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Star Trek

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    [UPDATED With Comment From Anaheim Convention Center] WonderCon Moving To Anaheim

    ​UPDATE: July 29, 2011, 7:50 p.m.: In a phone conversation today, Mindy Abel, the Senior Vice President of Convention Sales at the Anaheim Convention Center, clarified that nothing was confirmed regarding the change of venue for WonderCon. "We have been in discussion with Comic-Con International ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    New Miss USA, California Girl Alyssa Campanella, Believes in Evolution and is OK With Medical Marijuana

    AP​Here she is, Miss USA. Taking the coveted tiara in all its sparkly glory was Miss California Alyssa Campanella. She trembled. She cried. She threw up rocker fingers. The 21-year-old blonde-turned-redhead out-walked, talked, posed and prettied 50 other leggy contenders last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Star Trek Auction Seeks New Life and New C-Notes

    ​Set your phasers to geeked.A Santa Ana auction house begins taking bids at 10 a.m. Saturday for 257 lots of props, models and costumes from the original Star Trek television series and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise, as wel ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    An Evening With Leonard Nimoy

    Carpenter Center

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    Pub Quiz

    Basement Lounge

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Geek Shopping Site Offers Molecular-Gastronomy Starter Kit for the Home Chef

    Can't wait for Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine to come out? Want to channel your inner Marcel and annoy your dinner guests with foams? If you've always known you can do better than Wylie Dufresne and Ferran Adrià, Think Geek--those purveyors of things you never knew you needed, such as Tauntaan slee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    The Best and Worst Video Games of 2010

    ​The year has come to an end, and that can mean only one thing: awards for the best and worst video games of 2010! It has been an exceptional year for gaming, more than most gamers have time to even experience. However, there are only a few games out there that stood out above the rest. What were ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 18, 2010

    Biennialus Interruptus at OCMA

    The 2010 California Biennial is chock-a-block o' great!

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Kirk to Domino's...

    thinkgeeek.comBeam me up... a meat lover's special​ In college, I did people do lots of things they grow out of later in life. Such as bong sessions and watching Star Trek reruns high. And along with such things comes the inevitable call for pizza delivery.

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2010

    Drunk After Work: Opah

    Edwin GoeiThe Place: Opah at Town Center, 26851 Aliso Creek Rd., Ste. C, Aliso Viejo, (949) 360-8822; www.opahrestaurant.com. Opah at the Marketplace, 13122 Jamboree Rd., Irvine, (714) 508-8055;www.opahrestaurant.com. The Hours: Sun.-Thurs., 4-6:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9-11 p.m. The Deal: $6 marti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    TONIGHT: Andre Nickatina at the Grove of Anaheim

    ​The list of slick- tongued superstars to come out of the Bay Area is pretty lengthy. You've got your Tupacs, your Too $horts, E-40s and MC Hammers. But one name that you habitual Power 106 and K-Day listeners better recognize is Andre Nickatina. After two decades,  his vulgar and vivid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2009

    10 Questions with Kool Keith

    ​Kool Keith is a man of many mysteries, many personalities and, of course, many surprises. Since the twilight years of hip hop's Golden Era, Keith (aka Black Elvis, aka Dr. Octagon) has held the torch for rappers who dare to be different, and a little eccentric. You'll definitely get a taste of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Top 5 Frozen Yogurt Flavors I'd Like To See

    Since new yogurt stores seem to keep popping up like an unstoppable, virulent disease (See my earlier post here on the phenomenon), there's really one thing left to do: request more flavors.  Not that there's a lack of creativity out there.  Some, like Yogurtland, seem to have a hard-working f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 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 s ... More >>

  • Film

    May 7, 2009

    J.J. Abrams's 'Star Trek' Reboot Is Proof That the Franchise Can Live Long and Prosper

    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 s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Spacing Out

    The Planets in HD

  • Film

    November 13, 2008

    [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Surfing 50 States,' 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' More

    The Planets in HD

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    '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 Princ ... More >>

  • Food

    October 16, 2008

    Tokyo Table Pops the Culinary Cherry of Irvine's Diamond Jamboree Shopping Center

    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 Princ ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 7, 2008

    Back to the Future

    'The Imaginary 20th Century' takes us forward into the past

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    Captain's Chairman

    A 66 year old man from Orange just paid $200,000 to be the 33rd passenger on Richard Branson's new civilian space flights that are planned to begin in 2009 sometime, the Register's Sciencedude blog is reporting. Bob Walters, who failed as a younger man to pass the eye test required for pilots, is a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Trekkie or Trekker?

