tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47305849302121134272024-03-21T11:11:18.678-04:00Of Interest to MeInteresting things that are Interesting.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11585175902953361876noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730584930212113427.post-51251223363808593692022-03-12T09:07:00.000-05:002022-03-12T09:07:15.696-05:00The Obi-Wan Kenobi series and Star Wars prequels nostalgia. <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TWTfhyvzTx0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>I hope the Obi-Wan show is good. The trailer was a little underwhelming, but man that music, that got me. Duel of Fates, and A Hero Falls, the prequels had the best music in Star Wars and hearing them in the trailer was awesome. Bring on the prequel nostalgia, I'm ready! What <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffconway/2022/02/09/ewan-mcgregor-discusses-his-new-obi-wan-kenobi-disney-series-its-really-going-to-satisfy-star-wars-fans/?sh=33439cec68ae" target="_blank">Ewan McGregor says here</a>, about making the series for people who grew up with and love the prequels, that speaks to me because the prequels are my Star Wars. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhJ44JWfk_soP5Vp5ZLOjyetVp_3dteDuW-904zJQvQM9XKs587y6aH-IxNySERzXBFjpOqjJTiUlfDjclmWaiGrmVuJAang4kAqTYuda9zNWl7wzjK6kDEuNVpAytVSZYVV8ik7ThWjJU_rgO68_AkDYp9D7p_7F0c8h-QMlqLh6LVXPsvTPTbY3rXQ=s768" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhJ44JWfk_soP5Vp5ZLOjyetVp_3dteDuW-904zJQvQM9XKs587y6aH-IxNySERzXBFjpOqjJTiUlfDjclmWaiGrmVuJAang4kAqTYuda9zNWl7wzjK6kDEuNVpAytVSZYVV8ik7ThWjJU_rgO68_AkDYp9D7p_7F0c8h-QMlqLh6LVXPsvTPTbY3rXQ=s16000" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><blockquote>Oh my gosh, well I loved playing him again. I mean it’s quite interesting, after the experience of making the first three films and living through sort of their reception in the world, which wasn’t always glowing, I have to say. And then now, meeting the generation who we made those films for, the children then - and now, people in their late teens or early twenties, those people who were kids who we made those films for, they loved them. To them, they’re their Star Wars films, you know? For us, it was the original films of the ‘70s, but for them, it was our films were their Star Wars. So to step back into his shoes again now and do a series, a whole series about Obi-Wan Kenobi for those fans, it just makes me really happy.”</blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>My introduction to Star Wars was the re-release of the original trilogy special editions on VHS. I rented them from Blockbuster and loved them. Right around that time though the hype machine started for Phantom Menace and I was right on board. Movies seemed bigger in the 90's, Jurassic Park was huge, Batman was everywhere, Godzilla hype was bigger than the Kaiju itself, but Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, now that was an event. It was everywhere! I collected all the Pepsi cans, had the toys from KFC, Episode 1 Racer on N64! Podracer lego sets! Finally going to see Episode 1 in theaters was the greatest night of my life. I loved it. All the prequels, they're wonderful. I really hope the Obi Wan show does them and the character justice. New Disney Star Wars has not been kind to legacy characters. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0BWDQW4T1ohuCl4sXpkV5v8SZi0HA7ht3yirMqAij52L1L2P2lDAiQUCTCCV9kzGkXSeLdPPCnnRiAuWpu-FIKPr_8vT8oILJq2TOEN-6FntYgLCtmqjMGi0qs1i4HXQpIKhWEZS708mggxs12kR-9wiadOpjiOVDP_DW4juxKkBWknZBDLg4_Bo74Q=s480" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0BWDQW4T1ohuCl4sXpkV5v8SZi0HA7ht3yirMqAij52L1L2P2lDAiQUCTCCV9kzGkXSeLdPPCnnRiAuWpu-FIKPr_8vT8oILJq2TOEN-6FntYgLCtmqjMGi0qs1i4HXQpIKhWEZS708mggxs12kR-9wiadOpjiOVDP_DW4juxKkBWknZBDLg4_Bo74Q=s16000" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11585175902953361876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730584930212113427.post-2982032477191611312019-11-23T16:45:00.000-05:002019-11-23T16:45:12.274-05:00Star Trek 4 is back on!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Gremlins movies are great. I missed the growing up and watched both movies for the first time a few years ago, they're wonderful. Weird and exciting movies.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11585175902953361876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730584930212113427.post-57252690838187657672019-06-19T12:11:00.000-04:002019-06-19T12:11:02.844-04:00DOOM Eternal E3 2019<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2HOClc6Svg4" width="560"></iframe><br />
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We got a new trailer for <a href="https://ofinterest2me.blogspot.com/2018/08/doom-eternal.html" target="_blank">DOOM Eternal </a>at E3 2019. It's looking good. DOOM 2016 was an awesome game and I can not wait to play Eternal.<br />
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11585175902953361876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730584930212113427.post-27114762019089995402019-06-09T12:04:00.001-04:002019-06-09T12:04:38.822-04:00Star Trek Discovery Season 2<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="529" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cn4fW0EInqw" width="940"></iframe><br />
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Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 was so bad. Easily the worst season of any TV show I've ever seen. It started off not bad, with episodes like New Eden it seemed like they'd learned their lesson from season 1 and started making an actual Star Trek show. Then a few episodes in it changed and turned into one big convoluted mess of nonsense. This probably happened because the original showrunners were fired and Alex Kurtzman took over the show. He obviously has no idea what Star Trek is or how to write a good show. If you think STD is bad, and it is, I can't imagine what the other Star Trek shows will be like. At least Bryan Fuller, a guy who knows Star TRek, was involved in creating Discovery, the new show, <a href="https://ofinterest2me.blogspot.com/2019/05/star-trek-picard-remember-tng.html" target="_blank">Star Trek: Picard</a>, Lower Decks, and the animated teen show, are going to be pure Kurtzman. It's going to be bad.<br />
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The first trailer for <a href="https://ofinterest2me.blogspot.com/2019/05/star-trek-picard-remember-tng.html" target="_blank">Star Trek: Picard </a>is here. What do you think?<br />
