Month: January 2005

Okay, a friend of mine thought that the following new toy based on Darth Vader represented the absolute nadir of Lucasfilm licensing.

http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/hasbro/news20050113.html

I, on the other hand, saw it and immediately wanted to run out and buy one.

U-Decide: Low point or irresistable kitsch?

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(Update: I’ve added a picture of Darth Tater. Eeek. –GH)

They’ve been having “Pirates of the Caribbean” in heavy rotation on cable, so I’ve seen it a few times. And listening to Geoffrey Rush laugh–particularly at the point where his undead condition is first revealed and he’s just slammed the doors on Elizabeth, and he cackles dementedly to his crew–I’ve decided he’d be absolutely perfect if anyone ever decides to do a remake of “Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow” or, as it was called by Disney, “The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh.” Rush has this nice, peaceful demeanor that would do wonderfully for Dr. Syn, the Vicar of Dimchurch, but he can do great stuff with his voice to portray his alter ego of the Scarecrow (last seen in a painting in “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.”)

I wish Disney would release the Patrick McGoohan three-parter on DVD. Not the shortened movie version, but the whole series.

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Heidi over on Comicon’s “The Beat” stated that she was unable to get confirmation from DC that issue #20 of “Fallen Angel” will be the last one. Which has prompted a plethora of e-mail and sparking of hope from various fans, whereas I’m just left shaking my head and wondering what the hëll is going on. All I can do is pass on what’s told to me. I swear to you, right hand to God, if I hear anything different from what I’ve been told, I’ll let you know…although it could wind up being contradicted 24 hours later…

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A rather unique review site was brought to my attention, wherein “Fallen Angel #18” and “Madrox #3” were reviewed at http://politedissent.com/archives/503/, solely on the basis of the medical situations (Boxer’s mom losing the baby, Madrox breaking someone’s fingers.) The reviewer stated in both cases that I got it right. I’m pleased, especially in the case of Madrox, since I really did take the time to do the research and discover which fingers in the hand were the easiest to break. The color of shark’s blood underwater aside, I always try to write for the experts, so it’s nice when the experts notice.

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Had a phone conference the other day with Brian Bendis (as he mentioned on his own website) to discuss some matters tying in with both a project of his and a new project of mine. Went extremely well.

Went into Marvel today for further conferences about the Abomination limited series and talked with the editor of the new series I’ll be doing later in the year. It’s shaping up pretty well, I think. In a rare double-feature, I’ll be heading back into the city tomorrow for an advance Marvel screening of “Elektra.”

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Why do these people hate America?

Yahoo! News – Some Miss. Libraries Ban Jon Stewart Book

GULFPORT, Miss. – Library officials in two southern Mississippi counties have banned Jon Stewart’s best-selling “America (The Book)” over the satirical textbook’s nude depictions of the nine U.S. Supreme Court (news – web sites) justices.

“I’ve been a librarian for 40 years and this is the only book I’ve objected to so strongly that I wouldn’t allow it to circulate,” said Robert Willits, director of the Jackson-George Regional Library System of eight libraries in Jackson and George counties.

“We’re not an adult bookstore. Our entire collection is open to the entire public,” Willits said. “If they had published the book without that one picture, that one page, we’d have the book.”

Wal-Mart has declined to stock the book because of the page, which features the faces of the nine Supreme Court justices superimposed over naked bodies. The facing page has cutouts of the justices’ robes, complete with a caption asking readers to “restore their dignity by matching each justice with his or her respective robe.”