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This weekend the first official stinker of the 2009 movie season hit theaters with the release of Will Ferrel's version of Land of the Los t. With a budget of over 100 million dollars the film opened nationwide to a meager 17 million dollar take at the box office. I, like many other fans of the previous Land of the Lost shows did not go see it for the simple reason that it's just not the Land of the Lost I grew up with. I was not even alive when the original show aired, but when the 90s version premiered back in 1991, I tuned in and soon became hooked. Many fans of the original have bashed this version to no end, but I was only around 11 years old when it aired and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I tuned in every Saturday morning to ABC for the continuing adventures of the Porter family as they tried to figure out a way back to their world week after week. This version of Land of the Lost followed the Porter family ( their Dad Tom, son Kevin and daughter Annie) a they become trappe...

Here's some crappy news for Sci-Fi fans everywhere. Starlog, the number one publication in the Sci-Fi / Fantasy community has announced they will cease publication of the fan favorite magazine after 33 great years. According to the news release on their website, considering the present state of the economy, the publishers feel its time for a major revamp and will be temporarily discontinuing publication while the model and redesign of the magazine are contemplated and executed. The last print issue available for the time being is #374, while issue #375 will be available exclusively as a digital edition in the very near future. I grew up with this magazine and back in the days were we had no internet to research every single detail about our favorite films Starlog was there to deliver the goods. Their articles were in depth, seriously written, and they were always accompanied by great behind the scenes pictures as well as conceptual art, and sometimes even storyboards or blueprints...

2009 is shaping up to be a historic years for Star Trek fans. The amount of coverage, merchandising, and events planned for our beloved franchise this year is just mind-blowing. In honor of Trek's big comeback I have just launched a second blog completely devoted to the Star Trek Universe. Trek Nostalgia is now online. Please drop by and check it out, and don't worry about the future of the Nostalgia Factory, because I will still continue to blog about non trek topics on this site. As the excitement keeps building up over the coming weeks I will do my best to post as much Trek retro content at Trek Nostalgia, so please check back often. Live long and prosper!!!

In anticipation of Star Trek's upcoming foray into the world of Blu-ray High Definition with the release of the Kirk and Spock movie collection as well as The Original Series, I thought it was the ideal time to take a look back at Trek's long history on home video formats. As one of the most popular entertainment franchises in the world, the "Star Trek" films and TV series have pretty much been available on every home video format in existence. Scene from the original Star Trek pilot: "The Cage." When it comes to home video releases, two of the most debated chapters in the Trek saga have always been the original pilot episode "The Cage", and the first silver screen voyage "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". We'll go into all the details about the different versions of these available through the years in this retrospective. In 1976, ten years after the premiere of "Star Trek" on network television, the Video Home System or VHS...