My faith is officially restored in movies. After seeing the incredible 'Inception' in the theater, I have finally watched 'Primer' on DVD. Smart, thought-provoking, and well-executed-both of them. It's not about stars, nostalgia, or focus groups. It's about creative storytelling.
My faith in comic books, however, is waning at an ever-increasing rate. Two more of my favorite books, 'Air' and 'Greek Street', have been canceled....
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My faith in comic books, however, is waning at an ever-increasing rate. Two more of my favorite books, 'Air' and 'Greek Street', have been canceled....
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higgs_boson:
I agree.. Comic Con this year was a total downer... Blah. But also, have fun!!
higgs_boson:
Here's hoping you're well.
Back on track, Jack. Too legit to quit. Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.
Here, have some miscellanea:
Inception is one of the greatest films ever made. It was worth wading through formulaic sewage up to this point, waiting to experience something like this. I have a special strain of bile I've developed for the term 'too smart'.
All these post-apocalyptic stories out...
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Here, have some miscellanea:
Inception is one of the greatest films ever made. It was worth wading through formulaic sewage up to this point, waiting to experience something like this. I have a special strain of bile I've developed for the term 'too smart'.
All these post-apocalyptic stories out...
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higgs_boson:
YAY!!! Good for you. So, I'm volunteering at a summer camp this year, don't ask why..... But in September the SCA is holding a small, four-day get-together at this camp. How cool. I hope you have fun. Staying all 17 days?
Another one of those nights. I'm not even drunk. Just sick. I think. Coughing, pissy...nose gushing blood. Crushed by the goofiness of poor self esteem, the mounting repercussions of unwise decisions, the stifling day-to-day fecal mire.
I want to be reborn. It's an ongoing and fervent prayer.
I want to be reborn. It's an ongoing and fervent prayer.
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higgs_boson:
So glad to hear all's well. And now for some pizza.
higgs_boson:
It most certainly is! With some mushroom thrown into the mix.
I have recently signed up for Netflix, and this is clearly the best/worst thing to happen to me. To celebrate, I will now do some one-sentence reviews of those movies and TV shows that stood out from the pack.
Public Enemies: God DAMN, tommyguns are fucking awesome.
Big Fan: Patton Oswalt, proving once again to the world that he rules no matter what he does,...
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Public Enemies: God DAMN, tommyguns are fucking awesome.
Big Fan: Patton Oswalt, proving once again to the world that he rules no matter what he does,...
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ahlam:
Netflix is definitely a good-bad thing.
I just found out Rocko's Modern Life is on there... guess I'll be holed up for a while.
I just found out Rocko's Modern Life is on there... guess I'll be holed up for a while.
walkaway:
Thanks for the welcome-back.
I've had The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus lying around here somewhere for ages, just forgot to actually watch it. Adding Word Wars and Gonzo to my to-watch-list, now!
I've had The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus lying around here somewhere for ages, just forgot to actually watch it. Adding Word Wars and Gonzo to my to-watch-list, now!
This abysmal weather has forced me to get a haircut, which is now on display as my profile pic.
Tomorrow is the Clutch show here in Allentown, which is no doubt going to kick seven different kinds of ass. What will probably kick considerably less is the fact that there are going to be four, count 'em-FOUR, opening bands playing before the main event begins...
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Tomorrow is the Clutch show here in Allentown, which is no doubt going to kick seven different kinds of ass. What will probably kick considerably less is the fact that there are going to be four, count 'em-FOUR, opening bands playing before the main event begins...
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higgs_boson:
I'm going to El Paso. I drove for ten hours yesterday and a five already today... Now I'm eating a sandwich in my car somewhere in Illinois. This is actually more fun than I thought It'd be. Aaaaaannnnddd only 18 more hours to go.
higgs_boson:
Texas was, is great. I'm still here. It's an ungodly temperature but it's home. The drive back to Boston should be interesting....
Finally, after many hours burning through stimulants, my body offered me a little slice of respite from the throbbing pain in my head. And who was waiting for me on the other side of consciousness? The late Hunter S. Thompson, apparently. He was oddly calm and loquacious. There was something very important that he had to impart to me while I sat across from him,...
