The short lived Joss Whedon series Firefly gives many nerds geekgasims of incredible magnitude. It’s hard to believe that a show that lasted one season can have its own rabid fan base that’s as dedicated as they are. I’ve always thought that I would like the series, being a geek who is a huge science fiction fan. I didn’t get a chance to really sit down and watch it. Thanks to Netflix’s instant queue and a dismal social life I’ve finally seen the whole series and I’m wondering what the big deal is about the series.

Now don’t get me wrong, I didn’t absolutely hate the show. It had it’s moments (some were awesome). I just don’t get why people love it so much. I decided to create a list of things that bugged me about the show to both entertain and anger.

1. The re-use of Starship Troopers suits:

Photo from a much superior sci-fi property.

I realize that the series had a limited budget, but I’m a big Starship Troopers fan, so it’s damned distracting any time I see those re-used costumes. To make things even worse is when I’m at a convention I can’t tell what they are supposed to be. The lame-o brown coats think that they’re call backs to Firefly while the awesome people (me) think they from the greatest sci-fi bug themed combat film of all time, which always leads to fist fights and guys dressed up like space cowboys crying like babies.

Continue reading Why I Don’t Like Firefly

The Right to Arm Bears by Gordon Dickson (and Ben Bova)

Book Report by Vincent

I realize that you’re too stunned to even read the rest of this report. You might just be questioning your sanity. Are you really seeing a grizzly bear in military fatigues holding a machine gun on the cover of this book? I can’t vouch for your sanity, but yes that is what you’re seeing. I was just as stunned as you are right now, so I knew I had to read this puppy. I was excited to find out just who these bears were, who they were fighting, and how many of their enemies they shot or blew up.

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Thanks to: Super Punch

The staff of The Robot’s Pajamas is pleased to introduce the first episode of what we hope to be the long running Robot’s Pajamas podcast, The Robot’s Pajama Party: The Official Geek Culture Podcast of Awesome. We’ve got a double helping of geek power as I’m joined by by friend Matty who is hilarious and just happens to have an excellent podcasting studio.

Matty and I talk about geek stuff, but we’re not your typical “recite the news and pretend to be funny” geek podcast. Nope, it’s a unique spin on geek topics and culture and we are genuinely entertaining.  

You can listen to the episode right here in this fancy flash application:

This episode: Apathy towards Green Lantern’s casting, bragging about which cons we’ve attended, thoughts on Scott Pilgrim, Predators talk, movie trilogies, inappropriate toys for children, why Inception sucks, and everyone’s favorite punching bags, the Juggalos.

You can also find the show on iTunes, so if you check it out there for the love of all that’s unholy please give us a good review. Oh yeah, and here’s an RSS feed for the show.

We would love to hear your feedback on the show. Either leave a comment here, on the Robot’s Pajamas Facebook page, or on the Robot’s Pajamas Twitter account.  You can even email us at RobotsPajamas@gmail.com.

And if you have any more questions for either of us or topics you’d like to hear us discuss, be sure to send a message in any of the above places!

This is a international poster for the new  Tron flick, Tron Legacy. Sweet chickens in heat, that’s hot. It’s so hot that it overcomes the inherent un-sexiness of the bun hairstyle. I’ve got to see this movie.

No doubt you’ve seen this by now, but here’s the trailer for The Walking Dead television series. It seems like the whole nerd community is on board for this one, because it looks so freaking sweet.  I really can’t imagine a way of this sucking, well unless Frankie D. changes the ending like they did to the The Mist. Argh! The only thing that bugs me the least little bit is the whole waking up in the hospital to the chaos has been pretty well played out at this point. Overall though, great stuff. It doesn’t even look like a TV series, more like an honest to goodness kick ass movie.

