The Invasion
Aug 24When you have a one-year-old, escaping that adorable being’s clutches for even just a couple hours suddenly takes on a level of discussion and negotiation rivaling a middle east peace summit.
For example, my in-laws kindly offered of their own free will to baby “sit” our daughter Cate so my wife and I could see a movie. With Cate, baby “sitting” is actually more like baby “running around the house like a maniac so Cate doesn’t stick her fingers in a socket or find a knife and WHERE DID THOSE SCISSORS COME FROM? NO! NO! PUT THOSE DOWN!”
So, yes, it was a beautiful gesture.
That was the easy part. The hard part: WHICH MOVIE? We batted around titles like Superbad, The Simpsons Movie, and Transformers (okay, Transformers was just in my head) while carefully weighing the variables. What did our mood dictate? Which films were suitable for DVD viewing in the home, and which seemed to dictate a big-screen viewing? And perhaps most importantly, in the words of my personal spiritual guru Shmi Skywalker:
“What does your heart tell you?”
My wife’s heart screamed “The Invasion!” Because she loves her those thriller movies, and because she was kind enough to go see Harry Potter with me a few weeks ago, I went along for the ride.
I experienced a movie that was not quite good, but definitely “good enough,” if that makes any sense.
Blind Genre Item: Pervy Pavel
Aug 23Which aging cast member of a much-loved sixties sci-fi series was seen slipping behind the curtain of an adults-only booth at the San Diego Comic-Con several years ago????
Naughty boy, Monkee man!
(That’s my best Ted Casablanca, and a very poor Ted Casablanca it is.)
Peter Linklage
Aug 22A fascinating, glowing report on that cool Joss Whedon charity dinner at San Diego.
Occasional Superheroine delivers a crippling critical blow to the DiDio era at DC Comics.
The oddly compelling eighties cartoon obsession mag cereal:geek has a blog.
That's Showbiz.
Aug 17I…I do not know what to say.
(Video via The Hurting.)
I do know what to say, and it’s AWESOME.
(Video via the great Mike Sterling.)
Hey Dan DiDio: PUT OUT THIS AWESOME TEEN TITANS SPECIAL ALREADY.
Aug 15As faithful readers of Alert Nerd know, we are regarded globally as TASTEMAKERS and INFLUENTIAL VISIONARIES OF POP CULTURE AND MEDIA.
So it should not be taken lightly when we ask–nay, when we DEMAND–that a major comic book publisher heed our words and take action on a long-dormant project.
Way back in 2003, a 48-page Teen Titans “retro” special was commissioned with a script by Bob Haney, his last work before his death. Also working on the special were Jay Stephens and Mike Allred. It is, by all accounts, one hell of a trippy thing.
Unfortunately, this special has rotted in the DC vaults since 2003, and has been solicited but never released.
Tell your friends, and your enemies, and especially your hairdresser: WE WANT THIS SPECIAL.
Then Dan DiDio will do exactly as we say, and there…shall…be…peace.
