Party Ends

   First off- go see Iron Man.  It is super fun and makes me want to watch Weird Science again in order to get my new found Downey Jr. fix. 

  As if you haven’t heard this from a thousand other websites run by overweight geeks: be sure to stick around for the after credits surprise ending. Try not to sequel.  

   After making way more money than was expected opening weekend (I guess fanboys needed a break from GTA4 after all) first thing Monday morning Iron Man 2 was announced for April 2010.  Keep an eye out for a countdown widget any minute now for your desktop.   

   So, we have Ed Norton as Hulk opening soon, Iron Man topping the box office now, Thor set to be released in 2010 and Captain America in 2011. Looks like all of theses franchises will come together in mega filmic crossover to form Hollywood’s take on the Avengers.  Synergy like this has never been attempted and I am thrilled to see how it all goes off!  In the next 3 years we will be seeing lots of comic book movies and hopefully tweens will put down the cyber-novels and start buying good old comic…ahem… graphic novels. 

  And now, on a completely unrelated note- I wanted to post this great Modern Lovers track from back in 1981 that I have been listening to a lot lately.  It is as laidback as it is frantic, lonely as it is contempt, and tongue in cheek as it is serious.  Gotta love it.  Have a great day. 

MP3: the Modern Lovers- Girlfren