And the Colts take it home. I’m so happy that I don’t have hear the Manning/Marino comparison anymore, I could cry a little. And it’s not like the Prince halftime show was bad, it’s just that who cares anymore? They need to do something different to get people to do anything other than pay marginal attention to an overblown musical production featuring artists that most people don’t care all that much about anymore. And no, throwing multiple artists up there doesn’t make it any better.
Joss Whedon is off Wonder Woman. I’ve got mixed emotions here. Yeah, it sucks that the guy spent 2 years writing the script, finally getting something down and then being told the studio didn’t like it. But on the other hand, Whedon is spread too damn thin as it is. He’s currently writing the best comic on the market in Astonishing X-men to the point where I will actually buy it when it comes out in full trade. He’s overseeing the Buffy “Season 8” comic that launches soon. And he’s taking over writing duties on Runaways this spring as well as the new horror flick Goners he’s writing and directing. And to be fair, Wonder Woman is not the amazing movie character people are making it out to be. It peaked with a campy late 70’s Linda Carter version and the character has pretty much languished in the 25 years afterwards. It’s a Golden Age of Comics character that hasn’t reached the iconic nature that’s kept Superman alive, nor been reinvented and evolved to fit into the modern day like Batman. I’ve no doubt Whedon could’ve put an interesting spin on the character and if anything it hurts that he lost a major studio picture but in the long run I don’t think it’s going to be a huge loss for anyone. Cept maybe Warners.
Speaking of which apparently Goyer is off The Flash now? I’m a big fan of Goyer’s writing if not his directing (despite certain peoples’ arguments, I thought the 3rd Blade was pretty damn bad. Of course it didn’t help that Wesley Snipes was phoning it in from some place very far away). Add this to the new (and probably overblown) rumor that Joel Schumaker is looking to direct a Sandman movie and Warner apparently have lost their freaking minds. They do realize that the super-grossing James Cameron Aquaman was a fake movie right? They don’t actually have a ton of comic-based hits.
And no I still haven’t forgiven Akiva Goldsman for Batman & Robin.
News and Notes:
Wow, Steve Jobs making a statement on his blog today about DRM. Effing-A Steve.
Studio 60 we hardly knew ye. Apparently NBC is shelving it after sweeps. It’ll return now in April though this can’t possibly be a good sign for a Season 2.
I’ve yet to have someone over who doesn’t enjoy the bajeezus out of Wii Sports.
Until next time:
“Mr. Franklin, do you have a girlfriend?”
“I have a lovely wife, Deborah.”
“But don’t you have girlfriends in
“Ah, well, that is a gray area of my life.”
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