I woke up this morning only to find out that Stephen Amell, who plays Oliver Queen (The Arrow) in CW’s hit TV show Arrow got Continue reading
I want my NERD HQ!
Let me start off by saying that I have, unfortunately, never been to SDCC or Nerd HQ. I absolutely love going to conventions (mostly local – NYCC, Philly Comic Con..etc.), but Continue reading
Making friends again with Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is a show that I didn’t really start watching until recently over the last few years. The name kind of turned me off when it came out. On the surface it looked like a show that I just wouldn’t appreciate because I was far removed from High School. I have no problem admitting when I’m wrong, and boy was I wrong. This show unfortunately was killed off well before it should have, but at least it had 2 really good seasons and one so-so one (Damn you Piz!). With the modern miracle of crowdfunding we now have a true follow-up to the show.
For many fans, I’m sure lyrics to the TV show’s theme song are a perfect way to describe how they feel about Veronica Mars. “A long time ago, we used to be friends, but I haven’t thought of you lately at all”. The movie itself shares the same narrative theme. The movie starts out with Veronica in NY, having left Neptune after her first year at Hearst College 9 years ago. Due to reasons I won’t spoil, she travels back to Neptune to help an old friend she hadn’t spoken to that entire time.
300: Rise of an Empire Rises Above It’s Predecessor
Going into 300: Rise of an Empire, I was a bit skeptical about the movie. The first 300 movie I saw 3 times in the theater. The visuals at the time were ground breaking and hadn’t been seen before. The fight sequences felt like something out of Asian cinema, with its gore and intensity. Looking at the trailer for the new movie it looked like it was going to be more of the same . . . but 8 years later. Over those 8 years we have seen other movies use similar action sequence techniques so it no longer feels new or fresh. Somehow with that against him, director Noam Murro managed to create a movie that surpassed Zack Snyder’s original.
Donate your comics!
If you’re a nerd over 30, chances are you have a ton of stuff you just don’t have any use for anymore, but you don’t know how to get rid of it. I was in that situation for a while. I had over 2000 comics and I didn’t know what to do with them. I thought about selling them on Craigslist or EBay, but there is lot of time and effort that goes into that for very little reward. If I sell it to a store it will be quick, but they will only give me a nickel per issue. In the end I figured I’d donate the comics and use it as a tax deduction. While I got nothing up front at the time, I made the donation, it definitely just helped with my tax refund. It was also fairly quick and painless. Read on to see my experience in donating comics.
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