{"id":3623,"date":"2011-09-20T18:54:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T18:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/09\/20\/twice-the-klaw-2\/"},"modified":"2011-09-20T18:54:40","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T18:54:40","slug":"twice-the-klaw-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/09\/20\/twice-the-klaw-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Twice the Klaw&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend two new Klaw-crafted works premiered.<\/p>\n<p>First my latest piece for Blastr, &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2011\/09\/8-great-sci-fi-car-chases.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">8 great sci-fi movie car chases guaranteed to get your pulse racing<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">The crime thriller <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Drive<\/span> (which opens today) manages to overcome its lackluster direction and acting to deliver some outstanding, pulse-pounding car chases\u2014and those exciting scenes led us to thoughts of similar moments in sci-fi movies.<\/p>\n<p>While not as common as in their action-genre brethren, sci-fi has produced its own unique brand of thrilling car chase. Here are some of the very best and most exciting.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/assets_c\/2011\/09\/Chases091611-thumb-550x183-70977.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s my monthly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/columns\/graphica352.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Nexus Graphica column<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Six Reviews in Search of a Column<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Due to an influx of graphic novels at the Nexus Graphica Texas offices, I am opting out of my usual monthly missives in favor of an entire column devoted to reviews. Next month, I\u2019ll return with my more traditional piece. Well, unless something similar happens\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1109\/habibi200.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1109\/infinite_kungfu_cover_sm_lg200.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1109\/petrograd200.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1109\/settingthestandard200.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1109\/toomuchcoffeeman200.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/grc\/1109\/yiddishkeit200.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/09\/20\/twice-the-klaw\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Twice the Klaw\u2026<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend two new Klaw-crafted works premiered. First my latest piece for Blastr, &ldquo;8 great sci-fi movie car chases guaranteed to get your pulse racing.&rdquo; Quote: The crime thriller Drive (which opens today) manages to overcome its lackluster direction &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/09\/20\/twice-the-klaw-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/09\/20\/twice-the-klaw-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Twice the Klaw... - The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over the weekend two new Klaw-crafted works premiered. 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