The Boston Globe still exists… but for how long, Mr. Spock? For. HowLong??
Long enough for Ty Burr to give, to my surprise, a 4-star rave review for the new Star Trek movie. I’ll still wait for Bismo’s blessing — or curse.
Day: May 4, 2009
Michael J. Fox — Always Looking Up
Michael J. Fox — who I think lets his ‘Parkie’ friends call him Mike — says “screw you” to Rush Limbaugh, for ignorantly mocking him before the 2006 midterm elections. Limbaugh, an Oxycontin abuser who needs Viagra, is no stranger to the effects of prescription drugs, but he got it completely wrong when he said Fox must have gone off of his meds, or was acting, to exaggerate his condition. It’s actually exactly the opposite. Fox was showing the side effect of taking a certain Parkinson’s medication over a period of many years.
Thursday evening at 10, on ABC, M.J. has a special that’s a companion to his new book, “Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.”
The Hunt for Gollum
NPR had an item that piqued my curiosity, about a fan film called The Hunt for Gollum.
This reminds me of the praiseworthy Star Trek fan project, New Voyages. I don’t know how much of an influence New Voyages had on getting the new Trek movie produced, but so far I haven’t seen anything in the trailers that has me dying to see it. For starters, the set for the bridge is a gaudy mess, reminiscent of the way that Batman looked as handled by Joel Schumacher.