We’ve seen the Minecraft treatment done to Game of Thrones that blew our minds with the digital effort put into it. Now, we get to see physical effort at its geekiest with this recreation of the Helm’s Deep battle scene from Lord of the Rings: Two Towers. So far, it has taken 150,000 LEGO blocks to put this thing together. It’s not complete, but you probably won’t even notice.  LEGO pros Rich and Big J K have outdone themselves with this particular creation. In the book/movie, the kingdom of Rohan was being threatened by Uruk-hai orcs sent by Saruman. The Rohirrim took refuge at Helm’s Deep to make…

We all anxiously awaited our return to the Shire and into Middle Earth’s fantasy concocted by J.R.R Tolkien and Peter Jackson and now that we have had another taste of precious magic, we surely cannot wait to watch it again when it comes out on Blu-Ray. But why wait? When you can have a Hobbit hole of your very own, whether it is as a shed, sauna, chicken coop or cottage, a Hobbit hole waits for you to take home. …

Abomination: A thing that causes disgust or hatred. A feeling of hatred. In the world of geekness, there are few things held at higher levels in fiction than Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter. To butcher a couple of the most important lines and the characters normally associated with them is a true abomination. Here’s the other: …

Not every movie has a happy ending. Not every final death is necessarily sad. Great movies have a way of making a main character’s death in battle something to honor even if it fills us with grief in doing so. Even bad movies can be partially-redeemed in some cases with a good fight to finish off a not-so-perfect character. Here are 7 movie last stands that every geek should be able to appreciate.   Leon the Professional The movie that’s best known for a young, fowl-mouth Natalie Portman takes an under-rated action icon Jean Reno, puts him in an impossible situation, and we see him nearly pull it…

As soon as Blu-Ray high-definition films became available, geeks the world over waited with bated breath for one group of films: Lord of the Rings. Then, those geeks were smacked smartly in the face. Why? Because after already releasing both the theatrical and extended cuts separately on DVD, in a clear attempt at a money-grab, Warner Bros. decided to release the theatrical cuts on Blu-Ray now, but save the extended high-def versions for later, when The Hobbit movie is released. Awesome, right? Well, now it seems that dedicated fans have been spat on again, as an astute member of AVS Forums has…