Here's the top MCS tags found for "star"

• Star Wars
• Star Trek
• Stargate
• Starcraft
• Star Wars: Episode 6: Return of the Jedi
• Star Wars: Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith
• LEGO Star Wars
• Star Trek: Into Darkness
• Starbucks
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Wars: Rebels
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• StarCraft II
• Star Trek: Nemesis
• Star Trek: First Contact
• Battle Beyond The Stars
• Dark Star
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• The Last Starfighter
• Star Wars: Episode 7: The Force Awakens
• Starship Troopers
• Fist of the North Star
• Homestar Runner
• StarTalk
• Star-Lord
• Stargate: Universe
• Star Wars: Battlefront
• Star Fox
• Men Who Stare At Goats
• The Star
• The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Star Trek: Beyond
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
• Star Citizen
• Star Wars: Celebration
• Starfire
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Star Trek: Discovery
• Starry Night
• Stargirl
• Star Trek: Voyager
• Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Starsky & Hutch
• Star Trek: Enterprise
• Krystle Starr
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Star Wars: Episode 8: The Last Jedi
• Star Trek: Axanar
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Alien The Original Screenplay

In 1976, Twentieth Century Fox bought a screenplay by Dan O’Bannon entitled Star Beast. Three years later with Ridley Scott at the helm, Alien was unleashed on unsuspecting filmgoers. En route to back to Earth, the crew of the starship Snark intercepts an alien transmission. Their investigation leads them to a desolate planetoid, a crashed alien spacecraft, and a pyramidic structure of unknown origin. Then the terror begins…

In the forward of book editor Randy Stradley makes a point to say that they had to go back to the drawing board a few times because of how difficult it was to forget what was actually made by the creative minds (Moebius, Giger) after the script was purchased and development started on the movie itself. While I applaud those efforts, I still feel like this book is too close to the movie that ended up on film for me to suggest it for anyone. It has great art and there’s some very very minor differences from the movie, but at the end of the day, it’s the same script with some names and genders changed.

That being said, it’ll look great up on my shelf next to the Alien3 Original Screenplay adaption, which was a much different, more notable, and much more enjoyable.

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Technobabble Al Fresco # 1

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The Queen’s Gambit

Created by Scott Frank, Allan Scott. With Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marielle Heller. Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.

Anya Taylor-Joy has pretty much killed it in every role that I’ve seen her in, and this is nothing different. It helps that the story is pretty tightly written and everything has momentum, there really wasn’t’ a time that I was bored in the seven episodes of the ‘Mini Series”.

If you’re trying to stay sober though, this is going to be a rough one to get through, she uses alcohol and drugs to excess, without long term repercussions.

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Comic Pulls for the week of December 11 2020

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RACE CAR

1956 Renault Shooting Star

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century – The Complete Collection Blu-ray

Blast off to the 25th century with Buck Rogers, one of the most popular sci-fi heroes of all time! When 20th-century astronaut William “Buck” Rogers (Gil Gerard) is awakened—500 years after a deep-space disaster—to an Earth in recovery from nuclear war, he must join Colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) to lead the crew of the starship Searcher against a galaxy of evil from the past, present and faraway future. Co-starring Felix Silla, Tim O’Connor and the legendary voice of Mel Blanc as Twiki. This 9-disc set includes, the pilot episode, the theatrical feature and all 32 action-packed Season One and Season 2 episodes of the epic series with phenomenal guest stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Julie Newmar, Henry Silva, Pamela Hensley, Jack Palance, Roddy McDowall, Macdonald Carey, Cesar Romero, Richard Lynch, Frank Gorshin, Markie Post, Anthony James, Peter Graves, Robert Quarry, Woody Strode, Gary Coleman, Ray Walston, John P. Ryan, Paul Koslo, Mary Woronov, Jerry Orbach, Richard Moll, William Smith, Sid Haig, Barbara Luna, Dennis Haysbert, Amanda Wyss, Alex Hyde-White, Tony Cox, Billy Curtis, William Sylvester, John Fujioka and many more!

Many of you are old farts that might have seen this when it was originally on the air, so here’s the complete collection that I’m sure will bring back memories to your addled minds.

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Letitia Wright Deletes Social Media Accounts After Posting Anti-Vax Video

“Black Panther” star Letitia Wright appears to have deleted her Twitter and Instagram accounts after receiving backlash regarding a video she posted on the platform Thursday night. The …

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Ahsoka Tano Remix

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New MCS Feature: Tags On Search Pages

Now, when you search on MCS, you’ll get some suggested tags first, because if you’re looking for Batman, maybe you should know of the 20 other Batman tags?

Interestingly enough, this is something I figured out how to do on StarTrekBookClub.com, where I figured out how to include author search results on the same page as book and blog results.

Darth Vader actor Dave Prowse dies aged 85

Former weightlifter and actor best known for playing Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies has died, his agent has said

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How 260 Tons of Thanksgiving Leftovers Gave Birth to an Industry

The birth of the TV dinner started with a mistake

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Comic Pulls for the week of November 25 2020

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Robert O’Reilly explaining Gowron’s eyes

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Fatman

Directed by Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms. With Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Chance Hurstfield. A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

Everyone’s favorite alcoholic anti-Semitic racist grandfather stars as Chris Cringle. The broad strokes are laid out in the synopsis above, but the end result ended up being a better film than I thought it had any right to be.

