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We are coming back!

After some time away from podcasting, I believe it is time to restart the SHOW that talked about all things geek.  Losing my father in 2011 put a damper on things in wanting to do shows, but instead of putting the show away, I want to honor my Dad by restarting the show and giving props to my GEEK parents and returning to one of the things I love!

  There will be some of the old cast, and there will be new faces.  I will be hitting up different conventions and giving you the lowdown on them.  I will post pictures as fast as i can, and with Comic-Con coming back in July, I will try to give you a insider's inside view of the show complete with surprises and special guests!  I have missed doing this and wanna get back in the groove.  If there is anything you want us to talk about or see, we will tr and get it for you.

GEEK OUT!

Leaked "Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome" Trailer Is Frakking Awesome

http://www.buzzfeed.com/catesish/leaked-battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-tr

"Big Mike Vs. The Con" Mark Christopher Lawrence Hosts Comedy Nights at San Diego Comic Con

#SDCC Peeps if your your looking for a good laugh at Con. Maybe need an actual DATE type moment then check out this show were working on with BIG MIKE. I'll be blogging a little this week as our fearless leader and team members are making sure that the GEEK World as we know it stands tall.

Peace, 

David Kamatoy

Lamb's Players Theatre Presents "Big Mike vs The Con
NBC Co-Star of Chuck Hosts Comedy Extravaganzas

San Diego, CA - Lamb's Players Theatre, in conjunction with Prayer Dudz, presents Mark Christopher Lawrence of NBC's hit series Chuck in a two-night comedy extravaganza, "Big Mike vs The Con" at the Horton Grand Theater on July 21 and 22. Mark is joined on Thursday night for a family-oriented "clean comedy" show with comics Jimmy Burns, Lester Barrie, and Scott Wood and guest musician K.C. Murdock. Friday night's show is an edgier, more adult-oriented evening with Chuck co-star Scott Krinsky and comics Chris Clobber and Vicki Barbolak and musical guest Josh Damigo. The two nights are a counterpoint to the wildly successful Comic-Con which runs Thursday through Sunday.

Thursday, July 21
Mark Christopher Lawrence is joined onstage by Jimmy Burns, known as "The Teacher Comedian," "Mister Punchline" Scott Wood, and Gospel comedian Lester Barrie. Jimmy Burns has toured with George Lopez, Arsenio Hall, Brad Garrett, and the late Richard Jeni. Jimmy has also co-hosted "Live from Here with James P. Connolly" on the National Lampoon Comedy Radio Network. Scott Wood has performed at such venues as The Ice House, The Comedy Store, and The Laugh Factory, and was named Stand Up Comedy Champion at the Improv Comedy Club in 2010. Lester Barrie has been the opening act for Ray Charles and been a co-headliner with Mike Epps, Jonnie Witherspoon, and Bruce Bruce. Musical guest K.C. Murdock opens the night with his mix of classic and alternative rock and blues.

Friday, July 22
Mark and his co-star from Chuck, Scott Krinsky, are joined by talented comics Chris Clobber and Vicki Barbolack for a night of edgy and adult-oriented humor. Besides his role as Jeff Barnes on Chuck, Scott Krinsky regularly performs at the Comedy Store and Improv in Los Angeles. Chris Clobber is the co-producer of BrewHaHa comedy and has written for major Las Vegas and Hollywood performers. Named Nikelodeon's "America's Funniest Mom" and "California's Funniest Female," Vicki Barbolak has worked with the likes of Pauley Shore, Rhonda Shear, and Roseanne Barr during her years on stage.. Friday's musical guest Josh Damigo was the 2010 winner in the San Diego Music Awards "Best Acoustic" category and the 2009 "Best Local Recording Artist."

We extend a special invitation for the media to attend and review the "Big Mike vs The Con" show on Thursday, July 21, or on Friday, July 22, for a fun filled night celebrating Comic Con in San Diego. For tickets call 619-437-6000. To learn more about Big Mike vs The Con comedy show visit Lamb's Players Theatre at http://www.lambsplayers.org. For media inquiries or to schedule and interview with Mark Christopher Lawrence, call David Kamatoy/Kamatoy Media Group at 619-940-5648.

