Via.
A "harder," "more aggressive" Pushing Daisies
I was pretty amazed at Pushing Daisies' ability to keep me coming back for new episodes last fall. Part of it -- a large part of it -- was Kristen Chenoweth. But part of it's just that the writers were surprisingly able to keep it as interesting and quirky as the pilot promised.
I like its charmingly macabre tone and from what I can tell, that's what most people seem to respond to about it, so it's a little alarming to hear its creator talk about how it's going to have a "harder and a little more aggressive" style next season. I don't really know what that means and I'll certainly keep watching until I don't like it anymore, but "harder" and "more aggressive" aren't words I would've associated -- or wanted to associate -- with the show.
Robocop Returns
MGM's announced its plans for some new movies including revisiting the Robocop franchise. I think that's swell -- a lot more swell than their plans to for sequels to The Pink Panther and The Thomas Crown Affair and remakes of Death Wish and Fame -- as long as they keep Paul Verhoeven away from it. Robocop was a great concept, but I haven't seen a Verhoeven movie that I've liked.
Space Vulture
Most of the space opera I hear about these days is all trying to make some kind of point about sociology or politics or religion. They may be very fun stories, but I'll never know because the story summaries put me to sleep. But this... this I can get into. (Thanks to Ron Fortier for pointing it out.)
The Book of Lies
I haven't enjoyed all of Brad Meltzer's comics work, but I like him a lot as a person and I think he's got some great ideas about storytelling and the publishing industry in general. Like when he recently conducted an email poll amongst his readers to see if -- without knowing anything about the story -- they liked the title Book of Truth or Book of Lies better. His rationale: "I don't care where you work or what your job is, or how much money you make, or what style of shirt/jeans/anything you're wearing. That's just not important, and I'm tired of all the things in this world that make us believe that it is. We are all pathetically ordinary and spectacularly special. All of us. And I ask you because you're far more real than some marketing consultant that studies this crap so much they rob it of all its fun."
I voted for The Book of Lies because it sounds way more interesting than The Book of Truth. I love Truth and I keep trying to live a more and more honest life, but let's face it, especially in the world of fiction, lies are so much more fun. And apparently, I'm not alone in thinking that.
Hulk #1 Project
The Hero Initiative, a charity dedicated to helping veteran comic book creators in need, is putting out a collection of 100 original Hulk covers similar to last year's Ultimate Spider-Man #100 Project. The link describes it way better than I can, but needless to say, I'll be getting a copy of this.
Army of Frankenstein
Coming soon to Rick Remender's rotating-story horror series Crawl Space.
Spock Smacks
"The greatest image mankind has ever seen."
Lost and Battlestar Galactica: BFFs
The funniest thing I read all day.
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