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‘No beds anywhere’ Minnesota hospitals strained to limit by COVID-19

Open ICU beds were down to single digits in some parts of Minnesota last week, when Gov. Tim Walz ordered a four-week shutdown of bars and other venues.

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Comic Pulls for the week of November 18 2020

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The 18th Race

The Complete Saga of the 18th Race Series in One Omnibus Edition We are not alone! In exploring and colonizing the galaxy, humanity discovers evidence of eighteen sentient species. Seventeen of them had not developed interstellar travel. Those were destroyed by the species that did reach the stars. That space-faring eighteenth annihilated the human colony on the Semi-Autonomous World Troy. A Marine Force Recon platoon sent to investigate is wiped out almost to the last man. In reaction, the North American Union assembles the largest army seen since the major wars of the 20th Century. Things seem grim for Troy and its defenders as a new Duster fleet arrives and attacks the remaining warships of Task Force 8, in orbit before landing a huge invasion army meant to defeat the Human forces. And back on Earth, the NAU President must decide humanity’s next course of action, even as scientists try to discover the Dusters’ secrets to help the soldiers, sailors, and Marines win- -and time is running out!

This is an omnibus of three novel length stories and one mini novella stuck between books 2 and 3. The first book is awkward and feel like something that I would have written myself back in high school, the second story feels like something that one of my favorite authors would have written when THEY were in high school, then that third book felt like a fully fleshed out story that really did it for me. It was only $7 on the publisher’s site, so I ordered it directly from them, which turned into a bit of a thing because their store wasn’t exactly configured for ebook sales, but since they’re a smaller publisher I was able to speak directly to them and get the situation figured out and the book into my hands.

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‘It’s a terrible situation’ Inside a government bureaucrat’s pressure-filled decision to delay the transition

As the only obstacle between President-elect Joe Biden and the formal start of the presidential transition, General Services Administrator Emily Murphy is struggling with the weight of the presidential election being dropped on her shoulders, feeling like she’s been put in a no-win situation, according to people who have spoken to her recently.

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#DisneyMustPay Alan Dean Foster – SFWA

Alan Dean Foster and SFWA President Mary Robinette Kowal discuss the non-payment by Disney of several contracts for works including multiple Star Wars and Aliens novelizations.

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DNC Sues Georgia Governor Over His Bullshit Claims Democrats Hacked The State’s Voter Registration System

The never-ending amount of election related litigation keeps on coming. The Trump campaign is still heavily invested in lawsuits — a practice it started before the election and it hasn’t scaled back now that its boy has been handed an…

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Minnesota GOP sent virus alert only to its side of the aisle

Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent says DFLers were not warned of cases among GOP colleagues before Thursday’s floor session.

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Bone

9 book series published by Scholastic in 2004-2009.

A simple story of a family that was chased out of their home town due to the incompetent greed of their older brother. They end up in “the valley” where they manage to trigger the literal apocalypse. It’s a story that starts slow and cute, but ends with dragons waking up to eat the world and the lord of locus trying to do evil stuff at the same time. I had originally purchased and read this story back when it was being released in black and white floppies, then after it was all over Scholastic did a fantastic small format collection that was all in color. I bought them because they were cheap and I loved the series, put them on a shelf, and thought to myself “yep, I’ll read those soon”.

that was about 10 years ago!

I’m cleaning off shelves and reducing my display collection, and while I love these books, I think I’m going to sell them to someone that hasn’t had the experience yet, I hope they love the story as much as I did.

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Comic Pulls for the week of November 11 2020

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Simon & Schuster Sold Just About Everything in 2020–Except Itself

The publishing behemoth, which hit the market just before lockdown, racked up best sellers from Woodward, Bolton, and Mary Trump. Amid speculation about potential buyers—one of the “Big Five” houses? French media conglomerate Vivendi? A private-equity firm?—ViacomCBS is keeping quiet.

The potential sale of S&S continues to hold my attention, as a vast majority of Trek books have traditionally been published under their Pocket Books imprint, though recently they seem to have transitioned to the Gallery Books imprint. If S&S is sold from their parent company, will they still have a near monopoly on the Trek franchise?

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Britney Spears Loses Bid to Remove Father From Conservatorship Refuses to Perform

Pop star Britney Spears’s bid to remove her father James Spears from the conservatorship of her estate has suffered a temporary setback with a Los Angeles court declining the application. Jam…

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Comic Pulls for the week of November 6 2020

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Stacey Abrams Is the Scottie Pippen of Politics

Georgia’s grassroots champion is proof the country needs to rethink its definition of superstar

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Jean Luc Pinky and the Brain 24 Brinky

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Just received my recent fanzine order from Ebay

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Comic Pulls for the week of October 30 2020

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Football Betting Tipsters Share Winning Strategies

Football Betting Tipsters Share Winning Strategies

Betting live on occasion can be a lot of fun and, if done right, extremely lucrative. Whether it’s horse racing, cricket, soccer, tennis, or any other sport you’re passionate about, bet live on football here can be much more profitable than direct betting or gambling, but only if you know! What he does!

