I just watched the new Indy - Crystal Skull - at a friend's house. Um...what the heck was THAT all about? I think some screenwriter spent a leeetle too much time reading Erich von Daniken. I wonder if there was a spike in sales of Chariots of the Gods after this summer. My old archaeology teacher probably left the theater with tears streaming down ( Read more... )

Overheard in the stairwell:
"It's like that robot - 'Danger, danger Will Smith!' "

*sigh*

I had to bite back a correction, the actor's name / history, and a B5 anecdote.

If there was such a job as "Pop Culture Tour Guide", I'd be employee of the year.

When I was in junior high, our band teacher's son was terminally ill and the teacher missed a lot of days of school. To pass the time, we watched a ton of movies. One of the most popular was a short lived series called Amazing Stories (a Spielberg thing from NBC). There was a cartoon short called "The Family Dog" that we watched over and over and ( Read more... )

Yesterday was wicked cool. I don't have pictures or scans yet, but they'll be coming soon. Allie, the bf, and I attended the second author's panel that the local libraries are putting on as part of our local SF/Fantasy con, TusCon. Yesterday was John Vornholt and Timothy Zahn talking about writing media tie-ins, doing their own thing, and ( Read more... )

Fun from metaquotes -
Click here to see the goodnessOf course, the Firefly ref caught my attention more than the general meat of the post. I'm such a fangirl ( Read more... )

Just in case anyone's having a slow friday ( Read more... )

First, Battlestar Galactica - I've seen references to both a mini-series and a regular TV series (the new ones, of course). Is this something I should be watching in order, or should I just grab the first available on NetFlix? I never really watched the original show, so I have no idea where to begin with the new one ( Read more... )

If anyone's interested, there's a web site that'll let you watch the first 9 minutes of Serenity. It gives a pretty good feel for the themes and style of the movie, but I still like it better when the core cast appears. Still...very good intro :) If you haven't already seen it, give it a go this weekend - I haven't heard any dissapointment from ( Read more... )

(really - I'll burn out on this...someday)

Orson Scott Card on Serenity - http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2005-09-30-extra.shtml

I will be posting lots more on this once I get my head wrapped around it, but in the meantime, here's a decent article. It's from AICN, so not exactly a bastion of literary wordsmithing, but here ya go ( Read more... )