Michael Rogers' Star Talk Weblog

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Monday, May 06, 2002

News: Spider-Man movie sets records and spawns this great headline in The Washington Post: "Spider-Man, a Creature Of Geek Mythology" -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37208-2002May5.html

Comment: Have not seen it yet and maybe I won't bother (Roger Ebert gives it a lukewarm review: http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-spider03f.html ). But it's an interesting marketing phenomenon. Its take has already topped $100 million. Perhaps better to not think of it as a movie but more like an amusement park ride -- you go, get your thrills and forget about it.

News: Found a Web site for one of my favorite authors, Dan Simmons -- http://dansimmons.com/ds/index.html

Comment: Writes great across all kinds of genres -- sci fi, horror, thrillers, detective. Read this interview of him on Salon.com and you'll be impressed at how thoughtful and intelligent he comes across. Clearly not just another hack sci fi scribbler: http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q3B8221D

News: Did Robert Blake really do it? Stephen J. Cannell, the writer-producer and creator of "Baretta" (TV show in which Blake played Baretta) does not think so -- http://makeashorterlink.com/?X119221D

Comment: Cannell makes a good case for Blake being too smart to have done such a stupid and obvious crime. Well, that's why they take it to trial and make the prosecution prove its case. Of course, in the media he's already been tried and convicted.

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