Tape Reveals Steven Spielberg’s Insistence on Thirteen Aliens for Indiana Jones
When Steven Spielberg announced that he would be authoring another Indiana Jones film, fans and those with fond memories of the original trio rejoiced: after a lengthy hiatus, everyone’s favorite bullwhip-packing professor would be back to his old tricks. But where would the latest adventure take Dr. Jones this time around? No one—not even Spielberg himself—seemed to know the answer to that question until the final moments of filming.
How Stanley Kubrick and Rod Serling’s Mutual Hatred Got Us to the Moon
Michael Jackson might have made the dance move famous, but the Apollo 11 flight crew turned moonwalking into a nationally unifying event back in July of 1969. The historic television broadcast brought families, friends, and fringe theorists together to watch in awe-struck wonder as a man bounced around the surface of the moon. Fake or not, it was one of America’s finest moments.
Follow me below the fold to find out how a secret and long-standing feud helped propel us to the moon, but stick around for the bonus video of Buzz Aldrin punching some crackpot.
1 vs. 100 Live: Interactive TV Arrives
“Interactive television” is a fabled phrase that has been pitched for decades as the natural evolution of everyones favorite form of idle entertainment. Yet here we are, nearly ten years past the year 2000, and the same hollow promises continue to haunt cable companies and content providers that haven’t figured out how to deliver the future to their customers. And while there has been no shortage of attempts—take, for instance, Time Warner’s ambitious moves in the mid-90s—the finished product has always proved elusive.
But fear not, my friends, for the future has finally arrived: Microsoft, one of the most unlikely of innovators, has made interactive TV a tangible reality. Now all you need is an XBOX 360, an internet connection, and the desire to drain hours of your life answering trivia with a stadium full of competitors playing for real-world prizes.
The Making of Moonwalker: Letters to SEGA
It has been said (in small, unimportant circles) that a man is truly a man when he has been made into memorabilia. By that measure, Michael Jackson was unquestionably a superman and may have bested Superman himself when it came to merchandising. Michael graced everything from lunch boxes to lamp shades, but his master stroke was Moonwalker, a video game made by SEGA back in 1990.
Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker is an action-adventure arcade game that answers a very simple question: What if you were Michael Jackson and you had to dance-fight your way through caverns, streets, and bars to save kidnapped children from ne’er-do-wells?