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Hey, all of you lovable smilers, guess who's back on the blog?
Just a quick note to let you know that I'm back from a family vacation out of state, a time away which necessarily limited my time on the vast information superhighway in lieu of eating and eating and eating and more eating. I'll get some updates here throughout the week, so keep your eyes peeled!
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
Just a quick note to let you know that I'm back from a family vacation out of state, a time away which necessarily limited my time on the vast information superhighway in lieu of eating and eating and eating and more eating. I'll get some updates here throughout the week, so keep your eyes peeled!
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
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In our continuing attempt to help the geeks, the nerds, and the general social misfits among us, here's another Holiday Alert: Star Trek TNG Garden Gnomes!
Last week (whilst on vacation), I received several alerts regarding this somewhat new merchandise for the silly season (I thought I'd seen these before somewheres but I could be mistaken), and I thought, "Wow, what better gift for the geekiest green thumber out there, no?" My alert came from Star Trek's official channels, but I believe they've cited ThinkGeek.com as the whereabouts to make a purchase: I'm putting the link right here for anyone who might be interested.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
Last week (whilst on vacation), I received several alerts regarding this somewhat new merchandise for the silly season (I thought I'd seen these before somewheres but I could be mistaken), and I thought, "Wow, what better gift for the geekiest green thumber out there, no?" My alert came from Star Trek's official channels, but I believe they've cited ThinkGeek.com as the whereabouts to make a purchase: I'm putting the link right here for anyone who might be interested.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
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No disrespect intended to fans of the Stargate franchise as a whole, but it's a property I just never quite got into as a viewer. Now, I realize that some of that sentiment comes from the fact that I only watched a handful of episodes in its first season, and it simply never caught my interest. I have picked up the complete first season on DVD, and I do intend to watch it at some point if for no other reason than my undying affection for All Things SciFi. I'll get to it when I get to it.
In the meantime, word has slipped out to the Web today via Empire Online that plans for a remake/reboot have been shelved. Writer/Producer Dean Devlin sounds off a bit in the article (you can follow the link for the details if you're interested), and he may know more than he's willing to divulge. For my two cents, Stargate was always a kinda/sorta borderline success as a feature film: I think it did much better on home video and (obviously) once it was launched as a television property ... but a remake? A reboot?
I won't belabor the point here (I'm frequently tinkering with a deeper piece regarding my disfavor of reboots) but I will say I just don't see the potential audience for a full relaunch. This isn't to say that I wouldn't like to see the franchise revisited in some way; I just have to question the viability (as a realist, not a SciFi fan) of unearthing something old with little more than what tends to amount to a few fresh faces.
Feel free to sound off should you feel compelled.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
In the meantime, word has slipped out to the Web today via Empire Online that plans for a remake/reboot have been shelved. Writer/Producer Dean Devlin sounds off a bit in the article (you can follow the link for the details if you're interested), and he may know more than he's willing to divulge. For my two cents, Stargate was always a kinda/sorta borderline success as a feature film: I think it did much better on home video and (obviously) once it was launched as a television property ... but a remake? A reboot?
I won't belabor the point here (I'm frequently tinkering with a deeper piece regarding my disfavor of reboots) but I will say I just don't see the potential audience for a full relaunch. This isn't to say that I wouldn't like to see the franchise revisited in some way; I just have to question the viability (as a realist, not a SciFi fan) of unearthing something old with little more than what tends to amount to a few fresh faces.
Feel free to sound off should you feel compelled.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
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Honestly, I've never been much of a podcast person. A number of years back, I used to have a job which allowed me to listen to them while I was working on the PC (mostly data entry and document review style work), so I did check out the occasional program from time-to-time, usually one involved with Science Fiction, fringe research, or basic science. However, I just don't have that kind of time these days personally that I did back them, so I'm content with plugging quality programs here when I stumbled across them.
