What's Next for Joss Whedon?

With the release of Serenity this Friday, you may be asking yourself what projects are coming up for Joss Whedon. According to ICV2, his projects include a feature film titled Goners, a Wonder Woman movie, and possibly a Spike television series based on the popular Buffy character.

Star Wars III DVD Details Released

According to ICV2, Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith will be released on November 1st and will include, in it's bonus features, a short scene showing Yoda land on Dagoba.

At last we can reveal to the public...at last they will know how Yoda got there.

I don't know about all of you, but I thought Lucas spent too much time during the "prequel" series explaining to us how things in the original series were grounded and not enough telling us an epic story. It could just be me. Lucas could have the higher ground and we all know that if you have the higher ground you can't lose.

Banned Book of the Day

As I said yesterday, this week is National Banned Books week. So without further ado here is today's banned book.

The Inferno by Dante Alighieri. A book that was described by Harold Bloom in the following way:

Nothing else in Western literature, in the long span from the Yahwist and Homer through Joyce and Beckett, is as sublimely outrageous as Dante's exaltation of Beatrice, sublimated from being an image of desire to angelic status, in which role she becomes a crucial element in the church's hierarchy of salvation.

In Bloom's description you can see why the book is both important and controversial. Though to be fair, Bloom is talking about the entire Comedy where the book-banning crowd want to single out Inferno.

When Faith Isn't Enough...A Little Meth Helps.

Ashley Smith, the woman who says she gained the trust of suspected courthouse gunman Brian Nichols by talking about her faith in God, was one of the great "everyday hero" stories of the past year. The everyday person who through kindness and faith is able to tame the rampaging villain is a story we all want to hear, even when it includes a plug for The Purpose-Driven Life . We all hope that in similar circumstances that we can have that powerful an affect on an individual.

It turns out that the rosy image of the innocent Daniel using powerful faith inspired writing to pull the thorn of hatred from the criminal heart, may not be exactly what happened.

According to the Washington Post, Brian Nichols asked Smith if she had any marijuana. She assured him that she didn't, but she did happen to have some meth he was welcome to share.

It's just like The Salton Sea, you can trust the tweakers to do the right thing.

Spiderman 3 Villains Revealed

Apparently, Kirsten Dunst is so high on pharmaceuticals that she blurted out the villains of the upcoming Spiderman 3 movie. During a press conference for the upcoming film Elizabethtown Dunst commented on the upcoming comic book film.According to IGN Topher Grace will be Venom and Thomas Haden Church will be Sandman.

Okay, let me get this straight...

I can believe that

Will be

but...

Can this become THIS?!

As I said...either Dunst is high or this is one heck of a misinformation campaign.

National Banned Books Week

National Banned Books Week started on September 24th and ends October 1st. You can find a list of books which were either banned or challenged in 2004 at American Bookseller's Foundation for Free Expression. Rob was/is a First Amendment attorney (Ed. Note: I know most of your cases dealt with Assembly, but it is still cool to say.) and I am for the most part a straight line First Amendment is absolute kind of guy, so please read the list and think about the possible repercussions of banning books. To think...To Kill a Mockingbird is on the list.

In honor of the week, I will feature a link to one banned/challenged book each day this week.

You Can't Stop the Signal!!!

As Browncoats have known for a long time, and the general public now knows, this Friday marks the release of Serenity by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Toy Story). This film marks a ressurection of an abandoned Television show (Firefly) in a new medium. I can barely restrain my excitement. I am soooooo jazzed and I envy every blogger who received "blogger credentials" to see this film, but I will be there Friday with the plebs as any true Browncoat should be.

In the joyful spirit of celebration we should all read this article from The Scotsman.

Quick excerpt:

Balding and a little on the chubby side, he is in his 40s and admits that the highlight of his week is when he gets his new comics, which he does every Wednesday without fail.

A man after my own heart. I am so happy I almost didn't mention Alien Resurrection, the one creation of Whedon's that makes me cringe with revulsion.

But I think this Resurrection will be a better one.

Oh, and if you want to see my Savage World RPG stats for the Firefly crew, you can read them here.

And all Browncoats are hereby commanded to purchase the Serenity Role Playing Game, which shipped to distributors September 13th.