More Entertaining Than STAR TREK: DISCOVERY!
April 27, 2024.
What’s more entertaining that Star Trek: Discovery?
The comments about Star Trek: Discovery!
A month ago Paramount Plus posted a trailer heralding the fifth and final season. Here are the reactions:
@paweldurczok
2 weeks ago
I can’t believe this got more seasons than Enterprise.
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@Akkbar21
13 days ago
corny streaming service decisions
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@mothgirlx6707
10 days ago
Of course it has, it’s way more futuristic
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@justdog5506
9 days ago
Only because paramount didn’t want to cancel it earlier and admit it was a failure
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@DaBlackSheep75
3 days ago
If you knew anything about Star Trek you’d know that they never had any intentions on going beyond 3 seasons and Patrick Stewart did not want more seasons.
@nusku74
3 days ago (edited)
@DaBlackSheep75 What has the Discovery/Enterprise shows got to do with Patrick Stewart?
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@danielsmit11
1 day ago
No doubt. Should’ve been canned after first couple episodes
@danielsmit11
1 day ago
@DaBlackSheep75 he said enterprise not star trek Picard.
@user-bt4ks1hf3p
1 day ago
Because this is the woke star trak.
@Marconius6
1 month ago
Between the number of explosions and times family is mentioned, I’m beginning to think this is secretly a Fast & Furious sequel.
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@gnryushi
1 month ago
Cry, cry, cry, laugh, whisper, whisper, whisper, cry, laugh, hug, hug, hug. Basically the whole season.
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@FrostUK
1 month ago
Loved it when Burnham said “it’s warpin’ time” and they warped more than ever before
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@mungabba
1 month ago
Oh man, this trailer has me SO PUMPED to watch TNG, VOY or DS9 for the nth time. I miss Star Trek.
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@eriquedobson7523
4 weeks ago
Yeah, but DS9 doesn’t have space motorcycles! Sure, it’s superbly written space opera about a cast of characters questioning their commitment to Federation Ideals in the face of impending war set against efforts to help a planet after decades of occupation… But DS9 doesn’t have space motorcycles.
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@kaicreech7336
4 weeks ago
Prodigy, lower decks, and strange new worlds are all really good.
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@TheAmazingFlyingCat2
3 weeks ago
@kaicreech7336 but not Discovery…
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@seangrowsthings7396
3 weeks ago
Me too! The wait for this season was grueling!
@memyselfandi593
2 days ago
Absolutely rubbish show…. the worst ST ever. @TheAmazingFlyingCat2
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@danielsmit11
1 day ago
@kaicreech7336 all of star Trek after Enterprise blows chunks.
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@danielsmit11
1 day ago
@kaicreech7336 including the movie reboots
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@kaicreech7336
1 day ago
@danielsmit11 so not only are you flat-out lying about the most recent shows, but you’re counting the first two seasons of Enterprise is good? Never heard a worse take in my life
@danielsmit11
1 day ago
@kaicreech7336 anyone who thinks the reboot jj movies were good has no authority to say what classifies as good writing.
@bookergrimm
2 weeks ago
Can we have more teary-eyed, breathless whispery dialogue? And lets have Burnham doing evertthing and no backstory given to any of the other bridgecrew? WE CAN! AWESOME!
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@nusku74
3 days ago
This was the biggest problem with the show. No real space given to the crew to grow. Star Trek: Burnham & her boyfriend.
@memyselfandi593
2 days ago
It’s a guaranteed.
@robthomas2330
1 month ago
I see they’re freshening up the format with a McGuffin-focused season for a change.
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@guyvizard549
1 month ago (edited)
“He was with my mother on Romulus, researching Star Trekking, right before she died.”
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@eriquedobson7523
4 weeks ago
Oh my God! SPACE MOTORCYCLES! What a clever idea! I clapped for space motorcycles!
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@matrix128500
1 month ago
I really hope the final moments of this series results in the loss of all hands as the Discovery is destroyed because Tilly has overloaded the power systems that run the replicators.
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@John-sd7wj
1 month ago
She is even crying in the trailer. Captain let’s cry.
