by Larry Brody
Thanks to master craftsman and fiction podcaster supreme Bob Tinsley for bestowing this honor upon my most deserving superhero (her hobby is quantum physics!) wife!
via Facebook, but what can you do?
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Herbie J Pilato brings us Rare Footage of Original “Star Trek: Phase II” Pilot from 1977 —
(EDITOR’S NOTE: …Plus Brief General “Trek” TV and Film History because Herbie J is nothing if not the complete completist.)
by Herbie J Pilato
In 1965, NBC commissions the first Star Trek TV pilot episode, titled, “The Cage,” starring Jeffrey Hunter, who played Jesus in King of Kings, as Captain Pike, and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock. But it’s deemed too cerebral and doesn’t sell.
A second pilot is ordered, called, “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” starring William Shatner as Captain Kirk and Nimoy back as Spock. This new pilot is more action-oriented and sells.
LB: For all my dreamer friends…(Take 2)
by Larry Brody
…And I know I have a lot of you because my life has always been about dreaming-fantasizing-leaving-this-world-for-another-one-just-around-the bend.
Which leads me to this daily segment of Stephan Pastis’ comic strip, Pearls Before Swine from about a week ago:
LB: Writing and the Unreliable Narrator
by Larry Brody
I’d be worried about the headline here giving away the punchline, but this isn’t really that kind of comic, is it?
Just between us, I think we’re all unreliable narrators, and not only on the page. And science seems to agree.
LB: IATSE Negotiations with AMPT Settled!
by Larry Brody
…And it looks like the kind of deal that bodes well for other guilds in the future.
Not that it’s completely settled yet. As IndieWire.Com’s Chris O’Falt points out,
Negotiations still continue over the Area Standards Agreement, governing production in major production hubs like New Mexico, Georgia, and Louisiana.