John Shiban Boldly Goes

I missed the trade releases on this, but it seems
X-Files vet John
Shiban has come on board the Enterprise
writing staff. I like the idea of Enterprise
hiring someone new to Star Trek who is
familiar with sci-fi shows with devoted audiences and
long-term story arcs. For a complete list of his
contributions to The X-Files and The Lone
Gunmen, check out his
Redwolf page.

From Comics To Film – Who Should Be Next?

Thanks to the success of X-Men, and the
unprecedented success of Spider-Man, all of
those comic-to-movie projects that have been
languishing for years have been kicked into high gear.
There are movies (some of which are sequels) in the
works for Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, The Hulk,
Wonder Woman, Ghost Rider, Blade, X-Men, Fantastic
Four, Iron Fist, Power Man, Daredevil, Namor the
Sub-Mariner, Mort the Dead Teenager, The Punisher, and
Iron Man. (Did I miss anyone?) The question I ask
you is this: who should be added to this list? Which
hero, villain or team would you choose to adapt next?
Who would you cast in the movie?

Bureau 42 This Fall – You Pick The Content

With The X-Files off the air next season, I
won’t be doing the weekly reviews of that show. I do,
however, see six shows on the schedule that I will be
watching each week, but I’ll only have time to review
one on a regular basis. theangrymob’s already
reviewing Enterprise, so that takes one off
the list. The other five are described in more detail
below. So, read up, and post a comment telling me
which of these shows you want to see reviewed!
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TMNT coming to DVD

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies are
slated for a DVD release on September 3, according to
this
Cinescape article. I loved the first movie as a
child, and I put up with the second one for Paige
Turco. I’ve never seen the third, but I’ve got the
soundtrack. (It’s actually not bad.)

Episode II: What do *you* think?

Alternately trashed and praised in the media (both mainstream and geek), Star Wars: Episode II seems to be an odd mix of good and bad. Even Jon Katz got in on the action.

We all know that most movie critics shouldn’t be trusted any further than they can be Yoda-style drop-kicked, so here’s the question: How did you feel about the movie? Happy? Sad? Blissfully abivilent? Are we reading too much into these films?