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Stop With All Your Ish … tar

March 30, 2018 by Bill McCormick Leave a Comment

That's the Easter bunny of my youth. How about yours? — That’s the Easter bunny of my youth. How about yours?

I know that people get so excited when something seems to agree with their narrow view that they neglect to check the facts. It’s why, and how, the Tea Party thrives. That being said, atheists and rationalists are allegedly the people who live on facts and facts alone. I used to count myself among their number until I realized that if I was the most evolved creature in the universe then the universe was fucked. Therefore, while I subscribe to no particular religion, I do believe in God. I also believe in facts. I understand that making fun of people who believe in God is fun to do and that American Evangelical Christians and the Taliban, two like minded groups, are easy targets. Still I do expect a little more out of my non-believing friends. If you are going to belittle me please do so based on reality. I can live with that. Anyway, about four Easters ago I wrote about the whole Ishtar meme that seems to captivate those people who hate believers and facts with equal verve. Since it’s popping up again I’m tossing this blog up again.

Happy Easter.

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Last year I wrote about the history of Easter. Mostly how it came to get that name since there is no such word in the Bible. Long story short, the holiday got blended with the Pagan celebration of the goddess Ostara a/k/a Eastre. She was, still is I would guess, a fertility goddess so the whole rebirth / resurrection theme fit well with the pagans of the day. And, while odd at its face, the whole eggs, bunnies and resurrection theme has had it’s uses. As I also noted the tradition of handing out eggs replaced human sacrifice. So that was some good news for folks. And, since the traditions were already mangled, Eastern Europeans now celebrate Easter with some fun S&M. Because nothing says “Jesus died for your sins” like a day filled with a few rounds of spank and tickle with a smoking hot brunette. These are the same people who celebrate a child eating demi-god for Christmas, so it all makes sense to them.

Some folks wrote to me to let me know that I had missed the whole Ishtar connection. Since there isn’t one, no, I didn’t. I’ll let Megan Mcardle explain.

My unfavorite new Facebook meme is this bit of sillyness which has apparently been spotted everywhere from the feeds of my college friends to (allegedly) that of Richard Dawkins’ Foundation for Reason and Science:

I immediately knew that this was a bit of nonsense for the simple reason that Easter is an English word. The Greeks and Romans called it Pascha, which is why Easter is Pasqua in Italian, Pascua in Spanish, and Paques in French. How exactly did the name of a Canaanite fertility goddess skip all the way to England from the Middle East without stopping in Rome or Byzantium?

There was (is?) a goddess named Ishatr and she seems to, loosely, be the basis for the goddess Ostara mentioned above but that’s about it. You’re covering about 2,500 years to get from point A to point B just in the names. As to the whole litany of other things allegedly associated with her, they are just wrong. She was noted for killing her lovers, making the animals she had sex with impotent and pissing off Gilgamesh.

That’s not exactly how the story of Jesus’ rebirth goes. Trust me, I’ve read it.

Just because words are homonyms doesn’t mean they mean the same thing. Otherwise anti, ante and auntie would make for interesting families.

“Hi, this is my uncle and antimatter.”

Your great antediluvian.

I digress.

One thing that amazes me is the fact that people seem surprised that Christian holidays have pagan associations. Christianity, for all its many faults, is the most inclusive religion in the world. Initially that inclusion was simply practical. They couldn’t just conquer everyone so they needed to meet them half way if they were going to increase the size of the flock.

And, yes, it is true that Christianity has been the source of some horrid atrocities as well. Just ask a Gnostic if you can find one. People will angrily point that fact out every Christian holiday too.

Face it, Christianity is a roiling dichotomy. It has been since Saul who became Paul donned his sandals on the road to Damascus. That isn’t going to change any time soon.

In the end I look at it this way; there are enough true things associated with religions that I don’t need to make any up. And if you think eggs and bunnies are weird, you just haven’t been to a good penis festival yet.

“Legend Of The Golden Egg Warrior” from CRUSH on Vimeo.

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Feliz de San Patricios (again)

March 16, 2018 by Bill McCormick Leave a Comment

Back on March 17, 2011 I posted an often overlooked aspect of St. Patrick’s day. For example, every red headed Latin person you meet is part Irish. There is no exception to that rule. Why that is so is the subject I wrote about then.

