LABYRINTH's Hoggle restored... sort of!

A while back, we explored the tragic fate that befell the original Hoggle puppet used in Jim Henson's classic 1980s fantasy picture, Labyrinth. (Briefly, poor Hoggle ended up a decaying horror on display at Alabama's Unclaimed Baggage Center.)

Well, good news! Hoggle has been restored to his former glory... sort of. Doll maker Gary Sowatzka spent several months restoring the puppet, and Hoggle is now... Well, he doesn't look exactly like the Hoggle we all know and love, but he has an actual face again and he is now about 80% less horrifying.

The restoration was apparently undertaken by the good folks at the Unclaimed Baggage Center, and Hoggle is now once again on display there. Labyrinth dorks everywhere owe them a debt of gratitude. We'll sleep a little more soundly tonight, knowing that poor Hoggle's nose isn't falling off anymore.

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Shatner vs Gorn rematch in the new TREK video game ad!

William Shatner and the classic Star Trek baddie the Gorn have a rematch in the new ad for the video game based on JJ Abrams' upcoming Star Trek reboot sequel thing. (I was most definitely not a fan of Abrams' 2009 reboot movie, but this new ad almost makes up for Abrams blowing up Vulcan. Almost.)

Shatner celebrated his 82nd(!) birthday this weekend. We neglected to mark the occasion here at Monsters and Rockets, but in hopes of making up for this terrible lapse, here's 45 installments of our former regular feature, Shatner Sunday.  

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The last surviving Geocities site?

It seems Geocities is not completely dead. The Slacker Film Guide website is still online, sporting a Geocities url. I sort of feel like I just found the last dodo or something.

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BRAZIL: A burlesque musical tribute

Those scamps at EvilOlivE 3000 Studios return with another unlikely burlesque tribute to a cinema classic: Terry Gilliam's 1986 dystopic masterpiece, Brazil.

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