Friday, 6 October 2006

Things Change

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I don’t have an exact timetable, but at some point in the foreseeable future, equinoxx.net will be undergoing a major overhaul, and right now, it’s a strong possibility that among the changes will be an end to The Asylum as it now exists. The original Asylum was a stream-of-consciousness column I did for a little ‘zine I was associated with back in the late ‘80s, and over the years, I kept the title kicking around in my head. When I got my own domain and started my blog, naturally, it became the most recent Asylum. So far, however, this has turned out to be pretty much a basic, general-purpose blog, and for good or ill, much of my general-purpose blogging has gravitated to LiveJournal. As a result, The Asylum has mostly lain fallow. Thus, I think it’s about time to officially retire it for a while, and the coming revamp seems as good an occasion as any.

There are a couple of ideas floating around the old cabeza for something to replace The Asylum, but nebulous as they are, I’m loath to disclose them at this point. SimStories will continue on in much the same vein as it is now, with a few tweaks, and there may eventually be future sub-sites for some of my other creative pursuits.

Anyway, that’s a brief update on my headspace. Changes are coming. I can’t predict exactly when, but they’re coming.

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Thursday, 27 July 2006

Just For The Record…

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Head colds? Not fun.

Just sayin’.

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Thursday, 29 June 2006

Themiscyra, East of Delhi?

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So, there are rumors that this may be the new face of Wonder Woman:

Her name is Priyanka Chopra, she hails from India, and she was Miss World 2000. And some sources are reporting that she’s “in negotiations” to star in Joss Whedon’s upcoming Wonder Woman movie. She has ties to Boston; seems she spent some of her high school years out thisaway, and in an interview last year, when her father was being treated for a tumor on his liver in Boston, said she comes here every year, and that her best friends are here. Which pretty much concludes my knowledge of the lovely Ms. Chopra.

I don’t know how well she can handle a lasso, but at least she’s got some experience wearing a tiara.

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Tuesday, 27 June 2006

Why I Won’t Be Seeing Superman Returns In IMAX…

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...at least, not on opening day.

QED. First time out, I want to see the whole movie. Technical limitations with IMAX equipment limit the running time of the films they can play, and a quick check of the listed running times for both my preferred Showcase (Revere) and IMAX (Reading) theaters shows the IMAX running time coming in at 9 minutes under the Showcase (148 minutes vs 157 minutes)… although I’ve been told by someone that he’s heard the IMAX version has had 34 minutes trimmed out.

So, tomorrow, opening day, I’ll be at the Showcase. Then (sometime next week, I expect), I’ll head out to the IMAX to check out the 3D sequences.

In any event… welcome back, Kal-El! 

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Monday, 19 June 2006

L.A., Seven-Mary-Three

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So Wilmer Valderrama is “attached” to play Officer Francis “Ponch” Poncherello, the role that made Erik Estrada a household name in the late ‘70s, in the inevitable big-screen adaptation of CHiPs. The next big question is, who’ll play Ponch’s partner, Officer Jon Baker (originally played by Larry Wilcox)? ‘Cause, c’mon, if you absolutely must make a CHiPs movie (and apparently, someone must, because they’re doing it, so fuck it, I’m just gonna sit back and rubberneck the crash site), it’s gotta be Ponch and Jon. Steve McLeish and the Nelson brothers can be in it, sure… but Ponch and Jon must be front and center. Therefore, there must be a Jon. So, if Fez is playing Ponch, who’s gonna be Jon?

My short list? I’m thinking Ben McKenzie or Kevin Connolly could do decent jobs of playing Baker as straight man, with a touch of humor, or if they decide to go the full slapstick Starsky and Hutch route, Bret Harrison might work out.

Of course, this still leaves open the questions of who’ll play Sergeant Getraer, Barry Baricza, Artie Grossman, Sindy Cahill, Bonnie Clark, Jeb Turner, and of course, Harlan Arliss? Any suggestions?

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