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This week’s Rumor Tuesday features little-known facts about the Olympics. Who says I can’t keep up with current events?
Rumor has it… At the first modern Olympics games in 1896 held in Athens, the IOC had waited until only the day before the opening ceremonies to announce that the competitions would not be held in the nude as they had been in the ancient Olympics.
Rumor has it… The International Olympics Committee has never had a medal-winner among its members.
Rumor has it… The torch relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics is set to be the longest relay in Olympic history.
Rumor has it… The words in the Olympic motto “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (Latin meaning “Faster, Higher, Stronger”) have been used as model names for cars, computers, and skateboards.
Rumor has it… 2010 will be the last year for the classic three-tiered rostrum for medal award presentations. All future Olympics will use a single-levelled platform so as not to raise any one competitor above another during the ceremony.
Rumor has it… The mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics are Miga (a mythical sea bear) and Quatchi (Sasquatch).
Rumor has it… In the entire history of the Olympics, there have been three non-concurrent events known as curling. One is the now-familiar sport using heavy stones on ice. The others were Summer Olympic events: one being a form of lawn tennis using a soft cloth ball stuffed with feathers (1896-1912) and the other being a demonstration event similar to lacrosse combined with bocci (1930-1934).
Rumor has it… Olympic host cities must pass strenuous tests from the IOC regarding air and water quality, siesmic stability, and average intelligence.
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Today’s link is a fun one for science fiction fans. Welcome to the blog of Fred Pohl entitled The Way The future Was. This was the title of his very excellent memoir, and now it’s a blog. This is some pretty interesting reading from one of the original Futurians.
Check it out.
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This week’s myserious mis-delivered mail features a linen white business envelope with a folded letter within. There are some adhesive marks on the back which suggest that it may have once been attached to a larger package. No package exists here… just the letter. It reads:
Dear Dr. Still,
Several years ago, a member of our editorial board retained you as a consulting reader for our publishing house. Books to be sent to you would be of mystical or supernatural themes, and over the years we have received many submissions which have been turned down without any need for outside consultation. We’ve received a trio of books recently, however, which we are considering publishing if for no other reason than the recent resurgence in interest in the supernatural. the three books we would like you to review for us are:
Ghost Hoses of New England by Sarah Waterstone. At first we thought it might have been a typo and the author had meant to print houses, but upon review–the author truly intended to mean hoses. The author recounts nearly a hundred unlikely tales of haunted fire hoses, garden hoses, watering hoses, industrial hoses, and even emergency medical hoses. The author covers the several types of hoses being haunted: nylon, rubber, flexible metal sheathing, hydraulic, etc. The book sounds amusing at first, but quickly grows tired as the stories tend to have very little to do with actual hauntings and more with the history of hoses in New England.
Ghost Houses of New England by Bradford Fourly. This seems more like what we’re looking for, but rather than being a collection of stories regarding haunted houses in New England, it’s more about houses which are themselves ghosts. To whit, a house that no longer exists except in some ethereal place of existence. At first this sounds very interesting, but the stories all seem to be related by various patrons of bars and saloons. The stories are transcribed verbatim, so the narratives are difficult to follow and trail off-topic into rants about the government, ex-wives, ex-husbands, and requests for small loans. The interview often ends when the storyteller is rebuffed.
Ghost Hauntings of Nude England by Chauncey Bottomwell. It’s exactly what you expect it to be and really needs no further commentary from us. Normally we wouldn’t consider publishing a book of this nature, but we would like your input to determine if there are perhaps deeper, more meaningful layers to this book.
Finally, you may notice certain similarities in style and titling in these three books. Although each book is purported to be written by a different author, and each submission was sent from a different location (Templar, AZ, Providence, RI, and Exeter, UK specifically), we suspect there may be only one author involved. We have not decided yet if this will affect our editorial decisions, but we felt we should let you know that we are aware of the possibility of a single author.
We’re looking forward to your timely input. Please submit an invoice for your consultation services to our accounts department.
Yours sincerely,
Ike Mays
Acquisitions Editor
Four Stone Books
Next up is the familiar rag-papered, crimson inked note. Today’s missive reads:
We are making wagers as to the outcome of the events currently occurring beyond the lights.
