I Am Curious -- Chartreuse

• It has been confirmed that Joss Whedon (Buffy/Angel/Firefly) will be writing and directing the Wonder Woman movie. This rumor has been out there for a while, so it's not too much of a surprise. This does suggest, however, that the small screen will continue to be Whedon-less for at least the next TV season, between this and his continued stint writing the Astonishing X-Men comic. Now let's see who they choose to play Diana Prince... (I used to have a huge gay-boy crush on Lynda Carter. She seemed like the very essence of fabulous to me, before I even knew that fabulous was what my little gay heart was jonesin' for. That is, she was the essence until I saw Grease, at which point I became smitten by Olivia Newton John, and, well, the rest is history.)
• I just noticed this today, when I was culling Bloglines for clips I had saved. Particularly recommended are the panels displayed from the comic: "Never forget... she's WHITEY!" I so want a copy of this now. (I still contend that Grant Morrison's efforts would be better directed towards resurrecting the Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen and Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane comics than working on a comic about the big guy himself. Think of what he could do with the title, "I am curious (BLACK!)" Or with giant turtle-man Jimmy...)
• I really liked last night's Alias. We had a Rambaldi-free episode, which is always a good thing. There was no reason that Sydney should have taken responsibility for Sam -- certainly, any other agent wouldn't have even bothered trying to save him. Jack, certainly, wouldn't have given it much thought. But her reaction recalls how she sort of befriended that Shepard guy in the first season, and helped him to escape from the asylum. When Sam was horrified by how she was beating her betraying contact with the car door, I sort of hoped it would stick. Too often lately, Sydney has just been a CIA machine, and this doesn't quite jibe with how she was, particularly in the first season, when she never seemed to kill anyone, and when she did, she had acres of angst to work through afterwards. The reason I am a fan of this show is because, in spite of all the goofy prophecies, and the apparent incapacity of anyone on the show to actually die, is the emotional reality of how Jennifer Garner plays the character. And both she, and the guy who played Sam (who brought a doughy amiable schmuckishness to the role that played well off Ms. Garner), did a lovely job last night. However, if Sam reappears later this season as either a CIA operative or a minion of whatever evil organization Syd's fighting against, I will have to seriously consider ceasing to watch the show at all.
• Oh, and Michigan's Attorney General, Mike Cox (who I voted for in spite of his Republicanism because I dug the name) has said that he interprets the anti-gay marriage proposal that passed in the election last November as preventing domestic partnership benefits in the future employment contracts for all state workers, including the employees of public universities. This is more or less what I expected, owing to the fact that the proposal was really broad and poorly-worded. While I do not have a domestic partner to benefit (although hope springs eternal), I take this as further indication that I should get the hell out of Dodge, post haste. Which, I admit, has been the plan all along, but now I can do it with an indignant self-righteousness that I otherwise wouldn't have been able to muster.
• Everytime I hear Geroge W. Bush's voice, it makes me want to scream. Just thought you should know.