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Maybe this is why I like the new Star Trek!  Enjoy.

On a related note, have you ever noticed these kinds of uncannyparallels in books or movies you enjoy?
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First, let me start my review with a bit of full-disclosure:  I’m not a Star Trek fan.  Never have been — Star Wars was always a vastly more interesting world and story for me.  The characters were more interesting to me, and so was the action.  Thus, I do not come to this film with two things many die-hard Trek fans would ask of me:  1) extensive knowledge of the Trek universe, 2) a deep love of Gene Roddenberry’s original universe.  I can offer no commentary whatsoever about the quality of J.J. Abrams’s faithfulness to the original creation.  I’ve seen many of the movies, though not all.  I’ve seen some of the original television series, but I never did watch any of the more recent TV series from the 1990s and 2000s.

For now, I’ll just be clear up front:  the movie grabs hold of you in the first five minutes, throws you in a seat, and sends you off on a fun and funny journey for the next two hours.  If there is a cinematic equivalent of a theme park thrillride, Star Trek is it.  And, it works magnificently. [click to continue…]

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by Matthew

I’ve been listening to my BBC LOTR and have been enjoying the adaption. Its interesting to me how different people have made the story fit into their production’s available time. Listening to this has made me more tolerant of changes that need to be made to fit the story in. I still despise changes that are not for that purpose, though. And at present, about half way through, there have been no examples of this.

I have also been thinking of other stories adapted to an audio format and their quality. [click to continue…]

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Classic TV Series Intro’s

May 16, 2008

By Matthew
In my head there are a lot of TV themes and starting sequences of shows I watch while growing up. Some of these have really stuck with me and I remember watching certain shows with the emotions that the intro’s set up.
I’d like to share some of these with you and would love [...]

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New Poll: In which fictional drinking establishment would you most like to imbibe

May 4, 2008

By Matthew
The watering hole plays a strong part in the adventures of many of our fictional heroes and heroines and I’d like to have a real-life poke around in some of them. The inns, that is.
Please comment with your choice and why you’d like to go there… or not.

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