July 31st, 2008

Casting the Venom movie

Word is that Sony may greenlight a Venom feature film as a spin-off of Spider Man 3.  Reportedly not confident in Topher Grace’s ability to carry a summer popcorn movie, Sony will likely recast another actor as Eddie Brock/Venom.

I think recasting is a good idea.  Grace was clearly cast in Spider Man 3 because Sam [...]

July 31st, 2008

Exxon's Profits / Looters & Moochers

The headlines this morning show that Exxon Mobil continues to be a war profiteer, bleeding the American people for a new record profit in the most recent quarter.

This CNN article goes on to talk about solutions proposed by the Democrats, including a windfall profits tax, a special tax rate that kicks in when crude prices [...]

July 29th, 2008

Harry Reid: Taxes are Voluntary

I have a hard time understanding why Senator Harry Reid would so staunchly insist that paying taxes in the United States is a voluntary process; I’m really hoping he was trying to make a point about the American people governing ourselves, and that we have as a voting body approved federal taxes that we “volunteer” [...]

July 22nd, 2008

Saggers Beware: the Fashion Police!!

It is somewhat unbelievable to me that this is becoming a national movement in law enforcement.

I happen to be a somewhat devoted fan of the fashion phenomenon known as “sagging.”  For the uniniated, “sagging” is the practice of wearing baggy pants low enough that they expose one’s underwear and/or buttocks.  The city of Flint, [...]

July 18th, 2008

Who Watches the Watchmen (Trailer)?

I’ve not yet seen The Dark Knight, but like most good comic book geeks I have been through the less-then-24-hour-old first trailer for Zack Snyder’s Watchmen about a dozen times now.  It is a thing of true beauty.  Allow me to geek out for a few minutes.

Watchmen will be next-to-impossible to really adapt perfectly [...]