Fan Rants

Well not quite, but its been reported by the Source that J. Michael Straczynski is taking over the writing responsibilities of not only Superman but also Wonder Woman.

Starting in July with SUPERMAN #701 and WONDER WOMAN #601, superstar writer J. Michael Straczynski — a man who’s created layered and compelling characters and worlds on the big screen, on television and across the comic book spectrum — dives head-first into the DC Universe by taking the ongoing writing reins for two-thirds of the fabled DCU trinity.

We’ll have more details about who’ll be teaming with JMS on both titles — not to mention the exciting new directions he’ll be pointing our heroes toward — in the coming months. But today is about JMS and how he sees these great characters and what they stand for.

Ugg, I almost don’t want to talk about this news, but should probably pass it along anyway.

One of my all time favorite films, and definitely a sci-fi masterpiece of its time, is going through the remake process right now, Forbidden Planet. While I guess I should be numb at this point with all the remakes streaming around my head, but it just angers me that the Hollywood brass does not have the brass to take on new ideas anymore.

Now don’t get me wrong, this remake is being done by one of my favorite writers/directors, J. Michael Straczynski (creator of Babylon 5), so I am pretty sure its in good hands. In fact he just finished the script recently so we should see production starting up soon.

So what do you think about all the remakes coming out of Hollywood these days? Does it bother anyone else that they are taking our childhood memories and subverting them to their own needs?