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Jun
2nd

PTG Episode 121: ‘FlashForward’ Should Have Seen It Coming

Author: Felix | Files under Comics, Podcasts, TV Series, Toys
 
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Originally posted at PrimeTimeGeek.com.
PTG Episode 121 is brought to you by the Prime Time Geek Message Board over at SomaCow.net. Yes, our poor, neglected message board is finally getting some love in the form of a new topic asking YOU, our listeners, to suggest which summer TV shows you’d like us to review while our [...]


Dec
30th

Return to Galactica

Author: Felix | Files under TV Series, Toys, Video

For this week’s affiliate deal spotlight, we thought we’d get a little nostalgic and look back at what many consider to be one of the most popular cable TV series of the soon-to-be past decade, SyFy’s Battlestar Galactica.

It’s hard to believe BSG has been gone for as long as it has already–the final [...]


Dec
24th

Last-minute gift ideas from Off-World

Author: Felix | Files under Events, Movies, Toys

First and foremost, Merry Christmas Eve! We here at PTG hope that the 2009 Holiday Season has been a happy one for you so far–if not, well, there’s still time for you to ‘make it so!’
(Feel free to groan at that one–I did.)
We also sincerely hope that you’ve gotten all your holiday shopping done, ’cause [...]


Dec
9th

All Aboard the Hogwarts Express

Author: Felix | Files under Movies, Tech and Gadgets, Toys

As promised in yesterday’s post, our weekly affiliate deals spotlight focuses on all things Harry Potter. First and foremost, here are some links to the various home video options, all available through Amazon.com:

If you’ve already got the home video covered for the would-be Griffyndor or Slytherin on your Christmas list, then perhaps you [...]


Dec
4th

PTG Episode 74: Geeks Aren’t Hard to Shop For

Author: Felix | Files under Comics, Podcasts, TV Series, Toys
 
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Originally posted at PrimeTimeGeek.com.
PTG Episode 74 is brought to you by more Geek Holiday Shopping tips. In this episode we once again bring to your attention to LA Times columnist Geoff Boucher’s wonderfully geektastic blog, Hero Complex. In particular, we spend time talking about Part 1 of his 2009 Holiday Geek-Gift Guide and the suggestions [...]


Dec
2nd

For the Terminator fan on your Christmas list …

Author: Felix | Files under Events, Movies, Toys, Video

As I’m sure most of you already know, Terminator Salvation arrived on DVD and blu-ray in stores yesterday. Like just about every other major home video release nowadays, it arrived in a number of different versions and packaging options, so if you’ve got someone on your Christmas list hoping to receive this movie as a [...]


Aug
10th

PTG Episode 42: Remembering John Hughes … and G.I. JOE

Author: Felix | Files under Movies, Podcasts, TV Series, Toys
 
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PTG Episode 42 is brought to you by every G.I. JOE episode ever made. They’re all now in one big collector set by Shout!, available over at http://www.gijoecollectorsset.com/. Watching any portion of this really is great preparation to watch the new film, G.I. JOE: Rise of Cobra, because the film really IS just a live [...]


Jul
27th

PTG Episode 38: San Diego Comic-Con Edition

Author: Felix | Files under Comics, Events, Games, Movies, TV Series, Toys
 
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PTG Episode 38 is brought to you by, well, what else: San Diego Comic-Con. Yes, we weren’t ACTUALLY there, but with all the information we’ve tried to digest over the past four days, it certainly feels like we were there … without all the cool swag, pictures with VERY cool people, and jet lag, that [...]


Jun
29th

PTG Episode 30: Triumph and Tragedy

Author: Felix | Files under Comics, Events, Games, Movies, Podcasts, TV Series, Toys, Video
 
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Prime Time Geek Episode 30 is brought to you by Add This. Help support Prime Time Geek by using the “Share” button at the end of this and every entry, provided by Add This, to share this page on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and more than a dozen other social networking sites. And if anyone makes [...]


May
24th

PTG EXCLUSIVE-Interview with Peter David, ‘Writer of Stuff’

Author: Felix | Files under Comics, Events, Podcasts, TV Series, Tech and Gadgets, Toys, Video
 
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On Thursday, May 21st, renowned comics writer/novelist/screenwriter Peter David (The Incredible Hulk, Supergirl, Fallen Angel) appeared at Coliseum of Comics at the Fashion Square Mall to meet with fans and sign autographs, ahead of his scheduled appearance the following weekend at the Orlando Area Science Fiction Society’s OASIS 22 Convention. The Eisner-award winner and bestselling [...]