An extremely talented toy customizer by the handle of Dr. Vile on Hisstank has finally done it. He’s created the greatest toy combinations of all time. While some are mearly content to make a transforming Cobra Hiss Tank from G.I. Joe, Dr. Vile goes several steps further by creating a giant ass combiner robot that has individually transforming Cobra vehicles. Behold!

More pics after the jump!

Continue reading The Greatest Transformer/G.I. Joe Toy of All Time

I know that fans of Twilight will get mad when I say this, but damn it everything I’ve ever seen from Twilight looks like shit. They’ll say, well did you read it/see it for yourself? And I have to say no, but I can usually tell crap by how it looks and smells, I don’t have to taste it. Just the insane plot elements above are enough to make me feel glad that I skipped out on this whole thing.

Thanks to: Reid of Light Within Light

I’m a bit of a horror fan, but The Last Exorcism really didn’t appeal to me because it just seemed like a retread on an idea I feel was pretty well covered by a billion other flicks. I do love that they did a pretty great viral campaign on Chatroulette though. Just watch as these guys freak out after they think they are going to get a show.

Thanks to: /Film

My mom recently ran across some photos of my favorite cat of all time, Henry.* I was pretty surprised to find one of me with her in the lot. I just love this pic because it’s me, my favorite cat who is clearly enjoying herself, and one of my favorite action figures at the time. Yep, that’s Man at Arms from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Ahh memories.

*Yes, Henry is a boy’s name, but Henry is short for “Henrietta Pussycat” of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, thank you very much.

Dinosaur Toy Vault is the greatest toy store in the universe and I’m not just saying that because I run it. We’ve added a whole slew (that’s right a slew!) of cool toys in the last few weeks. Check them out!

Masters of the Universe Classics Orko:

This figure is fricken awesome. He comes with Prince Adam as an accessory. Sweet!

SDCC Marvel Universe Thor:

Thor. What more can be said about this guy other than he’s pretty awesome, comes in a dark color scheme, and is going to star in his own bad ass movie soon? Unfortunately, its not going to be Adventures in Baby Sitting 2.

SDCC Marvel Universe Captain America:

In World War II Captain America was no dummy. He used a helmet to protect his head and a gun to shoot Nazis when he couldn’t sling his shield.

SDCC Exclusive Transformers Blaster:

You might have a G1 or reissue G1 Soundwave, but do you have his good guy counterpart? If not, then you owe yourself a favor to get this guy. If you already have one though, build an army!

Crazy Cool Star Wars figures:

One thing that we like to do at Dinosaur Toy Vault is offering figures individually rather than making you shell out cash to buy a few figures that you don’ t want to get one that you do. There’s a great assortment of Star Wars figures like Darth Talon and Cade Skywalker that are available right now that are split up from comic packs.

And if any of these toys don’t float your boat, how about these?

Thanks to: Babette for making this a part of my life.

Babette ran across an old photo of  Uhura (from the original Star Trek series duh) on one of her favorite blogs and knowing that I”m a fan of boobs, she decided to pass it along. I hadn’t seen Uhura topless before and well I guess I can check that one off the list.

So click after the more tag for some cool 60s nude art. If you’re looking at this in your feed, I hope you’re not at work.

Thanks to: World of Wonder

Continue reading Uhura’s Boobs (NSFW!)

Today is Opposite Day! G.I. Joe is so awful that I hate it. Here’s the G.I. Joe team done by artist Bob Guy (that’s NOT a generic name if I ever heard one!). These drawings are totally not cute and they’d dumb.

P.S. You suck.

Thanks to: Super Punch

By the popular demand, we have our next religious tract review. The last one I reviewed was pretty serious stuff, what with it dealing with a jerk bag child molester. This time we present something much more lighthearted, yet a serious problem our society refuses to acknowledge: The life destroying act of letting your kid believe in Santa Claus.

Oh man, we are already off to a good start. Being that this is a religious tract, I’d guess that the crime committed here is either being gay or reading a book other than the Bible.

Continue reading Fairy Tales: Another Religious Tract Review