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@anthonystuartjones
1 month ago (edited)
Love the bit where they’re been fired at and they shout “woooo” because that’s a totally natural thing to say when there’s a giant explosion 3 feet from your head!
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@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677
1 month ago
These trailers always get me in the mood to rewatch tng
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@ChrisOnStage2
1 month ago
Hold up widget “We have to keep it safe!” Me: “Yeah, it’ll get stolen by the bad guys. Guaranteed.”
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@shanwen88
1 month ago
The Michael Burnham show
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@user-sg2fw6ze7n
1 month ago
어릴때 스타트렉 너무 재밌게 본 기억이 남. 최고의 SF 우주 영화 드라마 아닐까? 절대 이걸 빼놓으면 안돼.
[I remember watching Star Trek with so much fun when I was young. Isn’t this the best science fiction space movie drama? You can never forget this.]
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@jamesm568
1 month ago
Some of the Short Treks episodes need to be answered or closed out, especially Calypso.
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@thegreenbean5891
1 month ago
I hope we get more affirming conversations in hallways and crying tears of acceptance and tolerance in every episode
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@kevesdancey
1 month ago (edited)
To quote Yoda “End your rule is, Not short enough it was!”
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@alexanderhummel3917
1 month ago
Quite happy with rewatching Berman’s Trek together with my kids. Modern Trek is unbearable on so many levels.
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@adamcarroll5427
1 month ago
My favorite part was when they said “get busy trekking or get busy dying”
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@michaelcristel3060
1 month ago
Jett Reno is back! Thank the Maker. Time to bring out the salsa.
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@Kaname1981
4 weeks ago
“Oh dear, how sad, never mind” is the only thing I can think of with regards to STD. The only good thing to come out of it was Pike and the Enterprise with Strange New Worlds
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@thegreatburt9005
3 weeks ago
I’ve just watched the South Park ‘panderverse’ episode – it all makes sense now
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@brentcooper4345
2 weeks ago
I love it when they change the Prime Directive to enforcing all civilizations must whisper at all times.
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@bayushiteishiru6291
3 weeks ago
“My crew was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died”
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@Opusss
1 month ago
Still trying to make “lets fly”….In space… A thing.
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@akiru300
4 days ago
I like how it’s balanced between feeling , the need to connect, the need of each other while facing all the dangers the galaxy has to offer.
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@OptimusMonk01
1 month ago
never has a starfleet officer failed upwards so many times
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@bigjimfrom1976
1 month ago
Well, I was pretty pumped for this 1 minute 31 seconds ago. Let’s hope the trailer isn’t representative of the actual season.
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@crumpetsbuttered
5 days ago
The best thing that could EVER happen to this series is Burnham wakes up in the shower and realises its all a Dream.
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@garethjax
1 month ago
a new epic level of silliness, from the crew who says “ni!”.
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@SelfieQueenGeorgina
1 month ago
My favourite Discovery episode is the one where Burnham does that sad, dramatic, whisper-talking.
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@jakedel1711
1 month ago
I cant wait for the final episode of this series so it can finally be over!
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@brianhughes701
4 days ago
“Let’s cry”
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@Tokiofritz
1 month ago
Amazed that Star Trek: Burnham made it to 5 seasons.
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@iamantiwar2003
1 month ago
I bet they still don’t focus on the crew. Nobody even knows their names yet.
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@epone3488
1 month ago
Its amazing that your could put everything I dislike about Discovery in one clip
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@ah7910
5 days ago
I stupidly keep waiting for ‘Star Trek’ every time Discovery drops a trailer. Glad it’s their last season, I truly want to forget this ever happened to Trek.
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@phatster88
1 month ago
Last season thank god
10
@Patrick-qed
1 month ago
Something like an Iconian library???
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@Marvolo14
1 month ago
This show is so melodramatic. Every season is apocalyptic, every episode someone is crying.
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@Geeksmithing
12 days ago
Remember when Star Trek wasn’t just about the pursuit of Macguffins?
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@magicmulder
1 month ago
Is it a good sign how much Burnham’s whispering in the trailer already? At least Trig is in it, she should get all the scenes.
