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If done incorrectly, the Naughty Girl Good Guy is nothing more than a sexualized sidekick. She's degraded into a one-dimensional stock character, objectified to the point of misogyny. If done correctly, however, she offers a compelling personality and Read More

For many Americans (myself included), Independence Day isn't complete until they've seen fireworks somewhere. Fireworks aren't limited to the 4th of July, however. Here are five great fireworks displays from the world of Science Fiction and Fantasy Read More

The Green Lantern Corps is an intergalactic law enforcement organization, but of all the Corps members from Earth, none of them has any previous law enforcement experience. I’m not saying every recruit needs a law enforcement background, but it might be Read More

Fandomania is abuzz over the upcoming Green Lantern movie, but as super and heroic as I'm sure the Green Lantern is, he can't hold a candle to my all-time favorite superhero, Wonder Woman. She absolutely rocks, and these are just a few reasons why (in Read More

What do you get when you take a bad guy persona and inject it with good guy core values? You get the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups of genre fiction. Here’s a list to show you what I mean. Read More

Since Green Lantern opens this coming weekend, I figured it would be a good opportunity to throw together a short list of songs that have something to do with the Green Lanterns. Some are only tangentially related, but others are specifically about Hal Read More

A couple of weeks ago, I featured covers of geeky songs. This time I’m featuring non-geeky songs covered by geeky artists. There are some repeat artists on this list, but there are several new ones as well. The list is arranged somewhat loosely by genre Read More

Whacky, wise, or wondrous, wizards play an important role in fantasy and fantasy-derived genre fiction. Along with the young hero on a quest and the evil overlord, wizards are one of the most common archetypes of fantasy fiction. Let’s get a good list Read More

From dance to drugs, disco left its distinct mark everywhere. No form of entertainment, including science fiction, escaped the awesome power of the disco era. Strap on your roller skates and put on your short shorts as we take a look at the Read More

In celebration of Mother’s Day (which is this Sunday, in case you weren’t aware), I sat down and went through my iTunes library and picked eight “mother-themed” songs from some of my favorite artists. My goal in choosing eight of my favorite songs that Read More

Most of the bands who write concept albums are not exactly “geek bands,” although they often play with sci-fi concepts. With this month’s theme of dystopias, I’ve found my excuse. There have been quite a few bands over the years who have created albums Read More

Movie buddy actors have such charisma between them, they could have done the films without dialog. When all acquired layers of civilization are removed from these movie buddies, what is left is naked friendship that we can feel, appreciate — maybe envy. Read More