Next, Julie Taymor. This has been the #1 defense of this broadway monstrosity. Now, I admit that I loved The Lion King as much as the next guy — I was blown away and cried my eyes out at the sheer majesty of it all. Hell, one of my friends was actually created by her dad. No, not like that, you perv — her dad pioneered test tube baby technology and my buddy is around to borrow my Prisoner DVDs for 2 years at a time as a result. But I digress… Anyway, Julie Taymor also did “Titus”. For those of you who don’t watch IFC, “Titus” is a piss-poor version of “Last House On The Left” — chick gets raped and mutilated, and family goes after the assailants. However, this piece of Z-movie drek was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, so untold generations have revered this piece of crap as pure gold. Well, it’s not. And I’m sorry, but directing a bad Shakespeare play does not make you a good director. It means that you have a poor choice in source material. Julie, I’m really impressed with the job you did directing a Disney cartoon featuring Elton John and Blackadder, but stay the hell away from Spider-Man. Why? BECAUSE IT’S SPIDER-MAN, GODDAMNIT!!! IT’S NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO WATCH YOU DESTROY FOR TWO GODDAMN HOURS!!! I already suffered that kind of heartbreak with “Superman Returns”, and God knows I don’t need to see Spider-Man sing about how Aunt May needs an operation and how Mary Jane just doesn’t understand his need to put on a full body-stocking in public. I leave the web-fluid to your tawdry imagination.

If you didn’t have to re-add all your contacts and have a separate googlewave address it might have been more widely adopted.

I was at the Spooktacular show in Keene last week and my daughter was the little girl down front imitating the giant mantises in “Son of Godzilla” who was mentioned in the recap on the show. It was great to hear her mentioned in a podcast!

Keep up the great work!

New enhancements on the way!

The relaunch or Doctor Who in 2005 was miraculous in the
first place. It seemed like modern day television and
science fiction wouldn’t allow a concept as wacky as
Doctor Who; not to mention that the show had been aired
for 26 series and had already failed at an attempt to be
relaunch….. regenerated (tee hee). It was a general
acceptance that Doctor Who was done.

However, with an excellent crew, an experienced
and enthusiastic Russle T. Davies, and a few good people
at the BBC, there was one last chance to once again give
Doctor Who new life. With the casting of Christopher
Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as the companion,
the show got the publicity it needed for the public to
tune in.

The result was a brand new and absolutely amazing new
Doctor Who; with excellent directing, sharp writing,
wonderfully well placed musical scores, a fun and
sexy new companion in Rose Tyler, and, most importantly,
a Fantastic 9th Doctor. All of this lead to compelling and
entertaining stories, emotional moments and an absolutely
mind blowing series finale; which of course gave us a new
Doctor in David Tennant.

The trend continued to run with the 10th Doctor. More
incredible stories, more amazing new companions and
more incredible finales. The David Tennant Doctor became
so Brilliant and so popular that he became only the second
actor to become the iconic image for the Doctor.
The show was up and running stronger than ever before as
the world rejoiced in the new Golden Age of Doctor Who;
without a doubt the best show on television.

Now we have an entirely new-new age of Doctor Who. An
entirely new crew has been assigned, a new head writer in
Stephen Moffat, a new main companion with Amy Pond
and a brand new Doctor in Matt Smith. The feel and
direction has changed and it is difficult to become
accustomed. The new team seems a bit rusty and
inexperienced, and i have not quite felt the same about it
as I have in the Davies era.

However, it is still good in it’s own right. Is it as good as it
was? No. Will it be? Of course not! The Davies era was
absolutely was as close to perfect story-telling as it gets.
Unique circumstances lead to an absolute dream team of
writers, actors, directors, producers and stage crew that
is rarely seen in this day and age and can never be
reproduced. So to even try to compare this new series to
previous is unfair. Stephen Moffat and Matt Smith have had
giant shoes to fill. Coming off of the End of Time and right
into their ownera was an amazingly difficult task. There
were bound to bumps and bruises along the way and we
should expect such.

Is Stephen Moffat revolutionary? No. Does the show
still pack the awe inspiring punch? No. Is Matt Smith’s
Doctor absolutely Fantastic or Brilliant? No.
But you know what? That’s OK. Stephen Moffat is clever
and imaginative. The show is still unique, intelligent and
fun. And the 11th Doctor is quirky, hilarious and…… cool.
Yes, I too say Bravo Mr. Moffat. You’ve managed to keep
the ball rolling despite extenuating circumstances. It will
never be as good as it was, but when you compare it too
everything else, it is still the best damn show on television.