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@guycalgary7800
1 month ago
Over/under on number of times a character cries or hugs per episode?
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@adamjohnson3239
1 month ago
“The fifth and final season” Yes! It’s ending! No more!
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@kozodoev
6 days ago
As someone who doesn’t have that cbs streaming thing I feel like I dodged a bullet by having never seen it.
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@MRDARRENGER
1 month ago
How did this make it to 5 seasons?! Good job Paramount!
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@durchhalter
1 month ago
Is there anything to this new season beyond bombastic effects, action sequences after action sequences, and another McGuffin? Anyone? Hello?!
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@MeneM2Mateo
1 month ago
When will we see more Strange New Worlds? That show is fun!
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@raddestnerd
1 month ago
They need to stop pointing at the thing and going “It’s the thing!” In previous iterations you had no one saying “we are family” or “this is starfleet.” They showed. Didn’t tell. Ugh. Terry Matalas needs to be the Kevin feige of Trek
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@Tiago88Alves
1 month ago
0:58 “Sun God” Nika!
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@renatus6883
2 weeks ago
So glad this era is coming to a close
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@eduardoestrada4545
2 days ago
I’m a new star trek fan currently watching the next generation , I’m enjoying it 🙂
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@jc478
2 weeks ago
Very sad to see the last season of this show. It was one of my favorites out of all of them. I am going to miss it.
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@victor________
1 month ago
The only trek series that made me wish I was a Red Shirt
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@2manysidehoes85
2 weeks ago
How do they not understand this is not the star trek people want after 2 seasons.
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@Katthewm
1 month ago (edited)
Why couldn’t they just have the final season being rebuilding the federation in the distant future. Checking in on well known races and showing off “new” members from other quadrants. No need for a big story arc, they already had like 5, take a season to chillax and just have fun adventures.
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@tomeco832
12 days ago
Please, promise to us, that there will be no season 6th of this profanation. Please?
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@sageakporherhe783
1 month ago
This is still in production?
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@TheViatovao
1 month ago
Spoiler: last episode Michael goes back to the past and takes over kirk as captain of the enterprise. Take that Roddenberry
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@MrFreesearcher
3 weeks ago
I need to watch season 4
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@CyberSQUID9000
1 month ago
So they are looking for the hellraiser box / omega hadron / energy infinite stone ? Ok cool wondering if Pin head / Captain spencer and the other Cenobites will make it into the startrek discovery list of second hand ideas….
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@carlos_oliviera
1 month ago
Só posso ver na Paramount plus?
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@DaBlackSheep75
2 days ago
Watched season 5 and I loved it, I can’t wait till next Thursday to see another episode.
@axn2021
1 month ago
I like how at least they skip forward in the timeline (instead of having multiple overlaps like TNG, DS9, and VOY) into something new. But the writing just doesn’t jive with me.
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@Dib40K
1 month ago
Best thing about this trailer: It`s the FINAL season!
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@synapticflow
1 month ago
Season 5? Goodness! thought this garbage was cancelled!
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@NemanjaPantos
4 days ago
The only good thing that we got from Discovery was Strange New World.
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@confuseatronica
1 month ago
the more action sequences this show has, the worse it gets. It’s not impossible to have both action and actual story and drama in a tv show but this production doesnt know how. (and ST:SNW has the same problem but solves it by having fewer action sequences. And, somehow, doesn’t drag like STD does)
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@crossmr
1 month ago
I’ve got some kind of combination of stockholm syndrom and ptsd from this show. 2 seconds in and I can see it’s a trainwreck and I can’t look away at the same time.
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@OldManPaxusYT
2 days ago
If they bring back you-know-who, if she doesn’t have to do a Starfleet physical exam before being reinstated to flight-status, i won’t be watching…
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@calvinpatton6853
1 month ago
This show needed to end a long time ago. This is the best that they can do, Star Trek like star wars need to go far away.
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@AphexTwin-ml8jg
1 month ago
Nothing of value has been produced or lost. STD is not Star Trek and congratulations to the people who managed to continue watching it after season 1, I do not know how you made it but you are truly exceptional.