When the lights go out, it will be time to pay up.
We await your signal.
(signed)
Unsigned
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Today’s link goes to the webcomic Multiplex - a comic about life at a movie theater. It’s a bunch of college-aged kids with crappy theater jobs, but there are some amusing comments on movies and movie-going. It’s not just a straight gag strip, though. There’s story and character development going on, so you will want to read through the archives to maximize the enjoyment of the strip.
Cheers!
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Rumor has it… Harold Lloyd’s “Glasses character” was the inspiration for Superman’s identity as Clark Kent. Like that character, Lloyd found that he could hide his identity simply by taking off the glasses.
Rumor has it… Silent film star Charlie Chaplin was a big believer in developing an affordable color film process for movies. He announced that he often performed for free (under another name and without the trademark toothbrush moustache) in many experimental color films.
Rumor has it… Before movie-houses became popular, films were usually shown as sideshow attractions at carnivals and state fairs.
Rumor has it… Stunt doubles were virtually unknown. During the filming of Pandora’s Box (1928), the scene in which Nancy runs alongside of and boards a moving train, no stunt double was employed. The movie’s star, Louise Brooks, actually performed the stunt.
Rumor has it… The first stand-up comedy film appeared during the silent era. Jerome Reed performed a stand-up comedy act in front of an audience in Newark, NJ. He stood next to a large easel in front of a brick wall and told his jokes while an assistant revealed a series of caption cards. Occasionally the film woild cut to show the audience who had been given a series of placards that read words such as “Laugh,” “Groan,” “Applause,” and “Wild Applause.”
Rumor has it… Buster Keaton’s stunts were so dangerous that no insurance company was willing to insure him or his films. Instead, Keaton acquired financing by taking out a series of gambling wagers depending on the number of injuries he and his crew would suffer in each film. As a result, Keaton’s films were the most profitable films made in Hollywood at the time until state treasury officers shut down his operation. By this point, though, Keaton was a popular enough star that studios were willing to sign him on even without insurance.
Rumor has it… In 1919, Harold Lloyd lit a cigarette with what he had been told was a prop bomb. Instead, it turned out to be real and exploded, blowing off Lloyd’s right thumb and index finger. After he recovered, Lloyd took to a white glove while on screen to conceal the damage. He performed the infamous clock-clinging stunt in Safety Last (1923), using only eight fingers.
Rumor has it… Clara Bow hooked up and had an affair with Bela Lugosi (before Dracula (1931) made him infamous) in the late ’20s. Lugosi displayed a nude portrait of Bow in the bedroom of his Hollywood apartment until his death.
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Today’s link goes to a new webcomic I’ve stumbled across created by T Campbell, Erica Henderson, and Phil Kahn. Check out Guilded Age. I’m not familiar with two of the creators, but I’ve been a fan of T Campbell’s Faans! for many years. Guilded Age looks to be a heroic, epic fantasy story. It’s still in the first chapter and we’re still meeting the main characters, but it shows a lot of potential and I heartily recommend keeping an eye on this one.
Cheers!
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My apologies to those who expected me to write more this week than Tuesday’s Rumor piece and today’s Mailbag piece. I’ve been keeping way busy, as usual, and there hasn’t been much interesting to report besides that. If you hunger for my words so much and you’re all out of gin…my weekly column at ForcesOfGeek.com went up last night. First Encounters With the Geek Kind can be found by clicking the link.
On to this week’s mail!
I recently received a neat, white envelope from a Dr. O’Riley, a film professor from Arkham Community College from a Mr. Wise of Port Jefferson, NY. The postmark is over ten years old, however, and after reading the letter I did some research online…first, though, the letter:
Dear Mr. Wise,
Thank you for bringing to my attention the work of Spyro Kilkenney. I thought I was familiar with all of the directors to have come out of Greenwich Village in the 40s, but Kilkenney seems to have escaped both my notice and the notice of other film historians. Given the nature of his work, I am somewhat surprised. Perhaps he fell victim to the Red Scare following the war? Or perhaps his work was too ahead of its time to be treated seriously by contemporaries, so his work was never discussed. After an exhaustive and dilligent search, I was able to find theatre listings for some of Kilkenney’s film being shown in cities such as Toledo, New Haven, Providence, Talahassee, Olympia, and Fairbanks–but no reviews, and nothing past 1949.
