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Peregrinus
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Tonight's episode, "Graphic", involved comic-book forgery. No actual sc-fi in here, but the sci-fi alums were very, very present. Never mind Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Alien) created and co-executive-produces the show, but Christopher Lloyd (Buckaroo Banzai and the Back to the Future trilogy, amongst others), Judd Hirsch (Independence Day), and Wil Wheaton (frikkin' DUH!) were in it and very present. Wil was playing a very dickish comic book creator. I lov-ed it. [Big Grin]

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Wil Wheaton died, I thought.
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Peregrinus
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o_O Where do you get your information? Go to his blog and get caught up on him. If he's dead, he sure hasn't stopped twitching yet...

--Jonah

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Sol System
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Irony.
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Peregrinus
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Well, except that that page is semi-dead. Wil killed the code accidentally, and started a new temporary blog whilst he fixed the original... and discovered he liked it better. So WWdN hasn't been updated in forever. Be easy to think he was dead. *heh*

--Jonah

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Daniel Butler
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Poor guy recently 'won' the "Worst TNG Actor" poll at DITL. Maybe that finally pushed him over the edge.
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OnToMars
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Whenever I come home, I'm treated to a plethora of crime shows that I never watch but that my mother does. Awhile back I watched an episode of "Cold Case" that featured Rocky Horror and this time around I get an episode of "NUMB3RS" with comics, Kruge, and Wil Wheaton.

Not to mention a plethora of extras in the background dressed in Starfleet uniforms. Which, reminds me, this would be a good place to ask:

It looked to me like the costumes worn by the Trekkie extras in the background fit awfully well for background costumes, and ones meant to depict convention going "Star Trek" fans at that. I'm also pretty sure the costumes had the actual insignias on them, which makes me wonder if those aren't from a prop closet somewhere. Thing is, "Star Trek" is Paramount and UPN/CW/NBC and the insignia is a registered trademark, requiring permission to show. Which, if true, means some lawyer(s) and/or producer(s) went to some special lengths to make it happen, but for background costumes?

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Sol System
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Not NBC, CBS, which answers your question.
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B.J.
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I didn't see the episode, but I think it's funny that Wil Wheaton has actually written some comic book stories recently. Star Trek comics, no less.
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OnToMars
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quote:
Originally posted by Sol System:
Not NBC, CBS, which answers your question.

That's what I initially thought, but my sister was certain otherwise.

So there's that, then. Isn't there somebody here who keeps meticulous watch on uniforms and costumes?

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Lee
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Patrick's (Spike) website of uniform variations is still a going concern, although he's not seen here much since the Big Red Firefox Fiasco. And if it came down to identifying actual features on the uniforms, I do know people who could probably tell you for certain. But that'd mean me going into the uniforms sections of certain prop websites, and I don't do that lightly. Why? Well, remember that bit in Being John Malkovich when the man himself enters his own head? Well, it's like that, only with multiple Chief Argyles. The facial hair! The waistlines!

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Daniel Butler
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NBC is owned by Universal, if anyone cares...I just love how the new company name is...< echo > NBC UNIVERSAL! < / echo >
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Peregrinus
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I wouldn't be surpried if they trolled for geeks amongst the extras, and they brouhg ttheir own costumes. Those didn't look like show-quality, but close, and there are a lot of fen who do very good work. Not everyone settles for off-the-shelf crap. Plus other subtle cues...

--Jonah

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