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Oh wow, how did I pass so much time online without hearing this? It’s an MP3 of a recording session by William Shatner in which he’s recording a voiceover of some sort. But when the producer guy decides to start making specific requests regarding Shatner’s delivery of said voiceover, he unwittingly unleashes Shatner’s Inner Jerk, with utterly hysterical results. This was played on the Howard Stern show, so after the Shatner stuff is over, there’s some salty commentary by Stern and cohorts. But wow, that laugh of Shatner’s…you can just hear him thinking, “OK, jerk-off producer guy, you want toDown the rabbit hole….

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Last week when I wrote my list of 100 Things That Bug Me, I included as item #32 that when the new Indiana Jones movie comes out, the criticism focused on it will credit anything good in the movie to Spielberg or Harrison Ford or the screenwriter or whomever, while anything bad in the movie will be all George Lucas’s fault. The narrative about Lucas seems to be settling that whenever he manages to turn out something good, it’s invariably the result of some kind of alchemical reaction resulting from the happy circumstance of the talent he’s put together forDown the rabbit hole….

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Becca points out that it’s Lance Henriksen’s birthday. Happy birthday, Frank Black! It really is too bad that Chris Carter never really figured out what he wanted to do with Millennium, but wow, those first two seasons are some brilliant teevee. At her post, Becca provides five fascinating factoids about Henriksen. Here’s a sixth: he’s a master potter. He used to actually have a site where you could buy his pottery, but that seems to be gone for now. I’d love to sip tea from a Lance Henriksen mug, though! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

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I was just reading a post on some other blog, and I saw the umpteenth assertion that the Star Wars Holiday Special was Godawful dreck, and I got to wondering, “Hmmm…is it possible that it really wasn’t quite that bad? Could it have been kind of good, in a kitschy way?” So it was off to YouTube, and… Hoo boy. If you’ll excuse me, I have to go lay down in bed and quiver in existential horror. Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

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Apparently, Ken Jennings is in Seattle, where it’s snowing a lot. Not to leave his commentary at that, however, Ken goes on to make a pretty obscure pop cultural reference: Maybe we’re victims of that crazy weather machine that Elizabeth Taylor was using to freeze Port Charles back on General Hospital in the early ’80s. Yeah, there’s a reference that exactly nobody will get. Au contraire, Ken! Not only do I get the reference, but I get to point out your error: it wasn’t Liz Taylor’s character (yes, she was on GH), Helena Cassadine, who was tormenting Port Charles withDown the rabbit hole….

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I have a couple of new reviews up at Green Man Review. First I look at Jeff Smith’s recent graphic novel treatment of Captain Marvel, SHAZAM! The Monster Society of Evil, which I liked a lot, and Kevin J. Anderson’s recent prose-novel treatment of the last days of Superman’s home planet of Krypton, titled appropriately enough, The Last Days of Krypton. This one I didn’t like as much, although I’m not sure it’s totally Anderson’s fault as he probably did the best he could with the task at hand. Anyway, check out the reviews. Or don’t. Hey, it’s your mouse.Down the rabbit hole….

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Star Wars poster draft, originally uploaded by Michael Heilemann. THE date for Star Wars fans is, of course, May 25, 1977, when the very first film was released way back when; but I see via The Dude that there’s actually an earlier date: April 17, 1973, which is when Lord George, Duke of Lucas, sat down with legal pad and No. 2 pencil in hand to start cobbling together his first draft of The Star Wars. For we obsessives who have delved into those early drafts (The Jedi Bendu Script Site is an invaluable resource), it’s fascinating to see whichDown the rabbit hole….

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Apparently the new X-Files movie will be subtitled I Want To Believe, which as any good TXF fan knows, is the slogan on the famous poster on Fox Mulder’s office wall. I like the title. So am I excited for the return of TXF? I wasn’t at first, although I wasn’t not excited either; just “Huh. I hope it’s good.” Well, now I’m starting to hope it’s pretty darn good after all. But just one thing: I hope the producers toned down Gillian Anderson a bit for the movie, because I’ve just spent some time surfing through this extensive GillianDown the rabbit hole….

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I enjoy a clever LOLCat photo as much as the next person, but I don’t post many of ’em here because, well, that’s really kind of picking the low fruit when it comes to blogging, isn’t it? But hey, once in a while one comes along that really hits my funny bone right on the sweet spot, and this is one such case: see more crazy cat pics Heh! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

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A few links of geek and pop culture import, starting with some items that caught my eye at AICN: :: A movie version of Philip Reeve’s novel Larklight is in the works. Hopefully this project goes well, because the book is one of the most entertaining reads I’ve had in recent memory. I just hope they don’t get Hans Zimmer to write the music. Nothing against Zimmer, but this will really need a pompous, Elgarian sound. :: Looking at NBC’s announced schedule for next season, I see that ER‘s next season will be its last. Longtime readers will know thatDown the rabbit hole….