Peter David's Blog, page 115

The Bin Laden Factor

Does anyone think for a moment that if Obama hadn't overseen the operation that resulted in bin Laden sleeping with the fishes, Mike Huckabee would have pulled out of consideration for the 2012 election? What does that say about Obama's chances in the eyes of the GOP if their current polling frontrunner doesn't want any [...]

Cowboy Pete Watches Smallville Go Up and Away (with Spoilers; sorry, can't be helped)

What do you do when you have a two hour finale of a superhero series that's been building to a huge smackdown between the forces of good and evil, and you don't have the budget to actually carry that off? You have people talking. A lot. Because talk is cheap. Long-time "Smallville" viewers may remember [...]

The Young Hero

Originally published April 7, 1995, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1116 The Young Hero had not visited his grandfather at the retirement home since Christmas 2031—nearly six months ago. He figured it was overdue. But he did so not out of a sense of joy, but rather of obligation. After all, the conversations always seemed to [...]

Score One for the Good Spies

NBC has given a thirteen-episode pick up order for "Chuck." I'd have been happier with a full twenty-two episode pick up, but I'll take what I can get from the most consistently charming action/adventure series on television. Although I still think they should've gotten Kate Jackson for Chuck's mom. Still, I admit it is great [...]

So…Should Hillary be Flattered About This?

A Brooklyn based Hasidic newspaper Der Tzitung ran the now instantly recognizable photo of Obama et al in the Situation Room, waiting to hear about the success of Operation Geronimo, and somehow thought that deleting Hillary Clinton from the picture wouldn't be noticed. Clinton (along with the director of counterterrorism Audrey Tomason) were photoshopped out [...]

The Marvelution

Originally published March 31, 1995, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1115 Chik… Chik… Chik… the sound of dominoes starting to fall… I gotta tell you, it was loads of fun coming back from a two day think-session/retreat with Marvel editors and fellow creators, plotting out ways to put major focus on the launch of the Marvel [...]

He Wouldn't…Stop…Crying…

I flew back on a redeye last Friday night from doing business in LA (working on another episode of "Young Justice"). I like redeyes. I can usually sleep on them, so the flight becomes effectively instantaneous and I don't waste a whole day traveling. On this particular flight, there was a mom with a a [...]

Mystery Sandman Theater 3000: The Pact #2

Originally published March 24, 1995, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1114 Another week (last one, I promise) wherein I'm tight on time because of writing projects. So it's time to dip back into the fill-in file for: Mystery Sandman Theatre 3000. This installment comes from Bob J. in Spokane, WA who actually went to the trouble [...]

Good God, Y'all

We just came back from seeing "Thor," and it's easily the best Marvel movie since "Iron Man." Relatively spoiler free comments follow. Kenneth Branagh was absolutely the perfect director for this film, particularly considering Thor has always had the most Shakespearean vibe to him of any character in the Marvel Universe. You thought the Fantastic [...]

May the 4th Be With You

It's "Star Wars" day. PAD