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The Dark Crystal as Originally Intended

By James Robert Shaw (The Wind up Geek)

1982’s Dark Crystal is a Jim Henson company release that tells the tale of a Gelfling whose quest is to find the missing shard of a large crystal and restore order to the land. But what many people fondly recall is not what Henson and crew may have intended. Released on Youtube is a darker version. It came online December 2nd, and two years of work was spent by Scoodidabop to piece together / restore what was most likely the original vision of Jim Henson, Brian Froud and Frank Oz.

There is no narration, The Gelfling, Jen, has no inner dialogue and the Skesis hardly utter a word in English.

A large piece of the credit goes to an online user named Aikousha who saw an early test version and years later would track down an existing work-print on VHS.

Scoodidabop claimed he contacted the Henson Company about releasing this version of Dark Crystal to Youtube but he never received a reply.

I recommend watching it before Henson’s lawyers make their reply known to Youtube.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKdqvpLb-s&w=560&h=315]

Christmas Brings Yamato Renewal

By James Robert Shaw (The Wind up Geek)

YamatoGirlIt’s been almost three months since any real news has come from StarBlazers.com but fans have been rewarded for their patience with a load of Star Blazer / Yamato news and a new direction for their official site.

It was announced through their Youtube channel yamatocrew01 that Space Battleship Yamato 2199 will see a Japanese and North American release. The Youtube video is hosted by the official Yamato Girl for outside of Japan, model Shiori Kawana.

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[San Francisco, CA] Bat-Kid Wins the Fight & Recap on Vimeo

By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

Huzzahs and hurrahs was no doubt heard throughout San Francisco and on the Internet when young Miles Scott heard the pleas from Chief of Police Greg Suhr and went out to save the day! Everyone was with him at every step of the way, and a lot of people world-wide were no doubt watching. As it turns out, the Penguin and Riddler got involved, and Bat-Kid (Miles) did more than his civic duty to prevent crime from spreading across Gotham …

And good news are indeed on top of this week as various reports have come in to tell the world that young Scott is on the path of recovery. Over at Otaku no Culture, we wish him nothing but the best! Good times and bright times are in store for you, Caped Crusader!

A video summary of all the events that transpired last Friday can be found on Vimeo and SFGate. The following is a Youtube post by News 24H.

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X-Men: Days of Future Past Trailer

By James Robert Shaw (The Wind up Geek)

There is a lot to be had with the new X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer. It’s offering not only some indications there will be lots of action. But knowing that Bryan Singer has returned to the film might mean we’ll get a more ensemble cast film as the first two movies rather than the Storm/Wolverine movie the third installment became. Don’t get me wrong, I respect them as actors but the reason I go to see an X-men film is because of the team, not the individual.

But the question I would ask, which I am sure many others will, is where are the Sentinels?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9-9U6Rm46U&w=420&h=315]

X-men: Days of Future Past will hit theatres on May 23, 2014.

The Force Wasn’t Strong in this One

By James Robert Shaw (The Wind up Geek)

Like any film, television series or Broadway production, props don’t work the way actors expect them to. And actors don’t always work either. Like all human beings they make mistakes. Actors can slip, trip, stumble or occasionally flub their lines. The difference between being an actor on George Lucas’ original Star Wars or being a star on the stage is the star on stage is under more pressure not to screw-up.

Where a production company might share some gaffes and giggles, with LucasFilm there was silence…until now. Editor and author J. W. Rinzler was trawling through the Lucas archives, looking for material for his making of books on the original three Star Wars films, when what was caught in his net was a Star Wars blooper reel, it was too big to throw back. And like any normal fisherman he had to show off his monster of a catch. This catch though, he displayed at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con.

Rinzler’s find is now available on YouTube but it wasn’t made available by Rinzler himself. And readers take note, there is no sound until 49 seconds into the reel. According to fans, this is the way the reel was shown at Comic-Con.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgLl0_mqLtc&w=420&h=315]

Source(s): Neil Bowyer, Mashable.

YouTube: The Ultima-te Video

My role in Ultima Online was what can best be described as an addict.

Ultima Online LOGOSomewhere around the year of 1997 or 1998 I discovered a massive online game called Ultima Online. It was a huge hit at the time but I’m hard pressed today to find anyone of the new gaming generation who knows what I’m talking about.

Based off the Ultima series of PC games, Ultima Online was the creation of an eccentric nerd by the name of Richard Garriott, Lord British to his friends. Garriott went on to bigger and better things after the creation of Ultima but we’re not here to give his life story.

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