I saw Iron Man. It was pretty darn good. It was a tad slow, which was unavoidable since it was the origin story, but the film was consistently fun and had probably the best acting in a superhero movie in recent memory (not hard to do). Robert Downey was the perfect choice for the part and he played the part flawlessly. It was good to see him have a big hit. It was also nice to see Gwyneth Paltrow in a movie. I always thought she was one of the best actresses around and never understood the backlash against her. Overall the movie was a very good way to spend two hours. All big budget spectacle movies should be as high class as this one was.
I want to write, but lately, I just haven't had the...the ability to. I have the will but not the way. I go through these odd periods where I can't find the right words when writing, and they always pass, but I am always afraid when they happen because I always think this will be the time that the well is truly dry. I really need to force myself to write, but I am not even sure that would do any good. Even the above paragraph about Iron Man troubles me because I know I can write better and more entertainingly than that. I am about 75% done with the screenplay I insisted would be finished by the end of April. I have spent too much time on it to shitcan it now. I think I will make myself write it starting next week (the ending 25%) and even if it sucks, at least I'll have a template to rewriting and fixing the goddamn thing.
I got the latest Peanuts book (1967-1968). It was good, it had a forward by John Waters (talk about combining my two influences in one place). This was a period of the comic strip where Schulz relies a tad too much on Snoopy as the WWI Flying Ace, at least for my taste. I would say at least a third of the strips revolve around this, and the strips are a bit one-note (Snoopy referring to "blighters"). The rest of the collection is still top notch though. It is funny to read strips that make references to "bird hippies" and "groovy". Plus this volume introduces Franklin, the black kid (really, that is what he is known for). Interestingly, Franklin refers to his father as being over in Viet Nam, which was kinda odd (not sure why). Peanuts is on one level timeless, but on the other, there is all sorts of topical references that require knowledge of the past. One thing that was annoying is that there was a printing glitch (I assume), so May 3rd 1967's strip is missing (they reprint May 1st). I love the internet, because I am sure I will be able to get to the bottom of this (here's hoping it gets corrected in the next volume 1969-1970--out in October).
That's enough for now. I am pretty sure McCain is going to be elected President in November. Good going Hilary and Barrack!!! How do you fuck that up?
I want to write, but lately, I just haven't had the...the ability to. I have the will but not the way. I go through these odd periods where I can't find the right words when writing, and they always pass, but I am always afraid when they happen because I always think this will be the time that the well is truly dry. I really need to force myself to write, but I am not even sure that would do any good. Even the above paragraph about Iron Man troubles me because I know I can write better and more entertainingly than that. I am about 75% done with the screenplay I insisted would be finished by the end of April. I have spent too much time on it to shitcan it now. I think I will make myself write it starting next week (the ending 25%) and even if it sucks, at least I'll have a template to rewriting and fixing the goddamn thing.
I got the latest Peanuts book (1967-1968). It was good, it had a forward by John Waters (talk about combining my two influences in one place). This was a period of the comic strip where Schulz relies a tad too much on Snoopy as the WWI Flying Ace, at least for my taste. I would say at least a third of the strips revolve around this, and the strips are a bit one-note (Snoopy referring to "blighters"). The rest of the collection is still top notch though. It is funny to read strips that make references to "bird hippies" and "groovy". Plus this volume introduces Franklin, the black kid (really, that is what he is known for). Interestingly, Franklin refers to his father as being over in Viet Nam, which was kinda odd (not sure why). Peanuts is on one level timeless, but on the other, there is all sorts of topical references that require knowledge of the past. One thing that was annoying is that there was a printing glitch (I assume), so May 3rd 1967's strip is missing (they reprint May 1st). I love the internet, because I am sure I will be able to get to the bottom of this (here's hoping it gets corrected in the next volume 1969-1970--out in October).
That's enough for now. I am pretty sure McCain is going to be elected President in November. Good going Hilary and Barrack!!! How do you fuck that up?