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Observations of the 2012 Emmy Nominations
Earlier this week, the 2012 Emmy nominations were announced. As is typical, there were snubs and surprises with the usual expectations. Here are a few observations from this year’s list of potential award winners. If You Want Drama, Go To Cable Of the six shows nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, the only one that was […]
M*A*S*H Quiz
M*A*S*H is one of the best television series of all time and was one of the first shows to cross comedy with drama, mixing hilarious hi-jinx with the horrors of war. The series lasted eleven years, eight more than the actual Korean War in which it was set, and most of those years it was […]
Meet the Munsters Again
With the recent announcement that X-Men and Superman Returns director Brian Singer and Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller are developing an updated version of the ’60’s sitcom The Munsters, re-envisioned as a “visually spectacular hour-long drama,” the Internet was inundated with people screaming that “Hollywood has no creativity” and all the other typical outcries whenever […]
A Mixed Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones is one of Stephen King’s more recent efforts, and is probably not one of his more memorable novels. It was released in 1998, following other books such as Rose Madder, Insomnia, Desperation, and most importantly The Green Mile. It’s an enjoyable read, using some of his typical tropes (a writer protagonist, a […]
Stephen King’s #1 Fans
There probably has been no other author in history that has had such a success in Hollywood as Stephen King. To date, over 30 movies plus countless sequels have been based on his novels or short stories (including The Lawnmower Man, which only stole the name of his story), plus King wrote Sleepwalkers directly for […]
The Future of Star Wars
We live in a Star Wars culture. For nearly 35 years, this cinematic phenomenon has affected our society in more ways than it just being a movie series. It changed the entire motion picture industry, for instance. We’ve now had two generations weaned on the exploits of Luke Skywalker and friends with six movies, several […]
Starfleet is Clueless About the Military
Updated 11/11/11, original article published 10/3/11 It’s stated in every Star Trek episode that the Enterprise’s mission is “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man/one has gone before.” Yeah, what they left out, though, is the amazing firepower on the ship. We all […]
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