Once there was a young woman named Sarah Connor. In the mid-1980s, she gave birth to a son, whom she named John. At some point in his childhood, a supercomputer named Skynet became sentient and launched a nuclear Armageddon. Sarah protected her son and they survived. John became a leader of the remaining humans and …
Monthly Archive: June 2007
Jun 29
Seriously, I love my web site
Yes, I was gone for a week. No vacation, no neglecting the blog, just Internet problems, pure and simple. I have a major post that I’ve been mulling over. Coming right up! Stay tuned.
Jun 29
Belatedly Jumping on the Wishlist Bandwagon; or, happy birthday to me
I turned twenty-five today. And as is the wont of others around these parts, I’ve decided to share with you my Amazon Wish List. Not that I’m expecting anything, of course. http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3E23EETG1QP6I/ Now, you’ll note that the list belongs to one Mary Russell– who is, of course, my beautiful wife. Generally, I don’t think one …
Jun 27
A Love Letter to Big Ethel
I remember the exact moment that I fell in love with “Big” Ethel Muggs, Jughead’s unwanted suitor from the Archie books. It was when I came across this: This is the secret of Big Ethel: she was always exactly and stubbornly herself. She never tried to fit in, but rather asserted her own unique personality …
Jun 25
The Arthur Effect
The Arthur Effect is the process in which the things that make an intellectual property unique are smoothed out in order to gain a wider audience. For example, the original Lee-Ditko Spider-Man was a very angry and moody young man. He lived in a moody, atmospheric world and fought bizarre villains, like the Vulture and …
Jun 22
I suppose you’ve all seen Dramatic Chipmunk?
This is, as advertised, the funniest five seconds on the Internet: Hat tip to James Lileks.
Jun 22
In Defense of Lois Lane
The best Superman comics ever made are also the most fondly remembered and the most widely derided. The Silver Age Superman, stewarded by Mort Weisenger, basically defined the Superman universe as we know it: the Fortress of Solitude, the Bottle City of Kandor, Bizarro and Braniac, Supergirl, the Legion of Super-Heroes, Legion of Super-Pets (and …
Jun 21
Thunder! Thunder! Thunder! ThunderCats, No!!!
Sorry about the title– I couldn’t resist. It was announced earlier this month that Warner Bros. has optioned a script for a theatrical feature-length CGI-animated ThunderCats film. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966320.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 ThunderCats was one of the best animated action/sci-fi series of the eighties, marked by strong animation, comparatively rich characterization, and a cohesive universe. A film would be …
Jun 21
Digital Imaging and “Spider-Man 2″
For those who don’t know much about me, I am a film student at Brigham Young University, set to graduate in August. I just finished my last film class (I have three classes left to take during the next two months, but they are not related to my major), and I thought some of the …
Jun 16
Robot Chicken Star Wars is TOMORROW!
If not for a banner ad on PvP I wouldn’t even know about the Robot Chicken Star Wars Special! It’s Sunday, June 17th. That’s tomorrow!!! Criminy, I almost missed this! Just a sample of Star Wars goodness previously done by Robot Chicken:
Jun 15
New Tivo ads up
Okay, you’ve all see the grilling ad. I thought about rotating the ads, but if you thought that one was slightly risque with the “antennae as phallus symbols” motif, you didn’t want to see the one I passed up. However, I didn’t realize Tivo had added three more, better ads to the campaign. So I’m …
Jun 15
First glimpse of next movie Batman costume
Entertainment Weekly has the scoop and first photo of Batman’s New Suit for the 2008 feature “Dark Knight”. The biggest change: Batman can finally move his neck!
Jun 15
I Can Write Almost As Much as Alan Kistler!
Check out my new blog I just started for an in-depth look at why comic books have lost my general readership and how I long for the good ol’ days of JLA with Grant Morrison and Mark Waid! It’s a long one that I should go back and edit sometime, given that I finished it …
Jun 14
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales on DVD
Surprise! Babylon 5: The Lost Tales will debut in only a month! It features Bruce Boxleitner, Tracey Scoggins and Peter Woodward (playing Galen, his character from “The Crusade”). To see the trailer, go to the BABYLON 5 site, click Main Menu and then on the button for the Lost Tales movie. There are also two …
Jun 13
Adam West’s failed detective comedy pilot
Produced by Robert Smigel and Conan O’Brien in 1991, “Lookwell” was the story of a down on his luck actor (Adam West seems to play those a lot) who once played a detective on TV. Now wielding an honorary badge still in its display case, he attempts to find work as a detective. Sadly, the …
Jun 13
Chuck Norris apparently has one weakness
In the same vein as all of those Chuck Norris lists, I present the man’s Kryptonite: Paddles
Jun 12
Please help out the family of Tom Artis
From The Pulse at Comicon.com: R.I.P. Artist Tom Artis; Please donate to The Tom Artis and Family Memorial Fund Veteran comic book artist Tom Artis passed away on May 1, 2007 after a long illness. Artis was best known for his work on various DC and Marvel titles throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including The …
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