Mark Ritchie"There is no charge for awesomeness... or attractiveness." -- Po, Kung Fung Panda (2008)
| SUMMARY | |
| Geek Speak Status: | Contributing Writer |
| E-mail: | comments@geekspeakmagazine.com |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Preferred Nationality: | Deathwok Clanian |
| Known Alias(es): | MovieMark |
| Michael Bay is... | like Marmite… |
| GENRE CREDENTIALS | |
| Gateway Fandom: | Final Fantasy. |
| Current Addiction(s): | Assassins Creed 2, True Blood and Medium |
| Favorite Movie: | Big Trouble in Little China. |
| Favorite TV Show(s): | Buffy, Angel, Six Feet Under, Spaced, BSG, Alias and Supernatural. |
| Favorite Book: | The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. |
| Favorite Author: | See above. |
| Guilty Pleasure: | I've just started watching Burn Notice. Jack Bristow would be so ashamed. |
| Crush(es): | Buffy Summers, Sarah Walker, Chloe Sullivan, Sydney Bristow, and, ahem, Eric from True Blood. |
| Vendetta(s): | Big Bads that have (supposedly) bigger, badder bosses. Sigh. |
| Fan-fiction: pro or con? | Pro (as long as it’s spelled correctly). |
| THE FINAL 5 | |
| Trek or Wars: | Wars! |
| DC or Marvel: | DC all the way. Although a good blockbuster movie would be nice…just sayn’. |
| Vampires or werewolves: | Vampires. (But not the prissy kind with souls.) |
| Dragons or Unicorns: | Dragons! Dur! |
| Time travel: pro or con?: | It makes for great television, so pro! |
Geek Speaking
FEATURES
- The A-Z of Geek Speak (contributor), Issue 2, April 2010
- Geek Speak: Year One, an anniversary issue retrospective (Contributor), Issue 13, March 2011
- Meet the Mutants, a prelude to X-Men: First Class (Contributor), Issue 15, May 2011
- Goodbye Cruel World, a farewell to the 2010-2011 TV casualties, (Contributor), Issue 16, June 2011
- Through the Pensieve, reflections on Harry Potter (Contributor), Issue 17, July 2011
THE TOP 13
- The Top 13... Superheroes Without Superpowers (Contributor), Issue 6, August, 2010
- Geek Speak Recommendations (Contributor), Issue 13, March 2011
- Super, Man! Issue 11, January 2011
REVIEWS
MOVIES
- Elf (2003)
- Fred Claus (2007)
- Insidious (2010)
- [REC]2 (2010)
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)
- The Collector (2009)
- The Eye (2008)
- The Pack, AKA La meute (2010)