GANTZ...One Night Only Event

01/20/2011

NEW PEOPLE and NCM Fathom are bringing the world premiere of GANTZ to movie theaters nationwide for a one night live event on Thursday, January 20th at 8:00 pm ET/ 7:00 pm CT/ 6:00 pm MT/ 8:30 pm PT (tape delayed).This live-action feature, based upon the popular Japanese manga and anime series, is the ultimate survival game. It will be English over-dubbed exclusively for this big screen event.

Following the feature, the two stars, Kazunari Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama will participate in an exclusive live interview that can only be seen at this event

Gantz (ガンツ, Gantsu^?) is a Japanese manga and anime series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of Kei Kurono and his friend Masaru Kato who die in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which they and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens armed with a handful of futuristic items of equipment and weaponry.

The Gantz anime, directed by Ichiro Itano and animated by Gonzo, ran for 13 episodes and had a direct sequel called Gantz: Second Stage, which continued the series for another 13 episodes. Both seasons make up the 26 episode series. It was licensed in North America by ADV Films. The anime series is distributed in the United Kingdom by MVM Films, and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. Dark Horse Comics started releasing the manga in English in June 2008. A series of two live-action movies based on the manga are also currently in production and will be released in 2011.

 
cover of 1st Gantz video

GRT's Own Ned Cato Jr, Named Eisner Judge for 2011

 

 

GeekRoundtable's own Ned Cato Jr, has been bestowed with a great honor, being named as an Eisner judge for 2011.  The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award, commonly shortened to the Eisner Award, is a prize given for creative achievement in American comic books. It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner, who was a regular participant in the award ceremony until his death in 2005.

Each category is nominated by a five-member panel, voted on by comic-book professionals, and presented at Comic-Con International  held in San Diego, California. Jackie Estrada has been the award administrator since 1990.

The judges will meet in San Diego in late March to select the nominees that will be placed on the Eisner Awards ballot. The nominees will then be voted on by professionals in the comic book industry, and the results will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on Friday, July 22 at Comic-Con.

The other Judges are:

Karen Green

Columbia University's Graphic Novels Librarian. Karen began her library's comics and graphic novels collection in 2005. She works extensively with Columbia faculty in a wide range of disciplines to facilitate the use of comics in their courses and has curated a related exhibition, "Comics in the Curriculum." She has also spoken at several campuses around the country, as well as to librarian groups, as an advocate for comics in an academic milieu. Karen writes the "Comic Adventures in Academia" column for ComiXology.com, which examines issues in comics librarianship, and has written about comics cataloging for Publishers Weekly. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art.

 

Andrew Helfer, who spent over 20 years wearing a variety of editorial hats for DC Comics, editing such titles as Justice League and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight and writing such titles as The Shadow. He later founded the DC imprint Paradox Press, producing a series of 17 graphic nonfiction "Big Books" on topics as diverse as Urban Legends, Conspiracy Theories, and Scandals. His Paradox Mystery and Fiction imprints introduced readers to both A History of Violence and Road to Perdition, two graphic novels later adapted into successful films. His interest in manga led to encouraging DC to publish the wordless adventures of a tiny dinosaur named Gon. After leaving DC, Andrew continued producing nonfiction comics, writing and editing a series of biographies that included Malcolm X and Ronald Reagan, among others. Currently, he is working on a new fiction comics project while raising (with his beautiful wife Jaimie) their brand new (and equally beautiful) daughter Emilia.

 

 

Rich Johnson, who has been in just about all aspects of bookselling, from store manager to buyer to publisher. As the first vice president of book trade sales for DC Comics, he took the forefront in establishing graphic novels in the bookstore and library markets. Under his watch, DC Comics achieved its first New York Times Bestseller with Neil Gaiman's Sandman: Endless Nights. Most recently, Johnson served as co-founder and co-publishing director for Yen Press, a graphic novel and manga imprint for Hachette Book Group. He also co-founded Yen Plus a monthly manga anthology magazine. He currently writes a column for the comic book industry website The Beat. He is also founder of Brick Road Media, LLC, a publishing consulting and packaging firm. He is the author of the graphic memoir My Father's Eyes.

