by Giselle Naidoo | Jan 29, 2018 | Blogs
Hi there, my name is Lauren McGowan and I have won the title of Geek of the Week. I am a Masters student by day and training to be a Geek-of-many-trades by night. My main geekdoms come from books and games, including but never limited to Harry Potter, J.R.R....
by Giselle Naidoo | Jan 29, 2018 | Blogs
Like Episode VII the latest Star Wars installment is jam-packed with action, fight scenes, extraordinary animals, lovable characters and humorous moments. Including hilarious lightsabre jokes fans have been craving since Obi-Wan handed Luke the legendary weapon....
by Giselle Naidoo | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Shiven Premdayal Hi. My name is Shiven Premdayal and I won Geek of the Week. To prove to everyone how much of a geek I am, I work in a trading card/Comic book shop. My favourite geekdoms/fandoms include Star Wars, Doctor Who, LOTR, Steven Universe, Adventure Time and...
by Giselle Naidoo | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
I am huge Star Wars Fan! One of my earliest childhood memories is of my dad taking myself and my older brother to see this new movie called Star Wars in 1977. I was only 4 years old at the time and remember getting home playing Luke Skywalker, jumping off walls...
by Giselle Naidoo | Jan 15, 2018 | Blogs
I wasn’t sure what to expect going into the latest Star Wars movie: The Last Jedi. I’d thoroughly enjoyed Force Awakens and Rogue One, but my partner’s skepticism about Force Awakens had started to rub off on me, and the trailers had left me rather...
by Giselle Naidoo | Jan 15, 2018 | Blogs
I have many conflicting emotions about this movie – not sure if it’s love or hate! Or perhaps this confusion is just a side product of being blonde and trying to follow a rather complex plot…. In any event, on the positive side: The Last Jedi offers...
by Giselle Naidoo | Feb 15, 2013 | Blogs
Los Angeles – X-Men: Days of Future Past will the biggest movie yet. Director Brian Singer claims the brand new chapter of his action franchise about a group of mutant superheroes is going to be the best to date and will be partially set in the 1970s,...
by Giselle Naidoo | Jan 17, 2013 | Blogs
Here’s some awesomely surprising news for you! A rumor just hit the internet that director Zack Snyder (Man of Steel) is developing a Star Wars samurai movie for Lucasfilm! Even though we’re all anticipating Star Wars: Episode VII, we cannot ignore...
by Giselle Naidoo | Oct 29, 2012 | Blogs
This past Friday The Dark Carnival crew attended The TUKS FM 107.2 Rocktober Halloween Party at Arcade Empire. It had been a while since we partied in Pretoria and boy it didn’t disappoint. After donning our costumes we set off on the long drive to the...
by Giselle Naidoo | Oct 24, 2012 | Blogs
This year The Dark Carnival attended their second rAge Expo. To say that we were prepared would be an understatement. We had been preparing for a year. It wasn’t always smooth sailing though. All our preparation couldn’t account for the truckers strike,...
by Giselle Naidoo | Aug 22, 2012 | Blogs, Guest Blog
Any self respecting Geek knows who actor Patrick Stewart is. He is famous for the roles of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its successor films, and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series. Apart from those notable roles...
by Giselle Naidoo | Jul 30, 2012 | Blogs
So I we went to see The Dark Knight Rises last night and I gotta say I didn’t think it was that great. The first 2 were way better. I didn’t enjoy the first hour of the film, I felt like the movie didn’t flow. It kept jumping from one scene to the...
