Paul Allen's Science Fiction Museum and Hall Of Fame opens this weekend to geek and un-geek alike! "What if your best friend was an alien?" Donna Shirley asks. "What if you could erase things from your past? It gives people permission to speculate. ... We want to get kids thinking about what could really happen."
In other words, the museum going for more than geek appeal, though it has plenty of that. Among the exhibits are Captain Kirk's original command chair from Star Trek (no, you can't sit in it), an interactive space station exhibit, fan magazines, posters and a ray-gun collection that could get the NRA excited about galaxies far, far away.
In other Sci-Fi news author Ray Bradbury is a wee bit pissed at Michael Moore's use Fahrenheit 9/11 as the title of his Bush/HouseO'Saud blast about, which is incidentally a take on Bradbury's book burning tale Fahrenheit 451.
Bradbury, who hasn't seen the movie, said he called Moore's company six months ago to protest and was promised Moore would call back.
He finally received that call last Saturday, Bradbury said, adding Moore told him he was "embarrassed."
"He suddenly realized he's let too much time go by," the author said by phone from his home in Los Angeles.
Apparently Mr. Moore was busy eating, but, fear not dear reader I'm sure this whole episode will disappear once some money is thrown at the situation, if not, burn the movie like any good conservative would and will do. God Bless America.
