Comments on: The Geekbox: Episode 6

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:34:31 +0000

I’m totally not correcting this in a fit of snooty elitism, so much as maybe this’ll better focus further LOST theories.

While yes, Lewis incorporated a lot of Christian imagery and allegory into the Chronicles of Narnia, Narnia the country was never a stand in for Heaven. There was still violence, terror, death, tragedy, sadness etc. which stood opposite to Lewis’ theological idea of an afterlife. Narnia and the world it existed in was considered an alternate reality but still very “here and now” albeit in a fairytale/fantasy setting. There was an allegory of Heaven, but it was Aslan’s Country, found across the sea at the edge of the world (Prince Caspian after he had died was later seen there, young and alive at the end of The Silver Chair). At the end of The Last Battle which was all about the end of the world as they knew it, they “passed through” a dark ominous stable door and found themselves in the edge of a new reality or existence that was a) was a much fuller plane of existence than what they had previously understood it to be and b) incorporated all that was Good, not just of Narnia, but England and everything and everywhere else. It’s there that Aslan tells them that they are dead and have passed from The Shadowlands (later in a book that Lewis while grieving the loss of his wife, Joy, Lewis referred to this reality as the same) into Morning. This was Lewis’ idea of a new perfect Heaven and Earth that you find at the end of Christianity, philosophy.

All that to say: Them being dead is what I’ve suspected all along, but I don’t think Lewis and Narnia adds credence to that theory.

By: Usakei

Usakei — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:49:30 +0000

Hey guys great podcast, heres my submission to the contest if you guys are still holding it.
http://usakei.deviantart.com/art/Rorschach-Geekbox-114993532

Sorry to hear about the fire, I hope you are doing well. My wife and I dread the thought of a fire or robbery since most of the things that go missing are things you cannot replace. Wish you all the best.

By: john

john — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:07:36 +0000

Pleaseeeeeee cut down the spy tip stuff. I’d really like the show if you’d tone that down a bit. Well, that and the humping stories. That’s really not funny in the slightest, in fact, it’s quite gross.

By: ajm1240

ajm1240 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:42:35 +0000

Oh of course Karen’s voice is sexy. But it was kinda sexy before so….

By: ZenGaijin

ZenGaijin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:29:26 +0000

Let me be one of the many to say, as a 18+ year StreetFighter fan. Keep T.Hawk and DeeJay’s defunk asses out of SFIV. T.Hawk has always been an unbalanced characters his moves have zero openings when blocked.

DeeJay as said is one of the worst character designs ever created. I’d love to see Alex, Ibuki or Makoto from SF3 before anyone.

I find it kind of disheartening that they just completely throw SF3 out the window. It’s kind of a slap in the face to all the fans of that game to not include anyone from that game.

By: Anthony_Galindo

Anthony_Galindo — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:55:06 +0000

looks like I didn’t do it right, here it is:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=287gls8&s=5

By: Anthony_Galindo

Anthony_Galindo — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:53:39 +0000

here's my entry:

By: Dave Gilbert

Dave Gilbert — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:12:02 +0000

Howdy Geekboxers. I was told you blogged about Emerald City Confidential so I thought I’d check this site out. Neat site you’ve got here. Thanks for the plug!

-Dave

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:00:09 +0000

I always thought one of the main things about Lost was that they were throwing esoteric, yet real concepts at you. Granted, I only watched two or three seasons, but it seemed like most things were somewhat plausible . . . though the smoke monster has never made sense to me.

So, by definition, it really is sci fi. Anyway . . .

By: Luminari

Luminari — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:01:56 +0000

You guys continue to blow my mind in geek-dom mindset…”I want a chessy movie. I don’t want a bad movie.” “It should be chessy, then it would be better.” “it tried to be too serious so it’s crap.” I don’t know WHEN you started watching “American” animation or how much older I am than most of you…but Transformers was not “that bad” of an animation show…it was worlds beyond much of what had come before and paved the way for better niche animation later. The reason I found the film a dissapointment beyond the loud, noisy, Bay-signature “business in the frame and people yelling ‘No!’ loudly and repeatedly equals compelling and terse drama,” was that, impreseively…there was better characterization in the 90 minute three part TF pilot than in the live action film! I could understand you guys saying, “It’s just Transformers!” if you held such a high aesthete all the time…but then you celebrate other cornball stuff…
This isn’t an angry e-mail. Just an observation…and vaguely off-putting. Other podcasts, I get it…they’re so critical of EVERYTHING. Other podcasts laud everything. But for a geek cast…you kinda tear certain things down without much critical argument…just personal preference…then raise other things on a pedestal on admittedly nonsense personal preference.
I guess it just has tangs of Console fanboys and the like. Be yourselves…but don’t forget some of your built-in audience came from more critical dialogue balanced with the fun from the old GFW casts.