Lukas Kendall
Hollywood Confessional Podcast: Film Score Ghostwriting
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Lukas Kendall
- 2 days ago
- 1 min
Star Trek: The Next Generation EPK
It’s the 35th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the two-hour pilot, “Encounter at Farpoint.” I previously...
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Lukas Kendall
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
My Top 5 Film Composers
I have a “scratch file” of ideas for blog columns that I’ve been relying upon to put up these daily thoughts. I had one on there, “My Top...
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Lukas Kendall
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Clickbait
Don’t we all hate clickbait? It’s so depressing—in part because it works. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen one of those sci-fi...
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Lukas Kendall
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Michael Piller 1994 Documentary
I’ve long been fascinated with Michael Piller, the writer/producer who came aboard a floundering Star Trek: The Next Generation in the...
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Lukas Kendall
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Andor Premiere
I predicted I would love this show—and I do! What is the single most important thing to great writing? Truthful human behavior. And...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 23
- 1 min
David Carbonara’s Back to One
Just a quick plug today for composer David Carbonara’s new jazz album, Back to One. Check it out!
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 22
- 3 min
I’m Searching for My People
As you can see, I’m a unicorn. So...I’m searching for “my people.” What does this mean? Like all of us, I yearn for belonging and...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 21
- 2 min
Don’t Write a Remove on a Remove
Quick screenwriting tip. I was on one of the Facebook screenwriting groups—there are a bunch of them. From time to time, people post...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 20
- 1 min
House of the Dragon Midpoint
I wrote a bit dismissively about the Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, when it premiered. Halfway through the first season—as...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 19
- 1 min
Lukas and Charlie Interview MICHAEL LEHMANN
Lukas and Charlie are back (sorry for the gap) and we interview director MICHAEL LEHMANN (Heathers, The Woman in the House Across the...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 18
- 2 min
ST:TMP Deleted Scenes, Part 2
Another deleted scene from Star Trek: The Motion Picture has been teased online, from the new super-special-edition home video release....
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 17
- 1 min
Martha’s Vineyard Migrants
My hometown was in the news this past week, when Florida governor Ron DeSantis evidently arranged to lure under false pretenses newly...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Black Belt Jones
I have a confession to make. All those blaxploitation movies—and all those kung fu movies—and, especially, all those blaxploitation +...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 15
- 2 min
Get Back Documentary
I finished watching Get Back on Disney+. I am so glad this exists. It took me a while to get through because I could only watch so much...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 14
- 1 min
R.I.P. Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard has died at the age of 91. The New York Times obituary has a pretty good rundown of his remarkable life and movies. I was...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 13
- 4 min
Misc. Screenwriting Tips Pt. 4
Continued from yesterday. QUICK GUIDE: Secret of Screenwriting 1, 2 and 3. Misc. Tips 1, 2, 3, 4. Above: Reddit/screenwriting. Very...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 12
- 3 min
Misc. Screenwriting Tips Pt. 3
QUICK GUIDE: Secret of Screenwriting 1, 2 and 3. Misc. Tips 1, 2, 3, 4. Some more notes from my own experience in this crazy field....
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 11
- 2 min
Misc. Screenwriting Tips Pt. 2
Above: a random Aliens page by the master, James Cameron. QUICK GUIDE: Secret of Screenwriting 1, 2 and 3. Misc. Tips 1, 2, 3, 4. ACTION...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 10
- 2 min
Misc. Screenwriting Tips Part 1
Above: a page of Outland CD liner notes. See below for context... QUICK GUIDE: Secret of Screenwriting 1, 2 and 3. Misc. Tips 1, 2, 3, 4....
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 9
- 1 min
ST:TNG Cast on Early Talk Show
Check out this video find from our friends at the Post-Geek Singularity. (This is Rob Burnett and Mike Bawden’s site.) It’s the complete...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 8
- 1 min
Star Trek’s 56th Birthday
Star Trek premiered on NBC 56 years ago. (Time for a colonoscopy, Star Trek!) I was, of course, not there. I was born in 1974. But wow...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 7
- 1 min
ST:TMP Director’s Cut Deleted Scenes
This is cool—the new Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K Blu-ray has deleted scenes. Not just the same deleted scenes that we’ve seen in the...
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