Prime Time Geek

In case you missed it among this week’s new releases on DVD and blu-ray, the “ultimate” gift for the Watchmen fan in your life has finally arrived:

If there’s one thing that rubs my rhubarb, it’s double/triple-dipping when it comes to home video releases. When a studio releases and re-releases the EXACT same movie over and [...]

 

 PTG Episode 14 Hour 1: This Bad Apple You're Gonna Love [56:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (55)

Hour 1 of Episode 14 begins with a drop from a movie we never get tired of here at PTG, John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China, featuring Kurt Russell in perhaps his most memorable role, at least among cult classic fans, Jack Burton:

Jack: Not so fast there, gentlemen.
Lo Pan: Is it too much to [...]

 

 PTG Episode 13 (Hour 2): Galactica's End? [61:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (59)

Hour 2 of Prime Time Geek’s 13th Episode kicks off with the taiko drums that us BSG fans have come to know and love, the music that’s been part of the lead-in for arguably the best show on television these past six years. I could think of no better lead-in for this hour of PTG [...]

Who watches the Watchmen? Well, quite a few people this weekend, as expected, but not quite as many as I’m sure Warner Bros., DC Comics, and Legendary Pictures were hoping would.
Here’s the breakdown of the box office numbers from ‘Watchmen’ this past weekend, as compiled by David Pierson of the Los Angeles Times:
Superhero blockbuster “Watchmen” [...]

 

 PTG Episode 11 (Hour 1): Mad Mario's Creed [58:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (29)

Mad Mario the Assassin, and PTG’s High Lord of Home Theater, joins me for both hours of Prime Time Geek this week, and though his Assassin’s Creed costume (pictured above) is certainly scary in its attention to detail, as you can plainly see, I lived to tell the tale. In all seriousness, it’s a GREAT [...]

So this year as far as “geek movies” are concerned, the BIG one is, obviously, Watchmen. More than a few people out there are looking forward to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, as well. Star Trek, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, Terminator: Salvation, and G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra will get us through the summer months, [...]

Sure, why not?
We saw it with the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, released in both theatrical and Extended Cut versions on DVD. More recently, we saw it with the release of the Blade Runner Five-Disc Complete Collector’s Edition, which featured FIVE different cuts of the movie (at least it was all in one package, as [...]

 

 PTG Episode 8 (Hour 1): LOST with DocArzt [58:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (29)

In Hour 1 of PTG Episode 8, entertainment reporter and LOST Blogger Jon Lachonis, a.k.a. Doc Arzt, calls in to talk about discovering the wonder that is ABC’s LOST, its unique approach to storytelling, and his academically-informed approach to talking and writing about the show in his blog and in his book, Lost Ate My [...]

 

 PTG Episode 4 (Hour 1): Hungry Like the (Night) Wolf [54:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (50)

In Hour 1 of this week’s Prime Time Geek, the DC Spotlight falls on Final Crisis #7 and the “death” of Batman (no, REALLY this time!), we say a fond farewell to Ricardo Montalban, who was beloved by most for his role as “Mr. Roarke” on Fantasy Island, but was revered by Star Trek fans [...]

Just a reminder about this week’s show time change – this Saturday evening, Jan. 17th, Prime Time Geek will air LIVE on ustream.tv at 6PM EST, not 8PM. Next week we’ll be back to our normally scheduled Bat-time.
And speaking of Bat-time, it APPEARS that time FINALLY ran out for ol’ Bruce Wayne in DC Comics, [...]