Brad Crammond"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
-- Dennis the Peasant, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
| SUMMARY | |
| Geek Speak Status: | Staff-Writer |
| E-mail: | phdsamurai@gmail.com |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Preferred Nationality: | French |
| Known Alias(es): | none |
| Michael Bay is... | getting worse. |
| GENRE CREDENTIALS | |
| Gateway Fandom: | The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis |
| Current Addiction(s): | True Blood, Supernatural, Mass Effect 2. |
| Favorite Movie: | Porco Rosso. |
| Favorite TV Show(s): | Buffy, True Blood, Avatar the Last Airbender, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Get Smart. |
| Favorite Book: | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith. |
| Favorite Author: | Raymond Geuss. |
| Guilty Pleasure: | Marvel Comics (all of them). |
| Crush(es): | Sarah Connor, Sookie Stackhouse, Hermione Granger. |
| Vendetta(s): | SkyNet, The Dollhouse, KAOS. |
| Fan-fiction: pro or con? | Con. |
| THE FINAL 5 | |
| Trek or Wars: | Wars! |
| DC or Marvel: | Marvel Books, DC Movies. |
| Vampires or werewolves: | Vampires. Less fur on the couch at the end of the night. |
| Dragons or Unicorns: | Centaurs. |
| Time travel: pro or con?: | Pro. Two words: Austin Powers |
Geek Speaking
FEATURES
- Geek Speak: Year One, an anniversary issue retrospective (Contributor), Issue 13, March 2011
- Meet the Mutants, a prelude to X-Men: First Class (Contributor), Issue 15, May 2011
- Through the Pensieve, reflections on Harry Potter (Contributor), Issue 17, July 2011
-
One for the Books, a look at NPR's Top
SFF Novels 1 - 50 (Contributor), Issue 19,
September 2011
- The Top 13... Superheroes Without Superpowers (Contributor), Issue 6, August, 2010
- Geek Speak Recommendations (Contributor), Issue 13, March 2011
GEEK VS GEEK
- Harry Potter: Over-Rated, but Still Very, Very Good, Issue 3, May 2010
- Love in Genre: Awesome Women Falling for Losers, Issue 12, February 2011
- Rewatching TV on DVD: A Waste of Precious Time, Issue 19, September 2011
- Copyright Protection: Patently Absurd, Issue 20, October 2011
REVIEWS
MOVIES
- Balls of Fury (2007)
- Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- Crank and Crank 2 (2006, 2009)
- Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)
- DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
-
Ju-on: The Grudge
(2003)
- Spider-Man
(2002) - The Fifth Element ()
- The Grudge (2004)
-
The Island (2005)
- Underworld
(2003)
TV - ON DVD
