When I first heard that both Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr. turned down the lead role in OZ: The Great and Powerful, I had to wonder why. However, I wasn’t overly disappointed to learn that James Franco was going to play the title role of Oz… and then I watched the movie…
OZ: The Great and Powerful is like a soap opera set in the most colourful place possible, so here is a run down.
*** SPOILERS AHEAD – YOU’VE BEEN WARNED! ***
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Tagged Disney, Evanora, Finley, Flying Monkeys, Glinda, James Franco, Johnny Depp, Land of Oz, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Movie Review, movies, Oscar Diggs, Oz the Great and Powerful, Rachel Weisz, Robert Downey Jr., The Emerald City, The Wizard of OZ, Theodora, Wicked Witch, Zach Braff
Step right up boys and girls, step right up! Prepare to be astounded and amazed, excited and entertained, overwhelmed and occupied by the freakish sights that only your ears can behold! That’s right folks, were going uncaged this week, so there’s no rules, no order, and no stopping the freakshow geek show! Join us this week as we discuss a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and a whole bunch of other stuff! Open up your pocket books, get in tune with your psychic side, and kiss the bearded lady good-bye as you settle in for a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage.
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Tagged AKB48, Arrested Development, Babies are Jerks, Batman: Death in the Family, Beauty and the Beast, Bossy Bear, Boy Scouts of America, Browncoats, Catacombs, Clash of Clan, comiXology, Dead Kings, Deadwood, Digital Rights Management, Disney, DRM, EA, Electronic Arts, ER, FF, Firefly, Flying Monkeys, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Future Foundation, Gaming Merit Badge, Geek, GenCon 2013, George Clooney, Hannah Simone, Heart Attack Grill, Hulu Plus, iOS, James Franco, Jericho, Joss Whedon, kickstarter, Kmart, Kristen Bell, L. Frank Baum, LARPing, Marvel NOW, Microtransactions, MitC, Monkey in the Cage, New Girl, Oz the Great and Powerful, PaleyFest 2013, Pineapple Express, Plague Pit, Plague Pits, Pocket Shock-It, Richard III, Roseanne, Server Crash, SimCity, Sleeping Beauty, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Sugar Rush, The Bread Cheese Bacon Cheeseburger, The Facts of Life, The Fantastic Four, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Poxy Boggards, The Walking Dead, Uno, Veronica Mars Movie, Wicked, WonderCon 2013, Wreck-it-Ralph, Zach Braff, Zombie Apocalypse
Are you exhausted? Because we sure are! 2012 turned out be a geek’s best friend and it didn’t matter what your nerdgasm of choice was, either! Be it movies, gaming, television, comics, or whatever else, 2012 surely did deliver… and there are absolutely no signs that 2013 is going to do any less. Hell, it’s probably going to do more! Join us this week as we gather around the mics and discuss what “got our geek” the most in the past year. Prioritize your superheroes, stock up on convention passes, and be sure to try out a bit of the meatloaf as you settle in for a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage!
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Tagged 3D Printing, 7 Wonders, Amanda Seyfried, American Horror Story, Anne Hatheway, Arrested Development, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Court of Owls, Best of 2012, blaxploitation, board games, Books, Brave, Bristol Stool Chart, Channing Tatum, Christoph Waltz, Chronicle, Comic Books, Cryptozoic, Death Troopers, Denny's Hobbit Menu, Disney, Django Unchained, Edge of the Empire, Ermahgerd, Fantasy Flight, Flash Point: Fire Rescue, Game of Thrones, Gateway 2012, Geek, Ginuwine, Grumpy Cat, Hugh Jackman, Jaime Foxx, Jaime McDonald, Jeopardy, Joe Manganiello, Leonardo DiCaprio, Les Miserables, Looper, Lucasfilm, Magic Mike, Marvel: Civil War, Matthew McConaughey, MitC, Monkey in the Cage, movies, My Pony, Ninja Warrior, Podcast, Punch Quest, Quentin Tarantino, Red Dead Redemption, Russell Crowe, Sharp Objects, Sith Lord, Sniper Elite V2, Spider-man 700, Spike Lee, Squids, Star Wars, Steven Soderbergh, Television, Television Shows, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dresden Files, The Hunger Games, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead Escape, Ticket to Ride, Timbaland, Uncharted 3, Wipe Out, WonderCon
Happy New Year! It’s that time again to look forward and see what’s in store at box office this year. I’ve compiled my list of 13 movies for 2013 to give you a look at my eclectic taste.
