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It's been a good year for seeing old fading rock stars - in May I saw Jethro Tull for the first time, and now last night I saw Rick Wakeman up close and personal. Who is Rick Wakeman I hear you ask? He is the keyboard player for the band 'Yes'. Who are 'Yes' I hear you ask? They are a...

Anyone read any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett? I have always wanted to perhaps read one, but I have not really heard anyone say anything good or bad about them. Would anyone recommend them?

Amen to that, brother! It has got to be one of the most pathetic episodes of Trek ever made - and they dropped it in the middle of Season 7, where they were supposed to be tying up all of the Dominion War stuff. Also, I was never a fan of the Ferengi-based episodes, so if I was rewatching DS9...

Re: HBO\'s Rome I've had the pleasure of seeing Sir Derek Jacobi on stage out here in Australia last year, and I have to tell you, he does have a commanding stage presence. He was here with Donald Sinden, Ian Richardson and Dame Diana Rigg in a performance of The Royal Shakespeare's production...

Re: New Prequel Trek Movie idea has been submitted In DS9, the Cardassian/Bajoran occupation/conflict was in my mind certainly based on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

I tried - God knows I tried - to read all of those, but by book 8, I was so irritated by the slowness of the unfloding plots, and the petty bickering of the main characters that I just gave up in disgust. Which is a shame as I really enjoyed the first 4 to 5 books in the series.

Re: HBO\'s Rome If you want decadence during the Empire, you need to read the exploits of Elagabalus - emperor from 218 to 222 AD. His exploits would make your hair stand on end, and make the antics of Caligula and Nero look like a series of innocent walks through the park.

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Re: New Prequel Trek Movie idea has been submitted Another Trek movie produced by Berman? I'd rather watch Catwoman!

Gee, a poster! THAT'S a good reason to spend over $400 Australian to get all the DVD's that I already own! :rolleyes:

Really? It has some very good scenes (all of the stuff with Dukat), but I find that the whole 'let's resolve the glowing Triluminary/Sinclair/Valen' scenario was a very unsatisfactory way to deal with it. Delenn is a child of Valen? Opens up too many questions that were never really addressed...

Magnificent! Even though the Jack the Ripper motif has been used in other series, it still works quite well here. And it also highlights the moral ambiguity that lies at the heart of the Vorlon philosophy.

Re: HBO\'s Rome Looking at his military victories up until he bacame part of the triumvirate, I would say his title was completely justified. Much like Gaius Marius, he was a military genius who found himself crippled by the envious Senators back in Rome, who were frightened of him, while at...

Re: New Prequel Trek Movie idea has been submitted In other words, something very like DS9's Dominion War?

Hyp, Are the Harry Potter books worth reading? I've avoided them, as I feel kinda weird reading a book that's geared towards 12 year old kids (at least the first one was). Are they something worth reading, or am I likely to forget about them the instant I put them down?

Yeah, I agree JMS might not have this in mind for the long-awaited movie, but what about an off-Broadway musical? Or just a plain old-fashioned 1970's overbloated Prog Rock double album? Ah, those were the days! :) But if Pete were writing the lyrics - well, they'd be a lot more direct... I...

Joe, Your enthusiasm for these books is well founded. They are indeed brilliant, and an excellent companion to a very well researched history book that recounts the very same era. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it: ‘Rubicon’ by Tom Holland. Here’s a link...

Hey, I like that! Babylon 5 - The Rock Opera So ya, thought ya, might like to join with the Shadows. To feel the warm thrill of confusion, with Keepers that grow. Do you fear the Vorlons, sunshine? Are they not what you expected to see? If you want to find out what's behind their encounter...

And instead of exploding pigs flying through the arena, you'd have flying Vorlon ships! Mother do you think the Vorlons'll come? Mother do you think they'll blot out the sun? Mother do you think they'll try and kill us now? Oooh, ah, mother should I join the Shadows now? :D

No, no, no - Conan the Librarian has got to be it - you know, commands respect, and implies the threat of violence if someone refuses to return a book! You can even use a quote from the Conan movie when revoking their borrowing rights (in Governor Arnold's voice, of course): "You know what the...