Jun. 24th, 2008

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So, of course, I checked out the Captain America site this morning, and I have to say I could do without this: Captain America Lands Titanic Rumor from Wired's blog (which they apparently cribbed from ComicBookMovies.com). Leo DiCaprio as Steve Rogers? I believe the comic book term is: AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!

I'm very sorry, but my humble opinion is that Mr. DiCaprio looks a bit like a rat. I find him unattractive and sort of vaguely sleezy. And he's not nearly tall enough, is he? (Cap is always pictured as nearly six inches or more taller than Spider-Man. Is DiCaprio any taller than Toby McGuigure?) Sadly, I think I'd have preferred Matthew McConnaughy -- and I wasn't terribly sold on that idea.

Although, you know, I thought the Marvel producers/casting folks were off their meds when they picked Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man, too. So what do I know?

Also, as far as which Avengers they're planning to do for the movie, apparently this is the answer: the semi-original line-up, as spilled by the director of Iron Man in Newsweek -- Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Ant-Man. (Technically, for you purists out there, the originals were: Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, Iron Man, and the Hulk... Cap joined four issues later, having been frozen in suspended animation in arctic ice.)
lydamorehouse: (Default)
After WritersareReader.com's author Terry Spear reviewed Tate's book Romancing the Dead, the nice folks there offered me a gig reviewing books for them. Since I absolutely adore (or ish that a-"whore"?) anything to do with FREE books, I said yes. My first reivew for them is up! I reviewed Dan Waddell's The Blood Detective. Check it out!

Also, it occurs to me that I'm going to be reading tomorrow night as part of the Twin Cities GLBT Pride Celebration and I should probably tell people about it.

When: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 7:00 p.m
Where: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
Who: A whole bunch of awesome queer/trans/gay/lesbian writers, including me. The reading is sponsored by the Intermedia Arts Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender (GLBT) Reading Series
hosted by curators Andrea Jenkins and John Medeiros.

Event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 612-871-4444.

Yeah, this appears to be my year of the queer in terms of reading gigs. I'm not quite sure why that is (those of you who know me well know that my connection to the GLBT community is tenuous at best. I'm much, much closer to fandom.) Anyway, I guess I somehow got on Intermedia Arts' radar and now I'm in for pennies and pounds, as they say. Not that I'm complaining particularly. I'm sure I should feel all legitamized as a "real" local author, but, frankly, I'm happiest among my own nerdy kind. I haven't gone out of my way to promote these events because I think they tend to attract a certain crowd and us "sci-fi" folks don't usually mix well with the literary types.

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