One Thing Leads to Another

We're all aware of the recent movie "Doom" based on the ground-breaking video game. Yes, it appears to be awful and no, I have no plans to see it. But I found out something interesting about it.

As those who have played the game know, two of the more interesting weapons available are a shotgun and a chainsaw. According to IMDb.com, the decision to include these two weapons was based on "Army of Darkness" and the rest of the "Evil Dead" series.

So what we have, in the end, is a movie based on a video game based on a movie.

New ideas, anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Look Who's Coming to Dinner

If you haven't been keeping track of recent events in the Marvel comics universe, the House of M miniseries (which I haven't been reading--I've had it with the x-men mega events) is about to drastically change the mutant landscape. Rumor has it that the estimated 16 million mutants in the Marvel universe will be culled to somewhere between 200-300. Despite the silliness of the entire affiar, one good thing appears to be coming out of the House of M mess.

That's right, Excalibur is returning as a monthly series and Chris Claremont is heading up the reconceptualization of the team. I'll be calling the comic shop to add this to my hold file.

Kneel, er, Vote Before Zod

Looks like the 2008 Presidential elections just got a lot more interesting:

General Zod 2008

Given our recent discussion of Nicolas Cage and his new child, Kal-El, I found the following picture/caption particularly funny.


The future President and his staff react noticeably as Ed Randall, campaign worker, pronounces the the name of Nicolas Cage's heathen child. (AP/Boston Globe)