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Why is Independent Film Making (Indie Filmmaking) Important?
ED: While Keith is recovering, it was decided to share this wonderful insight from him regarding why independent filmmaking is so important to us. We hope you enjoy this little blast from the past. Independent filmmaking could be considered a rather broad category of filmmaking, from shorts to feature-length films to web series. In fact,…
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Ben’s Breakdown | First Contact Day
Those who have known me for any length of time will also know that I’m a dyed-in-the-wool Star Trek nut. Cut me and I bleed… well… red, as in Red Shirt Red! My love for Star Trek goes back to even before my teenage years, which is why I have become most pleased that I…
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Ben’s Breakdown | The Passing of a Giant
As I get older I see artists and musicians that I grew up with passing away. Some have died far before their time, while others that are older than me are already leaving us. There have been several whose passing had a profound impact on me, including George Harrison and David Bowie. Now I can…
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PSA | Mental Health Awareness
Here at TG Geeks we believe access to mental health services should be affordable (as with other health care) for all. We also believe it is our duty to share information that may be of help to others in need. Our good friend and contributor, Hamish Downie, came across and sent us the following speech…
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Gini, You Used to be Cool
Editor Note: One of our contributors reminisces about the first thought she had when she got signed to a major publisher… Gini, You Used to be Cool By Gini Koch This was truly my first reaction when I got my first advance from DAW. Sadly, I still don’t have the fridge of my…
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Tribute to Prince
Editors Note:We received this form our good friend Hamish Downie. He wanted to include it in one of his News Sushi articles and I told him I thought it warranted a post by itself. Sometimes it snows in April… It’s been two years since the death of musical genius Prince Rogers Nelson. He combined…
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Gini’s Questions
Editors Note: After another long week and even longer weekend on social media, one of our staff writers felt the need to share this with us… I admit to having some of the same questions… My Questions, The Abbreviated List I have a variety of questions for the cosmos and the so-called…
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Gini Koch IS The Walking Dead
Editor Note: In light of the killer flu making its rounds of the US and Canada, we give you one of our staff writer’s views on being sick. The Walking Dead By Gini Koch I don’t like medical stuff. It scares me more than just a little. And yet, medical things are…
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Goodbye John Hurt
Some actors can leave a legacy filled with critically acclaimed roles, be it stage, TV, or film. Some other actors work their entire lives, even making a really healthy and comfortable living for themselves, all the while remaining somewhat anonymous. Then are those actors, who through pure chance, land roles that put them in a…
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Phoenix Comicon 16 – A diverse slice of geek heaven!
Phoenix Comicon 16 has come and gone, and I suppose it’s time to finally take a few moments to assess what turned out to be quite an extraordinary event. Even before Comicon arrived, I knew it was going to be huge. The previous Phoenix Comicon FanFest event in December of 2015 indicated that fact, as…
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Amazon Ads on TGGeeks
The Two Gay Geeks have learned of a program that let’s us put advertising on our site and in the articles we write. We have slowly added some advertising in the widgets on the right side of the site to target specific items we want our readers to know about such as, Jonathan Latt’s book,…
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A Comment on Comments
The Two Gay Geeks are troubled that we must write this opinion article, but it has become necessary. When we started this enterprise (website and webcast) we intended for it to be a fun creative outlet for our geeky nerdiness. For the most part it has been a fun process once we worked out most…
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Happy New Year from The Two Gay Geeks
Happy New Year and may the Force Awaken in you as we embark on a new adventure that is 2016. We wish all a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2016.
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Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2015
The people who are running Phoenix Comicon are serious. Very serious. They are extremely serious in putting together events for fans to come together and have a memorable experience. As with all things it is a work in progress, and by their own admission, they look at things that worked in the past and things…
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Why is Independent Film Making (Indie Filmmaking) Important?
Independent filmmaking could be considered a rather broad category of filmmaking from shorts to feature length films to web series. In fact, in my opinion, anyone who creates a piece of “film” art and wishes for others to see it could be considered an independent filmmaker. Before you run down the hall screaming, waving your…