I'm sorry to hear that the forums are shutting down. I know forums may seem old fashioned, but the way you can organize them and have different categories and sub categories make them better for have conversations than other mediums. Facebook and X (ugh) are good for announcements and press releases, but I still think that forums are better for holding conversations on subjects. And YouTube comments aren't a great option either.
For the longest time I couldn't even get to the forums because the link from the homepage didn't work. I'm glad it's working again, so I can chat a little before they go away 👋
I'm going to miss the forums
Hey,
As you know, I have been quite absentee here for a long time now. I would still approve new membership requests, and come by to occasionally un-announce old episode threads, things like that. Everyone was cool, so there really wasn't anything that needed me to do. If you are seeing this, you get it.
But I wanted to say how much I respect and appreciate the small but mighty, and committed group of you who continued to still be here- having the meet-ups, continuing to answer questions and share knowledge and company, talk about what you were reading— even when you knew that you were a pretty small group doing so.
You don't need to hear it from me, but I just wanted to say I think that's great. It is really an ever more rare, social media resistant, form of community building and community commitment that is about depth rather than scale. I respect and admire it. And I hope those of you who were still using this platform to plan meet-ups and stay in community have shared some contact details so that you can continue to do so, if you want to, once there is not this platform here (and I don't know when this forum closes, I don't know anything beyond the 'will be closing' and that we should get some sort of warning first).
I'm rambling— anyone who remembers me knows that brevity was never my strength.
But I just wanted to take this moment to say thanks. For being here. For continuing to be here. That commitment is inspiring to me. And for what it is worth, I just wanted to say that I see you, and good on you all, and I hope you continue to have that community and connection with each other in other places (and I know that Facebook is not for everyone, and is not the same, I get that). You are the real deal.
So thanks again. I was tempted to be nostalgic and create two of these conversations just to amalgamate! something one more time. Though it might not seem so lately, this little corner of the Internet (and, of course, the several iterations before it) will always hold a place in my heart.
David D.
Unfortunately I knew this day would eventually come. I will always look back fondly on my time spent on the various iterations of the CGS forums. Thanks so much for creating such a wonderful place for all of us on the internet. The early days of the podcast and the forums truly was like catching lightning in a bottle! Special thanks to all the geeks for keeping the show going strong for all these years, it is a treasure!
If you want to read a fun book about the history of star trek 50 Year Mission by Edward Gross & Mark Altman.
It always felt to me that The Sphinx was intended as The Flaming Carrot originally, rather than Captain Amazing. The oblique philosophy and outsider nature feels more like Carrot than anything Captain Amazing does.
Agree that the backyard recruitment scene is the closest it gets to the feel of the comics, though Macy, Azari and Garafalo kind of nail it in their performances all the way through.
For me the very 90s superhero look of the movie is ultimately is its undoing. It should've looked more like Clerks than Batman & Robin.
(and they should have done the Nazi Boots story from Flaming Carrot Comics).
Hey, if any version of “Hallelujah” is going to get overplayed, it should be Cohen’s, you know, since he wrote the song and all. Also, there are a ton of bad versions out there, which tend to treat the verses simply as a means to get to the big emotional release of the chorus. And that tends to be how most movie and TV productions utilize the song as well. Doesn’t matter that the lyrics don’t really represent what’s going on in the scene, just gimme that crescendo! That’s what irritates me.
No offense guys, I'm just one voice and maybe alot of people loved this, but I had to tap out of this one at 45minutes. Nothing against the 2 guests (they could've been anyone), but this was mostly a conversation between them and Ian and that wasn't why I listened in. It' d be different if they had some specialized expertise/insights into Spiderman (the comics or the films), but I felt like I was listening to the Ian & 2 Guests podcast w/ the Geekspeak long haulers being mostly quiet guests on their show. There are alot of comic book podcasts and I listen to this one in order to hear specific personalities (Eberle, Murdough, and Shane).