Month: January 2015

Death from Above, part 5: Meteor (1979)

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And we’re back. Yes, it’s another impact movie, but for good reason.* ‘Sides, after Outland how can you say no to another bad sci-fi movie starring Sean Connery? This one is Meteor (1979), not to be confused with the 2009 miniseries of the same name (stay tuned for that one). Now, this film was supposedly … Read more

SpaceCamp

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This one is gonna be tough. You see, in the summer between the 7th and 8th grades, I attended Space Camp. It was only 2 years after the movie came out, and I’d probably seen the film a dozen times after begging my parents to let me rent it at the video store. I loved … Read more

By soon, I meant…

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Last summer turned out to be a bit busier than anticipated. I had a press release, traveled a lot, supervised two excellent summer research students, submitted a paper, taught a class… well, you get the point. Now it’s time for my annual DragonCon recap. In addition to Live Astronomy (more below), I did a few other things … Read more