|
HOLY
|
Jun. 23rd, 2009 @ 02:44 pm
|
|---|
|
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21701
An X-Babies mini. That's fairly unexpectable. The smack-your-gob unbelievable part is that it sees the return of several Star Comics characters. Marvel is resurrecting Planet Terry, Wally Wizard, Royal Roy and Top Dog.
OH. MY. GOD.
SO AWESOME
|
|
I think I'm now buying zero DCU books, which is a great and sudden reduction.
I know there are people who think I've got this backwards, and more power to 'em. But as far as I'm concerned the entire DCU for years now has been one massive, pointless and unlikeable event after another, each of them dumber than the last, and I just wasn't enjoying a single DCU book any more*. Marvel's events have been much better, with more interesting fallout and unstupider tie-ins. Even Gail Simone's Wonder Woman is disappointing. That's ridiculous.
Last week I did pick up Batman and Robin #1, because the reviews are pretty amazing, and Morrison and Quitely have an impressive track record together. But it was just meh. I don't want to read that guy as Batman, and I don't want to read that guy as Robin. Why did I buy into the hype? Not only is Morrison the primary architect of much of the DCU's recent wider suckitude, he also wrote Batman: RIP, which was pure bollocks. Apparently today, Morrison + DCU = personally, I don't like that.
___________________________
* Although I'd probably still be buying Birds of Prey if it hadn't been cancelled, and I'd be buying the Batman books if they still had Batman in them -- I'll be onboard at least for a test drive as soon as Bruce comes back. Oh, and I'm totally checking out the upcoming Doom Patrol book. And I'd have bought the first ish of Last Days of Animal Man except Diamond screwed my LCS.
|
|
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/thetoplessrobot/112474.html
Packaging-wise, I didn't think anyone could beat the awesome set we got her in au. But that's probably going to manage it.
|
|
http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_05_19.html
Wayne Allwine. He's been the voice of Mickey Mouse since the year I was born. He was married to Russi Taylor, who -- as if playing Minnie Mouse wasn't enough -- had a huge impact on my life as a child of the 80s through her roles as Strawberry Shortcake, Baby Gonzo and Huey, Dewey and Louie. I am very sorry for her loss. |
|
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/050912-Deadpool-Merc.html
Can Deadpool really carry two ongoing monthlies? I mean, I sure hope he can, but I'm not sure how long it will last.
And it's not fair to give Wade two books if Cable only has one. THEY ARE INSEPARABLE CONCEPTS NOW
|
|
My AFL tipping results are extraordinarily good. This makes no sense, because I know nothing whatsoever about football of any flavour, choose completely at random, and my NRL and Super 14 results are astoundingly bad. |
|
Yesterday the complete first season of Wolverine and the X-Men was released here on DVD. We appear to be the first place in the world to get that.
That is extremely unusual. (Y'know, for any show that's not Australian at least. Obviously we get lots of Australian shows first, because nobody else cares.)
|
| » Oh, the slicing. |
|---|
Have now spent a little time with the XMO:W game. It's fun! Not exactly deep or sophisticated, but definitely fun. For a metal-filled midget, that guy can jump!
They're pushing the game as a "true-to-character" experience, by which they mean "this is not a kid-safe happyfriendlynonlethal Wolverine", and that is FOR TRUE. The game makes the movie look like Mary Poppins II: This Time It's Milder.
May. 1st, 2009 @ 08:58 am
|
| » XMO:W |
|---|
Really not much here in the way of spoilage, but steer clear if you're concerned.
Oh, thank you, it was so much better than the X-Men movies. Not perfect, sure, but I was happy.
YES
|
MAYBE
|
NO
|
Sabretooth
First Act Deadpool
Scott 'n' Emma action (ish)
|
Gambit -- weird take on the powers, and insufficient accent, but otherwise mercifully reasonable
|
Weapon XI
|
Until quite late in the piece I was fairly confident it was the best movie ever. The Weapon XI business was too goofy though.
Ryan Reynolds was superb as Deadpool, and the script treated him right -- he was funny (in fact there was a lot of funny throughout). Liev Schreiber was excellent too, which is nice given how dreadful Tyler Mane was.
BEST BIT: Julia Blake! From Prisoner! Woooooo!
Apr. 29th, 2009 @ 10:58 am
|
| » Bea Arthur passes away at 86 |
|---|
Deadpool will be devastated.
Apr. 26th, 2009 @ 07:28 am
|
| » ! |
|---|
Why did nobody tell me about iOffer.com?
That's where all the wondrous TV bootlegs that are too scared to show their face on eBay go! It's fantastic!
Apr. 23rd, 2009 @ 09:23 am
|
| » Sadako does not die like the bee after the first sting. |
|---|
Finished Kanzenban. Apart from a couple of minor things, it's very faithful to the book so it soothes the pain in my soul caused by Nakata's appallingly popular bollocks.
And I'm a few eps into the Spiral TV series, which has got to be by far the least faithful adaptation of Suzuki's works. It's fucking spectacular! So far it's virtually unrecognisable as a take on Spiral, but it's far enough from the OSM that it can be judged as something totally new. It's packed with original characters and in the early episodes we're too busy worrying about Nostradamus and his King of Terror to give much thought to Sadako, though presumably her influence will increase.
Mai has a really interesting role. She hasn't had a lot of screentime (so far), but she hovers round the edges of everything like some insanely gorgeous female Japanese Van Helsing, a professional Sadako-hunter whipping the rest of our heroes into shape. I think that along with (obviously) Sadako and (probably) Ryuji (whose true importance is really only visible from outside the Loop), she's really the Ring cycle's most significant character so it's great that they're handling her nicely. I wonder whether her fate will eventually fall in line with the books.
Apr. 13th, 2009 @ 04:18 pm
|
| » The new mural has WHO on it?! |
|---|
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-culture/the-new-warner-bros-studio-mural.html
Jaime Reyes! He's done jolly well for himself in a short time. Y'know, apart from being unable to carry a book.
Apr. 9th, 2009 @ 01:18 pm
|
| » Fly, Sadako, fly!!! |
|---|
YESSSSSS
Finally Kanzenban and Spiral TV are on their way to me.
Only need Saishusho now.
Well, and for someone to adapt Loop*, but that's about as likely as Disney basing their next musical on Proust.
________________________
* It doesn't even have to be a good adaptation.
Apr. 1st, 2009 @ 12:02 pm
|
| » Hello, Nurse. |
|---|
It might be good?!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2009/03/xmen_origins_wolverine_handson-2.html
Actually Jimmy tends to do okay for himself in solo games, so I shouldn't be too surprised. Fingers crossed.
One month til movie time!
Mar. 31st, 2009 @ 02:10 pm
|
|
|