omg: ‘Firefly’ characters in ‘Star Trek’ uniforms
It really does highlight how the same old character tropes recur again and again across ensemble adventure shows…
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‘Life on Mars’ blogging: Episode 2
Sure, the clothes look funny and there’s no cell phones, only giant cackling radios, but that’s a given. It’s all the other unexpectedly different 1973 stuff that’s so disturbing.
quick list: five really relevant filmmakers working now
With a look at balancing brains and appeal and impact, here are the filmmakers who are driving what we watch, how we talk about it, and what’s to come.
Joss Whedon will direct ‘Avengers’; much ado about ‘Inception’ and ‘Mad Men’; celebrity stalkers; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
omg: Trekkies descend on Vulcan, Alberta, Canada this weekend
Star Trek conventions are hardly an unusual thing these days: there’s probably at least one every weekend somewhere on the planet. But VulCON17: Spock Days/Galaxyfest 2010, taking place this weekend, is special. You have to travel to the small prairie town of Vulcan, in the Canadian province of Alberta, to join in the fun. And … more…
watch it: “USS Pinafore”
There’s a large crossover between theater geeks and Star Trek geeks, as evidence by this troupe in California, which has mashed up Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore with Trek. With singing! More info here. (thanks to bronxbee for the heads-up)
you’re not helping: ‘Prince of Persia’ and ‘The Last Airbender’ not really whitewashes, Hollywood insists
The Los Angeles Times suddenly notices that two of Hollywood’s would-be blockbusters for Summer 2010 are full of white actors playing nonwhite characters: So when Disney studios announced plans for a live-action adaptation of Prince, Dar held out hope it would be a “serious story that would dispel a lot of stereotypes and misconceptions.” Then … more…
classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Movie”
Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.
trailer break: ‘The Losers’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’m pretty sure I had never seen Jeffrey Dean Morgan in anything before Watchmen, but now I want him to be in everything. And Zoe Saldana is clearly on her way to being in everything — Avatar, Star Trek, the new Death at a Funeral — and … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Babies,’ ‘Survival of the Dead,’ ‘Princess Kaiulani,’ ‘The Losers,’ ‘The Back-up Plan,’ ‘Ondine’
Awww. It’s a year in the lives of four babies from around the world. How the hell cute is Babies (opens in the U.S. and Canada on May 7; no U.K. release date has been announced) gonna be, anyway? George A. Romero has yet another zombie movie in the offing for us: Survival of the … more…
