Where the Wild Things Are
Catwoman writer Will Pfeifer’s day job is the movie critic for The Rockford Register Star. He’s got some concerns about the live-action version of Maurice Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things Are. That picture there makes me feel really good about the movie, so hopefully the rumors causing Pfeifer to worry are untrue.
M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening
I’ve enjoyed all of Shyamalan’s stuff more than the average person, but there’s a part of me that’s still wanting to recapture the experiences of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. I’d love for this to be it.
Indy toys
Hasbro’s revealed a lot of new Indiana Jones stuff. They’ve got little action figures, big action figures, classic action figures, miniature figures, Mighty Muggs, playsets and vehicles, die-cast vehicles, and lots lots more.
It’s a bad time to be an Indy fan if you’re broke.
Oscar night is almost here
Amaze your pool by having actually seen the nominees for Best Animated Short.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:31 am
so who or what is supposed to be the conflict in The Happening? alien invasion? large-scale natural disaster? industrial accident? there has to be a hook – it’s Shyamalan.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:26 am
Just as long as Shama-lama-ding-dong is not allowed anywhere near a live action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender, as he wants to do.
The show was great on its own, and no live action version is needed. At least, it certainly doesn’t need his egotistical, heavy handed mucking it all up.
What Avatar really needs is some new episodes (anyone know when the rest of season three is supposed to start?), and BETTER than episodes than we got in the first half of season three. Lately, the show’s been light on action and mythology but heavy on comedy. And not very good comedy either.
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
“so who or what is supposed to be the conflict in The Happening? alien invasion? large-scale natural disaster? industrial accident? there has to be a hook – it’s Shyamalan.”
You know, the Happening almost sounds like the Rapture in the Bible, where the righteous disappear and go straight to Heaven. Of course, this is followed by 7 years of the unrighteous being left to face God’s wrath via various plagues and disasters.
If so, this wouldn’t surprise me. After all, Signs used an alien invasion as a metaphor for how disaster can restore the faith of a lapsed Christian (i.e., Mel Gisbon).