Saw somewhere (Fark, maybe) that there's another director attached to the still-in-development-hell film version of Watchmen. Out: Darren Aronofsky (Pi). In: Paul Greengrass (Bourne Supremacy). Which would seem to indicate a trend towards a more slick H-wood style movie. (can you say League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?) On another level, I'm not sure it matters. There won't be much left of the original Alan Moore text/story by the time all is said and done. I think the ending is pretty much unfilmable, post 9/11/01. If a movie studio or production company is gonna throw checks around, I'm glad Moore's getting a taste. The fact that the movie ends up sucking does not dimish my fondness for the original comix. And if maybe a few more people might buy his books, or the rights money allows him the freedom/time to write something new, well that's an up side as well.
Thanks to BWV for pointing me towards the new Klezmatics CD, on which they cover Hannukah songs written by Woody Guthrie. I'm hoping to be able to snag a copy for XDU and get it on the playlist before Hannukah ends this year. I love the Klezmatics. Had the chance to see them at the Knitting Factory in NYC back in 96 and they put on a hellafied show.
hanukkah starts on the 7th! better get on that. :)
oops! i wrote it down wrong on the calendar at work... i thought it was sundown on the 8th, not 7th. oh well, it doesn't really matter much since we don't have an specialty products for hannukah. (what are the traditional hannukah desserts? the only thing i can think of now is chocolate gelt)