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Two more links added to the Friendly Blogs at left.

Although to be honest, one of them's not that friendly...

Dave Kingpin Lei - yes that's his real name - is a close, personal friend and well on his way to being a filmmaker of note. He's already had the good sense to cast myself and TMcG in his first feature, and will soon be making stars out of us. Go Kingpin!

And Doug over at Dougplanet is the go-to guy for vast global conspiracies and bad movies. Isn't it strange how often those two go together?

The rumour mill chugs on. Since you bunch of apathetic bloody losers failed to go see Serenity often enough in theatres, a sequel seemed unlikely. But now the DVD is out and apparently it's doing great. (As of this writing, it's no. 3 on Amazon's DVD Sales Ranking).

And good ancillary sales means the movie might actually make back it's budget. And anytime that a movie ends up even slightly revenue positive in Hollywood, the same question gets asked. Will there be a sequel...?

Well, it all depends on Joss, according to the incredibly reliable and no-doubt entirely informed source of Loni Peristere, the visual effects supervisor and second unit director for Serenity.

"...we're all just hanging out and seeing what the world has to give us, and given the opportunity we'll make more."

"Given the opportunity" means "given the money". And they don't get the money unless you go buy the DVD.

So go.

Now.

It's shiny...

A judge in Italy has required a local priest to prove that Jesus existed.

No pressure or anything.

Seriously, all religious side-taking aside, poor old Father Righi has got one heck of a job ahead of him. It's only the single biggest debate in the history of western civilization. Please resolve it by the end of January, Father.

It'll be nice to finally have an answer to this one. It'll stop the bloody agnostics from whining all the time, at least.

If Father Righi (so close to being Right) in fact proves that the big J was real, it'll be a validation of a couple of millenia of Christian doctrine. But there will still be plenty of mystery left.

I figure if Jesus is proved to have existed, he'll stop being the centre of real controversy, and start being a bit of a historical David Copperfield. I mean, we all know Copperfield existed. But did he really make the Statue of Liberty disappear, or is it just some kind of trick? (Gord, I'm expecting an answer on this one.)

Same with Jeebus. I mean, the loaves and fishes, the walking on water, the water into wine... real miracles, or good PR?

And if Jesus is really an early Copperfield, did Mary Magdelene look like this?