let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
Music is supposed to have an impact and depending on the mood I’m in different songs affect me differently so there really isn’t one song…
…also this is an alphabetical list from my iTunes library so there are more songs that I have probably missed, I will amend as I can…
Continue reading “What song(s) make(s) you smile? Part 2: H – N”
This year for Halloween I’m going to try to make my costume. I have a pretty good idea for what I want to do.
I am a huge fan of WWI uniforms and of Larfleeze, Agent Orange in the DC Universe. Normally, these are not similar ideas to bring together for a costume…
Music is supposed to have an impact and depending on the mood I’m in different songs affect me differently so there really isn’t one song…
…also this is an alphabetical list from my iTunes library so there are more songs that I have probably missed, I will amend as I can…
Continue reading “What song(s) make(s) you smile? Part 1: A – G”
Churchill: The Hollywood Years was a production of the English film industry.
This movie is less how Americans remember the WWII and more how the English think Americans remember WWII. The jokes are also geared to a specific subset of the English that find Harry Enfield and testicle jokes funny. That is not to say the movie is not going to make you laugh. However…
… you are only going to laugh at the historical inaccuracies. But that’s okay, those inaccuracies are mostly intentional. The movie seems to take place in 1939, which makes some jokes… questionable.
Continue reading “Churchill: The Hollywood Years – Background and Commentary”
I have a confession to make: I love Deep Space Nine.
I don’t know what I was doing when I first saw Man Trap or Encounter at Farpoint or Wrath of Khan, but I can tell you exactly what I was doing when I saw Emissary. I was 12 years old sitting in my room huddled with my sisters and my Dad around a 13″ B&W tv, the only one we had that had an antenna.
Why did we need an antenna? Because the only station that was broadcasting Deep Space Nine on that January night was in Dallas, and it was a hell of a chore to line up those rabbit ears. Luckily the local CBS affiliate picked it up the next week so I got to see the Wormhole open up in all it’s glory.
From that point on, for seven years, every Saturday night at 10:35 I was hooked.
More than TOS, more than Next Generations, DS9 is Star Trek in my eyes. If has everything that I love about Science Fiction: Aliens, Social Allegory, Space Battles, Random Technobable (admittedly less so than in TNG)… and eventually I will go into great detail about Deep Space Nine, but today I’ll just go into the Nine best story arcs, in my oppinion, of the whole seven season run:
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This is the intersection on my brain made manifest. As Kevin Pollack would say, I need to take a knee…
(found through http://iwannageekout.com/)
Re-blogged from The Study of Mettle
(via geekmythology)
The Pirate Movie
Background: The Pirate Movie is a modern interpretation of Gilbert’s and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, one of their better know works. The Movie is told in a dream sequence by the unconscious Mabel, played here by Kristy McNichol. The original light opera was mainly told, like most operas by G&S, through the point of view of the lead male character, Frederic. The shift of focus to Mabel, and her more independent characterization was a consequence of cultural changes of the 60’s and 70’s.
Continue reading “The Pirate Movie – Background and Commentary”
A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content.
-Theodore Sturgeon
Science fiction is anything published as science fiction.
-Norman Spinrad
The truth is somewhere between these two positions. The first is probably the view held by most writers and all fans of Science Fiction. Everyone likes to place what they do, or what the love, above that of the works of others. This is not necessarily hubris, but human nature. Science Fiction can and often does bring out the best in its readers by showing them what humans, or aliens, are capable of under extraordinary circumstances.
Updated tentative schedule for next month:
Aug. 05 the new planet of the apes opens, hope to have a quick review up shortly after…
Aug. 06 what – what is science fiction, which came first and why it is important…
Aug. 13 Mahabharata – the indian epic that could be the oldest example of science fiction…
Aug. 19 fright night, conan the barbarian, double remake double feature, 0% originality 50% worst doctor 50% worst chekov, hopes are not high…
Aug. 20 The Birds – aristophanes comedic play could also be a strong contender for the beginning of science fiction
Aug. 26 don’t be afraid of the dark, this actually looks like a cool sorta movie, a bit like the others, which was surprisingly good, could redeem the whole month for movies…
Aug. 27 Ramayana – a return to india to finish out the month and mark the winner
Aug. 29 when – another schedule update…
Sep. 03 Metamorphoses – ovid’s history (sort of) of the world part one…
…this is, mostly, wishful thinking on my part, but as schedules go the hardest part is getting through Mahabharata (it’s really long…) the rest should be easy.
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