La Fromage...

Along with my love of Pokemon, gaming, law (more of a love/hate thing with law, actually), I have a great appreciation for pulp science fiction. My list of all-time late night movies emphasizes this (Logan's Run is #1 in my book), and thanks to iTunes, I've been listening to Queen's music for Flash Gordon (which movie I had to buy for my mother to keep her from stealing my copy), and I just barely found a site that revives one of my great heros from old-school NBC - Buck Rogers. Granted, Twiki was annoying, but my man Buck was the King! And this site is showing what appears to be full episodes of Buck Rogers, uncut, commercial free, through the magic that is Real Player.
Hence my excitement (see Thursday, March 18th) at news that Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) will be helming a project to bring Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars to the big screen. And while I (being nothing even close to a purist) would love to see a scene for scene rendition of A Princess of Mars, I also realize that it's probably impossible to do. Besides, the ending sucks. So, here's hoping that we get a rousing swashbuckling adventure in the tradition of the late, great E.R.B. (He who created, amongst other things, Tarzan!) And none of the un-necessary comic relief Hollywood finds itself injecting into things that don't need it (Jar-Jar? Puh-leeze). And hopefully a really seamless animation on the mighty Tars Tarkas. (And a really drop dead gorgeous Dejah Thoris - jewel amongst women).
Lest they taste my blade!