Vincent M. Gaine

Jan 13, 2025 | thegeekshow.co.uk | Graham Williamson |Vincent M. Gaine

There’s a very slight oddity in The Tomb of the Cybermen which is all but ignored now, and which is hard to appreciate unless you’re watching these stories in order. It has to do with the Cybermats, the weird robot rat-bugs the Cybermen use as henchmen. This is their first appearance, but they turn up in later stories like The Wheel in Space, Revenge of the Cybermen and Closing Time, all of which give you a certain set of expectations.

Dec 21, 2024 | thegeekshow.co.uk | Vincent M. Gaine

Cinematic visions of the future often lean towards the grim and dystopian. From Blade Runner to Total Recall to Equilibrium, a dark future allows for social tensions to inform character dynamics and visual design. In the case of 1993’s Demolition Man, decisions were made to create a weird movie to portray a weird future, reflecting the film’s conceit of ‘send a maniac to catch a maniac’.

Dec 16, 2024 | thegeekshow.co.uk | Vincent M. Gaine

In 1954, a giant creature entered the frame of a Japanese monster movie. A name (with two forms) echoed around the world like a deafening ‘Skreeonk,’ and this name has continued to echo for 70 years. Gojira/Godzilla is one of the most iconic and recognisable figures in popular culture, perpetuated in films, comic books, animated series, and video games.

Nov 26, 2024 | thegeekshow.co.uk | Vincent M. Gaine

Since its original release in 1978, several generations, especially in the United Kingdom, Watership Down has been synonymous with trauma. Following subsequent television broadcasts, Martin Rosen’s adaptation of Richard Adams’ novel has secured its place in animated film history, not least because of the controversy provoked by its brutal violence and open confrontation with mortality that continues to be seen as out of place in a “cartoon about rabbits”.

Nov 12, 2024 | thegeekshow.co.uk | Joe McKeown |Vincent M. Gaine

“Ever been out west, Tommy? Ever heard a coyote? They make this sound like ‘woo, woo, woo!’ Coyote bitch gets in heat. First thing she does, she take care of the males. Then she heads toward town. All the neighborhood dogs, they smell her. They go crazy. They follow her. She lures them out on to the desert. Coyote get dog out there… alone. All the other coyote come along, they circle ’round… they kill that dog, eat it.”Sometimes, in the best films, you get a moment like that.