Happy New Year, folks! We hope your 2013 is off to a great start – ours sure is, especially with kind words like these flowing into our mailroom. So thanks! And keep ‘em coming…
First, there is this, from Sandra Sass:
Loved the list of Christmas episodes, but how how HOW could you choose “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas” over such an important arc-building episode as “Christmas Carol”/“Emily” for The X-Files? I have to confess that “Ghosts” is one of my least favorite eps of the whole sixth season, mostly for the …

From the FBI’s finest to Stargate Command’s bravest to the Jossverse’s most tragically doomed…
by The Geek Speak Staff
Elsewhere this issue we’ve been celebrated this Valentine’s Season of Love, for really no other reason than we never have before. With that in mind, it seemed to us that there could be no better way to explore those ephemeral matters of the heart than to take a look back at our favorite couples on TV — because what’s more romantic than watching TV, right? Whether they end up with a Happily Ever …

Love is in the air and we here at Geek Speak are celebrating with a very special Geek VS Geek about my favorite comic book pairing of all time: Batman and Wonder Woman. Throughout their incarnations (Wonder Woman was first introduced in 1941, Batman in 1939) the two have been teammates, friends, antagonists, and love interests. Many writers have explored, or a better word might be hinted at, their relationship across the DC Universe. Their relationship has also been hinted at on the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited cartoons …

When it comes to the cultural and spiritual divide that exists between the two major comic houses, one as epic as that of Capulet vs. Montague or York vs. Lancaster or even Stark vs. Lannister, I have often stated my allegiance to Marvel. I am so very definitely a Marvel girl that I almost automatically recoil from anything DC-related, and while there are some exceptions to this admittedly discriminatory rule – I love Teen Titans and the Green Lantern animated series, and have recently spent many a happy hour in …

An expat reflects on a year Australia: the Good, the Bad and the “IE”.
by Amy Sharma
Ah, Australia. The Land Down Under. With its Outback, Crocodile Dundee, the Crocodile Hunter (who, BTW, Australians thought was a major tool and/or idiot for chasing down salties, but they did appreciate his conservation efforts), the English Queen on their money and most importantly, that catchy little Men at Work tune.
Everyone not already from here dreams of vacationing (or “holidaying”) here. The land is beautiful. The people are friendly. And they have things we don’t …

Buggers, Giants, Gods and Oz brought to life.  �
by Kellie Sheridan
I am not a movie buff by any stretch of the imagination. When people think of me, they think “books,” one hundred percent of the time. Okay, maybe both “books” and “intensely nerdy” come to mind. But this year, everything changes. 2013 is a year that will see so many great books come alive on the big screen, and I couldn’t be more excited. There is something for every kind of genre fan, as well as a few big-buzz titles …

The strong women, tortured men, alien kids and cartoon mutants that have since defined our lives.
by The Geek Speak Staff
Valentine’s Day will soon be upon us, and while it is only sensible to decry this so-called holiday for the gratuitous, cynical exercise in greeting-card, flower and chocolate sales it is, there is no denying that at this time of year even the hardiest geek’s thoughts often turn to love (or as Pepe Le Pew always had it: l’amour).
Nor can we ignore the fact that for many – probably most – …

Following its final episode, a look back at how we got here.
by Rachel Hyland
PETER: Let me ask you something. My father, not my favorite. He is without a doubt the most self-absorbed, twisted, abusive, brilliant, myopic son-of-a-bitch on the planet. So he was a chemist. That much I already know. He worked out of a basement lab in Harvard, doing research for a toothpaste company. I also know that there was an accident at the lab one night, when my father was arrested. Beginning the first truly peaceful period in …

Ever wonder how these awards are decided? Apparently, with a little help from one of us.
by Jason Luna
My name is Jason Luna. I won a million dollars on NBC’s 1 vs. 100 in 2008, and ever since I’ve been looking for new ways to explore opportunities as an actor. In 2012, while taking classes with the Groundlings improv troupe in Los Angeles and doing community theater in San Diego, I worked on a short film by Nicolas Simonin, Healer.
This film allowed me to join the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), which …

AKA Vs.
Written by: Jason Trost
Directed by: Jason Trost
Starring: Jason Trost, Lucas Till, James Remar, Sophie Merkley, Lee Valmassy
In Short: It’s Mean Guns meets that Die Hard with Samuel L. Jackson in it – with superheroes.
Recommended: Yes, actually. A lot.
CHARGE: I have a plan. If he thinks I’m still playing, he won’t know what I’m doing.
“Written by, Directed by and Starring” can be some of the most terrifying words in film. Even Woody Allen, the poster boy for this kind of monomania, has happily lopped one of those off his resume …