In that regard, I did listen to a few minutes of ScapeChatz, a program highlighting All Things Farscape, a franchise I totally loved from start to finish. You can find their programming right here, and I encourage you to give 'em a try.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
In that regard, I did listen to a few minutes of ScapeChatz, a program highlighting All Things Farscape, a franchise I totally loved from start to finish. You can find their programming right here, and I encourage you to give 'em a try.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
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There's just something about 'Giant Monster' Movies that brings out the little boy in me, so you can understand why I might reserve a special fondness for King Kong, one of cinema's original 'Giant Monster' bad boys. I'll take the 1933 original film over any of the remakes, though, as the retreads seem to amp up the star status far too much, and that takes away much of the focus on the monster himself.
Still, I'll celebrate another cinema re-imagining if one's coming down the pike, and it looks like that's what we're getting with the forthcoming Kong: Skull Island. It stars Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, and a host of other familiar faces; and the studio recently treated mankind to a trailer advertising all of the giant-y goodness.
Still, I'll celebrate another cinema re-imagining if one's coming down the pike, and it looks like that's what we're getting with the forthcoming Kong: Skull Island. It stars Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, and a host of other familiar faces; and the studio recently treated mankind to a trailer advertising all of the giant-y goodness.
This one definitely looks like they're going for laughs along with the monster action, so it might be a good mix. We'll keep our fingers crossed.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
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Seriously, how can any household NOT have one of these?
As a huge fan of the classic Star Trek series, I'm happy to give this particular holiday item a huge Thumbs Up as the Mega Bloks company is bringing home a fantastic Bridge Set for those of you with too much time on your hands as well as too much disposable income in the bank. This particular set comes with four of the classic figures as well (what playset would be complete without figures?), and it looks like there are even other classic sets available. I scoped it out at Amazon.com, so I'm happy to provide the link right here. In fact, I realized I had some Amazon points, so I picked up one for myself just this morning.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
As a huge fan of the classic Star Trek series, I'm happy to give this particular holiday item a huge Thumbs Up as the Mega Bloks company is bringing home a fantastic Bridge Set for those of you with too much time on your hands as well as too much disposable income in the bank. This particular set comes with four of the classic figures as well (what playset would be complete without figures?), and it looks like there are even other classic sets available. I scoped it out at Amazon.com, so I'm happy to provide the link right here. In fact, I realized I had some Amazon points, so I picked up one for myself just this morning.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
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The true beauty of doing as much online research as I do is that, occasionally, I stumble across the work of other smilers who clearly are as interested in the realm of Science Fiction and Fantasy quite probably as much as I am. As I continue to grow SciFiHistory.Net, I'm always willing to give these folks a complimentary SciFi-Shout-Out, and today's Blog Alert is issued on behalf of budding author J. A. Alexsoo. You can find her online portal right here, and be sure to check out her works as well, as I'm sure she'd appreciate your kind attention.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
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One of the things I've always respected about the entirety of the Terminator franchise is that -- at its core -- its relentlessly depressing. (Does that make me sound like I need help?) Don't get me wrong: there certainly are hints of success healthily sprinkled in from time to time (i.e. we can defeat the machines; we can fulfill our future destiny; etc.) ... but what drives so much of the conflict is the fact that there are, indeed, a lot of dark days waiting for those willing to face the future and save mankind from itself.
Also, I've said that -- as a franchise -- it's one of the only SciFi properties that I've found something worth celebrating. Each installment has offered something fresh and different (and, yes, that even involves the gloriously under-performing Terminator: Genisys, a feature that couldn't quite match its own ambitions); and this has given the mythos something to build upon for the next chapter. Granted, bringing aboard storytellers with different visions for the greater Terminator universe hasn't exactly served the films well (I have to wonder if this is a franchise that might be better served by committee management, like the Marvel Films and the Pixar flicks); but -- at this point -- it is what it is as the franchise once again appears to be in limbo.
This morning, I saw over at ComicBook.com a featured article promoting (ahem) "a bold new (potential) chapter" in the Terminator story, so I thought I'd give the online pitch a brief shout-out on these pages in the event that anyone is interested.
