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Seven Universal Truths I Learned from Watching 725 Star Trek Episodes (and 11 Movies)

May 14, 2012

Star Trek: my final frontier. This ends the voyage of the starship Small. His three year mission: to watch every single Star Trek episode, of every single Star Trek series, in order of the Star Trek world’s timeline, boldly going where many a nerd has gone before (but in synchronistic story order).

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It’s William Shatner’s World and We Just Live In It

May 7, 2012

We don’t often get to see our heroes in a live forum, especially if they are starship captains. So when I had the chance to see William Shatner, I bought my ticket with due haste. I first saw Shatner on TV in 1974. I was six. My dad and I watched the Star Trek episode “Devil in the Dark”. Captain Kirk, the icon of futuristic manliness, chased an alien called a Horta. The Horta, which looked like a giant vomited piece of Italian sausage and cheese pizza, tunneled through caves and killed planetary miners with its super acid farts. Watching

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Have We Become Literary Lazy-Bones?

March 5, 2012

In honor of the upcoming movie, The Hunger Games, I wanted to share a couple of thoughts.

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Chronicle: A Film Review

February 16, 2012

Knowing NOTHING about Chronicle going in made this film a real treat. I am reveling in the rare treat of true surprise. I am not a fan of reality TV camera style (aka, Cloverfield or Paranormal Activity) but Chronicle put this reality shots to good use. When you add the special effects it really adds power to the atmosphere.

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The Best of 2011: Comics

January 11, 2012

These were my favorite comics of 2011. Comic: Swamp Thing Earlier this fall, DC Comics rebooted most of their series. I have been a hardcore Marvel fan for years, avoiding the drab, squeaky-clean DC heroes (not including Batman). Marvel has been, in the last few years, darker, grittier, and creatively superior to DC. But times are achanging. I decided to pick up the Swamp Thing #1, which was one of my childhood comic favorites. Shazam! I am back on the DC bandwagon. As good as anything written by Marvel in the last two years, Swamp Thing has me rethinking my

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The Best of 2011: TV and Stage

January 9, 2012

These are my favorites of 2011.  What were yours? TV: The Walking Dead AMC’s The Walking Dead has forever changed television. First of all, it is the grossest show on any network. Like a creepy nightmare slowly revealing itself, the show is the best of the horror genre. Aside from the gore, the characters and themes have captivated me. It only takes a few episodes to realize that it is not the zombies that are scary. The uninfected are the true terrors, surviving or struggling with moral boundaries. The zombies are mindless animals. The humans are beasts. As one of

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Best of 2011: Film

January 2, 2012

These are my personal favorite films of the last year. What was your favorite film of 2011? Independent Film: The Tree of Life The Tree of Life is a controversial pick. Some people hated it. Regardless, I believe it is the best of 2011. This is one of those rare films in which I experienced a cataclysm of the heart. Visually dramatic, The Tree of Life is like an impressionist painting put to classical music. More importantly, it is one of the few films that effectively invites us to question subjects like nature, grace, the meaning of life, the existence

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