For any parent who won’t let their child have war toys, this video of a “working” LEGO submachine gun ought to give nightmares!!!

 July 2011 is a great month for Star Trek and theater fans.  For the third year in a row, Atomic Arts will be performing a classic episode of Star Trek in Portland’s Woodlawn Park.  This year, they take on one of my favorite episodes:  Mirror, Mirror. If your Trek lore is a little fuzzy, Mirror, [...]

Wonder Northwest bills itself as the Portland Comics & Pop Culture Expo.  I would suggest that the man behind the curtain, Billy Galaxy, might want to change the title next year… just call it “Portland’s Everything That is Cool Expo.” Last fall I attended PAX Prime 2010 in Seattle.  Tens of thousands of geeks invaded [...]

  OK, OK… it’s hard to believe that a bunch of geeks with a Sci-Fi based podcast would have sci-crushes on Natalie Portman.  But it was so nice to see her in “Thor,” I have decided to make her my Sci-Crush for the month of May.  Ms. Portman has an amazing resume… “Thor,” “Star Wars [...]

I came across this photo at a site devoted to bicycling in Portland, Oregon.  According to Bikeportland.org this photo depicts the early stages of a bike powered Imperial Star Destroyer created as part of an upcoming Star Wars v. Star Trek bicycle event during Pedalpalooza 2011. Yeah, welcome to Portland.  People here love their bicycles, [...]

This week marks the introduction of the latest commercial tie-in line of LEGO brick series. Pirates of the Caribbean LEGO sets mark the beginning of the push for the latest installment of the Pirates of the C. franchise, On Stranger Tides, which sounds a little like a laundry snafu to this Sci-Guy,  but the half-dozen sets that [...]

If you read our forums, you probably know Amy Adams has joined the cast of Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman film in the role of Lois Lane.  I recently watched “The Fighter” again and have to admit that Ms. Adams certainly can play a headstrong, assertive character.  And as the accompanying photograph suggests, she can certainly pull off [...]

If you listened to our last podcast, you know that the Sci-Guys trashed the latest offering from the DC Animated Universe:  “All Star Superman.”  But let me get something off my chest… Christina Hendricks did a fine job providing the voice of Lois Lane.  She also recently revealed that she has been reading manga! (And not [...]