Disney buys Lucasfilm

The news of the century. Disney buys Lucasfilm.

I, for one, am not surprised. Looking back you know disney has been courting Star Wars for quite some time. Star Tours, StarWars weekends, disney characters dressed like Han and Leia.

Lucas said in a statement, "It's now time for me to pass 'Star Wars' on to a new generation of filmmakers."

I back Lucas on this, he has always given his fans the freedom to parody, insult, create, and add to his universe. And he's always treated StarWars like a business. Because this is the movie business.

Look at it like this... It's like we voted him out of office. Fans overall hated the prequels. Hes not doing anything with the franchise now. And there are plenty of people let alone fans who are more than willing to take his place. If Disney can do to StarWars what they did with Tron I think Episodes 7, 8, and 9 might be something to look forward to.

The only question left. Who is going to play Luke Han and Leia...?



-Plugz

Nerd thing to do today. 

Learn Aurebesh

The language of StarWars!

I first found this alphabet in the StarWars Insider years ago which I learned as Aurek Besh. The Wookiepedia calls it Aruebesh, and despite the difference in names the letters are still the same. So spell your name! Communicate secretly amongst friends! Or write your college thesis in a fictional language!

Want a font? Find it HERE. 

MOVIE

Battle Los Angeles Aaron Eckhart (Thank You For Smoking, Batman) stars as a staff sergeant leading his team to clear out a section of Santa Monica before the USAF bombs the coast to level the alien attack. I like this movie alot. For many reasons. Its not terribly cheesy, It starts up pretty straight forward then reality starts to bend and the fiction creeps in as the movie goes on. The destruction FX are really good and the gunfights are pretty solid. The technology is practical i.e. the space ships flying. Very much like the MKV they fly using multiple rockets firing simultaneously to move them around. The aliens are somewhat original but aren't as distinguishable as say the 'Aliens' alien. Over all a good sci fi movie to check out. Nerd thing to know: The effects company Hydraulx was working on Battle LA, put the project on hold to do a smaller budget movie called Skyline (terrible movie) It being a rival "alien in LA" movie, the Strause Bros. (owners of Hydraulx) caused quite a stir.

PLUGZ's PROJECTS 
I was recently a contestant on Hot Set on the SyFy channel. We had to build a set in three days. But with all the interviews and the reality show proceess I dont think we had more than 20 hours of work on it. We were able to finish our set for the Alien Queen. And (spoiler alert) we won. 
Watch the full episode HERE

QUOTE

"Hey! We're all in strung out shape, but stay frosty, and alert."
- Corporal Hicks

From Aliens 1986

So far the internet leads me to believe this is the first instance we hear the term "stay frosty." I originally heard it on an episode of Reboot, then later Zorak says it in a Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode.