Life Magazine Photo Archives: Film Fanboy Heaven!
If you’re a classic film or TV fanboy you have to check out the LIFE photo archive hosted by Google — it’s like having a personal time machine to view film history. After spending a few hours I found a...
View ArticleNew York Comic Con 2009: Toys and Collectables Gallery
The ATMs at the Javits Center charge a whopping $3 fee — however this may not be a bad thing as the New York Comic Con could empty your wallet rather quickly. The showroom floor is so packed with...
View ArticleMy Aspirational Amazon Kindle 2
The first Amazon Kindle looked like something from the 90s, you’d half expected that it would be running HyperCard with some Voyager CD-ROMs providing the content. So with the debut of the Amazon...
View ArticleStanley Kubrick at the Opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey
This amazing clip of Kubrick from April 6, 1968 is now over 40 years old — yet there’s something so timeless about that film for me, which is amazing given how important special effects were to the...
View ArticleWhat Will the Apple Tablet Will Look Like? Here’s a Prototype from 1968
I’ve been following the soap opera of all of those tech blogs think they know what Steve Jobs will produce next for his tablet device. However my gut feeling is that science fiction is always the best...
View ArticleThe Treachery of 2010 (The Film, Not the Year)
On paper 2010 has all of the ingredients of a great film: A story by Arthur C. Clarke, a cast that includes A+ actors like John Lithgow, Helen Mirren and Roy Scheider — and then add to that you’ve got...
View ArticleA Jupiter II That’s Ready for Take Off: Toy Fair 2010
If you’re a Lost in Space fanboy you’re going to like what Moebius Models: A fully finished and lit Jupiter II 1/35th scale metal prop replica. That’s right: If you’ve always wanted one of these...
View ArticleI’ll Miss the Amazing Visions of Dr. Robert McCall
I was very saddened to hear that Dr. Robert McCall passed away as he was very much a hero of mine. I’ll never forget the first time I visited the Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. — along with...
View ArticleIf H. Jon Benjamin Voiced HAL 9000
The confrontation with HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a tense, somewhat frightening scene. So why not have H. Jon Benjamin, voice of Sterling Archer on FX’s Archer, voice HAL...
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