Category: Opinion

Censordyne – New Campaign Against Internet Censorship – Brilliant

Just a quick add on to last weeks show on Net Censorship here in Australia. Getup.org.au has launched a new campaign against the censorship issue which includes a brilliant TV ad. CLICK HERE to go to the campaign site (which is a great parody) and watch the ad below. This is a brilliant campaign and they …

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Australian Censorship Strikes Again! Online Gamers Beware

It’s been awhile since we at Geek Actually had a go at the Australian Federal Government, but something new just came up and here we go again. The Sydney Morning Herald had an interesting article today, which you can read here. In a nutshell (and I am paraphrasing a lot), Stephen Conroy (The Federal Communications …

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Geek News: Avatar footage explained

Just an update from the footage shown yesterday. Comingsoon.net has a deep description of what was seen at the Cinemaexpo, The general feeling is amazement… If you have the time its worth the read, there is some new info relating to the movie’s plot and so on. I’ll let you read for yourself.. enjoy! Link …

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A Message to Marvel – Enough is Enough

Let me start this by saying that I am a huge Marvel Comics fan. There, now I have that out of the way, I can get to my gripe. I just watched “Punisher: War Zone” and I had to voice my thoughts. What the fuck are Lionsgate and Marvel Productions thinking releasing this nonsense? Marvel …

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The Judd Apatow Family – I Am Seeing a Trend

This post is purely food for thought. When I watched ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ last year I turned to Mirren Lee (Geek Actually co-host and my mom) and I proposed a thought to her. Judd Apatow (Producer of Forgetting Sarah Marshall) seems to take whoever is co-starring in his current film and cultivate that person into …

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Internet Censorship – DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

Okay, the protests have started but it isn’t enough. Getup.org has mobilised an amazing website that has a petition for you to sign and they are also organising protests around Australia. Now we have been talking about this stupid draconian law for weeks now, and I would hope that everyone is as angry as us. …

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