Do you recognise them?

The Centre at Milton Keynes is a frequent destination choice of ours on a Sunday as it's a good place to take Lucas sun, rain or snow - though we probably wouldn't drive there is it snowed. Collectormania have held events there for a few years now and as a comic book, sci-fi, TV and film fan it is always a nice conicidence to be there for the event.

At £15 - £20 an autograph I didn't get to meet any of the stars but they were all close enough to see. I saw Amber Benson (Tara in Buffy), Morena Baccarin (Inara in Firefly) and Mecedes McNab (Harmony in Buffy and Angel)to name but a few. One I would have been tempted to meet, had he not had a 'no posed photos' sign above his head, was Michael Rosenbaum who plays Lex Luthor in the awesome Smallville, but see how different he looks:



Also looking rather different was Jeff Cohen AKA Chunk from The Goonies:



Apart from a mock SFX front cover featuring Lucas and I, I only bought a Christmas present for Denise.

Leave Karate Kid Alone!

I may be late in reacting to this but I have just heard the news that they are re-making Karate Kid, with Will Smith's son as the lead part of Daniel Larusso - if indeed that is the name he uses, which I doubt.

Karate Kid is a classic 80s film that tells a story of the underdog turning the tables on the bully, in classic idealistic style, getting the girl and the car along the way. The film is just as good now as it was then and does not need an overhaul from the Fresh Prince and his offspring.

Recent history should be enough to warn people off the idea of remaking a film that was a classic the first time round; King Kong and Superman Returns being a prime example of this.

The last, and possibly most important point, is that Pat Morita who played Mr Miyagi has sadly passed away and any attempt to recast him would be categorically wrong and punishable in the most painful way.