Yeah, this is what was running through my head when I first saw the Obama video, too. Glad to see I wasn’t alone.
The Zap! Pow! Zoom! Initiative
I recently started a new blog with the purpose of promoting recognition of comics as a valid art form. Somewhat inspired by my recent reading of Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, but mostly inspired by the look on many of my friends’ faces when they find out I’m into comics (most of my real-life friends are…
Ridley Scott’s Andromeda Strain remake airs Memorial Day
I had no idea they were even redoing Andromeda Strain, let alone that it was being done by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott and starring Andre Braugher, Ricky Schroder and Daniel Dae Kim! Man, this sounds good. I saw the original movie and it was…okay. Frankly, it’s computer graphics were so crude that they were…
A new thought about Wright/Obama
Don’t you think there’s an overlooked aspect of this whole Wright/Obama froofarraw? Until now, we’ve all been wondering why Obama would stay in that church. Let’s look at it the other way. Consider: Wright hates “assimilationist” blacks. Conda”skeeza” Rice, Colin Powell…he even wants the multi-racial Tiger Woods to lose at golf for the crime of…
The Last Straw
There is nothing sacred or original in DC Comics anymore. I’d like to use this post as an opportunity to announce my formal decision to cease all future purchases of DC Comics mainstream titles and stories. I’ve been turned off by a lot of the poor writing in Flash and JLA the last few years…
Need to get caught up on “Countdown”?
You made the decision to skip “Countdown”. Maybe it was because you weren’t as sure of the writing teams. Perhaps you didn’t think that Jimmy Olsen, Pied Piper, Jason Todd, Donna Troy, Karate Kid, Catwoman’s ex-hooker ex-sidekick, Harley Quinn out of costume and a Triplicate Girl without superpowers were compelling enough to make for good…
A great moment in today’s Luann
I know the comic is called Luann, but whenever the subject is Brad the strip is much better. After 9/11, Brad went from a shiftless older brother eating out of the fridge to an aspiring fireman, and in his quest he’s moved out of the house and fallen in love with another firefighter. Whenever the…
TV Rarities I’d like to buy on DVD
This old article got me thinking…. There are a lot of TV shows that I’d love to be able to get my hands on in a DVD format. I’m not just talking about the hit shows that are bizarrely unavailable such as any further “King of the Hill” collections or the criminally-unavailable “Night Court”. (I…
Guess who just wet his pants.
I did. Witty dialog? Check. Great action, laced with self-reflective humor? Check. Indy kickin’ trash? Double check. (Harrison Ford’s still got it!) I’m definitely seeing this on opening night. I’m officially psyched. MICHAEL TAKES OVER THE POST: Awww, heck…here’s the video, right here:
Strikesend: The Aftermath
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-02-10-tv-show-return_N.htm?csp=34 This article somewhat responds to many common questions about both short-term and long-term effects of the WGA strike and its end. Most interesting to me was the information regarding this season of television shows and how much more of a “season” we can expect (answer: not all that much, for the most part). The…