This edition of Geek Chic is a little special, as I’m bringing you two nerdtastic things you can buy. Except that one of them I don’t think anyone will want to buy. Let’s start positive, shall we?
This shirt is available from the good folks at Criterion, who own the rights to the completely and utterly batshit insane Japanese movie Hausu (House). I covered this film in a recent CHUD list, and to give you a reminder of the sort of bizarre greatness on display in Hausu, check out this video:
The image on the shirt is the crazy evil cat from Hausu, and it’s a very cool design, even if you aren’t familiar with the movie.
You can buy this shirt (quite cheaply, all things considered) by clicking here. Thanks to Tom Nix for the heads up.
Less cool are these sneakers from Payless Shoes (yes, Payless) that tie in to the home video release of Star Trek:
You can buy red and blue (security and sciences colors) at any Payless but I guess the gold (Command) is only available online. Since they’re totally fucking ugly I don’t know who would want them – you can just buy ugly sneakers and a cheap Star Trek insignia and make your own. I was really hoping for something cool when I saw a Star Trek sneakers press release – look at the stuff that Vans and Chuck Taylor do with licensed properties on sneakers.
If you’re a completist or have terrible taste in footwear, you can buy these sneakers right here.
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consume slaves
Consuming slaves was abolished with the Civil War. Also, the House t-shirt is indeed cool. Hopefully this means a Criterion release is in the cards.
I remember when I was a kid and AIRWALKS were popular, but I had to get shoes from Payless. Payless didn't carry AIRWALKS. They carried some cheap knock-offs called AIR RIDERS or STREET AIR or some other shit.
I used to get picked on for wearing them and not being "cool" enough since I didn't have AIRWALKS.
I used to also get picked on for liking STAR TREK.
Now there are Star Trek Airwalks being sold at Payless.
WHAT THE FUCK HAS HAPPENED?
I'm really looking forward to the eventual Criterion release of this… They've been sitting on the rights for years! Even if the extras are merely subbed versions of the ones from the old Toho region 2 disc, the fans are going to love the hell out of it. I don't know how long a company can buy rights from Toho for before they revert, but if they're like most other companies, any DVD or BlueRay release that's in the cards has got to be imminent… I don't personally plan on getting a BlueRay player soon, but this is one title I'll be standing in line to get my mitts on both formats the second they hit stores!
I too loved Airwalks when I was ELEVEN YEARS OLD
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