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For the Love of Spock

Alan Rapp / January 4, 2017 / Home Video

Title: For the Love of Spock
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Begun before his father’s death as part of Star Trek‘s 50th Anniversary, Adam Nimoy takes a look at Leonard Nimoy‘s life and career, most notably his role as Spock. Including interviews from a wide swath of new and classic Trek actors, Nimoy interviews William Shatner, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, and Zoe Saldana, along with famous fans of Star Trek including Jim Parsons, Jason Alexander, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Although it doesn’t go into much depth about Nimoy’s life or his career, there are some nice anecdotes here and some fun classic stills and footage from his early career. Fans of Star Trek should enjoy themselves.

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Doctor Who – The Return of Doctor Mysterio

Alan Rapp / January 2, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Doctor Who – The Return of Doctor Mysterio
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Then there was the time that The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) accidentally created a super-hero. “The Return of Doctor Mysterio” is unexpected but not unwelcome. As the show has moved away from doing their own versions of classic Christmas stories we’ve gotten more variation in these specials, and “Doctor Mysterio” certainly fits that bill. After a short introduction in which we see a young boy exposed to a Hazandra gem which will grant him his fondest desire, the episode jumps to present time where The Doctor discovers Grant has grown up into a young man (Justin Chatwin) who has decided to use the powers accidentally granted to him to live out his lifelong fantasy as a super-hero.

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K-2SO Sixth-Scale Figure

Alan Rapp / December 27, 2016 / Toys & Collectibles

From Hot Toys comes this Rogue One: A Star Wars Story K-2SO Sixth-Scale Figure featuring light-up eyes, blaster, over 30 points of articulation, figure stand, and grenade which can be pre-ordered for the low, low price of $230.

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RazorFine Podcast Episode 2 – Rogue One

Alan Rapp / December 24, 2016 / Podcast

Alex Boyer and I return to talk in length about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Before that, however, we’ll chat about recent trailers, this year’s Kansas City Film Critics Circle award winners, and my take on some recent releases including Sing, Assassin’s Creed, and Jackie.

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Alan Rapp / December 15, 2016 / Movie Reviews

Title: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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The first of the standalone Star Wars movies, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set just prior to the events of the original Star Wars as a struggling Rebellion learns about the newest Imperial weapon capable of destroying an entire planet. Just as memorable for what it keeps from the Star Wars template as what it chooses to change about the formula, Rogue One offers no opening crawl, no screen wipes, and the unnecessary need to name every planet shown on screen in subtitles (something George Lucas’ original films allowed the dialogue itself to deal with).

For as much as it leaves behind, however, Rogue One recycles plenty of Star Wars ideas including an orphaned hero (Felicity Jones) reluctantly called into the service of the Rebellion, a soldier of questionable character (Diego Luna) and his lumbering sidekick, a funny robot (Alan Tudyk), an impossible mission, strange aliens, and a Rebellion (albeit a less united one than fans will remember from the previous films) focused on taking down the Galactic Empire. Along with new planets such as Jedha, Wobani, and Scarif, there’s plenty of familiar sights including Yavin 4 and, of course, the Death Star.

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