station updates, strangeness:
24 September 99
Boo Boo Runs Wild
Tonight. Cartoon Network. 10pm. John Kricfalusi.

Could you possibly need to know more?

John K is back on the tube, bubba. After a seven year hiatus the unbridled genius behind Ren and Stimpy is about to breath new (and warped) life into Yogi the Bear. Set your VCRs. Scope the Spumco website right here (online Flash cartoons!).
23 September 99
I am the Smartest Man in the World
Took a Microsoft exam yesterday and got myself certified. Makes me a Microsoft Certified Professional. And a geek (but I think we knew that one).

My understanding is once you're an MCP (as we MCP's call it) employers shower you with gobs of cash. We'll see. Keep you posted.

It Figures
Seen that Figures In Action site? Good stuff. I'm diggin' the "Features" section.
20 September 99
Point Askew
Cranked out a new Point o' View. Also created a chintzy POV button for the main page. Former text-style link just wasn't cuttin' it.

Benedict Andrew
My so-called brother went traitor on us and bought hisself one of those flashy new Dreamcast systems last week (breaking from a long heritage of strict Nintendo ownership). Already ran into that software problem so many Sega devotees are whining about (Next Generation wrote a little article about it right here). Now I'm hearing that that Ready2Rumble boxing game features a very Silky-like afro'ed character... May have to bring down the heavy end o' the hammer if those royalty checks don't start rolling in, y'know...
17 September 99
The Man Behind the Negativity
Dave "Darth Vader" Prowse has penned an editorial addressing some of the bad press he has been getting lately. Interesting stuff, bub. Scope it out at your official Prowse website: www.daveprowse.com

The Man Behind the Cutscene
Speakin' of the Lord o' the Sith, Juan comes through with the inside skinny on one of the many restored scenes we can expect from the upcoming Empire DVD, a moment that "expands on the scene where Vader reveals his Fatherhood to Luke, and ties up some loose ends created with the release of Episode 1"

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INT: BESPIN GANTRY - MOMENTS LATER:

A furious lightsaber duel is underway. DARTH VADER is backing LUKE SKYWALKER towards the end of the gantry. A quick move by Vader, chops off Luke's hand! It goes spinning off into the ventilation shaft. Luke backs away. He looks around, but realizes there's nowhere to go but straight down.

Darth Vader: Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father.

Luke: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!

Darth Vader: No... I am your father!

Luke: No, it's not true! It's impossible.

Darth Vader: Search your feelings... you know it to be true...

Luke: NO!

Darth Vader: Yes, it is true... and you know what else? You know that brass droid of yours?

Luke: Threepio?

Darth Vader: Yes... Threepio... I built him... when I was 7 years old...

Luke: No...

Darth Vader: Seven years old! And what have you done? Look at yourself, no hand, no job, and couldn't even levitate your own ship out of the swamp...

Luke: I destroyed your precious Death Star!

Darth Vader: When you were 20! When I was 10, I single-handedly destroyed a Trade Federation Droid Control ship!

Luke: Well, it's not my fault...

Darth Vader: Oh, here we go... Poor me... my father never gave me what I wanted for my birthday... boo hoo, my daddy's the Dark Lord of the Sith... waahhh wahhh!

Luke: Shut up...

Darth Vader: You're a slacker! By the time I was you're age, I had exterminated the Jedi knights!

Luke: I used to race my T-16 through Beggar's Canyon...

Darth Vader: Oh, for the love of the Emperor... 10 years old, winner of the Boonta Eve Open... Only human to ever fly a Pod Racer... right here, baby!

[Luke looks down the shaft. Takes a step towards it.]

Darth Vader: I was wrong... You're not my kid... I don't know whose you are, but you sure ain't mine...

[Luke takes a step off the platform, hesitates, then plunges down the shaft. Darth Vader looks after him.]

Darth Vader: Get a haircut!
15 September 99
Hot Town, Summer in the City
Gussied up the front page a bit. The missus was gettin' sick of that trailer park speeder I had up on blocks in the yard there, so I swapped it out for a gritty look at life on tha street.

Old entrance kept in the Archive section of the Station. 
14 September 99
Most Blokes Will Be Playing at 10
Got a Home Theater. Wrote a POV about it.
Like to hear it, here it go.

Get Your Fingers Out of My Soup
Rented Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels last night. Great movie. I thought Lenny McLean (who played the debt collecting bruiser Barry the Baptist) would make an excellent Marv, if Frank Miller were to ever attempt a Sin City flick. Hulking and thick with an extraordinary amount of creases on his bald head. Perfect.
13 September 99
Bringing Back the Force
Read a pretty interesting essay the other day, though I am frightened to think that it could be true and I'm now privy to a huge spoiler regarding Episode III. Wanna live on the edge, Mr. Gamblin' Man? Click here to read a startling theory on the true identity of your favorite SW bad guy.

You Are Not Ready
Sony released the specs on the new Playstation 2 today. It will in fact be DVD-compatible (Ahhhh DVD. Is there anything it can't do?). Methinks the next-generation Nintendo console will blow this baby outta th' water...
07 September 99
Station Bibliography
Updated the Media Page to give mention of the fact that Toshi Station (along with any other Star Wars website you can think of) was listed a time or two in the new Incredible Internet Guide to Star Wars. Dave Phillips over at Echo Station interviewed the author of the book, Peter Weber. Click here and check it out, s'good stuff main.

Six Cents
Caught that Sixth Sense movie over the weekend (at the new Quality 16 theater in Ann Arbor). Some of the best child acting since the days of Short Round. Compelling story to boot (and an excellent New Kid on the Block cameo tossed in for good measure).
03 September 99
The Lizard Lounge Lowdown
Restructured the Lounge a bit. Added some proper buttons for the new interviews that are all the rage these days over there and tossed the "Leia Fashion Reviews" into their own little section.
Dig it right here.

Sixty-Five Fat Inches of Wide-Screen High-Definition Tear-Inducing Glory: The DW65X91
Toshiba has finally released the specs of my future TV on their website. Check this bad mama-jama out. Mine for a mere 8.5K (MSRP). What I really need is a big sponsor with liquid cash who wants to throw some ad banners up on Toshi Station (if that sponsor is you, email Station management post haste). I'd happily sell out for this TheaterWide bo-hemoth. Oooooooh yeah.
02 September 99
Silky Smoove III
Yet another take-no-prisoners interview recently taped, one I had planned on holding off the unveiling of until the Station wookiees had a chance to update the Lizard Lounge a bit, however, The Bro' with the 'Fro made it clear that his show waits for no man (or wookiee). Behold the Master as he gets inside the mind of Jon "CHiPs" Baker. Lounge update to follow in the next day or two.

Archived URP's
Tossed the August material into the URP Archive page.