Star Trek: The Original Series.
Probably one of the strongest influences on my life from a very young age was the original Star Trek.
Rerun in syndication almost endlessly, the original Star Trek was huge in my life growing up. I knew the characters so well you’d think they were family. I could quote episodes like the [...]
As I mentioned before, I’ve decided to start going through my comic book collection one box at a time and see what I find, then talk about it here. I invite you to tag along with me cuz I hope it’ll be fun – I’ll even tag pictures with my iPhone and share em. And [...]
So. What with all the SDCC talk of late, I’ve been feeling more and more nostalgic for comic books then ever before.
Short story – true story. I don’t buy comic books anymore because I had a problem. I spent waaaay too much money on comics. I mean, we are talking serious money here. I joke [...]
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then surely Hollywood duplication, rehashing, rebooting and out right copying must be the key to big box office bank, right?
With the ‘reboot’ (I am really coming to hate that word now) of the ‘Star Trek’ franchise and the elimination to all references Roddenberry, Holywood has a new [...]
So, I’m confused by Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Both the movie and the new Cartoon Network TV show.
Okay – Episodes 1 – 3 were about making George Lucas tons more money. As a side note, they were also intended to show us the descent of Anakin Skywalker from annoying little child savant to evil [...]
Star Wars: Episode IV
This was it – the battle to end all battles. The Rebel Alliance sending snub fighters against the Empire’s most powerful weapon ever: The Death Star!
What? You telling me you couldn’t bullseye something the size of a wamprat with your T16?
This battle set a tone for every space battle that [...]
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
This is visually one of the coolest space battles ever.
In orbit over Coruscant the forces of the Republic battle the Separatists who’ve somehow managed to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine. The Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are tasked with saving him so they have to make [...]