We’re continuing our coverage heading into the LEGO Masters season one finale tomorrow (Wednesday, April 15) night on Fox. Today, we’re talking with The LEGO Group Design Lead and LEGO Masters judge “Brickmaster” Amy Corbett. Click the embedded audio player below to listen as Amy discusses the path that led her to working for The […]
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Time Lord and Doctor antagonist Missy (Michelle Gomez) and The Master (Sacha Dwahan). Doctor Who season 12 presented a number of questions that call the entire 57 year history of the franchise into question. The season finale presented viewers with the apparent reality that what has been considered canon for the series has been tainted […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes New York Comic Con by Reed Pop, from October 3-6, 2019. New York Comic Con is a massive event taking place from October 3-6. It would be impossible to cover the con in full. But the GeekFamilyNetwork is going to do their best to bring you as much as possible in […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Designed by a fan and implemented by the very intelligent folks at LEGO (they knew that a certain segment of their fan base would appreciate this set very much), the new LEGO Friends Central Perk set is out today! (Not to be confused with the LEGO Friends line of toy sets.) […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Netflix has dropped a new, full-length trailer for the upcoming Dark Crystal series, and we’re getting even more excited. Let us know what you think in the comments! Click through to read all of “Full ‘Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ Trailer” at GeekDad.If you value content from GeekDad, please support […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute This looks simply wonderful. As a life-long Trekkie, when they said this show was coming, I was overjoyed. Now, I’ll be counting the stardates until this arrives. The look of the show, and having it be non-Starfleet centric, is totally exciting. Click through to read all of “‘Star Trek: Picard’ […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes “Don’t get too comfortable with the status quo.” The foreboding comment from Adora’s voice actor, Aimee Carrero, closed out a solid She-Ra panel. DreamWorks showed clips from the new season at San Diego Comic Con, and I walked away impressed with the show’s content. Executive producer Noelle Stevenson setup the coming […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 3 minutes The recent Netflix-sponsored re-translation of the iconic anime removes LGBT themes. We reached out the series’ English translator to learn more. The recent Netflix-sponsored re-localization of Neon Genesis Evangelion, an incredibly famous and influential anime from the 1990s, appears to erase queer interactions between the protagonist, Shinji, and his friend Kaworu. […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute The Dark Crystal is one of those beloved movies from my childhood that has wonder, scares, and amazing design that has stuck with me for decades. And this trailer for the new prequel series coming from Netflix totally transports me back to that magical land. I can’t wait! Click through to […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute The first teaser for the new Picard-centric series had hit, and we’re only getting more excited. I really can’t wait to see what this is going to be like. Does this mean that the Picard family vineyards are going to be a major setting? Click through to read all of “‘Star […]
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Reading Time: 9 minutes DreamWorks, Joaquim Dos Santos, and Lauren Montgomery, after claiming to make content “as inclusive as possible,” failed to follow basic best practices on handling diverse characters respectfully, ignored clear warnings that their depictions were harmful, and attempted to blame external partners to hide their studio’s mistakes. “Each and every one of […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 5 minutes Last weekend at Emerald City Comic Con, I managed to chat briefly with Noelle Stevenson on fandom safety, and diversity in animation. Stevenson has worked on the comics Nimona and Lumberjanes, has won Eisner awards for both, and is the current showrunner for DreamWorks’ She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Sean […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute The first trailer for Stranger Things season 3 is out, and oh man, does it bring the goods! All the little ’80s movie references. The music. Cary Freaking Elwes! The gang is growing up, and it looks like there will be stuff happening at the mall. I. Can’t. WAIT! Click through […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Today is International Women’s Day, and the team behind She-Ra and the Princesses of Power have a message for you! My family has been watching the show on Netflix, and we’ve really enjoyed it: it has a racially diverse, mostly female cast, and great messages about friendship and strength, plus a shining […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Image courtesy of Sesame Worksho For nearly 50 years, Sesame Street has engaged the minds of children through a television program designed specifically for a young audience. Generations of children have grown up watching Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, Grover, Big Bird, the Count, and Oscar the Grouch while learning about […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute A new trailer for the upcoming Good Omens series, based on the wonderful book by the late Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman (who seems to have the TV world in the palm of his hand right now, between this and American Gods), has hit, and it gives us so many more […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Amazon has just dropped the opening title sequence for the upcoming Good Omens, based on the amazing book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, which will star David Tennant and Michael Sheen (and feature a whole host of other amazing actors). It’s everything you might have hoped for, with a Monty Python […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Haven’t you heard? We’re in a horror renaissance. After 2018 gave us the most successful year for horror movies, well…ever, 2019 is already shaping up to challenge that title. Not only have we already been graced by newly minted Oscar winner and horror maestro Jordan Peele’s trailer for Us, there are […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome to another week where we recap, react to, and ruminate about Star Trek: Discovery. Star Trek: Discovery season 2 episode 2 again hit many points that fans felt were missing in season 1. This post will contain mild spoilers, so don’t read ahead until you have watched season 2 episode […]
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