http://www.orble.com/the-fiefdom-of-geek/ The Fiefdom of Geek is a blog about anything that we think is interesting and geeky. Zeonprime is a science fiction, robotics, and superhero geek. Irene is a book geek first and foremost, followed closely by science fiction and film. We are married and live in Canada. en Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:18:00 GMT Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:18:00 GMT info@orble.com info@orble.com http://www.orble.com/images/geek4.jpg http://www.orble.com/the-fiefdom-of-geek/ http://www.orble.com/i-cannot-stop-playing-bookworm-adventures-vol-2/ I installed Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 (by publisher PopCap Games) a few days ago and have been playing it non-stop (that is, outside of time spent on important things like... http://www.orble.com/i-cannot-stop-playing-bookworm-adventures-vol-2/#comments http://www.orble.com/i-cannot-stop-playing-bookworm-adventures-vol-2/ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:18:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/deanna-troi-enterpriseds-dressup-doll/ Did you know that the original conception for Star Trek: The Next Generation's Counsellor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) was that she was "exotic" and had three breasts? (Science fiction alumna... http://www.orble.com/deanna-troi-enterpriseds-dressup-doll/#comments http://www.orble.com/deanna-troi-enterpriseds-dressup-doll/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:35:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/we-want-information-information-information/ Short-lived television series The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan, only ran for seventeen episodes before it went off the air. Now considered a cult classic, the series is a fast-paced and... http://www.orble.com/we-want-information-information-information/#comments http://www.orble.com/we-want-information-information-information/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:39:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/how-i-wish-revenge-of-the-fallen-ended/ Warning: This post contains spoilers for the movie. I often rate movie trilogies on the merits of the second movie and how it bridges the series together. Amongst geeks it... http://www.orble.com/how-i-wish-revenge-of-the-fallen-ended/#comments http://www.orble.com/how-i-wish-revenge-of-the-fallen-ended/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:07:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-fallen-vs-the-fallen/ When the title for the current Transformers movie hit the nets many months ago it created quite a buzz for the new movie. "Revenge of the Fallen? Really?! Wow, this... http://www.orble.com/the-fallen-vs-the-fallen/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-fallen-vs-the-fallen/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:11:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-women-of-buffy/ Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a ground-breaking television show for its genre-bending plots as well as its take on gender relations and feminism. In this post I present... http://www.orble.com/the-women-of-buffy/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-women-of-buffy/ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:30:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/hes-got-big-balls/ Bayhem is now a word. The two-and-a-half-hour experience of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is best described as an adrenaline junkie's version of a movie. The story, as expected, is... http://www.orble.com/hes-got-big-balls/#comments http://www.orble.com/hes-got-big-balls/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:22:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/tah-pagh-tahbe-have-you-experienced-shakespeare-in-the-original-klingon/ Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, which is in my opinion one of the franchise's most under-appreciated movies, features the great Christopher Plummer as Klingon General Chang. He's one of... http://www.orble.com/tah-pagh-tahbe-have-you-experienced-shakespeare-in-the-original-klingon/#comments http://www.orble.com/tah-pagh-tahbe-have-you-experienced-shakespeare-in-the-original-klingon/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:14:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/thoughts-so-far-on-fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/ *spoiler-free* Whether or not you're a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist, you might've heard of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the second anime series in the franchise that started airing in Japan in... http://www.orble.com/thoughts-so-far-on-fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/#comments http://www.orble.com/thoughts-so-far-on-fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:20:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/up-up-and-up-some-more-up-in-3d/2/ On a spur of the moment request from my son, I attended the movie UP in 3D. I could only remember my last 3D experience of Jaws III and being... http://www.orble.com/up-up-and-up-some-more-up-in-3d/2/#comments http://www.orble.com/up-up-and-up-some-more-up-in-3d/2/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:03:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/doctor-who-ruined-my-childhood/ When I was a kid growing up in the 80s, I used to watch a lot of TVO (TV Ontario). TVO had the best kids' shows, in my opinion. Children's... http://www.orble.com/doctor-who-ruined-my-childhood/#comments http://www.orble.com/doctor-who-ruined-my-childhood/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:56:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/if-i-were-making-superman/ I recently had an interesting conversation with my friend D.W. about Superman movies and where the studio went wrong with the last four (the first, directed by Richard Donner, is... http://www.orble.com/if-i-were-making-superman/#comments http://www.orble.com/if-i-were-making-superman/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:25:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/stand-by-your-man/ There are several women in Terminator Salvation. Don't feel bad if you missed them, because you might have blinked or slurped your soda or something to that effect. But there... http://www.orble.com/stand-by-your-man/#comments http://www.orble.com/stand-by-your-man/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:32:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/ten-literary-dystopias/ Literary dystopias have the distinction of being able to fall broadly into genres such as literary fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and forms such as comic books and manga. As a... http://www.orble.com/ten-literary-dystopias/#comments http://www.orble.com/ten-literary-dystopias/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:40:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/take-two-time-paradoxes-and-call-me-in-the-morning/ My wife and I have seen every Terminator film: we're pretty familiar with 1984's inspired B-movie The Terminator, the ultimate Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the poorly executed Terminator 3: Rise... http://www.orble.com/take-two-time-paradoxes-and-call-me-in-the-morning/#comments http://www.orble.com/take-two-time-paradoxes-and-call-me-in-the-morning/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:04:00 GMT