Word: vulcan
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...became hostile, but it did have a sporting feeling to it, as if the press had suddenly found itself on a basketball court, exchanging teasing taunts with the President. "You're pitching. I'm catching," Obama said to Tapper after he compared Obama's thinking to that of a Vulcan. "The reference to Spock - is that a crack on my ears?" Tapper assured him it was not. When Bloomberg's Hans Nichols asked the President to predict the peak of the unemployment rate, the President smiled again, as if he was dodging a bad pass. "Since you just threw back...
...picks bar brawls with packs of space studs. Anger management was not a major issue with Shatner's Kirk, but that was a different century. Pike's Kirk has to be the hot-tempered yang to the yin of Quinto's Spock - who also gets an overhaul. Half-Vulcan, half-human, his nature is at constant war not only with Kirk's but with itself. In this Star Trek, philosophy takes a back seat to psychotherapy. (Read TIME's review of the new Star Trek movie by Mary Pols...
...With impeccable timing, Abrams welcomes the rest of the old crew of the Enterprise, young and fresh again, one by one to his dance floor. First up is Spock (Zachary Quinto, a slightly sexier version of Leonard Nimoy), who was bullied on Vulcan for having a human mother (Winona Ryder, seemingly still in character and costume from a Grey Gardens audition) and chose to take refuge in the Starfleet Academy. Then comes Uhura (Zoe Saldana), who rejects Kirk's leering come-on with just the crisp efficiency you'd expect...
...very noble re-reboot that featured a theme song by Diane Warren (borrowed from - wait for it - Patch Adams) in place of the traditional, lush instrumental opener and, in the holy captain's chair, Scott Bakula (borrowed from - wait for it - Quantum Leap). Not even Jolene Blalock with Vulcan ears could save it. Enterprise became the first Star Trek to be canceled for low ratings. Meanwhile, at the box office, Insurrection made back its $60 million budget, but not by much. Star Trek was always, at heart, a franchise owned by the fans, and it seemed as if the fans...
...more distant rellies, yes, including Diana. The 10th most frequently asked question on the site is about the names of the Queen's corgis (Emma, Linnet, Monty, Holly and Willow). Less asked about are the Dorgis, a cross-breed of Dachshunds and Corgis (Cider, Berry, Candy and Vulcan). There's a 700-word answer to the question about what the royal family's surname is (Mountbatten-Windsor, but they...