seeing Incredibles 2 - it was all I hoped it would be!

Finally getting to watch For Your Consideration.

I dearly love Christopher Guest’s mockumentary series -- Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, and perhaps most famously, This Is Spinal Tap -- and FYC did not disappoint in any regard. Like the other films, this one made me laugh out loud and also made me wonder at how deeply it could touch me. I find so much affection in these films -- even when people's foibles are being mocked and skewered, even when the characters aren't lovable, somehow they all seem loved, anyway. So much love for the simple fact of being human -- amazing.

Just got to see Wreck-It Ralph -- loved it!!

The fifth of November, which always gives us an excuse to watch V for Vendetta again -- which we just did.

As always, I love that film more every time I see it.

Two of my all-time fave theme songs, back when I was a kid and continuing on to this day, are The Jetsons and Jonny Quest. If I could get someone to produce a theme song for Space Kid!, I would probably want it to split the difference, combining The Jetsons' sweeping strings and “futurey” edgy harmonies, and Jonny Quest's thundering breathless adventure.

The amazing thing is that both of those songs were written by the same guy: Hoyt Curtin. In fact, Mr. Curtin wrote many other indisputably classic cartoon themes, such as the almost-equally-sweeping-and-thundering Battle of the Planets, Top Cat, and one everyone knows, The Flintstones! Chances are this guy wrote at least one song that you think is really great.

If only he were still with us, I would hire him in a flash. Ah well, at least we still have Michael Giacchino! I could get him to create something Incredible for me!

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“Which comic book character would you like to see on the silver screen?”

Dishman, of course! :D

“Who would you cast to play the role?”

Jack Lemmon as he was in the 1950s...

Just saw School of Rock again -- it's always even better than I remember it being. Dunno how it manages to consistently surprise me that way. Off the top of my head I'd say Still Crazy is another one like that.

Thing is, I already think they're really good -- but when I watch them again, they remind of me of more greatness that I'd forgotten. Pretty tricky.

Finally got Serenity on DVD! We've had the Firefly series on disc for a while now and seen it a few times, but only saw Serenity once, back in Sept '08. Jonesin to see it again for a while now, and now we can! And now we have the whole thing!

FWIW, I'm still keepin an eye out for a good deal on the two-disc special edition Serenity, but in the meantime this'll do. (And, I mean, this was only seven bux, eh?)

And, just for the record, the final shot of the Firefly opening sequence, where the ship goes tearin overhead over all them runnin horses -- that is one of The Coolest Things Ever®. I'm just sayin.

Lately I've been deeply moved by a number of stories I've been reading or watching, where something seems to touch close to my heart. It's usually small subtle things as opposed to sweeping soapish melodrama, but I feel like there's deep truth in the corners of these stories. I find myself wishing I could write something [which in my case means a comic] that could reach people the same way.

I also find myself wondering if I even have any similar deep feelings and insights of my own, or if I'm capable of expressing them. In other words, if I'm gonna write something, then what do I have that I can say?

I've been stuck at that point for years....

... but saw a news item about it that made me think:

They were talking about its performance at the box office, and someone pointed out that, because it's so long, most theatres can only run it once a night instead of a more usual two or even three. Therefore that limits the number of tickets you can sell in a given time, e.g., on opening weekend.

Obvious after it's spelled out for me, but I admit I never thought about that before. Now I see why studios are always fretting so much about movies running too long. Could Watchmen have doubled its gross this weekend if it was shorter?