It’s time to watch every Star Wars trailer in a row, to prepare for Rogue One awesomeness

It’s time to watch every Star Wars trailer in a row, to prepare for Rogue One awesomeness

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I'm surprised I haven't posted about Star Wars more often, considering it's been part of my like for about as long as I've been been walking and talking. Saw the original in the theater when I was a wee lad, had the comics, had the toys, listened to the audio version on vinyl records with my little kid's turntable. The whole damn Star Wars experience. Later, I read the books, played the games, and had the bitter Internet debates. Maybe that last part is why. Is there anything left to be said about Star Wars other than "it's awesome" or…
Watching a bunch of Harry Potter trailers back-to-back, because why not?

Watching a bunch of Harry Potter trailers back-to-back, because why not?

Posted inFilms, Geek Stuff, Videos, Works by Eric
A new movie set in the Harry Potterverse is about to debut, Big Giant Monsters and How to Get Them, so my esteemed Youtube Partner, Tig of Nerd out with Me fame, and I decided to do what any sane middle aged men drinking beer in an attic would do: we watched all the Harry Potter trailers back-to-back, jabbering as we did. Eight trailers is a lot. This is a long episode of Hours in the Attic, just short of our longest to date. But we also think it's a fun way to quickly revisit all those Potter flicks, so…
Lots of cool geeky movie posters & swag! (new Hours in the Attic episodes!)

Lots of cool geeky movie posters & swag! (new Hours in the Attic episodes!)

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It's a happy day when Hours in the Attic returns from its summer hiatus -- had to take some time off, it gets HOT up in that attic! -- and an even happier day when Tig brings a whole mess of movie theater swag to show off. Tons of superhero flicks, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and more. Part 1 has pins and oddball items, and part 2 is his "holy wow" movie poster collection. This thing is crazy impressive - and we only show about half of them! Dig it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2YSasOkOio   Okay, that part was cool, but…

THIS is how you do a movie trailer – Arrival (2016)

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How wonderful to not know something exists, stumble across a trailer for that thing you didn't know existed, and be instantly blown away at a mere minute of mind-blowing speculative fiction goodness. (Yes, I used "blow" twice.) What I mean is, watch this damn trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwqSi_ToNPs Now THAT is how you do a movie trailer. Simple, sparse, moody, and frickin' gripping as hell. That's it. That's all I need to see. I'm done. I'm in. I'm seeing it. Might even skip the full trailer that are teasing, because I don't need to see anything else but this. Yes, it appears to be…
Trans-frickin’-formers, more than meets the frickin’ eye. I said, TRANSFORMERS!

Trans-frickin’-formers, more than meets the frickin’ eye. I said, TRANSFORMERS!

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Most kids in the '80s had a toy line that was their go-to, the one their parents kept buying for them because parents of the '80s knew that real parenting involved buying toys. It may have been M.A.S.K. or Thundercats or Masters of the Universe, or if you were a girl Strawberry Shortcake or WWF Wrestling figures. In my case, it was Transformers (even though I liked GI Joe more). So when a friend brought a portion of his huge vintage Transformers collection over for a new episode of Hours in the Attic, I was in nostalgia heaven even as…