G.I. Joe: The Review and... the Musical?

I had a really hard time watching the GI Joe movie. I mean REALLY hard time. I actually fell asleep during the entire "accelator suit" scene in Paris. When I awoke, I was disappointed that the movie was not over. That's how hard of a time I had. That's rough. Like 40 Hell's Angels with baseball bats vs 1 Grandma in a wheelchair rough.

Now I'm a big fan of GI Joe. I'm talking Orca big. I read the comics. I love the animated movie. I owned all the toys as a kid. GI Joe is one of the coolest franchises I've ever seen. Good stuff man. So you can imagine my disappointment when the credits rolled. The movie made me feel how Zartan must feel at a costume party: lost in a crowd where all my coolest attributes are being drowned by a sea of poorly constructed clones. It was bad. I'm talking Orca bad.

But while digging around on the tuber, I came across this recently filmed music video that was not only better than the movie, it also reminded me why I love GI JOE. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to be highly entertained for the next 3 and half minutes:

I promise you it's good. And I'm walking the line...

So yes, it's official, I'm on twitter. (Or "the twit" I as like to call it.) But trust, it is good! I can literally update my site, facebook, and myspace all with one post. How can you beat such lazy efficiency?

Anyways, so I'm wrapping up Issue 3 of my new comic, while I wait for the publication date of my next comic to be announced (I know as little as you do). Things are going well and William Reyes, my artist, has turned in amazing pages. Just mind blowing really. I actually think I could send just the first 9 pages to any company and we'd get picked up. He is worth the wait and the money. I'm really, really, happy.

In other news, working on this film script with fellow writer Matthew Keuter and boy is it a blast. We're really at the ground floor of this thing right now. We're working on a remake of a very famous (albeit old) property. So we've been looking at all the original comics, serials, and films that have come before in order to educate ourselves on the various interpretations and mythologies that have been established with the characters. This is also my very first chance to walk the line with someone else's franchise. The ever tricky balance of staying true to the original source material while updating and reinvigorating it for today's audience is now landed on my door step. How do I feel we're doing with the balance, you ask? Well I think-

WE'RE KILLING IT!!