Life in 3D

Everyone knows that they are planning a Justice League movie so they can try and rake in more of our money with another half baked idea where the wrong people are cast in the wrong roles for the worst reasons. Superman Returns should have been called Superman Turns Emo. They had the skinniest Superman ever in low rise, red bikini shorts and he sat around crying the whole movie and wondering about “his place in the world” YOU’RE SUPERMAN FOR GOD SAKES, grow a pair!! Then, there is Batman Begins, or alternate title Batman Begins to Whine. While it was better than the Batman movies that came before (Especially Batman and Robin – featuring 20-something year old Robin) It still had Christian Bale as probably the most pouty Batman ever, and his “Tough, mad look” looked more constipated than angry.

So, because the more characters that are added the more chances there are to screw thing up, and since we are dealing with a Hollywood that has yet to really get a DC character right, I am offering my services to help cast the right people for the right role. Not big name actors for the most part, but actors and actresses that would actually be believable as the greatest heroes in the DC universe. See, the problem is that all the movies that came before were cast by Hollywood types, not comic book lovers. Spiderman did OK because the director LOVED Spiderman, not ‘his version’ of Spiderman, but the version that the comics created – the same version we, the comic fans, wanted to see on the big screen. So, with no further a due I present to you my lineup for the Justice League:

Superman – John Cena: At 6′1″ and 240 lbs of muscle, John Cena is big enough that you can see him with a big red cape and an S on his chest. He been in a couple of action movies and with a good supporting cast could actually bring a manliness back to the Man of Steel and rescue Superman from being a ’90’s guy”

Batman – Timothy Olyphant: Timothy Olyphant has two things that were missing from all the other actors who played Batman. One – He actually has a decent build and height (6′ tall), if he were to put on about 10 more lbs in muscle he would be a perfect build for the Dark Knight. Second - When he acts pissed, you actually believe he is pissed, not constipated, whining or just downright stupid. I would also go so far to say as he actually looks like he could kick someone’s ass unlike certain OTHER Batmen I can think of.

Flash – Ryan Reynolds: Flash is a smartass, we know this and we like this about him. He can also run at a speed of about Warp 5 and for my money, Ryan Reynolds has the right build and right quirky sense of comic timing that he would be perfect as the Flash.

Wonder Woman – Lucy Lawless: She has the build, the attitude and she’s played an Amazon before. Perfect for the hero who is almost as strong as the Man of Steel, but dresses much better.

Martian Manhunter – Vinnie Jones: Yea, he played Juggernaut in X-Men, but I really think he’s better for the Manhunter.

Green Lantern – Michael Jai White: Good actor and he has the build. I know that everyone expected me to say Wesley Snipes, but I wanted someone who is newer and besides, John Stewart’s character is a former Marine who is now a Green Lantern, and if anyone in acting looks like that it is Michael Jai White.

Hawkgirl - Rachel Weisz – Hawkgirl is cute, stubborn and can swing a mean mace. Can’t you just picture Rachel with some wings and cracking some bad guys head? If you don’t think she can do tough then you need to watch Constantine

So, there is my lineup. My other recommendations – No rubber suits, armor plating, or anything that doesn’t look like it isn’t from the comics. Don’t ‘reinvent’ the characters, don’t do “A whole new take” on them, and don’t rewrite their history because you’re trying to ‘attract a whole new kind of viewer’. All you will do is alienate all of us who actually like the characters the way they are – which is why we buy the comics in the first place.

Oh, and I have one more recommendation since they have never gotten this character right either. The Joker: Alan Cumming – He actually LOOKS like the joker should look, not an old, overweight Joker or a Brokeback Joker, a Joker who is lean, has a grin that could be very creepy if he had a mind to do it, and after seeing him in “Tin Man” as Glitch, he does mental very well.  Plus, he would be shorter than Batman (he’s 5′10″) Like he is SUPPOSED TO BE! All they would have to do is write a script that shows how crazy the Joker really I, but to do that they would actually have to hire some writers instead of whatever they have been using up to now.

Yea, I might as well hope that Michael Moore does an actual documentary. Both have an equal chance of happening.

Well, all the liberals who think the government can do a better job of raising our kids than we can should all move to Canada now.

OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl’s grounding, overturning her father’s punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet, his lawyer said Wednesday.

The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block, and then posting “inappropriate” pictures of herself online using a friend’s computer.

The father’s lawyer Kim Beaudoin said the disciplinary measures were for the girl’s “own protection” and is appealing the ruling.

“She’s a child,” Beaudoin told AFP. “At her age, children test their limits and it’s up to their parents to set boundaries.”

“I started an appeal of the decision today to reestablish parental authority, and to ensure that this case doesn’t set a precedent,” she said. Otherwise, said Beaudoin, “parents are going to be walking on egg shells from now on.”

