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Archive - Dec 20, 2005

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CNN: Court Rejects Intelligent Design In Science Class

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Tue, 12/20/2005 - 2:00am

Score one for the forces of science and reason. Read the full story.

CNN: G4 Network Grabs Star Trek

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Tue, 12/20/2005 - 2:00am

The video game network (which, unfortunately, I do not get) is gunning for the right to air both the Original and Next Generation series of Star Trek. It's sad that I'm so burned out on Trek that I really don't care about this -- if I want to watch either I'll Netflix 'em, but for diehard Trekkers, I'm sure this is a big deal. Read the full story.

King Kong's Triumphant Roar

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Tue, 12/20/2005 - 2:00am

King Kong DVD Cover

King Kong is every 12-year-old boy's dream -- an epic, larger-than-life adventure tinged with horror and managing to make the silver screen look too small to contain it. Plus, it's got a 25-ft tall gorilla fighting dinosaurs.

The story of King Kong is well known, and the surprises in this film come from execution rather than plot. The question is not what will happen uat what new wonders Peter Jackson will show us, and oh, what wonders there are!