The Speculist

"Plus, in the movie, Angelina Jolie could play Dr. Helen."

To hell with that. I want to see Dr. Helen play Angelina Jolie.

Absolutely. I hear Dr. Helen Smith accidentally kicked Chuck Norris into a coma while sparring last week, while writing two chapters of her new book. That heart operation? That was a cover story--they installed magamps and servos and stuff. She's like Captain America, but with a blender in her torso that has a special setting for hobos or something.

Andie McDowell and Angelina Jolie are rumored to have had a catfight over the role. There's a YouTube to prove it!

Agree with the other commenters. Forget this "Glenn" dude. As we say in NorCal, Dr. Helen is "hella cool".

The resemblance with Macdowell is uncanny. But, for Glenn, I think a more rounded visage. Brendan Fraser, I think, fits better, though the 10 year age difference with Andie presents a challenge for the makeup department.

Chris Noth, I think not.
Glenn is a dead ringer for Meat Loaf.

Eh, while Mr. Reynolds might be a good choice, I think he's oversold. He might have some Kurzweil in him (after all, if you can master Kurzweil curve-talk, you pretty much have replicated his functionality. But Warren Buffet and Bill Joy have significant skills and knowledge that Glenn Reynolds doesn't appear to have. I'm reluctant to endorse Glenn Reynolds for responsibility because I see his blog primarily as a tool for Mr. Reynolds to pimp his readership to Amazon and other commercial interests. And he has a vapid blogging style "indeed".

BTW I just glanced through Instapundit. Still has the Amazon linkage and the one line quip style that I dislike intensely.

Karl,

Well, Glenn would probably be the first to admit that he's not everybody's cup of tea. His "quip" approach to blogging is something either you like or you don't. Based on the traffic figures, it looks like quite a few folks like it fine.

There's no question that Glenn uses his blog to advance commercial interests, as do we here at The Spec with our Google ad bars. What can I say...it's hard out here for a pimp. You could take away the rewards associated with that and the Amazon ads I've posted and I'd still keep doing this; I do it because it's fun.

Although he's in a substantially higher pay grade, I'm sure the same is true for Glenn. He didn't get into blogging for the money (there wasn't any when he started), and I doubt that's what primarily motivates him now. Not that I think there would be anything wrong with doing it for the money.

As for his qualifications: he's a respected law professor; he's the author of a bestselling book about societal / technological change; he's also written extensively about space policy and other areas of concern to the Foundation; and, yes, he publishes a very popular blog and podcast, both of which he has used to generate interest in a wide variety of topics related to the future, including the Lifeboat Foundation itself.

Plus he has a good sense of humor about being compared to Super Dave Osborne and Larry the Cable Guy. Moreover, he stops by this site from time to time. All told, I think I'll stand by my nomination.