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higgs_boson:
Well, like he said "When the going gets weird...."
higgs_boson:
No movie. Just a short SyFy marathon that was on when I got home from work...
I have, for various reasons, been watching lots of 90's era movies lately, and have decided to do one sentence reviews of them from the point of view of the jaded old bastard I am right now. Here we go!
Hackers: A group of raver trust fund kids who have clearly played Shadowrun too much go toe-to-toe with the Indian scientist from Short Circuit.
Jurassic...
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Hackers: A group of raver trust fund kids who have clearly played Shadowrun too much go toe-to-toe with the Indian scientist from Short Circuit.
Jurassic...
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higgs_boson:
I learned the word Goddammit from TMNT... Or was it dammit?... I like your synopsis.
higgs_boson:
No, no. That douche is long gone. This was the dean of my department where I research....
This one is quite simple: I've been listening to Sleigh Bell's album, 'Treats', since I woke up. I can't stop playing it. It's that good. This is the unstoppable sound of the kids. They've hit their ball into your yard, and they're coming over the fence to get it, whether you like it or not. That sound, like a tornado with a harpy inside it?...
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higgs_boson:
O, woe, I shall indeed live to see another day. Cheers.
higgs_boson:
I was so turned off I had to stop. I mean a 36 year old can't do it? Ugghhhhhh
Time for a few quick comic book recommendations, and this time it involves books that I missed when they first came out but have now caught up on and discovered that they, much like the late Wesley Willis, whup Batman's ass.
First up is 'Supergod', by Warren Ellis, from Avatar Press.
For many of you, just mentioning Mr. Ellis' name ensures that you will read...
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First up is 'Supergod', by Warren Ellis, from Avatar Press.
For many of you, just mentioning Mr. Ellis' name ensures that you will read...
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ravenhallow:
I wiill never be rid of the mental image of the scientist who wanked too hard for Morrigan Lugus. Just. Brr. Erg. Eeh.
Warren Ellis terrifies me and I love it.
Warren Ellis terrifies me and I love it.
Comic book update! Here's what you need to be reading:
John Constantine: Hellblazer(DC/Vertigo) The latest arc, 'No Future' is a fantastic bit of nastiness about a punk commune based around an effigy of Sid Vicious, and the shitbags in the growing conservative party that are trying to brainwash and employ them to be their new foot soldiers. It's Peter Milligan and Simon Bisley-enough said.
Sparta...
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John Constantine: Hellblazer(DC/Vertigo) The latest arc, 'No Future' is a fantastic bit of nastiness about a punk commune based around an effigy of Sid Vicious, and the shitbags in the growing conservative party that are trying to brainwash and employ them to be their new foot soldiers. It's Peter Milligan and Simon Bisley-enough said.
Sparta...
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ravenhallow:
Dah I have to catch up on the Unwritten, I am like five issues behind.
I was hoping to scratch that Lapham itch with his Crossed spin-off, but it kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I guess not so much in the writing, but visually I have some issues. Here's where I get off track and thread-jack you for a rant.
There's a panel where the female protagonist is being menaced by one of the crossed-crazy whackos, with the butt of her rifle raised to ward the nutter off; then in the next panel the whacko's head explodes. The third panel is the protagonist standing beside her father; both of them have guns but they are lowered. So.. did the protagonist bash the whacko? Did her dad shoot it in the nick of time? Beats the hell outta me, 'cuz they didn't bother to draw any of this in. I'm never a big stickler for my action scenes, but don't make me assume, people, this stuff is important! If our lady protagonist was forced to bash somebody's head in, murderous nut or not, that shows both a strength of will and perhaps a loss of humanity. If it was her father, it sends a completely different message about the characters in the story. Sure, it's got that zombiepocalypse vibe where you probably shouldn't get too attached to anyone since they might be dead a page later, but character development is where it's at. Don't skimp on these details and leave me to assume anything. Guh.
...I guess that's really nothing against Lapham. Javier Barreno, I don't like you very much.
I was hoping to scratch that Lapham itch with his Crossed spin-off, but it kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I guess not so much in the writing, but visually I have some issues. Here's where I get off track and thread-jack you for a rant.
