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Accept Change With A Smile!
Do you like horror films?
I don’t.
Ooh, no no, too gory for my liking, give me ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ any day.
They are really popular though, the horrors, and I reckon I know how to
make them even scarier…
Just as the sweet innocent,...
Alameda Writers Group, Cannes Film Festival, Academy of Country Music Awards, Headline May Show Business and Media Events
The 45th edition of the Festival Rose d'Or happens May 3-8 in the alpine setting on the shores of Lake Lucerne. The Festival continues to host the international competition for television entertainment, that attracts programme producers and...
Alternative Income Stream For Musicians (And Others)
What happens when you put out music that distribution companies won't touch, radio won't play, and only a small percentage of the population is interested in?
The movie industry has the same problems. The major distributors won't touch a lot of...
Are you addicted to TV?
It is 2AM and you are blankly staring at a rerun of "Columbo". You meant to go to bed hours ago, but the time has somehow managed to slip through your fingers. Your hand reaches for the remote. It's Saturday afternoon and your best friend since...
Film Financing - Can Film Graduates Take The Challenge?
Graduates from a Film Studies program have a new opportunity in film & video production. Of course, with every opportunity comes a challenge - and in this case, the challenge is to find financing for your, or your employer's, projects. With the...
Home Cinema Room Setup
The best home theater experience is achieved with proper home cinema room setup. A home theater cannot be setup like any regular living room or den - it has special requirements so you can get the full experience from the sight and sound of the...
Machiavelli Hangman Is A Masterpiece
The theme of Machiavelli Hangman is "Carpe Diem." And it does not just jump at you spelling out all the ways you can live life to the fullest and live all your dreams today instead of leaving them for tomorrow. It slowly crawls out of the story,...
Official Movie Website Miscogony
All right, I've got a complaint. It goes out directly to all you sneaky marketing types who THINK you know exactly what the public wants. Official movie websites...have you tried to look at one lately? Its torture! After looking at many of them, I...
Satellite TV Service -- Is DirecTV Or Dish Network Better?
Since the demise of Pegasus and VOOM, there are just two satellite TV service providers battling it out for the top spot -- DIRECTV and DISH Network. Both companies provide excellent service, all-digital broadcast quality, and great customer...
The Allure Of Solvents and Chip Shops
I was five when I saw this older kid racing stock cars. Admittedly, he was playing Stock Car Star and it was a Pocketeer ™ game. There were none of the graphics you get with PS2, granted. But that probably has something to do with there having been...
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Star Trek In Flames – No Phoenix In Sight
As a recovering Trekker, I miss good space science fiction in the theater. I’d hoped Chronicles of Riddick might be some sort of revival of it at the movies, but apparently I’m the only one who doesn’t hate it. Before that, the trailers for Star Trek: Nemesis hinted that it might be at last something different, but as it turns out Berman left most of the Enterprise crew back at space dock. Seriously, did you see the movie? It’s like they spent the entire budget on CGI sets and didn’t have enough money to hire extras to look like they were running the ship. I’m running out of places to turn.
In fact, I’m kind of in a place where I believe it’s time for Star Trek to simply go away for awhile. I’d thought Paramount agreed last week when news leaked out that they were firmly committed to halting all future Star Trek projects for a couple of years. But that worm Berman couldn’t leave it alone, and has since squirmed his way into the ears of Paramount execs and convinced them to give him another shot with the pretty well sunk franchise. What form that chance will take is anyone’s guess, but with Berman at the helm you can be sure it’ll suck. At best it’ll be just another horrible movie, at worst it’ll make somehow manage to make some money and keep Rick “The Federation Con Man” Berman in charge. Not that any of this is a revelation. It’s all been said a hundred
times before.
Actually, I’m not truly sure why I’ve bothered writing this. I’ve no new insight to offer on the matter, I simply needed to vent. I loved Star Trek and Rick Berman hates me. Barring Star Trek, some other good space adventures sure would be nice. WB killed the Babylon 5 movie, so forget about that. Without Tom Cruise on board or his lower level equivalent they don’t want to risk it. Imagine if that attitude had been taken when the idea for Star Trek: The Motion Picture was presented. It’s ridiculous that a B5 movie based on a successful franchise with hordes of fans, cannot get made using the original cast when in a few months a movie based on a cancelled TV show will be. I suppose my only hope now is Firefly… but let’s get realistic. No matter how good that movie is, it’ll never make back it’s budget and it isn’t going to revitalize the space-sci-fi genre. It needs a Lord of the Rings to bring it back or a Star Wars that doesn’t feel like a toy line advertisement. Either of those things happening is a long shot, so I guess I’d better hit the bookstore and cozy up with some Heinlein. Maybe when this superhero craze burns out there’ll be room for movies to return to outer space.
About the Author
Joshua Tyler is the Owner and Creator of CinemaBlend.com, a movie news and review resource updated daily and available for paid syndication.
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