But why would they WANT to return to the old timeline after having gone to the trouble of rebooting the franchise? Especially since the old timeline would be, well, even older by then. Honestly, I can't think of a single franchise that ever went back to the old continuity after being remade or rebooted. That would…

Nice explication of the difference between "copyright" and "trademark," which often seems to confuse people—and not without reason!

Mars Needs Women . . . or Moms . . . or Santa Claus . . . .

I seriously doubt that any new TV shows would go back to the old continuity, though. Any new TV series will take placed in the new, rebooted universe—or else start over again from scratch. Franchises, once rebooted, never return to the continuity of a previous generation. That's not how it works.

As I understand it, the Trek episode did not start out as adaptation of the Brown story. It started out as an original script but, at some point, somebody remembered the story and realized that their upcoming ep was uncomfortably similar in concept. So, just to play fair and avoid trouble, they threw some money at…

Thanks! (Says the guy who stayed up too late watching "The Viking Queen" last night.)

Honestly, I think the idea that "old" trash was of higher quality than "new" trash is just nostalgia speaking. Just because somethng is old does not mean it's classic. Seriously, not every old cult movie was "The Creature from Black Lagoon" or "The Fly." Go back and watch "Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman" or "The…

To try to answer your question: great trash fiction often has a pulp vitality and WTF? subversiveness that can be lacking in more serious, intellectual, respectable fictions. Cerebral works of high artistic intent are all very well and good when you're in the mood for the kind of thing, but man and woman and teenage…

Sounds like fun. I confess I really enjoyed "Jersey Shore Shark Attack."

Also, if you use the Scroll of Thoth (or, alternatively, tanna leaves) to bring your dead Egyptian princess back to life, expect to end up as a mummy for the next 3,000 years . . . .

I'm not sure anybody watches EUREKA expecting rigorous hard-science. And, trust me, all that computer stuff still seems like magic to some of us . . . .

Honestly, I think the average moviegoer realizes that the same actor can play different characters in different movies, sometime even in the same genres or series. Mark Lenard played at least three different characters on STAR TREK, and so several other actors double and triple-dipped on the various Trek shows and…

I could point out that the old Universal Monster films used to double-dip all the time. Lon Chaney Jr. played Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman, AND the Mummy. Bela Lugosi played Frankenstein and Dracula. Karloff played Frankenstein and the Mummy and the mad scientist in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN. And, yes, the movies…

I've always thought of Don MacGregor's run in JUNGLE ACTION back in the seventies as the gold standard for Black Panther series. But then, I'm old.

Makes sense to me. Nobody complains when the Met puts on a new production of "Carmen" every few years. Or when somebody does a new production of "Hamlet" or "Romeo & Juliet." But try remaking ROBOCOP . . . sacrilege!

Doctor to ghost patient: "Damn it, you are not going to die on me! Wait, never mind . . . ."

I am so watching "Jersey Shore Shark Attack" . . . .

At least they managed to avoid including any Jewish superheroes like Kitty Pryde or the Thing . . . .

It's simple. If you don't approve of homosexuality, don't date members of the same sex. But let other people do what they want. Just because the Amish prefer horse-and-buggies doesn't mean the rest of us can't drive cars . . . .

It's not a contest. Think of it of as superhero team-up against intolerance.