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Enterprise Pizza Cutter!

Veronica — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:18:48 +0000

Did you know ThinkGeek sells an Enterprise pizza cutter? They do, and it’s amazing. I will disclose that they sent it to me for awesomeness (err… reviewing) purposes, after seeing my Make It So shirt on Tekzilla last week! Thanks!

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Dragon*Con 2010

Veronica — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:20:26 +0000

Dragon*Con is coming up on us very quickly! So if you’re planning to head to Atlanta, GA from September 3-6 (16 days away!) make sure you check out some of the panels that I’ll be on. Plus, there will be a pretty big TWiT / Sword and Laser crossover meetup that’s in the works for Saturday the 4th, from 6pm-8pm, at the Westin’s Sun Dial Bar.

My schedule:

Title: Podcasting Track Kick Off
Description: Join some of your favorite podcasters as we launch our fifth year as part of Dragon*Con.
Time: Fri 01:00 pm Location: 204 – Hilton (Length: 1 Hour)

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Title: It’s All In the Game
Description: This panel will discuss how to break into and be successful in the burgeoning gaming market.
Time: Fri 05:30 pm Location: Manila / Singapore / Hong Kong (Ed – huh??) – Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)

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Title: Podcasts and Marketing to the Masses
Description: The trailblazers of podcast marketing discuss what has worked, what hasn’t, and what’s next.
Time: Sat 02:30 pm Location: 204 – Hilton (Length: 1 Hour)

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Title: The Sword and Laser – Live!
Description: Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt bring their podcast about all things Sci-Fi and Fantasy back to Dragon*Con with a special guest.
Time: Sun 04:00 pm Location: Crystal Ballroom – Hilton (Length: 1 Hour)
Moderator / MC for panel

*photo by Roger Chang, L-R: Len Peralta, Tom Merritt, me, Felicia Day @ Dragon*Con 2009

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RiffTrax LIVE: Plan 9 from Outer Space

Veronica — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:18:16 +0000

In case you didn’t hear the news from Comic-Con, I’m going to be hosting the RiffTrax LIVE event on August 20th! Now, this is way bigger than just the typical internet streaming event: it’s going to be broadcast to over 400 movie theaters across the country! The guys will be riffing on the classic Ed Wood film Plan 9 from Outer Space (thought by many people to be one of the worst films ever made). In addition, the wonderful Jonathan Coulton will be performing, along with a special segment by Rich “Lowtax” Kyanka of Something Awful.

We’re going to be recording the show in Nashville, TN, but unfortunately that theater has already sold out. So make sure you get tickets while you can from the website!

In other news, the RiffTrax panel at Comic-Con was a blast. Not only did the guys do a live riff of a video short called “Shake Hands with Danger,” but we also had the crowd plead their case for the next full-length RiffTrax feature! The selection was for one of my favorite bad movies, Dragon Wars.

By the way, here are all my pictures from Comic-Con. I got to meet so many awesome people (like Phil Plait from Bad Astronomy), that was probably the most fun I’ve ever had a convention. Although, Tom and I are heading to Dragon*Con in September, so that might come close… more on that one coming soon.

The next generation of The Next Generation

Veronica — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:19:14 +0000

Last Star Trek post for a while, I promise. After seeing the film on Friday (which was fraking awesome, btw… wait, am I allowed to say “fraking” in regard to Star Trek? Whatever) I started wondering who would be cast if they were to remake TNG into a younger, hipper film. So here are my top choices from the Friendfeed post! OK, maybe not everyone on this list is a spring chicken, but it’s harder to think of people than you would think!

Amy Adams as Dr. Beverly Crusher

I picked this one, because I think Amy would be the perfect sassy redhead to take over sick bay. Plus, she has Gates McFadden’s classic beauty.

Natalie Portman as Deanna Troi

Several people selected Natalie as a good choice for the role of Deanna Troi, probably because she has the looks (especially with her hair longer) and that somewhat mystical quality to her.

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Geordi La Forge

This is another one I came up with, because even though Cuba hasn’t been in anything great lately I think he’d make a decent La Forge. He has the humor and thoughtfulness that LeVar Burton displayed in the role (OK, now I’m starting to feel like total dork for writing this post… must keep going…).

Matthew Macfadyen as Data

When MG posted this one, I couldn’t believe what a spitting image of Brent Spiner he is! He’s got the acting chops to pull of the role of the android as well.

Djimon Hounsou as Worf

Strong and handsome, Djimon has the gravitas to pull off an excellent Worf. He’s a phenomenal actor, so he’d be able to show the inner struggle that Worf faces everyday as a Klingon serving in Starfleet.

