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Posted By: Dan Geer

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Recently, I was in Orlando, Florida exploring the Universal Studios theme park, riding the many movie-themed attractions they have there like Jaws, the Men in Black Alien Attack and Revenge of the Mummy. One of them I went on was the E.T. Adventure, where it simulates the flying bike ride from the movie as well as visiting E.T.’s home planet. While it’s a bit dated now, it was still quite a fun little ride.

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Source: Collider | /Film | MuggleNet | The Leaky Cauldron | Posted By: Dan Geer

Yesterday, a test screening for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was held in Chicago, IL. So, of course, a few reviews have hit the web. Hit the jump to read a bit of what people are saying!

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Source: Star Wars Celebration | Posted By: Dan Geer

Before I knew it, it was already the last day of Star Wars Celebration V. As a fan, you wait and wait until the next Celebration, and when they finally come around they’re already over with. It is always bittersweet, but at the same time the last day of the convention is always the most relaxing – which is a very good thing after being awake for literally 24 hours the day before.

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Source: Star Wars Celebration | Posted By: Dan Geer

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Hmm… where to begin? How about 1 AM Saturday morning? That’s when I got up to get ready and go wait in line at the Orange County Convention Center to see first hand The Main Event interview between The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart and the maker himself – George Lucas.

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Source: Star Wars Celebration | Posted By: Dan Geer

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It was Day 2, and I was extremely excited for the day. Essentially, it was Mark Hamill day for me. I had originally planned on attending “The Sounds of Star Wars” Panel at 10:30 AM with the legendary Ben Burtt, but I ended up walking to the wrong stage. However, it ended up working out for me though, because the stage I walked to was going to have the Mark Hamill panel at 2:30, and the line was just starting to form. Needless to say, I claimed my place in line.

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Source: Star Wars Celebration | Posted By: Dan Geer

And so it begins. The first day of Star Wars Celebration V, while it did not contain the biggest events of the weekend (Friday and Saturday will be filled with those), it was still quite an eventful day. And just so you know, I do have pictures to show, however I forgot my USB cord for the camera to plug into my laptop, so I will have to update these posts later on in the week with actual photos.

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Source: Star Wars Celebration V | Posted By: Dan Geer

Bounty Hunters

It has been over five years since I attended my first Star Wars Celebration, which was Celebration III in Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to that, I had never really considered going to a Star Wars convention before – but it was the year of the last live-action Star Wars film ever to be made, so I figured it was probably going to be quite an event and that I should go. Needless to say, the con exceeded my expectations and I immediately made up my mind that I would be going at least one more time if there were to be any more Celebrations.

I ended up attending Celebration IV in 2007 in Los Angeles on the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, and now I am currently in Orlando, Florida sitting in my hotel room with a friend and my dad, anxiously awaiting the long-anticipated Star Wars Celebration V to celebrate the recent 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back.

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Source: We Got This Covered

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Posted By: Dan Geer
PCM’s new friends over at We Got This Covered recently published an article which analyzes various theories and questions regarding the film Inception. While I tend to lean more towards the movie being pretty straightforward, it cannot be denied that there are other ways one could interpret various elements of the film.

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Written By: Dan Geer

That’s right folks. Twenty-five years ago today, on July 3, 1985, Back to the Future was released in theaters. While director Robert Zemekis has made great films since then (the Back to the Future sequels, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Forrest Gump, etc.), I think most everyone can agree that, out of all his films, this one is by far the most popular and most memorable by movie fans in general.

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Written By: Dan Geer

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Almost every Saturday night, I get together with friends and family to watch episodes of The X-Files – projected onto a big screen (well, a wall actually). Sometimes, we follow it up with an old-school sci-fi or horror flick, but it seems that, as of late, we’ve been watching a lot of X-Files episodes! So, for your viewing pleasure, I’ve taken a few photos (to the best of my camera’s ability) of what a typical Saturday night looks like for us.

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