Star Trek XI: The Mirror Universe?

It’s been all over and frankly, I just don’t believe it. Not that powers that be aren’t that stupid, it just doesn’t make any sense. Only we few geeks even know about the whole Mirror Universe concept and I doubt that Paramount will attempt anything with that narrow an audience. Here’s the original story from Ain’t it Cool News.

Update: Paramount has quashed the rumor, but has confirmed the existance of a Star Trek script that is being looked at by the studio.

Movie Review: King Kong versus Godzilla

(Kingu Kongu tai Gojira)

Urban legend declares that Kong wins in the American version and Gojira in Japan’s. This is false, but different versions did play the west and east sides. We hear Kong’s, but not Godzilla’s, triumphant cry as the pair topples off the cliff and into their next movies (Godzilla vs Mothra aka Godzilla vs the Thing and King Kong Escapes) in the American release. The western version also features some re-editing and new sequences. It emphasizes the conflict between Kong’s sophisticated mammal brain and Godzilla’s primal reptilian one: a characterization true of the original Godzilla, but not the later lizard superhero.

This review (Bureau article #3000!) ends our Kong Kountdown. The much-anticipated remake opens tomorrow.

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“Lion” Roars at the Box Office

“Lion” manages to score in its one and only chance to shine last weekend. Apparently some monkey of a movie debuts next week.

  1. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe *
  2. Syriana
  3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  4. Walk the Line
  5. Yours, Mine and Ours
  6. Aeon Flux
  7. Just Friends
  8. Pride and Prejudice
  9. Chicken Little
  10. Rent

* = New Release. More info and data at Box Office Mojo