The Weirdest Marvel Crossover Ever???

Read: "Guiding Light"

Yes, that Guiding Light.

"V" Remake Trailer

Fringe's "Harvard" Really In Brooklyn

Hey, that "Harvard University" in an episode of the sci-fi show Fringe certainly looks familiar...

Oh! That would be because it's really my old alma mater Brooklyn College:


They always used to tell us that B.C. was really "a poor man's Harvard."

But we didn't have those fluffy letters floating in the air when I attended.

via Ditmas Park Blog

On "Sex In The City" (In A Recession)

The work of the nefarious poster defacer "The Decapitator"

Daniel Holloway said on Huffington Post last week:

"...I now look forward to Carrie Bradshaw's big screen debut about as much as I look forward to the day when I arrive in hell and am told David Spade is my roommate."

I have to admit that I share some of his sentiments, especially as regards to the intertwined areas of the aesthetics and economic practices the show seemed to extol on a regular basis. As we are within spitting distance of a recession -- and the price of a gallon a milk is quickly approaching that of a pair of my Payless shoes -- how relevant is a "Sex In The City" movie right now?

I think "Sex In The City" fostered an unrealistic portrait for women working in NYC to aspire to, especially if they weren't pulling over $70,000 a year. I think "Sex In The City" is responsible for a fair amount of credit card debt run by women who felt that, like Carrie Bradshaw, they should be wearing expensive designer shoes on their bullshit salaries -- because they have to enjoy life, dammit!


I blew $100 on a purse a few months ago, though I could ill-afford it. And to the "Sex In The City" aesthetic, that's still a cheap bag. Carrie Bradshaw wouldn't wipe her ass with a $100 handbag.

And then there are all the episodes where Carrie learns that "it's better to be alone." Oh, those fun episodes!

"Table for two, madam?"

"No. For one. I'm treating myself this time."

Of course, maybe the real thing that consoled Carrie Bradshaw about being alone and unmarried was that it reduced the danger of her getting pregnant and having to share all the money she was spending on those Manolo Blahniks on a friggin' baby. Because once you have another mouth to feed, even on that magical columnist's salary she was apparently pulling down, things change.


But isn't this always the way with TV shows? Take "Friends," for example. Another show I couldn't stand. Once again we have the magical salaries that allow the protagonists to have perfectly designed wardrobes and apartments. Sure, they had to take in roommates. But they were rooming with Courtney Cox & Matt LeBlanc. Wouldn't you take on a share with Courtney or Matt? Where's the sacrifice? I mean, if your roomie was a bi-polar piano teacher on disability who smelt like cat pee, that's a sacrifice.


Where were all the common, everyday hells for Carrie or Rachel or Joey? The shitty packed subway ride in from Brooklyn, filled with downtrodden angry people who will throw their heads back and emit primal yells of discontentment as you accidentally jostle them with your shitty $100 handbag that you could ill afford?

That's the television show I'd like to see be turned into a movie. My daily train ride.

Occasional Links -- The Rubber Wolverine Claws Edition

Costumed Spider-Men and
Hulks Seeking New Employment

Universal’s contract with Marvel expired at the end of 2007, meaning the superhero characters will no longer pose for photos with visitors or appear on T-shirts and other souvenirs sold inside the movie theme park. In recent months, Universal added Simpsons and Scooby-Doo walk-around characters in anticipation of Spidey’s ignoble departure.

Where will the new crop of fake plush Hulk muscles and rubber Wolverine claws congregate with the Universal theme parks out of the picture?

I remember getting "Wolverine's" autograph at the comic book store when I was 16. It was teh awesome. He signed it, "Thanks! Wolverine"

"Stupid Comic Book Movie Tricks"

Cracked.com lists their eight "cringe-worthy" comic book movie moments...

Of note is "I'm The Juggernaut, Bitch" and "Mr. Fantastic Gets Jiggy With It."

But #1?



Says writer Adam Quigley about "Batman & Robin,"

"It's like a virus of awfulness, in which one ridiculous element leads to the next."

Yes.

Quik Linx

"Great Sun of Krypton, WHY?"

Nothing says "I love you" like a 8-foot-tall, 40-pound teddy bear.

Comic-By-Comic shows some highly unofficial Ed Benes "Spider-Man" art (NSFW)

Comic Mix's Michael Davis lists all the reasons he's not a conservative. Reason #4? "I Like Sex."

John Byrne might have a new original series coming out from IDW...but he's being coy about it.



Is the TV theme song as we know it dead?

"My hunch is that modern TV producers fear flip-happy viewers will take any excuse to surf away from a show and sample other channels. Eliminating the theme song is just another way to deal with the multitude of channels and remote control technology offered today's consumer, locking them into an unfolding show before they even realize it has begun."

My fave theme songs:

10. "Patty Duke Show" -- They're cousins...identical cousins... (or maybe just a split personality).

9. "Chico and the Man" -- I don't even remember the lyrics, but I think it was about that old dude and how he don't understand.

8. "The Fall Guy" -- How can you not love Lee Majors singing Country?

7. "Family Guy" -- Sha-la-la-la...

6. "Different Strokes" -- I defy you to listen to this song and not be happy.

5. "George of the Jungle" -- He never did watch out for that tree.

4. "Silver Spoons" -- Sometimes when there is a pregnant pause in conversation with my BF, I will say "well, here we are," and he'll respond, "face-to-face, a couple of..."

3. "The Addams Family" -- Neat. Sweet. Petite.

2. "Batman" -- Minimalist lyrics.

1. "Mr. Belvedere" --