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iriushoothoot · 7 months

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EC Comics, The Twilight Zone and my love for tales of the unknown

Black Mirror is often described as the Twilight Zone of the modern day. A title truly deserving of a great show like Black Mirror. However, as much as I love Black Mirror, The Twilight Zone has a special place in my heart. The series started 40 years before my birth and ended 5 years later. At least the original airing with Rod Serling, which is the incarnation that I consider one of my favorites of all time.

Many stories in the series are about strange sci-fi scenarios and weird events taking place. The very first episode even features a man finding himself in a foreign town with no people, unable to remember his name or why or how he got there. In the following scenes, the man slowly unravels that he was part of the US Air Force and was part of an experiment on the effects of long periods of isolation in preparation for a space flight. The Twilight Zone is a product of its day when the Space Race was at its peak, but still in its early stage. This creates an imaginable setting, where everything could be possible with science in just a few years. But not all episodes were space-themed obviously. One of the best-known episodes of the series is called "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" starring William Shatner (yes, Captain Kirk himself). The plot is rather simple, William Shatner plays an airplane passenger who sees something strange out of his window. However, no one will believe his story. Not even the airline stewardess. The tension in the episode is palpable as it's not clear if there is a real danger or if the passenger has a nervous breakdown and just hallucinates what he sees.

But the most iconic episode of the Twilight Zone is one I have yet to mention: "Time Enough at Last", which is my favorite episode. The protagonist is a bank clerk who loves nothing more than reading. Unfortunately, this is a task that always has to be done in private as no one seems to approve of his obsession with reading, including his wife. This all changes when an atomic war is triggered and the clerk survives by being in a bank vault. He went there for his break to have peace to read in quiet, missing out on the war. It turns out he is the only living human being left alive and everyone else is dead. He thinks about this as a blessing as now he finally has time enough at last. He can finally read in peace. Only to find out the devastating news that his glasses are broken after a little accident. And he is the only person left alive.

In my opinion, this episode features a certain dread but it is played rather playfully and light-hearted. Something that might not be too terrifying at first glance, but still leaves enough open to think about it, picturing the pain that must plague the protagonist of the story, unable to ever read a book again in this empty world.

I think there is something very special about stories that create a specific atmosphere through the narration. It doesn't need any huge set pieces or a big budget, just a good writer with an amazing imagination and the ability to make you imagine all the things that happen in their heads. The horror and mystery media of the 50s and 60s had that special vibe that I hugely admire. It sparks my creativity and captures my fascination by introducing me to strange concepts that are rarely explored nowadays. Perhaps because stuff like The Twilight Zone already explored them, but modern horror needs to be more imaginable again, trying out unorthodox concepts again.

But The Twilight Zone is not the only medium of that sort I enjoy from this period of time. From 1944 to 1956 there was the comic publisher EC Comics, which is most famous for its comic series "Tales from the Crypt" and "Vault of Horror". Each issue featured multiple short stories, presented by characters like "the crypt-keeper" or "the old witch" with a foreword by them that introduces each story. Many of these stories featured very gruesome and graphic scenes that were unheard of in the comic scene until then. The reason for that is that there wasn't an age rating back then for media, so they were free to go wild with content and storytelling. Today, these comics are considered some of the best horror anthologies of the genre. Many well-known horror writers have been influenced by them in their formative years and even now, some decades later, many adaptations have been made of those stories. I remember watching an animated Tales from the Crypt TV series back in my early childhood. Even then I loved spooky stories.

As I have grown older, I have started to appreciate the style and tone of those stories and I'm happy to say that I own the complete collection of the comics, at least digitally. Some are certainly a bit cheesy and dated but that is also part of their charm. There are many gems in there, worth checking out. I can highly recommend checking them out yourself.

Ec Comics and The Twilight Zone are two masters of horror and mystery in my honest opinion. That's why I want to dedicate the spooky season this year to those classics. I commissioned a Twilight Zone-inspired art piece by a fantastic artist and I'm working, besides my Halloween YCH, on an EC-like comic!

So far the first page is completed, and more are coming!

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peashooter85 · 3 years

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Recently William Shatner went into space and it was then that I learned Capt. Kirk is 90 years old! Like, does he look like he's 90 years old he looks like he's 65 maybe 70 at most that's amazing!

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kinetic-elaboration · 4 years

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August 20: 1x11 The Menagerie Part 1

Hello time for Spock’s Mutiny Part One

That is a LOT of 50s looking sci fi background to hit with me all at once.

Spock with his carefully neutral face like ‘hmmm? a distress signal that did not come from here? how COULD that be?’

Kirk and Spock tilt their heads at the exact same time lol.

“Subspace chatter.” Please, Commodore, call it what it is, “gossip.”

“We met when he was promoted to Fleet Captain.” Okay so he was promoted, but to a weird rank that literally only exists for like two people in Star Trek I guess. (I had to look it up because I don’t know what a Fleet Captain is lol.)

I don’t understand how Pike could be the same age as Jim and yet hold the Captain’s position for 11+ years before Jim was promoted like??? Did he become a Captain faster than AOS!Kirk? Also, he looked like he was Jim’s age now in those tapes from 13 years ago. He cannot possibly be in his mid-30s now, or he’d be in his early 20s on the Talos tapes, and also, younger than Spock. So either I misheard or...it’s wrong. I guess it was supposed to mean that he was, at the time Spock served with him, the same age Jim is now?? But it shows up in a weird place to be making that point.

Oh, Spock’s mentor. The emotion.

And so begins Spock’s amazing cavalcade of lies, lies, and more lies. Doesn’t even look like it’s hard. He’d basically do anything for his replacement father.

Pike must be the only other person Spock has ever served under.

I love it when they argue about records and log books. Like, this sort of bureaucratic dueling makes up a lot more of the TOS plot than people think. The record logs must have been changed because Spock never lies!

Love that Kirk and Mendez are fighting and Mendez just yells “Well you’re right!” and that’s the end of the argument.

Is this the same Jose who wanted his peppers in another episode?

Spock is so supremely sneaky here. Mission Impossible theme plays as he skulks around and messes with the computers.

Okay, that little flirting thing with Miss Piper and the mention of “Helen” and Kirk looking briefly worried about what Helen might have said about him--that does make him look a little slutty. So he loves love okay guys!!!

That scenery out the window omg 1954 called it wants its illustrations back.

All these dumbasses on the bridge and only Uhura is suspicious.

Spock is so exasperated. All these questions! Good thing he has a fake recording of the Captain telling them all to just listen to Spock. He really thought of everything.

Kirk is looking very handsome and thoughtful. (My mom: finally a man who can think and still look fine.) He’s so distressed at the idea of Spock doing something bad.

This Bones and Kirk scene. I’m so distracted by their insistence that Vulcans can’t lie. I mean have you considered that when they told you they can’t lie.... they were lying??? Also lol @ the idea of Spock’s human side being “completely submerged.” That’s another lie he’s telling you Bones!

Love Bones defending Spock though. “He would never make a false entry! This is the LOGS were talking about here!” He adores Spock too.

That’s a cool little secret book they got there.

Kirk’s face when the Enterprise leaves without him!

Self-driving Enterprise.

I love how everyone is just unaware of the mutiny lol. Just cackling at Spock’s blatant and constant lies. “I’ve placed myself in command of the Enterprise.” Sitting in The Chair.

I’m sorry but I’m laughing so hard at all of this. He made sure to lure Bones back onto the ship with the vaguest of messages just so he could be like “Look, friend, I have a secret... I stole a Captain!”

Lol Jim following in the shuttlecraft. Can’t get rid of him that easily! Also I love the shuttle design. Adorable.

Oh no, Jim’s in danger! You can tell from Spock’s face that this was a crimp in his plan that he did not entirely expect. (I do think he figured he’d be court-martialed eventually but this specifically, Jim not turning back when he ran out of fuel, I think did throw him.)

Jim, caring more about Spock than about himself.

Bones like “hmmm who could it POSSIBLY be in the shuttle?”

“I never received orders to take command. Just went ahead and did it.”

Well this is an awkward situation!

Bones: “Well, confine him!”

Uhura’s reaction lol. Always a cutie.

Dammit I’m a doctor, not an arresting officer.

Scotty muttering (possibly his only line in this ep)

Spock’s weird statue. Lurking in the background while Spock somehow spies on the transporter room from his room? With a camera that can zoom in and out for dramatic effect?

So Spock thought it was possible Jim would follow him, so he made his mutiny impossible to undo.

Weird how they yet again call Spock a lieutenant commander when his rank stripes have always indicated he’s a commander.

I love when they discuss regulations. These nerds! They locate so much drama in it and the JD in me is having a damn good time.

I feel like this is the closest Jim and Spock have ever come to fighting. DENIED!

Oooh fancy dress time.

I feel like Spock is having a good time here lol. He lives for the drama.

He’d make a good lawyer. Kirk would too.”Commodore, you’ve opened the door” takes me back to Evidence.

