Fox This

Sunday night, Lady and I went next door to attend an Outfoxed houseparty. It was a good documentary. It laid out, in clear and simple terms, just how fishy an organization Rupert Murdoch has created over the years. Director Robert Greenwald's useage of former Fox employees was just great. He highlighted the Fox affiliate in Washington, DC WTTG and the transformation it took in the mid 80s when Murdoch took it over. A pretty chilling tale. Directives ordered down from the top. Talking points handed down the chain of command. Topics to stay off of. Everything we see now on Fox and many other channels, but this was the start. Murdoch left WTTG alone at first because it was a successful news channel, but he moved in and quashed that to remodel it along with the rest of the Fox family.

And tonight, after we got back home, we watched Spiderman on HBO On Demand. Digital cable - I don't know what I did before you. It's like trying to remember what I used to do before I had a cell phone a few short years ago. How did we do it? I dare not think of it anymore... the horror. Well, Spiderman was not such a great movie. It was just so cheeseball. I can't stand Toby Maguire. I will say that he fits the role of Peter Parker as Keanau fits the role of Neo, but The Matrix had much more going for it. The opening sequence of Spiderman looked like a rip of X-Men which turned me off immediately, but I kept on going. And then there's Kirsten Dunst, who's acting career began and ended with Interview with a Vampire. I really can't stand her at all. The two of them combined, in one movie, was almost unbearable.

The only comic book movie that I've liked so far has been the X-Men series. I just hope that Bryan Singer doesn't get too full of himself and start to tinker with this magic he's created. I also hope that they include the Phoenix Saga into the next one, in some shape or form. I don't think they could do it full justice, but a few minutes of it would be pretty cool.

One last thing, anybody wanna play some fantasy football this coming season? Lemme know.