    Star Trek: The Tour

  • Film

    November 22, 2007

    DVDish

    WEB EXCLUSIVE! Jungle Fever

  • Culture

    September 6, 2007

    Arty Party Animals

    Hanging with OCMA’s Art Since the 1960s

  • Blogs

    August 21, 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 ... More >>

  • Features

    August 9, 2007

    Confessions of a Comic-Con Virgin

    A non-geek follows the king of geekdom into the heart of dorkness

  • Features

    August 9, 2007

    2007: a Comic-Con Odyssey

    Or, How I learned to stop worrying and love sleep deprivation, huge crowds and wonderful toys

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    Comic-Con 2007: Of Paramount Disappointment, plus Jessica Alba and Peter Fonda

    Damn, the lines here suck. Used to be that Comic-Con got bigger every year, and they expanded the available space to fit. Then the space ran out, and stuff kept getting bigger anyway. I wait in line half an hour for the Paramount panel, and don't even get close to getting in. Regroup. An hour later ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2007

    LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 7-20-07

    Tough one, this. There is no way I'm ever going to recommend Hairspray -- even if it turns out to be passable, I hate the very idea of it. As for Adam Sandler pretending to be gay...if GLAAD approved of the movie, I'm thinking Sandler's gonna be pretty defanged in it (ironic, since I know there's a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2007

    20th Century Fox pulls out of Comic-Con

    As reported in this week's Comic-Con preview by yours truly, Fox was set to showcase upcoming movie releases including Aliens Vs. Predator, Babylon A.D. and Jumper. The LA Times is reporting that the studio decided their footage "wasn't ready." JoBlo.com writes that this may be the result of a dis ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 19, 2007

    The Big Con

    Out of the basement and into the spotlight, Comic-Con 2007 is the place to be

  • Film

    January 4, 2007

    Same Old Story

    Sequels, prequels, and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

  • Film

    September 7, 2006

    Lost Cause

    TV is better than film, so why dont films based on TV shows work?

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2006

    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-eve ... More >>

  • Music

    March 31, 2005

    The Dudes Abide

    No go-go boys in Newport, but the Big Lebowski lives on in Lakewood

  • Music

    January 27, 2005

    The Big Beat-Off

    No go-go boys in Newport, but the Big Lebowski lives on in Lakewood

  • Columns

    November 4, 2004

    Eight Days

    No go-go boys in Newport, but the Big Lebowski lives on in Lakewood

  • Film

    July 1, 2004

    Cartoon geekboys are go!

    Anime Expo 2004 descends into the heart of Disney

  • Music

    July 3, 2003

    Creepshow Superstars

    Door-to-door new wave with I Am Spoonbender

  • Film

    February 27, 2003

    Through With Love

    Drowning in an ocean of sickly sweet emotion

  • Columns

    January 23, 2003

    Letters

    Drowning in an ocean of sickly sweet emotion

  • Film

    January 16, 2003

    Hull Breach

    Star Treks core meltdown

  • Film

    November 28, 2002

    Uh-Oh, Its Magic

    Harry Potter and the muggle hordes

  • Film

    June 6, 2002

    The Fandom Menace

    Star Wars: Attack of the Geeks

  • Culture

    October 18, 2001

    Clue on Cat Tranquilizers

    Star Wars: Attack of the Geeks

  • Film

    September 27, 2001

    Crawling From the Wreckage

    Things to Come rises from the ashes

  • Culture

    August 12, 1999

    MST3Ks Legacy Will Live On

    And Hollywood will never be the same

  • Culture

    July 22, 1999

    Getting Small

    Todd Muffatti thinks inside the box

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Uneasy Alliance

    Official sites reluctantly let fan pages thrive

  • More >>
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