U.N.C.L.E. a day is my obsessive-compulsive approach at working through The Complete Man for U.N.C.L.E., now available on DVD. One episode, one review a day (usually – occasional hiatuses may occur due to travel). A funny moment happens early in…
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THERE SHE IS! The new Enterprise…
EW has the pic here. UPDATE: OK, I’ve had an hour to mull the design over and, on the whole, I like it. I understand they can’t put the original Matt Jeffries-designed Enterprise (from the original series) on the big…
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NERD FIGHT! Fans quibble over 20 minutes of new Star Trek footage
JJ Abrams just showed 20 minutes from the new Star Trek movie in the UK and spy reports are everywhere. Details (and the nerd fight over continuity referenced in this post’s title) is at Trekmovie.com.
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U.N.C.L.E. a day, day 13: “The Dove Affair”
U.N.C.L.E. a day is my obsessive-compulsive approach at working through The Complete Man for U.N.C.L.E., now available on DVD. One episode, one review a day (usually – occasional hiatuses may occur due to travel). Wowsers! What a way to start…
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Edna Unger convicted!!
Pamelyn Ferdin, one of two actresses who played Edna Under on my favorite sitcom The Odd Couple has been convicted of contempt of court after she protested UCLA facility members who experiment on animals. Details here. Felix Unger was unavailable…
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Joe Johnson announced to direct “Captain America”
The director of one of my favorite period action films The Rocketeer has been tapped to direct a WWII-era Captain America movie. Details here.
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U.N.C.L.E. a day, day 12: “The Neptune Affair”
U.N.C.L.E. a day is my obsessive-compulsive approach at working through The Complete Man for U.N.C.L.E., now available on DVD. One episode, one review a day (usually – occasional hiatuses may occur due to travel). Mmmm, Marta Kristen… Oh, sorry about…
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Houston, we have Star Trek trailer description, repeat, we have details of new trailer…
Two spies just dropped AICN huge, detailed descriptions of the new Star Trek trailer. You can read it here. Too bad Orson Welles is dead and can’t narrate it, as he did before… [youtube]dwivz3gECus[/youtube]
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Review: San Diego’ Star Trek: The Exhibition
Here it is, the promised review of the Star Trek: the Exhibition, currently housed at the San Diego Air and Space Museum (it will be moving to another venue in January). I had the good fortune of being able to…
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U.N.C.L.E. a day, day 11 – “The Finny Foot Affair”
U.N.C.L.E. a day is my obsessive-compulsive approach at working through The Complete Man for U.N.C.L.E., now available on DVD. One episode, one review a day (usually – occasional hiatuses may occur due to travel). OK, I got a double-feature for…
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Wal-mart 45th anniversary G.I.Joes have arrived
They finally arrived! The Joes landed in Buford, Georgia – went to the Walmart off I-20 and the endcap I saw empty just a day before is now full, with four shelves of repro figures and outfits, one for each…
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Disney park bookings down 10% for the first half of ’09 – Aggressive deal to get people in the parks released…
Wow, Disney had a pretty rough quarter according to the earnings report released today. So, at the same time they had the earnings call, they announced the most aggressive promotion in the history of Walt Disney World: Stay four days,…
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Oops, looks like we elected the wrong guy… General Zod is pretty ticked off…
From the General’ Zod2008 campaign site, an update: “Eighty two votes you have given me. Insolence!” Grabbing a C-SPAN television camera, Zod peered into it and addressed the viewers. “America! You do not disregard your generals! You shall kneel before…
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No U.N.C.L.E. today…
Had to go to the B.I.N.G.O. event tonight at my son’ school, so I’ll catch up tomorrow. H.O.N.E.S.T!
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Michael Crichton dead at 66
Noted SF author Michael Crichton, who brought us Westworld, Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, , and many other great works, has died. Details here.
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U.N.C.L.E. a day, day 10: “The Project Strigas Affair”
U.N.C.L.E. a day is my obsessive-compulsive approach at working through The Complete Man for U.N.C.L.E., now available on DVD. One episode, one review a day (usually – occasional hiatuses may occur due to travel). YES! My favorite U.N.C.L.E. episode, ever!…