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11585175902953361876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730584930212113427.post-15004489432802874982019-05-19T12:23:00.000-04:002019-05-19T12:23:07.331-04:00Star Trek Picard: Remember TNG?! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I’m not <a href="https://ofinterest2me.blogspot.com/2018/04/michael-giacchinos-star-trek-theme.html" target="_blank">a big fan of Star Trek</a>: The Next Generation or Captain Picard as a character so I’m not really looking forward to the new show. Doesn’t help that the people in charge of <a href="https://ofinterest2me.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-new-star-trek-series.html" target="_blank">Star Trek</a>, Alex Kurtzman and Co, are insane idiots who don’t get Star Trek. Discovery is awful and I expect Star Trek: Picard to be more if the same. <br />
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11585175902953361876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730584930212113427.post-30081555215312349122019-04-15T17:56:00.000-04:002019-04-15T17:56:16.289-04:001960's Tech running the IRSLGR Tech Tales is one of my favorite series on YouTube. The most recent episode is all about the crazy fact that the United States tax system still runs on technology from the 1960's. It's a super interesting look at the development of the system back in the day and all the failed attempts to replace it, and the one day in 2018 when it all came crashing down.
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The first teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode IX got released today. It doesn't show a whole lot but what's there looks pretty cool. Luke's voiceover, Rey and Kylo dong Jedi stuff, Finn and Poe doing Resistance stuff, and Lando and Chewie doing flying stuff. Also Death Star and the Emperor! Good stuff.<br />
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I hated Last Jedi but I'm not going to let that stop me from getting excited for Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.<br />
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One of my favourite bands, the Headstones, recently released a cover of one of my favourite songs, The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. Itès a great cover of a classic song.<br />
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James Rolfe from <a href="https://cinemassacre.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cinemassacre</a> put together a <a href="https://ofinterest2me.blogspot.com/2018/11/star-trek-motion-picture.html" target="_blank">great video </a>looking at all the Dracula films, trying to find out which one is closest to the original book.<br />
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I've never actually read the book but I have seen quite a few different versions of the Dracula movies, it's neat to see all the different variations made over the past century.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11585175902953361876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730584930212113427.post-87221090268202352152018-11-23T17:22:00.001-05:002018-11-23T17:22:41.835-05:00Star Trek: The Motion PictureStar Trek: The Motionless Picture! It sure is slow but I love it! The visuales and music in Star Trek: The Motion Picture are amazing. People laugh at the length of the scene but I just love it when Kirk and Scotty are just flying around admiring the refit Enterprise.<div>
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Mike from <a href="http://redlettermedia.com/" target="_blank">Red Letter Media</a> is a huge Star Trek fan and he recently sat down with Canadian Jim and had an interesting discussion all about <a href="https://ofinterest2me.blogspot.com/2018/04/michael-giacchinos-star-trek-theme.html" target="_blank">Star Trek</a>: The Motion Picture. </div>
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At the recent GateCon event series co-creator Brad Wright said that <a href="https://www.gateworld.net/news/2018/09/brad-wright-mgm-wants-to-keep-stargate-alive/" target="_blank">MGM wants to do something with the Stargate franchise</a>. Nothing to announce yet, but that there have been talks and MGM knows it's a popular franchise people want to see back.<br />
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I don't want to see a new Stargate series. Not after what happened to Star Wars and Star Trek when they came back. I couldn't stand seeing another one of my favourite franchises ruined. Maybe it would be good. If the same creative team came back for the revival there's chances it would be great. I don't know, all I know is I'd rather not take that chance. There are 17 seasons of Stargate and 3 movies, that's enough for me. <br />
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I'm not all that interested in yet another<a href="http://ofinterest2me.blogspot.com/2018/04/michael-giacchinos-star-trek-theme.html" target="_blank"> new Star Trek </a>series. I did not like Star Trek Discovery and bringing back Picard isn't enough to make me want to watch another show from the current runners of Trek. I do like Mike's idea though, an ensemble cast on an old Galaxy class ship going on weird adventures would be fun. Don't focus solely on Picard, he's not very interesting.<br />
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He's back! <a href="http://redlettermedia.com/scientist-mans-plan-to-save-star-wars/" target="_blank">Scientist Man is hired to help save Star Wars™</a>. He uses logic, economics, marketing and math in order to come up with an idea so radical that it just might save the soon-to-be bankrupt franchise.</blockquote>
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In all seriousness though, there's a lot of problems with the way Disney Lucasfilm is handling Star Wars. Can Star Wars even be saved at this point?Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11585175902953361876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730584930212113427.post-9048425247464018112018-06-16T16:39:00.000-04:002018-06-16T16:39:42.842-04:00Death Stranding<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The story of "Pacific Rim" is told on an epic scale, where 250-foot tall combat mechs battle similarly sized giant alien monsters in the ocean off of the coast of major cities, and when that fails, in the cities themselves. Scale is a recurring theme throughout the film, where a large threat is countered with a large response, making humans tiny in this new out scale world.<br />ILM's visual effects team discusses the design, effects and animation of these incredible machines in this video.</blockquote>
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