Will Frances McDormand play the villain in Halle Berry’s Catwoman? This sounded like another classic Warner Brothers screw-up of a DC franchise, but it might be fun to watch McDormand chew the scenery. Perhaps I’ll watch it on cable.
Month: September 2003
I have a bad feeling about this.
Bizarre rumors emanating from the Lucas backlot of late. First we’ve got these make-up trials of Young Tarkin (I suspect these could just be fanboy Photoshops.) And word is the forthcoming super-duper ultra-mega-editions of the original films will include a CGI Kung-Fu Alec Guinness. Ugh…don’t fix what ain’t broke, people.
Gotham Reprieve.
Isabel bypasses New York. Hopefully everyone is safe and sound down South…I still haven’t been able to get through to the family in Chesapeake, but I presume all is ok, give or take some felled trees and power outages.
Weapons of Choice.
By way of Do You Feel Loved, how cool are these? Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham, and Michel Gondry will each be coming out with tricked-up retrospective DVDs this fall. Here’s one way I can repay Cunningham for unauthorized use of his Bjorkbots in the GitM title image.
Anakin Comes Alive.
Aaaagh! It’s Peter Frampton! 
Coming Soon posts the first official-looking pic of Episode III Anakin, along with Palpatine and a few others. Do you feel like he does?
Daredevil I ain’t.
Test your sensory acuity. (Via Webgoddess) I ended up being utterly average, although I really want to appeal the bacon one.
Own Goal.
In a sad day for soccer fans across the nation, the WUSA goes under. I’m a bit annoyed with myself about this – Every time I saw an ad for the WUSA, I thought about going to a match (even if it meant getting off the island), and I never did. I’d have much preferred it if the WNBA had folded and the WUSA – where the level of play was much more comparable, if not superior, to that of MLS – had continued. One forgets how tenuous the beautiful game’s hold is here Stateside.
Powell Checked.
By a 55-to-40 vote, the Senate overturns Powell’s media ownership rules. Even if the Senate vote goes nowhere (and between the contentious House and a Dubya veto, that’s pretty likely), this should hopefully awaken Michael Powell to the fact that there is significant bipartisan resistance to his agenda of carte blanche deregulation. Instead of freeing the Big Boys from any entangling agreements, perhaps Powell should work on making them honor the agreements they’ve already made – namely, HDTV roll-out and public interest requirements. This isn’t about big government, it’s about getting our money’s worth. Since we’ve given the networks use of bandwidth valued at $70 billion, we have every right to expect something in return.
Fables and Reflections.
The Village Voice checks in with Neil Gaiman. “I remember once ranting [about the state of the comics industry] to Dave Sim, who did Cerebus, and he said, ‘So what are you doing about it?'” Well, Dave, to Gaiman‘s credit, at least he didn’t go flat-out bonkers.
“Politics ain’t Beanbag”
Also in the Voice, Rick Perlstein, author of Before the Storm (which I raved about here), argues for the Dems to come out swinging against Dubya in 2004. Amen.