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Tag Archives: Skiffy
You keep using that word….
John Scalzi, having previously displayed some very odd notions about what “good design” is all about (and having been factually wrong in the process), turns his eye from Star Wars to Star Trek. Unfortunately, the results are about the same: … Continue reading
Moving forward – the same direction as always.
I wrote once before on the initial graphic novel set in the Firefly universe, Those Left Behind. Now there are two such graphic novels; Those Left Behind has been joined by Better Days. While I’ll pretty much jump at nearly … Continue reading
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How long until George Lucas reboots Star Wars?
UPDATE: Broken link fixed. Apparently Bryan Singer is on the cusp of directing a Battlestar Galactica movie. That doesn’t seem terribly noteworthy, since the show just ended — except that the movie, by all reports, won’t have anything to do … Continue reading
Staring back….
I’ve written on The Abyss before, but I just watched it again a little while ago, and if anything, I love it even more. This is one of those movies that gets better each time I watch it. I genuinely … Continue reading
Still Trekkin’
SamuraiFrog has a nice post wherein he runs down his thoughts upon a re-viewing of the first six Star Trek movies, otherwise known as the “Original Cast” films. I’m in partial agreement with him on certain points, partial disagreement on … Continue reading
“Eight astronauts strapped to the back of a bomb. My bomb.”
A friend of mine sent me a copy of a science fiction movie from a couple of years ago called Sunshine, which I’d never heard of before. And it’s really a very good film. The plot isn’t terribly complex: at … Continue reading
Opening hailing frequencies, Captain
UPDATED below. Seldom have I been more conflicted over a movie than I am over Star Trek. I mean, wow, am I of two minds on this movie. It’s as if the film has managed to split me right down … Continue reading
“He’s so…human.”
Prompted by this post by Snell, which I quoted in Sentential Links yesterday, I’ve been thinking a bit about one of the bigger misfires in Star Trek history. I’m thinking of Lieutenant Saavik. Saavik first appeared in STII: The Wrath … Continue reading
Permission to come aboard?
Well, now I officially want to see the damned new Star Trek movie. I still have my misgivings and I’ll probably bitch up a storm about it afterwards, but I genuinely want to see it in the theater now. Over … Continue reading
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Boldly going?
I’ve just watched the new trailer for Star Trek, and I’m still troubled. On the one hand it looks like a trailer for a kick-ass space opera action movie, which would be right up my alley, except they’re calling it … Continue reading