Grab a cuppa and prepare to enjoy a bit of history you probably never heard about.

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The little, poorly made, nameplate on my desk says World News Center. Since that is so, I feel it is my duty to look beyond the musty confines of my locale and imbue you with knowledge of the greater world around you. I can already hear some of you saying, “Hey Doofus! It’s St. Patrick’s day. We already get that. Wear green, drink beer! What else do you need to know?” Well, ye of little knowledge, you’d be surprised. St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, for example, bears no resemblance to the Bacchanal celebrated in America. It’s a somber, religious, holiday where people pray for enemies to no longer taint their shores and for blessings to be laid upon their homes and families. To be polite, it’s not exactly a wild party.

More importantly to our blog here today, it’s a Catholic holiday. I point this out not to exclude any other religions but to explain something that happened around 150 years ago that is very important to a lot of people.

The Irish in America at that time were trying to fit in. Many joined the military. There they were subjected to abuse, both verbal and physical, by the Protestant leaders who ran things. Even so, they fought and died for their new country. They fought insurrectionists, they fought Indians, they fought anyone they were told to fight until 1848. That was when they were told to fight Mexicans. More specifically, Catholic Mexicans.

Combined with the abuse and torment heaped upon them by Protestant officers, that was too much for them to bear. The Irish, en masse, defected to the Mexican army. While almost none of the soldiers spoke Spanish, that didn’t matter. Since they were Catholic, and had their priests with them, the priests spoke Latin. Just like the Mexican priests did. Just like all priests did back then. All negotiations for land, intermarriages and service in the Mexican army were handled by the priests.

The Irish knew they would be facing a far superior force in the American army and that their future looked to be short. They did it anyway. What happened next is why there’s a Día de San Patricio in Mexico and other Latin countries to this day. Viva San Carlos has the rest of the story.

Dubious about why they were fighting a Catholic country and fed up with mistreatment by their Anglo-Protestant officers, hundreds of Irish, German and other immigrants deserted Taylor’s army and joined forces with Mexico.

Led by Capt. John Riley of Co. Galway, they called themselves the St. Patrick’s Battalion (in Spanish, the San Patricios) and fought against their former comrades in all the major campaigns of the war.

The history of the San Patricios is a woeful tale of angry, bewildered, naive, or calculating young men, from varied backgrounds, who deserted for a myriad of reasons and paid a fearful price.

The San Patricios, in the words of one Mexican general, “deserved the highest praise, because they fought with daring bravery.” But eventually, Mexico surrendered, ceding almost half its territory to the United States.

Each San Patricio who deserted from the US side was interned after the war in Mexico and subsequently given an individual court-martial trial. Many of the Irish were set free, but some paid the ultimate price. Roughly half of the San Patricio defectors who were executed by the US for desertion were Irish.

There are ceremonies there twice a year, on September 12 which is the anniversary of the executions, and on Saint Patrick’s Day.

It also clarifies the reasons for the war, and the active participation of immigrant people (most notably Irish but also Scots and Germans) who joined the Mexican side and paid for that decision with their lives.

Heroes
The Saint Patrick’s Battalion in the US-Mexican War, has placed the Irish as a revered race in Mexico; even to this day, an Irish person in Mexico will be told a countless number of times about the famous ‘Irish Martyrs’ who defected from the US Army and gave their lives trying to save Mexico from US aggression from 1846-1848.

A main reason for their hero status in Mexico is derived from their exemplary performance in the battlefield. The San Patricios ultimately suffered severe casualties at the famous battle at Churubusco, which is considered the Waterloo for the Mexican Army in this war. Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who also commanded the armed forces, stated afterwards that if he had commanded a few hundred more men like the San Patricios, Mexico would have won that ill-famed battle.

The importance of these Irish renegades has not waned in Mexico over the years. In 1959, the Mexican government dedicated a commemorative plaque to the San Patricios across from San Jacinto Plaza in the Mexico City suburb of San Angel; it lists the names of all members of the battalion who lost their lives fighting for Mexico, either in battle or by execution.

A major celebration was held there in 1983, when the Mexican government authorized a special commemorative medallion honouring the San Patricios. First there was a special mass at a nearby parish, then school children placed floral wreaths at the plaque; the Mexico City Symphony played the national anthems of both Mexico and Ireland; Mexican officials eulogized the Irish Martyrs, and a few words were spoken by Irish Ambassador Tadgh O’Sullivan.

