Geek Chic

Stories by Geek Chic

Below are recent stories by Geek Chic

• Last updated: 19 Jan 2010 16:06

  Got Leverage?

  Christmas is over. We're well into January. What this actually means, finally, is some decent telly. But forget the return of 24 and Lost, the most unmissable US show of the next few weeks is Leverage.

• Last updated: 14 Dec 2009 15:17

  Green Day: Rock Band greenlit - finally

  We've had The Beatles - which was, if you'll forgive the pun, fab - and we've had Aerosmith, AC DC and Metallica which were a little more disappointing, and now it's official: Green Day are getting the Rock Band treatment.

• Last updated: 10 Dec 2009 15:00

  Back to humanity

  Being Human Season Two is around a month away from airing, and there's much to be giddy about. [this blog - and the stories it links to - contains some minor spoilers]

• Last updated: 2 Nov 2009 10:39

  V for victory?

  TV and film doommongers are forever moaning that there are no new ideas out there any more. And after this year - when Star Trek was one of the best performing films - you've got to wonder if that's a fair summation of the entertainment industry.

• Last updated: 14 Aug 2009 10:45

  Singer takes on Galactica

  WELL he's taken on the X-Men, and Superman, and even the Usual Suspects, but news of Bryan Singer's latest foray into filmmaking has taken industry insiders by surprise. He's rebooting the reboot of Battlestar Galactica.

• Last updated: 30 Jul 2009 10:37

  Jack Bauer to take on Ahmadinejad... Almost.

  Forget making your Twitter avatar green in solidarity with Iranian dissidents, they have a new protector - in the new season of 24, Jack Bauer will be taking on President Ahmadinejad.

• Last updated: 24 Jul 2009 16:56

  Comic Con shorts - day one

  All the latest geek news from San Diego Comic Con.

• Last updated: 24 Jul 2009 00:47

  Saying goodbye to The Middleman

  It's probably the funniest TV show you've never seen. And for one day only today the cast of The Middleman were reunited after the show's untimely demise to show what might have been.

• Last updated: 23 Jul 2009 01:21

  A whole new world and a working holiday

  I don't hide my geek light under a bushel. Never have. I'm used to being the pedant arguing about whether Han shot first, why odd numbered Star Trek films are better than even ones. I'm used to being one of the geekiest people in the room. But this week I am in geek Nirvana. Nerd Mecca. The Holy Land. And I am a little frightened to find I am one of the least geeky people here.

• Last updated: 14 Jul 2009 13:22

  Watching the Watchmen... Again. And again.

  With Zach Snyder's Director's Cut of Watchmen due out impendingly, finally fans will get a chance to see the film as it should have been. Right? Well sort of.

• Last updated: 9 Jul 2009 15:09

  Too much of a good thing?

  As the BBC devotes an hour of prime time a night to the team from Torchwood for an entire week, Geek Chic asks if we're suffering from overkill.

• Last updated: 24 Jun 2009 11:11

  The great summer of films? Perhaps not

  Several of the big film releases of 2009 have hit our screens already, and so far, barring Star Trek there's been nothing that's really stood out as film of the year fodder. Is this the end of the summer blockbuster?

• Last updated: 3 Jun 2009 13:34

  Beatles Rock Band? Yeah, yeah, yeah!

  There are games that, when they're announced, evoke a frisson of anticipation. There are games that, when they're announced, make you think 'hmm, that's a possibility for game of the year'. And then there are games that, when they're announced make you think 'right, I need to book three days off work for when that comes out'. And then, there's Beatles Rock Band.

• Last updated: 30 Apr 2009 16:55

  The wait is almost over

  J J Abrams' reimagining of Star Trek is set to beam down impendingly - but will it ensure the franchise will live long and prosper?

• Published: 16 Mar 2009 12:30

  Is it the end of an era?

  It started off as a joke - why would you take a cheesy scifi show from the 70s and remake it as a gritty commentary on the War on Terror? - but as Battlestar Galactica comes to an end after five years on our screens it will leave some big shoes to fill.

• Published: 17 Feb 2009 12:30

  Geek Chic on the Beeb

  How can it be that we're gearing up for the end of Being Human season one already? And what kind of a world is it in which we live where American series do 22 episodes in a run and we get six? Pah.

• Published: 23 Jan 2009 12:00

  It's almost time...

  The wait is almost over. Being Human starts on BBC Three on Sunday night at 9pm. Yay. In the same timeslot as both Lost and new Supernatural. Boo. Talk about making things difficult for yourself.

• Last updated: 9 Jan 2009 19:47

  Russell Tovey 'was in the frame' for eleventh Doctor

  He may be playing the lead in the BBC's hotly anticipated new genre show Being Human, but Russell Tovey has spoken for the first time at exactly how close he came to being given the keys to the Tardis and the biggest job in scifi.

• Published: 23 Dec 2008 12:30

  It's that time of the year...

  Yep, 2008 is almost over, what better time to look back at what has lit up the cinematic world - and died like a damp squib - over the last twelve months. The big question is, will you agree with me?

• Published: 22 Dec 2008 12:30

  And the third time's a charm

  Well finally we've seen Annie. But only seen her. The Beeb (or possibly writer Toby Whithouse) is an utter utter tease. She doesn't even speak!

• Published: 19 Dec 2008 12:30

  The first look at the new Mitchell...

  When Aidan Turner got the role of Mitchell in Being Human there were a lot of people convinced he wouldn't be able to do what Guy Flanagan did in the pilot. I say a lot. Not a lot maybe, but certainly a vocal minority of the people who fell in love with the show when it was first shown.

• Published: 16 Dec 2008 12:30

  Being Human goodies ahoy

  The Americanisation of British things is often a bad thing. People in shops telling you to 'have a nice day', the use of 'z' rather than 's' in way too many words, the fact that if you order a large coffee nowadays it's actually a bucket that you could swim in and priced accordingly.

• Published: 11 Dec 2008 12:30

  Have you TRIED turning it off an on again?

  Whether you're an IT geek or have ever worked anywhere where you've had to deal with the IT department, Channel 4's brilliant comedy The IT Crowd is part of the week's essential viewing at the moment.

• Published: 28 Nov 2008 12:00

  Interview with the Vampire

  One of the things I love about my job is that no two days are ever the same. There's always something unusual going on and it means there's never a dull moment.

• Published: 11 Nov 2008 12:30

  Live long and prosper...

• Published: 4 Nov 2008 00:30

  Newly human: Meet our new Annie and Mitchell

  It's been a while coming, but finally we know who are new Being Human housemates are. So should the fans be worrying? What do you think...?

• Last updated: 4 Nov 2008 00:30

  Newly human: Meet our new Annie and Mitchell

  It's been a while coming, but finally we know who are new Being Human housemates are. So should the fans be worrying? What do you think...?

• Published: 30 Oct 2008 12:30

  Doctor who?

  Suffice to say if you were a BBC Press Officer yesterday was probably the kind of day that left you huddled under your desk weeping.

• Published: 22 Oct 2008 09:30

  Say goodbye to free time...

• Last updated: 14 Oct 2008 09:54

  Watching the Watchmen

  For a film that's been in development hell for eons, Watchmen suddenly seems to be everywhere.