And now, 13 years ago...

Jim, you’re ruining the DRAMA with your interruptions!

“Could you be biased because he’s your personal friend? Your special friend? Your best buddy Spock?”

This pilot looks like it was made 10 years before The Corbomite Maneuver or even Where No Man.

Young Spock wants to go exploring on the new planet! Kirk 100% would have gone, like, no question.

What kind of random ass outfits were those? Tennis Sunday on the Enterprise?

Look at that close up shot of the communicator. My flip phone c. 2032.

Gotta flop on the bed in the most photogenic way possible. Google Earth, always taking pictures.

This doctor is so obviously proto-Bones. And Pike IS Kirk but whinier and without that Shatner charm.

Swords and armor and deserted fortresses?? What?

This whole ep just reads as SUCH a rough first draft.

Knowing what we know about Spock, I almost doubt there was a distress message lol.

Time warp factor 7.

Court of space law.

Literally can’t believe they watched a 10 minute clip of Pike whining as part of this actual legal proceeding.

Kirk’s probably very curious to see more of Spock in his 20s.

Spock’s eyeshadow at the trial is super on point.

I can’t believe Pike has literal papers lol. Like papers made out of paper. They have printers in deep space?

Their little away team jackets, so cute.

More 50s sci fi backgrounds! I feel like people who think TOS is dated or ages badly need to watch this and, to a lesser extent, Where No Man. I think it shows just how much TOS did its own thing bc those pilots really took from the recent sci fi landscape, whereas TOS created its own thing. I think that’s why TNG looks more dated to me--it seems of a piece with other 90s media, whereas, aside from stuff like the hairstyles or the miniskirts, TOS doesn’t look 60s and it doesn’t look like other contemporary genre work.

Pretty blue flowers that make music make Spock smile--that’s my favorite part of the whole pilot. He’s so cute.

A GIRL.

I love that reveal that the transmissions are coming from Talos IV because it means that Spock, while on trial for mutiny and an attempted capital offense, commits ANOTHER capital offense AS PART OF his trial. The balls.

“I respectfully decline.”

Literally the only time he freaks out about anything is when Jim is blamed. I mean truly his plan is at least 50% more complicated than it had to be solely to protect Jim. And now the Captain is going down with him, and he’s mad at him!! A cliffhanger for sure.

Honestly, even the power of Jim just standing alone in the room.... Underrated.

“To be concluded next week.”

#star trek tos #the year 2020 #2020: fandom thoughts #2020: star trek

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outlanderlush · 5 years

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SAM HEUGHAN

By William Shatner Photography David Bailey

Published April 25, 2016

I understand that you have these contraptions for women called a Shewee, which means women can stand up to go to the bathroom, and that’s good. That makes men and women more equal. Sam Heughan

In every sense, Sam Heughan is the stuff of fantasy. No fan base in the world rides harder for the pinup of their choice than the Heughligans—who in turn have cast him as the star of their fantasies, in large part, as a result of his role in Starz’s steamy time-travel soap Outlander, which returned for its second season in April (the #droutlander is over!!).

On the show, the 36-year-old Heughan plays the dreamy but star-crossed lover Jamie, a Highlander in 18th-century Scotland. In real life, Heughan grew up in the shadows of a 17th-century castle in Southwest Scotland, and his career has been no less fabulous. While still attending classes at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2003, he was nominated for an Olivier Award. Ten years and several TV roles later, he landed Outlander and the part that launched a zillion ‘shippers.

And still, the fantasia does not end there for Heughan, as we discovered when we spoke to him last year. Turns out, there was a little (very little; hobbit-sized, in fact) something of the mystical traveler in him from the get-go.

“Are you really named after Samwise Gamgee?” we asked.

“Well, yes,” he said. “On my birth certificate, it’s just Sam, but my brother does have a name from The Lord of the Rings. It’s Cirdan—he was the shipwright at the end of Lord of the Rings that takes them across to wherever it is they all go when the elves leave the earth. My family were pretty big hippies.”

“Did you identify with Samwise when you read the books as a child?”

“It always was like, ‘I don’t want to be that one!’ because he’s so nice and honorable and good. And I wanted to be Bilbo; I wanted to be more dangerous, less dependable. It’s funny, though—as a child, you’re already thinking, ‘Who do I want to be and how do I see myself portrayed?’ ”

Which made us curious. Over e-mail recently, we wondered, “Are you much of an escapist or fantasist?”

“I guess I’m quite practical,” Heughan wrote. “Or at least like to think I am. I do tend to lose myself in whatever job I’m doing or hobby I’m into. (Currently, I love fitness activities—I have run many marathons, triathlons; I spent Christmas and New Year’s in Thailand training at a Muay Thai gym.)”

“So, are you a fan of sci-fi?”

“I love sci-fi. Growing up, I was a big fan of the Alienseries, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, etcetera. Plus, anything apocalyptic—I Am Legend, 1984, Battlestar Galactica … I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling—to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!”

While on a press trip to the fantastical city of the future, Tokyo—or, perhaps, on a mission to discard a ring of pure power in some distant land—Heughan got on the phone with another sci-fi stud, William Shatner himself, to talk about real love, real haggis, and really bad gas.

WILLIAM SHATNER: Say, it’s the middle of the night there, isn’t it?

SAM HEUGHAN: It’s a half past seven in the morning. Happy birthday.

SHATNER: Thank you so much for the bottle. I’ll treasure it and drink it really slowly, thinking good thoughts about you in Australia. Tell me what you’re doing.

HEUGHAN: I’m currently in Tokyo and it’s pretty mental. We went out yesterday and had a look around, but I got pretty ill. We were supposed to go to this amazing sushi bar and … I don’t know what I ate on the flight, but it wasn’t good. So my first day in Tokyo was a bit of a letdown.

SHATNER: And those bathrooms are so small.

HEUGHAN: I think I’m falling into some sort of relationship with this toilet.

SHATNER: You get a porcelain fixation and you sort of hug the bowl.

HEUGHAN: You can hug the bowl, but also, this one washes you, it can give you a massage.

SHATNER: It’s actually better than a girlfriend.

HEUGHAN: I think we might be falling in love.

SHATNER: [laughs] Are you shooting in Japan?

HEUGHAN: No, we’re here for press and we’ve got some fan events. There were some fans that waited for me to get off the airplane last night at 4 a.m. And they brought me lots of gifts, including some Japanese whiskey, which I didn’t send you.

SHATNER: Suntory.

HEUGHAN: This one is Hibiki.

SHATNER: Their beers are really good. I was in Tokyo and Osaka, and that’s really a beautiful place if you can get there—on a bullet train it’s a couple of hours. Do you like Japanese food?

HEUGHAN: Yeah. I’m extremely excited to just eat sushi and obviously have some good beer. I’m a big fan of Kirin and Asahi and all that.

SHATNER: I had an event here yesterday, about 20 people. There was somebody lecturing, and in the middle of her talking, somebody farted. Everyone looked at everybody else because it was outside, and there was no directional sound. But I knew it was the lady speaking because I was close-up. [laughs] Have you ever been in one of those situations?

HEUGHAN: I just had one in Australia.

SHATNER: Tell me about it.

HEUGHAN: We were doing an interview on live television, and there were like five of us on the sofa, five interviewees chatting. And they brought out some haggis for the presenters to try. And haggis, as you know, is a delicious Scottish dish that should be eaten on occasion but—

SHATNER: Delicious only to the Scots, Sam.

HEUGHAN: Well, I think the …

SHATNER: Only to the Scots, Sam.

HEUGHAN: Well, it’s a delicious …

SHATNER: Only to the Scots.

HEUGHAN: That’s why we send it to you guys so you can try it as well.

SHATNER: No, no you send it to us so we realize how fierce the Scots really are.

HEUGHAN: How fierce our stomachs are.

SHATNER: Right. So everybody ate it, and then what happened?

HEUGHAN: Well, as it came out on a platter, I thought it looked uncooked. There was this terrible stench and it smelled like someone had, I don’t know, lost control of their bowels.

SHATNER: That’s really what haggis is, you know.

HEUGHAN: Well, exactly. But I think everyone else thought someone had farted, and we’re all sitting there talking on this couch, and I was convinced it was one of the other presenters. And they probably all thought, “Who is this very smelly Scotsman?” But they all proceeded to try the haggis, and I think they’re probably going to be very, very ill.

SHATNER: [laughs] The person was never found out? Well, once it’s in gas form, it’s difficult to determine its origin.

HEUGHAN: [laughs] That’s true. We need to develop a system. They probably had one on Star Trek, didn’t they? So that you could track somebody by their—

SHATNER: Well, no. But do you have dogs? We have dogs, and you can tell which dog is passing air by the smell.

HEUGHAN: Uh, great.

SHATNER: Have you ever been able to identify somebody by the smell of their methane gas?

HEUGHAN: I don’t think I have. What do yours smell like?

SHATNER: Well, roses and daffodils really.

