In the footsteps of phantoms

I haven't seen Nicoholas Cage in a movie for a while now, so it came as somewhat of a surprise to me to see him looking all sleek and sexy in the trailers for his new action movie - the screen-adaptation of the Marvel comic book classic: Ghostrider. At the time I remember thinking to myself: “This guy looks different somehow,” but I couldn't quite put my finger on what had changed so drastically since last I'd seen him. Was it botox? Did he have a facelift? And then it hit me - the man has a brand-new bloody hairline. Go rent a copy of Leaving Las Vegas or Face/Off and you’ll see what I mean. Now allow me to be the first to say that he looks great, he really does; he looks ten years younger at the very least.

My only question is: Will this be a sustainable solution, or will he go down the Michael Jackson top-up procedure every other day route that leads to freakdom? Has this ghostrider embarked on a journey of folly that will provide the rest of us with unfounded hope, or is this a real breakthrough? Ok fine, it's two questions - but you get the picture: he's blazing a trail. But where that leads is just about anybody's guess.