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Happy Birthday Frank - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Happy Birthday Frank

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Happy Birthday Christopher - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Happy Birthday Christopher



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Funny Star Wars ads - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Funny Star Wars ads


The entire Star Wars saga will be on Spike TV on April 4. They are promoting it with some clever ads. My favorite is Chewbacca - The original wingman.

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Clone Wars preview - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Clone Wars preview


If the YouTube video doesn't work go to this page

I have never gotten into the Expanded Universe, but this might get me there.

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More Star Wars news - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

More Star Wars news

First look: The next 'Star Wars' is animated 'War' - USA Today
Star Wars: Clone Wars (official site), an animated prequel to Revenge of the Sith is coming out in theaters on August 15. It will precede a Cartoon Network series that arrives this fall. I guess there is a movie I'll want to see in a theater after all -- hopefully Uptown will get it.

Also, a look at the LEGO/Star Wars team-up on pennlive.com.

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Star Wars exhibit reaches Philly this weekend - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, February 08, 2008

Star Wars exhibit reaches Philly this weekend

Luke's speeder
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, a traveling exhibit, is setting up shop in Franklin Institute in Philadelphia this weekend. Two years ago, during our Jaunary 2006 trip to Boston, we saw it at the Museum of Science. My brief review of the exhibit:
...has lots of models and costumes from the entire saga. The "science" of Star Wars galaxy is explained and compared with contemporary science from this galaxy. In some ways, we are not far off from things in the Star Wars universe, but sadly lightsaber technology remains elusive. Also, the Millennium Falcon is worth doing too. Sadly, we were not allowed to take any photos inside the Falcon.
The Inky preview is critical of the "science" part of the exhibit which is a reasonable assessment, but not many people are there for the science anyway.

Both Erica and I really enjoyed the exhibit, more so than the one the Smithsonian had in the late 1990s. Since Philly is less than three hours up I-95 from D.C. so you can make a day-trip out of the visit. If you want to make a weekend out of it gophila.com has a package.

I recommend buying tickets in advance though to avoid the lines, particularly for the Falcon simulator which is a separate admission.

The exhibit runs until May 2009.

[flickr : my photos tagged with starwars/slideshow]

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Random YouTube magic: ABC Sunday Night Movie - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Random YouTube magic: ABC Sunday Night Movie

Remember when movies on network TV were a big deal? This opening below conveys that better than any other ever did:



YES! It must be time for Star Trek II, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a Bond or Superman movie. ABC always got the blockbusters; they needed to with an opening this good. I love the strings at the start of the music, they create an incredible amount of tension and anticipation for a mere movie bumper. This clip also answers the question of what an America flag going Warp 5 looks like.

According a YouTube commenter, the music was composed by Ferdinand J. Smith. The announcer from Dynasty promo at the end was the late Ernie Anderson, who ranks up there with John Facenda for best voices ever. He was also father of Paul Thomas Anderson.

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Don't forget The Great Muppet Caper! I remember when that got its network TV premiere, and it was as big an event as any of the other movies you mentioned.

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Follow-up to "Why does Hollywood hate N.Y.?" - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Thursday, January 10, 2008

Follow-up to "Why does Hollywood hate N.Y.?"

Another article wonders why New York keeps getting destroyed in movies:

Filmmakers view New York as a disaster waiting to happen - NY Daily News

I understand it isn't as good a narrative for aliens destroy Indiana because a burning Wal-Mart isn't a vivid as skyscraper, but still destroying New York is a cliche that actually happened.

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Trailer: <i>My Name is Bruce</i> - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Monday, January 07, 2008

Trailer: My Name is Bruce

Bruce Campbell plays Bruce Campbell battling a monster in Oregon in My Name is Bruce.



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Why does Hollywood hate N.Y.? - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, January 04, 2008

Why does Hollywood hate N.Y.?

When I saw a commercial for the movie Cloverfield the other day, I lamented to myself that it was yet another movie that destroys all or part of New York City. I have never really seen the appeal of these movies especially since IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. At this point, in addition to being unsettling, it is lazy storytelling since it has been done so many times.

I thought about cataloging these movies and writing up a post about the phenomenon, but a Brooklyn born Post-Gazette columnist beat me to it.

Commentary: Filmmakers enjoy laying waste to New York

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Will someone lend me Slapshot? - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, November 30, 2007

Will someone lend me Slapshot?

Finding out that Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau was in Slapshot reminded me that I need to see that movie again. Anybody want to lend me their copy? I hate going to Blockbuster.

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Sorry, but Fritz's Video Mecca doesn't stock Slapshot. Good movie, though! Good for drinking games, too.

# posted by Blogger Fritz : Friday, November 30, 2007 10:24:00 AM  

As a Johnstown native, I own it. Maybe we can meet up and exchange it here in the near future. I do have to get it out of storage in order for you to have it, though.

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<i>Collegian</i> documentary on PBS - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Collegian documentary on PBS

The Paper, a documentary about The Collegian will are on PBS on December 11:
STATE COLLEGE - From gay rights to racial bias, from plummeting circulation to "infotainment," from burnt-out reporters to hard-bitten editors, THE PAPER goes inside the newsroom to reveal the drama of deadline journalism. But this is not some big-city major daily.

It's The Daily Collegian, published by students at Pennsylvania State University who, in the course of one crisis-filled year face crashing deadlines, ethical dilemmas, doubts and disagreements, all the while shouldering courses, homework and exams.
It appears The Paper was filmed around 2004-2005. I'll post broadcast times when they become available. I'll be very interested to learn what Collegian alumni think of this documentary.

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It's on the Daily Communi...er, "Collegian". Most sane alums will think the staff there is on something (which probably isn't far from the truth).

# posted by Anonymous Muha : Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:42:00 PM  

Very interesting. As a Collegian alum, I will definitely have to check this out.

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Dante Hicks calls out of our friend Tom (NSFW!) - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, November 09, 2007

Dante Hicks calls out of our friend Tom (NSFW!)


THIS VIDEO IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK!

Long story short -- every year, my friends Tom and Wiley head to Jersey for Kevin Smith's Vulgarthon. After day two of the 2006 Vulgarthon, Tom went back to the room to sleep instead of going to the after party. When Wiley met Brian O'Halloran, best known as Dante from Clerks, he mentioned what Tom was doing. O'Halloran was not amused and Wiley got it on video. After over 1½ years, they finally got the video up. I'm looking forward to watching this when I get home.

Tom promises a rebuttal.

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Oh . . . dear . . . Lord . . .

That was priceless!!!!!

# posted by Blogger Fritz : Friday, November 09, 2007 12:57:00 PM  

That was hilarious! Awesome!

Props to Wiley for being able to hold the camera upright while laughing hysterically.

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HMPL on 98 Rock - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

HMPL on 98 Rock

This morning I heard filmmaker John Heyn on 98 Rock talking about Heavy Metal Parking Lot. It seems a lot of the fans in the doc came from greater Baltimore which is shocking.

Look for the movie in a store near you.

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<i>Heavy Metal Parking Lot</i> update - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Monday, October 29, 2007

Heavy Metal Parking Lot update

I heard back from filmmaker Jeff Krulik about the WTOP story:
"...our WTOP story was just a short reminder that the DVD is still available. In fact, it's now getting wider distribution into stores, etc."
PREVIOUSLY: Heavy Metal Parking Lot story on WTOP
Q&A: Heavy Metal Parking Lot 20th Anniversary

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NSO Pops: The Music of John Williams - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog
Friday, October 26, 2007

NSO Pops: The Music of John Williams