Normally it’s my wife Mel posting about things on Etsy, but I’m sorry this is too awesome.  A Star Trek inspired corset.  In these economic times I can’t afford $200 for it, but boy I’d like to see Mel in that outfit.  Until then I’ll just be happy looking at the photos on the listing…

And, to fill space so that image doesn’t just force itself down into my next entry, how about that upcoming Star Trek movie?  I’m really up in the air about it.  I think the casting of Zachary Quinto was brilliant, but I’m just not sure about the rest I’ve seen.  It doesn’t feel like a true ‘reboot’ but more like a restart with the same formula as the older (failed) movies.

But maybe I’m wrong.  Maybe it’ll be awesome.

But I thought that about Enterprise and it had a lot more potential!  Imagine if they’d done that show right — the forging of the Federation, the “introduction” of alien races who in the ‘current’ timeline were old news.  The first steps into interstellar diplomacy.  And, of course, the reasons why Humans seem to lead the Federation and the Vulcans are merely advisors.  Yes, they did have hints of that, but too often they got sucked into Yet Another Time Travel Episode or worse, introducing enemies that they should never have encountered already.  Ferengi?  Borg?  That early?!  LAZY LAZY LAZY!

I’ve heard the final season of Enterprise was pretty good, but by then I’d given up on it.  I gave it a shot after that entire season spent in Anomalyland.  ”Subspace anomaly” is lazy writer for “I dunno, it just happens” and that entire season of lazy, terrible hack writing drove me away.

But here’s hoping the “reboot” of Star Trek is worth watching.  I await further evidence!

If it’s got this corset model, it’ll be a good start…