Since it’s a new year, let’s start with a clean slate. I’ve come up with a list of 10 things I want for the 2008 year.
10) That screenwriters for comic book and cartoon adaptations to respect the stories as if they were a child growing up and watching/reading it for the first time. Treat it with the same serious-respectful eyes a child absorbed them with, but make it for grown-ups and make it contemporary. That includes an end to cheezy dialogue from the 1950s.
9) For G.I. Joe the movie to be scrapped, and re-thought. Ok, I want G.I. Joe to make it to the big screen as much as the next nerd. But, not at the sacrifice of integrity. Stephen Sommers as the director (Mummy) has me nervous that this will end up becoming the live action version of G.I. Joe Sigma 6. And now a Wayans brother? Shoot me now!!! At least consult with Larry Hama - not a phone call either but a full sit-down Sopranos/Godfather style meeting. Do that and all will be forgiven.
For DC Comics to stop making 101 Crisis / Countdown spin-offs and just get back to making good concise stories. Money isn’t everything. Well not to most.
7) An end to Fire Lord Ozai’s reign of tyranny. I’ve followed Avatar the Last Airbender for three years, and I just want to see Fire Lord Ozai taken down. He’s a a class fire bending JERK!
6) Clark Kent to fly. It’s about time. He jumps off buildings on Smallville. His Kryptonian testosterone infused alter ego Kal can do it. His older-little cousin can do it. He’s not afraid anymore. So, just fly dammit.
5) Michael Scofield to break out of Sona - and stay out. Carpe diem bro’ - seize the damn moment. Someone tell Scofield to watch a little Jack Bauer on 24 and take down the company.
4) The return of the Black Donnellys. A man can dream, no?
3) Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy to hook up. It’s been hinted at. Let’s explore it.
2) For Bungie to pay reparations for Halo 3. The online sucked. The maps are terrible. And quite honestly, at the very least, they should just pull all the maps from Halo 2 and add it to matchmaking for free.
1) A speedy and painless end to the WGA scribe strike. Look, we need good TV back on the air, and I don’t want to see my favorite TV shows rushed or passed off to some no account scab writer. I like some reality TV, and obviously the longer the strike goes on the more Reality TV there will be. I just really don’t want to see the Writers’ strike turn into a reality TV show about when “Striking Scribes Go Wild.”
