News Around the Net
Sad news that actor Robert F. Chew, who played Proposition Joe on The Wire, has passed away. Close your eyes, Joe.
In another piece of sad news, writer Peter David recently suffered a stroke. Mr. David is a prolific author of novels and comic books, and I have been loving his work for well over twenty years. His run on DC Comics’ Star Trek series in the eighties is one of the things that got me into comics, and I still think those comics rank among the very best Star Trek stories ever told, in any format. He’s written a number of Trek novels, as well, with Q-in-Law (with the inspired pairing of Q and Lwaxana Troi) and Vendetta (the best Borg story ever told, and what I so wanted First Contact to be) being my favorites. For any fellow fans of Mr. David out there, here is how you can help.
In my review of Django Unchained, I compared Quentin Tarantino’s film to Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles. A recent “behind the scenes pic of the day” at aintitcoolnews featured a wonderful shot from Blazing Saddles, and if you’re looking to waste some time, I encourage you to scroll down and read that article’s really fun talkback section, which is filled with quote after quote from that spectacular film. (Puts me in the mood to pop Blazing Saddles into my DVD player right now…!)
Speaking of Django, apparently there is a teensy tiny connection between Django Unchained and Pulp Fiction. OK then.
Trekcore has posted an extraordinarily in-depth seven-part interview with Roger Meyer Burnett, one-half of the duo responsible for the wonderful special features on the new Star Trek: The Next Generation blu-ray sets. Here is part one. Mr. Meyer is absolutely correct in that, until now, the Star Trek films and TV shows on DVD/blu-ray have NEVER had the type of quality special features that they deserve. The feature-length documentaries on the TNG season 1 and 2 blu-ray sets are a big part of why they scored so high on my list of the Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays of 2012. They are amazing, and interesting and informative even for a long-term, hard-core Trek fan like myself. This interview with Mr. Burnett is phenomenal, and will be of interest to all Trek fans out there. GREAT WORK, Trekcore guys!
With the return of Arrested Development inching ever closer, some great new info has been coming out about the new season. I CAN’T WAIT!!! “One giant 700-minute Arrested Debelopment”??? Bring it!
Speaking of the return of beloved TV shows… a Bored to Death movie??? PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN!!!
Here are some nice teases for May’s Iron Man 3. I am excited to see Phase Two of the Marvel cinematic universe begin. I heart Shane Black (mostly because of the unspeakable awesomeness of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), so I have high hopes. I hope I’m not going to be disappointed!