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[31 Aug 2009|07:05pm] |
This is not the Times-Squaring of Marvel. Disney does not Disney-fy everything they own. They let Ellen come out as a lesbian, way back when. And Kill Bill, released by Disney-owned Miramax, wasn't what anyone would call sanitized.
Jeff Parker, writer of Marvel's superlative Agents of Atlas, has made the most sense:
"“I doubt Disney spent $4 billion to take Marvel apart. From what I can tell, their corporation likes to think of the consuming public as age-ranges to meet with a brand. I would guess they see Marvel as the brand that teens and young adults who are emerging from their all-ages market would go to next."
And I'm sure no one at all at either Disney or Marvel is thinking about it, but what does this mean for Howard the Duck? Back in the 70s, Disney threatened to sue Marvel, saying Howard looked too close to Donald. Marvel shat themselves and agreed to not only redesign Howard, but to lock themselves in to the Disney-approved redisign, which of course was abominable: stupid pants, grotesque bill, shitty shit shit. And that's how Howard has looked ever since. (full story here, towards the bottom)
Until now? Can Howard go back to not looking like ass? I hope so. Though it's a damn shame Steve Gerber didn't live to see it.
Deep breaths, everyone. Remember, Pixar is Disney too. Nothing ruined there.
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[06 Jul 2009|07:57am] |
Michael Jackson to be Buried Without His Brain
As the late King of Pop's family prepares for the singer's funeral on Tuesday, they have been told his brain would be held back for tests.
The family was given the choice of either waiting up to three weeks for Jackson's brain to be returned to them or go ahead and bury him without it - which they have decided to do.
Los Angeles Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said that neuropathology tests are going to be conducted to see if it holds any clues to the exact cause of his death.
However, the examination cannot start until at least two weeks after the death when the brain has hardened sufficiently to slice it open.
(h/t: Rick Emerson, again)
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[26 May 2009|07:15pm] |
Obama, as you know, has named his Supreme Court nominee. I know many of you are worried that the big, scary right-wing conspiracy is going to launch another of its vicious smear campaigns against soon-to-be Justice Sotomayor, spreading all stripe of fib and slander. Like we do. Fear not. We know how hard it gets out there for a woman, trying to break the glass ceiling and everything. We'll play nice. In fact, we'll treat her with no less than the same tact, fairness, due praise, and respect you gave Sarah Palin last year. Rest assured.
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[24 Apr 2009|07:49am] |
Undermining our efforts to prevent the next 9/11 to protect terrorists? Yes.
Lifting a damn finger to protect two American journalists on trial in the batshit-craziest regime in recorded history? No.
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[21 Apr 2009|09:52pm] |
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[20 Apr 2009|07:16am] |
1. Khalid Mohamed was waterboarded 183 times? I'm all for torturing these assfags, but don't they wise up to the fake-drowning gag after, oh, the first 20 times? Waterboarding's returns-- for information, or even the sheer fun of it-- have to diminish by the century mark. Right?
2. In 1996, Nike promoted a "Ken Griffey, Jr. for President" ad campaign, releasing "Griffey in '96" buttons and a TV commercial featuring Penny Hardaway. Of course, Griffey could not take office as he was only 27 at the time; the Constitution requires the President to be at least 35. Thus the first election cycle which would be constitutionally permissible would be the 2008 election.
Wikipedia: Awesome and retarded. Sometimes awesomely retarded.
3. Axelrod suggests 'Tea Party' movement is 'unhealthy'
The headline is technically correct, but uninformative. Better copy would be "Obama Aide Neglects to Adequately Veil Threats Against Dissenters."
4. I shouldn't have read this. Heated abortion debate poisons my entire week.
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| For Luke? |
[12 Apr 2009|08:19pm] |
Maybe he's seen it already? Maybe I showed him and forgot?
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[20 Mar 2009|07:55am] |
Friends and family keep telling me I'm not funny. I think my latest volley of Tweets disproves that once and for all.
brizoni Weird spike of math nerd snobbery at XKCD today. The "B" is all the differentiating context "billion" needs from "million," homey.
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brizoni Ooh, 69 updates. Nastay.
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brizoni But now it's 70.
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brizoni 72.. 3!
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[15 Mar 2009|08:41pm] |
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This entrance was typed in Babelfish. Translated the Portuguese, then in return to the English. How much meant it will survive to the trip? Not very.
I knew Babelfish would twist "sub" into "secondary"! I knew it!
I'm starting new blogs on Blogger and WordPress. They'll be mirrors of the livejournal until I think of something else to do with them.
Then why start them at all, you ask? I wanted to have accounts to comment on blog systems other than Blogger (would have signed up with TypePad, but it costs money! Can you believe it? Paying for a service?). True, I could have just gotten accounts and not blogged, but that feels too much like squatting.
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[13 Mar 2009|08:13am] |
THE Questionnaire.
Side effects include: Chills, nausea, shortness of breath, thumping of heart, trembling of fist.
(It has a title, but I've taken to calling it "THE questionnaire." In fact, I've very recently shortened it to just "The." You don't even need to specify any further. The.)
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| PhotoChopShop: Wheels-a-spinnin' |
[08 Mar 2009|11:16pm] |
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FIRST, HAT'S off to Pat Joseph for spotting Watchmen at Wal-Mart before I did. It's a good thing he did, because if I had seen that thing in person, on one of my many frequent visits to Wal-Mart, heads would have rolled. In 2006, I wrote a book called A Child's Garden of Smurf Cock. Wal-Mart wanted nothing to do with it. Watchmen, as most of you know, is essentially the same book. What BS.
Should I bitch about the Watchmen movie? Hmm... maybe a little.
There's more to bringing a comic (or book, or screenplay) to life than actors reciting lines in the right costumes. If that's all it took, any one of us could have filmed the damn thing at Dragon*Con. Dressing a Downy retard in green tights and having him parrot Hamlet word-for-word is not good Shakespeare.
And you know what? I didn't need it to be 100 percent faithful! Most of what few changes they did make were pretty sharp-- Dr. Manhattan's streamlined monologue on Mars, Sally Jupiter's tearful admission to her daughter, Big Figure slicing his henchman's arms instead of his throat (which makes a lot more sense), replacing Captain Metropolis with Ozymandias in the first Crimebusters meeting. But these were just cruel teases. I've seen Bible movies with less compunction about tightening up the narrative.
But they had a trailer for that new Dillinger movie with Johnny Depp. That looks pretty sweet. Except everyone who's seen High Fidelity knows how it ends. Maybe that's not the point.
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| The Cashing-In |
[03 Mar 2009|09:25pm] |
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More ripped-off Cool Kids' cool, translated into stupid for the Stupid Kids.
We Smart Kids (also known as the Cool Kids) need to start defending ourselves against this constant pillage. They're not going to stop.
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[01 Mar 2009|09:30pm] |
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Aww! Bathos! Three sausage patties is too much, I've since learned. I can already feel a big, tangled wad of pure sausage clotting up one of my important leg artieries. Think I'm kidding about Diana Krall? Feast your horny eyes:
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[27 Feb 2009|09:30pm] |
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