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Lukas Kendall
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Return of the Jedi Live in Concert Hollywood Bowl Discount
Our friends at the Hollywood Bowl reached out with a discount offer for the upcoming live-to-film performance of Return of the Jedi, with...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 24, 20234 min read
Ahsoka Looks and Feels Like a Cartoon
I watched the first episode of Ahsoka on Disney+. This is not a review, but it did make me think of something. When it comes to recent...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 23, 20231 min read
Strike Update
There was hope last week that the dual WGA and SAG strikes might be closer to the end than the beginning. But Deadline reports that the...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 22, 20231 min read
10 Greatest TV Theme Bass Lines
All right, so my blog is starting to look like clickbait listicles—sorry. I found this entertaining video with one bass player’s...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 21, 20231 min read
Jonathan Frakes on the Goldsmith Podcast
I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Goldsmith Odyssey podcast alongside Jonathan Frakes—who has not only played Commander Riker on...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 19, 20231 min read
Originals Please
I was channel surfing yesterday and watched the end of the original 1987 Predator. I haven’t seen it in years but I’ve always been a big...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 18, 20231 min read
Planet of the Bass
The song of the summer is here and it is, apparently, a spoof of 1990s Eurotrash dance hits with a hilarious music video called “Planet...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 15, 20234 min read
Remembering V
I meant to write about this much sooner, but there was a Vanity Fair retrospective on V this spring with a lot of great information. We...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 14, 20231 min read
Remembering Pee-wee Herman
I was surprised and impressed by the outpouring of grief on the loss of Paul Reubens, the creator and performer of the beloved Pee-wee...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 11, 20231 min read
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Script Drafts
I guess Indiana Jones is old news now? Tough business! I’ve always loved The Last Crusade, easily my second-favorite (after Raiders) of...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 8, 20231 min read
Farewell to William Friedkin
William Friedkin has died at the age of 87. Variety’s obituary is here. His films The French Connection and The Exorcist are among the...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 7, 20233 min read
Bullitt Imposter Confusion
I rewatched one of my favorite movies: Bullitt. It was on HBO Max (sorry, just Max now) and I couldn’t resist. Peter Yates also directed...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 6, 20233 min read
Subspace Rhapsody
The corporate philosophy behind making Star Trek has changed drastically only once in its 57-year history, and that was around 2007 (I...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 3, 20231 min read
Silo vs. Westworld
I don’t subscribe to AppleTV—we spend enough money on these services already! But they make some episodes available for free, so I...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 2, 20231 min read
Farewell Paul Reubens
I don’t have much to add to the outpouring of grief and memories at the loss of the one and only Paul Reubens, Pee-Wee Herman. But I will...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 1, 20232 min read
In Praise of Mystery Science Theater 3000
My kids (they just turned nine, twins) needed something to watch so I showed them Mystery Science Theater 3000, the new episodes on...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 31, 20231 min read
The Sickening End of Twitter
I’ve been aware of Elon Musk’s purchase and destruction of Twitter as it’s been going on the past few years. I didn’t follow it with...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 30, 20232 min read
The Fugitive Oral History
Rolling Stone is out with a terrific new oral history on the making of The Fugitive, which was released almost thirty years ago (on...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 28, 20231 min read
The Slow Death of Pop Culture
I came across an article in UnHerd (which I had never Herd of) which my friend Rob Burnett put on social media. It’s an interesting look...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 27, 20231 min read
Ernie Anderson on Letterman
So much of being a Gen-X kid meant discovering classic movies on their network television airings. And a lot of them were on ABC, like...
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