“When people substitute fear for reason…” I think that line may have just as much resonance today, if not more so, than it did in the 1950s when Robert Wise’s (Sound of Music, Star Trek The Motion Picture, The Haunting, West Side Story) sci-fi classic first debuted, and earned its place on the list of 101…
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Star Trek: Phase II
We’ve established that I’m a huge Trek fan, even as I type this the blu-ray is in my player, and I’m finishing up the episode “Shore Leave,” I’m reading the second book in the Lost Years series, A Flag Full of Stars, I’m making my way through DS9 and am hunting down the new IDW…
Film Scores – A Whistler’s Tale
I’m a whistler, and a dreamer… and “Binary Sunset” is one of my favorite thoughtful, hopeful and slightly sad things to whistle, especially when I’m thinking about my future, and watching the horizon. Whistling. I do it all the time, and I carry a huge repertoire in my mind, and on my ipod. In the…
Remembering Ralph McQuarrie
Artist Ralph McQuarrie passed away this weekend. I was raised on his work. Well to clarify, I raised myself on it. I would seek it out. His imagery always fired my imagination, and now he’s gone. His gift to my imagination, however, lives on. I never knew the man, so I can’t speak to that,…
The Haunting (1963)
The Haunting (the original and not the heavy cgi, special effects laden version of the late 90s) is classic horror. It walks the line between psychological thriller, focusing mainly on poor Eleanor (Julie Harris), a sheltered woman who had no life of her own, but was confined to help her bed-ridden mother up until her…
Star Trek The Bantam Years
The 1970s. Star Trek had finished its original run, and was garnering cult status in syndication, and fans were clamoring for more. This was a long time before Star Wars came along, and even longer before Paramount learned what a hot property that had. The short-lived animated series aired in the 73 to 74 season,…
The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning..
Star Trek: The Motion Picture gets a lot of flak, which is regrettable, as I quite enjoy it. People complained about it being slow and ponderous, and untrue to the original series. I have to disagree. Is the films slow moving? It could be construed as such, but I like to see it as getting…
The Mind Reels 