Daily Scan for 11.19.09 - Corman Gets Oscar, Stiles In Talks for Spider-Man 4
• Jupiter's moon Io may have 100 times the oxygen previously thought, which means that there may be aquatic life swimming beneath its ice crust. Just like in 2010!
• Yeesh. V continues to slide precipitously in ratings just one week before it goes on hiatus for a couple months. ABC must really want this show dead.
• Famed genre director and producer Roger Corman has received an honorary Oscar. He deserves it: I'd be hard pressed to think of more directors who have given me a greater volume of joy.
• Tim Burton's exhibit at the MoMA has on display some concept art from his canceled Superman Lives project, including this adorable Brainiac drawing.
• Will Julia Stiles of the Bourne Trilogy play The Black Cat in Spider-Man 4? She does look good in black leather.
• Think the war in Afghanistan is against the Taliban? Think again: Temco's Space Invaders are our real enemies.
• Cinematical talks seven science fiction series that need movie reboots.
A Corman film is as fine as fine has ever been.
I find the need for this correction humorous after having read Mr. Scalzi's post and the subsequent commentary about science knowledge. But it's Europa that has the oxygen, not Io.