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Thank You, James Earl Jones
A clip of David Prowse doing Darth Vader’s voice before Jones was dubbed in. It’s…not quite the same. (via Weird Universe)
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Why It Sucked
This breakdown of the train wreck that was The Phantom Menace has shown up on several blogs recently, but it’s so thorough I wanted to feature it as well. It’s an evisceration in seven parts. Part 1: Links to the rest: Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7
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This Does Sound Eerily Familiar
In 1607 2154, a ship carrying John Smith Jake Sully arrives in the lush “new world” of North America Pandora. The settlers are mining for gold unobtanium; under supervision of Governor Ratcliffe Colonel Quaritch: John Smith Jake Sully begins exploring the new territory, and encounters Pocahontas Neytiri. Read the rest of the “script treatment” here.…
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SciFi Songs CD Giveaway
Musician John Anealio has recently compiled his best genre-related songs and released a CD. Tracks include “The Return of Titus Quinn” (inspired by Bright of the Sky), “Rachel Rosen” (inspired by Blade Runner), “Sarene” (inspired by Elantris), and eight more. He’s also a contributor to the SF Signal blog, and they’re holding a contest to…
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I Heart SMBC
See the entire strip here.
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This Kind of Thing is Why the Internet was Invented
This has been posted on several other sites, but I don’t care. Enjoy. Happy New Year.
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That’s Sir Jean-Luc
Patrick Stewart has received a knighthood, as has Peter Jackson. Link
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“Midnight Girl” Available for Free Download
Award-winning author Will Shetterly (Dogland, Elsewhere) recently wrote a “vampirish” YA novel about Cat Medianoche, a girl who discovers on her fourteenth birthday that both sides of her family are part of an ancient war and that each group sees her as the key to their victory. Your dad used to be the spooky-mysteries TV…
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Star Wars Weather Forecast
What SW planet is your local weather most like? Sadly, I may have to climb inside a tauntaun for warmth. (via Cynical-C)
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Seen Online
Looking and quacking like a duck does not preclude it from being a cyborg assassin from the future inexplicably designed to simulate a duck. — Zaius13 When I die, I want to be buried wearing roller skates so I’ll automatically have an edge during the zombie uprising. — gothscifigirl For better or worse, every decade’s…