Pepperpot: Ed Norton Hulks out and more

WKRP DVD set soars like a turkey.
Ah helldamncrap. Looks like my excitement about the DVD set for WKRP coming out this spring has been premature. Something Old Something New received a review copy and it looks like a lot more music and even entire scenes were cut out than I presumed. It's a shame, but the copyrights on the music are prohibitively expense. I'd be curious if someone has a researched a price list for what the cost would run for a complete reproduction of the series.

Link: WKRP DVD Not OK

HULK SMASH! HULK METHOD ACT!
The semi-sequel to The Incredible Hulk is going into production, with filming to happen here in Toronto over the summer. The new movie will be more of a comic book "Hulk Smash!" action movie than Ang Lee's "art-house" Hulk film, with director Louis (Transporter 2) Leterrier. The surprise? Variety is reporting that Bruce Banner will be played by none other than actor Edward Norton. One of my favourite actors, he's an inspired choice to play a man containing a monster. He does dark and disturbed characters quite well, from Primal Fear, American History X and Fight Club. This will certainly be a welcome change from the first Hulk film. I think the legacy of the character and the potential of a franchise was enough to justify another Hulk movie, more so than the weak box office take.

Link: EDWARD NORTON SET AS BRUCE BANNER IN THE INCREDIBLE HULK

The movie Passenger 57 teaches us, based on historical precedent, to "always bet on black".
The Canadian Radio-Television Commission has ordered "CSI:NY" pulled off of the History Channel, saying that it falls outside their definition of historically relevant TV. In counter-argument, History Channel's owners, Alliance Atlantis, insists that "CSI: NY" is a history series because it is "set in a city that became synonymous with one of history’s most significant and notorious events, 9/11." Bullshit. I have been seeing some pretty flexible justifying of movies and shows shown on the History Channel. I can understand the relevance of Glory, Rob Roy, Empire of the Sun, Born on the Fourth of July, and even the Newton Boys as portraying specific times in history, but seeing films like Passenger 57 pop up on their schedule last Friday is just weak. I'd swear I saw True Lies on there a few months ago. Alliance basically has a list of movies, and works backwards to find some historical relevance for broadcasting it. I once met someone who worked for Alliance, and his assignment was to justify the historical relevance for showing Executive Decision. Yes, that hijacked plane movie with Steven Seagal and Kurt Russell.