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@alextrujillo8611
1 month ago
Mmm not my favorite Trek show but I’m glad people get more Trek which is good. Lower Decks for me
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@ToneSherpa
2 days ago
Don’t worry.. they most certainly have something way worse cooking to replace it.
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@khymaaren
3 weeks ago
If they replaced Anthony Rapp with Kevin Spacey, I’d watch it.
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@OldManPaxusYT
2 days ago
nope nope nope, i remember now, it’s a whole ship of dysfunctional ppl trying to be each other’s therapists all day long, instead of healthy, fit, professional, scientists EXPLORING THE GALAXY!
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@GordonSeal
1 month ago
STD should really be renamed into STMB – Star Trek Michael Burnham.
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@Truth12345
2 days ago (edited)
Even in the trailer she is whispering. Why cant ‘t she talk normal?
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@TheNN
4 weeks ago
I can’t wait to watch this. Really, I mean that without any sarcasm. I’m gonna watch this fully and completely, this last season of Discovery, and then never think about it ever again, while waiting for better Star Trek to come back.
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@polla2256
11 days ago
Proof that in the end most STD’s can be got rid of.
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@Perfect_Dark_77
1 month ago
I’m so excited for this That’s it’s finally canned!
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@dirtysolarremix
1 month ago
Love ‘Discovery’
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@PaulaCastroRecife
1 month ago
Tipo de filme que amo. Maravilhoso!
@uglygiantbagsofmostlywater
1 month ago
Maybe Alex Kurtzman will now finally have time to write his memoirs: Failing Upwards.
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@bleedinfloor
1 month ago
Discovery has its issues but it’s what got me into trek so it’ll always have a special place in my heart. Excited for one last adventure.
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@worfsonofmogh1
2 weeks ago (edited)
Oh, look, a season of Nu-Trek centered on the search for something that’s the mostest important thing ever while everyone cries and hugs each other over and over! Glad to see them trying something new.
@dwaynerudkavitch5307
1 month ago
I was hoping this was DONE already.
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@claytonjackson603
1 month ago
Should have been called Star Trek: Crying. I swear that’s all they do.
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@danyurr5304
2 weeks ago
why didn’t they cancel this after S4
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@ahuachapan2
2 days ago
Startrek needs an intervention.
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@jacobhydes2653
1 month ago
That trailer shows the entire action sequences from Season 5. The rest of the season will be everyone sitting around talking about their feelings.
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@adsheff
13 days ago
Is this still on? Anyone planning on making some actual Star Trek anytime soon?
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@jrherita
1 month ago
Michael saves the galaxy again… again.. again
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And so on.
The Music of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
On May 17, 1980, BBC2 aired a documentary, STAR WARS: THE MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS, which focused on the scoring of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. It has since been uploaded to YouTube for your viewing pleasure, here:
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro / Production crew / A New Hope
06:05 – EMPIRE: spotting sessions
07:15 – “How to Steal a Million” (1966)
11:45 – “A Guide for the Married Man” (1967)
13:08 – EMPIRE: spotting sessions (cont.)
15:40 – EMPIRE: kiss scene comparison
18:48 – “Images” (1972)
21:40 – “Jane Eyre” (1970)
24:59 – EMPIRE: sound fx (with Ben Burtt)
29:00 – “The Towering Inferno” (1974)
31:32 – John Williams personal views
34:05 – Steven Spielberg interview
35:45 – “Jaws” (1975)
38:15 – “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977)
42:41 – “Superman” (1978)
45:45 – EMPIRE: music writing and editing
52:00 – EMPIRE: recording sessions
56:28 – EMPIRE: final cut with music / End Credits
VHS recording. Source: myspleen. Upscaled to HD.
Copyright Lucasfilm Ltd and BBC, 1980.
British Want List
Continuing my quest to catalog, as complete as possible, press coverage of the original Star Wars trilogy and two Ewoks movies for The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. The following is my want list of British publications, with British Library shelf marks for reference. I need PDF files of the coverage, and I’m happy to exchange for whatever is on your want list.
Thanks for your help!
