we're (Trek, that is) on Newsweek!

[indranee]

... and we've got a Vulcan prez...

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/26/star-trek-on-cover-of-newsweek/

It’s the Spock plot strands that give the new “Trek” its best shot at once again commanding the zeitgeist. Spock’s cool, analytical nature feels more fascinating and topical than ever now that we’ve put a sort of Vulcan in the White House. All through the election campaign, columnists compared President Obama’s unflappably logical demeanor and prominent ears with Mr. Spock’s. But as Spock’s complicated racial backstory is spun out in detail in the new “Trek”—right back into childhood—the Obama parallels keep deepening.

 

[section9]

... and we've got a Vulcan prez...

http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/26/star-trek-on-cover-of-newsweek/

It’s the Spock plot strands that give the new “Trek” its best shot at once again commanding the zeitgeist. Spock’s cool, analytical nature feels more fascinating and topical than ever now that we’ve put a sort of Vulcan in the White House. All through the election campaign, columnists compared President Obama’s unflappably logical demeanor and prominent ears with Mr. Spock’s. But as Spock’s complicated racial backstory is spun out in detail in the new “Trek”—right back into childhood—the Obama parallels keep deepening.

Jeez, that isn't journalism. That's fellatio.

I'm from the "Friends don't let Friends read Newsweak" school of politics, but I'll take the exposure for the movie any way I can get it.

So Good On Newsweak for giving Trek props. I'll take it, even from them.

We didn't get so lucky with Time, but we did get a blurb above the masthead.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Jeez, that isn't journalism. That's fellatio.

When is entertainment journalism not?

I mean jeez, while it's nice that their writers feel like they can reach for these big "ideas" in the context of the Trek story, let's not get confused about what the magazine is selling: the Summer Movie Season is upon us, and this is just a "soft news" cover story to boost newsstand sales. Criticism would be the reviewer's job, not the feature writer's.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

That cover is absolutely terrific. Though I can't tell with that small pic if there are lens flares or not.

 

[miraclefan]

Jeez, that isn't journalism. That's fellatio.

MAN am I glad somebody else said it, and not me!

 

[urbandk]

Jeez, that isn't journalism. That's fellatio.

MAN am I glad somebody else said it, and not me!

jeez

 

[SalvorHardin]

Jeez, that isn't journalism. That's fellatio.

MAN am I glad somebody else said it, and not me!

jeez

Not to be a grammar nazi but I believe that's ...jizz

 

[Aragorn]

Jeez, that isn't journalism. That's fellatio.

Well, you know, it's not like Mary Hart and John Tesh ever interviewed Boris Yeltsin or Margaret Thatcher on Entertainment Tonight, and if they ever asked George Bush a question it would probably have been "boxers or briefs?"

 

[Gepard]

jeez

No, jizz.

 

[RAMA]

Oh its been awhile...say 23 years...

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Jeez, that isn't journalism. That's fellatio.

Well, you know, it's not like Mary Hart and John Tesh ever interviewed Boris Yeltsin or Margaret Thatcher on Entertainment Tonight, and if they ever asked George Bush a question it would probably have been "boxers or briefs?"

This is proof?? Tesh was a Klingon... with a pain stick, even!...and he hit Worf with it!!!

 

[indranee]

^ahh... memories!

 

[Kruge]

Bah! Newsweek

One of those magazines people only notice at the check out line in the grocery store...nestled right next to O and UsWeekly

It'd be cooler if the National Inquirer started running with stories like "I"

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Bah! Newsweek

One of those magazines people only notice at the check out line in the grocery store...nestled right next to O and UsWeekly

Right where we want it.

 

[Sharr Khan]

Ah at least its press, and as they say any press is good press... though, it is a bit over the top and the lovefest sort of turns my stomach - Obama is no Vulcan... "logical" to Newsweek means something different then it must to me.

Sharr

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Look though, he got donations from Carpenter Street, perhaps it's true.
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/...addr=10009+S+Carpenter+St&zip=60643&older=yes

 

[pookha]

. Old-school Trekkies, some of whom say online that they're insulted by Paramount's recent "This is not your father's 'Star Trek' " promo campaign

makes one wonder if daly reads the forum.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Ah at least its press, and as they say any press is good press... though, it is a bit over the top and the lovefest sort of turns my stomach - Obama is no Vulcan... "logical" to Newsweek means something different then it must to me.

Indeed...it means the same thing to Newsweek that it means to most of your fellow citizens.

 

[miraclefan]

Look though, he got donations from Carpenter Street, perhaps it's true.
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/...addr=10009+S+Carpenter+St&zip=60643&older=yes

WOW! huffingtonpost, ya that's an unbiased news source!

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Look though, he got donations from Carpenter Street, perhaps it's true.
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/...addr=10009+S+Carpenter+St&zip=60643&older=yes

WOW! huffingtonpost, ya that's an unbiased news source!

I thought it was reliable enough for a lame joke attempt.