the list of now

Random things on my mind:

1.  I bow down at the geek altar of io9 for reinventing the opening credits to Firefly as an 80′s sci-fi action-drama.

2. And THEN… they followed it up with Simon Tam, MD:

There are just no words for being overwhelmed with this much awesome.  Well played, io9, well played.

3.  I get to go to Chicago in a little over 3 weeks.  I can’t wait to see family and friends.  We also get to hang out with people who don’t belong to that place and being a person who loves it when worlds collide, it’s going to be wacky fun.   Our good friend Deena will be there (and get to meet our family out there in the ‘burbs).  And also Ciao Rossi!  Who moved away from Chicago shortly after we did.   It will be like going back in time!

4.  Why on earth is Dust in the Wind stuck in my head?  It should at least be Carry on my Wayward Son. (Right? Am I right?)

5.   The worst opening credits for a television show anything EVER in the history of the world, was the theme song for The L Word from the second season on.  I stopped watching the show in the 3rd season.  It’s been off the air for over a year now.  But STILL.  I (still) hate that song with a seething, burning passion.  I can’t even love-t0-hate it.  It’s not funny or campy enough to be funny-painful-bad.  Just bad bad bad.  This bad:  Worse than killing off Dana.  THAT BAD, Chaiken.  That bad.

I would link it up for you, but I’m not that sadistic.   Don’t go look it up on youtube.  You won’t sleep.

(that bad)

… the wizarding world would be reading about obnoxiously abbrev-nicknamed folks like:

HarPot
HerGrange
AlDumb
MinMcG
DThom
ShayFin       (in obnoxious abbrev’d celeb nicknames, it’s spelled how it sounds!)
NevLong
LuLuv
ChoChang.    (Oh wait…)
CDig
DrayMal
PanPark
VicKrum
FleuDel
SirBlack
RemLoop
D-Umb
CoFudge
BTrix
GwynJo   (you know, captain of the HoHarps.)
ParPat + PadPat
RoVane
MoMyrt
MadMoo or AlaMoo    (I can’t decide)
KingShack
BlaZam
C2Mac
DungFletch

my favorite-favorites:
RoWeaz
GinWeaz
FreWeaz + GeoWheaz
Mama MoWeaz
ArtWeaz
Sometimes BWheaz and CharWeaz
and I guess also PerdoucheWeaz  (although no one cares)

Couples in the headlines:
Luponks
Harny
Romione
Chodric  (sad!)
Hermictor
Molthur
Lucissa
the wedding of Bleur
the tragic almost Dumblewald   (oh yeah, I went there.)
and of course, persistent rumors of  SirRemus

I am having WAY too much fun coming up with these.  Funny.  I’ve always hated this obnoxiously abbreviated nickname fad, until I was the one making them up.

… there would be obnoxious abbreviated celebrity nicknames like:

JoRow
ToKush
NGaim + AFP  (together would be called Neimanda)
SteMerr
J’NetWin
IGlass
RogEbe
WilWhe
MiChab
QuenTar
AntBour
ChrisNol
HuJack
RMad
JonStew
KevSmith (and ScotMo)
SalPot
RiJoh
Chrendricks
EdIzz
TWaits
TorAm
WesAnd
JSchwa
AdBro
JWhed
ChuckPal
SufStev
PSH
JGL
NekCase
NiCave
PatFug
JenHolz
ZoDesh + MWard (who is already abbrev’d!)
TilSwin (for Darcy)
ViMort (also for Darcy)
ZCond (for Deena)
NavAnd (for Cara)
JGroff-bage-patch-kid (for Kate)
DerWag (for locals)

No Abbreviating Necessary or Recommended:
Danger Mouse
Bjork
Feist
Yoko Ono
David Bowie

And lastly, I maintain that EmWat and RuGrint should be used alongside DRad at all times.

For many reasons that I am way too tired tonight to get into, this news does not make me happy:

A new incarnation of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” could be coming to the big screen.
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“Buffy” creator Joss Whedon isn’t involved and it’s not set up at a studio, but Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment are working with original movie director Fran Rubel Kuzui and her husband, Kaz Kuzui, on what is being labeled a remake or relaunch, but not a sequel or prequel.
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While Whedon is the person most associated with “Buffy,” Kuzui and her Kuzui Enterprises have held onto the rights since the beginning, when she discovered the “Buffy” script from then-unknown Whedon. She developed the script while her husband put together the financing to make the 1992 movie, which was released by Fox.

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The new “Buffy” film, however, would have no connection to the TV series, nor would it use popular supporting characters like Angel, Willow, Xander or Spike. Vertigo and Kuzui are looking to restart the story line without trampling on the beloved existing universe created by Whedon, putting the parties in a similar situation faced by Paramount, J.J. Abrams and his crew when relaunching “Star Trek.”
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One of the underlying ideas of “Buffy” allows Vertigo and Kuzui to do just that: that each generation has its own vampire slayer to protect it. The goal would be to make a darker, event-sized movie that would, of course, have franchise potential.
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The parties are meeting with writers and hearing takes, and later will look for a home for the project. The producers do not rule out Whedon’s involvement but have not yet reached out to him.Speaking from Tokyo, Fran Kuzui said the company is constantly approached not only about sequels but theater, video games and foreign remakes for “Buffy.” When Vertigo’s Lee contacted them, they were intrigued.

To sum up my general gut reaction and feelings on the matter:  I don’t know how it could possibly turn out well.  AND I don’t see any reason to do this besides a potential quick dollar on the heels of many recent reboots and the success of Twilight with a ‘tween audience.   Not cool.

Outlook: Grumpy and pessimistic, with a slight chance of passing anger and pre-emptive judgment.

h/t:  Whedonesque

Problem:

“Who does Matt Berninger of the National remind me of?”

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