Thursday night links.
* Is the rumored Buffy reboot just a ploy to get Sarah Michelle Gellar on board?
* This brief history of Star Trek reboots makes a persuasive case for the centrality of the "reboot" in the logic of SF franchise.
* Manga collector faces 15 years for comics collection. More at MeFi.
* Hulu has a desktop client.
* Alan Moore's "Future Shocks" goes digital. These are all good, get to iTunes immediately.
* Today's bizarre outrage of the day is a Fox-News-backed conspiracy theory that Obama is selectively closing Republican-owned Chrysler dealerships. Nate Silver and Kevin Drum debunk.
* Also at FiveThirtyEight: Operation Gringo: Can the Republicans Sacrifice the Hispanic Vote and Win the White House?
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Posted by Gerry Canavan at 8:17 PM
Labels: Alan Moore, Buffy, comics, conspiracies, demographics, Hulu, ITunes, manga, Nate Silver, politics, pornography, race, reboots, Republicans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, science fiction, Star Trek, Won't somebody think of the children?
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