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STAR TREK and Me (a repost)

Posted on September 8, 2024 by ksedinger

Today is the 58th anniversary of Star Trek‘s first appearance on teevee. On this date in 1966, an episode called “The Man Trap” of a new science-fiction show aired, and I guess that at the time this seemed like just another … Continue reading →

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“The Force will be with you. Always.” (a repost)

Posted on May 25, 2024 by ksedinger

Today marks the 47th anniversary of the release of George Lucas’s “little space movie”, which wasn’t even 20th Century Fox’s projected “Big Movie” of that year. Little did the world know what was about to happen…and certainly a five-year-old kid … Continue reading →

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STAR TREK and Me (a repost)

Posted on September 8, 2023 by ksedinger

Today is the 57th anniversary of Star Trek‘s first appearance on teevee. On this date in 1966, an episode called “The Man Trap” of a new science-fiction show aired, and I guess that at the time this seemed like just another … Continue reading →

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No, Robert AND Bruce. Not Robert THE Bruce. That’s different.

Posted on August 20, 2023 by ksedinger

I’ve seen a few of these photos surfacing online the last few months, and they make me really happy because there’s a kind of absurdity going on. These are behind-the-scenes snapshots from JAWS, featuring actor Robert Shaw and “Bruce” the Shark, … Continue reading →

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Oh, Bennie, no….

Posted on June 4, 2023 by ksedinger

“You cannot sow a million seeds without reaping one potato.” –Ian Fleming, From Russia With Love I suppose it had to happen eventually…but nevertheless, it’s totally unexpected. When I say it “had to happen eventually”, I figured “eventually” in the sense … Continue reading →

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I’m glad I didn’t know about the “jorb”…

Posted on May 28, 2023 by ksedinger

…when I started writing The Song of Forgotten Stars! (credit)  

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“That hurts worse than the uniform!”

Posted on March 1, 2023 by ksedinger

A friend sent me this meme today: And I, of course, took this as an opportunity to exercise my overflow of geekosterone, telling him the story that some actors couldn’t make the Vulcan salute and would get their hands in … Continue reading →

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STAR TREK and Me (a repost)

Posted on September 8, 2022 by ksedinger

I first wrote this on the old blog six years ago, on the 50th anniversary of STAR TREK’s first airing. Today that anniversary rolls around again, now the 56th, and all these words still apply, so here they are! And … Continue reading →

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“The Force will be with you. Always.”

Posted on May 25, 2022 by ksedinger

Forty-five years ago today, Star Wars opened in theaters. Here is a post I wrote in 2017 for the movie’s 40th anniversary. I didn’t see Star Wars on opening day. In truth I don’t even remember exactly when I saw … Continue reading →

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“I’d rather have fewer spectacular theaters than tons of cheap little multiplexes.” –Douglas Trumbull

Posted on February 18, 2022 by ksedinger

Filmmaker and special effects guru Douglas Trumbull died earlier this month. His body of work is not large, but its influence is gigantic. For filmgoers of a certain age and a certain disposition to genre–say, 50ish and inclined to fantasy and … Continue reading →

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