Also, I've said that -- as a franchise -- it's one of the only SciFi properties that I've found something worth celebrating. Each installment has offered something fresh and different (and, yes, that even involves the gloriously under-performing Terminator: Genisys, a feature that couldn't quite match its own ambitions); and this has given the mythos something to build upon for the next chapter. Granted, bringing aboard storytellers with different visions for the greater Terminator universe hasn't exactly served the films well (I have to wonder if this is a franchise that might be better served by committee management, like the Marvel Films and the Pixar flicks); but -- at this point -- it is what it is as the franchise once again appears to be in limbo.
This morning, I saw over at ComicBook.com a featured article promoting (ahem) "a bold new (potential) chapter" in the Terminator story, so I thought I'd give the online pitch a brief shout-out on these pages in the event that anyone is interested.
It's hard to make much of it honestly. There's no true story here but plenty of hints as to the dark turns these storytellers would want to take the tale. As so often happens with "pitches," I tend to think the real potential is hidden (otherwise, how do you get producers to call you if not for more details?), and this one looks like this one could eventually go the way of the do-do.
However, I for one would love to see the franchise grow as I think it's definitely one of the tentpoles of cinematic SciFi.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
However, I for one would love to see the franchise grow as I think it's definitely one of the tentpoles of cinematic SciFi.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
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I haven't been all that enamored with Marvel's return into the realm of Star Wars comics. Granted, I haven't read each and every installment of each and every miniseries they've launched and completed; but I stand by the fact that I still haven't been all that thrilled with what I have read, though I'm always on the lookout for ideas which appear exciting.
The venerable (cough cough) USA Today has reported the news about Marvel's forthcoming Darth Maul miniseries, and this one does sound a bit more intriguing than some of the other series the company has greenlit. This one promises to take readers into the days of Maul's background, pitting him as an apprentice under the Force-ful wing of none other than Darth Sidious. Might we get some exposure to training of the Dark Side? Let's hope so.
For those raised on an island, Maul has been resurrected (of sorts) in the official Star Wars mythology. In fact, Star Wars: The Clone Wars first brought the long-thought-dead Sith back for a pretty interesting arc, and the pointy-headed devil has even made a few stops aboard Disney's Star Wars: Rebels (a vastly inferior program, so far as I'm concerned). I encourage fans to seek out those installments as they've definitely worthy of your time and appreciation.
As always, thanks for reading ... live long and prosper ... and may the Force be with you!
The venerable (cough cough) USA Today has reported the news about Marvel's forthcoming Darth Maul miniseries, and this one does sound a bit more intriguing than some of the other series the company has greenlit. This one promises to take readers into the days of Maul's background, pitting him as an apprentice under the Force-ful wing of none other than Darth Sidious. Might we get some exposure to training of the Dark Side? Let's hope so.
For those raised on an island, Maul has been resurrected (of sorts) in the official Star Wars mythology. In fact, Star Wars: The Clone Wars first brought the long-thought-dead Sith back for a pretty interesting arc, and the pointy-headed devil has even made a few stops aboard Disney's Star Wars: Rebels (a vastly inferior program, so far as I'm concerned). I encourage fans to seek out those installments as they've definitely worthy of your time and appreciation.
As always, thanks for reading ... live long and prosper ... and may the Force be with you!
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As I've mentioned before, I don't "podcast" as much as the next online knucklehead; but from time-to-time I do happen across some audio of terrific quality ... and I'm still chuckling over what I've heard of the Star Wars: Best In Galaxy Podcast right now.
Now ... (ahem) ... it may not be entirely family-friendly, depending upon what your predilections are, but the smilers behind this production are incredibly talented and deliver the yucks respectfully of the 'best in galaxy,' that's for sure. I encourage you to have an open mind when you check out the drama; if so, you'll enjoy it at least as much as I have.
You can find it right here.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
Now ... (ahem) ... it may not be entirely family-friendly, depending upon what your predilections are, but the smilers behind this production are incredibly talented and deliver the yucks respectfully of the 'best in galaxy,' that's for sure. I encourage you to have an open mind when you check out the drama; if so, you'll enjoy it at least as much as I have.
You can find it right here.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!