Everyone knows the story. Gene Roddenberry shot “The Cage” as the pilot for a new show called Star Trek. It starred Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike and was deemed “too cerebral” by the network. In a rather unheard-of move at the time, Roddenberry was given the chance to try again. This time, “Where No […]
Archive for December, 2011
What No Man Has Seen Before…
Posted: 31st December 2011 by J. Marcus in Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: Star Trek
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J’s Gratuitous Star Trek Movie Post
Posted: 31st December 2011 by J. Marcus in Film, Film Review, Science FictionTags: Harve Bennett, Leonard Nimoy, Nicholas Meyer, Ricardo Montalban, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Star Trek V: The FInal Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, William Shatner
As promised in this week’s edition of the Podwits Podcast, I’m running down my list of the best Star Trek films as the Podwits’ Trekkie-In-Chief. First, for those who may not have heard the podcast this week, we’re only talking about the original Star Trek films, and not the ones featuring either the Next Generation cast or the […]
UPDATE: Further Info Regarding this Week’s (12/31/11) Borgninian Moment…
Posted: 31st December 2011 by Dion in News, PodcastTags: Ernest Borgnine, Podcast
When doing the this week’s Borgninian Moment, I momentarily lapsed on 2 facts that I would like to correct now.
A Time Machine and a Dead Monkey
Posted: 31st December 2011 by Podwits Administrator in Celebrities, Film, PodcastTags: 2011, 2012, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Back To The Future, Bossanova, Cheeta, Delorean, Indana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ozzy Osbourne, Robert Zemeckis, Star Trek, Tarzan, Year In Review
One time travelling automobile, cleverly built by a mad scientist and operated by an intrepid young man. One deceased primate that may or may not have been famous. One of them was sold at auction, one the subject of controversy. What do they have in common? Um, nothing, really… except that both get caught in the conversational […]
Why Tim Burton’s Batman Still Holds Up (And May Still Be the Best Version)
Posted: 28th December 2011 by Dion in Comic Books, Film, Film Review, Up on The Soap BoxLast night I watched an old favorite of mine, which I was ecstatic to discover had aged like a fine wine, not like an old can of skunked beer. I hadn’t seen it in probably 15 years and had my doubts. Luckily, it held up just fine, and definitely gave the recent “re-visioning” of the franchise a […]
Into the Toybox! – Part Two
Posted: 28th December 2011 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Toy Review, ToysTags: Batman, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bruce Lee, Christopher Reeve, Chuck Norris, DC Comics, DC Direct, Dick Tracy, G.I.Joe, Hasbro, Hot Toys, Indiana Jones, Jack Nicholson, Jason Voorhees, Kenner, Knight Rider, MacFarlane Toys, Marvel Comics, Mego, Michael Keaton, Playmates, Rambo, Rocky, Sideshow Collectibles, Slime, Spider-Man, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Superman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Terminator: Salvation, The A-Team, The Ghostbusters, The Incredible Hulk, The Joker, The Real Ghostbusters, Toy Biz, Twisted Land of Oz, WWF
Dion and J. dive back into the Toybox to rediscover the playthings of our youth. From Mego to MacFarlane, Turtles to Terminator, we leave no plastic stone unturned.
More Muppets!…Can It Be?
Posted: 25th December 2011 by Tiberius in Christmas, History, Music, Television, The MuppetsThe Muppet love is endless at The Podwits this Christmas! We have uncovered many forgotten Muppet-centric holiday heart-warmers! My final Muppet post is this fantastic rendition of an Emmet Otter song, originally sung by Emmet’s Ma, and later covered in 1979 by the late John Denver and Robin the Frog on the “John Denver and the […]
The Christmas Toy…Story?!
Posted: 24th December 2011 by Tiberius in Christmas, History, Television, The Muppets, ToysTags: Disney, Pixar, Toy Story
I was recently encouraged to watch a long forgotten Muppet special from way back in 1986! Even I, a long time Muppet aficionado, somehow missed this one… So I gave it whirl… Oh Boy! What I discovered was so shocking, I was forced to make the children leave the room or else their psyche would […]
Hard News, Comic Books, and Conspiracies
Posted: 24th December 2011 by Podwits Administrator in Christmas, Comic Books, Film, History, News, PodcastTags: Abraham Zapruder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Comic Books, Commando, Die Hard 2, Ed Wynn, Film, JFK, John Wayne Gacy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mad Love, National Geographic, Officer J.D. Tippit, Peter Lorre, Surgery, Sylvester Stallone, Terrorists, The Dark Knight Rises, The Lost Bullet
The three amigos break new ground, exploring the JFK assassination and Ed and Keenan Wynn; then digress into such normalities as vintage comic book stores, 80’s action movies and the out-of-date Eastern European Terrorist plot device, before rounding out the chat with hand surgery and good old Grover and John Wayne Gacy references. Fun for […]
Come Out To The Coast,…We’ll Get Together,…Have A Few Laughs…!
Posted: 23rd December 2011 by Tiberius in Christmas, Film, Film Review, HistoryNot Only is DIE HARD one of the great Action movies, It is a GREAT Christmas movie! Bruce Willis is brilliant as NYPD’s John McClane! Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber became the model for bad guys for a decade, and the future Snape in the Harry Potter films! And Reginald VelJohnson eventually starred in an unofficial spinoff after his […]