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Mar. 17th, 2005 08:37 amA few things before I get into the bulk of what I have to say. Firstly, Happy St. Patrick's Day!! This is the day when all Americans can pretend to be Irish, but not really Irish, rather what they think is Irish. It all somehow involves beer and corned beef and making sure to wear green or else someone might pinch you. And, unfortunately, saying you have green in your eyes does not save you from a bruise, as I have found out the hard way.
Secondly, there's been some X-Men 3 news floating around. They finally have a new director as Bryan Singer really is doing Superman. The new guy's name is Matthew Vaughn and his one movie previous to this is a British flick called Layer Cake which happened to star one Dexter Fletcher. Also, the word just came down that there will definitely be three new mutants added to the roster: Beast, Gambit and Angel. However, Angel will apparently be female, a fact which means something to comic fans, I'm sure.
Thirdly, I just heard an old Trek rumor and while I'm not completely sure of its veracity I thought I'd share it around. Apparently Lt. Hawk, Neal McDonough's character in Star Trek: First Contact was supposed to be the first gay character ever openly depicted in a Star Trek anything. Apparently the PTB (including Jonathan Frakes, the director) got nervous about the whole thing and completed excised his subplot from the movie. Interesting, no?
Okay, now that that's all said I can get down to the nitty-gritty of today's psot, and that is my fangirl reaction to the HBO film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself.
( The Man Who is Dr. Webster )
Here's an entertaining piece of Pancho Villa trivia. In South Texas one is able to buy at pretty much any grocery store Pancho Villa velas. These are candles with a prayer written on them to the sainted and holy spirit of Pancho Villa. I used to have one, it was great.
Secondly, there's been some X-Men 3 news floating around. They finally have a new director as Bryan Singer really is doing Superman. The new guy's name is Matthew Vaughn and his one movie previous to this is a British flick called Layer Cake which happened to star one Dexter Fletcher. Also, the word just came down that there will definitely be three new mutants added to the roster: Beast, Gambit and Angel. However, Angel will apparently be female, a fact which means something to comic fans, I'm sure.
Thirdly, I just heard an old Trek rumor and while I'm not completely sure of its veracity I thought I'd share it around. Apparently Lt. Hawk, Neal McDonough's character in Star Trek: First Contact was supposed to be the first gay character ever openly depicted in a Star Trek anything. Apparently the PTB (including Jonathan Frakes, the director) got nervous about the whole thing and completed excised his subplot from the movie. Interesting, no?
Okay, now that that's all said I can get down to the nitty-gritty of today's psot, and that is my fangirl reaction to the HBO film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself.
( The Man Who is Dr. Webster )
Here's an entertaining piece of Pancho Villa trivia. In South Texas one is able to buy at pretty much any grocery store Pancho Villa velas. These are candles with a prayer written on them to the sainted and holy spirit of Pancho Villa. I used to have one, it was great.
