The Top Ten Rules Of Space Opera

The Top Ten Rules Of Space Operaa

Personally I like #9

9. There should be a captain. If there is not a captain, there should be a special agent. If there is not a special agent, there should be a cadet with a future. If there is no cadet with a future, there should be a mercenary with a dark past. If there is no mercenary with a dark past, there should be a wisecracking stowaway. If there is no wisecracking stowaway, there should be a witch. If there is no witch, there should be a scientist. If there is no scientist, just remake Spaceballs.

heh

I’m seeing this March 5

Create Your Own Original Star Trek Story

A handy flowchart for Star Trek episode writers.

For those who are interested

Synopsis of JMS's synopsis of the "original arc for B5

It makes for interesting reading.  My favorite bit is the start of the thread which has a **SPOILERS** warning.  Discussing the original plan for a show that’s been off the air for how many years?  And the discussion has spoilers??  Ready???  Amazing.

Chipmunk Trooper

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A is for Ackbar

Star Wars ABC - This should be a book.

Hasbro should hire this guy

Steampunk Jedi.

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Cool Images

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Paper you will Fold

Origami Yoda

Gordon Freeman spotted at CERN

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R@ping the corpse

...and here I was thinking all this time that the epic sequel was called Dune Messiah...

heh

Buy a Toaster

From here.

heh

This time, he directs

Real Fight Is Back

It appears to bear no semblance to the original film, except for the stupidly intense action.  Oh yeah – the elephant fixation remains.

PTerryview

In 1983 he published The Colour of Magic, set in a disc-shaped world that sailed through the universe supported by four elephants standing on a turtle. Discworld rapidly annexed the real world and he was soon making millions. He was the biggest selling British author in 1996. Then JK Rowling overtook him.

Ah, JK Rowling. He got into trouble a few years ago for mocking her claim that she did not write fantasy. “I’m not the world’s greatest expert,” he said, “but I would have thought the wizards, witches, trolls . . . would have given her a clue.” Hate mail ensued.

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Space Nazis!

This is cool

This crazy bugger is scratch-building his own Star Destroyer.  Definitely a cool hobby.

Eddie Izzard's Star Wars