N Daily Express. (London)
• Location:UL: Order in West Rm (in Rare Bks if pre1900) Not borrowable
• Classmark: NPR.C.343 [p/hole: (1)]
• Latest issues:Latest issues: p/hole (1) – PLEASE ORDER AT PERIODICALS DESK
• Number of Items:0
• Status:No information available
• Library Has: 24 Jan. 1977- (1977-)
* June 6, 1977. p. 25
* June 22, 1977. p. 6
* September 26, 1981. p. 4.
* May 22, 1983. “Playtime,” p. 22.
* June 6, 1983. p. 18. and
p. 25. “Jedi knights beating the gong for Rank”
* July 2, 1983. p. 3.
* July 8, 1983. p. 17.
* August 8, 1983. p. 7.
* August 11, 1983. p. 20.
• Shelfmark(s): Newspapers LON 1900-1996 MLD3 Microform
Newspapers LON 1900-1996 LD3
N Daily Star. (London)
NPR.C.349 [p/hole: (230)]
no item information, UL: Order in West Rm
* December 18, 1977. Susan Forscutt Arkell. 2 articles.
“Merchandisers are Ready for the Kill,”
“British Filmmakers Say It’s Their Star Wars,” p. . Article extols the
British participation in Star Wars, and advantages of working with
a British cast and crew. Filming for Star Wars 2 is scheduled for
January 1979. Comments from Gary Kurtz and John Barry.
* May 27, 1983. (R) “Missing Link Starts Riot,” p. 7. Theatre shows wrong reel.
* June 10, 1983. (R) p. 15.
* December 14, 1984. (EW) Alan Frank. p. 12. This may be Dec. 15
• Shelfmark(s): Newspapers 1978-2009 LD3B
N Morning Star. (London)
• Location:UL: Order in West Rm (in Rare Bks if pre1900) Not borrowable
• Classmark: NPR.B.2008
* December 28, 1984. (EW) Virginia Dignam. “Intergalactic trip,” p. 2.
N News of the World. (London)
• Location:UL: Order in West Rm (in Rare Bks if pre1900) Not borrowable
• Classmark: NPR.B.2041
• Number of Items:0
• Status:No information available
• Library Has: Jan. 1968- Dec. 1982
• Location:UL: Order in West Rm (in Rare Bks if pre1900) Not borrowable
• Classmark: NPR.C.376 [p/hole: (116)]
• Latest issues:Latest issues: p/hole (116) – PLEASE ORDER AT PERIODICALS DESK
* May 25, 1980. (E) “Watch This Space Treat,” p.
* November 29, 1981. (E) (Sunday magazine)
* June 26, 1983.
• Newspapers LON 1843-2009 MLD34 Microform
• Newspapers LON 1843-2009 LD34 Hardcopy but check for color photos
M Oh Boy! (Britain)
• Location:UL: Order in West Rm (in Rare Bks if pre1850) Not borrowable
• Classmark: L994.b.385
* n. 114. March 17, 1979. Mark Hamill p. 6.
Newspapers 1979 4158 [1979]
Newspapers 1979 4157 [1979]
N The Standard. CAMBRIDGE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
• Location:UL: Order in West Rm (in Rare Bks if pre1900) Not borrowable
• Classmark: NPR.C.330
* June 2, 1983, pp. 22, 23.
N Sunday Express. (London)
• Location:UL: Order in West Rm (in Rare Bks if pre1900) Not borrowable
• Classmark: NPR.B.2021
June 5, 1983. pp. 24-25.
• Shelfmark(s): Newspapers LON 1918-1996 LD42
• Shelfmark(s): Newspapers LON 1918-1996 MLD42 Microform
N Sunday Express Magazine.
London : Express Newspapers Limited, 1981-1996.
No. 1 (12 Apr. 1981)-29 Sept. 1996
* February 28, 1983.
* May 1, 1983.
* May 21, 1983.
* May 28, 1983.
* June 5, 1983.
* July 17, 1983.
* October 16, 1983.
* October 23, 1983.
* January 6, 1985.
(SW strip)
N Sunday Mail. (Scotland)
• Location:UL: Order in West Rm (in Rare Bks if pre1900) Not borrowable
• Classmark: NPR.C.318 [p/hole: (2)]
* April 29, 1979. n.g. Los Angeles (AAP AP) “Radio ‘Wars’,” p.
