There seem to be few limitations on the heights of inspiration found at Robot Chicken.(via io9)

ring-ring. ring-ring.
“Hello, this is Walter Koenig calling. Is Warren available? Yes, of course.”
“Hi, Warren. Yeah, great. Listen, I appreciate all the press notices I’m getting for agreeing to stand in as George’s best man at his gay wedding – ”
“That’s okay, it’s his event, he’s the bride – ”
“No I didn’t.”
“Anyway, what I was wondering [...]

Last time when I wrote about character actor John Getz and the critical role he played in one of David Cronenberg’s classic gross-out scenes, I approached it from the standpoint that Getz had an everyday kind of face in an industry filled with extraordinary-looking people. My thought at the time was that, while the faces [...]

William Shatner, of course, is boo-hooing again that neither Paramount nor J.J. Abrams graciously asked him to appear in the next Star Trek movie, even while he’s kicking off a new “multimedia touring exhibition of Trek memorabilia”, according to SCI FI Wire. It once seemed as though Shatner tried to distance himself from his Trek-styled [...]

The other day when we posted this fun little bit of nonsense in which the characters of Star Trek cavort and dance to the tune of Monty Python’s “Knight of the Round Table” ditty, we were sad and despondent that the video embed from YouTube.com didn’t work. Cursed technology! So, naturally, we’ll try it again [...]

It looks like the rumored-dead Star Trek prequel has been moved from sickbay to spacedock for a complete retrofitting. Variety is reporting that Mission: Impossible 3-Lost-Alias wundergeek J.J. Abrams has been given the “engage” order to renew, reimagine, and generally give the Project Genesis treatment to the beleaguered lost-in-a-nebula franchise.
Can’t stop. Making idiotic Star Trek [...]

A different angle for this week’s Mission: Hollywood. There’s been a lot of news from across the showbiz world that, well, just warmed our hearts all to pieces. And with next Tuesday’s Oscar noms, you might hurt yourself reaching around for those warm, life-affirming back-pats. So, take advantage of our strangely benevolent mood and start [...]