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RIP Dan O’Bannon
Alien Writer Dan O’Bannon Dies
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You Cannot Really Appreciate Shakespeare…
…unless you’ve heard it in the original Klingon. Here you go, then. (via SF Signal)
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I Have a Business Installing Styrofoam Nuns
Day Job Orchestra (a prog-rock band who makes silly videos on the side) took scenes from ST:TNG and dubbed in random sentences that match the movement of the actors’ mouths. Now I want apple juice.
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I Couldn’t Agree More
The You AUGHT to Remember blog has published a cease and desist letter addressed to George Lucas, with demands that he stop destroying his legacy by sucking so egregiously. Dear Mr. Lucas: It has come to our attention that your actions over the past decade in the production of the films Star Wars Episode 2:…
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You Got Your Zombies in My Star Wars!
Zombies and Star Wars. They’re two great…oh, who am I kidding? This is just ridiculous. (Click the image to enlarge for full zombie Wookiee goodness.) Death Troopers follows the adventures of a handful of survivors on an Imperial prison barge after everybody else contracts an horrific disease, dies, and comes back to life (boogedy-boogedy)! Del…
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It’s Like Julie and Julia with Phasers
My Star Trek Year follows the efforts of a “lapsed Star Trek fan” to watch every episode of all of the ST series plus all the films and also immerse himself in other assorted ST paraphernalia (like reading the novels), all in the course of one year. I am not a geek. I swear I’m…
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Leia’s Metal Bikini
This site is exhaustively and entirely devoted to just exactly what you’d think it is. It goes without saying that there are more photos than you can shake a bantha at, along with a fan art gallery. If some of the images were NSFW, I would not be particularly surprised. There are links to tutorials…
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Trek in the Park
A group of part-time actors is performing the TOS episode “Amok Time” in Portland’s Woodlawn Park, with another set of performances scheduled for next weekend. YouTube user dalgoda7 has uploaded several clips of the performance, such as the climactic lirpa fight. Geek Orthodox happened upon last weekend’s performance by accident and took lots of pictures.…
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The Cantina Song on…Everything
BoingBoing recently posted a clip of the Cantina Band song from Star Wars being played on a Chapman stick. I recalled a previous post about the same song being played on a ukulele, and knowing the deep impression the song has made on the collective geek psyche, I wondered what other versions might be out…
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I Have No Words
Just…just click.