Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
They came in droves. Thousands of them hoping to see their favorite stars, watch exclusive trailers and gaze at the beauty of geekdom. There were celebrities, large men with comic books in hand and their pants falling down. There were stormtroopers and Jedi, not-so-hot women in skimpy anime costumes and some idiot named Shawn who isn’t the brightest when it comes to Zombies.
But it was Bryan Singer who started the convention off with a bang announcing his intentions for a sequel of Superman Returns.
“I plan to get all Wrath of Khan on it,” Singer said. “We haven’t concluded a deal. That’s always iffy but the intention’s to do it for 2009.”
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I prefer Obama to McCain. Now, McCain’s better than average for a Republican. And though his ads are intellectually offensive, he’s just bowing to his campaign masters and would calm down and be more sane once in office and not campaigning. But I have a few concerns with McCain on foreign policy. He’s not a full-fledged Neocon. That’s good. He opposed Reagan on Lebanon. Good. He was critical of Bush’s initial strategy in Iraq. That’s good. But there’s a problem. He thinks the Vietnam war was winnable and that the US shouldn’t have withdrawn. He’s also eager to spread democracy with force. This just isn’t a good set of beliefs for inheriting Iraq.