Over the past few decades, John Eaves has had a major impact on the look of the Star Trek Universe and played a pivotal role in shaping Gene Roddenberry’s vision. Starting with his work on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Eaves has worked as a production designer, illustrator, and model maker across the franchise. He has been responsible for creating many of the props and ships, and helped develop the Federation design, from the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E to the U.S.S. Discovery NCC-1031.
Star Trek: The Art of John Eaves represents the most extensive collection of designs and illustrations created by Eaves across the Star Trek Universe. Featuring fascinating pencil sketches and stunning concept art, this visually dynamic book gives fans a unique in-depth look into Eaves’ creative vision and the wealth of his remarkable work at the center of this spectacular franchise.
Gave this to my wife for her birthday, then we watched the main feature! It’s a fantastic film that has some obvious issues that haven’t aged very well, but at the end of the day it’s still a joy to watch, even after nearly 90 years.
If this weren’t based on a true story I would have legitimate problems with the plot. Cop uses his real name for an undercover task? He’s black and he’s trying to infiltrate the KKK, who notoriously does not like black people? The bombing that goes incredibly bad? Don’t get me wrong, this is a great movie, but how in gods name did everyone not end up dead or dying at the end of it?
The last 10 minutes in particular are pretty chilling and nearly unbelievable, but I lived through every single one of the events they played, I know they happened and I know the indifference that many people had to them happening.
The second Damage Control mini series in 1989, this one was much better than the already well received (by me at least) mini series that came earlier in ’89. There’s a fun tie in to the “Acts of Vengeance” crossover that was happening, and an appearance of the 4th wall breaking She-Hulk, who at the time was under the impression she was a comic books character and would often break the fourth wall to comment to the readers about the things happening in the issue she was in, much like the modern take on Deadpool. McDuffie was back for the story beats, so it feels much like the first series, though this time with some interesting Kingpin / SHIELD involvements.
As always, Mila Kunis is as impressive as always and Kate McKinnon is just on the wrong side of being too annoying. She’s much like Jim Carey in this way, a comparison that I make in the best possible way, she’s energetic, has an elastic facial expression repertoire, and I look forward to when she calms down just enough to do be funny but not spastic in her humor. Maybe that’ll never happen, maybe it will, but this is something that’s obviously working out for her, so much like Adam Sandler or Melissa McCarthy, she’s getting paid some good money to do things that I personally don’t feel is her best.
What a horrible life to be paid millions of dollars to not impress me with her world famous acting.
All that being said, I absolutely loved every outfit she wore in this film, specifically the final glitter suit thing, that was an amazing outfit. The story is one that’s been told a few times before, but the combination of blood, cuts, full frontal mail nudity, and humor is a route that isn’t often taken. It works in this film and you should check it out, maybe let me know what you think of Kat McKinnon. Is she too much? Does her humor work for you?
Super spy Lance Sterling (Will Smith) and scientist Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way. And if this odd couple can’t learn to work as a team, the whole world is in peril. SPIES IN DISGUISE is an animated comedy set in the high-octane globe-trotting world of international espionage.
When a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you take your life. Facing the unknown, Malorie finds love, hope and a new beginning only for it to unravel. Now she must flee with her two children down a treacherous river to the one place left that may offer sanctuary. But to survive, they’ll have to undertake the perilous two-day journey blindfolded. Academy Award® winner Sandra Bullock leads an all-star cast that includes Trevante Rhodes, with Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich in #BirdBox, a compelling new thriller from Academy Award® winner Susanne Bier.
Ratcliffe is a stage host at Star Wars Celebration, has co-hosted popular Star Wars podcasts (currently Lattes With Leia, formerly Full of Sith), written numerous articles for Star Wars Insider, and writes for the official Star Warswebsite. Currently, she’s working as the managing editor for Nerdist and still writes about Star Wars. When it was announced that she would be authoring a new Star Wars book called Women of the Galaxy, I don’t think anyone was surprised. She’s a perfect fit.
Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy takes a look at 75 different characters from a galaxy far, far away. Each one is written about by Ratcliffe and new art has been commissioned by a team of 18 female and non-binary artists for each one.
Check out the Amy Ratcliffe author page to view other sightings and a full list of books!
As impressed as I was with the first film, the second one is better in nearly every way. There’s a great look into the boiler room Fred worked at, something only vaguely hinted at in the first movie, much more use of fire as one of Freddy’s tools, explosive birds, a father that refuses to hire help to fix the a/c in the Hellhouse, A grade gore (specifically the coach’s back in the shower, youch!), a fantastic pool party, and then wrapped up with an impressively steady long shot of one of the main characters running around the previously mentioned boiler room. It took me a couple rewinds to even figure out how they made the shot, but even knowing how it was done doesn’t lessen how impressed I was with the lighting, stability and planning that had to go into those 30-45 seconds of screen time.
From what I gather, she wasn’t happy with the 9am slot before all this came up, as she wasn’t able to cover politics as much as she wanted, and she’s going to be moving a time frame that’s less softer news than what she’s doing now.
