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Lukas Kendall
Jun 4, 20241 min read
Farewell Uni Watch Guy
Time for one of my occasional sports posts (sorry). I love the Uni-Watch blog, with all its arcane observations about sports uniforms:...
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Lukas Kendall
Jun 3, 20241 min read
The Reversal of Richard Sun
The Reversal of Richard Sun is a student film by John Milius with appearances by many of his USC buddies, including Basil Poledouris...
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Lukas Kendall
Jun 2, 20241 min read
The Empire Strikes Back 70mm Ending
Here’s something hardcore Star Wars fans know about—including me—but I hadn’t seen reconstructed: the original, slightly shorter ending...
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Lukas Kendall
May 27, 20241 min read
The Empire Strikes Back Set Visit
I love anything behind-the-scenes about my favorite movies, especially the original Star Wars films. Here’s a set visit by an English...
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Lukas Kendall
May 24, 20241 min read
Okkto
So you’ve probably heard I’ve helped start a coffee company. It’s been interesting learning about a new area of collectibles. Soundtracks...
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Lukas Kendall
May 21, 20241 min read
TMNT Coffee
We have announced our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coffee at PopCultureCoffee.com! Please check out our line of TMNT coffee (either whole...
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Lukas Kendall
May 20, 20241 min read
Is It 1969 Again?
The Fall Guy—still performing decently in theaters—is being released to digital tomorrow. This is a movie that did good business,...
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Lukas Kendall
May 19, 20241 min read
The Great Contraction
What a time to be trying to make anything in the entertainment business. After a crippling double strike, creatives have discovered the...
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Lukas Kendall
May 11, 20241 min read
Pop Culture Coffee Update
I promise to finish the alphabet of cool CDs we have in stock! I was working so hard last week that my wrist got so sore and I’m...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 28, 20241 min read
Rare Peckinpah Interview
I stumbled upon what has to be a very rare Sam Peckinpah interview, courtesy Dennis Hunt (on his YouTube channel) who had a Las...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 23, 20241 min read
Shōgun 2024
Thumbs way up for the new version of Shōgun, which I finished watching last night. I have never read the book, or seen the 1980...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 21, 20241 min read
MacGyver Origin Story
I used to watch MacGyver in the 1980s, as did a lot of us. The star was likable and it was fun watching him make all those gadgets out of...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 20, 20242 min read
Colored Contact Lenses
I have a problem. I cannot un-see the colored contact lenses they are putting on actors in certain shows. The new Shogun is absolutely...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 18, 20241 min read
Last Week’s Eclipse
I didn’t realize what a big deal last week’s eclipse was. We only got a little bit of shade in the L.A. area, and I experimented with...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 17, 20241 min read
Harpers Article on Hollywood
Above: Star Trek actors on strike in front of Paramount last September. Everybody I talk to in the entertainment industry says it’s the...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 15, 20241 min read
McMansion Hell
Nothing important today, just a funny site I came across: McMansion Hell. We have more than a few of these on Martha’s Vineyard and I’ve...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 14, 20241 min read
Indict and Convict
Found on YouTube! An extremely rare intersection of obscure William Shatner projects and obscure Jerry Goldsmith projects: the 1974 TV...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 13, 20242 min read
Why I Don’t Like A.I. Art
I don’t like A.I. art because it sucks. Sorry to be puerile. I’m not talking today about the economic and moral reasons why writers,...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 11, 20241 min read
Ahoy! Short Film on Seed and Spark
Store update: The issue with Norton antivirus software flagging www.fsmcds.com has been resolved. It was a mistake on their part and we...
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Lukas Kendall
Apr 7, 20242 min read
1984
It’s hard to believe 1984 was forty years ago. I remember in the 1980s looking at old black and white movies and thinking they were...
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