My niece was mentioning older actors and asked who “Ron Redford” was. I said that Robert Redford was still alive and that he was basically the Brad Pitt of his generation. She gave me a blank stare. I then told her that Brad Pitt was the Shia LeBeouf of my generation. She and her friends …
Monthly Archive: September 2008
Sep 24
9 Days from the biggest FallCon EVER!
I am getting very excited about FallCon, which is having its 20th Anniversary show at the Minnesota fairgrounds in just 9 days. Remember: FallCon is ALWAYS the first weekend in October. Put it on your calendar for next year if you can’t make it this year. This one is going to be wicked awesome. For …
Sep 23
The Amazing Frank Caliendo
There have been a lot of people over the last four decades who have imitated William Shatner. However, Frank Calliendo’s impression could fool a voice recognition computer. This is dangerous, because it means he has the potential to destroy the Enterprise. No, seriously. Close your eyes and just listen. That IS Shatner!
Sep 18
Life officially sucks
Jimmy Jams Comics here in Rochester is closing its doors next week. I’ve just found out tonight, having missed the announcement earlier. (On top of everything else wrong with this, I’m very late to their storewide 50% off sale on trade paperbacks and I’ve missed a lot of goodies!) This leaves me without a comic …
Sep 12
Lynda Carter stomps on my heart a little
UPDATED — SEE BELOW If you were ever in love with TV’s Wonder Woman, you may want to skip this item. (Also, it depends on your politics.) Asked simply what she thinks of Sarah Palin, Lynda Carter goes off on a rant. I can’t tell you how crushed I am to hear such paranoid, hateful …
Sep 08
Spidey 4 and 5 are on, with Raimi and Tobey
Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire are onboard for Spider-Mans (Spider-Men?) 4 & 5. Too bad they raced through about 3 movies’ worth of plot and villains for Spider-Man 3. Here’s an idea: How about, for just one movie, Spider-Man takes on an original villain? How about a psycho killer? Or maybe terrorists? It’s not something …
Sep 05
Yes…we only update for obituaries now
I just heard (and sorry, this is four days late) that one of the greatest voice-over artists of our time, Don La Fontaine, has passed away at a rather young age. You know him as the “In a world…” trailer guy. Allow me to post the videos making the rounds of all the geek blogs …
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