“I think most children respect their parents and would never go so far as to take them to court, but it’s clear that some would and we have to ask ourselves how far this will go.”

According to court documents, the girl’s Internet transgression was just the latest in a string of broken house rules. Even so, Justice Suzanne Tessier found her punishment too severe.

Beaudoin noted the girl used a court-appointed lawyer in her parents’ 10-year custody dispute to launch her landmark case against dear old dad.

I know how I would handle it, I would just cancel my Internet service.  Maybe there’s more going on that was reported here but for the courts to get involved in a girl being grounded is insane.  So what happens when the kid want to go to a party and dad says no?  Another court battle?  How much of a nanny state do people have to put up with before we decide enough is enough.

The scary part is that this kind of thing could happen here.  And with some activist judges out there it could become ‘bench law’ - laws that no one voted on but some judge decided was a good idea. 

Don’t believe me?  Just take a look around.  Gay marriage in California was not accomplished by passing a law, it was done by some judges ‘finding’ new rights in California’s Constitution.  Enemy combatants now have access to our courts, not through law but through a courts ruling.  And if you pass a law that a judge doesn’t like they can declare it null and void - despite the will of the people.

It won’t be Congress that legislates our rights away, it will be the courts.

There are too many similarities for you to deny this:

1 – Both of them have a tragic past – The Doctors race was wiped out in a genocidal war leaving him the sole survivor of it. Bruce Wayne’s parents were killed in a senseless crime leaving him the sole survivor of his family.

2 – Both have secret bases that hold state of the art technology – The Doctor has the Tardis, Batman has the Bat cave. Each one has a massive computer and are large, roomy and super secret.

3 – Both have secret identities – The Doctor never really tells anyone who he is, just “I’m the Doctor”; Batman doesn’t tell anyone who he is either, just “I’m Batman”

4 - Both have sidekicks – For Batman it is, of course, Robin; For the Doctor, it’s any number of women that he has tromped around the galaxy with – My favorites though are Rose and Martha.

5 – Both have inspired others to follow in their footsteps – Batman inspired the original Robin to become Nightwing and inspired the original Batgirl as well. The Doctor inspired Captain Jack to take over torchwood to protect the Earth, and recently the Doctors daughter Jenny (yea, he has one – haven’t you been watching??) has taken up space hopping and adventuring too – the Time Lord’s Batgirl

6- Both have a utility device that does everything – Batman’s utility belt contains everything he needs to fight crime, how it all fits we have no idea, but it does. The Doctor has the sonic screwdriver which can disable alien devices, open up a bottle of Champaign, and even fix a cell phone so you can get reception in those far off corners of reality.

See, when this started you thought I was nuts didn’t you. But I have proved my point, they are the same person just with different hair styles, clothing and accents

Next I shall go and prove that Ted Kennedy and Michael Moore are really the same person….

Another Marine has been cleared of wrong doing at Haditha leaving only one left to go to trial.  All the other Marines involved have either had the charges dropped or were cleared at court martial.

Military Judge Col. Steven Folsom dropped all charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, who was accused of violating a lawful order and dereliction of duty, at a hearing at the Camp Pendleton Marine base in Southern California.

Folsom’s decision means that, out of eight Marines originally charged in December 2006, six have won dismissals of their charges and one has been cleared at court martial.

The accused ringleader, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, still faces court martial. The proceedings against him, however, have been put on hold pending the appeal of a pretrial ruling.

Brutally Honest covers it very well too:

Many people speak of the terror and agony of combat. And of how it affects the psyche of men for the rest of their lives. Some call it post traumatic stress disorder. But what do you call a betrayal of faith and confidence by the service and the country that you served. Or the injury inflicted when your nation brands you a murderer up front, then slowly works it’s way toward the truth. Is there a medical diagnosis for that or an identified service connect disability condition? What about a treatment. Can you restore a man’s self pride, his honor or his feelings of honor and duty, after he has  been publicly shamed by his own country and vilified by those in the media and the US Congress? Those who had been all to eager to strip away his rights and condemn him of a crime for eternity, are now deafeningly silent.

These same people who were willing to scream ‘Murderer’ without knowing any of the facts are they same ones that  condemned a certain lacrosse team before an investigation was even finished.  People who are more interested in being right, even if they are wrong, than the are with truth and fact.

People like John Murtha are a disgrace not only to the uniform he used to wear, but the system of law he supposedly belives in.  I’ve gone to class with people like him, even when I showed them evidence that contradicted what they were sure happened at Haditha and Duke University they would not budge.  Evidence that did not fall into their pre-conceived ideas was summarily discarded and considered irrelevant.

Let’s see if Murtha will offer a public apology for what he said.  My guess is going to be a big “no”.