watch it: 1980s Commodore Vic-20 ad (with William Shatner)
It was the wonder computer of the 1980s!
William Shatner
notes from a ‘Doctor Who’ fan screening
Okay, fanboys: Here’s a bit of advice. If you’re the big sweaty guy wearing the T-shirt two sizes too small, the question someone like Karen Gillan wants to hear from you is not: “Are you a chubby chaser?” It’s not cute, it’s not charming, it’s not clever: it’s kinda icky. It’s even ickier when you’ve … more…
Star Trek (review)
Oh, J.J. Abrams! Dude! You sneak, you! Can I have your geek babies?
trailer break: ‘Fanboys’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Well, I hate to say that this trailer spoils some of the best jokes, but it’s true. The appearances of William Shatner, “Harry Knowles” (that’s not actually Knowles)… though I suppose you’d learn about all the geek-appeal cameos and jokes anyway: there’s no way they’d be … more…
watch it: “Shatner on Sulu Wedding Snub”
Apparently I’m not enough of a Trekkie to have realized that there’s been a thing between William Shatner and George Takei all these years. It came to a head this week, as the Associated Press reported: “William Shatner lashes out at George Takei.” That seems a bit of an exaggeration. Here’s the “lashing out”: Lashing … more…
Flightplan (review)
There’s a girl! There’s a girl on the wing of the movie!
Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, Young Frankenstein, Little Shop of Horrors, and Beetlejuice (review)
Why do slasher movies make us laugh in the instant after we jump and scream? When comedy works, it’s for the same reason that horror does: It surprises us, and laughter and screams emanate from that same primitive lizard part of our brains, one that reacts before we can think.
