Legos are internationally cherished small plastic interlocking building blocks and minifigures that can be taken apart and used to build other objects. Over the years, Lego has expanded its creations to include products like gears and pulleys and even electronic parts for constructing programmable robots. As a result, there are popular Lego robotics leagues and […]
Continue ReadingMy Pokemon mentor once said to me, “The family that games together, stays together.” He couldn’t be more correct. A few weeks ago I shared with you how my husband and I balance being parents and gamers. My husband and I …
Continue ReadingMy Pokemon mentor once said to me, “The family that games together, stays together.” He couldn’t be more correct. A few weeks ago I shared with you how my husband and I balance being parents and gamers. My husband and I encourage our kids to play games as well. It doesn’t matter if it’s a […]
Continue ReadingIt’s the 25th anniversary of Pixar Animation Studios, the obscenely-successful cartoon company that has pretty much revolutionized the animation business. The company began in 1979 as the humble Graphics Group, once part of Lucasfilm; then it was snagged by Steve Jobs over …
Continue ReadingBefore I start this article, I think I need to get one thing straight with you. I am a soundtrack geek. When a new movie is coming out that I am excited about, such as Deathly Hallows just the other week, not only am I eagerly awaiting the release of the film itself, but also […]
Continue ReadingHalfway through the movie Up, right before we had to leave because my daughter was simultaneously bored and scared, the absence of girl leads in Pixar movies really started to annoy me. Currently she has zero interest in seeing Cars 2, even as part of a friend’s birthday party. There are many Pixar movies we […]
Continue ReadingAs one of the blog’s resident fashion nerds, part of my morning routine includes checking my favorite daily t-shirt sites. Today’s haul proved particularly enlightening, and, I dare say, topical. As many of my fellow geeks are waiting patiently for …
Continue ReadingEarlier this month I received an advance copy of Bands on the Run: The Rubberband Movie to enjoy with my family. The movie is available for sale on May 31st. My 6- and 8-year old sons are avid “Silly Bandz” fans and each have about 100 10,000 that they wear to school, trade around and […]
Continue ReadingYesterday a ripple went through the internet when Entertainment Weekly published first look images of Pixar’s latest in development, Brave. Yes, Pixar movies are usually something to look forward to, but this one more than most. After many, many rants of mine, this one features – finally – a female lead! It’s happening! Not only […]
Continue ReadingI have no explanation for why the MythBusters didn’t get to this first. NBC’s Lester Holt reported yesterday that, as part of an upcoming National Geographic Channel series called How Hard Can It Be? that will premiere this fall, a …
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Traditionally, science-fiction revolves around action rather than drama, humour rather than tragedy. Whilst deaths are commonplace in a genre filled with space battles and horrifying creatures, truly emotional moments are much harder to come by, but that’s not to say they do not exist: far from it. Below is my personal top ten tear-jerking moments […]
Continue ReadingYouTube user whoiseyevan, whose skillful and fun genre-and-era-blending projects comprise their own must-watch list for geeks and movie fans, has just released this stunning vision of Pixar’s Up in the live-action style of classic Disney flicks: The tone of those …
Continue ReadingIf you have a young son (like I do), than you have undoubtedly heard “Real Gone” by Sheryl Crow many, many times. It is the song that opens the Pixar Cars movie. If you want to impress the young ones …
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday John Lasseter! We owe much that is great geeky entertainment in this world to John. He worked on the team that produced the first ever computer animated short, The Adventures of André and Wally B. Then, after Steve Jobs acquired Lucasfilm …
Continue ReadingIf a mainstream animated movie were made today without computer involvement, it would be a big story — but it wasn’t so very long ago that the reverse was true. In 1991, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast made waves by …
Continue ReadingIf you’re anything like most of us here at GeekDad, the Toy Story franchise is well, a Very Important Thing. And so is Lego. So when reader Will tipped us off about this awesome Toy Story Lego build of the …
Continue ReadingThe folks at DK Publishing sent me home from Comic-Con with this gem: Pixarpedia, a big coffee-table book full of images and facts from all of Pixar’s movies and shorts (up to last year’s Up; the book was published last …
Continue ReadingAnd you thought you liked Toy Story 3! The man, formerly called Steve Bolton, made the change to mark the opening of Toy Story 3 in the UK, according to The Sun. He said: “I’m a massive fan of Toy …
Continue ReadingFor many of us, Toy Story is the movie that started our love affair with Pixar and a new era of CG movies. With the current success of Avatar bringing the potential of modern 3D into full fury, the idea …
Continue ReadingBased on the attraction of the same name at Disney theme parks, and featuring characters from the Disney/Pixar films, Toy Story Mania! is a multiplayer mini-game collection, available exclusively for the Wii. While many of the games are entertaining enough …
Continue ReadingDo you ever feel like some people use up all the cool talents, leaving the rest of us with the ability to, say, write blog posts about them? Angus MacLane is one of those people. Not only is he an …
Continue ReadingIn Anaheim, California, over this past weekend, The Walt Disney Company threw a big event for the press and hardcore Disney fans called the D23 Expo. Lots of news came out of it, but of particular interest to geeks — …
Continue ReadingI’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to what brings out most geeks’ inner Klingons. Last week, I came up with a list of what I called the “Top Ten Ways to Provoke a Geek Argument,” and I got …
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