We focus on Star Trek, Star Wars, and Superman here on The Film Frontier, though we do branch out to other genre projects whenever possible. I’m actually as big of a fan of Elvis Presley as I am of those three franchises, but I generally don’t cover him here since he doesn’t quite fit our format.

However, rules are made to be broken. August 16th marks the 30th anniversary of Elvis’ death (one of my earliest memories, actually), so I’m going to indulge myself a bit in today’s post.

My favorite song is “If I Can Dream,” recorded in June 1968 for the ELVIS television special on NBC. “If I Can Dream” is as relevant today as it was to those turbulent times.

[Video source: ElvisPresleyCentral–YouTube]

“If I Can Dream” is how I like to remember Elvis, the real Elvis. Not the impersonator buffoons and tall-tale myths that the media likes to showcase.

In addition to his serious side, though, I also like remembering his humorous side, as shown in this collection of bloopers, outtakes, and other fun moments from the same ELVIS special.

[Video source: ElvisPresleyCentral–YouTube]

Incidentally, ELVIS is now known as “The ’68 Comeback Special” since it marked the end of an unfortunate concentration on silly movies and soundtracks and the beginning of the best phase of his career. “I’m never going to sing another song I don’t believe in. I’m never going to make another movie I don’t believe in,” Elvis said at the time.

Only nine years later, he was gone. But the music is still here.

August 21 marks the tenth anniversary of The Film Frontier. I actually started it out as a little site on AOL covering the Star Trek movies. At the time, the movies were not very well represented on the web, particularly those involving the classic crew.

I actually used Microsoft Publisher to create that first version of the site. I was pushing that program to its limits, let me tell you. Somewhere along the line, I learned enough HTML to be dangerous and also upgraded to Macromedia Dreamweaver. Nowadays, though, focus has shifted to the blogs so Google Blogger does most of the work. That’s fine, because I’m lazy anyway.

I was a college student back when I first began the site. Now, I’m about to become a college student again. I guess some things never change.