Not the Barry Manilow Song

I watched Daybreak, the Lost fill-in show on ABC, o Wednesday. It was OK, but I couldn't shake this feeling of familiarity, and it wasn't just because of the premise. Shouldn't this have been a Denzel Washington movie? Maybe Taye Diggs is making a bid at being Denzel-lite: the TV version. He's good looking enough, but he's going to have to start showing off some of that charisma that made an utterly generic show like Kevin Hill watchable for a full season.

Also, the show is completely wasting the considerable talents of Adam Baldwin. I sincerely hope that they put him to better use in the coming weeks, especially since the mere fact that he is on the show is going to keep me watching for its entire run.

Spider-Man 3 Trailer Thoughts

OK, there was a lot going on in this, and I am all excited and worried and this is going to be rambly and, well, here it goes...

Flint Marko did not kill Ben Parker. That's just wrong, and it smacks of John Byrne style revisionism and I don't think I like it. OK, now that I've gotten that over with, I can get on with everything else.

I had thought we were going to get a glimpse of Venom in this one, but if we did, I missed it. However, we did get a look Harry going all Green Goblin-lite and trying to get revenge on Spidey. I'm kind of glad he didn't actually become the Green Goblin with the suit and all. I had no desire to see that particular costume again. James Franco is so great as Harry Osborn, and I think that whole subplot will be amazing. I know it happened the comics, but I hope they don't kill him off. I guess that's exactly why they should kill him off though.

There was plenty of Sandman in the trailer, and aside from what I mentioned up top, it looked great. Thomas Haden Church looks perfect, and while I am happy about the aforementioned revisionism, I think the character stuff for Peter will be amazing. I'm still disappointed about how they are depicting the symbiote from what we have seen so far. It was much cooler in the comics, but maybe this is just part of the restrictions of live action. I don't know, and we still don't even have a hint of why the symbiote wants to bond with Peter.

Kirsten Dunst still sucks, but at least she didn't seem all passive aggressive, which I suppose is a side effect of being in on the whole Peter Parker is Spider-Man thing. I guess I still hold out hope that, while we can't stop Kirsten Dunst from being awful, the writing will start making the character resemble the Mary Jane we currently have in the comics (since we can't go back and re-do the whole evolution of the character). I love Mary Jane almost as much as I love Spidey and I just want her to be awesome. The addition of Gwen Stacy actually makes me wonder about Mary Jane's fate. I think she's either being introduced just to be killed off, or she's being introduced as a replacement love interest in case Kirsten Dunst doesn't want to do any more movies. As much as I don't like the films' portrayal of Mary Jane or Kirsten Dunst in the role, I think I would hate the latter option even more. What can I say? I've loved Mary Jane since I was a little girl and Gwen Stacy was just way too prone to hysterics for my taste.

Uh, I don't know. I've only watched it once so far. I'm sure I will have more thoughts after I have watched it a dozen more times. There's going to be so much going on in this one. It makes me nervous, especially after the X3 debacle.