“‘Star Wars’, the biggest money maker in film
history, will become a radio series in a
co production of National Public Radio and the
British Broadcasting Corporation.”
* July 1, 1979. FJA Need page #
Joanne Wills. “Gamble is Out of This World,” p.
1 tinted Star Wars poster, 2 color clips from
newspaper strip. Mark Hamill interviewed in
Hollywood, with comments by Carrie Fisher and
George Lucas. Hamill discusses the impact of
Star Wars and provides a glimpse into the sequel.
Hamill: “We’re sticking to the same formula as
the first one, giving the kids the fantasy that’s
been missing from their lives.”
Russ Manning. Color Star Wars newspaper strip, p. .
Newspapers 1979 3198-3200 [1979]
N Sunday Mirror. (London)
* June 26, 1977. (SW) Sunday Mirror reporter in Los Angeles. “Watch This
Space,” p. .
* May 25, 1980. (E) Madeline Harmsworth. “The Empire Hits Back Harder
Than Ever,” p. . Photo.
• Shelfmark(s): Newspapers 1963-2009 LD44
• Shelfmark(s): Newspapers 1963-2009 MLD44 Microform
N Sunday People. (London) oclc 16292859 LCCN: sn 87-62273 BRITISH NEWSPAPER LIBRARY
* May 25, 1980. (E) John DuPre. FILMS “Striking Smasher,” p. .
• Shelfmark(s): Newspapers 1972-1986 MLD35 Microform
Newspapers 1972-1986 LD35
BRITISH NATIONAL LIBRARY
M Films, [aka Films on Screen and Video] (London)
• v. 1, n. 4. March 1981. (SW) p. 21
• Shelfmark(s): General Reference Collection YK.1994.b.4765
Kinoizkustvo, v. 38, n. 3. (Bulgaria) BRITISH NATIONAL
February 1983
Shelfmark 0088.980000 DSC Request Shelfmark P.P.1913.LE. Request ISSN (ISSN)0323-9993
Article continues in Kinoizkustvo, April 1983.
Holdings note Lending Collection 0088.980000 GOD. 34, 1979- 40(6), 1985 [All issues held]
General Reference Collection P.P.1913.LE. GOD. 10(8), 1955- [1990] [All issues held]
Shelfmark P.P.1913.LE.
Shelfmark 0088.980000 DSC
M Video – The Magazine, (Britain) [Video Today]
• Location:UL: Order in West Rm (in Rare Bks if pre1850) Not borrowable
• Classmark: L431.b.435.6-
• February 1986. (R) Star Wars coverage
• Shelfmark(s): General Reference Collection P.423/550
M Video Today, (Britain) NOT AT CAMBRIDGE
September 1985. (EW)
* March 1986. (R) Jedi cover
• Shelfmark(s): Document Supply 9234.253800
General Reference Collection P.623/1133
M Video World, (Britain) NOT AT CAMBRIDGE
* July 1982. Color cover photo inset, X-wing fighter
* v. 2, . 9. September — Color cover, R2. “R2D2 and the Dream Factory”
• Shelfmark(s): Document Supply 9234.255000
General Reference Collection P.625/349
General Reference Collection RH.9.x.1298
Science, Technology & Business (P) RU 71 -E(27)
Mark Mayerson’s New TRIPP
Canadian animator/storyteller Mark Mayerson has a new Harvey Tripp adventure, “Tripp to Servility,” which you can enjoy when you click here.
Who is Harvey Tripp? He’s a wanna-be diplomat whose career got sidetracked when he found disfavor with Chief of Security Travis Daggett. Why? He befriended a Repton dinosaur named Granjik. Now he and Granjik are on the run from the Planetary Partnership due to phony charges of treason.
It’s a series with a lot of fun and adventure. I recommend starting with the first story, “Tripp to the Stars.”
For more about the series, click on my earlier post here.
All volumes © copyright Mark Mayerson and Kim Davidson.
