This movie has only begun to be formed, and already it’s got problems.

First of Andy Diggle and Jock took a minor Jack Kirby war comic and remade it for Vertigo into an exciting new espionage story.

And now it’s going to be a movie only Variety forgot to credit Diggle & Jock.  And the producers didn’t even tell them they were making a movie.  Oops.

Though, since Joel Silver is producing it, I’m surprised he didn’t say that Andy & Jock had already signed up and endorsed every change they’re planning to make.

And the hits just keep coming, as Joel Silver just did an interview where he said, “I’ve always liked that project, it was a competing project with ‘Dirty Dozen’ for a while, but it didn’t happen at Warners, so we kind of took it into Dark Castle, so we may try to make that now. But I hope to do ‘Dirty Dozen’ one day, too. I always look at these things that there’s a lot of time, a lot of movies to make. Sometimes the time is right for them and sometimes you have to wait to make them for another time.”

And sometimes, the movie you want to make has already been made!  We didn’t the three sequels or the tv show and we don’t need a remake.

Of course Joel Silver isn’t known for creativity or quality or…anything else that should be valued in a creative field.  He should be commended for doing so much with so little.

Tomorrow morning I’m heading off to San Diego for a Chargers game. Colleen got me tickets for my birthday and my parents are joining us.  I’m very excited.

It turns out I’ve never been to one before.  I mentioned to my dad that it had been a while since the last time I went and he said, “oh, when did you go to one?”  I said, “I assumed you took me to at least one while we lived down there.”  And he said simply, “No.”

So there we are.  My first professional football game.

We should win too.  We’re playing the 2nd worst team in football and we should be a good team.  But we’ve had several set backs.  We’re coming off our BYE week and we have a new defensive cordinator, hopefullythe team has had enough time to relearn how to play.  So I’m expecting big things from the Chargers on Sunday.  We’ll see how that goes.  I plan to twitter during the trip, so watch for that.

Ghah, time flies!  I’ve been meaning to write about this past weekend, but the present keeps getting in the way.

Halloween was a great night.  We decided to attend the Isotope’s party since we weren’t having one.  For the last five years Eric & I have thrown “Spook-A-Palooza” but we were both too busy to devote the time and energy it would require this year.  So, we sadly put it on hiatus, with the hopes that next year’s return will be grand.

I dressed as Tetsuo from AKIRA which people recognized and complimented me on (my cyborg arm) at the party.  This was a huge improvement over work (were about half of us dressed up) where I spent the day saying “I’m from a Japanese comic and movie from the 1980s” only to be met with blank stares.  But that’s ok.  It was worth it.

Also in our group Colleen was a witch, Eric was Rorschach (getting that in a year before it’s over exposed), our friend Amy was Sarah Palin (the only year that will be noteworthy) and David was…nothing.  Because he’s lame.

We enjoyed the parade of costumes and were expecting an endless stream of Sarah Palins, Jokers and Nurse Jokers.  I was really hoping for a Palin-Joker, but it was not to be.  We did have four Jokers at the Isotope party, but they were outnumbered by five Batmen (or four Batmen and a Batman Beyond).  Plus for back up there were four Clark Kents and a Bruce Wayne.

And Triple Cobra was fantastic.  And they closed with a brilliant rendition of “Thriller.”  We’re going to make it a point to see the next time they do a full show.

Saturday I slogged through the rain with Eric & James Wilson for APE.  We didn’t get a booth there this year.  We were expecting to be busy this year and last year’s APE was just ok for us.  We were placed in a poor section of the floor.  This year they rearranged things and moved the food court into what used to be the most ignored ghetto area (the upper right side closest to the front as you enter), which was a brilliant decision and made the convention much easier to walk.

There was a little something for everyone there.  It was nice to peek at Kramer’s Ergot 7 and look over all the other great things.  I made a point to stop by Writer’s Old Fashioned’s booth and picked up Emily’s Brazillianoir and Danger Bob’s Dwarves Behaving Badly.

It was a great day but a long one.  I spent Sunday relaxing.  I considered going back to APE, but instead Colleen & I spent it shopping for things for the house.  I don’t regret it.

What a day yesterday was.

Obviously I’m thrilled about Barack.  I’ve been wanted him to be president since his speech  at the 2004 DNC.  And what’s impressive, is that the message he delivered then, is the same thing he promised during his campaign and I am supremely confident that he will deliver.  It was a thrill to hear him speak last night in a wonderful speech that managed to encompass his campaign ideals, the history and founding ideals of America and the grand expectations and forward thinking to carry us into the future, what ever that may be.

Also I enjoyed John McCain’s speech.  He sounded like he did in 2000, which was a welcome regression.  As we stand here and look forward to the future we have a lot to do and I believe we can do it.  Barack will need a First Hundred Days akin to FDR and he’s getting ready.  His transition teams are moving amongst the government now and he’s constructing his staff. How’s that for Ready on day one?

And I wouldn’t be surprised if the Lincoln parallels ccontinue and we see another Team of Rivals.  But hopefully Karen Sebelius gets in there too.

But the triumph of Barack (which I figured was a given in the morning)  came with the sting of prejudice and hate in the form of Prop 8. A truly horrific bill that shamefully appears to have snuck through and passed as of now.  Things could change but it’s doubtful as they count more ballots we’ll find a stack of NOs.  But this afternoon when I stopped by the Supreme Court I was told that 3 different groups are trying to over turn 8, each with a different strategy.

So while we’re moving forward in one way, we’re still dragging in another.  But the fight isn’t over.

And here are a few smaller things that I was watching…

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It was announced today that King of the Hill is going to air on Adult Swim at 10pm.

Today, right now is the election.  I voted early and had a little line, but nothing to complain about.

I have a great feeling that Obama will win.  It’s tremendous.  But I’m nervous that Prop 8 might.  Let’s hope people aren’t so evil and foolish as to pass it.

Today is being called “the most important election of our lifetimes.”  And that could be true.  But I don’t think we’ll know until in the future looking back.  Because 2000’s feels pretty danged important.  Though comparing the two elections, this one has much more a build up and Obama will represent much more of a change and a follow through on everything America represents.

But hopefully his presidency will be more important than Bush’s and will leave more of a lasting mark.  In fact, if Obama can simply undo what Bush has done, that will be enough and 2008 will be the most important election.