Ethan Phillips Books

In Chicago, last-year, my high-school's Drama and English classes had this as our semester- project...It was a blast! And we all could stop laughing! 'Penguin blues' may no longer be in circulation, but my graduating-class from last year is enternally GREATFUL Drama teacher had found this in book-form from her library! Drinking sucks at any age, but to us, this play underscores it bittersweetly through humor...we lost 3 of our class not long before it was decided to do this one-act gig, we dedicated the show to them. Will somebody out there PLEASE REPRINT THIS BOOK! The year that it was published or written may not be current, but the issues always are! I didn't know the guy who wrote this is also Neelix on Star Trek:Voyager...Not only can the dude act, but he CAN WRITE! Read the book, do the play and then check-out the dude behind them both! Trip-OUT! Graduate from '98, Chicago, ILL

This is the story of a voice over actor who meets a nun while they are both in alcoholic rehab. Gordon, sadistically abused by a nun in grade school, and Angelita, ashamed and in denial about her drinking, come together in a profound and surprising manner. The play is also very funny! And says some insightful and unexpected things about catholocism and booze. I think it would make a great movie; it certainly is a great play!

Wow! This book has every possible receipe from star trek in it. From TOS to Voyager. No bright colour photos though (bit of a dissapointment). The receipies are all very detailed and some quite complex (13 hours to cook baked beans). I would highly recommend to Trekkies and thoughs who want to cook something different.

This is a really nice thing to have if you like eating and drinking things and calling it food from Trek. If you ever wanted to make human Gagh, this is for you! It has some really nice recipes that taste great, and some that are only ok. Some of the recipes aren't recipes at all, but just suggestions to make everyday things look like Trek food. For example, Romulan Ale is nothing more than blue Gatorade mixed with sparkling water, that is the recipe. Don't get me wrong, there are real recipes that make great cakes and such as well, so it's not all easy things. Overall, this is a fun book for fans

This book is amazing. It practically has every single dish ever mentioned in the Star Trek series, from Klingon Blood Pie to Tea, Hot, Earl Grey (Picard always ordered that). Some of the dishes are 'peculiar' like the Klingon Blood Pie that has kidney's and other weird things in it. Yet, other recipies are simpler, like strawberries and cream (from voyager). This is a must have for any Star Trek fan, though i would recommend some cooking experience. The fun of eating Klingon Blood Pie is less for someone not familiar with the shows but you can also buy the book for it's original recipies. A big recommender!!!

I got this as a goof for my girlfriend (she'd recently gotten into Star Trek: Voyager) and was surprised to find how many recipes were in the book. I perused it a bit and found about a dozen that I'd like her to try and make for dinner. I haven't read the prose in the book much yet but there is quite a bit of it and it seems humorous. Worth the buy.

I love this cook book though I was a little disappointed that it didn't have "B'Elanna's" grandmother's banana pancakes. The rest is great though.

I love Star Trek in all it's various incarnations, and I have to admit...I love making fun of Trekkies (who doesn't...really?). I loved the first movie for the focus on the extreme fandom (makes me feel just a little less geeky)...but this movie is even better for the great balance. It shows the funny and bizarre side of extreme fandom, but it also shows the the human side of being Trekkies - and what happens when you're a fan in a war torn country.

While not as side-splittingly funny as the first one, it can be argued that this is a better movie because of the way it highlights the Trek fandom throughout the world. The chapter on the Trekkies from Serbia is simply heartbreaking, and makes you realize how lucky we are to have all that we have.

I knew that this movie was going to be my new favorite when it highlighted the Star Trek tribute bands (you'll love No Kill I). However, for me, the best part of this DVD, are the EXTRAS. Included are FAN MADE TREK MOVIES. Get the popcorn ready, because this will entertain you for hours on end!

If you watched the first movie for the humor (let's face it, it really was hysterical), you'll love this movie too...the extras are really priceless. However, if you wanted a little more from the first film - a more balanced view - this sequel definitely delivers.

Trekkie is an insult and is akin to nerd or geek. Trekker is a more respectable term to apply to one who is a Star Trek fan. So I'm surprised that the sequel to "Trekkies", a film that took a certain amount of pleasure in debasing Star Trek fans for their obsession, didn't call their next film "Trekkers" a film that takes a little more care in their treatment of these sweet but kinda' crazy enthusiasts.

