Stuff We Like This Week: August 7 Edition
Aug 07
In an effort to combat our occasional…okay, okay, near-constant negativity, we give you a regular feature full of nothing but love — Stuff We Like This Week. Appearing every Friday, SWLTW will recap the things that have set our little nerdly hearts aflame within the past seven days.
Starship Porn
Aug 06
One of the many small reasons I loved the new Star Trek movie was that it upheld a grand Trek tradition: Starship porn.
Pretty much every Trek movie (and definitely all the good ones) have featured lusty FX shots of the Enterprise. Whether the ship is standing still in drydock or cruising the Mutara Nebula, it always looks so damn…HOT. The camera lovingly caresses its nacelles, lingers longingly over its saucer, and frequently takes her from behind as she jumps into warp speed.
The best starship porn is accompanied by memorable music. Pretty much all the big guns of film score composition have had their spaceship porn moment. From Giacchino to Goldsmith, here’s a few of my favorites.
Stuff We Like This Week: July 31 Edition
Jul 31
In an effort to combat our occasional…okay, okay, near-constant negativity, we give you a regular feature full of nothing but love — Stuff We Like This Week. Appearing every Friday, SWLTW will recap the things that have set our little nerdly hearts aflame within the past seven days.
SDCC09: News I Can Use
Jul 27
Following up on my scintillating posts last year, when I chronicled in excruciating detail every item of interest that appeared to me from the bevy of news flowing out of San Diego Comic-Con, here is the 2009 edition, compressed into a single post rather than a sprawling series of many posts that burns out your eyes and mine alike. Phew.
(Looking back on last year’s posts, I find it interesting I went to IKEA in ’08 on Comic-Con Saturday; this past Comic-Con Saturday, I was also at (OMG) IKEA. What is with that random kismet, daddy-o?)
In no particular order, here’s what got me excited over the past four days and change:
Stuff We Like This Week: July 24 Edition
Jul 26
In an effort to combat our occasional…okay, okay, near-constant negativity, we give you a regular feature full of nothing but love — Stuff We Like This Week. Appearing every Friday, SWLTW will recap the things that have set our little nerdly hearts aflame within the past seven days.
