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30 Years Ago Today 'Star Trek' Debuted on the Big Screen
6 December 2009 9:50 PM, PST
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Happy Anniversary 'Star Trek'!
On this day in 1979, Paramount Pictures released Star Trek: The Motion Picture in theaters, thus beginning three decades of 'Star Trek' on the silver screen, and culminating in this year's reboot of the franchise with director Jj Abrams' Star Trek. One might also argue that the relative financial success of Star Trek: The Motion Picture also paved the way for the franchise's return to television with Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture didn't begin as a feature film, however. The erstwhile series' extraordinary popularity in syndication prompted Paramount Pictures and Trek creator Gene Roddenberry to begin developing a new 'Star Trek Phase II' series in May 1975—part of the cornerstone of a new television network Paramount had planned. Work on the series stalled, however, when the proposed Paramount Television Service folded.
Following the landmark success of Star Wars
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The King of Fighters Trailer Starring Ray Park and Maggie Q
26 November 2009 7:16 AM, PST
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Hey look, it's another low budget video game adaptation that's got direct-to-dvd written all over it! The King of Fighters is based on a series of fighting games that was first released for the Neo Geo console and in arcades back in the mid-'90s. Since the Neo Geo was the uber-expensive video game system that only rich kids had, I never really got into it, but they're still making new installments today so it's definitely got a following. The movie doesn't seem to be based on the plot of any one particular game, and according to Wikipedia [1], has a sci-fi twist that involves members of three legendary fighting clans who get transported to alternate dimensions where they must fight the inhabitants of each world. This promo trailer, however, doesn't convey much of a plot at all.
Gordon Chan (Fist of Legend, The Medallion) is directing the movie, and it
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Has 'Prince of Persia' Nailed What It Means to be a Video Game Adaptation?
5 November 2009 1:19 PM, PST
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Jake Gyllenhaal puts on his sexy face in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Photo: Walt Disney Pictures
I'm not much of a gamer, and that may in fact be an understatement considering in the last few years the only games I have played and finished are "Gears of War," "Burnout," "Uncharted," "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" and just a couple of days ago "Uncharted 2." I don't know where that places me in the gamer revolution, but considering that's about 6 years of gaming outside of playing a little "Tiger Woods," "NBA Street" and "Hot Shots Golf" I would say I am on the outside looking in. However, I'd like to think I know enough to at least open up a discussion concerning the growing trend of adapting video games into feature films, primarily based on the recently released trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, a film
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Sarah Shahi's First Child Has Born
30 September 2009 10:07 PM, PDT
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Sarah Shahi is now a mother. In Touch Weekly reports the Carmen de la Pica Morales in TV series "The L Word" gave birth to a baby boy on July 8. The newborn infant, named William Wolf Howey, was 8-pound and 21-inch-long at time of birth. He is the first child for Sarah and her actor husband Steve Howey.
Sarah Shahi met Steve Howey for the very first time on the set of TV series "Reba" in 2004. They walked down the aisle on February 7 this year.
Aside from her personal life, Sarah has starred in numerous TV projects, some of which are "Life", "The Sopranos", and "ER". As for Steve, he is best known for his role as Van Montgomery in "Reba". He, additionally, has guest-starred on "ER", "The Drew Carey Show", "Any Day Now" and "Twins". He also has starring roles in some big screen flicks, such as "Doa: Dead or Alive
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