Top Maniacal Rumors: Riddler's Clues, Super Millar and Abe Frankenstein - Jul 05, 2008 - 10:38am
Rodriguez already did three Westerns (his Mariachi Trilogy), and they did kick ass. I'd like to see him become the next Sergio Leone or John Ford, but I fear he has too much of a thing for "balls-to-the-wall action" to make a serious, restrained Western like Eastwood or those other two. But he does have so much more of a gift than his awful prospects seem to hint. I wish he'd get his head out of his ass. As for Superman, well, I couldn't care less. If ever there were a boring super hero, it'd be him.

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Toy Maniac: Open the Exclusive Figure? - Jul 04, 2008 - 10:52pm
I won't lie; I dig action figures. Typically just movie related ones. My favorite pieces are my Bubba Ho-Tep figures (c'mon; Elvis in a stand off with a mummy in cowboy duds? What's not to love?). But no matter an exclusive or otherwise, toys are just that: toys. They're playthings and are produced for the sole purpose of being opened and played with. Opening them or just leaving them on the card to hoard because they are "exclusive" -- either way, regardless -- buying them makes ya a geek. Nothing wrong with that, though.

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Bale Will Bail if Robin Shows in KNIGHT Sequel - Jul 04, 2008 - 08:08pm
As has been said, Robin could work in Nolan's version of Batman "If done correctly". The idea of Robin isn't out of fit with Nolan's vision (like how some people say "Robin wouldn't work in this 'realistic' approach to Batman. How? Are sidekicks not "realistic"?), but it would have to be handled in a much less campy way than in the other flicks. As it stands, though, I am quite content to see Batman carry on without Robin. But that doesn't mean the character wouldn't work. To me, adding a sidekick naturally forces Batman into having to save him/her at some point, in lieu of a love interest. If they could make the Robin angle work without that kind of forced plot development it wouldn't be so bad.

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