Green Lantern vs. Stephen Hawking

( AP: Pope told Hawking not to study the beginning of the universe. )

The whereabouts of Krona could not be established at press time. (although last time I saw him, he was a cosmic egg. No, really.)

The idea of Stephen Hawking as a super-villain has always appealed to me, though...

Speaking of Superman...

I'm approaching the new movie the same way that I decided to approach the Star Wars prequels in the end: this movie isn't meant for me.

It's not meant for the kid who demanded his parents bring him to watch Superman: The Movie in 1979 and came out of the cinema believing a man could fly. This is for all the kids who were born in between who never had a big-screen Superman they could call their own.

So the neckline is too high, the cape hangs wrong, the boots are too low, the S-shield is too small, the S on the belt looks stupid and the overall look makes Brandon Routh — and I'm trying to say this in the most non-homophobic way I can — look gay. Maybe his costume was damaged on a planet of really camp fashion designers and this was the best they could do, Supes having persuaded them to lay off the pink glitter and the nipple tassels. Carson would weep.

In addition, Lois and Clark look way too young for something that's supposed to take place after the original movies, and the story just doesn't grab me from what I've seen. Spacey does a great Gene Hackman, though.

But it's not for me. It may surprise me and I may really enjoy it, but it's for a new generation. I hope they do come out of the movie feeling like that kid did in 1979. It was a good feeling.

55 and still alive

( WoW geeking, and picture behind cut. )