Misc Starship pics

I’m cleaning out the pics on my phone. I save cool pics from social media that had starships involved. 

Here they are: 

I love the design of the USS Enterprise C. Easily my favourite Federation starship.

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Love ‘Babylon 5’. I often refer to it as the “other Star Trek”

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And finally some shuttles: 

And lastly the Death Star II

Ranking the ‘Star Wars’ movies to date

Here is my rankings 

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Saw this meme on FB. I too was confused by this latest development 

Remembering our Princess

Three years ago today we lost Carrie Fisher. Growing up she was my favourite Princess. She was brave, beautiful and funny on screen as Princess Leia, she was royalty. (And when Disney bought ‘Star Wars’ she now became a ‘Disney Princess’)

September 2016 I had a chance to meet her at the Edmonton Comic Expo. But the line up was so long I decided I’d catch her “next time”...unfortunately there will never be a next time. She was so vibrant and full of life that day when I saw her from a distance, it never occurred to me some 3 months later she would be gone from this world. 

Rest In Peace Princess. You are missed every day. 

Star Wars month!

Next week I’ll be recording an episode of ‘The Pop Culture Pub Podcast’ where we will be doing a review of the new Star Wars film: The Rise of Skywalker. It’ll be a ‘what works’ and ‘what doesn’t work’ format with a final rating out 5. 

• what works with the sequel trilogy as a whole 
• What works for this film
• What doesn’t work with the sequels 
• And what doesn’t work in this film 

As of right now I’m giving it a 2.5 out of 5 star rating. I didn’t hate this film but it had issues. 

Now on the other hand I loved this first season of ‘The Mandalorian’. It had a couple episodes I didn’t particularly care for but overall it was exceptionally good. (We definitely will be talking about this more on a future episode of ‘The Pop Culture Pub Podcast’)

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Also I hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a safe and happy new year! 

The Emperor Returns

In a way I’m glad that Emperor is “returning” but I can’t help but feel this upcoming film will feel rushed...

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In case you missed it:

My fan theory on ‘Black Widow’

Ever since I watched the trailer for the upcoming ‘Black Widow’ I’ve had a theory:

Previously Not-Released Post: This week’s assignment from the League Of Extraordinary Bloggers: “Spacemen"

The following post was written in 2013 but for some reason I never released it. So here it is 6 years later. Back in those days I was a member of 'The League of Extraordinary Bloggers'
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For this weeks league assignment I am going to give 5 reasons why my favourite character that works in space is awesome, and he has been featured in TV, Film, comic books, novels, etc. And that spaceman: Captain James Tiberius Kirk!! And after discussing Captain Kirk I will make 5 honourable mentions for cool 'spacemen'. 

Captain James Tiberius Kirk (At A Glance):

1: Captain of the best ship in Starfleet: The USS Enterprise is legendary and really there is no other ship that compares (looking at you Voyager!). In the original series he was at least 33 years old when he got command, maybe even younger. In the JJ Abrams rebooted timeline he was even younger. And why not, he truly is a born leader and a natural when commanding a ship. And he commands the greatest ship of them all!! 

2: Ladies man: He has a way with the ladies, whether they be human or alien. He even got Joan Collins in her prime!! What teenage boy (or adult man) did not want to be Captain Kirk with his track record with the ladies. Who hasn't had a fantasy about an Orion slave girl? Kirk has lived such fantasy! 

3: Rules do not apply: The Kobayashi Maru scenario is said to be the no win scenario, but Kirk won it in both timelines! How? Because he changed the rules! Some would call him a cheat, a rule breaker, etc. I call him freakin awesome!!

4: Not just an awesome traveler in space but time as well: He has saved history and Earth several times by using time travel. He's help save the world from the Nazi's, saved the whales, argued with 80's punkers, and even traveled to the future in his final appearance sacrificed himself and saved a planet of people he never met. Truly a great time traveling hero. 