 

Chris Powell, the General Manager & CRO of Lone Star Comics/mycomicshop.com. He has been with Lone Star since 1990, holding positions ranging from sales to executive management. Chris was a founding board member of ComicsPRO, the Direct Market comic retailers' organization, serves on the board of moderators for the Game Pro Symposium and the Advisory Board for the Game Store Resource Forum, and is a past president and current board member of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

 

The Eisner Awards are presented under the auspices of Comic-Con International: San Diego, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular artforms. primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture.

Eisner Awards administrator Jackie Estrada can be reached at Jackie@comic-con.org.

 

You want million dollar!?

Ahh, so here we go.

Anyone that's listened to us knows how much we despise multiple title summer blockbuster ccrossovers with life changing consequences and solutions that will eventually be washed away at the end only to start all over again in about 3 months time.

So how could I ever find a story that contains all of that and actually enjoy it? Can't right? Until recently...

This has been one of my favorite online comics and OMG they actually did the same exact thing with other online comics, just better. And it was free.

This is brought by the guys of LeastICouldDo.Com and LFGComic.com. I've talked about these guys to other people before and I have successfully converted them to reading it daily and also reading the writer's blogs.

Enjoy!

Ultimate Final Civil War Invasion Crisis Thing

And this deserves a notice. 

Dollhouse. Oh my god! They finally pulled in the big number, Alan Tudyk. If you don't know who he is it's this debonair mother fucker

 

He comes in as a paranoid environmental pothead engineer, which becomes funny how well he plays the role. And the second half of the show this guy gets way more lines and becomes vital to the episode, and just fucking shines

This show really needed a chance given to it than what it got. The characters and story telling is completely different that Joss Whedon's Buffy and Firefly. Which has been a down side for some people. Which kinda made me think, "You know what, this is the same type of thought people went into the Spirit with". And I would just ask people to give this show another try. The twists aren't cliched and change every episodes, they end and the characters have to live with their decisions. And it comes back to bite them in the ass.

It's too bad that we won't be able to see the episode that stars Felicia Day, ready?

Her ~~~>

really I could have posted any picture, but why not her with a lightsaber? *SWOON*

Guess I'll have to see that episode when the DVD get's released.

I won't be covering any news about Star Trek, cause we're all going to have our opinions. Word to your mother.

Collaborating and listening,

Johann "The Johann Joseph" Joseph

Buy a movie ticket.... Help save the environment!

This week going to the movies you can help the environment.   Disneynature is The Walt Disney Company's independent film arm, and premiering this week in the US is it's first film, Earth.  Disneynature primarily features documentary styled nature films.  Earth follows the adventures of three animal families in the wild.
 If you buy a ticket the opening week of the film Earth, The Disney Company will plant a tree for every ticket sold.  You get to see a great film and help the planet at the same time, everyone wins!  So get out there with your friends and family and enjoy!

Here is a list of future Disneynature fils

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingoes  released worldwide December 2008

Oceans  released domestically 2010

Orangutans: One Minute to Midnight  released worldwide 2010

Big Cats  released worldwide 2011

Naked Beauty: A Love Story that feeds the Earth  released worldwide 2011

Chimpanzee  released worldwide 2012

Disney is doing it's part, now it's our turn, don't forget to Recycle, Reuse, and Conserve!

Geek Out!

Ned Cato Jr,

Lost Zombies

I was checking my many emails and different accounts on different social sites, when I got a notification from Twitter from an interesting group with an interesting site, Lost Zombies.  Lost Zombies is a San Francisco based zombie themed social network creating the first ever crowd sourced zombie documentary. You can join Lost Zombies and create your own profile page, view photos, take part in discussions, chat and submit content to be used in the documentary. 

The people have created a basic story/timeline and and ask people who join the site and add their own unique stories to the main storyline.  How do you do this? On the site once you join, is a grid of required stories.  When you visit the grid, it provides a list of the specific videos, photos and writings that they need to complete the documentary.