Beginning in 1993, the Irish began their own annual ceremony in Clifden, Co. Galway, John Riley’s hometown.

While the brave soldiers of Saint Patrick’s Battalion are not particularly well-known outside Mexico, it is clear that their god-like status in Mexico is enough to compensate for the attention they failed to receive in other countries. There is still a fond memory of “Los Colorados” the red-headed Irishmen who gave their lives in the struggle for Mexican sovereignty.

There are Irish names in prominent places – if you can recognize them. There’s “O’Brien City,” for instance, better known as Ciudad Obregon in the northern state of Sonora. Alvaro Obregon (1880-1928) was a famous and admired Mexican soldier and statesman.

Today few towns in Mexico are without a street by the name. O’Brien became the Spanish “Obregon,” just like O’Dunn and McMurphy are changed to American-English “Dunn” and “Murphy.” Sainte mait cuzat! (Irish for “Good health to you.”)

The story of the San Patricios has already been given the film treatment by Mark Day of California and it was shown on RTE earlier this year.

However it has also attracted the attention of Bill McDonald, producer of Silver, and he has shot a new version in Durango in Mexico, with Tom Berenger in the lead role as Sergeant Riley from Clifden!

More extraordinary again is that Prince Albert de Monaco, son of Princess Grace, appears as a member of the San Patricios’ famed artillery crew, “James Kelly”. Actor Mark Thomas, close friend of Prince Albert’s, had a role and involved the prince in the production since he was interested in the San Patricio story and in trying his hand at acting.

“One Man’s Hero” a film of the San Patricio Battalion (a Paramount Release) can now be rented at Blockbuster. It white washes the injustices of the US army against the Mexican civilian population and the burning of churches but at least acknowledges the event in history.

Finally Hollywood tackles the US-Mexican War with dignity.

Many of the Irish who did survive stayed in Mexico, raising families, building churches and becoming a part of the everyday fabric of Mexican life. Other Irish refugees settled in Puerto Rico. Again the priests handled all negotiations and, to this day, there is a San Patricio mall in Guaynabo.

It is also why there are many red headed Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the world today.

As you can tell from the video below, the Irish have had a profound influence on the world’s gene pool. So, before you go out and dye the city green, take a moment to reflect on the meaning of the day and the many people who died so that you might celebrate it.

DJ Papito Red – Shake It – (Fast and the Furious 4 Internet Promo)

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Helping & Not Helping

March 15, 2018 by Bill McCormick Leave a Comment

You’re better off just having a Scooby snack

Have you or a loved succumbed to polio lately? Been exposed to a town riddled with small pox? Have you ever seen someone decimated by Rubella? The odds are staggeringly in favor of the answer being no to all of those. The reason behind each and every negative answer is science. At one time or another scientists tested, retested, and then vetted the results through peer reviewed research. Once that was done, and patients were living as opposed to not, then the public was invited to join in. When there was a sincere national or global threat, governments would jump in and make the cure compulsory, with rare exceptions. Fatal disease after fatal disease fell into the dustbin of history.

But, now, thanks to the efforts of the ignorant and the greedy, they’re all making comebacks. Today, since I’m a masochist with a blog, I’m going to try and sort through some of the bullshit and keep you from dying a stupid death.

Of all the current “stem cell” cures that populate the internet there is one, I hope you can count that high, that has been shown to work.

Bill Selak, at IFL Sicence, explains.

Imagine if a trip to the dentist to treat a cavity didn’t involve a filling, root canal, or crown. What if a simple light treatment could actually get your teeth to regrow themselves using stem cells? That’s the aim of a group of researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, led by David Mooney, who have found success in regrowing rat teeth in this manner. The researchers have developed a technique using a low-power laser to coax stem cells into reforming dentin, which could have implications for dentistry, wound healing, and bone restoration. The results of the study have been published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

Proteins known as growth factors are what cause stem cells to differentiate into whatever type of cell they are bound to become. Introducing different growth factors force the cells to develop the desired type of tissue. Unfortunately, it isn’t quite as simple as it sounds. Most of the developments in using stem cells in regenerative medicine have regrown tissues in vitro and later need to be transplanted into the person. This involves a lot of technical care and is a highly regulated process, which slows down progress. Mooney’s team claims they have come up with a new technique that could streamline the process, making it a viable clinical option much more quickly.

