Subject: Science Fiction

• Question: How Many Geeks Can You Cram into a Hall?

  Answer: ALL of them. That is, all of them if the geeks in question are geeked about anime/manga and the hall in question is a cavernous corner of the Anaheim Convention Center. Organizers of Anime Expo 2006 announced today that their largest-ever exhibit hall--which will be filled with its most-ever vendors--has already sold out its July 1-4 run. What's billed as North America's largest anime/manga convention will be marking its 15th consecutive year at the convention mecca across the street fr

  June 27, 2006

• Comic-Con 2007: Aliens Versus Predator

  Fox may have pulled out of presenting the latest space monster free-for-all, but we have some news anyway...NECA has the toy rights, and that picture you see right there is the 2-up prototype for a 7" Alien figure. I asked if this means that collectors of Movie Maniacs, Cult Classics, etc., can finally realize the dream of an 18" Alien or Predator...the NECA rep says that will probably depend on sales, and the success of the movie. Though, as I pointed out, the success of this particular movi

  July 30, 2007

• LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 8-17-07

  I don't have one. The Invasion is being called the worst of the four Body Snatcher movies (and it's troubled history of reshoots and director-firings help me to believe that), Death at a Funeral's a dud, and Superbad? Well, everyone swears up and down it's super-awesome, but none of the clips I've seen have been appealing in the least. I was never a bully -- more often the victim -- but even I want to beat up that fat kid. So go see Hot Rod or Stardust if you haven't yet. Or rent the 1980 Flas

  August 17, 2007

• Pricey Morning in America

  Mitt Romney may like him some outdoor barbecue and bouncy houses, but it seems that Rudy Giuliani prefers breakfast as his OC fund-raising venue. However, those eggs and bacon will cost you -- got $2,300 or more? Want to blow it all on a photo op with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Frontrunner? Then get your butt over to the Anaheim Hilton at 777 Convention Way tomorrow morning by 8. And to think, Star Trek fans get mocked for dropping $50 on pics with Shatner.

  August 21, 2007

• Long Beach Trek-tacular

  As much as I enjoy Star Trek, and always have, I can't say I was that enthused by the idea of “Star Trek: The Tour.” What could they show me that I haven't seen? Could it possibly top the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas? Do I really want to pay top dollar to see a bunch of multicolored spandex uniforms? But duty calls, and I'm certainly the most qualified person at this publication to volunteer for said duty – I had William Shatner's “Transformed Man” on import CD before it was re-r

  January 21, 2008

• To Do Tonight 7/1

  The Henry Clay People, Le Switch, Swim Party, 10 p.m. Pull your pants up! The Prospector 2400 E. Seventh St. Long Beach CA 90804 562-438-3839 Comedy Juice College Night Just for one night, forget about those staggering student loans. Brea Improv 120 S. Brea Blvd. Brea CA 92821 714-482-0700 Factory Readings with Leigh White, Shawn Turi and Kevin Sandbloom "Where's my waiter?" "He's writing a haiku." Gypsy Den Grand Central Cafe 125 N. Broadway Santa Ana CA 92701 714-835-8840

  July 1, 2008

• The Future of the Beach

  June 1, 2000

• 'We're Joined Now, Via Hologram, By will.i.am'

  Without a doubt the funniest words ever strung together in the history of televised election coverage. At least it was Anderson Cooper handling the interview, as he's hip enough to have an idea of how ridiculous it was. I disagree with him saying it's like Star Trek, though—it's more like Princess Leia being beamed from R2-D2 in the beginning of the first "Star Wars." Help me Anderson Cooper, you're my only hope. (Though that was a recording. Hmm. But still, in Star Trek, people actually te

  November 5, 2008

• 'In a Thousand Drops: Refracted Glances' at UCI

  March 6, 2008

• Spacing Out

  December 4, 2008

• Rabbit Hole

  October 2, 2008

• Book ’Em, Dan-o

  April 3, 2008

• Pointy Things

  January 10, 2008

• Trekkie or Trekker?

  January 10, 2008

• Letters

  April 27, 2006

• It's About Time for a Time Lord

  March 16, 2006

• This Week in Epic Failures

  January 26, 2006

• Letters

  January 23, 2003

• A Very PhilDickian Existence

  July 4, 2002

• MST3Ks Legacy Will Live On

  August 12, 1999

• Battlestar Abstractica

  May 14, 2009

• Nothing to "Klingon" in New "Star Trek" Movie

  If your TV is on the fritz, you didn't pay your cable/satellite bill or you're just one of those Communists who does not watch the tube, you may not have heard there is a new Star Trek movie opening today and, according to one Weekly Trekker at least, it's a solid effort.But some die-hards do have something to complain about, and they can do that complaining in the Warrior Tongue, Klingon. For as Slate's Arika Okrent points out, "There's something missing from J.J. Abrams' reboot of the moribund

  May 8, 2009

• Steve Miller Band

  July 30, 2009

• Serenity

  October 1, 2009

• Long Beach Comic Con

  October 1, 2009

• Aging to End in Manhattan Beach

  ​Call it an anti-death panel. We just received a press release saying that the world's top aging scientists will converge on Manhattan Beach from November 13 through 15 to figure out how to put off that whole getting-old-and-dying thing.The scientists, supposedly, will "predict the end of aging by 2029."Which sounds cool but... We'll all be kinda old by then anyways. Couldn't they get this thing done now?

  October 19, 2009