What happens when you smash a hammer down on a small puddle of Nitroglycerine? Okay. Imagine then that you’ve a slow motion camera filming the explosion too. What would that explosion look like if you slow things down by a factor of 100, 200 or even 600? The truth is that liquid nitroglycerine transforms into […]
TV show news, trailers and reviews
Welcome to Geek Native's TV section, your guide to the best of the small screen. From epic fantasy series and sci-fi sagas to the latest superhero shows, we cover the television that fuels our geek passions. This is your hub for news, reviews, and a whole host of trailers to keep you ready for the next big premiere.
Our TV coverage has a special focus on Anime, with a dedicated section for the latest news and reviews from Japan. We also explore the ever-growing world of Online Shows, including the popular 'Actual Play' series where tabletop adventures come to life on screen. Whatever you're watching, you'll find it discussed here.
Banksy does the Simpsons: MoneyBart
“This is what you get when you outsource”, jokes The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean. He’s talking about The Simpson’s title created by the British graffiti artist Banksy. The sequence shows a dark vision of a 20th Century Fox production line as it malefactors Simspons merchandise. In reality the bulk of the animation is outsourced […]
Watch before it’s YouTube Yanked: English Dub Iron Man anime
The Madhouse production of an anime version of Iron Man has been long teased. We’ve seen snippets and trailers. Now we’ve got the whole first episode, in two parts, available on YouTube. You’ve got to figure that these two vids will be yanked under YouTube’s Claim Your Content policy fairly quickly. So? Watch them now […]
New Dirk Gently’s Holistic Dectective Agency series coming
The BBC will be showing a new Dirk Gently Holistic Dectective Agency series. It’ll show on BBC Four. Fans of Fisfits, Vexed and Merlin will be interested to know that Howard Overman, who writes for all three, is responsible for the adaptation of the famous Douglas Adams’ novel. Dirk Gently will be played by Stephen […]
Will Wonder Woman be David E Kelley’s female superhero?
Script writer David E. Kelly – the man who created Ally McBeal – wants to make a female superhero TV show and Deadline are reporting he’s met with DC Entertainment. Details are really scarce. If this is a Wonder Woman show then it’s likely to be a reboot. Aready there’s some doubt as to whether […]
The producer of the A-Team and Johnny Depp star-maker has died
Sad news from America; Stephen J. Cannell has died. He was 69 and battling melanoma. Cannell created the A-Team and was a creative consultant on the recent A-Team film. He rose to attention by writing for Ironside and Columbo and was more recently seen on TV a guest star in Nathan Fillion‘s Castle. In his […]
The Walking Dead’s Opening Titles – fan made
Here’s a good example of just how much the fans want to see the Walking Dead (and why it should come to UK TV or the production teams and schedulers involved risk undying curse horrors of doom). Fan Daniel Kanemoto has created his own take on what the opening titles to The Walking Dead could […]
LARPer interviews Sylvester McCoy, talks Doctor Who
This is cute video. For a start we’ve a program that doens’t take the piss out of LARPing. Kudos to Playstation Game Runners on VBS.TV. Kudos also to Niahm who, I think, does really well as the ad hoc presenter. I don’t know for sure if this is Niahm’s group but Heroes and Heroines meets […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Squirtles
Some mashups are too good not to do. Take the immortal Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (once known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the UK because, weirdly, the word ‘ninja’ was thought to be too violent) as a start. What could you mash in? Pokemon! You bet. In fact, once we make that call it’s […]
Game of Thrones trailers, teasers and pictures
In America HBO teased audiences with a look at future productions before their True Blood finale. Game of Thrones was among them. C’mon Sky. Bring it to the UK! They’ve released some videos; a behind-the-scenes look at the production with George R. R. Martin himself, David Benioff and one Sean Bean. There’s a new trailer […]
