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Benedict Cumberbatch Is in Star Trek 2 and All Is Right with the World
“J.J. Abrams and his team originally were considering Benicio Del Toro for the role of the villain, but talks broke down about a month ago,” says TrekMovie. “Following that the team began looking at other actors including Edgar Ramirez. A source tells TrekMovie that Cumberbatch ‘blew them all away’ with his audition.” Cumberbatch, is, of […]
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Stormtroopers, Klingons, and Blood
Just as they did last year, the Portland Red Cross is aiming to spill some dweeb blood—today from 9 am to 2:30 pm, the second annual Stormtroopers vs. Klingons Blood Drive will be take place at the Portland Donor Center (3131 N Vancouver). Here’s some stuff happening at the event that will, hopefully, distract you […]
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The Best Twitter Feed of the 24th Century
TNG Season 8: “Plots from the unaired eighth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Read them all.
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William Shatner Wants to Wish You a Good Morning
From here on out, watching William Shatner’s video for his “Bohemian Rhapsody” cover—off his new “Major Tom”-themed concept album, naturally—is how I will start every day of my life. Join me. Also when I said “start,” I guess I meant “spend,” because I cannot stop watching. That is how you start a music video. That […]
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Captain Picard Day to Be the Best Day of All
A few days ago I got an email from one Zachary Auburn, some dude I don’t know but with whom I felt an immediate kinship—even a brotherhood, perhaps. Because this is what Auburn wrote to me: A few weeks ago I was watching the episode that has Riker’s first captain (aka a Mr. John Locke!!!), […]
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Next Generation in HD to Allow Nerds to See Jean-Luc Picard’s Camel Toe In Jaw-Dropping Detail
I kid, I kid. There’s so much more to Star Trek: The Next Generation than Jean-Luc Picard’s camel toe! Like everyone else’s camel toes, because in the 24th century, space-uniforms look super uncomfortable. But I digress: Yay for Next Generation! Ever since the series showed up on Netflix Instant, I’ve been watching little else, as […]
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BREAKING: Stargate Lego Thing Sweeps Oregon State Fair’s Lego Contest!
Last week, Alison Hallett blogged about going to the state fair; in said blog entry, she tasked me with reviewing the fair’s various nerd-centric Lego displays. Yes: The Oregon State Fair has a Lego contest. I didn’t know about it either until I looked up and was all, “Oh, hey, Legos. Those don’t smell like […]
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Thanks for the Spock Poems!
To the Blogtown commenter who sent me the following book of poems by Leonard Nimoy… THANK YOU. (The accompanying letter didn’t specify whether or not the giver would like to be publicly identified for giving the gift, but if you’d like to ‘fess up in the comments below, be my guest!) Anyway as the rest […]
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Aliens Will Kill Us, Study Says
A study at Penn State in conjunction with NASA has just been released, outlining the different scenarios that could occur should Earth ever be visited by an alien species. The study, titled “Would contact with extraterrestrials benefit or harm humanity? A scenario analysis” includes the following theory: Humanity may just now be entering the period […]