Hooray for the Underdog!

  By G.P. Avants, Rudy Rodriguez and R.P. Avants   This is our 100th blog entry at God Among Geeks! Before we rush into this issue, we wanted to choose a special theme that really talked about what we are about. We chose four characters whose life really typify the meaning of a hero. They…

Why can’t we be friends?

  By G. P. Avants   Have you ever had two friends that were cool with you, but are a bad combination on their own? That’s why Jim Kirk shakes his head when Doctor McCoy and Mr. Spock are constantly at odds with each other. In many ways the three of them are the heart,…

A Hero that’s to Die For

G.P. Avants We just came off a week of a superhero/sci-fi movie marathon to catch my dad up to speed. Last night we watched The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Andrew Garfield in the supersuit. I was reminded again how personable and relatable Spider-Man can be as a hero. Meet little science guy Jorge. He and…

Half full, Agent Johnson

I sure we can all agree that Chloe Bennet’s character, Agent Daisy “Skye” Johnson, has become the most intriguing member of Coulson’s rag tag team of SHIELD agents. But from the moment she entered on-screen, there’s been a consistent sense of trying to fill a void in her life. From a father figure in Coulson,…

Don’t be Hero Deficient 

G.P. Avants   Superman can’t kill without it killing him inside. Batman needs to trust that others have good in them. The Flash is smart, but can’t think under pressure. Green Arrow can’t unbend and fix everything himself. Change what you think when it comes to being a hero. A one man team is an…