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'Star Trek' Actor George Takei Comes Out

LOS ANGELES -
George Takei, who as helmsman Sulu steered the Starship Enterprise through three television seasons and six movies, has come out as a homosexual in the current issue of Frontiers, a biweekly Los Angeles magazine covering the gay and lesbian community

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The Adventures of Superman

The Adventures of Superman Season One staring George Reeve will be available on DVD Tomorrow. Also out tomorrow, Batman Begins.

IT'S HERE!

The destruction begins today.Will it rock or will it suck? Will Bill's twenty year dream of seeing the return of Earth 2's Robin finally come true?

INFINITE CRISIS #1 (OF 7)Written by Geoff Johns; Art by Phil Jimenez & Andy Lanning; Covers by Jim Lee & Sandra Hope and George Pérez



And here's the lovely cover to #2.

Dungeons & Dragons 2: Electric Boogaloo!

I saw Dungeons & Dragons II: Wrath of the Dragon God on the SciFi channel this weekend. I don't think this was originally intended to be a direct to cable movie, but I'm glad I didn't pay money for it. It was certainly more D&D than the first one. Whether or not that a good thing depends on how much you like D&D. It's very clear what class each character belongs to. Most of them are even referred to by their class name a few times. There was one character that I wasn't' sure if he was meant to be a fighter or a paladin, but who cares really? The plot itself seems right out of a D&D module and plenty of recognizable D&D monsters show up. I wonder if they used a random encounter table while writing the script.

Unlike the first movie, this one took itself way too seriously, but it wasn't good enough to warrant such seriousness.

Only one actor from the original returned.

The effects were decent, but I'm afraid I can only give Dungeons & Dragons II: Wrath of the Dragon God two out of five Fanboy fans.

Halloween costumes

From the Cartoon Network Shop.
Coolest costume ever!



Sadly there does not appear to be an adult version. You ladies will have to make due with this-

Serenity Now!

I saw Serenity yesterday. You should see it too. It's incredible.

Serenity is the follow up to Joss Whedon's short lived Sci-fi TV show, Firefly. If you didn't already know that, please deduct ten points form your geek quotient and report to the administrator for disciplinary action immediately.

Fans of Firefly will love Serenity, unless you are the kind of fan who doesn't like it when things change. You know who you are. You're the kind of fan who says things like, "Buffy and Angel should be together forever!" If you're that fan, you might not like it, because some things change- permanently. Joss Whedon has always cared more about telling a good story that makes you feel something than maintaining the status quo and pleasing fans who just want to see the same episode over and over. I won't say anymore than that. I don't want to give anything away.

If you haven't seen the show, I think they did a good enough job of explaining things so you won't be lost, but you'll like it more if you already know and care about the characters. So go rent, buy or borrow the Firefly dvd set.

The only draw back in the movie is that Jewel Staite who plays Kaylee has lost some weight. Joss asked her to put on a few pounds for the series. He wanted Kaylee to look like a girl who eats a few cheese burgers. Since the show ended, Jewel seems to have gone back to her normal weight and I guess Joss didn't ask her to put the pounds back on. She looked better before. She wasn't fat by any means. She just didn't look like a skinny little thing. Now she does. Adam Baldwin seems to have slimmed down some as well. He looks smaller and less intimidating.

I give Serenity 5 out of 5 fanboy fans.



Serenity: The Official Movie Website