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Star Trek
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “A Christmas Carol”
Doctor Who has been doing amazing things with TV since 2005, but this may be the best example yet of how gonzo and how simultaneously emotionally satisfying TV can be these days.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: look for the Black and Decker sonic screwdriver in the not-too-distant future
Doctor Who is, it seems, like Star Trek was in the 1960s: an inspiration to young scientists looking to turn science fiction into science fact.
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Trek Stars Go West’
When Gene Roddenberry tried to explain to NBC execs that his new show Star Trek would be “Wagon Train to the stars,” he had some evidence to back himself up…
watch it: “Klingon Propaganda”
Clever and creative stuff from Bad Monkey Studios.
a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “Tomorrowland”
Ah, so now we get to wait and wonder how all the little houses of cards built up over this season — and starting to teeter in this last episode — will collapse next season.
a few thoughts on ‘Caprica’: “Unvanquished”
Has everyone gone totally round the bend? Joseph Adama has thrown himself in with the gangsters in full, it seems. Daniel Graystone is about to go to work for them. (Has he never seen whatever the Colonial version of GoodFellas is? ‘Every since I was a kid I wanted to be a Tauron gangster…’)
cinematic roots of: ‘You Again’
In You Again, Jamie Lee Curtis must confront her high-school nemesis (Sigourney Weaver again) while her daughter (Kristen Bell) does the same on the occasion of a family wedding. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
my reads: ‘Dracula, the Un-Dead,’ by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt
Certainly it’s the funniest Dracula book that isn’t meant to be funny. It’s also ridiculously entertaining.
watch it: “STAR TREK by 70’s Kids”
Say the creators, this is a “Super-8 Fan Film made by kids on Cape Cod in 1978 [with] voices added 25 years later by some of the original cast.”
