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Radios charging in the hallway…...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:59:16 -0400

Radios charging in the hallway… http://instagram.com/p/ZewsFbF1z-/

Somehow list my original, but my replacement came today. Yay!...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:59:32 -0400

Somehow list my original, but my replacement came today. Yay! http://instagram.com/p/ZdZWPDF1yq/

Star Trek Into Dorkness (SPOILERS and stuff, nerds.)

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:51:44 -0400

I, like a good science fiction nerd, went to go see Star Trek Into Darkness yesterday. I enjoyed it. It was a good flick. It was fun to watch. It was, though, a bad Star Trek movie. (Or, as my friend Mike Broder put it: it was a good Star Trek fan fiction.)

My credentials for making that analysis as a fanboy are pretty solid. My Star Trek geekness predates my other geeknesses. Proof: http://www.tomcroom.com/archives/6949

So here are ~~three~~ ~~five~~ a lot of immediately obvious things wrong with the movie. (I’m sure there are more, but I’m tired and writing this fairly quickly.)

1. Why the fuck was the Enterprise parked under water? Seriously. No explanation was given and even the chief engineer (seemingly the only sane person in the movie) pointed out how stupid that was.

2. How do alternate timelines turn Latin men into British Caucasians?

3. This movie takes place six months after the first movie. Thus the level of emotional relationship between Kirk and Spock that took over seventeen years in the previous movies for an epic death scene is recreated in an alternate timeline is less than two years?

4. Kirk’s only true love is his ship – not Carol Marcus, so why the fuck is she going on the five year mission?

5. Speaking of which, Carol Marcus was never in Starfleet!

Boobs

6. If they hadn’t started the five year mission yet, how the fuck did they meet Harry Mudd and discover Tribbles?

7. How does the Klingon Empire, a space faring race with a culture of WARFARE, not notice a fucking STAR SHIP sitting in orbit around their HOMEWORLD? Seriously. I’m pretty sure our current technology of things like, you know, TELESCOPES and communication satellites would catch on to something like that pretty damn quick. You’d think a warmongering military race would be watching their six on their own home planet IN THE FUTURE.

8. Along that same thought, how does NONE OF STARFLEET NOTICE THE ENTERPRISE FALLING TO EARTH? We know there are other star ships hanging around. We’ve seen them… in the beginning of the same damn movie. Not a single one thought, “oh, shit! Let’s go try and start beaming people off” or “intercept that with a couple of tractor beams” or even “SHOOT IT DOWN BEFORE IT CRASHES AND KILLS A CITY OR SOMETHING!” Nothing. Not a peep.

Not Boobs.

9. Communicators can reach from a star ship to a bar in San Francisco? REALLY?

WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED:

A. John Harrison should have been JOHN HARRISON – another super human from the SS Botany Bay. The closing scene where we see them all in cryo tubes? The camera should have passed one with a Latin guy with long hair… Khan. John Harrison should have been his own character.

B. Time should have been spent developing relationships through character interactions in the plot; not assuming their existence and rocking off the dime of classic motion picture death scenes.

C. Carol Marcus should have had a topless scene. Would never happen, I know, buy I would have been okay with it.

For once, Joey Snackpants’ anger towards these movies may be justified. (For once.)

So sorry Nina, but Iron Man 3 was a better flick so far this summer.

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I’m watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica ...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:22:51 -0400

I’m watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica

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I’m watching Elementary “Season finale.” ...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:39:41 -0400

I’m watching Elementary

“Season finale.”

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This morning started off with a quick chat with XBox’s Twitter.

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:27 -0400

Enjoy.

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And, thus, begins the Friday. http://instagram.com/p/Zac1l7F19s/

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:59:25 -0400

And, thus, begins the Friday. http://instagram.com/p/Zac1l7F19s/

Gonna drink an Icee & watch a movie. :-)...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:59:35 -0400

Gonna drink an Icee & watch a movie. :-) http://instagram.com/p/ZY_pu-F14i/

I just unlocked the Star Trek Into Darkness Opening Weekend...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:04:06 -0400

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You could not wait to see Star Trek Into Darkness in theaters, which is why you rushed to the theater during opening weekend. Thank you for checking-in and enjoy! Share this one proudly. It’s from our friends at Paramount Pictures.

Otters outside my office. http://instagram.com/p/ZYvoLql1_z/

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:59:28 -0400

Otters outside my office. http://instagram.com/p/ZYvoLql1_z/

And then this happened. #FlatTire...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:20:46 -0400

And then this happened. #FlatTire http://instagram.com/p/ZX1SLpl133/

I’m watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica ...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:58:05 -0400

I’m watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica

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I’m watching Arrow 9383 others...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:30:24 -0400

I’m watching Arrow

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I just unlocked the Arrow: Sacrifice sticker on GetGlue ...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:30:24 -0400

I just unlocked the Arrow: Sacrifice sticker on GetGlue

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Will Oliver be enough to save The Glades? Thanks for watching the season finale of Arrow! You’ve just unlocked the ‘Sacrifice’ sticker. Share this one proudly. It’s from our friends at The CW.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 22:46:11 -0400

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I just unlocked the New Girl: Elaine’s Big Day...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:46:08 -0400

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The second season ends with Jess and Nick making a decision about their relationship. Share this one proudly. It’s from our friends at FOX.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 22:46:05 -0400

I’m watching New Girl

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I just ordered real copies of my favorite TV, Movie, and Sports stickers from @GetGlue. Can’t...

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:42:25 -0400

I just ordered real copies of my favorite TV, Movie, and Sports stickers from @GetGlue. Can’t wait for them to arrive!

Crazy cool stuff showed up today. :-)...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:05:17 -0400

Crazy cool stuff showed up today. :-) http://instagram.com/p/ZRC7T3l12n/

Wasabi Anime® on Tumblr: NEW Incentives for the #InvaderCON3 Kickstarter

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:23:54 -0400

Wasabi Anime® on Tumblr: NEW Incentives for the #InvaderCON3 Kickstarter:

wasabianime:

Seventeen days.

That’s how much time our beloved Kickstarter has to reach it’s goal. We’ve come pretty far, but it’s still not enough. Here’s the stats:

17: That’s how many days we have left to hit goal.

185: That’s how many people have backed the Kickstarter so far.

13: That’s the…