Birthdays
Roberto Orci b. 1973 (writer, Xena, Star Trek (reboot))
Josh Holloway b. 1969 (Lost)
Carlos Saldanha b. 1968 (co-director Ice Age)
Reed Diamond b. 1967 (Dollhouse)
In a situation like this, I often go with the Whedonverse actor in the picture slot, but even though I gave up on Lost well before the ending that disappointed many, there's no denying how popular it was during much of its run.
Movies released
The Dark Knight Rises released 2012
There was a time not so long ago that I saw nearly every big budget sci-fi and comic book movie that came out, but a few bad experiences cured me of this habit. For me, The Dark Knight was one of those bad experiences, so I didn't see The Dark Knight Rises.
Songs of the Future!
Prediction: The public discovers the world will end in 1977, five years in the future
Predictor: David Bowie in the song Five Years from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, released in 1972
Reality: The world didn't end, of course, but music fans will likely have noticed that I use the label "We've got ____ years/And that's all we've got" for all apocalypses with specific dates on them, which is the hook from Five Years.
Five Years is song one on side one on Ziggy and it's one of the best opening songs on an album of all time as far as I'm concerned. More than that, I once remember playing the album for a friend who asked if it was a greatest hits compilation. For those of us who were listening to the radio in 1972 (a mere 41 years ago) the songs are that familiar and that good.
Looking one day ahead... INTO THE FUTURE!
Yet another bold prediction with a cool illustration from Popular Mechanics.
Join us then... IN THE FUTURE!
i notice that your birthday list seems heavily weighted in favor of movie and tv people. am i falling for a statistical illusion or is it lack of data or lack of pictures or just a stylistic choice? granted i'm sure people would rather look at pictures of e.g. jeri ryan or lucy lawless than pictures of van vogt or norman spinrad.
ReplyDeleteHi, Clem. I started with writers who won the Nebula or Hugo for novels. In the next few weeks off I want to do more research and will expand the writer pool to those who won those awards for shorter works.
DeleteThat said, when I add a movie, the number of actors is going to increase by more than the number of writers or directors increases by, generally speaking.
The database is expanding, but even so I expect the writers will still be in the minority.
Thanks for asking.