That jibes with comments former Babylon 5 scribe J. Michael Straczynski made last month at Wondercon, saying he would write a Surfer film featuring Galactus. JMS said Fox purposely held off showing the Big G in that movie to have a “big reveal” in the Surfer’s film debut.

The first two FF films were pretty bad. Perhaps every comic book isn’t made to be adapted into a live-action movie. With JMS writing the script, I’m at least happy about the Surfer’s prospects. How neat would it be if Galactus tries to eat the Narn or Centauri homeworlds?

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That, in a green nutshell with a misshapen chin, is why I’m looking forward to Marvel Comics Secret Invasion crossover. According to Marvel writers the Skrulls have been planning this for years, slowly using their shapeshifting powers to work their way into Earth’s most strategic locales. The whole allure of changeling characters, a sci-fi staple, is that they could be anyone and anywhere. Yes, it’s been done before and that’s because when done well it works brilliantly.

My favorite shapeshifters of all-time were the Changelings from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Those guys had it all. They could rest in liquid form, which for some reason just looks way more restful than “solid” sleeping. They had genetically-enhanced warrior slaves in the Jem’ Hadar, and the Changelings even kept them in check by hooking them on drugs. And we all know nobody fights harder than a crackhead!

The Skrulls are definitely up there though. In a classic storyline from the 60s, Mr. Fantastic turned some Skrulls into cows so they could “live out their lives in peace.” That was a classic passive-aggressive turn for our favorite absent-minded professor. What cow outside of India has a peaceful life? People in most of the world are just waiting to turn you into a tasty burger! Or worse, one from White Castle.

That storyline has been a running gag for a friend of mine who often signs off the phone by telling me he’s “going to get some Skrull.” I’m pretty sure turning a prisoner into your planet’s primary food source violates the Geneva Convention, constitutional provision against cruel and unusual punishment and God knows how many restaurant health regulations. The Fantastic Four could be the true cause of Mad Cow disease. It’s no wonder the federal government made these superpowered miscreants register their powers during Civil War.

I should add that all my excitement for this storyline will end if the Skrulls realize the error of their ways and surrender at the end of Secret Invasion.

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Battlefield Earth is no longer the worst movie of all time, at least according to the 2008 Golden Raspberry Awards. Lindsay Lohan vehicle I Know Who Killed Me earned a whopping eight “Razzies,” besting (or would that be worsting?) Battlefield Earth. The dreadful adaptation of the L. Ron Hubbard sci-fi novel held the previous record of seven Razzies, a shame Battlefield Earth shared along with Showgirls.

Lohan brought home Razzies for Worst Actress and Worst On-Screen Couple and I Know Who Killed Me also won in the new category of Worst Excuse for a Horror Film.  Eddie Murphy and Norbit won just about everything Lohan didn’t, racking up wins in three of four acting categories.  These Razzies were pretty beneficial for sci-fi, horror and fantasy as the lethal combo of Murphy and Lohan allowed several crummy films in those veins to dodge unwanted spotlights.

For Worst Actor Murphy beat Nicolas Cage, nominated for his work in films like Next and Ghost Rider.  Murphy also took Worst Supporting Actor, beating Jon Voight and Orlando Bloom. Voight was nominated for his work in Transformers, as well as stellar films like Bratz. Bloom got the nod for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.

Lohan’s dual Worst Actress nominations shut out Jessica Alba’s criminally miscast turn as Sue Storm in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Lohan beat Alba again in the Worst On Screen Couple category. Alba and Hayden Christensen earned a nomination for Awake.  Ironically, Alba was double-threat in a category about couples as she and Ioan Gruffudd got a nomination for Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Alien vs. Predator: Requiem and Hostel II were up for Worst Prequel or Sequel and in a way lost to Murphy too. This was one of the few awards Norbit wasn’t up for, but ill-advised Daddy Day Care sequel Daddy Day Camp took the trophy. Murphy wisely skipped on this sequel, allowing Cuba Gooding Jr.’s downward career spiral to continue. Was Jerry Maguire the last good film he was in?

AVP: Requiem and Hostel II trumped defeat at Murphy’s hands with a loss to Lohan. Both bad sequels were up for the new Worst Excuse for a Horror Film category.

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