by Joseph on August 31, 2008
Adam West is selling his autograph for $60. After being let down by him this afternoon (he never showed for his panel) I ain’t buying.
The line for Nathan Fillion’s autograph is still freakin’ huge. He may have to put up a pup tent to sleep in behind his autograph table.
George Lowe, the voice of Space Ghost, did a spit take on me. My life is complete.
Mickey Dolenz is not well.
Got to ask a question of most of the cast of Galactica AND I captured the audio. Will post later.
Eddie Olmos is wearing an Adama 08 campaign shirt. Awesome.
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by Joseph on August 31, 2008
Aaron Douglas, chief from Battlestar Galactica, just dropped a bombshell in a panel – the show may not return until APRIL 09!!!!
Update: SciFi.com posted an entry on their site stating that Douglas was incorrect – the show will return in January.
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by Joseph on August 31, 2008
Adam West was a no-show at his one panel today. Found out that as I and many many others were waiting for him to show up, he was across the street at the “walk of fame” – selling autographs.
Stay classy, Adam.
Speaking of autographs, the longer line i’ve seen for that was Nathan Fillion. Shortest? The one for Erin Grey and/or Linda Blair. Nobody was in line for them, which is a pity cause they are both beautiful.
Dealers room is… Meh. I think in this post-eBay era, a big dealers room filled with all things geek is just not as exciting to me anymore.
Lots of bootleg Dvds for sale, and I would love to have the original Batman show on video, I can’t justify $80.
Especially when I dropped $100 for three autographs… Speaking of which…
Edward James Olmos was a fantastic guy, as was Michael Hogan (who plays Sol Tigh). Meeting and chatting with them was the highlight so far..
Anyway, off to the Galactica panel…
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by Joseph on August 28, 2008
by Joseph on August 28, 2008
This weekend I will be spending two of my four days off work at the Dragon*con convention in downtown Atlanta. It’s been 14 years (!) since I’ve gone, and the guest line up this year is too good to resist. I plan in posting some stuff from the con as well as take plenty of photos. Stay tuned!
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by Joseph on August 27, 2008
As I wrote recently I’m really digging some of the fan edits that I discovered at Fanedit.org. One of the first ones I picked out for viewing was a “special Eon Productions edition” (by “Blofeld’s Cat”) of the unofficial James Bond film from 1983 Never Say Never Again. As yesterday was Sir Sean’s birthday, I thought I’d post my thoughts on this version of his last James Bond film.
I watched NSNA a LOT when I was younger… I don’t know why, but this and that year’s other “official” Bond flick Octopussy was on constant rotation in my VCR in my junior year of high school. The story behind NSNA was that the coproducer and cowriter of Thunderball Kevin McClory retained the rights to the basic story and the characters in the original film (after some litigation in the sixties), and he decided to “remake” it with Connery reprising his role after a ten-year absence.
The thing is, they producers could not use any of the staples of the original series – no gun-barrel logo, no Monty Norman James Bond theme, the same supporting cast, etc. So you got a Bond film that felt a little… off.
Well, this fan edit corrects that, by adding back in all of those official trappings (except, of course, the supporting cast), as well as replacing the entire musical score with music from various James Bond films (mostly from John Barry’s scores). There are also some slight edits that trim some of the sillier content (a large chunk of Rowan Atkinson’s performance is now gone, thankfully).
What you end up with is a better movie, but not much better (I think the original was pretty good). The main gripe I have with it is the musical choices. Some of the decisions by the editor are inspired, like using the Pretenders song from The Living Daylights on a car radio, or creating a brand-new title sequence a la Thunderball with Shirley Bassey and the Propellerheads “History Repeating” as the title theme (get it?). But others… well, the dramatic score is a “mashup” from different films and composers, and the style varies wildly – which is distracting. And putting music behind the Bond/bad guy fight in the first hour was VERY distracting, as the original scene evoked similar fight sequences in Connery’s early Bond films.
But all in all, if you are a Bond fan, you HAVE to see this one, as it finally makes Never Say Never Again “fit in” with all the official films. Recommended.
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by Joseph on August 27, 2008
As I wrote recently I’m really digging some of the fan edits that I discovered at Fanedit.org. One of the first ones I picked out for viewing was a “special Eon Productions edition” (by “Blofeld’s Cat”) of the unofficial James Bond film from 1983 Never Say Never Again. As yesterday was Sir Sean’s birthday, I thought I’d post my thoughts on this version of his last James Bond film.
I watched NSNA a LOT when I was younger… I don’t know why, but this and that year’s other “official” Bond flick Octopussy was on constant rotation in my VCR in my junior year of high school. The story behind NSNA was that the coproducer and cowriter of Thunderball Kevin McClory retained the rights to the basic story and the characters in the original film (after some litigation in the sixties), and he decided to “remake” it with Connery reprising his role after a ten-year absence.
The thing is, they producers could not use any of the staples of the original series – no gun-barrel logo, no Monty Norman James Bond theme, the same supporting cast, etc. So you got a Bond film that felt a little… off.
Well, this fan edit corrects that, by adding back in all of those official trappings (except, of course, the supporting cast), as well as replacing the entire musical score with music from various James Bond films (mostly from John Barry’s scores). There are also some slight edits that trim some of the sillier content (a large chunk of Rowan Atkinson’s performance is now gone, thankfully).
What you end up with is a better movie, but not much better (I think the original was pretty good). The main gripe I have with it is the musical choices. Some of the decisions by the editor are inspired, like using the Pretenders song from The Living Daylights on a car radio, or creating a brand-new title sequence a la Thunderball with Shirley Bassey and the Propellerheads “History Repeating” as the title theme (get it?). But others… well, the dramatic score is a “mashup” from different films and composers, and the style varies wildly – which is distracting. And putting music behind the Bond/bad guy fight in the first hour was VERY distracting, as the original scene evoked similar fight sequences in Connery’s early Bond films.
But all in all, if you are a Bond fan, you HAVE to see this one, as it finally makes Never Say Never Again “fit in” with all the official films. Recommended.
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