On top of that, the episodes that had me the most worried this season turned out to be my favorites! Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone had me biting my nails that The Moff was planning to bring back both River Song AND the Weeping Angels, not only so soon, but in the same episode. Outcome? LOVED. IT. I immediately declared it to be the first episode since the reboot in 2005 that felt like an episode of Old Who. But my favorite episode of the season? The Lodger. Hands down. They took what should have been a ridiculous concept, and infused it with wit, insight, humor, horror, and romance, and solidified in my mind that it is in the small, intimate moments, that Matt Smith truly shines.

And then. AND THEN. As if all that weren’t enough. Most episodes of previous seasons I have a limited capacity for. There are very few that I enjoy watching multiple times in short succession. But this season, I have watched every single episode (except for VoV, because it makes my teeth ache) at least 3 times, some of them more, and not only enjoyed them just as much on re-watching, but for the most part, enjoyed them MORE.

So I say bravo, Mr. Moffat. The show is in good hands. The kinks have been worked out, the rough edges smoothed, and I anticipate great things for Season 6.

She was “WitchBlade” (a.k.a Det. Sara “Pez” Pezzini)
on TNT network.

Great show, too bad it only went two seasons.

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Okay, I could even accept our protagonist’s gusto in switching teams — but then there’s all the people who knew the woman who the female body belonged to, being perfectly okay with this change. Several of them end up having a physical relationship with this new person AND EVERYONE’S OKAY WITH THIS!!! If a spouse or ex-lover of yours died, and their body was then used as a vessel for a brand-new personality of the opposite sex, would you really be so accepting of the new situation? Wouldn’t you have any reservations about sleeping with this new amalgamation?

Having said that, I still heartily recommend this book. It’s even more controversial than Stranger In A Strange Land and a great novel to debate with friends over a bottle or two.

I really liked the part where Bruce Dern was
playing poker with bots.

Great Show. The girls were the coolist thing.

“Do we really need another Return of the Swamp Thing”? — Neil Gaiman

His daughter Lori starred in DAY OF THE DEAD!

Whoever took up the task of giving him his own comic in the has an incredible cover artist. I cant wait to read the stories to see what this Hero? is all about.

I think Fox is able to recognize potential, but they lack the patience (and time slots) for a good show to make it big. Dollhouse is one of three shows I currently watch regularly (the other two being Fringe and the Big Bang Theory), and although I think it’s one of the few shows that actually has a viable plot I also recognize how it wouldnt have a high popularity to the family scene.

We’re talking about possibly unwilling prostitutes being sold to the highest bidder. Not kid-friendly, which is part of its appeal to me.

But, with luck NBC will pick it up. They already run Law & Order SVU and Jay Leno, which makes Dollhouse look more like Full House..

“The Sun has a spectral class of G2V, with the G2 meaning that its color is yellow and its spectrum contains spectral lines of ionized and neutral metals as well as very weak hydrogen lines, and the V signifying that it, like most stars, is a “dwarf” star on the main sequence.” – http://www.solarnavigator.net/the_sun.htm

In any case, there is a very specific radiation spectrum involved that’s dependent upon the size of the star, the stars composition, and the stage of the star. I think of vampires being burned by sunlight in the same way that I view a microwave burning a marshmallow.

An adjustment in the radiation may still cause problems, but in a far different way.. though I dont know how susceptible the undead are to tumors or other cancerous growths..

Overall, what an incredible concept, though if you can throw in pirates and robots I think you’ll have an epic show on your hand.

Created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino about a bodyguard/private detective.

Looks interesting, I’ll be reviewing the comics if I’m able to find them.

Serenity NOW!!!!! Never giveup, never surrender.

Fox genuinely doesn’t care about story. (Whedon does a nice bit on Fox and why Firefly was canceled in the special features of the Firefly DVD’s) They want eyes on the screen fast and don’t really care about story arcs that take half a season. Fox is the fast food of tv and news networks.

It’s not like the viewer can’t handle them. It’s that Fox doesn’t want to give us a chance.

Oh yeah, and I loved Futurama. And the Simpsons needs to go. It needed to go about five
years ago.

Big Bang Theory FTW!

We’d love to do an interview, thanks for the shout out!

you can hit us up at info@l-o-gcast.com or email me directly
claynferno@gmail.com

Best,

Clay S. Fernald

HI CHRIS AND QUINCY (and Brett!)

Illustrator X

That said, let’s hear it for the novels of British author John Christopher! He’s the best writer EVER!!