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There are a number of good movies this time around, with Iron Sky telling the story of Nazi’s on the moon coming back to take over the Earth decades after they fled. I can’t quite decide if this one is more action/adventure or comedy, and I was fairly surprised when it had its world premier in Berlin. Definitely in the comedy category, Dark Shadows is Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, and a bunch of their friends having silly fun. Flying Swords of Dragon Gate is the historical epic adventure entry for the week, being a remake of the Dragon’s Inn series of movies starring Jet Li. If you are a fan of Asian martial arts films you will find you recognize a good percentage of the excellent cast, but that is the only name the average American moviegoer would recognize. Winner of the Silliest Name title this time goes to Atomic Brain Invasion.

New in TV we have season two of the series Nikita, just in time to catch up with it before the next season starts on the 19th. I am guessing they dropped La Fem off the front end of the name so you wouldn’t confuse it with the last time somebody did it as a TV series. Old in TV we have The Six Million Dollar Man: Season Two, a new release for all you Steve Austin fans.

In Anime, Strike Witches: Season Two continues the aerial combat antics of the girls with the propeller boots, in an alternate history where the enemy during WWII was aliens from outer space. Rental Magica: Collection 2 brings the second dozen stories in this magical competition series, with the Astral team hard pressed to resolve their issues, including the protagonists vision problems. I can include Mayo Chiki in today’s listing because the plot line includes both martial artist ghosts and cat girls, but it is really just a high school level romantic farce leaning towards the raunchy.

The Korean original of this song has been running on channels like M-Net for months now, and just recently came to the attention of everybody in the world, in fact becoming the first Korean song ever to take the number one position on iTunes. But out of all the parodies, Klingon Style has to be my favorite; and for the seven people left on the planet who have not yet seen the original, I am posting that one as well.

There are a very few artists I have ever seen who can pull off this kind of stage presence: David Bowie, Mylene Farmer, Fee Waybill, a very few others. And yes, the links between this one and Bowie’s Glass Spider tour are obvious. But if I had to pick just ten musical genius’s and limit myself to only their creations for the next thousand years, Mylene Farmer would be on that list. Just to put it in perspective, she only felt the need to sue two people for supposedly stealing her dance routines and music video structures: one for the one Michal Jackson allegedly stole, and the other one when Madonna allegedly did the same thing for a different song. If you don’t already know who this singer is, you have a serious treat in store for you.

Tomorrow is the day that MetroCAF 2012 takes place: the annual SIGGRAPH event honoring the best animation talents that NYC-area schools can muster. This year’s jury has selected four outstanding achievement pieces to be honored at MetroCAF, but even the least of these entries are amazing bits of work. If you have ever built computer animations yourself, you know how much work goes into these kinds of projects, and how much time even the simplest of steps can actually take. Watch the trailer, and prepare to be amazed. And even if you don’t know how to do this stuff, you should be able to appreciate the results.

The Air and Space Museum has a couple of nice presentations they have put together about how Hollywood has approached showing what going into space will look like over the years. On the Rocket Pioneers page they have a list of early rocket scientists, pretty much the men who invented the entire concept of using rockets to get humans into space. As you read through the entries you will see references to the various science fiction movies they consulted on, such as Fritz Lang’s Frau im Mond. Be sure to check the film clips at the bottom of the page while you are there. They also have Hollywood Spacesuits, and the subtitle to the article says it all: A sci-fi historian’s guide to movie spacesuits, from wacky to realistic.