Cosmic Sitcom™

A roundup of online reviews of Part 2 of “Blood and Fire,” the Star Trek: Phase II episode I co-wrote with David Gerrold (released Nov. 21). Part 2 features Star Trek: The Next Generation star Denise Crosby in a great guest-starring role and amazing visual effects by my dear friend Joël Bellucci.

I nominate the new Internet Movie Database (IMDB) app for the iPhone for the Nobel Peace Prize. Just think about all the arguments it has settled.

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, the Cosmic Sitcom™ and Little Junkies have called a holiday ceasefire on our Craptastic Movies War™ to collaborate on our upcoming respective Best Movies of 2009 lists.

Great news for Web series producers like me: An Associated Press article run in the Washington Post today notes that major studios are starting to back more Web series with talent and cash. The subject of this article, the series The Bannen Way, got $1 million in funding from Sony Pictures through their online network, Crackle.

Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog gets its own full-length fan film, a prequel with younger actors playing the major roles established in Whedon’s Web-epic.

As I summed it up in my 6,600th tweet: Saw Avatar. If hype is how you judge, you’ll be disappointed. It’s Dances with Wolves in space. But I liked it, and the technology will certainly change the way movies are made.

Each year, Hollywood executives name the best screenplays of the year that have yet to be made. It’s called the Black List. In previous years, the list has catapulted dozens of scripts into production and screenwriters out of oblivion. Some of this year’s crop have moved into production, others are stuck in development hell. See what you think.

Blog vs. Blog continues! First a word from one of Junkie1’s fellow “Avatar” haters. Then a lot of words about the crap in her DVD collection. There was some yawning and then some jawing about what crap really is. My take? If it stinks, it’s crap. She yammered on about “criteria” and “redeeming qualities.” ‘Tevs.

NBC’s “The Sing-Off” is quick to suck at the teat of FOX’s hit show choir series, “Glee.” Low-fi stick figures are perfect for teaching us about high tech. And what good is Taylor Lautner with his shirt on? Plus, what’s up “In the Heights”?

My niece has a Problem. Her love of crappy movies has gotten so out of control that it’s now negatively affecting the Lives of Others. So it’s Blog vs. Blog this week, Cosmic Sitcom vs. Little Junkies — laying down the smack for her own good. With pie charts. ¡À la mode!