tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54377866651651475912024-03-13T19:08:01.572-07:00Rebel AlertThe Force is strong with this site.Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-57827223980356429962011-06-04T19:07:00.000-07:002011-06-04T20:07:52.373-07:00Dr. Who Fan Anime - Inspiration to just do itWelcome to the rebellion. Sometimes you've just gotta let go of fear and all those excuses and just do it.NASA's Mars Rover Spirit made it all the way to the red planet to search for signs of life and showed remarkable signs of life itself. Spirit and its twin, Opportunity, were only expected to last 90 days and cover oh, a few hundred yards. Instead, Rover covered almost five miles and even Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-80764881552285986502010-11-05T16:55:00.000-07:002010-11-06T03:03:29.391-07:00LOST IN THE TRANSPORTER - How do you focus those scattered ideas and fight through the fear of writing?Divert more power to the pattern buffer, Mr. Scott. Welcome to the rebellion. This year has been a filled with much creative turmoil. I haven’t been satisfied with the status quo and have been trying to make things happen by exploring new directions and long-ignored dreams and ideas. The result? Predictably it's been chaos. I’ve spent of the year feeling scattered as I lurched from project toGorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-30731689369828948632010-08-23T10:08:00.000-07:002010-08-23T10:55:11.466-07:00Fan Expo - A Musical Interlude, part 1Welcome to the Rebellion.The evil Sith have used their dark powers to bring this rebel down with Vertigo so my blogging has been stopped dead in it's dizzy tracks. But with Fan Expo Sci-fi/Horror/comic Book/Gaming and Anime Convention is coming to Toronto this weekend I must offer something.So here are few sci-fi themed, music videos for your enjoymentFirst up, James Marsters (Spike from Buffy Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-36387400108221086092010-07-10T10:38:00.000-07:002010-07-10T11:12:32.933-07:00Tor.com - A Site full of Fantastical Delights
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal.dotm 0 0 1 285 1629 Streamline 13 3 2000 12.0 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-9457296923027491182010-06-24T14:45:00.000-07:002010-06-24T17:48:24.603-07:00Lady Robotika is a Go Go - Jane Wiedlin has been abducted by aliensWelcome to the rebellion.Former proto-punk queen turned occasional film star, sci-fi geek, dominatrix pin-up, MTV Surreal Life participant and eternal pop rocker has been kidnapped by aliens. We'll find out what happens soon when the first issue of "Jane Wieldin's Lady Robotika" comes out from Image Comics. We here at rebel base are big fans of Jane so we can promise you this...Those rebel Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-1226499191940981272010-04-05T07:06:00.000-07:002010-04-05T07:22:59.855-07:00Ad-Astra Animation Guest of HonourWelcome to the rebellion.This weekend I will be appearing as the Animation Guest of Honour at Ad-Astra.Not only is it my first time as a Guest, but it's also my first official sci-fi convention... ever!! (Not counting Fan Expo, which I have attended for the comics side). I hope you are all gentle with me and my non-sci-fi wife!In addition to guesting on several panels and helping to judge Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-86121360565821909822010-02-27T12:13:00.000-08:002010-02-27T13:46:49.488-08:00Vancouver 2010 Olympics - A Fanboy Geek's Eye View! Welcome to the rebellion. The Winter World Oly*p*cs have taken our little Canadian corner of the universe by storm. I’ve been trying to post about the dang opening ceremonies but Darth Vader’s Imperial Oly*p*c Commitee has such a lockdown on their brand even Google limits your searches for images. A lot of brave, digitally animated rebels gave their lives for this inside look at the opening Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-72649218899370386752010-02-26T16:08:00.000-08:002010-02-26T16:08:46.282-08:00Intercept: Death Star TV Listings - Vader's Classics Yellow Channel
Welcome to the rebellion.
For your weekend viewing pleasure we have hacked into Imperial databases and retrieved this weekend's Yellow Channel, Pay-Per-Holo movie schedule. Enjoy.
YELLOW CHANNEL: Vader Classics
Friday
5:00pm Bridge On the Comet Kwai (drama, 2 hrs)
7:00 pm The Droid Who Knew Too Much (thriller, 2 hrs)
9:00pm Anakin Presley Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-80362844984850068692010-01-25T21:07:00.000-08:002010-01-25T21:27:13.979-08:00Science Fiction and Genre Features at Sundance 2010
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"Where am I?"
"In the Village."
"What do you want?"
"Information."
"Whose side are you on?"
"That would be telling."
"We want information... Information... Information..."
"You won't get it."
"By hook or by crook, we will."
"Who are you?"
"The new number Two."
"Who is Number One?"
