I suppose I could have titled this pre-San Diego Comic Con installment “Popeye Hustle,” but I think that would’ve given the improper connotation. The new four-DVD boxed set from Warner – Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938 – (available July 31st) is anything but a hustle. And, in fact, the present column title is all the more…
Here’s a new picture of Harrison Ford and his on-screen son Shia Labeouf from next May’s unnamed fourth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise (working title: Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods). From the looks of it, the story seems to take place in the late 50s/early 60s and gives us an old…
Last night Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim premiered Star Wars: Robot Chicken. The half-hour edition of the popular stop motion cartoon show was entirely devoted to Star Wars gags. What separates this from countless issues of Mad Magazine was the involvement of George Lucas himself. Lucas provides a sense of legitimacy and an acknowledgement that he…
For those who didn’t get enough Star Wars on last night’s Robot Chicken, via SlashDot, "Harvard University celebrated its 356th Commencement on Thursday. It is tradition… to have an undergraduate deliver a Latin Salutatory address. This year’s speaker, Charles Joseph McNamara, delivered an address all about Star Wars in Latin!" Here’s the video for those…
A couple of weeks ago I did a wrap-up of my opinions of some of the TV I watched this past season. I held back on two shows because they hadn’t yet ended their seasons or their runs and others were cut because the column was getting too blamed long. So I’m going to try…
A little something for you to watch while you’re waiting for that movie on line (get it? You’re on line for the movie and you’re online reading this! It’s a pun! Hah! I’m so clever I make myself sick!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smlMQc0zKfw Hat tip: Lisa Sullivan.
In a few weeks… in a galaxy not so far away! The force is with Seth Green and Matthew Senriech, the creators of the stop action animation parody show Robot Chicken. They are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars (30 years??) with a special Robot Chicken episode that will feature the voices of the…
