RIP Majel Roddenberry
Damn. I guess the Star Trek film is going to be the last time that Star Trek will ever sound like Star Trek. Good night, Computer, good bye Madam Troi and Nurse Chapel.
2008-12-18
Damn. I guess the Star Trek film is going to be the last time that Star Trek will ever sound like Star Trek. Good night, Computer, good bye Madam Troi and Nurse Chapel.
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The Next Doctor Spoilers
Here and a slightly less spoilery review here.
Hrm. I honestly have no idea where this episode is going.
( But my best guess is here. )
Hrm. I honestly have no idea where this episode is going.
( But my best guess is here. )
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"Merlin" and some other junk:
I started watching 'Merlin' the other night with Cooper. We watched about seven straight episodes. Unfortunately I failed at DVD making and we watched some of them out of order, including the second episode as the first episode. Doubly unfortunate as that second episode is literally one of the worst hours of television I've ever seen.
Anyway, it's okay, I'll probably watch the rest of the season tonight. Cooper and I almost invented a drinking game which was 'every time Anthony Stewart Head gets to have range, take a drink', because most of the show involves his character being a complete douche to create third act drama. Strangely, they just gave interesting backstory to Gaius, which makes it two Gaiuses in a row who are interesting characters.
Mainly the whole thing makes me wonder why the BBC never made a good version of "The Once and Future King". And also why I can't find my copy for a reread.
Here's a video of a historian who made a working reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism.
There's a movie coming out called Nothing But The Truth which is a thinly veiled version of the Valarie Plame scandal. It's written by Rob Lurie, who did 'Commander-in-Chief', that shit West Wing knockoff, and the much better film "The Contender". Interestingly, it not only has Alan Alda, but some guy named President Lyman who gets shot.
Anyway, it's okay, I'll probably watch the rest of the season tonight. Cooper and I almost invented a drinking game which was 'every time Anthony Stewart Head gets to have range, take a drink', because most of the show involves his character being a complete douche to create third act drama. Strangely, they just gave interesting backstory to Gaius, which makes it two Gaiuses in a row who are interesting characters.
Mainly the whole thing makes me wonder why the BBC never made a good version of "The Once and Future King". And also why I can't find my copy for a reread.
Here's a video of a historian who made a working reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism.
There's a movie coming out called Nothing But The Truth which is a thinly veiled version of the Valarie Plame scandal. It's written by Rob Lurie, who did 'Commander-in-Chief', that shit West Wing knockoff, and the much better film "The Contender". Interestingly, it not only has Alan Alda, but some guy named President Lyman who gets shot.
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Moar Merlin
I never root for the Christian British in any adaptation of Merlin. Like all good fantasists, my heart is firmly with the Druids and the magic leaking out of the world. Also, Cooper and I were making jokes about yet another magic system that is based solely on Fancy Latin, and then in one episode we learn the terrible secret about Arthur's parentage: Nimue didn't remember to balance for the 'Law of Equivalent Exchange'.
Proving that everything is a bit better with Fullmetal Alchemist.
( Some spoilers. )
Proving that everything is a bit better with Fullmetal Alchemist.
( Some spoilers. )