*Must-See meaning I really, really want to see these movies. Whether or not I make it to the theaters is another story. Breaking away for a 3 hour stint from the little man on one of our rare days off is a feat. All that being said, we will see how many of these I actually make it to see. Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, A Good Day to Die Hard, Anchorman 2, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bruse Willis, Catching Fire, Charlie Hunnam, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, DC, Disney, Edger Wright, Frozen, Guillermo Del Toro, Hennifer Lawrence, Henry Cavill, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellan, Idina Menzel, Idris Elba, Iron Man 3, James Franco, JJ Abrams, Jon Favreau, Josh Hutcherson, Kristin Bell, Man of Steel, Martin Freeman, Marvel, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Must-See Movies, Nick Frost, Oz the Great and Powerful, Pacific Rim, Peter Jackon, Rachel Wiess, Robert Downey Jr., Ron Perlman, Simon Pegg, Star Trek into Darkness, Superman, Suzanne Collins, The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, The Wolverine, The World's End, Thor 2, Will Farrell, Zach Snyder, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana
Gaming as a hobby and the experiences it brings can swing from one end of the spectrum to the other. Be it tabletop RPGs, online gaming, or a good old-fashioned roundabout with a board game, there are always inherent pros and cons when it comes to living the gamer lifestyle (or life in general). We here at To-Ag Studios have been fortunate to have maintained a core gaming group, but what’s a solitary gamer to do when a local group isn’t available? Join us this week as we discuss the process of gaming with strangers and offer our insights on how both enjoy the positive experiences as well as survive the not so positive ones. So, pop those social anxiety pills, make sure your PING is decent, and definitely DON’T smell like cold-cuts and prepare yourself for a new episode of Monkey in the Cage.
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Tagged 'Murica, Alice in Wonderland, Basic Roleplaying System, Brad Pitt, Call of Cthulhu, Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Chaosium Inc., Cookiebit, Counter-Strike, Cthulhu, Dennis Haysbert, Disney, Dungeons & Dragons 4E, EverQuest, Fiasco, gamerstable, Gaming, Gaming Conventions, Gaming Creativity, Geek, George Takei, Golden Spike, Guillermo Del Toro, Half-Life, Halfling Ranger, Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, Helena Bonham Carter, HERO System, Hit Somebody, Jason Mewes, Johnny Depp, Journey, Kevin Smith, LARP, LARPing, Little Big Planet, Mage Knight, Master of the Mix, McDonalds, Mia Wasikowska, Miskatonic University Podcast, MitC, MMORPG, Momentum Machines, Monkey in the Cage, Moon Flights, Mountains of Madness, Musical, Netflix, Pan's Labyrinth, Pathfinder RPG, Paul Williams, Penn Jillette, Penn's Sunday School Podcast, Pizza Hut Perfume, Playstation 3, PlayStation Home, Podcast, President Palmer, Realms of Cthulhu, Red Wasp Design, Riding Dog, Rosario Dawson, RPG, Sandbox Campaigns, Savage Worlds, Scott Snyder, Sin City, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Soap Opera LARP, Space Tourism, Strategicon, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Sing Off, The Unit, Tim Burton, Traveller, Urban Ranger, video games, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
While we still wait for Disney to come up with a decent princess, oh wait.. now they have one: Princess Leia. Princess Leia is not your run of a mill princess, and neither is she your average political figure. Princess Leia, out of all the female influences in my childhood, had to be the one I looked up to the most. She is strong, confident, and beautiful.
Matt Fuller: RT @USArmy: “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
‐ Joseph Campbell
http://t.co/nluuzN6G41 Matt Fuller: @MonsterPunx @PodcastRam I know what I'm missing. Pain. Lots and lots of pain... and my fat ass not being able to breathe right for a week Matt Fuller: RT @GamerstableEric: @FreeRangeGamer @HyveMynd @FdUpMidUSA Sorry, no. Wizards cannot be commies/socialists. That's Druids. #hippies Matt Fuller: @Clockverk @ginaricker @RobMITC @JazzIsBlues I'll be up in the Santa Barbara area all weekend. Throw an enemy off a roof for me! 
