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Wrath of Khan in 60 Seconds

By Tom Lennon ⋅ February 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Clare showed me this earlier, so I’m sharing it with you. It’s an entry to this year’s Empire magazine-run Done in 60 Seconds competition by Mawgan. It made us smile: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6_Wos09Gw On a related note, our beautiful daughter Edie is now 21 months old. One of her first words was “KHAAAAAAAN!” I blame her sister, [...]

My (Obligatory) Top 10 Films of 2009

By Tom Lennon ⋅ January 6, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

As a blogger, I’m contractually obliged to produce and publish annual lists of things wot I like. It’s one of those tedious tasks in life you try to put off until the last moment and always bitterly resent, like getting your car serviced, completing a tax return or flossing. If I don’t do it, though, [...]

Star Trek: Strange New Words

By Tom Lennon ⋅ November 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

J.J. Abrams’ rather excellent Star Trek film will be available on your home entertainment format of choice this coming Monday. That seems like a reasonably good excuse to dig out the following slice of Trek-themed nonsense from my archives: [imagebrowser id=1] It’s a short parody of Star Trek: The Next Generation (or should that now [...]

JJ Abrams’ Star Trek

By Tom Lennon ⋅ May 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The New Yorker’s legendarily outspoken film critic Pauline Kael once said of Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan “Now that’s more like it.” At least, I think that’s what she said. Whatever the case, it’s a phrase that went through my mind last night as the credits went up at the end of JJ [...]

Boldly Going Out

By Tom Lennon ⋅ May 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

My brother and I will be off to see JJ Abrams’ Star Trek at the Birmingham Imax this evening and – I must admit – I’m rather looking forward to it. As a lapsed Trekker, I’ve almost forgotton how that feels. To actually look forward to a Star Trek fim… why, that’s a sensation I [...]

Today… is… International Talk Like William Shatner Day

By Tom Lennon ⋅ March 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

So declareth Maurice LaMarche – the voice talent behind such animated greats as ‘The Brain’ from Pinky and the Brain and the self-proclaimed “third most prominent imitator of William Shatner” – and who are we to argue? The mighty Shat turns 78 today, and LaMarche urges us all to celebrate this great man’s birthday by [...]

JJ Abrams’ Star Trek trailer

By Tom Lennon ⋅ November 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Yummy.

JJ Abrams’ Starship Enterprise

By Tom Lennon ⋅ November 11, 2008 ⋅ One comment

A quick break from this bus route blather: I’m a bit of a purist when it comes to tampering with this particular fictional design classic, but at least it looks a damn sight better – and remains truer to the original concept – than some of the franchise’s other misguided efforts…

Dystopian Myopia

By Tom Lennon ⋅ November 25, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

I finally got around to watching the film Children of Men this evening. First impressions? Let’s see: “Phew”, “Fucking Hell” and “Wow”. Those were my first impressions. I’ve always been something of a connoisseur of dystopian fiction. I don’t know where it began. Maybe it was while reading the classic comic series V For Vendetta [...]