The new trailer for Superman Returns is in the process of transforming me from a skeptic to a believer in the possibilities of this new movie. Kevin Spacey looks like he may well be Lex Luthor as I've always imagined, and Brandon Routh may well pull off our steely-eyed, kryptonite-allergic hero despite my misgivings.
I am also listening to Jean Larroux's sermons on glorification, which are excellent. Perhaps I'll write some thoughts when I'm done with them, although I'm wont to make promises I can't follow up on.
I don't think I've ever mentioned him in the internet realm, but if you have never read something by Umberto Eco, you ought to remedy that situation immediately. He's absolutely brilliant as a medievalist, a philospher, and an author. I found a nice copy of "The Name of the Rose" at Blue Stem Books yesterday and am diving in. I'd heartily recommend it, as well as "Foucalt's Pendelum" (the best book on conspiracy theories and the hermeneutical principles behind them I have ever read, perhaps one could call it a "DaVinci Code" for intelligent people) and The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (a brilliant look at the experience of culture and how it shapes us). "The Name of the Rose" is a murder mystery of sorts centered around a monastary and more particularly the library therein, but what makes it phenomenal is the meticulous detail of the portrayal of medieval life, politics and heresies. One could read it and write a competent paper on Europe of the 14th century without batting an eye.
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