I am currently compiling a series of reviews and analyses of Kilkenney’s work, as we discussed, but would ask that you pass on any biographical data and other relevant historical material you come across from your half of our proposed book so that I may place his work in the correct context. Some specific requests, if you don’t mind, would be:
- In Guns Over the Niagara, Kilkenney’s use of prosthetics suggest that the federal agents looking for the trio of high school girls are, in actuality, robots. Was this his intent? Or did he simply like actors with prosthetics?
- Why does he often portray store owners as rag dolls. He does this in five out of the seven movies you’ve shown me. Perhaps this is why he was thought to be a communist?
- While film directors often make short cameos in their films–Kilkenney is the only one I have ever seen to actually carry a large placard during his cameo that reads, “I am the director, Spyro Kilkenny.” Follow-up: is the alternate spelling of his last name intentional? He does this all five times.
- Home For Christmas Pudding is confusing in that it does not take place around Christmas, there is no pudding, and it is the story of an anthropologist exploring Africa–with no mention of going home whatsoever. Also, the credits do not match the actors nor roles. Obviously there was a mix-up in the titling cards which leads one to wonder where the actual film Home for Christmas Pudding is, and what the title of this particular piece actually should be.
- It is plainly evident that Kilkenney was either unaware or didn’t care about child labor laws. Comment?
- Is that a young Ronald Reagan being beaten up by Russian tea ladies in Forget the Alamo? Uncredited, apparently. I also note an uncredited appearance by Jackie Coogan in two distinct roles–one as a young pickpocket, and again as a middle-aged congressman. Can you shed any light on this? Are there other uncredited but notable appearances?
- His film One Cup, Two Girls is extremely unsettling. I’m just saying.
- Finally, the ending to The Lives of Five Presidents is extremely unclear. The five former presidents are all in a car. The car goes off the road. First we lose the sound, then the camera rolls wildly and blacks out. Then the reel ends. Is this a problem with the reel? Are we missing footage?
This should give us a start. I’ve already spoken with a publisher who says that if we provide him with a manuscript by November, he can have a book printed and ready for distribution before Easter.
Please get back to me as soon as you can.
Yours sincerely,
(signed)
Phineas T. O’Riley
It should come to no surprise to my regular readers that my research yielded no results for anyone named Spyro Kilkenney. It appears his work will continue to go unknown. Big surprise, eh? My mailbox–it’s like the dead-letter office… only weirder.
Along with the O’Riley letter was the familiar rag-paper note. Usually it’s folded rather neatly. This week it appears to have been stuffed in my mailbox rather hastily. It reads:
To Whom It May Concern:
We’re in a bit of a rush.
We cannot reveal why.
If you’ve a signal to give
by god
Please give it
Before we all burn.
In the meantime, if you need us, we’ll be in the sewers…
where it’s safer.
(signed)
unsigned
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Today’s link goes to The Marvel Comics Database. More information on Marvel comics than is probably healthy. Don’t believe me? Try it for yourself. This was how I was able to track down a specific issue of The Incredible Hulk from 1975 based on nothing more than some dim memories of one page of action. Took less than five minutes.
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Ever wonder about mirrors? Of course you have!
Based on various dig sites in southern Europe, Asia, and Africa, archaeologists believe that the mirror was one of the earliest inventions to have ever been developed by early man–before the wheel and spear, but after fire.
An early Sony prototype for high-definition TV allowed mirrors shown on-screen to reflect the image of the viewer. The special process, however, requires four times the usual power requirements and often resulted in console meltdowns.
Walt Disney was afraid of mirrors, as was John Wayne and Montezuma.
The tradition of seven years bad luck when breaking a mirror has its origins in the legend of St. Barnabus, a 3rd century hermit who lived atop a column in Damascus. He would use the mirror to signal villagers nearby when he required food or water. He accidently dropped the mirror and it broke it. The villagers assumed that God was providing for him and no one checked in on him for seven years.
