An Observation on The Kazui's Plans

Over on his website, Peter David ponders the news about a possible Buffy Remake.

I could very well be wrong–in fact, wouldn’t be surprised if I was–but I see this as a big negotiating ploy. I think that at some point the producers must have approached Whedon, he had terms they were reluctant to meet (money, creative control, whatever) and so they’ve gone public with the notion that they’re willing to proceed without him in order to gain negotiating leverage.

He also points out that Gene Roddenberry was strongly involved with Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but encouraged people to skip The Wrath of Khan. Which is, at the very least, an interesting anecdote.

But How Will it Look on a Burger King Glass?

In spite of their horrendous advertising campaign (Kingons? Really?) and slightly less horrendous food, I schlepped over to the local Burger King to grab myself a value meal for lunch and score the set of Glasses for the current Trek film.

They are available in a set, instead of buying them separately, which I supposed makes a certain amount of sense. I remember back in '80, when Empire was coming out and my cousin Sherif & I were in a BK for dinner and we saw the announcement that they'd soon be releasing the Empire glasses at BK. We tried to buy them on the spot, ignoring the info on the placemat that said "coming soon".

The glasses were released on a weekly basis, which pretty much guaranteed I'd be going in every week until they were done. There was a glass for Darth Vader & Boba Fett, C -3PO and R2, Luke Skywalker and Yoda, and Lando Calrissian. I think. I'd have to go check the china hutch at home to verify.

They're still very affordable collectibles; my Vader glass was broken by a visitor, so I had to replace it which cost less than $5.

So, still being huge nerds, I figured I'd go get the new Trek set. The crispy chicken sandwich is, well, criminally small. I think I'm kind of hungry again.

I really need a spiffy Trek icon, don't I?

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