Mar 29, 2012 | Forbes
It was a geek’s dream come true: a lost Star Trek script by writer Norman Spinrad, who had written “The Doomsday Machine,” had recently resurfaced. And if that news weren’t exciting enough, it was going to be produced by a group of experienced fan filmmakers…and...
Mar 28, 2012 | Forbes
Carol Pinchefsky, Neil Degrasse Tyson, 2012 Asimov Debate There’s a geek-girl controversy going on here at Forbes, thanks to an article by my fellow blogger, Tara Tiger Brown, who wrote a piece on fake geek girls. She wrote, “We just need to expose the posers for who...
Mar 27, 2012 | Forbes
Not too long ago, we saw a trailer for an upcoming trailer of Prometheus. I was hoping that a release of 20 seconds worth of footage, interspersed by 10 seconds of multiple titles, was a limited phenomenon. But no, it’s back, this time with the upcoming movie, Total...
Mar 27, 2012 | Forbes
Last week I wrote a spoiler-free article as to why you should watch the first season of Game of Thrones. But if you have seen season 1 of the HBO series, and you’re eagerly anticipating season 2, I’d like to share a tiny bit of what you have to look forward to. I’m...
Mar 26, 2012 | Forbes
1995 — Portrait of actor with a doll of his character Spock. — Image by © Matthew Mendelsohn/CORBIS When Leonard Nimoy dies (hopefully in the very far distant future), he’ll have the words “I Was Spock,” written on his grave. That’s because he’s known...
Mar 26, 2012 | Forbes
Gary Oldman is an excellent actor who has deserved each and every one of his awards. And with dozens of movies, such as Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and a few Harry Potter films, under his belt, he’s had to memorize approximately ten bazillion of lines of...