Purple is the new Navy!

So Elayna didn't have any clean clothes in her school uniform colors (imposed by the moronic fascist commissioner who doesn't realize that the experiment has failed almost everywhere else), other than warm-weather ones and stuff she's already worn this week. So I decided that she could wear purple today. If the fascists complain, I'll tell them I'm colorblind.

Expanded Hulk Trailer!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/the_hulk/superbowl/expanded/ has an expanded version of the Hulk Super Bowl ad, mainly with Extra Nolte, but with a few more scenes of the big green guy, too.

Holy shit!

The Return of Santiago comes out this month! This is the sequel to my all-time favorite sf adventure novel, and one of the books that served as a bridge for me when I was getting into mainstream sf/fantasy. I love Resnick's universe. The book is now on my wishlist, but don't worry about getting it for me for my birthday -- I'll be buying it with the next paycheck (unless sfbc offers it).

Snake is back!

According to ComicsContinuum, there's going to be a Snake Plisskin (one of my heroes) anime-style movie!

(and for the record, you couldn't pay me to buy the comic they're doing)

At a recent convention in Pasadena, Calif., producer Debra Hill announced the film, which is being targeted for a theatrical release in summer 2004. Hill, John Carpenter and Kurt Russell are all involved in the project, which is going to be animated by Production I.G. USA, led by Maki Terashima-Feruta.

Russell will reprise his live-action role for voice work in the film, which has a script by William Wilson and Corey Mitchel. Hill said the script has been turned in and is now being translated for the overseas animators.

A 38-second preview of the anime will be on the upcoming Escape from New York DVD. "It is basically animated," Hill said. "We just have to add the sound effects and Snake's voice. He has a line in it."

The anime will be a different story than the comic book or the other media involved, including a video game and novelizations by Fabian Nicieza.

"We believe that Snake Plissken has many, many adventures in him, and you're going to see lots of different stories" Hill said. "The anime begins after Escape from L.A."

No other actors have been cast yet, but Hill said that shouldn't be difficult.

"It's interesting and the Escape franchise has always been this way," Hill said. "I get calls from actors who want to participate because they love the character, love the franchise, so I think we're going to put together a pretty cool cast."

The film does not have a distributor -- yet.

"Rather than setting up a development deal to have a studio pay for a screenplay to be written we own it," Hill said. "We own the franchise, we own the character and we feel the integrity of the whole project is better. It's a better thing to do to have the ability to do that.

"We're not trying to sell out. We love Snake. We're just trying to re-invent him for what we think is a brand new marketplace in many ways. There's young people who come up and discover the character. As the market changes and so many various forms of media and entertainment change, we want to be able to bring Snake in all of those form to the public."

Gilmore, finally!

So, over the last two days, we finally saw the last three weeks worth of Gilmore. Thoughts:

( Spoilers away )

Random linkage and pimpage

First, for anyone who wants to see Weird Al's new baby (who, I suppose, is a damned good excuse for his not having a new album out yet), check out rollick's LJ entry over here. The same entry also links to nekkid aerobics, which you know you want to look at.

rollick also conducts some great interviews for the Onion AV Club, which is the Not (intentionally) Funny part of The Onion. Her most recently published one is with Terry Gilliam, iirc.

laurel (who's responsible for my first getting an LJ code, for those looking for someone to blame) also has a nifty off-LJ online presence, at her TV Picks site, a great log of what to watch, and when. Within that site, the TV on DVD page is an invaluable resource.

Patrick Nielson Hayden's weblog is finally being syndicated on LJ (although not completely -- just a link and one line of text), at nielsenhayden. I'm not sure who created the feed, but it apparently never occurred to them that Teresa might also want her log syndicated (although I suspect it's not likely to happen soon).

And for those of you who like that sort of thing, there's an LJ Valentine thingee (basically ecrush on a smaller scale). As said earlier, I won't do it, as it strikes me as silly on a lot of levels, and likely to lead to not much more than disappointment for most people, other than those who already know they have a reciprocated love. And besides, even though I haven't made my post about it yet, I happen to be a cynical and bitter person when it comes to this particular Hallmark Holiday. As opposed to the cynical and bitter person I normally am. ;-)

And on that note, if you do feel like sending me a valentine in honor of the Great Chicago Mob Massacre, feel free to use my Amazon Wishlist, as I will feel much affection for anyone who buys me stuff from it. :-) I actually spent a little bit of time revising it, although length of it's getting quite out of hand. Damn Amazon and their selection. :-)