The team set up a miniature dentist office-like setting for the rodents used in the study. They drilled holes into the rats’ molars to simulate tooth decay. Next, adult stem cells were applied to the pulp of the tooth and a non-ionizing, low-level laser was used to stimulate the growth factors. The teeth were then sealed with a temporary cap to be worn over the next 12 weeks. The follow-up x-rays and microscopy analysis showed that the dentin, the layer under the visible enamel, had indeed begun to grow back due to the laser/stem cell therapy.

In essence, nothing new is introduced into your body. They’re your stem cells and the laser is barely more powerful than the annoying pointer your boss uses in Powerpoint presentations. So, hooray for happy teeth!

But for every coin there’s another side.

Dennis Thompson, over at Health Daily News, takes a look at the hundreds of “arthritis cures” using stem cells and comes up wanting.

A same-day injection for one knee costs thousands of dollars at these centers, according to a consumer survey taken of clinics across the United States.

People are paying that kind of cash because two-thirds of stem cell clinics promise that their treatments work 80 to 100 percent of the time, researchers report.

But there’s no medical evidence suggesting that any stem cell therapy can provide a lasting cure for knee arthritis, said study lead researcher Dr. George Muschler, an orthopedic surgeon with the Cleveland Clinic.

“There are claims made about efficacy [effectiveness] that aren’t supported by the literature,” Muschler said. “There’s a risk of charlatanism, and patients should be aware.”

Stem cells have gained a reputation as a miracle treatment and potential cure for many ailments. The cells have the potential to provide replacement cells for any part of the body — blood, brain, bones or organs.

As a result, a wave of stem cell centers have opened up around the country, offering cures for a variety of diseases, Muschler said.

“It’s very sexy to market yourself as a stem cell center, so there’s been a boom of centers, probably close to 600 now in the United States offering this therapy,” Muschler said. “But the truth is that the medical literature hasn’t quite caught up to the enthusiasm in the marketplace.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expressed extreme skepticism over these centers, and in November the agency announced that it would crack down on clinics offering dangerous stem cell treatments.

The “pie-in-the-sky” dream for knee arthritis patients is that a stem cell injection will produce fresh new protective cartilage in their joint, said Dr. Scott Rodeo, an orthopedic surgeon with the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

“The reality is they don’t do that. There is zero data to suggest that,” said Rodeo, who wasn’t involved with the study. “The idea these cells are going to regenerate cartilage — there’s zero data.”

At best, these injections might temporarily reduce pain and inflammation by prompting the release of soothing chemicals in the knee, Rodeo and Muschler said.

If you’re going to spend thousands of dollars on temporary pain relief you may as well just stock up on Ibuprofen.

since I could go on for days about various scams (quit drinking your own pee, quit eating the fucking copper pills, and leave seawood to do what God itended, wrap sushi) the nice people over at e-Health came up with a nice list of basic things to avoid.

Alternative Therapies
to Avoid

Cure-All Products

If one pill promises to cure your diabetes, Lyme disease and seasonal allergies all at once, it’s probably a scam. Science is far more precise than that, and evidence shows that many conditions are unrelated and must be treated individually.

Quick Fixes

Beware of any product that makes claims such as “30 days or less” or that promises a cure for a complicated health problem in short order. There are rarely quick fixes in life, and if one existed, it’s likely your doctor would have prescribed it for you already.

All Natural

This is a phrase that has been terribly abused. It has been used to convince people that natural is the same as safe, which is misleading. Many natural things are not safe for humans, such as arsenic. Just because something is labeled “all natural” doesn’t mean you should take it or use it.

Miracle Cure

Even if you’ve grown mistrustful of conventional medical care, you can be certain that if a miracle cure were discovered, it would be widely reported and confirmed by medical professionals, scientists and all the major news outlets. If that’s not the case, be wary.

When holistic care is done well, it can be very effective. If you decide to go down this road, do it wisely. Get a recommendation from someone you trust before choosing a practitioner. You can also contact well-respected medical associations for a list of holistic care providers in your area.

Once you make an appointment, do all you can to research the education, training and track record of the doctor you’ve chosen. When you meet the doctor, pay attention to how you’re treated. Are you seen as a whole person and not just a problem to solve? Does the physician use any of the phrases mentioned above? If so, find a new doctor immediately.

