Cosmic Sitcom™

Wink and a nod: Is there a coded message behind actor Christopher Eccleston’s explanation why he quit Doctor Who after just one season? He says he “didn’t enjoy the environment and the culture” of the show. And the media is just leaving it at that.

Precious is so much more than the depression fest you expect. It provides a shocking and enlightening view of life in the inner city, where faith in the power of literacy and creativity can wring some small bit of hope from the crude morass of poverty and abuse.

TrekMovie.com awarded the Star Trek: Phase II episode I co-authored with noted scifi author David Gerrold the Best Fan Production of 2009. “Blood and Fire, Part 2″ is based on a script Gerrold wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation but was never produced because producers deemed it too controversial.

Why Peggy Noonan’s recent Wall Street Journal article casts about for a scapegoat to blame for what’s wrong with America and (shocker!) comes upon homosexual singer Adam Lambert.

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.

Today’s Creepiness: Superman and Caligula have a lot in common if you believe Netflix. And the Catholic Church is bitter about the gays getting to marry in Washington, D.C., so watch out if you’re a poor person!

Prop. 8 opponents protest in chalk at L.A.’s Mormon Temple.

Are we gays so afraid of being labeled that we long for a future where we’re simply unremarkable? The release of ‘Blood and Fire,’ which I co-wrote with noted scifi author David Gerrold provoked a startling amount of homophobia disguised as open-mindedness. But those people aren’t fooling anybody.