Due to light refraction in the atmosphere, typical mirrors will not work on Jupiter.
Newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst so loved his reflection that he arranged for the inside of his mausoleum to be completely covered in mirrors, and for the lid of his own coffin to feature a full-length mirror.
Austrian artist Jager Muell installed over 5,000 mirrors throughout Vienna. Each mirror was angled in such a way so that a viewer standing at the entrance to the Vienna zoo could gaze into the directly into the kitchen of his mother’s house which was located 20 kilometers away, just outside the city.
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Anyone remember a game publisher from the late 70s/early80s called Judges Guild? No? Well, it was really old school RPG’ing. They were known for their cheap art, but pretty decent gameplay. And they were often a bit cheaper than the official TSR and related products. For those who remember those heady days when roleplaying games were still new and weird, here’s a page with covers from a lot of those early publications. Fun little wayback stuff.
Cheers!
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It’s been a while since I’ve done one of the Facebook memes (is that even the correct term for these?) in a while. I got tagged recently on one featuring love music acts one has seen. Here are the rules:
Ok, here are the rules. Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you’ve seen in concert. List the first 50 bands that come into your head.
Copy these instructions: Click on “notes” under tabs on your profile page. Select “write a new note” in the top corner. Paste the copy in the body of the note. Make your list. Change the number at the top, and add our title. Once you’ve saved, don’t forget to tag friends (including me) on the right
My list didn’t make 50, which surprised me as I used to go to a lot of live shows back in the 80s and 90s–mostly punk, folk, and R&B acts. I’m probably forgetting a couple of notable shows, but I’m more likely not remembering a lot of minor acts at small venues. Ah well. I’ve added a few notes.
- Gaelic Storm (1)
- Todd Rundgren
- Lou Reed
- Meatloaf
- Spinal Tap (2)
- The Smithereens
- Fear (3)
- Ed’s Redeeming Qualities
- Roomful of Blues (4)
- The Fabulous Thunderbirds (5)
- NRBQ
- Velvet Crush
- The Grateful Dead (6)
- John Hiatt
- Cherish the Ladies
- The Neo-90s Dance Band
- Pendragon
- The Mighty Mighty Boss-tones
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Big Joe Turner
- Toots and the Maytals
- The Young Adults
- Coat of Arms
- Minor Threat
- Duke Robillard
- Bonnie Raitt
- Judy Collins
- Arlo Guthrie (7)
- Leon Redbone
- Evan John and the H-Bombs
- The Band
- Paul Geremia
- Greg Brown
- X
- Jimmy Foetus (8)
- Jewel (9)
- The Skimatics
- Leo Kottke
- Janis Ian
- Billy Bragg
- Neon Valley BoysAnd a host of spark-in-the-night bands at dozens of small punk and folk venues.
(1) Pretty Maggie and I always see these guys when they’re in town and we always manage to get pretty damn close to the stage. A great band to see and one of the few live acts that are as good as they are on CD.
(2) Their opening act was a puppet show (The Big Nazo Band)
(3) Probably the best punk show I’d been to–also, I think, the last time I went into the thrash pit.
(4) I used to roadie for these guys. Good times.
(5) Met Steve Ray Vaughn backstage at this show.
(6) Barely remember the music. I went for the (ahem) cultural experience. Twice. Found it culturally bereft. There was no third experience.
(7) Actual quote heard in the audience: “I’ll catch up with you guys later. I’m listening to Bob Dylan!” (Bob Dylan was not there.)
(8) Also known as JG Thirwell - currently does the score for The Venture Bros.
(9) She played at a small club in Providence maybe a year before she got big enough to play stadiums.
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Today’s link goes to Mad Peck Studios–home of the Providence poster, classic concert posters–and my personal favorite: the musical commentaries and mixed-tape goodness of the Masked Marvel, IC Lotz, and Dr. Oldie.
Good stuff!
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As much as I hate changing my schedule–especially when it’s cutting out a daily writing exercise (of sorts). But seeings how I am behind on a couple of projects, I’ve decided this week requires another brief hiatus. I’ll be back for Friday’s mailbag (to make up for the absnece of last Friday’s mailbag).
