What is On Jeffs' Mind

This past weekend, I was honored to guest host with Rico on the Treks in Sci-Fi podcast. Rico and I covered the first Tron movie that came out back in 1982. We talked a lot about the making of the movie, some behind the scenes facts and trivia, or other aspects of the movie. Rico played some clips from the movie and we commented on them. It was a lot of fun to get the chance to guest host with Rico, and Tron was a lot of fun to talk about.  We also talked a few other topics such as computers from the 80′s, Pong, Star Wars and Star Trek. To find out more, checkout Treks in Sci-Fi, it is podcast number 333.

Tags: Rico, Treks in Sci-Fi, Tron

This week I am guess hosting the Treks in Sci-Fi podcast with my friend Rick. When I visited Rick in the summer, we had talked about doing a guest host gig on Treks in Sci-Fi, and this week we got our chance to do that. We had talked about a few different subjects, but Galactica 1980 was at the top of both of our lists. We both have a fondness for the original Battlestar Galactica series, and Galactica 1980 was not a series that was covered in any depth on Treks in Sci-Fi. Rick approached Rico, the show host about the idea, and he allowed us to do it.

Galactica 1980 was never a series that was held in much regard. A lot of the episodes were very campy and cheesy, and most felt that the over all quality of the series was very low. I am not going to disagree that it could have been done much better, but there was some cool stories and ideas that came out of it. I think another reason that turned people off of the show, was that the majority of the cast did not return. I remember as a kid being disappointed that Apollo and Starbuck were not on the show, and that the settings were not sci-fi enough for me, and just plain pedestrian. The series only lasted 10 episodes, and then it was gone into history. Looking back at the series, it makes me remember just how old I am, as to think that it came out 31 years ago almost to the day. Wow, I am feeling very old.

We joked on the podcast, that we are sort of into B grade Sci-Fi, which made both of us chuckle. Last year I did a podcast on the Time Tunnel, another cheesy sci-fi show from another era. I also did a podcast on Earth 2, which some considered B grade as well. So I am thinking that the listeners of Treks in Sci-Fi are associating me with B grade stuff, I am sure every time they hear my name, they are going to be wondering what I am going to come out with next . It was a lot of fun to guest host with Rick, we had a great time reminiscing about the show. I was surprised how much information I found on the show, so it gave us plenty to talk about, to the point that Rick had to cut a lot out. Sometimes when you start a project you worry if you will have enough content, but usually by the end, you have more then enough.

Guest hosting was a lot of fun, and looking forward to getting the chance to do it again in the future. Check out the podcast at Treks in Sci-Fi, it should be up sometime Sunday.

Tags: Battlestar Galactica, Earth 2, Galactica 1980, Rick Moyer, Rico, The Time Tunnel, Treks in Sci-Fi

Not much overly interesting lately to talk about. So this post will be a little bit of this, and a little bit of that.

 I am really getting excited for the new Star Trek movie coming out soon. I even took the Friday off so that I can go see it. I would like to go see it at the first showing, but not sure when that is, possibly Thursday evening, so I will see. If not, then I am set for the Friday to go during the day. Lately I have been trying to avoid finding out to much information about the movie, so I have not been looking at any posts or sites that talk to much in detail about the movie. I want my first time watching to be as unspoiled as possible.

I got a few cool things in the mail this week. I got my Treks in Sci-Fi  T-Shirt from Rico. This time it is grey, and has some important Trek dates on the back of the shirt. Looks cool and already wore it once. The next day I got in some LOST Kubricks that I had won in an eBay auction a few weeks earlier. They are pretty cool, in the series: Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Locke, Sayid, Charlie and Hurley. I think I like Locke, Sawyer and Charlie the most out of these, but all are very cool.  I do hope that they continue on with these, as I think they have so much more to do with them. I guess I will have to wait and see. Below is a pic of the Sawyer Kubrick.

The weekend was pretty quiet. I had originally planned on going to Calgary for a Comic Show, but decided that there wasn’t much I really wanted so decided to stay home. Tao tao and I did some cleaning around the house, and rearranged our Kitchen. In the evenings I watched some DVD’s, I felt a bit like a kid in that I watched some Battle of the Planet and had some Pop Shoppe Pop . It reminded me of when I was a kid, I really liked that Pop, and it pretty much tastes the same as it did when I was younger, The Battle of the Planets just set the mood .

Tao tao is finished her school now, and she is going to start looking for work. Hopefully she can find something quick, as she would like to save some money to go back to China this summer. This afternoon we went over to the mall, and she picked up some applications from a few places. At least stores had Job Applications out, so that is promising.

Looking forward to a new LOST and Fringe this week on TV, they are getting close to the season end for both series. Heroes season finale is on Monday, and hoping that it is good, last weeks episode was not bad, so hoping this one is as well. I am sort of hoping they leave Heroes with a cliff hanger, so it gives me something to think about over the summer. Presently I am reading Darth Bane: The Rule of Two, is seems pretty decent so far. I am trying to read more, as I am hoping at some point I can read two books a month, as there are so many Star Wars and Star Trek books I want to read.

Tags: Battle of the Planets, Charlie - LOST, Darth Bane, Fringe, Heroes, Hurley, Jack - LOST, Kate - LOST, Locke, LOST, LOST Kubricks, Rico, Sawyer, Sayid, Star Trek, Star Wars, Tao tao, The Pop Shoppe, Treks in Sci-Fi