Now, all that being said, holistic therapies, when used in conjunction with modern medicine, can be beneficial. Marijuana, for example, has been shown to ease pain, reduce seizures, and calm persistent anxieties. What it does not do, and has shown no ability to do, is cure cancer, diabetes, liver disease or anything else. I recently lost a friend who rejected traditional treatment in favor of THC based therapy. All I can say is she was calm when she died. But, like Steve Jobs before her, there was no reason for her to have died. The cancer was caught early enough that the odds were close to 95% she would have lived a full life.

A complete list of “alternative therapies” that either do no good or can kill you can be found by clicking this link.

In short, get your kids vaccinated, stay away from shit on the internet that has no medical support or, worse, just one doctor who claims he or she has found something millions of others have missed, and think for a minute before you act. There is no reason for “big pharma” to let you die. There is zero benefit in it for them. Odds are you’ll get sick from something and you’ll need to buy something they sell. They can’t sell to dead people.

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Reboot in Your Butt

March 8, 2018 by Bill McCormick Leave a Comment

I have a friend who’s been battling some mental health issues. A while back her husband took her to ao doctor and, after careful tests and questioning, it was decided she should take a light regimen of narcotics to see if they could even out her moods. And that was a core issue. Her kids were becoming afraid of her and conversations like this would occur daily.

“Honey, do you want milk with your cereal?”
“MIIIIILLLLLLLK! What the actual fuck is wrong with you? Why do I have to make all the decisions? Why am I the only one here with a brain?”

As you might guess, that tends to wear on a family.

Anyway, good news, she’s feeling and doing much better. Bad news? The regimen seems to be having unexpected effects on her cognitive abilities and short term memory. For example, she recently took her dog’s heartworm meds instead of her own. She’ll be fine, if worm free for a while, and did eventually take the correct meds.

I bring all this up due to a conversation she and I recently had. With all of the remakes and reboots coming out she’s pretty sure they’ll all be brand new to her. She recognizes the names but little else. She finds that she’s kind of excited by this. At her age, old enough to have teenagers – thanks for asking, finding new things every day is kind of a gift.

For the record she is meeting with her doctor this week to explore alternatives. As she notes, other than the side effects, the meds are doing what they were supposed to and she feels great. And worm free.

First, and you know you need to know this, there is not really a remake of Mary Poppins featuring Yondu from Guardians of the Galaxy II. But if there was it would look like this. Please, click that link and become a happier human.

Speaking of Mary Poppins, Disney is releasing a sequel to the beloved classic. Naturally, because we live in the world we live in, it reverts to the source material originally written by P.L. Travers. For the record the delightful, and now late and lamented, Ms. Travers, a known lesbian and woman who adopted one twin boy but not the other – a whole new book could be written about her life, hated the Disney version.

So the new one picks up twenty-five years after the old one ended.

Dick Van Dyke also appears in the new version in a different role, as the son of the penny-pinching banker Mr. Dawes.

Meryl Streep, reuniting with Blunt from The Devil Wears Prada and with the director Rob Marshall from Into the Woods, plays Poppins’s cousin, Topsy; another acting legend, Angela Lansbury, plays the Balloon Lady, but neither appears in the teaser.

Mary Poppins Returns, not to be confused with Batman Returns which had a slightly different plot with less adorable penguins, reveals a grown-up Jane and Michael Banks (Emily Mortimer and Ben Whishaw), who reunite with their magical caregiver in Depression Era London, 25 years after the first film took place.

“It’s wonderful to see you,” Michael tells Mary, to which she agrees: “It is, isn’t it?”

So, that looks like fun. What better way to spend Christmas day, it’s release date, than watching a film about the Great Depression featuring troubled kids? It’s Disney so I doubt they’ll get sent to workhouses or anything, but it still seems odd.

Next up in the reboot-a-rama we’re facing is Tomb Raider. It’ll be out March 16th. Just in time for St. Patrick’s day. God knows if that’s intentional or not.