5: Kicks some serious ass: This dude can fight. He fought the Gorn on Cestus 3, fought a genetically engineered Khan and won! This guy does not always want to fight but will and kick ass when he does. 

5 Honorable Spacemen Mentions:

1: Han Solo: Coolest character from the Star Wars franchise! And he got Princess Leia! (I'll bet he gets her to wear the gold bikini in bed....whoohoo!)

2: He-Man: Coolest cartoon character ever! He qualifies as a spaceman because he does have some cool futuristic vehicles and uses portals to travel to different planets. When I say He-Man I am referring to the original MOTU series and 2002 series. Not the He-Man from the lame He-Man New Adventures series. 

3: Captain Jean Luc Picard: Also an awesome Captain of the Federation starship Enterprise. 

4: Superman: He is a hero that can go into space and battle in space. Plus he's from the planet Krypton. 

5: Starbuck: Whether it be the Dirk Benedict character from the 70's Battlestar Galactica or the super sexy Katee Sackhoff character from the 2000's BSG reboot, Starbuck is a character that every guy wants to hang out with. Guys want to be Dirk Benedict, and guys want to be with Katee Sackhoff. Excellent kick ass character. 

Be sure to check out these other blogs also part of the League Of Extraordinary Bloggers: 

www.coolandcollected.com

 

www.goodwillhunting4geeks.blogspot.com

 

www.infinitehollywood.com

 

He-Man The Movie...toys

As a kid I absolutely loved the live action ‘Masters of the Universe’ movie. My Mom took me to the local movie theatre to watch this film and I absolutely loved it. 

Dolph was ‘He-Man’ for me and the seven year old Chris found his newest geek crush: a young pre-‘Friends’ Courtney Cox. 

Earlier this year my wife and I sat down to watch this film which I had purchased years earlier on DVD. We made it about 20 minutes in and I turned it off. To say it hasn’t aged well would be an understatement. 

On Facebook I came across these images taken from a NYC Toy Con earlier in 2019 and these movie replica toys are so cool: 

I’m keeping my eye out for these at the next convention I attend. If I could even have one of these on my shelf I’d be a happy man. 

Early New Years Resolutions

New Years Resolutions:

• no sharing political, religious or social opinions on all Social Media platforms (except for my blog because that is mine and I control that)
• Block/Unfriend anyone being negative to me on social media 

Recently I posted on Facebook my opinion on all the cuts the governing UCP is doing to Alberta, and I was blasted by some FB “friends” whom clearly are on the side of the UCP. I was called out as being a ‘keyboard warrior’ and ‘not knowing shit’. I’m sorry if my speaking out against a morally corrupt Jason Kenny offends you, but like you I have a right to my opinion. 

I didn’t agree with the NDP’s lack of fiscal restraint or their ramming of certain public policies without the consent or blessing of the voters, but at least they seemed to care about the little guy. The reasons the PC’s lost the election 2015 to the NDP was because after 40+ years in power they became detached from the realities of every day Alberta. They became a club of privileged elitists whom got rich and powerful from Alberta industries, but when those industries began to struggle they couldn’t do what needed to be done to salvage the best of a bad situation. They became a ‘good ol boys’ club that only looked after their own and the people of Alberta had enough and they got voted out. 

Now the NDP came in and their first mistake was to ram change down our throats like Bill 6 for the farmers and a carbon tax. Both changes are not without their merit however the NDP should have taken the time and consultation needed to make the changes they proposed seamless and easy for Albertans to get behind. The mistakes made by the NDP left a bad taste with Albertans and thus they lost to the combined right UCP party. Unfortunately (in my opinion) the UCP is lead by Jason Kenny, a former ‘good ol boy’ PC. Jason Kenny’s leadership race of the UCP party is still under investigation due to questionable actions possibly used to get him the leadership... corruption all around. 

Maybe I am a ‘keyboard warrior’ because I will speak out against corruption and bullshit I see, but I will make an effort not to get political, religious or anything like that on social media, except for on my blog. 

Ps: eat shit Shane (you know who you are)