Musings of the Great Eric

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Let’s just face it. The last time anyone had a good idea for a kid’s show was the 1980’s. On the bright side, those were some freaking sweet shows back then - and it’s nice to see them still get tribute.
The only real question in my mind now; will Vanilla Ice be doing the soundtrack […]

This is kind of amazing. Tpday we think of The Flintstones as a kid’s show, but when it launched it was actually targetted at adults - which really shows how far our culture has moved in the last 40 years (It was actually the first series to show a man and his wife sharing a […]

If you said anything other than “Princess Leia’s Metal Bikini”, you’re wrong.

There’s no doubt that the sight of Carrie Fisher in the gold sci-fi swimsuit was burned into the sweaty subconscious of a generation of fanboys hitting puberty in the spring of 1983. But, remarkably, it’s women for whom the costume holds the most enduring […]

Simply Brilliant.

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Jon Stewart does what he does best, point out what jackasses they are. And it’s so well deserved.

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From a short blurb in the Washington Post:
Two political scientists found that young people who watch Stewart’s faux news program, “The Daily Show,” develop cynical views about politics and politicians that could lead them to just say no to voting.

The results showed that the participants rated both candidates more negatively after watching Stewart’s program. Participants […]

“Futurama” gets new life on Comedy Central

“Futurama” has a future.
Comedy Central has resurrected the former Fox animated series from “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. At least 13 new episodes will be produced — the first since the series’ original run from 1999-2003.
The new batch is part of a deal the cable […]

Who would win in a fight, the Enterprise or a Star Destroyer?

Well it’s an age old question if you’re a geek anyway. The editing could be a little smoother, but you have to appreciate the effort.
(First shot at embedding a YouTube video here, hope it works)
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Ain’t It Cool News:

The short of it is that Lucas hates the way the original trilogy appeared back in the day, and appears to hate the fact that most fans prefer it that way. So, when he did those new SFX versions in the late nineties, he “taped over” the original negative. So how are […]

Hotness:

Comic book heroine Batwoman is to make a comeback as a “lipstick lesbian” who moonlights as a crime fighter, a DC Comics spokesman has confirmed.
Batwoman - real name Kathy Kane - will appear in 52, a year-long DC Comics publication that began this month.
In her latest incarnation, she is a rich socialite who has a […]

‘Hogwarts’ Dragon Unveiled
A dragon-like dinosaur named after Harry Potter’s alma mater has performed a bit of black magic on its own family tree, say paleontologists who unveiled the “Dragon King of Hogwarts” on Monday in Albuquerque.
The newly described horny-headed dinosaur Dracorex hogwartsia  lived about 66 million years ago in South Dakota, just a million years […]

Thursday, May 25 is Towel Day, in honor of the late author Douglas Adams. Why a towel?
A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical
value - you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of […]

The best review by far comes from movieguide.com, “a ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles, by influencing entertainment industry executives and helping families make wise media choices.”

Very strong mixed, pagan worldview with strong references to paganism itself (including references to “male/female principles” of paganism, nature worship of […]

BBC:

It is, quite simply, one of the greatest cultural artefacts of our age. So great, in fact, that it not only reflects and plays with philosophical ideas, it actually does real philosophy, and does it well.
How can a comic cartoon do this? Precisely because it is a comic cartoon, the form best suited to illuminate […]

(via NewsBusters)

Lauer took the bull of controversy more directly by the horns when he interviewed the cast and director Howard today. Said Lauer:
“There have been calls from some religious groups, they wanted a disclaimer at the beginning of this movie saying it is fiction because one of the themes in the book really knocks Christianity […]

Everyonesvoice on YouTube has created a Sealab 2021 style mashup of He-Man titled the Skeletor Show. It’s hilarious.
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Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin’ man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour………
The weather started getting rough,
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for […]

This September: Original Unaltered Trilogy on DVD:
In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie and, as bonus material, the theatrical […]

How Lara Croft Steals Hearts:

She’s a piece of cheesecake, all right. And among cultural pundits, this is the prevailing wisdom about why young men so loved Tomb Raider when it debuted in 1996. Teenage boys are horny; teenage boys like to ogle hot women; Tomb Raider allowed them to drool over Croft for hours on […]