Calvin and Hobbes Documentary (make it happen!)

Calvin and Hobbes is without a doubt (and by a hefty margin) my favorite comic of all times.

My first car had a sticker of the two of them flying in a box.

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My only tattoo is a small one of Calvin dancing.

My oldest daughter started reading through some of my Calvin and Hobbes books, and seems to truly love it as well.

So here now is the Kickstarter (fund raising site) page for Dear Mr. Watterson, a documentary about the strip.

Dear Mr. Watterson is a film that will look to the readers and fans of Calvin & Hobbes to tell the story of the strip and its creator. As we explore the art and impact of Bill Watterson through this unique perspective, the undying appreciation and love of Calvin & Hobbes and the man behind it will be evident in the anecdotes, stories, and memories shared by readers of the strip and friends and colleagues of Mr. Watterson.

While the crew has been donating their time to make this project happen, we’ll be taking several trips to conduct interviews and collect footage, so the costs of air tickets, rental cars, meals, and motel stays will add up. The benefit of raising our goal of $12,000 all at once through Kickstarter is that we’ll be able to move forward on this film without the hurdle of funding, and the more we raise on top of that, the more we can do with the film.

I would love to see this happen and am working on my contribution as these words type to my screen. Consider doing the same!

Omar Moves From The Wire to The Road

It’s like this smorgasbord of cool stuff all packaged together in one neat little news-worthy package. Yes, the world does revolve around me.

I love The Wire (two season four episodes still to go). One of its most interesting characters is Omar Little, the scourge of Baltimore city drug dealers.

I also really enjoyed Cormac Mccarthy’s book The Road. The complete scrubbing of all quotation marks took getting used to at first. But once you get into the rhythm of the writing, their removal adds a strange sense of intimacy with the characters.

    He looked at his father and then tilted the can and drank. He sat there thinking about it. It’s really good, he said.

    Yes. It is.

    You have some, Papa.

    I want you to drink it.

    You have some.

    He took the can and sipped it and handed it back. You drink it, he said. Let’s just sit here.

The Road has been transformed into a movie, and Omar (Michael K. Williams) is in it as (ironically enough) “The Thief”.

thanks BigScreenLittleScreen

Sex and Lists

Most of us are by now fully aware that sex sells (slightly NSFW). The animalistic instinct is always operating in the background, eager to influence our purchasing decisions. In addition, it has become pretty well acknowledged in blogtopia that lists help drive traffic to your site (did you follow the first link of this post?).

I now direct you towards the mother of all traffic binging posts. The ingeniously devised packet vacuuming blog entry that is 10 Movies Sold on a Sex Scene.

Val Does Not a Nationwide Release Make

I had no idea Felon existed. Why would a movie starring Val Kilmer, one of the coolest actors ever, be a limited release? Of course, looking through that imdb list, it doesn’t seem like he’s been in much of anything lately. This one definitely looks like it could go south, but it also looks to have the potential of falling just this side of kick-ass. It’s just surprising to see it kept to only L.A and N.Y. How are these decisions made? By the way, if you never saw Spartan or The Salton Sea, you should.