{"id":1703,"date":"2008-02-22T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2008-02-22T08:00:15","modified_gmt":"2008-02-22T13:00:15","slug":"on-christopher-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1703","title":{"rendered":"On Christopher Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have decided.<\/p>\n<p>J.J. Abrams <i>needs<\/i> to find a way to fit Christopher Lee into the next <i>Star Trek<\/i> film.<\/p>\n<p>The reasons should be obvious.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Lee has been Dracula.<br \/>\nChristopher Lee has been Sherlock Holmes.<br \/>\nChristopher Lee has been the Frankenstein Monster.<br \/>\nChristopher Lee has been in <i>Star Wars<\/i>.<br \/>\nChristopher Lee has been in <i>The Lord of the Rings<\/i>.<br \/>\nChristopher Lee has been Death (in the <i>Discworld<\/i> adaptations).<br \/>\nChristopher Lee has even been in <i>EverQuest<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Name a science-fiction or fantasy franchise, and Christopher Lee has been a part of it.<\/p>\n<p>Except <i>Star Trek<\/i>.  And <i>Doctor Who<\/i>.  And <i>Harry Potter<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>But those are the only ones.<\/p>\n<p>Except for the ones I&#8217;m forgetting.<\/p>\n<p>But we&#8217;ll go back to <i>Star Trek<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Lee <i>needs<\/i> to be in <i>Star Trek<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know as what.  I don&#8217;t <i>care<\/i> as what.<\/p>\n<p>He can be the Romulan Emperor for all I care.<\/p>\n<p>Come to think of it, that might be cool.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not the point.<\/p>\n<p>The point is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Star Trek<\/i> needs Christopher Lee.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, it&#8217;s survived forty-some years without Christopher Lee.<\/p>\n<p>But Christopher Lee, who has been a part of so many beloved franchises, hasn&#8217;t been a part of <i>Star Trek<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>C&#8217;mon, J.J. Abrams.<\/p>\n<p>Cast Christopher Lee in <i>Star Trek XI<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Please?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have decided. J.J. Abrams needs to find a way to fit Christopher Lee into the next Star Trek film. The reasons should be obvious. Christopher Lee has been Dracula. Christopher Lee has been Sherlock Holmes. Christopher Lee has been the Frankenstein Monster. Christopher Lee has been in Star Wars. Christopher Lee has been in<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1703\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;On Christopher Lee&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[4089],"class_list":["post-1703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-star-trek","tag-star-trek","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}