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Some Things Never Go Out Of Style (Archives a6 and a7)

11 Apr

April 11, 2013

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Some things never go out of style. for example, Star Trek. This Antiquity from the Archives concerns Star Trek: The Next Generation. And that’s good, since that is a classic program.

However, there are some things that never go away that you just wish would shut up and get out of your face, like the Clintons. Will we never be done with Bill and Hilary Clinton???? Yet that is what this Antiquity  concerns as well.

Bill Clinton and Star Trek. You could put this post in a time warp and even in the 41st century they’d know Bill Clinton and Star Trek.

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This juror on The Little Rock Whitewater trial came from Brooklyn, I am sorry to admit.

She wore a Star Trek uniform, complete with toy phaser and tricorder, to sit on a jury. “I stand for Star Trek’s ideals.”

At least Star Wars fans only call themselves Jedi, they don’t usually dress like one. But as I’ve said before, Trek fans are nuts. They learn to speak Klingon, a fictional tv language. They walk around in Trek costumes in broad daylight. And they claim wearing a Starfleet uniform to formal occasions “is appropriate.”

Note to Barbara Adams: It is not.

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The Saturday Afternoon Movie: Chinese Popeye

6 Apr

April 6, 2013

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Saturday is usually the province of Saturday Comics or its occasional step-brother, The Treasure Chest of Terrible Toys. But this is Popeye Week! And Mr. Blog, like Popeye, will not be bound any mere arbitrary rules, even if they are his own arbitrary rules. Especially if they are his own arbitrary rules.

This has popped (Popeyed?) up all around the internet lately but I can only find this short clip. No one seems to have any more. So what is Chinese Popeye about? It is a chinese film about Popeye (duh) and in this clip, he fights mummies.

Yes, I said mummies. So sit back, relax, and prepare yourself for Chinese Popeye. (I’m sure there is a real name for this but everyone just seems to call it Chinese Popeye, and frankly no matter what it is really called, I’m sticking with chinese Popeye.)

If this was out on DVD I would buy it. Probably for no more than $5 from the bootleg peddler on the street, but I’d still buy it.