HEUGHAN: Daffodils, wow.

SHATNER: Have you ever been in bed with someone who passed air? Do you mention it or ignore it? What’s your custom?

HEUGHAN: I think it’s probably more gentlemanly to ignore it. Is it not? Unless it’s someone you know very well. How many people do you get in bed with that pass gas?

SHATNER: It depends whether I’ve offered them haggis or not.

HEUGHAN: Or a half a bottle of whiskey.

SHATNER: Yes, Suntory particularly. [laughs] There was a commercial here about eliminating gas from your system, and at the end of the commercial, there are two people in bed and the lady lifts up a blanket and wiggles the blanket, airing it out a little bit. It’s a subtle note that somebody with a fun sense of humor used on a commercial. But it really is a matter of how well you know somebody, isn’t it?

HEUGHAN: I think it is, and maybe when you can do that, you know that you’ve gotten really close to someone.

SHATNER: Now, that’s interesting. So is that the moment of love, when they pass gas in your presence and nobody’s self-conscious about it?

HEUGHAN: I think you might be on to something here.

SHATNER: The criteria of love is if you can accuse them of doing it. It’s evil, but necessary. A true test. If they accept the guilt when you know it’s yours, you know they love you. That’s brings them down to the street level, and do you want to put your lady on a pedestal, or do you want her on the porcelain toilet?

HEUGHAN: Probably a Japanese toilet.

SHATNER: It’s so complex.

HEUGHAN: It’s just so good. I think I’d rather justhave a Japanese toilet. I understand that you have these contraptions for women called a Shewee, which means women can stand up to go to the bathroom, and that’s good. That makes men and women more equal. They have them in the military.

SHATNER: I never thought of that. But, if the troops are mixed, do the ladies go in the same place the guys go?

HEUGHAN: I guess so, yeah. I guess if you’re in the military, you’ve got to be quick and, therefore, you can go anywhere I suppose.

SHATNER: It can be lethal. I wonder if you can smell a soldier coming by the MREs they’re eating.

HEUGHAN: What are MREs?

SHATNER: Meals, Ready-to-Eat. I guess they’re precooked and all you have to do is heat them up.

HEUGHAN: Oh, Christ. I bet they were bad then.

SHATNER: They must have been bad, but not as bad as Spam or something like that.

HEUGHAN: Or haggis, yeah.

SHATNER: Well, the Scots used haggis while they were on marches, didn’t they? Wasn’t that the whole reason? It didn’t rot too easily?

HEUGHAN: I’m not sure if that’s quite true, but they would make porridge and get a bit of blood from an animal. You’d bleed an animal a little bit and put it in the porridge. You’d basically have bloody oatmeal, which is very nutritious I think.

SHATNER: Well, depending on whose blood you took.

HEUGHAN: Yeah, you don’t want to bleed out your horse too much, otherwise, you’re not going to go anywhere. Are you having a good birthday, though?

SHATNER: I think I’ve exhausted that subject completely. Where do you go from Japan?

HEUGHAN: I’m coming to see you. I’m expecting to see you in Los Angeles next week.

SHATNER: You come here and I’ll take you to the best sushi. I’ve been to Tokyo and other places in Japan, and I’ve never found sushi as good as the place right near us in Los Angeles.

HEUGHAN: That’s a deal.

WILLIAM SHATNER IS AN ACTOR, AUTHOR, AND FILMMAKER. HE HAS WON TWO EMMYS AND A GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD.

#outlander #interview magazine #sam heughan #william shatner #read this

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the-citrus-scale · 5 years

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Pensacon 2019 Intro Review

Way back in February of this year we attended Pensacon in Pensacola, Florida. Yes, it took forever to get this content out, but we’ve had some major growing pains in the meantime. For one thing, we were just a little ole fandom magazine, The Lemon Magazine, when we attended and now we’re a full-fledged news and media company, so… yeah. Anyway, we had an absolute blast, all of which will be outlined in the posts to follow, but we wanted to give a quick review-y type post for those interested in attending in the future.

The one thing you really want to know if you’re searching for this convention is whether or not you should fork over the money to attend, right? Well, we can definitely say it was worth it! Every single second was jam-packed with things to do and see. The entire town of Pensacola turns out for this thing and even nearby businesses and restaurants transform. For instance, most within walking distance will change their interiors for the entire weekend into something resembling The Enterprise or Platform 9 ¾. And if that’s not enough, the celebrities that attend every year are more than worth the ticket price.

Okay, so let’s get to it. First, we were given press passes, but we didn’t get to skip lines or anything like that, so we were treated to the true convention experience. Nothing fancy, which was just fine. We can’t exactly report on what it might be like for you to go if we get anything above and beyond what our readers might get. The only thing that was different was our check-in. It’s in a separate area and the lines for those with regular weekend passes had a pretty hefty line even earlier in the morning, so that’s something to keep in mind when you’re planning. The staff was amazing, though, so while the lines were long, they went fast. Also, if you don’t have parking passes, you will have to pay for something nearby. We suggest taking an Uber or Lyft instead. You’re not gonna want to leave, so it’s fine. You can also get a hotel downtown too, though those can sell out fast.

Day one is technically Friday afternoon (or Thursday night if you have VIP passes), so not a lot of people attend that day compared to Saturday and Sunday. However, we advise going all three days, if you can swing it. Being there on Friday, when it opened to the public, let us browse all the vendors before the huge crowds the next day. Getting all the shopping out of the way first was nice and allowed us to spend more time in panels and photo op lines the other two days.

Pensacon has a campus layout. This means that the entire convention is spaced out over several buildings. They’re all within walking distance of each other, as is downtown, so even without a car, everything is completely manageable. We went ahead and started in the main building, the Pensacola Bay Center, where all the vendors are located. This is also where some of the bigger stars are located, and while this place can be a maze, we didn’t have any trouble navigating. Just pay attention to the signage and you’ll be good.

Because it’s a smaller convention, you could easily walk right up to celebrities’ tables and get an autograph and picture for a fee without much wait. It varied depending on the celebrity and their status, but everyone that attends is pretty reasonable. There were a lot of Harry Potter stars this year, so that was especially fun for us. William Shatner was also there, and his line was pretty long, but even that wasn’t something you might see at the real big conventions, like SDCC or something. Oh, and don’t forget cash. If you didn’t pay for a staged photo op beforehand, cash was key. For most, that we noticed anyway, that was what they accepted. For the vendors, they were more set up to take cash and debit, so just keep that in mind.

For Saturday and Sunday, there was a lot of walking from one panel to the next. We go into further detail about those in the upcoming articles, but each was very well moderated. Everyone got to ask their questions and was respectful. I did hear of people getting in trouble for recording in the panels, even press, but it was made very clear that you weren’t to do that, so we’re not sure why people still tried it. Regardless, at all the panels we attended, we had zero issues. Everything ran smoothly and on time. We only heard of one panel being canceled, but from what we understand that was due to some outside triggered fanboy threats that, thankfully, never came to fruition.

Overall, we will be attending any way we can as many years as we can. It was intimate, professional, and had some awesome celebrities and panels. Pensacon even has its own film festival with an award ceremony, though we didn’t have time to attend this year. And before we forget, the cosplayers brought it. We were lucky enough to interview some lovely ladies that attended this year, and you’ll be able to read those later this week too, but every single person we saw cosplaying was incredible. The craftsmanship still has us freaking out! They were all so nice too, and very accommodating of every person who wanted to take a picture, as most cosplayers are.

Hopefully you’re not still on the fence because it’s definitely not a con you want to miss! And if you do decide to come in 2020, get your tickets early. They were announcing guests up until the last minute, so don’t wait for your favorites to be confirmed. It might be too late by then.

#pensacon #pensacon 2019 #pensacon coverage #convention coverage #con coverage #coverage: pensacon #review #con review #convention review #review: pensacon 2019 #harry potter #william shatner

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Review

[This review includes spoilers.]

Spock: "There is an old Vulcan proverb: only Nixon could go to China."

The common wisdom among Trekkies is that the even-numbered Star Trek movies are good and the odd numbered movies suck. There's actually something to this theory. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a good movie that works on three levels: as a step toward aligning the Original Series mythology with Next Gen, as a farewell for the Original Series cast, and as an enjoyable Star Trek adventure in its own right. It looks especially good in contrast to its predecessor, the "let's pretend it never happened" fifth movie.

The plot centers on the Khitomer Accord, the crucial event that brought peace with the Klingons and eventually allowed a guy named Worf to serve on the bridge of the Enterprise D a few years in the future. But like the II-IV trilogy, this movie was also about growing older. The proverbial "undiscovered country" is the future, and our heroes were being pushed into retirement so that younger adventurers could take their place and start boldly going where no one had gone before. Sadly, I noticed when watching the first six movies in close succession that this movie is where they start showing their age in a big way. Shatner in particular looked tired, gray and overweight, a bit too old to carry the lead in an action movie, bless his heart.