Bearded Matthew Fox as William Riker

What? He’s a good lookin’ guy, and we know he can do the action-adventure thing pretty well, which was always Riker’s strong point. Plus, the ladies love him.

Patrick Stewart as Jean Luc Picard

He doesn’t age, apparently, so I see no need to replace him.

Have any better suggestions? Let me know in the comments!

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Clips to tide you over before Star Trek

Veronica — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:29:34 +0000

Somewhere else in the world right now, someone (probably millions of someones) is seeing Star Trek before I am. In the meantime, here are a couple of videos I thought you might enjoy!

Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’

Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | More Video Clips

The next generation of The Next Generation

Sword and Laser podcast

Veronica — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:13:19 +0000

In case you missed it, Tom Merritt and I have started doing a Sword and Laser podcast every week. It’s just a quick rundown of some of the things that have happened in the latest book (Neuromancer) plus whatever other sci-fi/fantasy related stuff we’ve been checking out recently!

It’s pretty low-tech right now, but we hope to bring more audience discussion into it soon, by either using a TalkShoe talkcast or by using Yahoo! Live (which may have been the cause of the strange audio hissing from this week’s episode…). We even have some swag to give away on the next episode! If it sounds like something you’d enjoy, you can subscribe here.

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Sci-Fi challenged?

Veronica — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:01:13 +0000

I really love the Galacticast video podcast, and this is one of my favorite episodes so far…

And speaking of video podcasts, Crave is now available on YouTube from CNET TV! You can find Road Warrior and Buzz Report there as well.

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Chad Vader

Veronica — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:24:31 +0000

Funniest. Video. Ever. (ok, maybe this week…)

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Make it so!

Veronica — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:01:47 +0000

Kato at Witfits posted a link to the Captian Picard song. I listened to it at work and made an obvious nerd of myself by laughing quite loud while my boss was walking by. Yes!

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My priorities.

Veronica — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:08:49 +0000

The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money

While listening to the “Money” cover by Thee Headcoatees:

Him: I thought girls “just want to have fun?”

Her: No… money. Money is for doing fun things. Specifically shopping.

Oh, and what shopping I have done! I believe I was even called out on the podcast by Tom for “shopping or something” when he called me this week. Clearly! What good would a vacation be without shopping and eating copious amounts of delicious foods? No good at all. I can’t believe the week is almost up already! Vacations never seem long enough though, do they? I keep making promises of pictures, but that might have to wait until I get back.

I have been doing some reading on this trip, and if you have a taste for quasi-rediculous sci-fi and horror then you should probably go take a look at John Dies at the End. Probably one of the funniest and most inventive works I’ve read in a while. Also great reading is Pointless Waste of Time, which is probably my new favorite site on the Internerd. How can you go wrong mixing WoW humor, satire and sci-fi?? It gives me faith in humanity again. Ok, I have out-nerded myself once again, and I haven’t even had coffee yet today!

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Nightmares.

Veronica — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:00:28 +0000

Ugh. I can’t get rid of these nightmares. Every night there’s a new one waiting for me. I should probably stop reading sci-fi before bed. But I always read sci-fi before bed! Why would that make a difference now?!

Obviously, it’s because I’m so worried about not securing my invite to the Apple special event next week. I’m working on it. What could the “fun” new products be?! I love speculation… and things that are fun.

UPDATE: Got the invite. Yay!

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I just don’t know…

Veronica — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:54:00 +0000

In light of recent comments to my post on the possible upcoming Star Trek movie, I feel the need to make a few more observations. Why the hell are they including that weirdo from “Enterprise” (I don’t CARE if he was on “Quantum Leap”) and not Captain Janeway and Commander Sisco?! I’m sorry. “Enterprise” was weak. Weeeeak.

Let me make a personal reference. “Enterprise” was to the Star Trek franchise as “Machina: The Machines of God” was to the Smashing Pumpkins. Catch my drift? Go listen to the album and you’ll understand. Oh, you didn’t buy it? Exactly.

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New Star Trek movie?

Veronica — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:15:20 +0000

Star Trek captains William Shatner, Patrick Stewart and Scott Bakula are set to join forces in a new movie.
The trio will reportedly star in the unnamed film that will be set in the ‘mirror universe,’ which was featured in both the Next Generation and Enterprise TV series.

OMFG. I’m assuming that when they say “mirror universe,” they’re referring the the alternate universe caused when someone goes through the Nexus. If you recall, in “Star Trek: Generations” Picard actually meets Kirk (and they kick ass TOGETHER). A Trekker’s wet dream. Anywho, I hope this is true. I’ll be first in line, biatch!