I recently completed reading the great two-volume set The 50 Year Mission, An Oral History of Star Trek, and it got me thinking. The first volume, covering the original series and the subsequent films with the original cast, had some…
I have to formally acknowledge the 50th Anniversary of the original and classic film, that wonderful movie that introduced us to a world where APES can talk and humans are mute: Planet of the Apes. I’m an apeophile from WAY…
I’ve been a Bond fan since the first time I saw Goldfinger, on the ABC Sunday Night Movie with my dad, at the age of six. In the four decades since, I have watched every film multiple times, read all…
Q: Did the Prisoner escape? McGoohan: No. The Prisoner never escapes. I mean, you are a prisoner of something. Everyone is a prisoner of something. You escape when you are released.. By death. It’s the final release. As to how…
I’m not ready for Halloween to be over. It’s not that I dislike Thanksgiving or Christmas… I just love the feel of the Halloween season. It’s not the candy, the costumes, or the foliage… It’s all of the above, and…
“Man… woman… birth… death… Infinity.” Opening to Ben Casey So, we finally have an ending. And it’s one that is both perfect and maddening simultaneously. When you look of pop culture today, you see a world of sequels, reboots and…
There is a LOT to do in Walt Disney World, and many people can only afford to go once a lifetime. If this is you, and want to get the most out of your Disney trip, here are my thoughts…
I’m a Disney fanboy. Specifically I’m a Disney Parks fanboy. Even more specifically, Walt Disney World. As I live in Atlanta, I’m only an hour and a half flight away from the (second) house the Mouse built, and I try…
I’d rank them based on six criteria: Plot – Does it make sense in the context of the world of James Bond? Or does random weird stuff just happen? Action – Are the action sequences impressive, even after repeated viewings?…
A quick mini-review noting that as an apeophile (that is, a fan of the Planet of the Apes series) I am incredibly pleased with the newest and final film in the prequel trilogy. If you had told me in 2010…
George Lazenby was a good Bond. That is not a popular opinion, and his one-and-done turn as 007 in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is a semi-obscure pop culture punch line for the “worst career decision ever”. The full story…
This one was tough. I heard about the passing of Adam West from a text message from my sister as I was about to set sail on a seven day cruise with my family – I was sitting in a…
40 years ago today, a little movie called Star Wars was released. I hear it was pretty good and was fairly well received. In all seriousness, and with no interest in blasphemy, our pop culture should be split into two…
In my role as a User Experience Architect I have design for and support what users do today, and understand their mental models of how things work. That is challenging enough, and if that was all my job was I’d…
I would be delinquent in my duties as an obsessive Man from U.N.C.L.E. fanboy if I did not note with great sadness the passing of the amazing actor Robert Vaughn. Vaughn played Napoleon Solo in the original series and had…
Achievement: Unlocked. I was traveling for business earlier in the year, and was enjoying the sights and sounds of Times Square in the heart of New York City. It was only my third time there, and did not know when…