Hottie of the Week: Billie Piper

I'm part of the millions of people who hadn't ever really heard of Billie until her stint as Rose on Doctor Who. If it helps at all, I did retroactively download her music, and "Because We Want To" is officially part of my regular rotation along with "Girlfriend." I may not be a Billie Piper hipster, but I do what I can. 

Joyful mommy moments are awesome. Love this.

One of my favorite sexy Billie shots. 

I'd be remiss in my geeky duties if I didn't include at least one Rose Tyler picture.

Hottie of the Week: Ryan Gosling

He looks oddly like James Marsters on Buffy here... and that's not a bad thing.

I'm going to be a hipster about this one. See, I got a crush on Ryan Gosling before it was cool to have a crush on Ryan Gosling. I developed a thing for him back when he was on Young Hercules. Back when he looked like this. Welcome to the retro show featuring Ryan Gosling. Enjoy!

Total teen mag pinup. I love it.

Hottie of the Week: Henry Simmons

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Looking at this man makes me think I need to go watch some NYPD Blue. I'm not sure I'm ready to take that extreme a step, though, so for now I'll settle for drooling over him on Agents of SHIELD. I don't feel like I need to explain much here because YOU CAN SEE HIM.

Movie Review: Iron Man 3

I could pretend that I'm going to do an in-depth, thoughtful review here, but we don't really need that, do we? If you're going to go see Iron Man 3, you're going to go see it.  You're either a fan already or you're being dragged by someone, but either way, it's a done deal. So here's a quick guide to my highlights and lowlights.

The Good

• The characterizations are fabulous. RDJ is in fine form and perfectly bitchy with everyone from Pepper to small children. Really, he calls a small child a pussy. It's amazeballs.
• The action is great. I'm not big on CG replacing physical action, but it's really well done here. The textures on the armor alone are enough to be impressive. I love that it's never pristine. Excellent attention to detail.
• Ben Kingsley. I can't even tell you WHY he's so great without spoiling things, just trust me.
• Gwyneth Paltrow's abs. Sorry, they're so rockin' they deserve their own entry. Wow. I need her to be my personal trainer. 
• Despite the production team screwing with the audience by making the credits last 10 minutes, it's pretty worth it. The closing credit sequence is done in an 80s TV show style, and after that it's all about spotting fake names. Enjoy! Besides, the after credits scene is hilarious and well worth the wait.

The Bad

• Suspension of disbelief is part of all movies, especially superhero movies, but I found it VERY difficult to ignore that they didn't mention Captain America once. It made perfect character sense for Tony to not ask for help, but the overall danger and plot of the movie really cried out for Cap to step in - asked or not. If he wasn't going to be there, they needed at least a quickie cover story for it.
• Some of the danger wasn't as,  y'know, dangerous as it could have been. Too often it was too obvious that everything would be fine and why. But that's a super generic hero movie complaint, so it's a minor quibble. 

Basically? It's a super fun entry into the new Marvel catalogue, and fans will be pleased to see that they've raised their game since Iron Man 2, which was distinctly "meh" with the exception of some interesting character moments. Now, get thee to the theater, fellow geeks!

Wordless Wednesday

RedandJonny: Love in the oven, originally uploaded by RedandJonny.

Geek Problems: Crushes

Tyrion Lannister, originally uploaded by Spot Séries.

I was told over and over going into reading Game of Thrones that all women will fall in love with Jon Snow. I'll grant he's awfully pretty on the show, but I will say here and now that I'm in love with Tyrion Lannister instead. Smart and interesting wins over pretty every time.