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STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES - APRIL 22, 2026 - ANIMATED GIF

[diyentertainment]

Happy Birthday Gene Roddenberry!! DIYE will be remembering him by rewatching The Menagerie!!

[sistahscifi]

[FUN FACT] Nichelle Nichols originally auditioned for the role of Spock on Star Trek. When Gene Roddenberry and the producers of Star Trek asked Nichols to audition, the role of Lieutenant Uhura hadn’t even been thought of yet; Roddenberry just knew he wanted her on the show. So, they had Nichelle learn the lines for Spock. Obviously, she nailed it. Introduce the children in your life to this incredible woman with TO BOLDLY GO: HOW NICHELLE NICHOLS AND STAR TREK HELPED ADVANCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT by @AngelaDalton_Author and @byLaurenSemmer published by @harpercollins. Link in bio: @SistahScifi | www.sistahscifi.com or request it from your local #library! Image reposted from @rabbit_ears_tv Star Trek premiered in 1966! 🖖🏻 Though the ratings only let Star Trek run for 3 seasons, following its 1969 cancellation the series of movies and spin-offs turned it into one of the biggest sci-fi franchises of all time! #NichelleNichols #Uhura #StarTrek #CaptainKirk #Kirk #WilliamShatner #Spock #LeonardNimoy #🖖🏻 #Enterprise #LiveLongAndProsper #GeorgeTakei #Sulu #Scotty #60s #Space #ClassicTV #SistahScifi  (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClmF9bxvd0G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[adamwatchesmovies]

Mulan (1998)

1998’s Mulan is a cut above most animated films. Wonderful art direction (particularly in the character designs), a rousing soundtrack, a great story, and memorable characters make it an instant favorite.

In ancient China, the Huns have traversed the Great Wall. The Emperor (Pat Morita) orders one man from every family join the army to defend the country. Fa Mulan (voiced by Ming-Na Wen) realizes her father will be killed if he enlists and disguises herself as a man to takes his place. Accompanying her on this journey is the disgraced family guardian, a pint-sized dragon named Mushu (voiced by Eddie Murphy).

Let's get the film’s weaknesses out of the way so we can focus on what makes it so good: the animal sidekicks. Eddie Murphy as Mushu brings plenty of laughs to balance out the intense sequences of combat and drama. He’s given a “buddy” - a lucky cricket named Cri-Kee. The insect is ultimately unnecessary and could’ve probably been merged with Mulan’s (non-anthropomorphic) horse.

Unlike most other female-led Disney animated films, the romance is downplayed, replaced with themes of duty and family honor. Mulan is a well-developed protagonist you instantly relate to. As a woman, she’s expected to look good, cook, and bear children. She wants more but doesn’t reject the expectations placed on her. She’s not a brat. There are moments of comedy when arrives at the boot camp but overall, this story plays out seriously. Mulan risks execution by taking her father’s place but when told to quit and return home, she chooses not to. She’s determined to prove herself, to bring honor to her family. Ultimately, she turns what others would perceive as her weaknesses into strengths - a recurring theme.

Mulan has visuals that stand out and they're working overtime. Few of the menacing Huns have any dialogue. Shan You (Miguel Ferrer) barely gets more than a dozen lines but one look and you know all you need to. We don't need to be told what makes him and Mulan different, why they're opposed. The real struggle is our heroine versus the expectations placed upon her.

The watercolor-like aesthetics make each scene pop, particularly when it uses blacks and whites. The best example comes in a massive battle set in the mountains. The scene is a microcosm of everything good about the film. Mulan gets to show off what makes her a hero, the humor and peril flow into each other seamlessly, and the score is terrific.

Mulan gets to be quite intense in several emotional scenes. These moments, along with its titular character make it a film that endures much more than the comedy, the visuals, or even the soundtrack - which is memorable but features surprisingly few songs. Although there are a couple of blemishes that could’ve been polished, it’s hard to imagine another crack at this story reaching the legendary status this one's earned. We’ll just have to wait and see. (On Blu-ray, March 15, 2020)

[librarycomic]

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott. Art by Harmony Becker. Top Shelf, 2019. 9781603094504. 208pp.

