WE CAN BE HIRO JUST FOR ONE DAY

[Bet I’m like the 8-millionth person to do that joke.]

We just wrapped up Season 1 of Heroes last week (for the newcomers, that’s because I live in Hong Kong and the US/UK/Australian TV shows that get syndicated here are at least one full TV season behind). I liked it a lot. It’s an interesting take on the superhero powers genre, if not exactly original.

I have to say, it’s how I prefer superhero stories to be told now. I’m cutting back on my comics reading these days, but a few years ago, the only superhero titles I had much interest in (besides Batman and Batgirl) were the ones with a different twist – like Alan Moore’s Top 10 (great comic, not so great name) or Brian Michael Bendis’ Powers and Alias (this one, not that one). Things like that.

Maybe that’s why I’m the only comic book fan on Earth to not be too put out by the whole Spiderman “One More Day” controversy (brought to my attention by bedsitter23). If you don’t know what that is, essentially Peter Parker makes a deal with the devil to save Aunt May, and in so doing has about 30 years of back history erased, which ultimately results in him dating someone who isn’t Mary Jane Watson, which seems to be the bit that has everyone upset.

I’d agree that the actual explanation for this (“it’s magic”) is lazy, but personally, I’ve long since tired of the obsession by Marvel and DC over “continuity”. I understand why it exists, but things like “One More Day” show how continuity makes it hard to refresh something that’s been around 50 years already – though to be fair, it’s partly because the hardcore readers won’t let them.

I’d go on, but Warren Ellis already covers the superhero problem in the comics industry in The Old Bastard’s Manifesto, which saves me a lot of time.

As for Heroes Season 2 ... well, I’ll probably watch it, though I’m wary of the Law Of Diminishing Returns and all that.

I believe I can fly,

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JESUS BUILT MY CONSTITUTION

ITEM: If elected President, Mike Huckabee promises to replace the US Constitution with a copy of the Bible. Or something pretty close to that effect.

I thought you should know. In case he wins or something.

Okay, the odds of that are slim, especially now that Iowa is looking more and more like a fluke. But as I’ve said before, it makes me nervous when people who want to run the country speak of things like this. Because Huckabee is not an isolated case. Millions and millions of Americans agree with him. And some of them are Congressmen.

In the past two months alone we’ve already seen the House (which, I’ll remind you, is controlled by Democrats now) pass a resolution affirming that Christianity is good (as if this needed govt affirmation) and now has another resolution on the table to designate the first week of May as American Religious History Week “for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith”. It has 32 sponsors and lists 75 “examples” to prove that America’s leaders were religious people, therefore America is a religious nation, therefore, its govt has the right to actively express its religious beliefs – to include posting the 10 Commandments and nativity scenes wherever it fucking well likes.

There’s a couple of obvious flaws here. One is that many of the “examples” are misleading or downright factually wrong. The other is that you know as well as I do that by “religious” they mean “Christian”. I have 20 American dollars that says the Muslims, Buddhists and Wiccans will get zero joy from the US govt during American So-Called Religious History Week. And if they complain, yr going to see ads on WorldNetDaily for t-shirts saying “Islam [or Buddhism or whatever] is UnAmerican”.

I have another 20 that says that if characters like Mike Huckabee and Randy Forbes get their way, yr going to see some changes around here. And even if yr a straight-edge heterosexual Christian, they’re going to cramp yr style sooner or later.

Especially if you like soy. It makes you gay, you know.

I take my milk like I take my women,

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DYING IS EASY, TYPING IS HARD

Some more things you should know about me:

1. If you want to take me down, make sure you bring at least 15 kindergarteners.

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2. On second thought, you’d better skip the five-year-olds and bring adults, because I will be a profane motherfucker.

[I did this one before, actually, but that was for the old blog. Nice to know I’ve managed to preserve the NSFW continuity.]

3. My knowledge of world geography is not reflected in my typing speed.

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This is one was a bit maddening, because I spent more time retyping country names than I did racking my brains thinking of more countries. Should have waited to cut my nails before trying this one. Oh well, it’s only teh Internets.

Oh, and

popfiend, puffdoggydaddy and bedsitter23 told me to fill these out. How could I say no?

 

Anywhere I hang my hat is home,

This is dF