And, Speaking of “Star Trek” (re: Levar Burton Reading Rainbow/Kickstarter Update)……………..

Star Trek

………….I found this a GREAT idea! They’ll make $5 million for sure, now! (Although they were going to, anyway ๐Ÿ™‚ )

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For some reason, I’ve become obsessed recently with the LYRICS to “Star Trek: TOS.” It’s a little known fact. Here they are (and good going, whichever fan sang this ๐Ÿ™‚ ):

Beyond
The rim of the star-light
My love
Is wand’ring in star-flight
I know
He’ll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches.
I know
His journey ends never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me.

Poor Rene Russo……!

Why do filmmakers keep cutting out her best scenes in these “Thor” movies?!? (Damn, didn’t she used to be a major movie star?) She basically cameoed in the first, and [SPOILER ALERT!] died in the second!

Above is her cut scene from “Thor: The Dark World,” and below is her cut scene from “Thor.”

And, being the Cap fanatic I am, of course I loved the final version of the below scene. In the one that made the movies, Chris Evans cameos as Cap!

 

Batgirl and Catwoman, On 1970s Tee Vee Every Day

Until I started watching the 1960s “Batman” show on ME-TV’s “Sci-Fi Saturday,” one of my summer pastimes was to watch this show on youtube.

As a kid in the mid-1970s, watching weekdays in endless syndicated reruns, I thought the “Batman” TV show was perfection. It was the only show on TV thatย met all my needs: pacing, color, action, cool music, a trap, and more action!

(Serious aside: Did anybody know that Burgess Meredith, who most remember from his Penguin role here, ABC’ s “Those Amazing Animals” and the “Rocky” films, was the director for James Baldwin’s “Blues For Mister Charlie?”)

I remember when I first saw Batgirl on the show. I really liked her, but had no idea why. ย Now, as a adult, looking at that practically painted-on costume, I can guess! LOL!ย From that time on, a “good” Batman episode was one that had Batgirl in it. (But a friend of mine once pointed out when we wereย in our early teens that if a villain amputated one of her legs, that would be it for her as a crimefighter. ๐Ÿ˜‰ )

I now know that the Batgirl episodes (all of Season 3) are the worst, but what helps me deal with it is that reality is that they are also the ones that star Eartha Kitt as Catwoman!

Heeheeheeheeheehee……Catwoman has come upon some hard times, clearly. ๐Ÿ™‚

112-Word Film Reviews (In Total): “Amazing Spider-Man 2” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past”

Spent so much time discussing Newark politics and legacies of new Ancestors, I’m glad to get back to geek stuff! ๐Ÿ™‚

Spider-Man

I find it interesting that so many film critics are having problems with this Spider-Man. (A “Spider-Man” film getting a “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes? Hide, Irving Forbush!)

Yes, this movie was a bit overstuffed. But the bottom line is this: this is a darker, weirder, vision than the Sam Rami films, and although this vision is not as stirring, it is a legitimate telling.

 

X-Men Days of Future Past

A triumph, because it proves that if a highly skilled filmmaker tries hard enough, a film can imitate the complexity of the comics. One of the best “X-Men” movies, ever! And it even rebooted the series, effectively, by erasing the tragedy of “X-Men: The Last Stand.” ๐Ÿ™‚

JULY 6TH UPDATE: And, as a hard-core comicbook fanboy who bought the original story off the stands, I thought this was quite funny.

Almost Spidey Time! Can’t Wait!

Yep, I’ve posted this before! But it’s STILL GREAT! LOL! ๐Ÿ™‚

MAY 5th UPDATE: Actually, I’m in Newark, New Jersey right now, covering this election, so I am actually waiting much longer than I thought I would. ๐Ÿ™‚ When I set up this time-release post, I was still in Maryland, and not exactly sure when I’d go up to New Jersey.

With All These Marvel Movies Going On, Where Does “Guardians Of The Galaxy” Fit In?

Answer: Into “Avengers 3.”

Yep, this going-to-the-Marvel-movies-thing is not going to end, said Captain Obvious. ๐Ÿ™‚

Meanwhile…….

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Yes, I’m using it twice! ๐Ÿ™‚

I’m clearly on the way to 50, because instead of shouting, “More, more!” I’m actually thinking of shouting, “Less! Less!” LOL! ๐Ÿ™‚