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This is a great new trailer for the film adaptation of Tick, Tick…Boom!, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda!
I loved the second season of For All Mankind. If you’re not yet watching this Apple TV+ show, I encourage you to start immediately!! Click here for an interview with co-creator Ronald D. Moore. (Is it possible For All Mankind could run for seven seasons…? That’d be amazing!!)
Speaking of Mr. Moore… he also co-created the reimagined Battlestar Galactica from the aughts. Last week I posted this incredible video of a live performance of All Along the Watchtower by Battlestar Galactica composer Bear McCreary, accompanied by Starbuck herself, Katee Sackhoff:
I watched that quite a few times! Then I fell down something of a rabbit hole online, and I found great stuff like this full Battlestar Galactica concert by Bear McCreary and company:
Then I found and enjoyed this 2016 concert of Star Trek music from across the Trek franchise, from the Film Music Prague Festival:
Back in 2016, I reviewed Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, a magnificent two-CD set in which the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Justin Freer, performed music from across the fifty year history of Star Trek. Then, in an extremely geeky move, I decided to create my own vision of a concert capturing the very best Star Trek music from across all the movies and TV series. Click here to see what my ideal Trek concert would have been!
When I was a kid, I loved watching He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoons and playing with those toys. Will this modern continuation of the show, overseen by producer Kevin Smith, be any good? I must admit that I’m intrigued:
This is a weird story — a few weeks after it was announcing that Clarice was moving from CBS to Paramount+ for its second season, the show has now been cancelled. I had zero interest in ever watching that show, but I’m interested in the behind-the-scenes showbiz machinations. I must also admit to been a teensy bit pleased to see Alex Kurtzman stumble (even though I know I shouldn’t indulge in that schadenfreude). I wish someone would take the reins of the modern Star Trek TV series away from him…
Speaking of Trek, here’s a trailer for the second season of Star Trek: Picard:
I have little hope this new season will be any good, but as always I will try to go in with an open mind and an open heart…
Sad news that actor Ned Beatty has passed away. He was a great actor with a long career, though to me he will always and indelibly be Otis from 1979’s Superman: The Movie.
This is a fun deep-dive article looking back at the making of Avengers: Endgame.
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