Sunday, September 24, 2006

9/24: Batman and Robin in The Adventures of Superman

Sunday night, Sept 24, 2006

1) Website
2) General
3) Radio
4) Reviews
5) Issue Notes
6) Space/Ocean Headlines
7) Quiz


1) Website


http://jophan.org/mimosa/

Mimosa is a pretty interesting fan magazine, with all its issues archived online. Check it out - you’ll enjoy it.

2) General

Bad/stupid/obscene ads:

“A car dealership in Ohio is making jokes about Muslim jihadists: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A car dealership's planned radio advertisement that declared "a jihad on the automotive market" has drawn sharp criticism for its content but will not be changed, the business said Saturday.

Several stations rejected the Dennis Mitsubishi spot, which says sales representatives wearing "burqas" — head-to-toe traditional dress for Islamic women — will sell vehicles that can "comfortably seat 12 jihadists in the back."

"Our prices are lower than the evildoers' every day. Just ask the pope!" the ad says. "Friday is fatwa Friday, with free rubber swords for the kiddies." A fatwa is a religious edict.

Dealership president Keith Dennis said the ad does not disrespect any religion or culture. He said it was "fair game" to poke "a little fun at radical extremists."

"It was our intention to craft something around some of the buzzwords of the day and give everyone a good chuckle and be a little bit of a tension reliever," he said.

The Columbus chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations decried the ad as disrespectful.”

I wouldn’t say it’s disrespectful to muslims, but it’s certainly disrespectful to all the people who have been killed or mutilated by Jihadists...and is in *incredibly* bad taste.


3) Radio
Episode 10 of Journey Into Space and last Jefferson 27 now online at BBC Radio 7.

4) Reviews

Everyone’s Hero is an animated film. “Yankee” Irvin is the son of the janitor at Yankee Stadium. He longs to be a baseball player, but he can’t bat for toffee. He visits his dad at the stadium, and sees a man dressed as a security guard. This man is actually a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, who has to steal Babe Ruth’s bat Darlin’, so that his boss (Robin Williams in an uncredited role) will allow him to pitch against the Yankees. The Cubs and the Yankees are playing in the World Series (which actually never happened in real life, by the way.)

The movie’s....okay. It never got as many laughs as Barnyard did from the little kiddies, and did seem to go on and on... Baseball fans will probably like it - although I was kind of disappointed that although Gehrig’s name is seen on a locker, we never see him (the movie’s supposed to take place in 1926). The Yankee manager will probably look familiar - he resembles Joe Torre and Torre provides the voice as well.

The ending is ridiculous...”Yankee” gets to bat in the game, and gets an inside the park homerun, which spurs the rest of the team to recover and win the Series. If it hadn’t been for that...

5) Issue Notes
Too much football today...but I did finish Batman’s Great Mystery (radio script) and a page on superhero collectibles.

6) Space/Ocean Headlines

Space
Japan launches Sun 'microscope' -- BBC News
NASA Chief in China to Discuss Space Cooperation -- New York Times
Why trust China in space? – Houston Chronicle
NASA chief in China, meets top officials - China Daily

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