tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83024885541125038262024-09-11T21:57:49.571-04:00Ramblings and reminiscing from a geeky guy about, well, geeky things. Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05249663521296766677noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302488554112503826.post-39367462624759519872016-08-01T14:04:00.000-04:002016-08-01T14:04:16.712-04:00

Ah, my friends, much has happened since I last put fingers to keyboard. I attended Celebration Anaheim, I went on an epic hunt on Force Friday, we had a brand new Star wars movie that exceeded all my expectations, we are approaching the first non-saga stand alone Star Wars film, and finally, I got married. With all of that, you might see why I have not sat to write in more than a year. But as we

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After two years of saving and countless days of waiting, tomorrow I board an airplane to head to Anaheim, California and Star Wars Celebration! The travel is the worst part for me. Not a huge fan of flying, but nothing short of a Death Star will keep me from joining with 50,000 other Star Wars fans to celebrate the saga we all love. I am super excited for all the panels I am going to try and

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Today I mourn a friend and celebrate a life. A life that burned in beauty for too short a time. One month ago today, my dear friend Rita Finn, the extremely talented author of the phthalo-blue blog, passed away unexpectedly. She was only 46 years old. Since the moment I got that awful news, I have been reeling. In many ways, without Rita's encouragement and support, I would not have been

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StarWars.com just released that principal photography has wrapped on Star Wars: The Force Awakens! I personally love this, as I grew up with the original trilogy where the only time you saw the episode number was in the opening crawl. So for me it was never Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes back, it was just The Empire Strikes Back. I feel this move fits the film nicely in the OT mold.

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One of the best and most fun experiences of my life took place in Orlando, Florida back in August of 2010 and that experience was Star Wars Celebration V. Between the panels, meeting the celebrities, the cool stuff I brought back, the trip to Disney and meeting new friends, it is a time I think back on often. When Star Wars Celebration VI came around in 2012 and I wasn't able to go, I will admit

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There was a bright spot yesterday among the dark clouds that was the cancellation of The Clone Wars; the autographed picture from James Arnold Taylor that I won from RebelForce Radio arrived yesterday. It seemed somewhat fitting to receive an awesome Obi-Wan picture on a day where The Clone Wars was foremost in my thoughts. Obi-Wan has always been my favorite character and I have been a huge fan

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As I sit and write this, a mix of emotions are still flowing through me; anger, sadness and frustration. Earlier today, Disney announced that they were canceling Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Many of you will say, so what? It's just a cartoon. Let me explain why it matters to me. Anyone who knows me or has read this blog knows that I am, above all else, a die-hard Star Wars fan. From the moment I

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Considering the news that JJ Abrams, who has directed the two latest Star Trek movies, has been hired to direct Star Wars Episode VII, this button seems a lot more appropriate.

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As you may remember, dear readers, a couple of posts ago I told you about the best Star Wars podcast on the web, RebelForce Radio. Much to my delight, that post came to the attention of Jason and Jimmy Mac and they actually posted a link on their Facebook page, which in turn generated more page views than this poor little blog has ever seen before. Considering what a fanboy I am when it comes to

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...This is the way to do it.

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If you are a Star Wars fan of a certain age...no comments about my age please...then there are certain things that invoke a strong sense of nostalgia when you see them. Recently, I found a Facebook page that is filled with such things; Classic Star Wars ( http://www.facebook.com/ClassicStarWars ) This for example: This is a scan of a page from the 1979 Sears Christmas Wishbook. I have

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Before the dark times, before the Empire...I mean before the internet, getting news about Star Wars was not an easy task. Ten year old me would faithfully read Starlog magazine every month for any article about Star Wars or the rumored sequel. Ten year old me's little brain would have exploded if he could see how much information can be gathered now and how fast. But even in today's world, it is

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Happy 2013 everyone! It has been ages since I have posted anything here. For a variety of personal reasons, 2012 was not conducive to writing anything. It was a year for trying to keep my head above water. But here in the new year, I decided to take a look at the 'ol blog and think about if I even wanted to keep it open and if I did, what did I want it to be? The days of me pouring all my angst

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My son and I went to see Star Wars Episode 1 in 3D this past Friday. When my son was 4, the very first movie he ever saw in theatres was Episode 1, so it is pretty cool that 13 years later we can share the same experience. And we got these cool Darth Maul 3D glasses! As for the movie itself, the 3D conversion was well done. It added depth to the movie, giving you a sense of immersion into the

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Every few years an anime movie will come along that is groundbreaking and raises the entire genre to new levels. In the past, movies such as 'Akira' and 'Ghost in the Shell' have done this. Tonight I watched a movie that should join theses ranks; 'Redline'.I had been hearing about this movie for quite some time now on different anime podcasts and web sites. And everything I heard was incredible.

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...Actually, it wasn't that long ago. Only about five months now. And it was actually in this galaxy. Florida to be exact. But we were on our way to a celebration of all things in that galaxy far, far away.Ever since the announcement of Star Wars Celebration V (henceforth to be described as CV) my son and I had made the commitment to going to this one. I

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Hello! Yeah, yeah, I know, I have been back a month and I haven't written about the convention. In my defense, things have been really busy since I got back and this trip is not a short one to write about.Okay, now that I have my defense out of the way, I am currently in the process of writing all about the trip. As you can imagine, this may take awhile. So while I am working on that, I thought

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And I was doing so well blogging again! That was right up until Wednesday night, when it seems like most of the rain we had ended up in my basement.As you can see from the above picture of several comic book boxes under water, I lost a few things. Luckily, not as many as it could have been. Thank goodness for all those years of being a compulsive bagger of my comic books. They saved the day!

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For the first time in a long time, my niece Cori and I set off to Burlington for one of our excellent concert adventures. We haven't been to a concert together since last March when we went to see Secondhand Serenade. So on Thursday we loaded up and went to see...Secondhand Serenade. This is the third time we have seen Secondhand, it is becoming an almost annual event for us.Anyhow, we hit

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I'm sure that if you are a regular reader of this blog (hello to all three of you!) then you have probably been waiting in utter anticipation for me to give my two cents about the new Star Wars animated movie The Clone Wars. Your wait is over. But in the interest of saving you valuable time that you could be using to do something fun or constructive with your life, let me jump right to the

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I know, I know, I've sucked at being timely in my blog postings. Summer is too damn short in Vermont as it is, so I have been trying to pack as much as I can into it while it is here.It has been a geek's dream summer so far at the movies. We've seen Iron Man, Indiana Jones, The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy and now The Dark Knight. How could it get any better? Well, for me, there is still the new Star

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It must be Indiana Jones!That's right, dear reader, prepare to get your geek on as we are talking Indiana Jones today.Went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull this past weekend. (Man, that title is a mouthful!) It has been 19 years since the last Indy movie and I was beyond thrilled when I heard they were making another one.I was 12 when Raiders of the Lost Ark hit theatres

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Originally posted September 6, 2006Hi, my name is Chris and I am a Star Wars geek.It started innocently enough when I was nine years old. 1977 was the year of Star Wars, though it took awhile for the movie to make its way up to sleepy little Newport, Vermont. The movie opened in May of ’77, but it was early summer before it showed up here. Up to that point my interest in sci-fi and fantasy was

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