Anyway, thanks for your patience, and let me send out a quick congratulations to all the Hugo winners and nominees. Wish I could have been there.
Cheers!
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Welcome to the wonderful world of homeownership. No… I’m not being sarcastic. This is pretty real. While there’s a lot of work going on and still to be done, it’s been a lot of fun so far–setting up house and such. And quite a learning experience. I, for one, have learned the importance of having a proper drill when installing something like venetian blinds. I’ve also experienced the joys of mowing a lawn–something I’ve not done in something like 20 years. Okay, maybe that part is a little sarcastic–the backyard has a vicious little dip to it that makes navigating a push mower a trifle challenging.
Each day we move more stuff. Throw out other stuff. Move more stuff. The stove delivery didn’t happen due to a busted stove being brought on the truck. After giving some people hell, we’re still not going to get a new stove until something Thursday or Friday. Saturday we get our washer and dryer delivered and installed. Sometime between all that we have a picnic going on, and unless I can successfully hide them, there are going to be water balloons involved.
Work hard. Play hard.
Speaking of water, we even have a garden hose now–one designed specifically so it’s safe to drink out of (because hose water is the best water).
Domestic, huh?
Speaking of playing hard–I had a good night at Ward’s last night. The tunes were flying. We had a couple of new people, fiddlers, sitting in with us, which is always fun. I hope they had a good time and decide to come back. The more the merrier, and the more fiddles there are, the more my poor banjo playing gets drowned out.
Good times.
But the weekdays are here again and it’s time to get cracking. I have some indexes to work on, some captions and photos to place. I’ve been working on a cover for an upcoming Barbara Payton book, and got some edits in for a movie book.
Good stuff. And I’m never going to turn down a job if I can help it. Not with a mortgage to pay for.
Now if I can just keep the cat from trying to walk all over the keyboard. (ha!)
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I’ve been hearing a lot on the news later about Madoff and the whole Ponzi scheme thing. It made me wonder what the story was behind the poor slob whose name has become synonymous with ruinous financial scams. This is part of what Wikipedia had to say:
A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned. The Ponzi scheme usually offers returns that other investments cannot guarantee in order to entice new investors, in the form of short-term returns that are either abnormally high or unusually consistent. The perpetuation of the returns that a Ponzi scheme advertises and pays requires an ever-increasing flow of money from investors in order to keep the scheme going.
The system is destined to collapse because the earnings, if any, are less than the payments. Usually, the scheme is interrupted by legal authorities before it collapses because a Ponzi scheme is suspected or because the promoter is selling unregistered securities. As more investors become involved, the likelihood of the scheme coming to the attention of authorities increases.
The scheme is named after Charles Ponzi,[1] who became notorious for using the technique after emigrating from Italy to the United States in 1903. Ponzi did not invent the scheme (Charles Dickens’ 1857 novel Little Dorrit described such a scheme decades before Ponzi was born, for example), but his operation took in so much money that it was the first to become known throughout the United States. His original scheme was in theory based on arbitraging international reply coupons for postage stamps, but soon diverted investors’ money to support payments to earlier investors and Ponzi’s personal wealth.
Knowingly entering a Ponzi scheme, even at the last round of the scheme, can be rational in the economic sense if a government will probably bail out those participating in the Ponzi scheme.[2]
Interesting, no?
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Today’s link takes you to a special page at the Science Channel website devoted to the classic Carl Sagan documentary series: Cosmos. I’ve been watching the series again via Netflix (available as an instant on-demand) and am enjoying a strange mix of nostalgia and learning. Cosmos was what got me fascinated with the story of Johannes Kepler. After watching Sagan’s mini-bio of the founder of the Lawsd of Planetary Motion, I went and read two Kepler biographies (and another on Tycho Brahe) immediately after.
And you get to relish the odd thrill whenever Carl Sagan sez “Billyuns and billyuns of years agooooo…”
Cheers!
