10,191 years have passed since the creation of the Foundation, and the galaxy is in anarchy.

The massmind of Galaxia has collapsed from "impossible" internal turmoil. Known space is divided between warring kingdoms and petty empires, between religious sects and tyrannical guilds. And as for the Foundation...

The Foundation is dying.

But on the distant planet of Arrakis, a movement has taken hold. A movement led by a supposed prophet named Muad'Dib. A movement that could reunite the galaxy.

If the Foundation can control him, it could mean the end of millennia of conflict.

And if they can't, it will ignite a galactic holy war.

JANET ASIMOV BRIAN HERBERT

FOUNDATION AND DUNE

Be afraid, be very afraid ....

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Much to my surprise, it was actually pretty enjoyable, expanded on the Cube "mythos", and almost, but not quite, made up for the wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey vortex of suck that was Hypercube.

My only real complain was that they "steampunked" the prototype cube a bit too much, which didn't quite jive with the near-future setting that was supposed to be outside. Mind you, this is doesn't actually contradict anything from the original, mind you, but it feels a bit off.

I think it would have been much better if they'd set it in the 70's or 80's instead, and just made all the technology really clunky and ackward.

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Babylon 5: The Gathering was a prequel movie to the Babylon 5 series.

I suppose you could make an argument that the Young Indiana Jones show and Young Sherlock Holmes movie were prequels to their respective adult versions.

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Listening to Obi Wan talk about the Clone Wars in Ep4, I always had the impression that the Jedi were basically wandering monks whom most people in the galaxy thought were just tragic fools. Stories about them were mostly viewed as folk tales. Mostly, they were outcasts, seen by the galactic culture as a cult made up of freed slaves, idiot savants and the dregs of a thousand worlds, wandering the universe, looking for truth and meaning. And they had a hand in most major events in the Republic due to being drawn/moved by the Force but it was all on the down low (Yoda reinforced this idea in Ep5, when he tells Luke that a Jedi does not seek glory or revenge).

Maybe there were a handful of high ranking politicians and noblemen who believed the Jedi were great warriors and called on them to preform secret missions of cosmic importance, but it was all behind the scenes. The Clone Wars was a secret war and the Sith were a shadowy cabal, driven to extinction along with the Jedi, their remaining 2 members out in the open only because the bad Guys won. The only reason Bale Organa wanted Obi Wan's help was because he was one of the true believers from the old days, and the Rebels were that desperate, that they were going to put all their hope in defeating the Empire on an elderly swordsman who had been in hiding for the last 18 years.

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temple of doom? awesome?

yeah AvP sucked. but AvP:R was a delight.

Enterprise was underrated. it had it's moments. it certainly wasn't any worse than the first four seasons of voyager (ok, maybe enterprise season 3 was really bad). oh btw, JJ abrams' reboot won't erase it from continuity either. so we're stuck with that one.

and i think the tripods prequel was much better than the tripod sequels.

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Of course, I don't feel the same way about the new Star Trek movie. I'm sure it will be better than "Enterprise", but unlike the Star Wars movies, it seeks to replace the long established history with dumbed down explodey adventures of a twenty-something crew.

(until all you Lucas haters give up on the prequels, I will not give up bashing nu Trek.

P.S. Yeah, I know I haven't even seen it yet...).

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