(Although Sulu, the youngest member of the original series cast, got his own command and looked ready, able and willing to take the helm of a spinoff. It's too bad he didn't get one.)

This adventure did give some satisfying closure to Kirk as a character. He was forced reluctantly to lead the effort to make peace with a people he hated. Early in the movie, most of the cast were denigrating Klingons as subhuman in an uncomfortable echo of race prejudice. By the end, Kirk internalized that the "Klingon bastard" who killed David was an individual, and not all Klingons are bastards. This core message -- that it is ignorance that makes one see "the other" as evil -- has always been one the strengths of the original series. We're all "human," even if we're not all homo sapiens.

The Undiscovered Country included some strong guest stars, primarily David Warner as Chancellor Gorkon of the Klingon High Council, who didn't get enough scenes, and Christopher Plummer as General Chang, who probably got too many. (Great eyepatch, though. It looked like it was screwed into his head.) We got Michael Dorn playing Worf's ancestor the defense attorney, and Rene Auberjonois (pre Deep Space Nine) as a Starfleet officer. There was even a character named Dax, although he was most certainly not a Trill, Kurtwood Smith as the Federation president with rather amazing long white hair, and Christian Slater for about a minute.

We weren't quite as fortunate with the female characters. Kim Cattrall gave a forgettable performance (I certainly forgot it) as Lt. Valeris, who was mostly notable for her stupid hairdo and the fact that she wasn't Saavik. Iman played the shapeshifting alien Martia, a forgettable character, whom I'll admit had her moments.

The movie ended with the written signatures of the cast members, which I thought was just lovely. It was the perfect end to the adventures of the Original Series cast. Too bad it wasn't actually the end for all of them.

Bits and pieces:

-- Star date 9521.6. The action took place mostly on Enterprise, Starfleet HQ, and various Klingon locations that I didn't quite track.

-- The Klingon moon Praxis was destroyed and the entire Klingon civilization nearly along with it because of a lack of safety measures. I could make a contemporary political comment about this, but I won't.

-- Because the budget was slashed after the debacle that was Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, they used redressed Next Gen sets for much of this movie.

-- Janice Rand again showed up, this time as Sulu's communications officer.

-- Thanks to the chameloid, we got Kirk fighting himself again. That was like a petit homage to the Original Series.

-- As a plot point it was rather cool, but the lavender blood looked a bit ridiculous. Especially since there was so much of it.

-- McCoy was a ship's surgeon for 27 years. That's quite a career.

Quotes:

Chekov: "Guess who's coming to dinner?"

Gorkon: "The undiscovered country." Spock: "Hamlet, act 3, scene 1." Gorkon: "You've not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon." Chang: "Ach ah, ach beh!" (My Klingon spelling sucks. Feel free to correct me.)

Chang: "In space, all warriors are cold warriors." Plus, no one can hear you scream.

Chang: "We need breathing room." Kirk: "Earth. Hitler. 1938."

Kirk: "I'm going to sleep this off. Please let me know if there's some other way we can screw up tonight."

Martia: "That was not his knee. Not everybody keeps their genitals in the same place, captain."

Kirk: "Once again, we've saved civilization as we know it." McCoy: "And the good news is, they're not going to prosecute."

This was the last appearance of the entire original series cast together, and it was nice that they went out on a positive note. Three out of four sets of Starfleet dishes.

Billie Doux loves good television and spends way too much time writing about it.

#Star Trek #Star Trek VI #Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country #James T. Kirk #Spock #Leonard McCoy #Star Trek Reviews #Doux Reviews #Movie Reviews #something from the archive

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minrazinc · 6 years

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Remembering another night involving Bill

I don't know what to say. On my way back, I thought a lot, but when actually putting them into words I find myself once again wordless. After all, what words can be used to describe such a human being.

Since 2016 September the first time I saw Star Trek and quickly fell in love, I've been to five of his theater events, cons not included, plus two tickets bought but unable to attend. I love him for he's an actor, nothing less, so my most desired way of seeing him is to see him on stage. And up till now, five times, five cities, across half of America. I travelled through them without a driving license and car. Itself is almost like a spiritual journey, a boldly going. Every time seeing him, being in a city, besides the joy of seeing him, the adventurous spirit that emerges because of a new place is another reason I love doing this. And every time, no matter how I feel grudges before the event because I hate myself for being craycray again, for not having a life, for having a disconformity between my ideology and my behavior, I always feel so gratifying to a almost spiritual level (why this word so avoidable ) after the event.

And this time is no different.

My first impression: PLEASE DON'T DO ALL THOSE EXACT SAME STORIES ALL OVER AGAIN... ugh here it goes... However, the weird thing that I don't understand is, even though my mind telling me those stories that I heard countless of times aren't funny as they used to be anymore, my body still can't resist laughing. And yes it's my body that laughs, not just faces, along with thousands of people in the theater. And that just feels sooooo good. This is something that I couldn't get from any other actors or theater events. This is something that he alone can bring upon, the ability to make people laugh so hard. It's like all the grudges, anxiety, depression I've had over the whole month went away instantly. I lost in pure happiness...

Second impression: there are still many parts of his talk that impresses me, whether I've heard it or not. For example, when he talked about the "unknown", about his experience interviewing all those scientists when he's making "The Truth is in the Stars", he talked about the true reason science fiction is loved and welcomed is because of its unknownness, that you can bring the reality into any direction. I probably heard him talked this for more than once, but this time is the first time I feel like I suddenly understand it. From the first moment when I watched Mind Meld while I hadn't watched a small part of Star Trek, I was instantly attracted to some of his ideology, I think. I always consider myself a far different person compared to him, but there's some unique ideology that he always likes to hold unto that really interest me, like the unknownness. I think of life itself as a constant transformable entity as well. There's nothing that's fixed, unchangeable. This more or less makes me a person who don't believe in an idea too firmly, because there's always alternative. As in Chinese it would be 中庸 moderation, but that's something that needs far more length to talk about......

Anyway, tonight when I heard his talk, it's the first time that I don't pay much attention on facts and details of his stories anymore, but trying to perceive it, understand it to another level. I didn't want to admit that there are times I don't understand him before, because I've watched a large parts of his works, read all of his books, watched countless of his talks, what's not to understand? But this time I've realized it that I don't always understand him, not stories, but the experience that lies behind that four times of my age years. This is just another part of him that fascinate me a lot, besides the aura comes from his name that sometimes scares me.

Also, the first question that comes from the audience tonight is "space force, are you in?" He laughed for like a couple of minutes just by himself, that kind of "ahhh you peeps want to get me into trouble" laugh with very high pitch. He said he'd deal with it at the end, cleverly avoided it, but of course at the end he didn't answer it still.

He talked about Ubantu again, during which perhaps is the only time I had an illusion he's starring at me, and this is perhaps the only time when I feel like he's starring at me but I wish this is an illusion lol. My poor eyesight...

Near the end of his talk, my illusion gets stronger (the obvious reason is my poor eyesight of course). I remember the words that the authors of Where No Man describe him when attending his talks during 70s, that his face is transformed. I actually felt it tonight! I think this word for one describes his essence as an actor, that he's always alive on stage, or performing, or just actualize his role as an actor (those theater critics who said his performance were wooden are pure fools). For another it probably comes from the subjective feeling of us audience when seeing him on stage. He's so pure, alive, full of life, and artistically canning, which makes him almost out of a physical form itself but an existence that purely belongs to art and a wild energy galloping in the field. It's such an extraordinary thing to see him when he's "out there", on stage, on camera, or even on horseback.

wow did I forget to mention my little encounter with him and Liz just before the show. It's just simply...wow... I decided to go to this restaurant to have dinner in the morning when I saw it on map, because I assumed it's a Chinese restaurant based on its name. But nothing weird came to my mind at this moment... At 4:30, when I finally went there to have my dinner, I was surprised by the inside decoration because it looks a lot like Cafe Firenze... at that moment I thought if he decided to have dinner near the theater this must be the place, even though on the other hand he obviously can choose to have dinner in LA and then drive here. So I was having my grilled Salmon, happily and gratifying, but that thought comes stronger and stronger without knowing why. I even peek at the door a couple of times since I was sitting right in front of it. I was finishing, and was considering whether I shall have a desert or not. Right at that moment here came that man's silhouette which I didn't realize right away but Elizabeth's handsomeness amazed me more. I was so shocked, and couldn't help myself. How many times could you experience such thing? Hope something to happen and boom it happens. I waved to them "Hello Mr. & Mrs. Shatner! "Liz waved back to me first and said hi. Bill acknowledge it and then came to the waiter. After he's done with waiter, he waved to me a bit as well. I was guessing Liz made him do it 'cause it's such a funny scene. I wanted so hard to take pictures, twisting my body back and forth on my seat, but eventually I decided love is best expressed in form of respect (but also because I was scared ah hhh)

I never believed in so called celebrity encounter, not to say "encounter" your fav. But this happened, and became the biggest bonus of this event to me. After I got out of the restaurant I quickly ran to the box office, hoping to upgrade my ticket to VIP (I deliberately chose not to when I purchased ). There's only one VIP seat left at that moment. The staff was helping me. But while they're processing my card, that seat was taken. I was somewhat disappointed, but also not quite. You've got to lose something when you gain.

what a memorable place lol

this is to memorize those two tickets I bought but unable to attend

#Bill #events #repo #TWOK screnning #simply amazing

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nerdsworld · 2 years

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Beyond Belief ❓

What are the possibilities that a guy who went "up in space" with William Shatner and Jeff Bezos, co-founder of a company that conducts clinical trial,died today in another single engine plane crash??

