"Fanboys" is a real Valentine to Star Wars nerds.

Watching the new indie "Star Wars" comedy "Fanboys" is like wearing your old 80's Darth Vader plastic Halloween costume, it is like the coolest thing in the world to you but to everyone else it is just a discount smock.
The cast and crew of the film elevate what could have easily become a very long YouTube video into a nice love letter to George Lucas. It's 1998 and a band of die-hard "Star Wars" friends embark on their own journey of discovery while attempting to break into Skywalker Ranch.
"Fanboys" mixes the mid-90's teen angst with ultra deep "Star Wars" references that only a small percent of viewers will understand. This is where the troubles begin, this film is locked on target to the devoted few who still have "Star Wars" bed sheets. I admit I am harcore "Star Wars", I understood just about every in-joke...but that is the tape holding the entire film together.
Also, the lack of cooperation from Paramount (for the use of "Star Trek" images) and Lucas himself hold the film from breaking past low-budget charm. However, the love it took to make this film is in every frame and surprising appearances of Kristen Bell and Seth Rogen really amp up the geek love.
Oh, and yes there are plenty of "Star Wars" and sci-fi cameos to fill the best genre convention. Carrie Fisher, and Ray Park play good sports for the cast. My only wish is that Mark Hamil and Harrison Ford had worked themselves into the mix, maybe next time.
This is a movie where I look forward to the DVD to see all the behind-the-scenes fun and hear the commentary. I think after I get those extras, this movie will be a force to be reckoned with.

Final Crisis #7 or It had to end sometime!

WTF!!! I can't begin to review this book...I don't even know what happened!! Superman had a wish machine? Batman is a caveman now? Damn! Grant Morrison just ripped the DCU apart and filled it with LSD!!
For the "real" Crisis stay tuned for "Legion of 3 World" # 3!! George Perez knows how to give good Crisis!!

JSA #23

Thank the gods for Black Adam!! Just when JSA was become WAY to over-complex the anti-Marvel returns to bring sexy and action back to comics!
Geoff is leaving the book in a few more issues, so this is his swan song and he seems to have a great arc to end his run. Not only do we get the Marvel Family, but we have Isis back!!
This issue is why I read comics; great pacing, fun heroes, and some impressive villains! Hawkman seems to be freaking out (maybe he read "Final Crisis") and that is when he is most bad ass!
I eagerly await issue #24 and the Black Adam smackdown that has been coming since "52"!! And extreme bonus points to Alex Ross for his simple and fantastic cover!!!

I survived the Super-Bowl and all I got was some great commercials and kick-ass previews of some amazing movies..oh yeah there was also some sort of sports game in between. From what I remember there were some sexy men stealing a ball from other sexy men.
Now back to the previewy-goodness that was seen!! I had several geek out moments when watching some pretty f*^^&5 awesome trailers:

OK ok...G.I. Joe looks so cool it will beat non-believers over the head with it's pure awsomeness!! While I still have my reservations on the awful generic power suits, I will take a wait and see mentality!



Transformers 2 looks like more headache inducing explosions with robots who look nothing like my childhood memories. But no one can say no to giant robots blowing shite up!!



The fun train has officially hit it's stride with "Land of the Lost!" The director clearly knows his audience! And Anna Friel looks so CUTE that I will forgive her for being 10 years too old for the part Holly...but it looks like she may sport some pig tails!!

The troubling thing missing was NO "WATCHMEN" trailer!!! Why WB would choose not to showcase this big budget film only WEEKS before it's release is a true mystery!!

I often wonder why the hell Americans care about the "Super-Bowl". For one weekend out of the year folks pretend like they like football and care about a certain team, this is especially funny in the gay community.
I admit I do like the commercials but that's about it, and I love football! I played football, however I never understand the mass hysteria that surrounds the event. And going to a gay bar to watch the game is hilarious. Men cruising men pretending to be engrossed in the game onscreen when the real action is taking place on the bar patio.
The butch bears all have their jerseys of their favorite team, and even the queens try and get into the spirit in their own campy way. To watch these folks attempt to make sports talk is like watching Paris Hilton answer questions about how to run a hotel.
Listen, we know you're gay! We know you just want to see my dick...I don't need to pretend I like "the big game"...this is why we come out of the closet, so we don't have to deal with these situations!
This is why I love my husband, the man can find something to love about even the most mundane events. His cheers are infectious, and make even a cynic like me smile and get into the mood. I am hoping I at least get to use some good ole fashioned sports cliches like "scoring a touchdown" but of course meaning the sexual version rather than the sports analogy.
And now I must get back to watching "Hells Kitchen", a full-contact sport I can relate to! Stay tuned for my post-Super-Bowl wrap up!

Final Crisis#6

Look kids, Batman is dead!! In what may be the worst kept secret in comics, the Dark Knight was killed in "Final Crisis #6"...and that is about all I understood about the issue.
This mini-series has been a head-scratcher from the get-go! So it looks like Batman had a "magic bullet" and shot Darkseid, but not before the God shot Bats with Omega Beams which killed Bruce Wayne.
While this is happening Superman is returning from the future after helping the Legion of Super-Heroes, and Wonder Woman has been turned into a monster spreading some sort of plague...good times!!!
All the other little heroes are either serving Darkseid or rebelling against them. There is nothing here we really haven't seen before in issues of JLA. But the fun part seems to be that the Earth is pretty much toast, and uber scientists have a back-up Earth to evacuate to....very convenient.
I long for the days of cross-overs I could understand.....you know the kind where Universes merge and you can tell who is dead! I guess I can't even review this since I don't even understand it!
Leave it Grant Morrison to write a mega event as obtuse as a Bergman film!!

What a Week

Ok folks, here's a pickle, which one of these things do you think DID NOT happen to me this week?

-Saw George Clooney
-Drooled over Christian Bale
-Smashed my car into a concrete post
-Went skating with little kids

All these things happened actually! So as I sit here watching my "Superfriends" DVD I realize I am now 35! Now some people don't mind aging, but in the gay world 35 is like 50!
So to celebrate my Bday I rounded up some good friends and went roller skating! It gave me much morbid delight seeing small children fall (but MAN are they resilient!) and disco skate to hits of the 70s!
Oh and yes, I did smash my car into a pole. So now $500 later...my car will be almost good as new...almost! There is nothing as classy as having to drive around with duct tape on your car.
Now if you don't mind I am going back to eating cereal and watching cartoons while forgetting I am getting older.