  These guys are starting to get noticed, Having won at SXSW and were winners of the Community and People's Choice Awards.  The site also has a store where you can buy clothing and products, with the Lost Zombie logos and taglines.  This is a growing community that seems to be exploding in size.  Take a look and maybe join up and be a part of a crowd sourced documentary.

connect with Lost Zombies, here.

Geek Out!

Ned's Favorite things Part Three

I was watching the Sundance Channel the other morning after work, and I stumbled across a sweet little film from South Korea, starring South Korean sensation, Rain.  Some of you might recognize him from the movie, Speed Racer, starring Emile Hirsch.  The name of this wonderful movie is, I'm a Cyborg, but that's Ok.  This film takes place in a sanitarium and in the minds of the co-stars.  Rain plays  Park Il Soon, a patient in the sanitarium who wears masks and believes he steals peoples souls through their personality traits.  Su-jeong Lim plays, Cha Young-goon Park's love interest who believes she is a combat cyborg.

  

A story develops as Park Il-soon seeks to overcome his anti-social tendencies by helping other patients with their problems. In the process he steals one patient's apologetic attitude, another's singing voice, and Young-goon's sympathy (a sin for a cyborg) so she can kill the "white 'uns" who took her granny away. We discover that the "white 'uns" are hospital doctors and nurses.

As the movie progresses we get to delve into the mental state of a number of the patients. A girl who can yodel Alpine songs, but can only view the world through a hand mirror. Another who can fly while lying prone and rubbing her magic socks together. A man who walks backward so no one can sneak up on him. Park Il-soon also steals Young-goon's sympathy so she can kill the "white 'uns." With ll-soon's help she has a successful hallucination of killing off the entire hospital staff.

In reality she has stopped eating for fear food will gum up her inner (cyborg) workings. Park ll-soon figures this out and fits her with a rice-megatron so she can convert food to electricity. Having fitted her with this device he successfully gets her to start eating again to the delight of staff and patient population. Park Il-soon has his own issues, thinking he'll shrink into a dot unless he constantly brushes his teeth. The teeth, you see, are the last thing to go.

Toward the end Park Il-soon has helped a number of other patients with his ability to steal personality traits.

At the conclusion he and Young-goon interpret a vision she's had of her granny telling her the meaning of Young-goon's existence. Since Young-goon could not actually hear granny she and Park ll-sun figure out the message via lip reading. Young-goon's purpose, it is determined, is to explode (she's a nuclear bomb), but she requires a billion volts to pull this off. The two of them figure out that lighting is the best way to accomplish this.

 This movie was directed by Chan-wook Park of The OldBoy Trilogy fame.I won't spoil the end of the movie but is a wonderfully surreal piece of eye candy, think Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets The Science of Sleep via South Korea.  I will be in San francisco  for WonderCon and I will be on the hunt for this movie.  Special prize for anyone who brings me a copy of this film to the GRT panel that weekend.  With Valentine's Day coming up this is the perfect movie to watch with that special someone.  Enjoy!  Oh, and I am now a Rain fan,

Geek Out!

Ned Cato Jr,

Ned's Favorite things Part Two

I have a really cool favorite thing this week.  Colma the  Musical.
This is one of the freshest indie films I have seen in years.  It is a movie about three teenagers (Rodel, Maribel, and Billy) who live in the city of Colma, California, a small town near San Francisco, who have just graduated high school and are facing the future.  All the drama and angst is there, but set to music.  It is a movie set in a time of life the we all have been at or will go through.

 The movie is creation H.P. Mendoza, who wrote all the music, and Richard Wong, for whom whose this was his directorial debut.  This movie is a movie for people who really don't like musicals, done in a style where the music is appropriate where it feels the cast are addressing you the audience person to person.

If you want to watch a DVD that is a different fare from everyone else, get this one.  Grab your friends and sit down and watch these friends you will not be sorry. Ditch Gossip Girls, forget about the City, High School Musicial?  No. Colma the Musical.

  Visit the Colma the musical Website and tell them what you think.  Go to your local video store or go to Amazon and get this DVD.