Some science news for you today: In the marine archaeology field, researchers recently raised a cannon from an underwater site near North Carolina, hoping the artifact will prove the sunken wreckage it came from was once the flagship of the notorious pirate Blackbeard. CNN.com features this report on a new planet found in the Milky [...]
Along with my love of movies comes my passion for soundtracks and film scores. From Jerry Goldsmith’s moody Alien, to Max Steiner’s adventurous King Kong, to John Barry’s epic Zulu, easily half of my music collection is music from the movies and television shows. There’s certainly a long list of composers who rank high on [...]
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Photo © 1981 Lucasfilm Ltd. I’m not a biblical scholar or member of the Jewish community, but when stories like this surface, involving archaeology and my favorite film adventurer, I’ll post them to share my interests with fellow readers. According to this article on Arutz Sheva [...]
To help you celebrate the opening of the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith movie, BBC NEWS World Edition features a fun story about a town’s secret Star Wars history. “A relatively long time ago, in a west Wales town not too far away… arguably the most famous spaceship in the universe was created.” “In [...]
Ghostbusters © 1984 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Darren Zenko from Edmonton’s Vue Weekly wrote a fun article counting off “the greatest beams, lasers, death rays, and photo streams in movie history.” “They slice us, they disintegrate us, they roast us alive, they level our greatest monuments and pinpoint our deepest fears. But they also transport [...]
Steve Bissette and Dr. Michael Ryan finish up their fun series of articles on The History of Dino-Comics over at Palaeoblog. Though not current to 2005, the history is worth checking out for the diverse set of dinosaur depictions alone. You can find Part 7 here, Part 8 here, and the conclusion, Part 9, at [...]
Occasionally, I’ll venture into thrift shops, visit garage sales, and browse flea markets. Not to seek out discarded fortunes, but to discover great treasures in illustration, photography, and design. These come in many forms, but mostly materialize as books, toys, and even records. LPs or albums, as records were also known, had a major plus [...]
A Jurassic Park scientist extracts dinosaur DNA from a fossilized insect trapped in amber. Image © 1993 Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment. I’m currently writing a proposal for a creative summit similar to the Boarding: Stories & Snow event that I was part of in Banff recently. I’m interested to know if any of my [...]
More exciting archaeological news for you. National Geographic features this report and photo of an amazingly life-like recreation of the young ruler of Ancient Egypt. Photograph: Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt, and National Geographic Society, 2005 Based on an earlier CT Scan of the boy king’s mummy, Paris-based forensic sculptor Elisabeth Daynès created a silicon-skinned [...]
With echoes of events in Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story, Delfin Vigil shares his fun story at SFGate.com regarding the liberation of Star Wars figures from certain doom at the hands of neighborhood bullies and cleaning-frenzied parents planet-wide. For those of you not familiar with the brave tale of General Calrissian, I present a brief synopsis for [...]
As Michael Ryan reminds us over at Palaeoblog, Saturday, May 7 is Free Comic Book Day. So head on to your local comic shop and pick up some great specially-made freebie editions like Flight, Superior Showcase #0, Bone Sharps, Cowboys, & Thunder Lizards, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, The Batman Strikes and Walt Disney’s [...]
