Moving Tribute: Michael Piller

Ron Moore, the show-runner for the new Battlestar Galactica, has a lot of nice things to say about the late Michael Piller, who was, for a long time, the guy who ran the various "Star Trek" shows.

Among them, however, was, this nice little tidbit:

Then back to the studio lot to pick up our cars around midnight and head home to catch some sleep and then troop back into Michael’s office the next morning and begin another round of arguing over the ramrod up Picard’s ass or all the reasons why the Federation was morally bankrupt.

Even the writers knew it, thank Kobol.

Shameless Plug

My niece made this anime fanvid for Avatar.

It's damned good.

A Friday Five I actually like!

Who is your favourite superhero?

SUCH a hard question for me. I love Nova of the New Warriors to death, but I'm also partial to Psylocke in any incarnation (but especially the first), Storm circa the 80s rocked my world, and of course I can't forget my own creation, the Wujen. And Northstar. Northstar frelling rocks, man.

But favorite? Havok, of the X-Men circa 1989. He didn't want to be a superhero, but the danger posed by various factions to his friends and the planet, and specifically to mutants everywhere, forced him to join. And somewhere along the way, he found his purpose and his calling. And then, just when they'd made him very, very cool, Marvel killed him off/sent him to another dimension. Fuckers.

It was Havok's personality that made me love him, but his powers are also cool.

If you were a superhero, which one would you be?

If I had to choose? Probably Nova. Flight, strength, invulnerability, gravimetric pulses, the ability to go into SPACE. yep. And a cool suit, too.

That is, if the question is "Which powers would you want?" If I actually had to BE one of the characters, and not just me with the powers? Probably the Wujen. His personality is close to mine, anyway. Oh, ok. Of established characters, I'd be .... Hm. Superman is tempting, but I'm going to say The Doctor, of The Authority.

Justice League or Injustice League?
Justice League. I can't stand to be the bad guy.

Which supervillain would you be?
See above. However, if I HAD to be a villain, I'd be Magneto -- he's a badass, sure, but at least his motives are pure.

If you could have superpowers, what would they be?
If I could have my DREAM powers? Flight, strength, invulnerability, gravimetric pulses, cool suit. In other words, Nova's powers.

If I could pick only one mutant power? Hrm. Teleportation. Worldwide range.