Friday November 12,2021

L.George

#glendevries #medidata

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takingback-thepenguin · 6 years

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I was talking with my dad earlier about this, and because it’s been eight years since I last saw this episode (and I still hate it), I decided to rewatch And the Children Shall Lead, and liveblog my thoughts and critiques as to why I think it’s such a bad episode.

Aaaaaand all the people are dead. Nice way to start off the show.

Ohp nope. HE’S ALIVE.

Not even two minutes in and we have a “he’s dead, Jim.”

“He didn’t seem to know me.” Is Starnes supposed to?

The bruises on the woman’s body kinda look like the ones from the disease in Miri.

Go right ahead and sniff the vial. I’m pretty sure they taught chemistry at the Academy. You all should know better than to stick your nose and directly inhale an unknown substance.

And here come the kids, acting like there aren’t a bunch of dead people around.

“Come on! Play with us.” Suuuuure creepy demon child.

They’re singing Ring Around the Rosie...foreshadowing?

“Humans do have an amazing capacity for believing what they choose and excluding that which is painful.” You said it Spock!

At least the kid was nice enough to realize he knocked over the flag and apologize. Although he gave it to Kirk to put back.

Tommy looks too old to wanna play with the others.

“Seems to be some disturbance” IN THE FORCE...sorry, I had to.

Shatner’s acting is so bad in this ep gah!

STEVIE YOU SAID YOU WANTED A SURPRISE.

It’s too late for them to stay on the planet but not too late for ice cream?

“Busy! Busy! Busy!” kinda reminds me of “Tell him Jim.” except it doesn’t make any sense here.

Okay now it kinda makes sense. But are people really gonna get you’re pretending to be bees?

They’re going to bed now but they haven’t had dinner yet? What time is it?

“My parents! They love it down there.” Uhhh Tommy, I don’t think they do anymore.

The demonic children are at it again...

That doesn’t look like an angel. More like The Fat Friar from Harry Potter.

Also DON’T TRUST HIM.

That editing with the fists and the Gorgan’s voice is kinda cool, I have to admit.

Actually not as cool cause the banging on the table looks kinda out of place. It would’ve been cooler if they were playing rock paper scissors to figure out who goes where and they grinned at each other or something.

Whelp Tommy’s angry.

DON’T LET HIM STAY THERE YOU IDIOT.

“You’re blind, fool!” why does that line make me laugh?

NO DON’T HURT SCOTTY!!!!!

Also on the topic of Scotty, what is with his haircut there?

Those Red Shirts are gonna dieeeeeeee.

Welp they’re dead.

What’s wrong is you’re not orbiting Triacus.

And no one notices that all five kids are on the bridge now.

And now they don’t notice the kids chanting incantations.

Or if they do, they’re just like “Those darn kids and their summoning incantations! They’re so cute!”

NOW THEY NOTICE.

The enemy can hear you, Gorgan. They’re standing right there.

Seriously, giant knives!?!? You’re IN SPACE!!!

Props to the editing, hair, and makeup departments though.

“If you touch them, we’ll be destroyed.” Yeah because the Giant Space Knives™ are gonna stab the ship.

THERE ARE NO GIANT FLOATING KNIVES IN SPACE!!! USE YOUR COMMON SENSE, DAMMIT!

At least Spock tried to fight it.

So many props to hair and makeup for the decrepit Uhura.

Ugh here comes more of Shatner’s over acting.

Scotty that’s ridiculous. You’d do it in a heartbeat if you weren’t being mind controlled.

And cut to the demonic kid obviously controlling him.

Smart playing back the chant. When did they record that?

When did they name the Gorgan?

That’s a video not a picture, Kirk.

The floaty knives went away yay!

So overall, the episode was pretty bad. The characters were...out of character, and even though that can be slightly excused since they were under the children’s control, it was to an extent where they honestly were just very out of character. The acting wasn’t great in this episode. Although they had an interesting concept (since I remember reading somewhere that the concept was to discuss youth movements in fascism), the way it was written didn’t really showcase the connection. Star Trek has discussed fascists before (they even had a whole episode on it) so I don’t know why they couldn’t elaborate on the connection. There’s a lot of stuff in the story that doesn’t make sense (such as the floating knives and Kirk’s connection to Starnes). On the topic of Starnes, Kirk says that Starnes doesn’t recognize him. But like there’s nothing showing Starnes would recognize him. He’s not in any previous episodes and they don’t really establish any connections.

Also on connections, the crew members don’t really connect with any of the kids. Like in Miri, there was a connection between Miri and Kirk. Here, there really isn’t a connection, and although Kirk does go into dad mode, like...he’s not really connected with Mary or Tommy or any of the others beyond the fact that “oh these are kids, we have to care for them since their parents are all dead”.

I hate that they don’t really go into any of the kids’ backstories or like show us much about the kids. Like we get a little bit about Tommy and Mary, but they’re mind-controlled for pretty much all of it. And we also get a little bit of info on Stevie but it’s literally just that he doesn’t like vanilla and coconut ice cream.

Also am I correct to assume the Gorgan was there but invisible and it was him making the crew see and do stuff? Because if not, how did he transfer his powers to the kids? He isn’t directly possessing them.

Uhhh that’s all I have to say so far. Feel free to discuss this with me.

#star trek #star trek the original series #star trek tos #and the children shall lead #star trek season 3 #i speak #feel free to come discuss with me #okay to reblog

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pinknerdpanda · 6 years

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Hell’s Bells

Word Count: 2038 Characters: Dean x reader, Sam, Carol (ofc), Barney (omc) Warnings: Crack. That’s all this is. Crack. Requested by: my amazing and wonderful twin @hannahindie

A/N: This was written for my Merry Manda’s Panda Presents celebration. This was beta’d by the incomparable @wheresthekillswitch. Thank you for the nudging and the direction. You are a godsend and a “genuis.” ;)

Masterlist

Hell’s Bells

“I hate this and I hate you!” Dean shouted as best as he could whilst still whispering into his phone.

“Scissors will never not beat rock, Dean.” The amusement in Sam’s voice was evident, even through the small, tinny speaker. “Besides, I know you’re secretly excited. Even if you won’t admit it. I’ve heard you.”

“Wha, I don’t...you can’t…” Dean sputtered. “Where?”

“Where haven’t I heard it? In the car, in the shower, in the motels at night when you think I’m asleep. Which, by the way. I am right there, man. That’s just not cool.”

“Alright!” Dean shouted, drawing stares from the people around him. “This is not the kind of thing I want to talk about with anyone, alright? Much less my nerdy, overgrown, little brother.”

“Excuse me,” a sweet, melodic voice filled Dean’s other ear. He whirled to find a girl with striking eyes and shiny hair standing just feet from him. His mouth went dry. “Sorry to interrupt, but we’re about to get started.”

“Sam, I gotta go bye,” Dean mumbled hurriedly into the phone and ended the call without waiting for a reply. He turned his attention to the girl, a charming smile plastered across his face. “Hello, there…”

“Y/n,” she smiled, handing him a folder. “And you are?”

“Nice to me you, y/n. My name’s Dean Winchester.”

“Likewise Dean. It’s nice to see a new face. We’re just right over here,” she led him to the front row of chairs and motioned for him to sit. “Ok everyone, I think we are ready to begin. First of all, it’s so great to see you all again, especially after last year’s little...let’s say ‘adventure’? Second, I would like to introduce you to Dean Winchester. Dean, why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself and why you’re here today?”

Dean stood and turned to face the rest of the small group. There were four other men and half a dozen women and they all looked at him expectantly. He cleared his throat. “Well, uh. I’m staying in town over the holidays and saw online that you were looking for recruits and I thought, what the hell.” He held his hands out and shrugged, a cocky grin on his lips. An older woman, with short, white hair and large, round glasses frowned at him. Dean sat back down.

Y/n laughed and then coughed to cover it up. “Ok, well, it’s nice to have you. Alright, let’s all turn to page one and get started!”

-----

“How’d it go?” Sam smirked from across the room.

Dean tossed his keys on the nightstand and flopped on the bed closest to the door. “Well, I pretty much carried the second half. Now, if friggin’ Carol would just learn the difference between forte and mezzo forte, we might actually make some headway, but no. Heaven forbid someone three blocks away might miss her hitting the high C.”

Sam gaped at his brother. “What?”