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Two gorgeous covers by Keith Birdsong

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12 Hour Shift

Directed by Brea Grant. With Angela Bettis, David Arquette, Chloe Farnworth, Mick Foley. Bodies start to pile up when a drug-user nurse and her cousin try to find a replacement kidney for an organ trafficker.

Extremely dark comedy that’s perfect for Halloween. It’s actually not Halloween related, but it’s good for the holiday due to how incredibly disgusting part of it is.

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Ultimate Guide When Playing Solitaire Online

One of the advantages of the classic Solitaire game is that it can be played by a single player. And of course, that’s a big yes to introverts! Of course, this might be boring to some, but it’s actually beneficial, especially for your patience level. So, if you want to come out like a pro when playing these Solitaire card games, here are some key tips that you need to master beforehand.  (more…)

Comic Pulls for the week of October 21 2020

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Jeff Bridges Announces Lymphoma Diagnosis

Actor Jeff Bridges announced on Twitter Monday afternoon that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. He started his post off with a reference to “The Big Lebowski,” writing: “As the…

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Quibi Is Shutting Down After Failing to Find a Buyer Report

UPDATED: Quibi, the struggling short-form mobile video startup led by founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman, is shutting shut down the company after failing to find a buyer, according to a…

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Comic Pulls for the week of October 14 2020

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TNG Sketchbook The Movies

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Halloween 5 The Revenge of Michael Myers

Directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard. With Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr. One year after the events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), the Shape returns to Haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his now-mute niece.

This is the best of the Halloween films so far, by a long shot. The sense of suspense was there, the story was believable, the setups were entertaining, and the sexual tension could be cut with a knife. I was worried that everything after H2 was going to be downhill, but here’s a good sign that the franchise still has some teeth in it.

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Halloween Resurrection

Directed by Rick Rosenthal. With Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Brad Loree, Bianca Kajlich. Three years after he last terrorized his sister, Michael Myers confronts her again, before traveling to Haddonfield to deal with the cast and crew of a reality show which is being broadcast from his old home.

haha, what a twist, he didn’t really die in the last film, but she did at the beginning of this one! OR DID SHE!? Maybe we’re talking about her resurrection and not his!? Nope, she’s really gone, sorry guys! However, we ARE back to the quaint city of Haddonfield, site of the original horrors of the franchise, all so we can get a cast of teens to spend the night in the horror house that Michael was originally raised in. I started to have some real nerd rage when they were talking about all the furniture like it was left there by the Myers family, because as anyone that’s seen the films recently can tell you, the last family that we knew lived there was the Realtor’s family. That rage subsided though when it turned out that the entire place was set up to be as scary as possible for internet ratings! In yet another showing of how powerful this franchise is with star power, Starbuck herself (Katee Sackhoff) stars along with Busta Rhymes, and a guest appearance of Jamie Lee Curtis, who I believe at this point was near the top of her popularity, not that she’s really faded all that much. There’s some aging here with the technology, palm pilots weigh heavily, but that can be looked past for the thrill of watching people trying to survive a horror house. From my little bit of research, this is the last of the main line Halloween films, up next is the Rob Zombie reboot, which I’m not really looking forward to, Rob Zombie has a reputation for being more about torture porn than suspense.

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Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers 1995 – IMDb

Directed by Joe Chappelle. With Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Mitchell Ryan. Six years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.

Paul Rudd’s first film? Ok, I didn’t see that coming, but I guess horror films are a good place for quality actors to get started, after all, Leonardo Dicaprio’s first role was in a Critters sequel.

They go hard on an occult aspect in this, the sixth film of the franchise, and only just barely have the suspense and terror that I loved so much in the previous film. I can see that they’re trying to balance action, adventures, suspense, and horror, but I’m not entirely sure this is the mix that I’m personally looking for.

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The 100 Season 7

Created by Jason Rothenberg. With Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Isaiah Washington. Set ninety-seven years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity’s lone survivors sends one hundred juvenile delinquents back to Earth, in hopes of possibly re-populating the planet.

What a fantastically weird way to end this show, honestly there’s only a couple other ways it could have gone, but for a series that wasn’t afraid to made hard pivots in it’s story lines at seemingly random intervals, this was pretty perfect.

I initial concept was amazing: 100 years after an apocalyptic war on earth, space stations containing the last of humanity sent one hundred trouble makers to the surface for two reasons: 1 to verify it’s safe to come back and 2 to take some of the load off of their over taxed life support systems. Each season took insane liberties with that initial concept with bunker people, grounders that survived the war, deep spacers that survived, AI, nano tech, post apocalyptic buildings, a language that was recognizable but not understandable, more AI, brain chips, fallen space stations, a SECOND nuclear apocalypse, stargates, interstellar wars, and finally a riff on Contact that didn’t feel completely out of place.

Whew. if you enjoy post apocalyptic science fiction, this is the series for you!

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