In the first film, Denise Crosby, explored the unusual relationship Star Trek fans have with the show and subsequently with the actors from the series. The result is one very funny movie that shows people not only obsessing over the realistic nature of their Star Trek costumes, but other fans who would turn their cars into shuttle crafts or their dental offices into the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. In the squeal the goals seem two fold, the filmmakers want to explore Star Trek fans around the globe and show that their obsession can also be a positive thing. The best part about this squeal however is its nod to the original movie. We catch up with some of the more memorable interviewees from the first "Trekkies". We learn that space shuttle van just disappeared one day and that it's owner, though still a huge fan, has other things on his plate...like his new wife. It's a pleasure to hear him laugh at his own fixation. Other past fans are highlighted as well and all are show in a much more positive light. The clips from Europe, Australia, South America, etc. are interesting but get a little monotonous as the film progresses. The extras actually seem a little more compelling as some clips explore the extremes a few fans go to. I also liked watching the two fan films, which are also included on the DVD. They're not very good, but the sheer joy that went into them is exhilarating.

This documentary trumps the first one in a major way by ignoring the main Star Trek actors. We don't have the millionth interview with Uhuru telling her Martin Luther King story and we don't have to watch the cast of the original series looking sicker and sicker (Rest in Peace Bones and Scotty) but we do still have the "Star Trek=World Peace" argument, but surprisingly less noxious as the Yugoslavian Trekkies talk about Star Trek as their relief from the rampant nationalism that led to some of the worst genocides of the 1990s.

The international Trekkies are delightful. The addition of Filk music (don't ask) and fan-made movies are great. And the kid from the first movie is there, supremely embarrassed by his screen presence in the first movie but ready and willing to make more gaffs (when he's not apologizing for the first movie mistakes) but he's definitely more entertaining in the second movie sitting next to his wife and wondering how he could have been so obnoxious at 17. (We all were. We all were. Just most of us didn't have a camera crew filming us.)

Like the first one, the main strengths come from the fact that these people are funny in their own right (and most of them know that they are funny) and the director never condescends to them. There are slow parts but they don't impede the movie.

Second to last note - the erotic poetry is worth the purchase price alone. It's hilarious.

Last Note - those Star Trek theme bands rock. I'm not talking about the filk singers (eh, never my thing) but the San Diego based bands whose lyrics might be silly but they play some solid sets.

The first "Trekkies" film managed to dig up some rather odd characters to give the average person an idea of what makes up a fan of "Star Trek" and all of its offspring. It gave us a cross-dressing dude who explains and performs a little "filk" for everyone. We were introduced to the lady in Arkansas who was made famous by attending Whitewater scandal jury duty in her Starfleet uniform and, alas, who could forget Gabriel Koerner. He was perhaps the uber-geek out of the whole bunch. The film also showed how the fans are very involved in their communities and world.

More of the same is offered up in "Trekkies 2," though this one was a little more emotional than the first. Denise Crosby bounces across the globe in search of more Trek fans. Once again we visit some pretty strange folks, but we are also shown how something as simple as "Star Trek" can have so much meaning to a group of people when Crosby goes to Serbia. Those people were so touched and amazed at how the characters in "Star Trek" lived amongst each other in relative peace even though they were pretty much all from different races, religions, etc. It was heartwarming to listen to these people talk about how their newfound freedom took on a special meaning through "Star Trek." I also noticed that out of all of people in this film, the Serbians seemed to be the least to play "dress up" as their favorite characters, holding more to the ideals of "Trek" and not so much the whiz-bangs and Klingons of it all.

There's one fellow who converts his house into a replica of the Enterprise. We get a better and perhaps more disturbing look into the world of "Filk" music and some of the bands in that genre. We also get a few nice clips featuring stars of the later "Trek" series and how many of their fans reacted to meeting them, funny letters, tattoos, etc.

The most fun part of this flick was when we get to look back on some of the more popular characters from the original film. We catch up with the guy who dresses his dog up in "Trek" costumes. We see Whitewater juror Barbara Adams interact with a group of people who question her about her motives for dressing up in a Starfleet uniform for court, and one individual gets pretty rough with her. Finally, we get to catch up with Gabriel Koerner, and learn that he is married, has steady work as a digital model builder for such shows as the new "Battlestar Galactica" and seems to have stepped back from, just a little, his love for "Trek."

In the end, if you enjoyed the original "Trekkies," you'll like this second helping. It might go overboard with a few of the fans, especially with the "Filk" singers, but we are shown that most Trekkies, Trekkers, etc. are primarily good folks with very big hearts(and many have graduate degrees).

Some folks collect baseball cards, some collect CDs, these folks just love their "Trek." Is that so wrong?

After loving Trekkies I, we ordered Trekkies 2, an obviously PC response to fan backlash from the hilarious portrayal of Trek fans in Trekkies I. Trekkies 2 is a yawn...slow and boring with very few colorful fans other than updates on megafans featured in Trekkies I.

