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Trivial Posts #21: Bond Themes, Vincent Price’s Team, And Nuclear Dreams

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And now, live (ish) from the Dublin Web Summit, some links and thoughts from my recent web browsing. If you’re at the Summit, ping me and say hi. If you get Trivial Posts emailed over to you, just hit reply. Web readers can reach me via ewanspence@gmail.com. What I’ve Been Up To What does the 1000 True Fans theory offer performers entering the Eurovision Song Contest, or any TV talent show? Some thoughts on maximising the moments over on ESC Insight. My ‘Beyond Eurovision’ radio show continues to be broadcast four times a week on Radio Six International, tune in

Trivial Posts #20: Cliffhangers, Knitting, And Error Trapping

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What Have I Been Up To? Two appearances online from myself to highlight this week. The first is an appearance in the popular culture podcast ‘From The Sublime‘ where I talk about cliffhangers in modern television (with a specific focus on Doctor Who’. The second is a review of Microsoft Office 2016 on Forbes. Which Is The Better Star Wars Trailer? The nostalgia and new crew style that debuted this week for ‘The Force Awakens‘… or the genuine wish fulfilment of the PlayStation Christmas? Metafilter discusses the weaker trailer Indie Music And Knitting Finding a post on being self-employed and

Just Say No To Ewoks

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BBC News: Warwick Davis, who played Wicket the Ewok in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, will have a role in the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode VII. It is unknown whether Davis will return as Wicket. The actor reprised the role in two TV spin-offs in 1984 and 1985. Please, no.

How the Millennium Falcon decided the height of every Star Wars figure

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The Logbook looks at the design issues Kenner faced with the first Star Wars toys: Kenner’s designers had to come up with the Falcon first for a very simple reason: the scale of the vehicle would determine the scale of the figures. Prior to Star Wars, it was generally accepted that action character toys aimed for boys were along the lines of the foot-tall G.I. Joe toys. Obviously, a Millennium Falcon scaled for that kind of figure would have been less an action vehicle and more of a piece of furniture. With a certain price point in mind for the

Yoda had a make-up artist?

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Stuart Freeborn, a pioneering movie makeup artist behind creatures such as Yoda and Chewbacca in the “Star Wars” films, has died. He was 98. I know that there would have been a huge amount of work going into the design and look of the puppets and masks in Star Wars, but I can’t help seeing Chewbacca getting his eyebrows plucked by a busy little man who never stops chattering about his kids.