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Month: November 2011

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Top 5 Scots in Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Saint Andrew’s Day)

  • November 30, 2011
  • Tagged as: Brave, Christian Year, Disney, Doctor Who, Highlander, Pixar, Star Trek, x-men

Today is Saint Andrew’s Day, the national holiday of Scotland. Andrew was the first disciple to bring another person to Jesus: he told his brother, Simon Peter, “We have found the Messiah” (John 1.41). According…

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Mike
  • Sci-Fi

Was Edith Keeler the Dorothy Day of “Star Trek”?

  • November 29, 2011
  • Tagged as: Star Trek

Today, many Roman Catholics and other Christians will remember Dorothy Day, who died on this date in 1980. If you’re not overly familiar with her (as, I must admit, I was not), the following trailer…

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Mike
  • Sci-Fi
  • Television

Retro TARDIS Talk: “An Unearthly Child” (Story 1: November 23-December 14, 1963)

  • November 23, 2011
  • Tagged as: Doctor Who, TARDIS Talk

“Why hasn’t it changed?” That’s the question the Doctor and Susan ask about the TARDIS when they realize that, despite its appearance in a Stone Age setting, the time machine still looks like a 1960s…

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Mike
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GGB Special Edition #4: Muppets!

  • November 22, 2011
  • Tagged as: Doctor Who, green lantern, muppets, star wars, twilight, x-men

What is Geek Grab Bag? It’s a collection of odds and ends found throughout the week from the Internet. Send in your submissions to be featured in future issues of the column to max.pfeffer@yahoo.com. Michael…

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max
  • News
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Kahless Bless Us, Every One! (Theater News)

  • November 22, 2011
  • Tagged as: Christmas, Star Trek

Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man. — Klingon proverb (Star Trek, “Day of the Dove”) I think the anonymous Klingon sage quoted above must have been talking about…

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Mike
  • Video Games

Morality in the Digital Frontier

  • November 19, 2011
  • Tagged as: Deus Ex, Review

Not all games delve into morality, and those that do often get it wrong.  This author takes a look at how moral decisions are represented in the  digital world.   I sat down today to write my…

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Joshua
  • Movies

Star Tours 2: Like a Child

  • November 18, 2011
  • Tagged as: Disney Hollywood Studios, Disneyland Resort, Jesus, Star Tours, star wars, Theme Parks, Walt Disney World Resort

When I was a kid everything changed for me when I first saw Stars Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.  For the rest of my childhood the default game was Star Wars, the default action…

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Daniel
  • Geek Grab Bag

GGB #20

  • November 16, 2011
  • Tagged as: Geek Grab Bag

What is Geek Grab Bag? It’s a collection of odds and ends found throughout the week from the Internet. Send in your submissions to be featured in future issues of the column to max.pfeffer@yahoo.com. The…

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max
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  • News

Moses, Phone Home! (Movie News)

  • November 16, 2011
  • Tagged as: Gods and Kings, Moses, Steven Spielberg

The book of Numbers tells us that Moses “was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth” (Numbers 12.3). He’d no doubt be surprised, then, at the buzz around yesterday’s…

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Mike
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David Yates Hears a “Who” (Movie News)

  • November 15, 2011
  • Tagged as: David Yates, Doctor Who

Are you ready for Doctor Who times two? According to Variety, the BBC is working with multiple Harry Potter-helmer David Yates to turn “its iconic sci-fi TV series… into a big screen franchise.” This should…

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