Because I lack empathy. Well, and any other qualifications ( Read more... )

I've just learned the most wonderful news. There is apparently a Jonah Hex movie being made right now to be released next year. Jonah Hex, for those that don't know, is on of DC Comics' Western characters. He's a horribly disfigured bounty hunter. Those of you who watched the Batman Animated Series of the 90s will remember Hex from that one episode ( Read more... )

Just saw Watchmen. The movie is probably somewhat satisfying as its own entity, and with my expectations as low as they were, I can't honestly say it was a disappointment. I had a number of minor issues with the adaptation, but they largely boil down to it being really dumbed down. It felt like the people making it didn't trust the audience to pick ( Read more... )

My thoughts on Final Crisis after (finally) reading issue 7 ( Read more... )

This may feel a little cryptic, but I'm intentionally leaving out proper names, in order to minimize the (I'm sure already very small) chance of people finding it with search engines. Just FYI ( Read more... )

The film in question: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ( Read more... )

...is apparently really into Ethan Hawke. Or maybe crime drama, as he's now intently focused on Philip Seymour Hoffman.

So I'm sure you will be hearing about this again from Cheryl, but we have a cat now. His name is Hoody, because he's from the hood (Vallejo) and he was found under the hood of a car. Cheryl's co-worker's son found him, and the co-worker couldn't keep him because he has another cat and they didn't get along, so now we have him. At present he lives ( Read more... )

Because being a buzzkill is super fun, I'd like to remind you that Bush is still the president for like two and a half months. If I were him, I'd do some crazy stuff. Like pardon a bunch of murderers. Or just go hide on my ranch, I guess.

Paul Newman passed away, which means the world is significantly less cool than it was a few days ago. He was 83 years old, so while he'll be missed sorely, we know that he had a long, full life, and it was just his time ( Read more... )