“Shut up,” Dean sighed. “Learn anything good yet?”

“Not really. Basically, for the last three years, something weird has happened every time the carolers have gotten to the last song. The first year, there was a house fire across the street. The next year, a freak thunderstorm knocked all the power out in a two mile radius. Then last year, a bear escaped from the zoo and the group was forced to cut their set short.”

Dean chuckled, remembering y/n calling last year an ‘adventure.’ “Well, according to y/n, the setlist has been the same for the last 25 years. Apparently this group is a local tradition. So what is it about that song that makes everything go cuckoo for cocoa puffs around here? And, how can we fix it so we can be out of here before Christmas eve.”

Sam shrugged. “I’m not sure, but something tells me you better keep practicing your DoReMi’s and figure out where you can rent a top hat, because rumor has it they dress very Dickens-y.”

Dean ignored his brother and chose to roll over instead. This was not his idea of a merry Christmas.

-----

“Dammit, Carol! Get it together,” Dean roared, as another chorus of sighs rang through the small rehearsal space. “Where’d you learn to keep rhythm, anyway? William Shatner’s school of music?”

“Dean, a word please?” Y/n stood, gripping Dean’s arm and dragging him to the back of the room. Once they were out of earshot, she let him go, lowering her voice. “Listen, I know she can be irritating, ok? But her husband is our biggest sponsor and a pillar of the community. If Carol leaves, we are kinda screwed. I appreciate that you are saying everything we are all thinking and your passion for this music,” she licked her lips and Dean forgot for a moment what she was saying. “Well, it’s refreshing. But, maybe bring it down a notch?”

“But, the bells, y/n,” Dean flailed dramatically. “The. Bells.”

“I know. It’s a little…”

“On the nose? Obnoxious? Awful?”

“Kitschy,” y/n corrected, “but ‘Carol of the Bells’ has been her song for the last three years and she’s enjoyed it so much, that I hate to tell her no.”

“Wait, three years?” Dean quirked an eyebrow.

“Yeah, that’s what I just…”

“So Carol’s been jingling her bells to ‘Carol of the Bells’ for three years?” Dean gripped y/n shoulders.

“Yeah, well, she’s tried,” y/n frowned. “We never seem to get through it without something...”

“Change it.”

“Excuse me?” Y/n scowled at Dean.

“Ok, listen, I’m not really here because I love singing. I’m here because something weird has happened every year for the last three years. Don’t you think it’s odd that the first time there was a freak incident was the first year Carol caroled? It’s almost like someone really doesn’t want to hear her sing it. Frankly, I can’t say that I blame them.”

Y/n scoffed. “Look, Dean or whoever you are. I don’t know what game you’re playing at here, but I don’t need some cocky, bow-legged, smart-ass, whackadoo telling me how to do my job, alright? I don’t care how green your eyes are or how gorgeous your tone is. So, don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.”

-----

“So wait, wait,” Sam choked, tears streaming down his face, his sides aching. “You got fired? From the carolers?”

“Laugh it up, gigantor,” Dean crossed his arms. “But when you’re done guffawing like a child, maybe we can get back to work and finish our job?”

Sam dabbed at the corners of his eyes and shook his head to clear it.

“Ok, you’re right. Of course,” Sam sighed. “So, this Carol person…”

A knock at the door cut him off. Dean pulled his pistol from the waistband of his jeans, moving to look out the peephole. He squinted at Sam and turned the doorknob, tucking the gun back away.

“Hey, y/n. Come on in,” Dean held his arm out and stepped back enough for her to walk in. “This is my brother, Sam. Sam, y/n.”

They nodded at each other and y/n turned to Dean. “Sorry, I should have called but I didn’t have your number on me, and I saw your car parked outside…” she trailed off.

“That’s alright, come have a seat,” he pulled a chair out and removed a stack of books, setting them in the floor. She sat down and stared at her hands in her lap. “What’s going on?”

She chewed on her lip for a few seconds, and then, determination settling over her face, she began. “I’ve been thinking about what you said and I don’t understand how or why, but, I don’t know…” she took a deep breath and continued. “I found this taped to the door of the rehearsal space today.”

She handed Dean a neatly folded sheet of paper. He opened it and read “‘Carol of the Bells’ = Carol from Hell. Signed, Carolers against Carol Caroling.” He frowned. “That’s way more Carol than I care to think about. So you think it’s from someone within the group?”

“No! I mean, I don’t know. I’ve known most of those people my entire life. I went to school with some of them, Mr. Peterman was my history teacher and Janice was my mother’s best friend,” Y/n sighed. “I just don’t want anyone to get hurt. Do you think you can stop it?”

Dean smiled. “I have an idea.”

-----

“Good God, almighty, Carol. Can we just focus on the birth of our Lord for one second instead of making it about you for once? Please?” Dean’s lips twitched with effort as he struggled to keep a straight face. He’d been looking forward to this moment for the last three days and the moment had arrived. Carol’s face was the a shade of red Dean had a hard time identifying, but it certainly coordinated with the greenery hung around pavilion.

“Well, I never…” she stammered, smoke practically billowing out of her ears.

“Yeah, well, maybe you should sometime,” Dean turned back to the group. “Everyone in favor?”

The ten other group members raised their hands, none of them making eye contact with Carol as her face blossomed from a lovely Christmas red to a muddy maroon. Carol marched off the stage, her low, sensible heels’ stuccato hammering through the chilly evening air.

“You good to hit those high notes, Dean?” Y/n smiled at him, knowing full well he’d practiced non-stop for the last three days. He nodded and took his place. Y/n hummed the first note, counted off and they began their final rehearsal before the big show that night.

Just as Mr. Peterman’s final low and resounding “dong” began to fade, the incessant sound of moderately priced, ergonomic heeled footwear on wood grew. Everyone sighed as Carol’s still-crimsoned face came into view again. This time, she clutched onto a small, knobby kneed and timid looking man with thin, grey hair combed straight over his head from one ear to the other.

“That’s him, Barney,” Carol swung a short, plump finger towards Dean’s face. “That’s the man who said those terrible things and stole my part.”

Barney looked up into Dean’s hard and slightly amused face, his watery, blue eyes widening as he took in all of him. Without another word, Barney leaped toward Dean, wrapping two, thin, frail arms around Dean’s chest and squealing.

“Thank you, young man. Thank you! Thank you!” Barney practically danced his way back down the stairs, leaving a disbelieving Carol standing awkwardly, her finger still inches from Dean’s face.

-----

“Here’s to an engaging performance from the lively newcomer,” y/n clinked the neck of her bottle against Dean and Sam’s and they all three chuckled and took a sip. “So, now that you’ve reached the heights of fame in these parts, what’s next for you, Mr. Winchester?”

“Ya know, I thought I would skip all the unseeming scandals and rehab visits, and slide right into making B-list porn,” Dean nodded solemnly as y/n and Sam choked on their beers.

“Wow, well, I mean at least you have goals,” y/n chuckled. “So ol’ Barney made a deal with the devil to make his wife happy? Also, that’s a real thing that you can do?”

Sam swallowed and set down his beer. “It is a real thing, though I wouldn’t recommend it. Barney was lucky the demon slipped up and put a counter-curse on those bells Carol was so fond of, or I’d never been able to talk him out of it.”

“What would have happened if you hadn’t?”

Dean winced, “Well, let’s just say ‘hell hound’ isn’t a euphemism. Though by the look on Carol’s face, I’m not too sure he’s going to fare much better.”

“What was he so happy about, anyway?” y/n asked. “It’s not like he knew the bells were cursed, right?”

Sam huffed. “Nope. Guy had no idea. He was just glad someone finally had the balls to tell Carol no.”

“Well,” Dean raised his bottle again, y/n and Sam followed suit, “here’s to balls, bells and Barney!”

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Praising the First Season of Star Trek: Discovery, the Best TV Show You’re Not Watching.

Be patient. Trust our storytelling.

Critics often hear these words from showrunners and executive producers trying to stem adverse reactions to questionable choices. It certainly seemed the producers of Star Trek: Discovery were trying that same tactic, as fan ire built over a clunky first episode last September and plot twists earlier in the season which seemed to kill off valued characters while bending the nature of the Trek universe into unrecognizable shapes.

Responses like that are usually little more than artful dodges – an attempt to buy time until fans can get over their ire. But in this case, the show’s last few episodes this year, leading to a head-turning season finale Sunday on streaming service CBS All Access, have stood as powerful proof that producers knew what they were doing all along.

The biggest point of contention here has always been Trek’s overall philosophy – a spirit that began with series creator Gene Roddenberry and which has been used to unite all the various iterations of Star Trek in film and TV back to the mothership series in the late 1960s.

Roddenberry’s vision of the future was as a near-utopia when humans had conquered stuff like greed, inequality and hate. But that’s also the stuff that makes for really good TV drama. So Trek series seemed to get duller and duller as the years went on, trapped in a rigid formula that made it difficult to produce adventures as grand as a 50-year-old sci fi franchise demanded.

