. It’s no Independence Day. I am a huge fan of one of Roland Emmerich’s previous works, Independence Day. ID4 was a nearly perfect reincarnation of the spectacular book and movie War of the Worlds, told for a modern-day audience. 2012 lacks every element that made ID4 so [...]

Seven thoughts from the mini-movie 24: Redemption, which aired tonight on FOX: 1) Mixing It Up: It’s great to see that the year-plus layoff has given the writers an opportunity to come up with a storyline that does not appear to involve Muslim terrorists or nuclear weapons; as “real” as those issues may be, we’ve [...]

7) It’s Not Even Close On one side, John McCain had at his disposal a vast array of facts, ideas, and well-considered policies. On the other, Barack Obama could barely muster a “GEORGE BUSH!” between his stammering uh, uh, uh’s. Aides and allies of McCain referred to the event as the strongest he has ever [...]