Star Trek

By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Peter Wehner) For the record: The character in Star Trek was Mr. Spock, not Dr. Spock. The former is one of television’s most memorable television characters; the latter was a pediatrician and best-selling author. And Dr. Spock, unlike Mr. Spock, made no appearances on Star Trek.

By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Jonah Goldberg) Milk II: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name: The Terminator goes back to late 1970s San Francisco because he's decided he can no longer live a lie. When a homophobic bigot maitre' d refuses to seat his party at the front of a restaurant, he shoots him in the face with a shotgun. Sean Penn exclai...

By Jonah Goldberg I really want to like Joss Whedon's new show (he is, after all, my master now). But I've got to say that so far it's pretty underwhelming. It's not awful, and if it weren't a Whedon production it might benefit from lower expectations. But it's just not up to snuff. If you haven't seen it, it's proba...

By Jonah Goldberg A couple emails: Other problems I noticed with trailer: 1. Spock was much older than Kirk (long Vulcan lifespan). He served with Pike. Trailer makes them look like classmates and contemporaries. 2. Kirk much older than Uhuru. That's why he is a CAPT and she is an LT. Trailer makes them look like con...