Then came Discovery. Its first episodes featured Sonequa Martin-Green’s character – a human raised as a Vulcan foster child, named Michael Burnham – committing treason by circumventing her captain. Then, one of the show’s highest profile stars, Michelle Yeoh, saw her character killed off in the second episode.

And we met Gabriel Lorca. Played by Harry Potter alum Jason Isaacs, Lorca is an impatient, ruthless, driven captain of the U.S.S. Discovery who seemed nothing like the kind of officers who should have been filling Trek’s Starfleet at the time.

(Left to right, Doug Jones, Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman)

A few weeks ago, we found out why (hugely big spoiler coming). Lorca actually comes from a parallel universe – Trekkers call it the “mirror universe” -- where humans have built a ruthless, xenophobic imperium called the Terran Empire, aimed at subjugating all races outside their own. This place first appeared in 1967 on the classic Trek episode “Mirror, Mirror,” and has popped up in subsequent Trek TV series like Deep Space Nine and Enterprise.

(left to right, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain Kirk in the Mirror Universe, from “Mirror, Mirror.”)

There were subtle clues. Lorca had a sensitivity to light, which turns out to be the only physical difference between folks from the Terran universe and those in the Federation’s dimension. He reacted to someone trying to wake him unexpectedly by jumping up and grabbing a phaser – a reacton you would expect from a Terran, where officers often advance by killing superiors.

The last few episodes have moved at lightspeed, as Discovery’s producers raced toward their end game. Suddenly, it was explained why Lorca seemed so un-Starfleet like; we saw the return of beloved characters like Yeoh’s Phillippa Georgiou and Wilson Cruz’s Hugh Culber (who, with Anthony Rapp’s Paul Stamets, was the first gay couple on a Trek series until another character killed him).

Fans who groused when Yeoh’s character was killed in the show’s second episode got to see her play the Terran version of Georgiou, who was empress of her universe. The change seemed to suit Yeoh better, frankly; she was much more compelling as an evil woman of action than a contemplative Starfleet officer. And Burnham’s impulsive decision to bring her into the Federation’s universe ensures that we’ll have a delicious character to savor in the show’s second season.

(Yeoh as the Empress of the Terran Empire)

Likewise, a storyline in Sunday’s episode where Georgiou convinces Starfleet to let her implement a secret plan to destroy the Klingon’s homeworld – decimating the species in the bargain – only reaffirmed Trek’s values when Burnham and the rest of Discovery’s crew refused to go along with the strategy. There are important lines these Starfleet officers won’t cross, and that distinction matters, as Burham and her compatriots set about building the kind of utopian Starfleet Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock will inhabit ten years later.

In the process, they answered a question the show has been asking in obvious and subtle ways since the series began: What would you do to win a brutal war? And if winning required leaving your most treasured values behind, would victory be worth it?

The trade magazine Variety pegged the show’s budget at an eye-popping $8 million to $8.5 million per episode -- and you can see every penny on screen, with high quality special effects and thoughtfully designed new versions of everything from the phaser guns to the Klingon aliens.

That has also meant most episodes of the series are only viewable on the subscription service All Access. Which is likely why the larger TV-watching public is unaware of how much ground Discovery producers are breaking in a show that took flight in the second half of its first seasone.

In fact, CBS executives made a serious error in airing just one episode of Discovery on the broadcast network when the show debuted. It was the weakest of the series’ episodes so far, and served mostly to convince curious fans who were already irritated that CBS was making them pay to see most of the program, that Discovery wasn’t really worth their time, after all.

But they were wrong. Discovery has proven, over its last few episodes, that it’s the best TV series most people aren’t watching or talking about right now.

There’s still lots of questions Discovery yet needs to answer. Burnham was supposedly raised as a ward of Vulcan ambassador Sarek, father to beloved character Mr. Spock. But somehow, Spock never made reference to a human adopted sister over nearly 50 years of TV shows and movies. They have to make some moves toward explaining that one soon.

Likewise, the Starship Discovery uses a special engine drive we’ve never seen in a previous iteration of Trek – it’s how they magically jumped into the mirror universe to begin with. Since the series takes place a decade before the era of Kirk and Spock, they’ll need to explain why we never heard of this amazing technology that can move a spacecraft to the other side of the universe in the blink of an eye.

And, of course, the season finale also introduced us to The Enterprise, which is presumably led by the guy who preceded Kirk in the captain’s chair, Christopher Pike. The biggest question: Will Burnham’s brother Mr. Spock, who was Pike’s second in command before Kirk, also be there? (probably not.)

I’m looking forward to seeing how all these discrepancies get explained in the second season. Throughout this first season, there was always a sense that producers were writing themselves into corners no sane TV writer would attempt -- Georgiou’s dead! The Discovery is in the mirror universe! Lorca’s a Terran! Now he’s dead! The Federation is losing the war with Klingons! -- and part of the fun was seeing how they navigated out of such danger zones with bravery and a deft storytelling touch.

Now that I’ve seen how the folks working on Discovery operate, I’m ready to sit back and let the stories flow, secure that answers will come in time. And they’ll be spectacular.

I guess I’ve learned to trust them, after all.

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Malta AI and Blockchain Summit Spring Addition 2019: Day 2 recap

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Malta AI and Blockchain Summit Spring Addition 2019: Day 2 recap

After a productive day one at the Malta AI & Blockchain Summit,

delegates returned for their second dose of expo floor exploration, sessions, workshops and networking opportunities at the Hilton. While the summit attracted established businesses and entrepreneurs encompassing a number of industries, the intersection of iGaming and blockchain proved to be a particularly exciting area, especially because Malta is a hub for both industries.

“My keynote today was about blockchain and gambling and in my opinion its one of the leading sectors in this space in terms of monetization and actualization and exemplification of blockchain”, Carla Maree Vella of Consultxd shared with CoinGeek.com. “This is not just said by myself, tons of key figures out there that are saying blockchain and gambling, those are going to be the key examples”, she revealed. Vella went on to provide examples of iGaming companies that are using blockchain technology to engage consumers, while also touching on how the immutability of blockchain information takes everything one step further for iGaming.

Ganapati is an example of an iGaming company that is paving the way with its use of blockchain and in fact, they were big exhibitors at the summit and last night’s recipients of “Marketing Campaign of the Year” at the Malta AI & Blockchain Summit Awards. “Through our work as an online slot provider we found a hole in the market that a lot of the casino users didn’t trust the sites and the operators. Now what provides trust, and what provides transparency? Blockchain!”, shared Ganapati COO Juliet Adelstein.

“So we began building our own blockchain platform that our online casino will sit on top of. Along with that, in conjunction we’ve also released a stable coin, G8C, which is a brand new form of stable coin in the iGaming industry”, she explained. As the crypto industry matures, more and more practical uses for blockchain technology continue to make their way to Unlinkthe surface. Vinay Gupta, one of the early minds behind the Ethereum launch, revealed how his organization, Mattereum, is using the blockchain to track memorabilia.

“The problem that we’re solving is provenance of physical object and our first partnership is with William Shatner of Star Trek and many other series fame, to take the collectables and memorabilia and basically produce blockchain proofs that they are accurate, that they are what they are said to be and these proofs have some legal reinforcement”, Gupta shared with CoinGeek.com “So its not just that somebody says they are real, there’s actually a financial aspect to that proof that allows you to recover value if it turns out to be a ringer. So this is new territory and we’re very pleased to have such a high profile first partner”, he added.

As the two day summit came to a close, organizer Eman Pulis shared his thoughts on the blockchain industry in general and how his events are crafted to help push the industry forward in Malta and around the globe. “What characterizes this industry is that its moving so fast”, said Pulis. “So after last November I thought, listen, we can’t wait another 12 months to bring those amazing people back to Malta. So we said lets wait six months and launch the spring/summer addition. So we did”, he said.

“Despite the long crypto winter, despite the bear market, despite the European Union elections happening tomorrow, we still managed to get a buzzing crowd of 5,500 people”, Pulis confirmed. “I think what makes this show special, unlike shows in North America where you have a North American focus, its truly global. Its been the characterization of the November show, also at this show we have delegates from Asia, delegates from North America, delegates from South America, so it is truly a global show where West meets East”, he added.

Article Produced By Becky Liggero

After four and a half years of iGaming industry experience with Casino City, Becky Liggero joined Bitcoin Entrepreneur and Economic Envoy to the Government of Antigua Calvin Ayre to serve as the Head On-site Reporter for the Calvin Ayre Media Group. Since August 2009, Becky has exclusively conducted interviews with senior level executives and enthusiasts for a while continuing to travel the world and document her adventures for all to watch and read.

https://coingeek.com/malta-ai-and-blockchain-summit-spring-addition-2019-day-2-recap-video/

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38 Years Ago Today, Star Trek changed forever

By Kenshiro

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is widely considered the greatest Star Trek film of all time. Some have it in their top 10 of all-time great Sci-Fi films. There’s more than a few great reasons for that. Lets go over them now.

