The Silver Lining in Bari Weiss’ Shocking Woke Hollywood Expose

Posted by: Marc G

Most of what I knew about how Hollywood really worked came from Robert Altman’s brilliant satire “The Player” and screenwriter William Goldman’s hilarious memoir, “Adventures in the Screen Trade.”

That is, until one afternoon in 1992 when I found myself on the Paramount lot pitching ideas to “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” How exactly that came to happen is a funny story.

A while before, I’d chanced upon an article in Cinefantastique magazine about how a guy named Ron Moore had mailed ...

13
JAN
2022

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Wonder Woman 1984: Not as good as I hoped, not as bad as I feared

Posted by: Marc G

I’ve been on something of a hiatus from commentary as of late–which, given the circumstances the country finds itself in, isn’t the worst thing in the world for a guy who would very much like to keep his marbles; but it also makes me feel a bit derelict in my duty to snark at the passing scene, if only to provide a laughing counterpoint to all the craziness and post-election malaise. So what’s a person to do when he wants ...

5
JAN
2021

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DC Cinematic Universe, Movie Review, Wonder Woman, WW84

From Beijing With Love

Posted by: Marc G

When you write a novel that extrapolates current events to create fictional drama, there’s no greater satisfaction than seeing what you predicted actually come true in real life–unless, of course, you’re talking about space herpes or the zombie apocalypse, in which case everyone’s fortunes take a turn for the worse. With pretty much everything else, though, an author can’t help but say, “I told you so!” hopefully while doing a cable news or national radio ...

8
DEC
2020

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Candidate Z, China, Christine Fang, Espionage

Cable Box Confessions: TOURIST TRAP

Posted by: Marc G

“Dad, will you get the Movie Channel for me?”

Thus began my education in slasher cinema, a rite of passage familiar to many a 12-year-old boy back in the early 80’s. Mind you, I wasn’t imploring my dad to order me a subscription to TMC. I just wanted him to do that little trick he had learned quite by accident one day as he channel surfed and discovered a flaw in how TV providers protected their premium content. ...

8
MAR
2020

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Cable Box Confressions, Tourist Trap

You Remember That New Book I Promised?

Posted by: Marc G

Yeah, yeah–it’s been forever since I sneakily announced a new book was in the works. And yes, it’s also been forever since I last posted anything here on the site. But life, being what it is, has a tendency to get in the way of things like blogging and whatnot–and so does writing and editing a novel!

On that note, though, I’m happy to announce that the work is complete and the new book is now available on Continue Reading

14
FEB
2020

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Candidate Z

Trek or Treat!

Posted by: Marc G

Happy Halloween, Hammerheads! Okay, I probably don’t have near enough fans to actually assign them all a cute nickname–but you’e out there, somewhere, maybe wondering why the hell I haven’t posted in a while. And even if you’re not wondering, I’m gonna tell ya! I’ve been–er, busy? Yeah, that’s the ticket!

Actually, I have been pretty busy lately, doing my contributor gig over at The Resurgent and—don’t keel over from a heart attack when I tell you this–working on ...

25
OCT
2018

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Enterprising Individuals, Podcast, Star Trek

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