Spitzer isn’t the only John in the News…
A happy birthday to John Barrowman. The campy, yet talented and too cute for his own good star of Torchwood and Doctor Who and too many other things to name, turns 41 today!
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Do you Spitzer or Swallow?
New York’s controversial governor possible admits a connection to a high priced prostitution ring. He hasn’t actually said what he’s done to be sorry for, but that hasn’t stopped his repub enemies from calling for his immediate resignation. Surprise, surprise. Where were these people when fresh faced repub senator David Vitter was accused of the exact same thing? Hopefully, he won’t fold too fast. He could take a page from Vitter’s book and let everyone know that God and his wife have forgiven him, the matter is private and let’s get on with things that are actually important.
It’s 3AM, Do You Know Where Your Votes Are?
Is Hillary’s 3AM ad this generation’s LBJ Daisy ad?
Thank you, Senator, for showing us that fear-mongering is not the exclusive province of the repubs.
Might as well Jump!
So, I went to see Jumper this weekend. OK, this movie isn’t the greatest film ever made, and it really isn’t even that good of a film. Overall, there was too way too much handheld camera work that made the action scenes too difficult to follow. The effects could have been better and if this was supposed to be a war that’s been going on for centuries, there should have been more than two "jumpers". Basically, some more backstory would have been helpful to present a well formed story. Especially considering the main character’s mother has been in the thick of it her entire life.
It pretty much boils down to The Tomorrow People on steroids. The British show had a group of kids that were the next stage of human evolution. Here, you have children that suffer from a "genetic anomaly". Both have the ability to teleport while the TP can also talk to each other mentally and move objects with their minds. The jumpers look much cooler when they "jump". The TP has a secret government group that sometimes seeks their aid and sometimes drugs and kidnaps them. Here there is a mysterious order that may, or may not, have government connections who go around killing the jumpers. No, it’s not exactly the same. The Tomorrow People’s story telling was much more intelligent, but both sets of characters show a contempt for normal humans. While the TP avoided any religious controversy I have to wonder what the motivations behind Roland’s actions as head of the Paladins trying to kill the Jumpers. He states several times that "only God should have the power to be in all places at all times" or something to that effect. The Griffin character also states that other historical events like The Spanish Inquisition and the Salem Witch Trials were Jumper purges. The term Paladin was used as to describe a high official in the Catholic Church and a good portion of the action takes place practically next door to the Vatican. Given the generally unsympathetic nature of the Paladins, was Jumper an unexplored crack at religion?
Overall, it was interesting and certainly not terrible but, I doubt there will be sequel.