Very complete book, just What I need, the delivery was very fast. Thank you!!

Isn't this book supposed to be advanced reading level? It reads like a child's book with words like "screw" and "buzzword-friendly." Plus, there's so much info to cover in J2EE that it only explains the minimum needed to get started. If you plan on reading this book, don't expect to gain substantial knowledge from it. This book is only good for one thing: to establish an introduction. The real deal is to read the specifications which are advanced reading level and written by technical writers appointed by Sun Microsystems.

I've gotten as far as chapter 7 and there is next to no usable information. In less than 40 pages it attempts to cover servlets, filters, and event listeners. I regret spending the money on this book.

I read every page of this book. It was a complete waste of my time and money. I'm asking for a refund. There was no detail that helped me. While I'm not a new testament kind of guy, I expected more from a "Bible".

If you want a general introduction to J2EE, this book is ok, I suppose. Definitely not for Advanced users, as it claims. The high amount of authers shows through with inconsistant writing and often hard to understand sections. It also appears the authors didn't do much more then rewrite the Sun J2EE documentation - which is free to download.

In addition, the sheer amount of errors in both the examples and in just general formatting of the text would make me embarassed to have my name attached to it if I were one of the many authors. Things like using wrong filenames, wrong file extensions, mislabelled listings, uncompilable code, using the last line of a code example listing as the heading for the following paragrap (so the following paragraph has a heading like "", pre-production comments left in the final text, ... this is all in the first 200 pages! Definitely not a student-friendly book for someone attempting to learn the material by doing the examples.

You'll get the general idea and layout of J2EE, same as the Sun documentation, and not much else from this book.

This film is very importent for because i was there working like a extra thats why i recomend this film we have many adventures is just great

A hand full of citizens of various occupations and orientations realize the west is not all it is cracked up to be. They decide to go back east, but to do this they will need a skilled and knowledgeable wagon master. Who should stumble in but the best wagon master in the west, James H. Harlow (John Candy). Naturally there is a money grubbing cabal apposed to this move and they will stop at nothing to throat the "Wagons East" plan.

Well designed with a select group of actors that never overplayed their parts. The consumes and scenes here exceptionally good for the comedy. The Indians look like Indians and the floozies look floozy. The film is jam packed with one liners.

This is not only the worst John Candy movie ever made, but one of the worst all time movies ever made, it even makes itself worse by saying it is dedicated to the memory of Candy.

WAGONS EAST was a sad epitaph to John Candy's career. The plot is good, but the screenplay is terrible. Sadly, Candy passed away during the last two weeks of filming. At the time the film company commented that Candy's scenes were already in the can, but the reality is that John Candy is inexplicably missing from a couple of scenes. His absence is most notable in the "Snow in Summertime" scene. A padded stand-in wearing Candy's buckskins is seen sauntering away in the background, but John Candy is nowhere to be seen around the fireplace later.

Filmed in Mexico, WAGONS EAST is a BLAZZING SADDLES wanna-be. Instead it looks more like a low-budget television movie. Actor Ed Lauter plays the bad guy. Unfortunately, his stereotypical character is almost a rip-off of Kirk Douglas' accident prone heavy in 1979's comedy THE VILLAIN. Lauter has been in television and movies a long time. He appeared in both versions of THE LONGEST YARD. He could have found a better cinematic vehicle than this.

The story is simply this: The residents of a lackluster western town decide that it was a mistake to ever move west. They hire John Candy to lead them back east. Unfortunately, the publicity generated by this eastward march causes influential land speculators to panic. As such, they attempt to foil returning settlers plans by sending a professional bad guy to intercept them.

Much as I enjoy John Candy movies, this one is a disappointment. I cannot even say that it was good to see Candy on the big screen again as he appeared to be laboring through each scene. In Candy's last two films, CANADIAN BACON and WAGON'S EAST, he sported a scraggily beard. This was not the same energetic John Candy from STRIPES, BRUSTER'S MILLIONS, SPLASH, UNCLE BUCK, PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES, ONLY THE LONELY, or SUMMER RENTAL.

Okay, enough bashing the film. The DVD is very affordable and if you are a John Candy fan, then this should probably find its way into your movie collection. It is just a shame that Candy's last film was this one.

This is a terrible film. I actually had to sit through this stink bomb in a theater! I'm very angry that I paid money to see this God awful film. Aren't comedies supposed to be funny? I couldn't wait for it to be over. Please do not waste your time or money buying this horrible movie. (...)