I Nominate Glenn Reynolds

By | October 27, 2006
8 Comments

I mean, he’s the perfect amalgam of Warren Buffet, Ray Kurzweil, and Bill Joy. But he also has a certain timeless, heroic quality putting us in mind of the great ones who have come before. If anybody is going to save the planet, it’s him.

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

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I don’t know if they’re taking nominations, but Glenn is definitely the guy.

Also, I’m not just anybody saying this. I was offered a slot on the Lifeboat Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board. That’s right. Offered. Unfortunately, I never got around to sending them a bio. Still, you know…that’s something.

BTW, while you’re at the Lifeboat Foundation site, stick around a while. Read some of the stuff. This is an important outfit. Oh, and don’t forget to drop Glenn a line and let him know he’s the guy.

UPDATE: Hey, an Instalanche! Okay, Chief, here’s an update on casting the movie, per your specs:

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And if anyone was wondering about who to put in the other role, I have it narrowed down to three likely candidates:

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SECOND UPDATE: Dr. Helen herself has chimed in with a casting choice. That’s Chris Noth, Mr. Big from Sex and the City. Judge for yourselves…

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  • http://mistersnitch.blogspot.com/ MisterSnitch

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

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

  • http://www.gmapalumni.org/chapomatic Chap

    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!

  • Jim,MtnViewCA,USA

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

  • Deep Thought

    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.

  • theevilmidnightposter

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

  • Karl Hallowell

    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.

  • Phil Bowermaster

    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.

  • Todd

    I have to agree with Karl. I love Instapundit and visit just about every day but Glenn’s slavish pimping for Amazon is sickening. I don’t know how much they’re paying him to push Amazon but it must be 6 figures.