Takei's memoir about being interned with his family as a young boy, during World War II, and its aftermath, opens with him and his brother being awoken by their parents and told to get dressed. Soldiers enforcing Executive Order 9066 have arrived to take them away. It's upsetting and powerful. Flash forward to Takei's TED talk in Kyoto in 2014, and then the story of his parents and his own birth, Japan's unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor and the US reaction to it -- a history lesson that includes includes "Lock up the Japs" as a popular political position. Most of the rest of the book tells the story of the Takei family's forced relocations and incarceration beginning in Spring 1942 at Santa Anita Racetrack, Camp Rohwer in Arkansas, and Camp Tule Lake in northern California. The details about crowding and conditions are pitch perfect alongside with some funny moments of Takei and his siblings being kids and misbehaving and playing even in those difficult circumstances. I think kids will find these bits very readable, while I found myself identifying with his parents who were trying to do the best for their kids despite where they were. After WWII, they return to Los Angeles, and are forced to rebuild their lives while living on skid row. As Takei begins attending school he sees that racism against Japanese Americans continues (he has to deal with it in his classroom), and he comes to understand that the camps he lived in were like jail. A quick 30 pages at the end brings Takei's story up to date as he begins acting and supporting civil rights, the government apology to Japanese Americans for their internment, and recent court cases that affect immigrants and those traveling to the US.

Worth noting: The art is black and white with a lot of digital textures, and the panel layouts are fairly simple. Along with the young Takei looking out from the cover, these work together to make this a book almost anyone will enjoy, though kids will take more of an interest in the pages about Takei's incarceration as a young boy.

[geekbroll]

The second batch of “Scooby-Doo! And Guess Who?” Is now on Boomerang.   . . . 14 - Whoopi Goldberg - "The Nightmare Ghost of Psychic U!" 15 - Mark Hamill - "The Sword, The Fox, and the Scooby-Doo!" 16 - The Flash - "One Minute Mysteries!" 17 - George Takei - "Hollywood Knights!" 18 - Halsey - "The New York Underground!" 19 - Steve Buscemi - "Fear of the Fire Beast!" 20 - Jeff Dunham & Darci Lynne Farmer - "Too Many Dummies!" 21 - Maddie Ziegler - "Dance Matron of Mayhem!" 22 - Jeff Foxworthy - "The Wedding Witch of Wainsly Hall!" 23 - Malcolm McDowell - "A Run Cycle Through Time!" 24 - The Hex Girls - "I Put A Hex On You!" 25 - Christian Slater - "The High School Wolfman's Musical Lament!" 26 - Neil deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye - "Space Station Scooby!" . . . That’s 26 episodes for the show. It’s on Boomerang which exactly zero people who aren’t me mention when talking about #TheStreamingWars. So expect this to be the end of the series. At some point there will be an #HBOMax announcement for the next Scooby Doo series. This series is awesome. You should watch it and tell all of your friends about it.  . . . #scoobydoo #scoobydooandguesswho #hannabarbera #boomerang #georgetakei #markhamill #dccomics #theflash #hexgirls #thehexgirls #jefffoxworthy #jeffdunham #sia #christianslater #NeildeGrasseTyson #billnye #malcolmmcdowell #velmadinkley #shaggyrogers #lukeskywalker #fredjones #mysteryinc #daphneblake #warnerbroscartoons #warnerbrosanimation #whoopigoldberg #ghosts  (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCMu6C2hsWX/?igshid=ykyhz0tndz2

[lazyliteratus]

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. Oh My! . . #teamemery #teamemes #teameme #tea #meme #memes #startrekmemes #picard #sulu #georgetakei #patrickstewart #teaearlgreyhot #ohmy https://www.instagram.com/p/B24R0IpgdJz/?igshid=1s4x0vpcufbmx

[joi-in-the-tardis]

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