George Takei: star franchises should band together…against vampires

Orren December 12, 2011
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There has been an amusing exchange between William Shatner and Carrie Fisher over which great sci-fi franchise is superior, Star Wars or Star Trek. Now George Takei takes on the mantle of interstellar sci-fi mediator, suggesting that both camps are …

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Not all vampires sparkle, you know…

Orren November 18, 2011
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I suppose that since the penultimate Twilight saga movie, Breaking Dawn Part 1, opens across these United States today, it is a good time to remind people that not all vampires are teenagers who sparkle in the daylight. There are many …

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You know it’s gone to far when…

Orren July 7, 2010
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I think it’s safe to say that I am a big fan of the traditional vampire mythos. I wrote a master’s thesis that leaned heavily on Samuel Coleridge and Edgar Alan Poe’s usage of symbols of vampirism. I am currently …

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