The Alicia Vikander-led movie will follow after the 2013 video game reboot that reintroduced Lara Croft. Vikander’s Lara will head off on her first expedition after receiving a video message from her long-deceased father. Heading to the same island where Lord Richard Croft disappeared, Lara must rely on her skills and few resources to stop Walton Goggins’ Mathias Vogel and the mysterious organization known as Trinity from using the Mother of Death tomb to endanger the world. Few video game movies have been critically and commercially successful, but perhaps 15 years of distance from the last Tomb Raider movie, and relying on a more modern story, will improve the Tomb Raider reboot’s chances of success.

What I’ve seen this far looks neither bad nor good so I’m still in wait-and-see mode on this one.

Next up, because the world was clamoring for it, is a darker and edgier take on Winnie the Pooh. No, I’m not kidding. Christopher Robin, coming august 3rd, takes a look at Dear Old Christopher in middle age. And maybe suffering a breakdown.

While not directly remaking or rebooting an existing movie, Christopher Robin is the latest Disney movie that’s taking a classic animated property and adapting it for a live action setting. This time, we’re turning to the Winnie the Pooh franchise, but rather than once again watch the young Christopher Robin visit the 100 Acre Wood to hang out with his animal friends, the Christopher Robin movie will follow the eponymous protagonist as an adult, where he’s busy with work and not paying enough attention to his family. Enter Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and the rest of the gang, who re-enter Christopher’s life to help him re-capture his sense of imagination. It’s certainly not the Winnie the Pooh story we’re used to seeing, but it sounds like it will stay true to spirit of the earlier animated movies.

Since Disney is on a roll, or meth – it’s hard to tell, they’re also rebooting Jungle Book. Why? Who cares? Mowgli (orig: Jungle Book: Origins), coming October 19th, follows the eponymous young protagonist as he discovers his human origins after living his whole life among animals, who are being created through performance capture. The supporting cast includes Andy Serkis (who also directed Mowgli) as Baloo, Christian bale as Bagheera, Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan and Cate Blanchett as Kaa.

Jumping in on the “ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME” bandwagon, we have The Grinch headed your way on November 9th.

61 years after Dr. Seuss published How The Grinch Stole Christmas, 52 years after the animated television special of the same name aired and 18 years after the story was theatrically adapted in live action, we’re getting yet another version of The Grinch. This time, the green-furred grump will be presented in computer animation from the folks at Illumination Entertainment. Benedict Cumberbatch will voice The Grinch, and just like all the other times, he’ll be scheming to ruin Christmas for the citizens of Whoville. However, just like the 2000 Jim Carrey Grinch movie, the new Grinch movie will need to add new plot material if it wants to fill 90-100 minutes, if not longer.

Maybe this time the Grinch can discover hot yoga and the joy of yard sales.

Or not. I really don’t care.

Lastly, and I would be horribly remiss if I missed this bad boy, Netflix is rebooting Lost in Space.

Now, for the record, I was one of three people who actually liked the 1998 remake with Gary Oldman and those other people time forgot. But the new series seems to adhere close to the original concept, Swiss Family Robinson in space, with the bonus of making the aliens actually alien.

Showrunner, Zack Estrin (Prison Break), recently noted, “This is a true family adventure in the vein of the original Jurassic Park. I don’t think there’s ever been another show like this on TV that has this size and scope, but also this emotion. There aren’t a lot of family shows that everybody can watch for themselves. There are very few things that are not reality shows that adults and kids can enjoy together. I’ve shown this to my father, who’s 70, and my daughters, who are 11 and 14, and they all fell in love with it for different reasons.”

He went on to add “Fans of the original show should know we maintain the core of what was special about that experience of watching that as a child — that here’s this incredible family that’s off on this amazing adventure. For new fans of the show, there’s a certain baggage associated with the title — ‘Oh, that’s that campy show from the ’60s,’ or, ‘That’s that movie from the ’90s that was … what it was.’ We are taking that core of an idea — the Robinson family is striving to hold together and survive in this incredible circumstance — and as much as this show is Lost in Space, it could be a shipwreck on an island. It just happens to be in space and we think it’s going to have a broad appeal beyond genre fans.”

Just for the geeks among us, they’re bringing back the original score written by that wacky kid Johnny Williams. You may know him as the adult, John Williams, who wrote the theme music for this little film series called Star Wars.

It was kind of popular.

By the way, just to keep us all pissed off, Scarface (maybe), Robin Hood, and A Star is Born are also headed our way.

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Alternative Therapies to Avoid

Alternative Therapies
to Avoid