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Return of the Jedi

by storiesbywilliams on May 8, 2012 in Movies, Reviews and tagged admiral ackbar, battle of endor, battle of yavin, boba fett, bothan spies, chewbacca, chewi, dagobah, dark side, death star, emperor, Empire Strikes Back, endor, ewoks, general madine, han solo, home one, imperial shuttle, jabba the hutt, jabbas palace, jabbas sail bare, lando calrissian, leia organa, lightsaber, luke skywalker, millennium falcon, mon calamari, mon calamari cruiser, mon mothma, Obi Wan, obi wan kenobi, rancour, rebel fleet, Return of the Jedi, revenge of the jedi, sarlacc, shield generator, star destroyers, Star Wars, star wars a new hope, the executor, The Force, vader, yoda

Well, Star Wars weekend is passed, and my final review of the original lineup is long overdue. Been that kind of weekend, unfortunately, a constant flurry of visiting family, friends, and then coming home to be drowned in Spring cleaning. Luckily, I got some time with my keyboard today and decided I’d dedicate some time […]

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Babylon 5, Farewell…

by storiesbywilliams on December 16, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged a call to arms, andreas katsulas, B5, b5 crusade, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season 5, Battlestar Galactica, bester, byron, centauri, centauri prime, CGI, delenn, doctor franklin, drakh, drazi, emperor, first ones, franklin, g'kar, garibaldi, J Michael Straczynsky, jerry doyle, legend of the rangers, lennier, londo mollari, lorien, lyta alexander, michael garibaldi, narn, peter jurasik, psi cops, psi corps, rangers, regent, regent virini, river of souls, shadows, sheridan, star furies, Straczynski, telepaths, thirdspace, vir cotto, virini, vorlons, walter koenig, white star

We come at last to the final season, the fifth and final year in Babylon 5′s planned lifespan. According to legend, Straczynski had been told repeatedly that he was crazy to think that he could ever pre-plan a series like this, that actors quit, budgets got slashed, and time slots got changed around. And that […]

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B5 Continued…

by storiesbywilliams on December 9, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged ambassador mollari, B5, b5 council, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season two, bester, captain sheridan, centauri, centauri prime, chief garibaldi, chrysalis, cocoon, commander ivanova, delenn, doctor stephen franklin, earth mimbari war, emperor, emperor cartagia, g'kar, g'quon, garibaldi, gerenal hague, john sheridan, kah'ri, kosh, lennier, londo, londo mollari, lord refa, lyta alexander, mass drivers, mimbari, morden, mr morden, narn homeworld, narn-centauri war, narns, parliament of conquerors, president clark, president santiago, psi cops, psi corps, rangers, susan ivanova, talia winters, telepaths, the great war, the rangers, the shadows, vir, vir cotto, vorlons, z'hadum, zack allen

Picking up where I left off, Babylon 5, second season! When season one ended, Sinclair and G’Kar had taken off, both to pursue their own agendas. Delenn was in a chrysalis (cocoon) and undergoing a transformation, and Londo was making deals with “shadowy” forces. Resuming… Season Two: Season Two opens with Babylon 5 getting a […]

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The Star Wars Prequels (cont’d)

by storiesbywilliams on August 29, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged amidala, Anakin, anakin skywalker, attack of the clones, dark side, emperor, george lucas, hayden christensen, Ian McDiarmid, jedi, jedi council, Liam Neeson, natalie portman, padme, palpatine, phantom menace, Qui Gon, revenge of the sith, Samuel L Jackson, sith, sith lord, skywalker, special editions, Star Wars, Star Wars prequels, The Force, yoda

Isn’t it always this way? I just get finished with a long review of the Star Wars prequels, and I realize I left some stuff out. Not only that, I notice that I made some technical errors as well. Ah well, I suppose its the burden of Star Wars geekdom – anal-retentiveness and a total […]

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Dune Miniseries (best lines, revisited)

by storiesbywilliams on August 5, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged baron harkonnen, bene gesserit, chani, classic sci-fi, Dune, Dune 2000, Dune miniseries, emperor, fenrig, feyd, Frank Herbert, frank herberts dune, guild, irulan, kwisatz hadderach, Leto, Maker, Paul Atreides, plyometric, princess irulan, Sci-Fi, science fiction, spice, taekwon-do

Yesterday, more lines were coming to me as I busted my butt to get through Taekwon-Do class. I don’t know, it seems plyometric exercises are all the rage these days. Did I mention I hate them? I hate em, I HATE EM! But my aching shins and stiff muscles aside, it was good in that […]

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Best Dune Lines!

by storiesbywilliams on July 21, 2011 in Best Lines, Movies and tagged arrakeen, arrakis, baron harkonnen, baron vladimir harkonnen, doctor kynes, Dune 2000, Dune miniseries, dune quotes, emperor, feyd, Frank Herbert, guild, Jessica, lady jessica, mother superior, Paul Atreides, Sci-Fi, science fiction, spice, the voice

Hey all! As you can plainly see, I did a rather long review of Dune, the movie and miniseries, recently. One thing that kept coming to mind was all the great lines that made it in. Some of these were taken from the novel, others were the result of John Harrison’s imagination. Either way, they […]

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Dune, the miniseries (Part III)

by storiesbywilliams on July 18, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged arrakeen, Atreides, baron harkonnen, bene gesserit, chani, duke leto, Dune, Dune 2000, Dune miniseries, emperor, fedaykin, fenrig, feyd, fremen, guild, gurney, harkonnen, irulan, Jessica, lady jessica, Leto, Muad'Dib, naib, othyem, princess irulan, sandworms, sardaukar, Sci-Fi, science fiction, sietch, spacing guild, water of life, yueh

We come at last to Part III and the final act of the Dune miniseries! Been a long time in coming, and funny thing is, I tried to do all in one post. Now here I am breaking it into four just so I can cover the original movie and the miniseries faithfully. But as […]

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Dune, the miniseries (Part II)

by storiesbywilliams on July 16, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged baron harkonnen, bene gesserit, chani, classic sci-fi, desert, doctor kynes, doctor yueh, duke leto, Dune, Dune 2000, Dune miniseries, emperor, fedaykin, feyd, geidi prime, Health, irulan, jamis, Jessica, Kwizats Haderach, kynes, lady jessica, liet, naib, padisha emperor, Paul Atreides, princess irulan, rabban, reverend mother, sandworms, sardaukar, Sci-Fi, science fiction, sietch, sietch tabr, spice, thufir hawat, tribe, water of life, weirding way, yueh

Okay, in my last post, I tried to cover Dune the miniseries and everything that made it work. I tried to do this in one post… and failed! Going over that six hour beast is like trying to devour an elephant. You can’t do it all at once, no matter how hard you try. I’m […]

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