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March 23, 2005
Wednesday Fragments
Red Lake
People forget about Columbine. Good. One of my favorite lines about such matters came from an episode of CSI. Quoth he, "The same sewers run under your neighborhood too." It is entirely possible that in a nation of 300 million, that every year some nutcase goes berzerk. Such things cannot be prevented, nor is insisting on a cure going to make us more civilized.
The Shield
Captain Acevedo is certainly the most powerful and complex latino character ever on TV. This season, even though he's on his way out of the precinct, we get even deeper into his sickness. His manipulations and suspicions are superb and he's sticking it to his rivals with devastating precision. I think there has never been, in any cultural production I've witnessed, a more compelling or painful portrayal of a rape victim, much less a male victim. The Shield is off to a bangin' extraordinary start this season. Will Vic and Shane showdown? Anthony Anderson is showing his chops too. Whoda thunk?
G-Rated Alan Moore
I have to tip my hat, even though I don't do hat tips, to Alec Muffett at Dropsafe who suggests that the Disney-Pixar 'Incredibles' might be loosely based on the legendary comic novel 'Watchmen'. Whoa. Anyway, somebody has got to do the real version. That would be killer.
UN Restructure
I've always admired Kofi Annan, but I think he runs an organization in dire need of restructuring and mission review. I'm not sure that what he proposes is the right direction. It seems to me that expanding the size of the Security Council and adding more permanent & semi-permanent members is a bold excuse to counter the American veto. On the other hand, a larger security council means that those resolutions will unexcusably be 'international opinion'. I dunno.
Posted by mbowen at March 23, 2005 09:40 AM
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So this should please you, re: Watchmen: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/ - delving into the IMDB entries for The Incredibles I found people expressing the fear that Watchmen-The-Movie will get branded as a reuse of The Incredibles plotline... which would be ironic...
Posted by: alecm at March 23, 2005 02:20 PM
Oh man you're killing me. I really liked the Bourne Supremacy, but who could beat Aaronofsky for the darkness of Rorschach? I imagine that the SFX can be done without animation, but maybe they should have gotten the guy who did Dark City, Alex Proyas.
Posted by: Anonymous at March 23, 2005 02:47 PM