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Irvin Kerschner (1923-2010)

Posted on November 30, 2010 in Musings, Nerdery and Real Life. 0 Comments Tags: Pop Culture.

OK… first Leslie Nielsen and now Irvin Kerschner. Now many don’t know him, but he was the director of arguably the best of the 6 Star Wars episodes, namely Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. He also happened to direct a guilty pleasure of mine, Robocop 2. Yes, the one with the psycho kid wielding a folding submachine gun.

As a kid, I preferred Return of the Jedi (yes even the Ewoks) but as I’ve grown older, I appreciate ESB more for being much more dramatic and not dispensing on characterization. So now it’s actually my favorite. ROTJ is now 2nd .

Anyhow, thanx for being a part of my nerd childhood sir. Godspeed.

And don’t call me Shirley…

Posted on November 30, 2010 in Musings, Nerdery and Real Life. 0 Comments Tags: Pop Culture.

Leslie Nielsen has died and the world is less funny somehow. I of course, know him as Lt. Frank Drebin from the Naked Gun series. Years later, I realized he was also in Airplane! where as Dr. Rumack health pharmacy online he uttered his most famous line:

Rumack: Can you fly this plane, and land it?
Ted Striker: Surely you can’t be serious.
Rumack: I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley.

Ahhh… classic. Good laughs too. Thanx Mr. Nielsen! Godspeed.

Beast King GoLion vintage toy commercial

Posted on September 30, 2010 in Musings and Nerdery. 0 Comments Tags: Giant Robots.

Always wanted one, but never did. Here’s hoping Bandai comes to their senses and release this as part of their Soul of Chogokin line.

No. I knew it as GoLion BEFORE it became Voltron although I never watched the former but I did the latter…

Coming in 2012: Star Wars 3D

Posted on September 30, 2010 in Musings and Nerdery. 0 Comments Tags: Star Wars.

So it has been all over the news now that Lucas will be re-releasing all 6 Star Wars movies in 3D starting with Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (eps. 1) in 2012. 1 episode per year. I guess it was inevitable Lucas would jump on the 3D bandwagon since some of the sequences lend themselves to the 3D effect quite well (Pod race in eps 1, Trench run in eps 4, Speeder bike chase in eps 6).

I’ve been a Star Wars fan all my life but I’m actually not too excited about the prequel trilogy as they don’t really stand up to repeated viewings (Revenge of the Sith is decent though). But that’s another post for another day.

I AM however, looking forward to bringing my kids to see the original trilogy starting in 2015. Star Wars needs to be seen on the big screen. Period. My kids will be 9 and 6 by the time the original trilogy goes onto theaters. Just nice I think.