That Time the Star Trek: The Next Generation Comic Book Did a Christmas Issue (1987)

In 1987, Star Trek: The Next Generation hit television screens, and although it definitely made waves as a successor to the original series, it wouldn’t be fair to say that it was instantly popular. In fact, it’s pretty much universally agreed that the show took a while to properly hit its stride. The original comic book based on the franchise, a six-issue mini-series published by DC Comics, showed similar growing pains. One symptom of the oddities thus demonstrated is the fact that they did a Christmas story with the second ever issue. Since it’s the season, let’s have a look at this bizarre corner of the Star Trek universe.

In Honor of Dick Van Dyke's 100th Birthday - Faith, Hope and Hilarity (1970)

 

As most anyone with an eye on pop culture is probably aware, television and movie legend Dick Van Dyke will reach the age of 100 on December 13th. Although there will be other sites far better prepared to offer Van Dyke the tributes he's owed for reaching this milestone, I couldn't let this occasion pass by without a comment of my own, which I hope offers a perspective unlikely to be often repeated elsewhere....

20th Anniversary of Hoodwinked! (Limited Release date: December 16, 2005)

Almost twenty years ago, while my wife and I were on vacation, we found ourselves flipping through the channels on our room's television, and we stumbled upon a movie that reminded us of Shrek (already a few years old at this time), but instead of lampooning fairy tales in general, this movie focused on "Little Red Riding Hood," specifically. Upon our arrival back at home, we looked up the movie to secure the DVD, thus allowing us to finally watch Hoodwinked^* in its entirety.