Jon Boutelle

There's an expression in fan chat rooms and message boards that has fallen a little by the wayside.  It refers to when a classic series is updated or "improved" to be made more palatable for a modern audience.  I refer, of course to: "Eat…

When we reviewed The Spirit during its theatrical release, we thought the experience might have been improved on DVD. The theory was the movie was so full of brilliant, distinct images and equally full of complicated action, we ached to…

There are a billion reviews of this movie, and there were a billion articles in advance of it.  The demographic I fall into is well-represented already as far as online criticism goes.  (What, a white thirty-something wannabe writer who…

We here at The Unique Geek are always on the lookout for the next cool television show and we have a list we work from to determine whether or not it reaches the coolness that is “Unique Geek” (who are we kidding? We are not cool). So when…

He has a sword with THREE blades, and two of them can be FIRED off to SHOOT at people, and the blade in the middle kicks ass, and if that is not enough (and it isn't), the hilt detaches to reveal itself as a DAGGER! It is the greatest…

Let's get it out of the way. The Spirit, in wide release Dec. 25th, is not a straight-forward adaptation of the Will Eisner comic strip.  That always seems to be the "concern" of the comic fan, and it rings hollow, a standard applied to…

Today from the science desk we learn that your odor is as unique as your fingerprints. Judging from the elevators at the last DragonCon, there a lot of people have strange fingerprints. DelToro continues to be a busy guy... the Sci-Fi…

The LA Times blog Hero Complex, has posted an interview with Beyonce where she claims to want to play Wonder Woman. While we here at TUG believe that she has the legs for the part, we question whether she has the (acting) chops. Not that…

The good news is we finally have a date for the debut of Joss Wedon's new series Dollhouse. The bad news is that is the 'Screw-You-Joss' timeslot of Friday February 13 at 9pm.  This was also the timeslot that the nimrods at Fox decided to…

Scott (Need Coffee), Jon, Ron, Todd, Serv, and Ed (YES ED!) get together to wrap up a successful con weekend. This issue is brought to you by : GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts…