2010 - A Space Oddity
Comic Con makes Big Bang
Comic con has gotten big since the days when it was a nerd convention for asperger's syndrome types with paste on plastic Vulcan ears who spoke to each other in quotes and references from obscure sci fi movies and TV series. First the cos play gals showed up. Then, when the movies studios began cashing in on second hand ideas in the form of comic based flicks, it became an important marketing platform. Like small town bush league baseball it also became a venue for performers who were either looking to break big, or who were washed up - like Megan Fox & Angelina Jolie. Sometimes they even have attendees of genuine interest - like that handsome devil, TV anti hero Dexter Morgan! Here's Dexter's alter ego - the mild mannered, bright, & funny Michael C Hall, sharing his insights on America's favorite antihero!
Speaking of obscure sci fi, here's my salute to late UFO actor Ed Bishop with Star Trek:TNG - The Way It Ought To Have Been. I call this little number Captain Straker!
"Launch the interceptors - I mean the photon torpedoes! Well don't just sit there damn it, launch something!"
Fans of UFO will recognize the Picard-Riker routine as basically a repeat of the Straker - Paul Foster relationship with a transatlantic twist.
"Space, the final frontier. The one thing that stands between it and Earth is SECURITY! - my No 1 concern!"
BTW sci fi mainstreaming has taught us one really important lesson - never under estimate the impact of a good theme tune and some rapid segue editing!