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We continue on our path toward home ownership. The latest manifestation of that journey appeared last night in a meeting with the banker to sign a stack of forms so high we had to look around it to see each other. I was less concerned with the idea of signing my life to a standard 30 year mortgage than I was with the fact that my signature started to morph into something even I couldn’t recognize as my own. I comfort myself with the idea that this is a typical phenomenon and that the squad of bankers, lawyers, underwriters, bureaucratic demons, and inspectors will understand this.
But we’re that much closer. We’d have been finished by now if the house itself wasn’t a flip and current law requires 90 days between original purchase and sale. Despite all the horror stories about flipped houses that have been in the news lately, this doesn’t appear to be one of them. The home inspector gave the place a very good review, and what minor things still needed attending, the seller is taking care of prior to closing, and our avenging angel of a real estate angel is on this like a pitbull after a baby carriage. (Too far? Should I reel that one back in? Seriously, I need to know.)
So far…so good. Moving is still going to be a huge undertaking for us packrats. Still much purging to do. Still much packing. Switching utilities. Post office notifications. Etc. But in the end, we’ll have a little place to call our own and I’ll have an enclosed back porch I can sip coffee from in the wee hours of the morning before descending into my “man cave” to work.
It’s the American dream.
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Work seems to be progressing pretty well, and only a little bit behind schedule. In retrospect, I probably shouldn’t have taken Monday off like the rest of the country, but then again–I think I deserved it. If I keep nose to the grindstone today and maybe pull some extra work in over the weekend, I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t be sitting well come Monday. As it is, I’ve gotten some projects out the door. Character Kings officially went to the printer yesterday as expected. I also delivered to the printer the June issue of the medical journal, and today will likely be sending to the printer the 2nd edition of the Agatha Award winning book Private Eyelashes: Radio’s Lady Detectives by Jack French.
The Design Integrations book will go out on another proof this afternoon–most likely its last. The same with the Van Alexander book. The SFWA Bulletin will be getting closer to publication. Rogue Satellite Comics also. All today. Should be a good day.
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Today’s link goes to a now-defunct online comic by Christopher Baldwin called Bruno. There are several years worth of archives here telling the story of a young woman (Bruno) and her journey through life looking for philosphical answers and psychological peace with self. Bruno reminds me of several folks I knew back in college days, which may be why I have such a soft spot for it even tho she sometimes descends into a maddening inability to make any real decisions about things.
But it’s a “thinking person’s” comic, and a bit different from the typical webcomic of today. There is some talented writing and artwork here, and while Baldwin has done a number of other comic projects since Bruno, this still remains my favorite of his. It’s worth checking out.
Cheers!
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Quick entry today as it’s Monday and there’s a lot on my To Do list today…
We visited Margaret’s mother over the weekend, and along the way found ourselves at the cinema for the new Star Trek movie. I’ve been a fan since I was a kid. I’m an Original Series kind of dude, with DS-9 making a close second. As a ST:TOS fan, I admit I was a bit worried about the remake.
My mistake. Not a remake. A re-boot. And a very well done reboot at that. JJ Abrams managed to pull it off without negating or contradicting a single thing from the original series. I won’t say how. You either already know, or will find out when you see the movie yourself. But you fence-sitters who are afraid that the new Star Trek movie is going to piss all over your memories…trust me…it won’t.
My only two criticisms? A lot of fast, shaky camera movements which got a bit distracting…and annoying when you wanted to watch the action but didn’t have time to focus on exactly what was happening. And B.) no Klingons. I don’t count that as a spoiler. Just a warning. If you show up in your Klingon gear and start reciting the Klingon original play, Hamlet, you’ll be a little out of place.
But there is a lot of setup for future works. More movies? Maybe a shift to television? I’m sure there will be Klingons aplenty in due time.
Go see the movie. You won’t be disappointed.
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Lots of work. Little jobs where I’m tying up loose ends and getting projects ready to go off to the printer. Big jobs where I’m doing a bunch of photo layouts. Phone calls. Letters. Lots of stuff. A couple of writing projects due, too So I’m not hanging around here.
Time to crack the self-employment whip.
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Hell…while I’m gushing about the new Star Trek movie, have a link to StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website.
So much Star Trek stuff here, you’ll plotz.
That’s Klingon meaning “to smile quietly to oneself.”
Cheers!
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