Facing increasing criticism for his closed-door colloquys, Justice Scalia backs down to some extent on Speechgate…he now says he’ll allow print reporters to transcribe his remarks, but not radio or television journalists. What, may I ask, is our esteemed Justice afraid of? Surely he can find a way to express himself more moderately for televised public consumption. He’ll just have to give up the Cheney hunting stories.
Author: KcM
Paranoid Androids.
I, Robot. You, lame. The new trailer for this project has backed off the Will Smith witticisms in favor of CGI-ish action sequences of the When Robots Attack! variety, but it still looks very far afield from what Asimov intended. Oh well…how’s Foundation coming?
Left-Handed Again.
Well, a number of people have suggested that I put the GitM sidebar back on the left side of the screen, so it’s been done. As per usual, I’ve also received a number of blog-comments asking me to try phentermine, gamble online, and procure some cheap auto insurance, but, alas, those requests will not so readily be fulfilled here. Sorry, xysggsll and Cheap Phentermine Now!, and thanks for writing. (Bring on the Typekey, y’all.)
No Eggs in Ithilien.
A very happy Easter to you and yours, from the (possibly temporary) new look GitM. Here’s hoping you didn’t find any guns during your Easter Egg hunt and that you didn’t have to witness the Passion of the Easter Bunny. Freaky-deaky stuff.
The Passion of the Spider.
Sony releases the full trailer for Spiderman 2. The Doc Ock v. Spidey stuff looks swell (if a bit CGI-ish), but it seems we’re going to have to wade through inordinate amounts of Peter Parker angst to get to the good stuff. By the way, this trailer does seem to give away most of the plot, if that’s a problem for you.
Marital Malfunction.
Also online today is the trailer for The Stepford Wives, and, hoo boy, this film looks terrible. It’s going to be a toss-up between this one and I, Robot for the worst android invasion film of the summer.
Two-Front War.
I haven’t spoken much about it here, but obviously the situation in Iraq is getting much, much worse. I think it’s now safe to assume that our war president‘s June 30 pullout date is an election-year fantasy. Who the hell’s running this half-assed outfit? You’d think that after getting us involved in this unnecessary sideshow of a war, Bush and the neocons would at least have the decency to execute it properly. But, no, they’re still prattling on about a peaceful transfer of power and hoping we ignore the unmistakable signs of an incipient civil war, and all the while the US casualties mount. What’s the plan? (War prez link via Medley.)
Love (and Vote With) Thy Neighbor.
Goodbye, ethnic enclaves. Hello, partisan provinces. Delving deeper into the red state/blue state meme, Slate‘s Tim Noah discovers that the partisan divide now extends to red and blue counties. Apparently, “geographic segregation by major-party affiliation at the county level [has] increased by 47 percent” since 1976.
Chow Yun Samus.
John Woo on Metroid? Now there’s a film that really never needs to see the light of day. What’s next? Tony Scott’s Excitebike? Oliver Stone’s Kid Icarus?
Fantastic Story.
According to Latino Review, Barbershop‘s Tim Story will be directing The Fantastic Four in place of Bring it On‘s Peyton Reed. Interesting…I haven’t seen any of his movies, so I can’t really comment on the pick. Also, current casting rumors have Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm/The Thing (I like it) and Tim Robbins as Dr. Doom.(Hmmm…he’d make a better Reed Richards.)