May is upon us and with it the start of the Summer movie season! This summer promises a good crop of films aimed at the geek set, some of which we’re looking forward to, some of which we’re curious about and some of which will almost certainly end up in the Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie pile. This week we look at what will be coming in to theaters in the next few months and give our recommendations.

We also have our usual selection of geek news, Seattle area geek events and Shannon watches another bad movie.

Our Geek Week

• Listening to the Kick Ass Soundtrack
• Watched (the original) Clash of the Titans (1981) on blu-ray
• Matt played in his regular 3.5 D&D game
• Played Dynasty Warriors Strike Force on the PS3
• Played Pokémon Heart Gold & Soul Silver on the DS
• Swords and Sorcery Trivia Night with Wizards of the Coast
• Went to Ground Kontrol in Portland
• Saw a live performance by steampunk band All the Apparatus in Portland

Summer Movie Madness

Iron Man 2

Robin Hood

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

The A-Team

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Undead

Jonah Hex

Toy Story 3
(the Toy Story 3 trailer has embedding disabled)

The Last Airbender

Despicable Me

Predators

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Inception

Beastly

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie

This week’s bad movie was Bats: Human Harvest (2007)

Next week’s bad movie will be House of the Dead 2 (2005)

If you want to dare Shannon to watch a bad movie, e-mail us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com or call us at (206)201-2352

Check our Dared Movies Page to see what is on the list and what Shannon has already watched.

News

• ‘The Hobbit’ not delayed; on track for 2012
• Ricky Gervais to host Golden Globes again
• Clash Of The Titans and Journey To The Center Of The Earth Sequels Slated With New Directors

Events

• May 1, 2010 2pm Barnes & Noble Crossroads 15600 NE 8th Ave Suite Q1, Bellevue – J.A. Pitts. J.A. Pitts signs his urban fantasy novel Black Blade Blues
• Apr 30 – May 1, 2010 Midnight Egyptian Theatre 805 East Pine St, Seattle – Midnight Movie: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Plan Ahead

• May 8, 2010 Seattle Center Exhibition Hall 305 Harrison St, Seattle – Pokémon Video Game Championships. Pokémon video game players will gather at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to battle it out with their prized Pokémon teams for a chance to play in the National and World Championships later this summer. The first-come, first-serve event will feature an entire day of head-to-head video game fun as regional players compete in the largest video game tournament season in Pokémon history with the ultimate goal of earning an invitation to compete in the Pokémon Video Game World Championships in
  Hawaii, on August 13-15. Game play registration time is 8am for the Junior Division (born in 1998 or later) ­and 1pm for the Senior Division (born in 1997 or earlier)

• May 8, 2010 10am Museum of History and Industry 2700 24th Ave E, Seattle Steampunk University. In collaboration with the Seattle Steampunk Film Festival and the Museum of History & Industry, we are proud to present you another exciting installment of Steampunk University. The faculty and staff of Steampunk U. will be presenting an exciting selection of General Education and Advanced Studies Programs for your edification.
• May 8, 2010 5:30pm Museum of History and Industry 2700 24th Ave E, Seattle Seattle Steampunk Film Festival. Film has gone a long way to defining steampunk and we’re looking forward to serving up a heaping helping of steaming, punky goodness. The Seattle Steampunk Film Festival will feature two classics from the authors who helped define steampunk: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) and The Time Machine (1960) along with a series of cinematographical wonders and short films to amaze and astonish! Also to be featured, the live performances to delight and inspire.
• July 3, 2010 Fremont Outdoor Movies 3501 Phinney Ave North, Seattle – Red, White and Dead – With summer just around the corner, Seattle welcomes the return of warm summer nights, family vacations, the afternoon barbeque and Zombies? Yes, thousands of Zombies are planning their return to Fremont this Fourth of July weekend to walk and dance their way back into the history books for a bloody good time and cause. Save the date and keep an eye on this site for more details.

Contest

MC Frontalot Tickets!

MC Frontalot, the godfather of nerdcore hip-hop, is bringing his Zero Day tour to Seattle for one night only. He is playing at the High Dive with Lisa Dank and Billy the Fridge on Saturday May 8 at 9:30pm. Tickets are very limited but we are pleased to say that we scored an extra pair and we are giving them away!

The contest runs from TODAY until Sunday May 2 with the winner picked on Monday May 3. We will meet you at the High Dive and hand you the tickets in person! The High Dive is a bar so in order to attend the show you must be 21 or older. You must also be able to pick up the tickets in person by 9pm on the night of the show.

“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST. You can just say “hi” or whatever! One entry per person please, we’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!

“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!

Music

Music this week was Spoiler Alert from MC Frontalot‘s latest album Zero Day. Don’t forget that the Front will be playing LIVE at the High Dive in Seattle on May 8!

Next week’s show will be Episode #60, collectable/tradable card games! We talk with Mark Rosewater, the lead designer for Magic: The Gathering and a couple other guests about the world of card gaming.

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