Television & Movies – Page 5 – Scribblings From The Public Restroom Stalls Of The Gods

Tactical disadvantage

By Earl
December 21, 2012
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Sorry I broke my daily blogging stint there for a bit. I’ve been busy, and I’ve been trying my best not to transmit my annual deep blue Christmas funk to everyone on the internet because, really, who needs it? I don’t even want it. This came dangerously close to curing it, though:

I’ve already suggested, via Twitter, that there may be real money in having Strax here do a whole album of Christmas songs. I was originally trying to persuade William Shatner to do the same, but after seeing this, I have a new mission. 😆… Read more

Gaming Television & Movies

Ah – the droid I was looking for

By Earl
November 28, 2012
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Remember back in my ComiCon-Way post-mortem when I asked:

I wonder if they got any photos of Artoo, stormtroopers, or Vader at this machine?

Looks like the universe takes requests. … Read more

Home Base Television & Movies

A little light reading

By Earl
October 6, 2012
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Picked these up tonight. Could. not. resist.

TARDIS lights

Of course, they’ll only ever be plugged in and lit up on the tree. Yep. Sure thing. Just like those colorful LED snowflake thingies in Little E’s room. Yep.

I’m scoping out a similar set of lights for the boy; they’re little R2-D2s. 😀… Read more

Television & Movies Write, Write, You Bloody Well Write

So about that book thing…

By Earl
September 10, 2012
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The Guide I’ve been teasing a third book project in the works for a couple of weeks now, though at the time its general shape was still sort of coalescing in mid-air before my eyes. The skeleton of it has evolved to a point now where I feel comfortable enough to make an announcement. I think it’s safe to say that you’ll probably dig this if you even remotely liked VWORP!1. … Read more

Funny Stuff Television & Movies

Mano a mano? No! Robo a robo!

By Earl
September 5, 2012
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Call it cinematic blasphemy all you like, but you know, this scenario would’ve prevented nearly all of the bad stuff in 2001 from happening. And Vincent would’ve been in a better movie than The Black Hole.

(If you think that’s an unlikely crossover, download the spring issue of theLogBook ‘zine, jump straight to page 16, and be prepared to say “I never thought of that before!” 😆 )… Read more

Television & Movies

Variety’s gift for understatement

By Earl
August 13, 2012
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Variety.com has a gift for understatement:

…many viewers were upset when the network left the ceremony — highlighted by Brit bands such as the Spice Girls and the Who — to go to “Animal Practice.”

Variety, did you watch any Twitter traffic last night? I think “upset” may be the understatement of the century. That’s like saying people are Somewhat Concerned with this year’s election, or that someone’s Mildly Dismayed that there’s an asteroid headed straight for the Earth. 🙄 😆

As programming and scheduling ideas go, to be sure, jamming Animal Practice into the middle of the Olympic closing ceremonies has to be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard of anyone doing. Way to go, NBC. You’re actually supposed to be trying not to piss off your viewers (“the more you know,” right?). That’s right up there with “keep our wall-to-wall news coverage going for six and a half hours! I want to be on the air five minutes longer than the other station!”… Read more

Should We Talk About The Weather? Television & Movies

Get to shelter, this one is rated F-U!

By Earl
July 13, 2012
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Twister Actually, that bit of tornado terminology is outdated: it should be EF-U. Residents of Cloverfield need to hit the deck pronto. A bit of movie news on Variety.com has me chuckling [LINK]…

Scribe Simon Beaufoy has rewritten New Line’s found-footage tornado project while Jeremy Sumpter has been cast alongside Arlen Escarpeta, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Nathan Kress.

Steven Quale — a longtime associate of James Cameron — signed on earlier this year to direct the tornado pic (formerly titled “Category Six”) […] Shooting will start July 23 in Michigan.

Story, presented through videocameras and cellphones, centers on high schoolers who try to survive a Category 6 tornado.

A “category six tornado”? Really? Really? Hollywood, you do realize, don’t you, that you permanently filled the “severe weather horror movie with shitty science” niche years ago with Twister? There’s really no need to try to top it.

Unless, of course, you don’t realize that “category” is a term exclusive to hurricane warnings and not tornado warnings. Then I guess it’s okay.

DOOFUSNADO WARNING

While you’re insulting everyone’s intelligence, please make sure to do the gala world premiere in Tuscaloosa or Joplin. That’ll go over well there.… Read more

Gaming Television & Movies Write, Write, You Bloody Well Write

Achievement unlocked: GlitchCon 2012!

By Earl
July 8, 2012
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Thanks to friends and random strangers who have bought stuff from my recent rounds of eBay auctions, expenses have been met for theLogBook.com’s vendor booth at GlitchCon in Bentonville, August 3rd, 4th and 5th.

Glitchcon 2012
(Click here to learn more about GlitchCon)

The voices of Mario and Master Chief will be there (now there’s a mix for you), as well as Star Wars & Dune spinoff author Kevin J. Anderson, among many others. Judging by the photo gallery from last year’s event, the cosplaying at GlitchCon is near-legendary. The tagline for the show is “Sci-fi, anime, gaming, steampunk, and much more,” so just about any geek genes you have ought to be tickled here.

I’ll have copies of VWORP!1 and the Phosphor Dot Fossils DVDs at the show, and maybe a few goodies to show off too. See you there!

Another convention appearance closer to home after GlitchCon is also being discussed – stay tuned.… Read more

...And Little E Makes 3 Funny Stuff Television & Movies

I never asked this question in ’77

By Earl
June 29, 2012
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Little E and I were watching Star Wars (again) on Friday night; toward the end, when the Imperial Flunkie asks Tarkin if he wants his escape pod fired up and ready, my son suddenly blurts out “ARE THEY TRYING TO TEXT EACH OTHER?”

I have no. idea. where. that. came. from. I don’t have a plan that allows for a lot of texting. Texting is something that really doesn’t go on in this house. I’m old and unhip. But, you know, if George is going to keep reinventing Star Wars for a new generation, then I guess this road only leads to one place…

Television & Movies

Ah, so it’s not just me then

By Earl
June 28, 2012
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Fascinating Facebook chatter about a right-in-my-back-yard local convention that I’ve written off at this point. It’d be silly not to go and sell books there when it’s half an hour away in the city where I grew up, but they’re acting like they’re running a show in Dallas (with prices to match).

Interesting that they’re being called on it out in the open on Facebook. This is a first year event. I have a feeling it is also a last year event. 🙄 … Read more

I'm just your typical compulsively-writing, sci-fi-and-science-obsessed, classic-video-game-playing, action-figure-collecting dad.

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I edit Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast and its sister shows Mission Log: Prodigy and Mission Log: The Orville for Roddenberry Podcasts. I was a frequent writer, editor, and voice on the daily Sci-Fi 5 podcast for Roddenberry, and I created and currently co-host Mission Log: Gene-ology. I handle video production on Mission Log Live, Mission Log: Prodigy and Mission Log: The Orville. I'm the technical director for the TrekTalks online telethon event benefiting Hollywood Food Coalition.

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