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2010

It looks like the IOC has decided to send the 2010 Winter Olympics our way. There are currently guys driving cars up and down Robson Street shouting woooooOOOOOOOOooooo. (I included the doppler effect for added realism.)

I hope they keep in mind there’s a scheduling conflict in 2010. According to Arthur C. Clarke, that’s the year that we send Roy Schieder and John Lithgow to Jupiter, where they make contact with a monolith. After Jupiter collapses, we’ll end up with a new sun, which will make the climate too warm for winter sports.

I really wish people would consider such things. Well I wish them the best, and I hope that not too many low-income families will be forced from their homes, and I hope that the new Olympic facilities won’t destroy too many pristine mountainsides.

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MCP

I watched Tron last night for no good reason. For such a cheesy Disney movie, it’s a real blast from the proverbial past. And it’s always fun to watch Bruce Boxleitner put five different objectives into every line. His style is reminiscent of Shatner, actually.

Incidentally, I borrowed the name of this site from Tron. “END OF LINE” is how the MCP ends each communication with Dillinger. Here’s a sound clip from moviesounds.com: tronendofline.wav.

Tron fans (and people who have involuntarily watched the movie) may enjoy www.tron-sector.com.

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Stimulating storylines

As I walked from the parkade this morning, past the woman kissing the rock, past the McDonald’s (alright, alright… through the McDonald’s), and down the street to the office, I wondered if last night’s episode of Enterprise was a complete waste of an hour of my life. The storylines on this series started so well, with a mysterious person from the future plotting to unravel the fabric of time. As the series progressed, plots became a little thin.

What happened to the thought-provoking themes that were the hallmark of Star Trek? What happened to the edge-of-your seat suspense like when Picard became a borg? Now it all seems so completey… lame. Like the episode where Trip gets pregnant and grows a nipple on his wrist. Now there’s some thought-provoking drama. [heaves exasperated sigh]

Last night’s Enterprise plot: T’Pol, the va-va-va-Vulcan, enters the Ponn Farr during a decontamination routine. What this means, for those who wisely avoid the show, is that a jelly-smeared, half-naked, sexy Vulcan with implants (no, not her ears), becomes a sweaty, crazed sex-fiend who tries to mate with anything on two legs.

Well, on reflection, maybe it wasn’t a complete waste of an hour.