The Mid-Life Crisis of Admiral Kirk

William Shatner had been playing Admiral James T. Kirk for almost 20 years by the time this film came out. The theme of Kirk’s story echoed the thespian himself: How does one fight against the undefeated Father Time? It was something Kirk had carried over from the previous movie entry Star Trek The Motion Picture. In that film, Kirk had manipulated situations to regain command of The Enterprise. It was a desperate attempt to regain something he felt he’d lost, and Bones McCoy astutely called him on it.

In TWOK, Kirk has seemingly surrendered to the inevitable thing that all humans face; The captain is old and worn down by time. Kirk is shown making references to his age constantly, telling his friends that captaining a ship is a “young man’s game”. Jim also defers to Spock on obvious command decisions, despite being the senior officer. This was Kirk at his lowest point. The veneer of invincibility had worn off. This realistic approach to the swashbuckling hero was refreshing. Setting the stage for his greatest foil to return from the dead.

Ricardo Montalban’s Masterful Performance

In a historic event, Star Trek transformed a one-off character into its greatest villain. Ricardo Montalban’s Khan had morphed from a charismatic villain clothed in fine clothes, to a revenge-obsessed madman trapped in a barren wasteland. Every scene Montalban had was effortlessly stolen by his presence. As a young child, I was captivated by him as an actor. He commanded the screen, and Khan as a villain was positively magical. His lines were laced with memorable quotes that fans can remember decades later. Also there is simply no other character who could quote Moby Dick so eloquently with his dying breath and have it carry such gravitas. Khan is a sympathetic villain fueled by righteous anger. Kirk had essentially abandoned him and when beset by tragedy, Khan was left powerless to save his people from it. He didn’t want to rule the galaxy…he wanted vengeance.

When given the opportunity, he ruthlessly turned situations to his advantage: Subverting Checkov & Capt. Terrell; Massacring the staff at Regula One; Leaving the Enterprise crippled and Kirk seemingly trapped. That last situation, did two things: It gave Montalban a meaty quote line: “I’ve done far worse than kill you….I’ve HURT you…and I wish to go on…HURTING you. I shall leave you as you left me…as you left HER…marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet. Buried ALIVE….buried alive. The response became one of the most enduring memories of Star Trek before or since.

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CHILLS.

The Chess Match Between Khan and Kirk

What makes this movie even more amazing is the two protagonists never once shared the same space. No mano-y-mano showdown or duel at twenty paces. Khan and Kirk engaged in a mental battle of wits that we had never seen in Star Trek or even Star Wars before. Khan’s opening gambit of using the friendly appearance of the U.S.S. Reliant to lower his adversaries guard and deal serious crippling damage to The Enterprise. Kirk countered by using a secret prefix code to order Khan’s stolen ship to lower its own shields and leave it open to attack.

Both sides suffered serious losses, but the game of life and death continued unabated. Khan laid a trap at Regula One which again preyed on Kirk’s weakness for familiar faces and left him trapped with the possibility of escape. Yet Kirk flipped it around and used coded messages with Spock to buy themselves time to effect repairs to The Enterprise for one last gasp showdown. A breath-taking free for all ensued in the Mutara Nebula. The battle showcased a pitched battle that highlighted the inexperience of one man vs. another, and finished with a white-knuckle escape from certain death. Of course that leads me to the next memorable point…

The Death of Spock

If you were to list one of the most shocking movie moments in the 1980s, this is right up there with Darth Vader’s reveal to Luke in Empire Strikes Back. In the opening scene of the movie, the characters were partaking in the infamous “no-win scenario” Kobayashi Maru test. Here Lt. Saavik sat helplessly as everyone in her training crew seemingly died, including Spock himself. Spock is of course, the most popular Star Trek character ever played by the legendary Leonard Nimoy. So many fans were sitting on the edge of their seats when Spock bravely entered the Enterprise’s Warp Reactor core to try and engineer an escape for his beloved friends. Entering that chamber was as stated by Dr. McCoy a certain death sentence as there ever was one. Spock went anyway.

When we see the worry on Kirk’s face descend into horror upon entering the Engine room the reality of the situation set in. It was a somber moment that left many fans in tears and sadness after they left the theater. For many this was the point of no return. There was no internet at the time, nor was there any bulletin boards to throw out theories. This was it. Spock was dead….until he wasn’t in the next film 2 years later. The weight of the scene hammered home that Star Trek had for all intents and purposes, grown up. This was no longer just a mere TV show. It was a phenomenon.

The Musical Score of James Horner

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Almost all memorable films in history are backed by an epic musical score. James Horner transformed the music of Star Trek cinematically with his incredible score. Horner, who was a relative newcomer to the musical score scene wanted to evoke the feeling of nautical battles scene in old Pirate films. Horner’s work gives us familiar sounds that can be heard in future works such as Willow, Krull, Aliens and his Oscar award winning Titanic. The standout tracks include the Epilogue/End Title, the Battle in the Mutara Nebula and Genesis Countdown. I am an avid collector of soundtracks in my musical library. This iconic score is possibly the most played out of all the various film scores in my collection. Its that damn good. Take a listen for yourself at the great music in the Genesis Countdown scene and you’ll begin to understand.

The Wrath of Khan Changed Star Trek forever

The themes of Star Trek were always upbeat. Hopeful for a brighter future. The Wrath of Khan is the first time where Star Trek deals with the sins of the past coming back to haunt the characters. Dealing with much darker themes of vengeance, the film was not actively marketed towards kids. It has proven to be a very hard act to follow. Since then no other Star Trek film has encroached closely upon its popularity. Not even the very popular 2nd Next Generation film Star Trek: First Contact. The Wrath of Khan is a mixture of all the things that make movies great. It’s a fun, swashbuckling film that doesn’t pander to its mature audience. While levity is present in the film, the tone never trends towards the camp of the original series. The stakes are always very high and the weight of what transpires is ever present.

After the success of the film, there was renewed interest in the franchise. There have been 11 films that have followed it and many series on TV and streaming services since this day in 1982. Fans return to this film for the reasons I’ve listed above, but it can be boiled down to one single meme:

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• All right, you’re a reindeer. Here’s your motivation: Your name is Rudolph, you’re a freak with a red nose, and no one likes you. Then, one day, Santa picks you and you save Christmas. No, forget that part. We’ll improvise. just keep it kind of loosey-goosey. You HATE Christmas! You’re gonna steal it. Saving Christmas is a lousy ending, way too commercial. ACTION! – Unknown • Americanomics works, and I won’t argue that is true. But if the economy is getting better, getting better for who? Well, if you ask me, I’m doing much worse than before, With the welfare cuts, I don’t eat no more. So if I did wanna go out, I couldn’t go nowhere, Cause I ate every last one of them reindeer. Rudolph first, I went down the list, I got so hungry, I just couldn’t resist. I ate Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Dixon, Fried them up and then started to mix them. 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It was like everywhere else in the county. It was a handful of people who were feeling the same pull, and, of course, it was like the Island of Misfit Toys in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [1964]. Just the freaks, the fags, the fat girls, the unbelievable eccentrics . – Michael Stipe • I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie ‘Meet Me in St. Louis,’ office parties and cookies. – Mo Rocca • I thought of my mother as Queen Christina, cool and sad, eyes trained on some distant horizon. That was where she belonged, in furs and palaces of rare treasures, fireplaces large enough to roast a reindeer, ships of Swedish maple. – Janet Fitch • I wasn’t exposed to art as I was growing up, and can’t recall the first time I saw a work of art. However, I remember very clearly a vision I had of a little green reindeer when I was a child, and visions emanate from the same mythical area where painting resides. Whatever the reason, I immediately felt comfortable working with visual materials. – William S. Burroughs • If Mitt Romney was Santa Claus, he would fire the reindeer and outsource the elves. – Ted Strickland • If you look at Christmas movies, there are certain things in them that lend themselves to a ‘Harold & Kumar’ movie. In particular, the more out-of-this-world things like Santa Claus and flying reindeer. – Unknown • I’m like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. If I’m not ready, the sled isn’t going to go. – Kevin Garnett • I’m Santa Claus to these hoes without a reindeer. – Nicki Minaj • I’ve been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions. – Joe Pantoliano • Multiculturalism means your kid has to learn some wretched tribal dirge for the school holiday concert instead of getting to sing ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.’ – Henry Hazlitt • My favorite holiday memory was sitting at home all day in my pajamas during winter break for school watching a bunch of old Christmas movies like ‘Jack Frost’ and ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ with my siblings and parents. – Unknown • Once upon a time, the Reindeer took a running leap and jumped over the Northern Lights. But he jumped too low, and the long fur of his beautiful flowing tail got singed by the rainbow fires of the aurora. To this day the reindeer has no tail to speak of. But he is too busy pulling the Important Sleigh to notice what is lost. And he certainly doesn’t complain. What’s your excuse? – Vera Nazarian • Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dead at 53. 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