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It’s my gift…it’s my curse
According to AICN, Lance Henriksen may be in the new X-Files movie…which means that we may not have seen the last of Millennium‘s Frank Black. I’m not sure what to make of this, really; I never much liked the idea … Continue reading
Fixing the Prequels – The Phantom Menace (part three)
part onepart two Continuing our re-imagining of The Phantom Menace, we are now at the droid invasion of Naboo and the rescue of the Queen. Before I begin, a couple of points that have occurred to me since I posted … Continue reading
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Tears in Rain
This is turning out to be quite the Holiday Season for Geek Music Stuff: :: The Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings: The Return of the King is available as of tomorrow. Mine should arrive via UPS the day after … Continue reading
Fixing the Prequels – The Phantom Menace (part two)
part one As we continue fixing The Phantom Menace, we have reached the point where Qui Gon and Obi Wan have escaped death on the Trade Federation ship and are sneaking down to the surface of Naboo. There’s a scene … Continue reading
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Snap-hiss
Last week I posted a YouTube thingy collating the ten best sound effects of Star Wars, and I indicated that I thought one sound was horribly missing while one made no sense to be included at all. Here it is … Continue reading
There ain’t no “vista”, there ain’t no “view”, and there certainly ain’t no vista of no view.!
Shamus tracks the evolution of Windows, from 3.1 to Vista. He seems to be staunchly against Vista, and he has definite reasons for being so. My new laptop runs Vista, actually, while our current desktop machine runs XP. Personally I’m … Continue reading
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Joss! Joss! He’s our man!!!
Joss Whedon has a new show coming to FOX. It’s called Dollhouse. What’s it about? Echo (Eliza Dushku) [is] a young woman who is literally everybody’s fantasy. She is one of a group of men and women who can be … Continue reading
Fixing the Prequels – The Phantom Menace (part one)
Long-time readers will know that I am a member of that terribly small, but incredibly zealous, band of folk: those who admire and enjoy the Star Wars prequel trilogy. I enjoyed, and continue to enjoy, each one of them, and … Continue reading
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One ring to rule them all….
It’s coming out three weeks from this Tuesday. Mine’s pre-ordered already. I’m carrying around a cloth with me to wipe up the drool.
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It’ll be like Beggars’ Canyon back home!
In yesterday’s Sunday Burst of Weirdness, I linked an item about some people who built a half-size X-Wing starfighter. They have now launched their ship. Jason Bennion has the goods, with two videos. All this needs is some John Williams … Continue reading
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