"You are Number Six."Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-85973501978637223862009-10-08T19:24:00.000-07:002009-11-16T12:45:43.508-08:00By the Light of the Silvery BOOM!! - NASA set to bomb the moon today!Welcome to the rebellion.According to the Huffington Post and NASA’s website (by way of Jonathan Llyr at hardcorenerdity.com) the space agency’s LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) project designed to confirm or disprove the presence of water reaches it final stage today. The shepherding spacecraft is now in an elongated orbit, positioned to separate with an Atlas V’S Centaur Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-54040034388900769172009-10-08T14:22:00.000-07:002009-10-08T18:13:11.120-07:00Eureka!: Times' new science magazine is a must-read, monthly glimpse into our future. <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal.dotm 0 0 1 657 3746 Streamline 31 7 4600 12.0 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-72490720282028971702009-09-30T15:05:00.000-07:002009-10-01T06:22:17.610-07:00Giant Gundam Wedding: Speak now or forever hold your fire.Welcome to the rebellion.I have been remiss in my posting and have much catching up to do. Joe O'Brien over at my one-stop shop for sci-fi news and discussion, hardcorenerdity.com, reported weeks ago that construction on the giant Gundam robot in Odaiba that led to my Gundam World post, is now complete. And apparently it's open for weddings, bar mitzvahs, proms and graduation ceremonies.The Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-46361986609461298862009-09-28T06:38:00.000-07:002009-09-28T15:39:23.885-07:00Cannibal Galaxy from Beyond Space! - The undead, zombie Andromeda Galaxy is hungry for stars!Welcome to the rebellion.Zombie flicks are so passe. Especially since our poor little Milky Way is due for a deadly cannibal galaxy attack!!!!!!According to the Calgary Herald, the Andromeda galaxy has developed a taste for the galactic flesh of its fellow star systems!! Researchers at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) have discovered:"...the "semi-digested remains of dwarf galaxies" andGorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-45872332346929855412009-09-25T14:54:00.000-07:002009-09-25T14:54:00.310-07:00Got Blue Milk? - Wouldn't you like to get away to galaxy far, far away where everybody knows your clone serial # and they're always glad you came?Welcome to the rebellion.First they shared a batch of clone DNA. Then they shared combat duty against rebel assaults across the universe. But when the blaster fuel cells are depleted and the battle is over, they share camaraderie over pints of blue milk.END TRANSMISSIONThanks to Jonathan Llyr at Hardcorenerdity for the heads up on this.Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-71093569150095469452009-09-21T15:52:00.000-07:002009-09-22T16:16:29.737-07:00It was a Dark and Stormy Night - The Madeleine L'Engel Effect and Time with Dad
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal.dotm 0 0 1 2478 14129 Streamline 117 28 17351 12.0 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-49689932835059802842009-07-20T14:38:00.000-07:002009-07-20T14:38:00.522-07:00Summer BBQ Meal Planning: Darth Chop and Roast EwokWelcome to the rebellion.Thanks to rebel leader Simon Evans at HardcoreNerdity.com, we have finally completed our menu for the Rebel BBQ at our base on Yavin 4 this weekend.We'll round it out with the Empire's new Darth Chop!The comments on the post are even more hilarious than the picture if you can believe it. Jonathan Lyre scores my two favourites with "I'm afraid I'm altering the meal. Pray IGorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-83575909785254255452009-07-18T12:50:00.000-07:002009-07-18T21:54:48.919-07:00Footprints Fading : On 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA discovers tapes erased!"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." - President John F. Kennedy in a speech before a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961."It's too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they'll probably Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-36665366120278865522009-07-08T06:09:00.000-07:002009-07-08T06:18:10.601-07:00Plot Robot! - Wycliffe A. Hill's plot robot begat modern writing bots McKee, Field and TrubyWelcome to the rebellion.When the work piles up, deadlines loom and second act woes howl at the door, I long for those long-promised future days where we all fly to work in saucers, learn from glowing boxes and eat out of squeeze tubes and pills (okay we're already in some of that future).But what I really need is my robotic screenwriter.I'm not talking about plot software. I'm talking about "Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-53341695417522358322009-07-06T14:41:00.000-07:002009-07-06T15:43:22.509-07:00Summer Reading : Leiningen versus the Ants and The Most Dangerous GameWelcome to the rebellion.In keeping with the last post about a giant colony spanning the globe, we suggest taking a little time to enjoy one of the greatest, short, action stories ever written, Leiningen versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson.Just under 9000 words of pure adrenaline first published in the December, 1938 issue of Esquire magazine.Most of Stephenson's books were non-fiction works on Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-35564592940885737102009-07-02T18:14:00.000-07:002009-07-03T07:08:43.999-07:00Giant Ant Colonies Take the World - Mad Scientists the World Over Say, "We told you so!"Welcome to the rebellion.Thanks to our friends at the newly revamped Hardcore Nerdity, we've learned that the BBC has at last confirmed what paranoid sci-fi fans the world over have suspected for years.Giant Ants colonies are taking over the Earth!According to the BBC online a single mega-colony has inhabited much of the world and mankind is responsible.Argentine ants living in vast numbers Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-46243606576737389552009-05-24T07:57:00.000-07:002009-05-28T07:19:55.186-07:00Gundam Control - "Mobile Suit Gundam" anime spawns real world applicationsWelcome to the rebellion.It's a Gundam world. Or at least, we're heading in that direction.Thanks to rebel general Joe O'Brien's Hardcore Nerdity blog, we've received a tip that a new force is entering the fray for control of the galaxy.After years of testing through intense animated adventures, Japan is at last ready to build their first, 18-metre tall, Mobile Suit Gundam to "guard" Odaiba's Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-9269950762399879532009-05-24T07:37:00.000-07:002009-05-24T08:18:09.326-07:00A New Hope: Death Star Repairmen and the Imperial News RelaunchWelcome to the rebellion.A long, long time ago, in a galaxy yada yada... Darryl Gold, the mad mind behind the unique filmmaking challenge that is Darryl's Hard Liquor and Porn Film Festival (A short film comedy festival that challenges filmmakers the world over to make funny films on sex) and related event, The 69-Hour Challenge, made a fun little Star Wars fan film years ago called "Death Star Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-36073678946571692382009-05-17T17:30:00.000-07:002009-05-17T17:30:00.720-07:00Star Wars Sunday Comic 013 - LeiaWelcome to the rebellion.Our beloved rebel general seems to be distracted from her strategic planning lately. We hope she gets it together before the Death Star gets within firing range.This smuggled Sunday Comic from the Imperial News may shed some light on the issue. Enjoy this week's Leia.With thanks and apologies to Cathy creator, Cathy Guisewite.For more Imperial News, click here.Enjoy more Gorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.com0