Brad Bird on why the Looney Tunes were successful
From Cartoon Brew, 2010, Iron Giant, The Incredibles and Ray Gunn director Brad Bird gave this observation:
The “failure of every Bugs and Looney enterprise for the last twenty years” (only 20?) is caused by two very simple reasons–
1) The original cartoons were created in an environment where NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION. As long as Warner’s (or any competing studios) animation department created the cartoons within established parameters (on schedule, on budget, each at its correct length, within the code, etc), the division was LEFT ALONE… and hence were allowed to be funny, irreverent, surreal– all the things we revere about LOONEY TUNES.
These same characters are now considered franchises, which means they (and the system that created them) are now micromanaged within an inch of their animated lives, systematically removing everything that made them great in much the same way that over-processing food removes everything nutritious.
2) No one is encouraged to create NEW characters with the same sort of budgets and schedules that would allow new animation to made on the same level as the great Warners, MGM, or Disney shorts of the thirties, forties or fifties. It’s either the brutal schedules of television (necessitating overseas production) or the long story requirements of animated features, which demand a different aesthetic.
Visual humor on the level of a great LOONEY TUNES needs more time than TV production demands allow, and would be suffocated by the demands of a feature.
Until some studio figures out how to recreate a friendly environment for this very particular art form (and that it is in their financial interests to do so) comedic character animated shorts will have to come into being as they currently do; as infrequent, minor miracles.
* * *
This was written 14 years ago. Before Warner Discovery cancelled the completed film, Coyote vs. Acme.
Dragons of the Day, February 29, 2024
Well, that’s all, folks, for the end of a series. On December 14, 2023, Dreamworks Dragons: The Nine Realms, unspooled its eighth and final season on the Peacock and Hulu streamers. To its credit–literally–the show did show us what the characters looked like if they were hand-drawn, instead of the plastic-looking robot CG versions. Let’s take a look at the drawings from the end credits and see for yourself.
And from the final episode:
Australian Star Wars Articles, Part Four
For several years now I’ve been documenting press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to gather documentation of press coverage.
One time I purchased newspaper clippings of several Australian publications–but with incomplete information. From the images below, I need one or more of the following: the date of publication, the name of the newspaper, the page number, and if from a magazine, the issue number. Can anyone provide this information? I’d like to document these articles to the fullest extent possible. Thank you.
The following articles come from TV Week.
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You can reach me through my contact page or through The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook page on Facebook.
Thanks for your help!
Australian Star Wars Articles, Part Three
For several years now I’ve been documenting press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to gather documentation of press coverage.
One time I purchased newspaper clippings of several Australian publications–but with incomplete information. From the images below, I need one or more of the following: the date of publication, the name of the newspaper, the page number, and if from a magazine, the issue number. Can anyone provide this information? I’d like to document these articles to the fullest extent possible. Thank you.
The following articles come from the Bulletin, Knox-Gazette, Sun, The Age, TVRE, and Australian Women’s Weekly.
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You can reach me through my contact page or through The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook page on Facebook.
More will be uploaded tomorrow.
Australian Star Wars Articles, Part Two
For several years now I’ve been documenting press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to gather documentation of press coverage.
One time I purchased newspaper clippings of several Australian publications–but with incomplete information. From the images below, I need one or more of the following: the date of publication, the name of the newspaper, the page number, and if from a magazine, the issue number. Can anyone provide this information? I’d like to document these articles to the fullest extent possible. Thank you.
The following articles might come from the Sun-Herald, or the Sydney Morning Herald, but I’m not sure. They are labeled “Herald.”
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More will be posted tomorrow.
Australian Star Wars Articles Want List, Part One
For several years now I’ve been cataloguing press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to gather documentation of press coverage.
One time I purchased newspaper clippings of several Australian publications–but with incomplete information. From the images below, I need one or more of the following: the date of publication, the name of the newspaper, the page number, and if from a magazine, the issue number. Can anyone provide this information? I’d like to document these articles to the fullest extent possible. Thank you.
You can enlarge the image by clicking on it.
You can reach me through my contact page here, or at the Star Wars Historical Sourcebook page on Facebook.
More clippings tomorrow.
