Dammit Jim, I'm A Doctor Not A Blogger.

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of my blog. It's been difficult to blog lately as I have yet to find a less than expensive way to replace my busted computer. In any case, I will try and do better with post in the future.

So whats new with me and more importantly in the world of popular culture? Well I returned from Florida with hours of TV to watch, but more importantly I found the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly in my mailbox. Check it out.

That's right! Star Trek is back and it is time to start getting excited. This latest incarnation is a prequel movie about the young, just out of the Starfleet Academy Kirk and Spock. I think it is part of the prequel rage that started with George Lucas and his pre-Star Wars series about Darth Vader as a troubled teen.

Ever since then it seems like every possible film franchise possibility has launched a 'prequel' to the character or story the audience is already familiar with. We had"Batman Begins" about the early days of the Capped Crusader, "Hannibal Rising" about a young Hannibal Lector, and even "Casino Royale" was a re-imagined relaunch of a younger James Bond, just starting out.

The Star Trek prequel should be fun because it is about the original crew, which in my opinion were always the best characters (Sorry Worf). Also, the idea of a young, brash Captain Kirk is great. We Star Trek fans were always teased with hints of Kirk's past, specifically the mention of Kirk's involvement with fixing the "Kobayashi Maru" test while he was at Starfleet Academy (See "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"---No seriously, go see it--It's awesome!). Did I just out myself as a total cosmic Trekker? Oh well. In any case that young/arrogant Kirk was the one I always wanted to learn more about, and I'm hoping in this new film we may get to see it.

The story of the new 'Star Trek' film is pretty top secret, but I have heard rumors that the plot will somehow involve time-travel and feature the original Spock, Leonard Nimoy. Time travel AND Nimoy! Now count me in.

Another cool thing about this re-imagining of the Star Trek universe is that the one and only Simon Pegg will be playing Scotty (As in "Beam me up, Scotty"). I have long been a fan of Pegg since seeing the most terrific romantic comedy with zombies "Shawn of the Dead". The idea of having this guy be the comic relief on the Enterprise ship just sounds great. I mean, this is the same guy who almost stole 'Mission Impossible III" away from Tom Cruise.

If you enjoy the latest prequel rage you're in luck. Hugh Jackman is making an "X-Men" prequel about his character Wolverine and there are rumors of a Will Smith prequel to his movie "I Am Legend". I guess prequels are the only choices for sequels when you kill off your main character at the end of a film.

I have so much more to discuss, but that might be it for now. In the next weeks maybe we can discuss the new 'Lost' season five promo, as well as the upcoming '24' TV movie coming to FOX in November.