Author: munchman

All Hail the Hack Writer – Especially This Hack Writer

The 6 Most Important Sci-Fi Ideas (Were Invented by a Hack) – by Cezary Jan Strusiewicz

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells is credited as one of the most influential science fiction books ever written, having introduced ideas like super-advanced aliens coming to Earth and said aliens hating the shit out of us and trying to wipe us out. Even though it was published as a novel all the way back in 1898, it’s seen as the blueprint for every alien invasion blockbuster released more than a century later. This article isn’t about that book.

In the same year, a writer named Garrett P. Serviss crapped out an unauthorized sequel to Wells’ book called Edison’s Conquest of Mars, in which famed inventor Thomas Edison turns the tables on the aliens from The War of the Worlds by flying to Mars and killing all of them with his revenge boner — it’s the Victorian-era equivalent of shameless straight-to-DVD crapfests like Transmorphers and Titanic II. read article

Chuck Lorre’s Putting Out a Book

…And you can too, once you’re rich, almost famous, and on Charlie Sheen’s Enemies List:

Chuck Lorre Releasing $100 Coffee Table Book – by Margaret Lyons

Chuck Lorre is releasing a coffee table book composed of selections from the vanity cards he airs at the end of each of his shows (Grace Under Fire, Cybill, Dharma & Greg, Mike & Molly, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory). What Doesn’t Kill Us, Makes Us Bitter will cost $100. Yes, $100. The money goes to charity, but that still seems like a lot just to read a rich guy complain about how critics don’t like Two and a Half Men enough. The book doesn’t include all the vanity cards, but they did throw that extra comma in the title for free, so …

TEEN WOLF Controversy?

Hey, this show needs some reason for peeps like us to write about it, so it looks like they’re going for the gold:

So How Come The Black Guy On ‘Teen Wolf’ Doesn’t Have A ‘Life?’ – by Sergio

Another day, another controversy. read article

munchman: DOCTOR WHO Season Trailer

It’s the Doctor! It’s the Doctor! Just the sight of him makes both my hearts stand still.

Glen Larson vs. Universal: It’s About Time

‘Knight Rider’ Producer Survives Round One in Universal Fraud Lawsuit – by Eriq Gardner

Television producer Glen Larson has jumped the first hurdle in his multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Universal over money from a string of hit shows from the 1970s and 1980s.

Larson, whose work includesKnight Rider, The Six Million Dollar Man, Magnum P.I. andBattlestar Galactica, claims that the series generated hundreds of millions of dollars for the studio yet he hasn’t received any profit participation statements and “as the shows make more money for Universal, the deficit that Larson Productions must overcome continually increases.” read article