The Awesome List: The Last One (but not really)

I've been cross-posting items from the Awesome List to the Newsarama blog for a little while now and it's getting hard to remember what I've posted where. So, to help me stay organized, starting tomorrow I'll be moving this whole feature over to Newsarama. I've been wanting to get more involved over there anyway.

I'll probably keep linking to it from here though.

Alternative Rocketeers



Not that Dave Stevens' character needed re-designing, but Project: Rooftop realizes that. These are simply fun, nice homages.

Jezebel James RIP

Back when I was actively searching out Jesse James-related links because of Jesse James vs. Machine Gun Kelly, I started following news about the Gilmore Girls creator's new show, The Return of Jezebel James. I liked The Gilmore Girls a lot, so I figured I'd check it out, but I missed that it was coming on this month.

And now I'm too late.

Oh, well. At least I didn't get hooked on it first.

Women of Star Trek



In honor of Shatner's birthday over the weekend, EE Knight put together a retrospective of the many women of the original Star Trek series. There's kind of a creepy poll that goes along with it, but it's still a cool pictorial.

Your Return of Jezebel James update

As I mentioned here, The Return of Jezebel James has only a teensy connection to Jesse James and even less connection to anything else I usually talk about here, but it's the Gilmore Girls connection through Amy Sherman-Palladino that interests me. Plus I kinda dig Parker Posey.

So, this post is pretty off-topic, but I'm curious about the show, so whatever. Here's your Return of Jezebel James update: Fox bought it as a mid-season replacement, which means that they only ordered seven episodes. The good news is that means they've pretty much got their season done in spite of the writers' strike (more on the strike tomorrow probably). Starting March 7, Fox has scheduled them for Friday nights to replace Bones, which is having to end early.

Okay. Back on-topic now.

Warren Ellis scores Jesse James movie

No, not that Warren Ellis. This one. And Nick Cave. The Assassination of Jesse James just got even better.

And in case you don't believe me about the quality -- since I haven't seen it yet and all -- howsabout the opinions of 80% of the Rotten Tomatoes critics? (Okay, only five people have reviewed it so far, but four of 'em liked it!)

Speaking of Jesse James, I'm thinking that the name Jezebel James from FOX's mid-season sitcom The Return of Jezebel James isn't just coincidentally similar. It refers to the childhood imaginary friend of one of the characters, who used to use Jezebel as a scapegoat for her mischief. ''It wasn't me, it was Jezebel James.''

Okay, that's a pretty tenuous connection to this post, but I'm using it because I'm really just excited that Jezebel James is the new show from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. And that there will be more of "that trademark Gilmore banter."

Yes. I'm a girl.