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Coming Soon to a Quadrant Near You

Posted on Dec 16, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

StarTrek.com posts a reminder of all the places you can find all the Treks: Star Trek starting 17-Nov-06 on TV Land. Also on G4 in uncut versions and in the unique Trek 2.0 format. The all-new Remastered versions are also in syndication around the country. Star Trek: The Next Generation is currently on both G4…

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To Boldly Go…

Posted on Dec 15, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The answer to my question about the future of Star Trek has come sooner than I'd like… and I'm not sure what to make of it. One of my last posts on the original Showbits board was about George Takei's interview wherein he proposed reviving TOS as an animated series. Enough of the original actors…

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The Ritz Closes

Posted on Dec 14, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Peter Boyle, an Emmy award-winning actor who played the tap-dancing monster in the 1974 hit Young Frankenstein, has died at the age of 71. His publicists said that he died on Tuesday after battling with heart disease and multiple myeloma. [Story continues] I'm one of the few people I know who did not enjoy the…

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They're Not Dolls, They're Action Figures

Posted on Dec 14, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

It's no TROOPS, but The Phantom Medalists — a winner in Hasbro's 2006 film shorts contest — is an amusing take on what happens after the battle of Star Wars' Yavin IV. Props to old Ben for his performance, and to Han for engaging in a variety of party tricks.

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Hufflepuff, The Missing Pokémon

Posted on Dec 14, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Previously available only in theaters and on YouTube, the trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is now on Apple's trailers Web site. I've commented to several people, "I hope the film is better than the book." Knowing Potheads to be almost as fanatical as Trekkers, I half-expected this sincere comment to…

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But Superman Can See Through Tin

Posted on Dec 13, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Released late last month was The Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition, containing 14 discs that detail every microsecond of the Man of Steel's existence, from his appearance in Action Comics #1 in 1938 to his silver screen revival in 2006 (which I don't understand how some people thought was a remake – duh). Clearly not thinking,…

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Tease

Posted on Dec 12, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

"Angelina Jolie [has] no plans to marry Brad Pitt" And on these crisp winter eves, if you stand very still, you can hear the sound of no one caring. Really, why is this news? I mean, I don't know of any celebrities intending to marry me, either, but you don't see them making a stink…

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The Kirk Identity

Posted on Dec 11, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Courtesy Trek Nation, Matt Damon says he would consider playing Kirk in Star Trek XI, if he liked the script… and was offered the part. Like the article says, no one but Shatner has ever played Kirk. Can any Trekker separate the two? Could we accept anyone else? If the eleventh film is to be…

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