Peter David's Blog, page 140

Interesting Omission on Bravo

Bravo routinely airs two episodes of "The West Wing" back to back every morning. Curiously, with no explanation, they jumped over an episode this morning. They skipped the one entitled "Faith Based Initiative." I wonder why. Well, let's check the episode description:

On the same day that an anti-gay-marriage amendment is attached [...:]

Scott Pilgrim vs. the Box Office

I loved "Scott Pilgrim." I really did. I also find myself wondering if the director was a fan of "Speed Racer" since much of the storytelling and editing was evocative of that film. I predicted after seeing "Speed Racer" that you were going to see a lot of its techniques showing up [...:]

Snow White and the Marvel Reviews

Originally published August 27, 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1032
A couple of things in today's symposium:
For the first time in three years of my taking jabs at Marvel in this column, I've actually hit a topic that prompted Marvel reps to say, in essence, "Hey, we'd like to be heard on this." Seems perfectly [...:]

I Got Your Answer Right Here, Sarah

Sarah Palin is demanding more answers from Obama regarding the proposed mosque/recreation facility/laser tag center proposed to be built within a few blocks of Ground Zero. Apparently the new angle for criticism is that the hidden agenda reason why Muslims want to build it there is that it's a historically-dictated victory monument. As [...:]

That pesky Constitution again

Well, at least no one's talking about amending the Constitution again. In this particular instance, that annoying First Amendment which mentions freedom of religion.
The guy who we watched take an oath to defend it a couple years ago commented on the move to build a mosque in lower Manhattan within distance of [...:]

Sachs and Soulsearchers

Originally published August 20, 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1031
It is very, very rare that I use But I Digress as any sort of forum for self-promotion. I figure that there's enough advertising in the rest of the paper, so you don't need to turn to this column to read even more. Even the [...:]

Baseball vs. baseball

Yesterday the family took in a Long Island Ducks game, a baseball team in the Atlantic league. There's a lot to be said for grass roots teams. It costs no more than going to a movie and the ballpark seats a fraction of what you see in a major league stadium. You're [...:]

Did You Notice Who Else is in the "Thor" movie?

J. Michael Straczynski will have a cameo role in the film (presuming, of course, that his part doesn't wind up on the cutting room floor or in the DVD extras.) He plays one of the local townies who finds the landed hammer (in a crater, as per his story) and, along with some cronies, [...:]

Reality check: Comics distribution

Originally published August 13 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1030
I think we all owe Jim Shooter an apology.
Why? Because But I Digress has turned up another comics-related individual who has graced the reading public with an even more amazing résumé than Jim's.
(Although we needn't apologize to Chuck Rozanski, whose rather remarkable defense of his [...:]

Pink Elephants on Parade

I realize that lately whenever I watch a Mets game, particularly if it's a close one, I wonder how they're going to blow it. Not if. How. And it's occurred to me that they're playing like a team with the exact same mindset.
An inning-ending double play ball comes to you. [...:]