Posted in Celebrity, Feature Film, National News, SciFi, TV Shows on 12/20/2008 02:42 pm by fanboi
I grew up loving Star Trek reruns and later on was a big fan of the Next Generation (of all the series that is the only one that I’ve likely seen as a complete run). So I was saddened to hear of that Majel Barrett Roddenberry (widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry) passed away on December 18th 2008 at the age of 76 as a result of complications from leukemia. She was surrounded by family and friends at her home in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California.
Majel Barret Roddenberry was the First Lady of Star Trek and her absence will be deeply felt by fans as we enjoy future productions based upon the creative legacy she and her husband left behind.
In 1964, Roddenberry cast M. Leigh Hudec in a co-starring role in “The Cage,” the pilot for his science fiction series, Star Trek. She played ‘Number One,’ second in command on a fictitious starship. However, the character’s strength and authority in the Star Trek universe was unsettling to NBC and they ordered a second pilot made, without the woman, Number One.
When Roddenberry sold his second Star Trek pilot to the network, he remembered Majel’s work in “The Cage” and hired her as Nurse Christine Chapel. Instead of the dark-haired M. Leigh Hudec that they had disliked in the other pilot, she now used the name Majel Barrett and wore a blond wig as Chapel. Majel remains the only actor to have contributed to every facet of the Star Trek phenomenon.
It was announced on December 9th that Majel was to voice the computer of the starship Enterprise for the upcoming J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie as she had previously in four Star Trek television series and three films.
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Posted in Comics, Preview on 12/20/2008 04:52 am by fanboi
And the curiously stylist visuals of Humberto Ramos continue to grow on me. I’m more interested in the group disconnect than the fight with the Majesdanians though.
The chase is on! The Majesdanians have returned and want blood. Can the Runaways run fast enough to escape? Will Karolina and Xavin ever look at each other the same way again? Can Chase get out of his new job early enough to help them?
As much as I usually go for classically proportional and realistic styles such as pioneer Neal Adams, comic veterans like George Perez and John Byrne and the few among the new generation who can stand with them… Alex Ross, Bryan Hitch, Phil Jimenez, Carlos Pacheco and JG Jones, occasionally artists like Ramos, or Chis Bachalo or Bill Sienkiewicz come along and make me love their work despite myself. Not sure if that says more about me than the strength of their work, but I know they open my eyes a bit so i like to share.
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Posted in Comics, Holiday, Preview on 12/20/2008 03:17 am by fanboi
What could be more Christmassy than 5 holiday tales from John Constantine – one of the DCU’s most powerful sorcerers as well as one of its most interesting antiheroes. Deck the Halls with demon entrails… Fa La La La La La La La La.
Happy Christmas and happy 250th issue! An all-star creative cast leaves five new holiday tales under the tree in this oversized holiday special. See what the season has in store for the always-naughty, never-nice John Constantine.
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