Itch In My Brain

The official Land of the Dead site now has a neat retrospective/tribute to George A. Romero online. Includes interviews with directors Clive Barker, Guillermo Del Toro, John Landis and several fun clips of Dennis Hopper rambling incoherently. There’s even a few interesting on-set moments. Oh, and did I mention Asia Argento? (yum)

For those who don’t get why people would gush over this movie… you first have to possess a certain admiration for intelligent horror films which use subversive political/social subtext. That, and admire Romero for consistently giving Hollywood the finger by making his hits independent of the system. Fans have been waiting two decades for this final installment in his “living dead” saga… and the advance buzz has been overwhelmingly strong. If that makes me a DeadHead… so be it.

Again, this is the summer movie to see, if you have a strong enough stomach.

Gov. Jeb Bush asked a prosecutor Friday to investigate why Terri Schiavo collapsed 15 years ago, calling into question how long it took her husband to call 911 after he found her.
In a letter faxed to Pinellas-Pasco County State Attorney Bernie McCabe, Bush said Michael Schiavo testified in a 1992 medical malpractice trial that he found his wife collapsed at 5 a.m., and he said in a 2003 television interview that he found her about 4:30 a.m. He called 911 at 5:40 a.m.
“Between 40 and 70 minutes elapsed before the call was made, and I am aware of no explanation for the delay,” Bush wrote. “In light of this new information, I urge you to take a fresh look at this case without any preconceptions as to the outcome.

Okay… so we have an autopsy in which hard science puts to rest all foul play and rehab blather… to which the critics complained that uncertainty [at the time] should have led people to keep her alive, it’s too late to dig deeper now that she’s dead, etc…

So… why is Bush bringing this up now? It’s not new information at all, it was available to any lawyer… and certainly the Schindler attorney knew of it while Terri was still alive. Why are we asking the question and demanding a probe now? Why did Bush suddenly stop twiddling his thumbs, as he did almost immediately after the tube was pulled?

Sorry, this reeks of saving ass for the pro-life vote in future elections.