The third Star Wars title was announced at Comic-Con (AAAAHHH!): Revenge of the Sith. Yep, and the movie comes out May 2005, the month after Firefly. Next year is going to be big for SF movie fans. A fan quoted in the article expressed satisfaction with the title, noting the similarity of the title and logo to “Return of the Jedi,” the concluding film in the original trilogy. From what I recall, that film was originally titled “Revenge of the Jedi,” but Lucas toned it down, since he was then in the throes of being a namby-pamby parental wimp, who…

Yep, we went to see it: The Bourne Supremacy We saw the first film, and I watched it recently on cable, so my memories of the earlier film (and liking for it) were fresh in my mind. As a sequel, the Bourne Supremacy works really well, and it built plot points on foundations only hinted at in the earlier film. However, there was one part of the story that irked me; David said it was essential to set up Bourne’s motivation, but I thought it was the same old Hollywood hackery that happens to action heroes in the first reel.…

Joey reports via a friend’s blog that William Shatner will commit albumery again, this time with actual musicians of note Ben Folds and Joe Jackson, on a project titled (wait for it)… Has Been. I hope this is true, I would totally shell out for it. Joey concludes with a quote that ought to have been part of Original, Classic, and Still the Cheesiest Star Trek Canon: Yeoman Rand, you common ensign, you’ve started a warp core breach… IN MY PANTS. Also not to be missed: a plea for Wil Wheaton to collaborate on something that sounds like it’ll be…

Although the movie isn’t due to open until April 22nd next year, Whedon is ready to show the first clip from from Serenity, the motion picture based on the Firefly series. He’ll do it this weekend at Comic-Con, also present will be the cast from the series/movie (all 9 actors), editor Lisa Lassek, special effects guru Loni Peristere and producer Chris Buchanan. It will take place on Sunday July 25th, 1-2pm, Room 20, afterwards there will be a signing session in room 28DE. Aaaahhhhh!! Aaaaaaaaah!!!! If I had planned farther in advance and maybe smacked David over the head with…

Miss Alli, Our Lady of the Recaps, intervenes before things get out of hand in a discussion of the recent TAR episode that happened to touch on religion: But of course, the topic is the team. And generalizing about religion is about the least fun a moderator can have short of being spattered with hot bacon grease, so let’s not.

Miss Alli’s recaplet is up at TWOP: Even a classy show sometimes wrings a good episode out of a bunch of people competing in the Jerkweed Olympics, and such is the case with this week’s episode. Colin starts to show a certain icy, dead-eyed stare that tiptoes all over the line between “I am intense” and “I am in prison,” while either Marshall or Lance actually becomes a caricature of himself by taking the step from Guy Who Almost Seems Like He Would Yell “Bitch” Out Of A Car Window to Guy Who Actually Does. Mirna and Charla express their…

Joy! Bliss! The new recap has gone up at TWOP. In a way, reading the recaps is almost as good as(and in some ways better than) watching an episode, because Miss Alli’s caustic wit finds the weak spots in the racers’ self-delusional interviews. Early in the leg, interviews tend to be from the previous night’s Pit Stop stay, and late in the leg they tend to be after arrival, for better or worse. She pokes holes in the excuses and the misunderstandings and makes things less confusing, and also funnier. And now, just a couple more days until we see…

Miss Alli‘s recaplet is up for the second TAR episode, which includes many excellent things (both the mini-recap and the episode): The race moves to Argentina, and things kick into high gear. Marshall and Lance blow their brilliant plan to publicize their restaurant to their enormous advantage by muttering about “useless foreigners,” Charla and Mirna learn that prostitutes are busy, and Jim and Marsha learn that you should always do your own research. After an excellent detour involving mysterious tango dancers and horny dogs, Alison and Donny make the classic mistake of taking a bus instead of a taxi, and…

The 2004 Emmy nominations were announced: TAR is up for four of them: Cinemetographym, Editing, Sound Mixing, and Outstanding Reality-Competition Program. And hey! Futurama got a few nods, too. Wish it hadn’t been cancelled, but maybe there’s hope for it yet.

Just checking the schedule at our local channel, because TAR is on tonight! I am so stupid about this show. Yes, it’s like an addiction. I’m also addicted to reading Miss Alli’s recaps afterwards, because that’s how I actually got addicted in the first place. How can you not laugh at this: They start by suiting up in white coats, and Alison and Donny are the first to get their beef out of the way. Bob takes the side of beef and immediately predicts that he will never make it a half-mile. Mirna takes the beef for her team (ew),…