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Boycotting Marvel: A fisk
Comics Alliance and I have had a longstanding grudge. As in they print politically correct BS, and I ignore them without playing my preferred Deadly Sin card: Wrath. However, when someone directly asks me to have a crack at them, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Fisks, Superhero
Tagged Black Panther, Blade (Marvel), Boycotts, Captain Marvel, ChrisCross, Christopher Priest, Comics Alliance, Dwayne McDuffie, Feminism, Hercules (Marvel), Homosexuality, J. A. Micheline, Luke Cage, Marvel, Marvel Civil War, Marvel Comics, Marvel Ultimate Universe, Miles Morales, One More Day, Racism, Reginald Hudlin, Sad Puppies, Social Justice Warriors, Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man
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(Fake) Catholics for Choice
For well over a year, various people have been telling me I need to be on Twitter. When I created The Catholic Geeks’ Twitter account, those same people celebrated that I would be able to put the “smackdown” on various other … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Rants, The Church
Tagged Abortion, Anti-Catholic, Catechism, Catholics for Choice, Planned Parenthood, Snark, Strawpope Frank, Twitter
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Detroit Goes to the Devil
The following is a preview of the opening monologue for this upcoming episode of The Catholic Geek Radio Show. Let’s start with the Satanic Temple unveiling its statue of Baphomet in Detroit. Yes. This happened. Not only did it happen, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News, Rants
Tagged Satanic Temple, Satanism, Separation of Church and State
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Sherlock, Flash, Arrow, and Ann Lewis on The Catholic Geek
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Posted in Commentary, Fiction, Historical, History, Mystery, News, Superhero, Writing
Tagged Ann Margaret Lewis, DC Comics, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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Talking Iran and Military Tech with Ava Armstrong
Check Out Military Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Did I ever mention I live on a corner? A corner that does NOT have a four-way stop sign? What happens when a body (of … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Romance, The Church, Thriller, Writing
Tagged Ava Armstrong, Iran, Military, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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Let’s Take Back Rainbows
Ever since the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage, people on Facebook have put that rainbow overlay on their profile pic. Matthew posted on July 3rd instructions on how to Vaticanize your profile pic with an overlay of the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Plugs and Promotions, Resources
Tagged Bible, Facebook Banners, rainbows, Social Media
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Enter Strawpope Frank
Note: If you listen to The Catholic Geek Radio Show, the following may seem familiar. You may have noticed a new segment on the blog under “The Church.” It’s called Strawpope Frank. Because, let’s face it, every time the Pope says … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Rants, The Church
Tagged Abortion, Climate Change, Liberation Theology, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank, Transgender
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Bastille Day
Today is Bastille Day, seen as the beginning of freedom in France. Of course, it lead almost immediately to one of the worst tyrannies in human history. Then that lead to a more efficient tyranny that contradicted that previous tyranny … Continue reading
Suicide Squad Trailer Unveiled at Comic Con
So … what the bloody blue hell was that?
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, News, Superhero
Tagged Amanda Waller, DC, Suicide Squad, Viola Davis, Will Smith, Wolverine
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The Catholic Geek, with John C. Wright and L. Jagi Lamplighter
http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7754943 Check Out Culture Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Wow, that was AWESOME. L. Jagi Lamplighter and John C. Wright are sincerely awesome people. Jagi and I spent a large part of the … Continue reading
Evil Dead returns
Um … Groovy? Yeah. An Evil Dead tv series. You know that this is going to be completely insane. I can’t figure out if this is going to be a comedy or horror. But then, Bruce Campbell has been doing self-parody probably … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fiction, Horror, News
Tagged Ash vs Evil Dead, Bruce Campbell, evil dead, Evil Dead 2, Ivan Raimi, Sam Raimi, Tom Spezialy
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BvS trailer released at Comic Con; Batfleck to Script own movie
I guess the first section to ask is: Why does it look like Kyra Segwick is in this film? Why, God? Why? Superman testifying before a Senate hearing? Batfleck shoehorned into the previous Superman film? You know, the film Man of Steel felt … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, News, Rants, Superhero
Tagged Batman, Batman vs. Superman, Man of Steel
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There They Go Again: Another Episode of “Pope Francis Said What?”
Once again, the Pope has said something that the media has picked and run with, cackling in glee at further proof of how a left-wing agenda is supported by the Church they reject. Let’s start by looking at what the … Continue reading
More Sherlock
Moffat says he’s yet to start writing up the scripts for the fourth round of Sherlock TV movies. (Oh, come on . . . they’re extra-long and you can’t call three of them a “season.”) Now, I obviously deal a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Historical, Mystery, News
Tagged Andrew Scott, Basil Rathbone, BBC, Benedict Cumberbatch, Comic Con, Jeremy Brett, Mark Gatiss, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Stephen Moffat
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The Pope is Not Amused
Well, the Pope is in the news again . . . but this time, not for looking like a communist. In fact, it’s hard to say that this is the face of someone who believes in communist principles: The constantly-peaceful … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News, The Church
Tagged Bolivia, Communism, Evo Morales, Pope Francis, Pope Julian II
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Next Up on The Catholic Geek Radio Show: John C. Wright and L. Jagi Lamplighter
On this coming Sunday’s episode of The Catholic Geek, Declan Finn welcomes two prolific authors: Hugo-nominated author and Catholic convert John C. Wright (Count to a Trillion) and his wife L. Jagi Lamplighter (Prospero’s Daughter).
The Catholic Geek Radio Show: Catholic Sci-Fi with Right Fans
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The Seventh Doctor and the Pandorica
I recently ran across this little gem again. It’s from DragonCon in 2011, where Sylvester McCoy (the Seventh Doctor) reads the Eleventh’s Pandorica speech. While there wasn’t anything truly bad about Matt Smith’s original version, I find myself thinking that this … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fiction
Tagged Colin Baker, Doctor Who, DragonCon, Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, Pandorica, Seventh Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Sylvester McCoy
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Elma Schemenauer and Arthur Powers on The Catholic Geek radio show
http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7805827 Check Out Books Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio This was interesting. Elma and Arthur are both members of the Catholic Writer’s Guild. One has a career and a CV that’s longer than … Continue reading →