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Being Thankful on Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving is an odd day in many respects. It’s a day that’s tied into both a religious and national history, and yet isn’t considered a holy day or particularly patriotic. It’s a cultural celebration that stands on its own, independent of … Continue reading
The Dangers of Changing the Dictionary
I’ve already used this meme once, but even though it’s a funny little quip, the idea behind it is real, and very dangerous, and I think it’s time we addressed the problem. It’s part of a scene from Babylon 5, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis
Tagged Abandonment, Abortion, Adoption, Babylon 5, Catholic Church, Dictionary, Fact, Jabberwocky, Language, Meanings, Opinion, Racism, Truth, Words
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Captain America: Brother Against Brother
The United States Civil War is often described as being a conflict wherein brother fought brother. It’s a poetic description, but as accurate as only poetry can be. It is both literally and metaphorically true. Marvel Comics’ Civil War event, a … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Superhero
Tagged Captain America: Civil War, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Civil War
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Why I No Longer Complain About Christmas Before Thanksgiving
It’s that time of year. It’s Thanksgiving (in the United States). Just a few more days . . . but we’ve had Christmas decorations, songs, commercials, and anti-consumerist pleas for literally months now. The annual joke is that it happens … Continue reading
The Catholic Geek Radio Show: Potluck Podcast!
Tonight, on The Catholic Geek Radio Show, Lori and I will co-host as we explore the latest in Catholic and pop culture news, from superheroes to theology; Star Wars to ISIS; TV shows, domestic news, and more. Plus, special guest: Strawpope Frank! … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Blog News, Commentary, News, Resources, The Church
Tagged Star Wars, Strawpope Frank, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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Star Trek Returns to the Smaller Screen
This has been a strange few days. First, Van Helsing is making a comeback that makes very little sense. Then, His Dark Materials is rising from the grave like some stupid Hammer Horror film. And now, Star Trek is coming back to television! Seriously, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fiction, News, Science Fiction
Tagged Babylon 5, Netflix, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, television
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Evil Narnia Returns
They say that Hollywood is running out of ideas, but this is ridiculous now. The 2007 film The Golden Compass was from the novel of the same name, written by Philip Pullman, the first in the His Dark Materials trilogy. The author … Continue reading
Van Helsing, rebooted
The 2004 film Van Helsing is apparently coming back to life, only this time on television. … And female. And … why? Vanessa Helsing, the next in a lineage of warriors who must lead mankind against a world controlled by vampires. … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, News
Tagged Film, Movies, television
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Catholicism and Halloween
One of these days, I’ll have to actually see The Nightmare Before Christmas. But that’s not the point today. No, it’s time to address two questions: “What is Halloween?” and “Isn’t it a pagan thing and Catholics should stay away?” Yes, that question. The … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, History, Resources, The Church
Tagged All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, Halloween, Heaven, Hell, Saint
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Are the Honor Harrington Books Too Feminist?
After Lori wrote her review of the Honor Harrington series, she got a comment that she had to take issue with. It wasn’t a comment here on the blog, and the person who made it isn’t a bad person, so I feel … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Science Fiction
Tagged Feminism, Honorverse, Traditionalism
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A full Jessica Jones trailer? Really?
This is going to be creepy as Hell. …. Ahem. Anyway. Possible spoilers ahead — spoilers for the comics, anyway, not sure about the tv show. So, in Marvel Comics earlier this century, they had a Marvel “Max” line — mature … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Fiction, Science Fiction, Superhero
Tagged AKA Jessica Jones, Doctor Who, Jessica Jones, Marvel, television
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There Is No Such Thing as Universal Literature: A Shakespearean Fisk
We haven’t had a good fisk here at The Catholic Geeks in a while, so it was inevitable that we would find some juicy material for one sooner or later. Well, the stupidity of this particular article approaches full plaid. … Continue reading
AAR The Catholic Geek radio show: #GamerGate Primer with ShadowDancer, Ninjas and More 09/27
Declan Finn (Honor At Stake, The Pius Trilogy) has the wonderful RK “Shadowdancer” Modena return. RK Modena is an artist whose work is on sale (and quite beautiful). She will join a panel that includes Matthew Bowman and Tom Knighton. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Gaming, Rants, The Church, Video Games
Tagged #GamerGate, Anita Sarkeesian, Matthew Bowman, Strawpope Frank, Tom Knighton, Zoe Quinn
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AAR: The Catholic Geek radio show: “The Young, Catholic and Restless,” with J. Ryan on 09/13
Jonathan Ryan (Dark Bride) of Ave Maria Press joined Declan Finn (Honor at Stake), discussing being an editor, and “The Young, Catholic and Restless” revolution, his book Dark Bride, as well as working as an editor for Ave Maria Press
Posted in Commentary, Fiction, News, Rants, The Church
Tagged BlogTalkRadio, Catholic Writer's Guild, Declan Finn, Honor At Stake, The Catholic Geek Radio Show, Writing
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AAR on The Catholic Geek radio show: Erin Lale on WorldCon 09/20
Tonight, host Declan Finn (Honor at Stake) will talk with Damnation Press’ Erin Lale, as Erin gives us an after action report on this year’s WorldCon. Erin Lale is an author and editor.
Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Rants, Romance, The Church, Writing
Tagged Damnation Books, Declan Finn, Erin Lale, Eternal Press, Honor At Stake, Sad Puppies, Strawpope Frank, Worldcon
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Game So As to Win: the Virtues of Competitive Gaming
Remember back when I wrote a post about competitive gaming and then followed it up by talking about why I love competition? Well, it’s time to finish the job. I’m here to tell you how competitive gaming can…be virtuous? Well, … Continue reading
Review: The Player
Wesley Snipes is allowed to be on television? I thought he was condemned to be doing direct to DVD films for the rest of his natural life. Anyway, The Player opens with Snipes over a dead body. Ex-FBI agent Alex Kane is … Continue reading
What the Pope Doesn’t Say
There is a lot of people online complaining about “Why hasn’t the Pope condemned Obama? Planned Parenthood? Abortion? Communism? WHY HASN’T HE SAID EXACTLY WHAT I WANT SO I CAN BE REASSURED OF WHAT HE BELIEVES.” Yes, really. If they … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Rants, The Church
Tagged Pope, Pope Francis, Pope Francis Visits, Strawpope Frank, Vatican
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Pope In DC: Bitchsmacks Obama
While the media drools over everything that the Pope says, either with THE POPE’S A DIRTY COMMIE, or THE POPE IS A GREAT COMMIE! Let’s look at some of what the Pope is actually doing, because I’m tired of this … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News, The Church
Tagged Mainstream Media, Pope, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank
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A New Look at Star Wars via Webcomic Style
When I was younger my family had just moved again. We were staying at a hotel and to alleviate the boredom of looking at generic walls and network TV my dad took my brothers and me to run some errands. … Continue reading →