There's a panel where the female protagonist is being menaced by one of the crossed-crazy whackos, with the butt of her rifle raised to ward the nutter off; then in the next panel the whacko's head explodes. The third panel is the protagonist standing beside her father; both of them have guns but they are lowered. So.. did the protagonist bash the whacko? Did her dad shoot it in the nick of time? Beats the hell outta me, 'cuz they didn't bother to draw any of this in. I'm never a big stickler for my action scenes, but don't make me assume, people, this stuff is important! If our lady protagonist was forced to bash somebody's head in, murderous nut or not, that shows both a strength of will and perhaps a loss of humanity. If it was her father, it sends a completely different message about the characters in the story. Sure, it's got that zombiepocalypse vibe where you probably shouldn't get too attached to anyone since they might be dead a page later, but character development is where it's at. Don't skimp on these details and leave me to assume anything. Guh.
...I guess that's really nothing against Lapham. Javier Barreno, I don't like you very much.
sirkka:
i should've just come here for comic recommendations.
it amazes me how hellblazer has stayed so consistently good over the years. well, except for that "movie," if you can even call it that. ugh. however, i do loves me some john constantine. i'm an impatient bitch though, so i'll probably get a bunch of issues at once. i don't know how people do that waiting every month for a new issue thing. it baffles me.
god, the exterminators, now THERE'S a name i'd almost forgotten! i loved that series and i don't know why it never caught on. what a bummer. here's to hoping that air doesn't suffer the same fate. while i hadn't read it up til now [though i have heard of it] if it's on the same level as the exterminators, i'm totally willing to give it a go.
i think i might be the only person who wasn't a huge fan of locke and key. i set weird standards for my lovecraftian works, admittedly, and by no means was it bad, it just didn't grab me the way it has everyone else. hm.
i recently got caught up on my walking dead collection, as in "i have them all and now i need to go back and reread them in order." i was current until the 6th trade came out [like, a billion years ago] and then i somehow missed the two after it and read the 9th one and got all fucked up.
criminal! sddddagdfyh god i fucking love me some brubaker. please tell me i wasn't the only one that saw angel of death. somehow everyone's either never heard of it or never got around to watching it all the way through, which is such a shame. nobody does noir quite like he does.
oh, and speaking of peter bagge, apparently bbc picked up the rights to apocalypse nerd as a miniseries? it's being marketed as "fallout" which means that gamers are going to be pissed off and comic geeks aren't going to know about it. i haven't heard anything new since it was announced in january/february, but i'll let you know if anything new pops up.
it amazes me how hellblazer has stayed so consistently good over the years. well, except for that "movie," if you can even call it that. ugh. however, i do loves me some john constantine. i'm an impatient bitch though, so i'll probably get a bunch of issues at once. i don't know how people do that waiting every month for a new issue thing. it baffles me.
god, the exterminators, now THERE'S a name i'd almost forgotten! i loved that series and i don't know why it never caught on. what a bummer. here's to hoping that air doesn't suffer the same fate. while i hadn't read it up til now [though i have heard of it] if it's on the same level as the exterminators, i'm totally willing to give it a go.
i think i might be the only person who wasn't a huge fan of locke and key. i set weird standards for my lovecraftian works, admittedly, and by no means was it bad, it just didn't grab me the way it has everyone else. hm.
i recently got caught up on my walking dead collection, as in "i have them all and now i need to go back and reread them in order." i was current until the 6th trade came out [like, a billion years ago] and then i somehow missed the two after it and read the 9th one and got all fucked up.
criminal! sddddagdfyh god i fucking love me some brubaker. please tell me i wasn't the only one that saw angel of death. somehow everyone's either never heard of it or never got around to watching it all the way through, which is such a shame. nobody does noir quite like he does.
oh, and speaking of peter bagge, apparently bbc picked up the rights to apocalypse nerd as a miniseries? it's being marketed as "fallout" which means that gamers are going to be pissed off and comic geeks aren't going to know about it. i haven't heard anything new since it was announced in january/february, but i'll let you know if anything new pops up.
I'm just going to come out with it. Almost all of my friends and acquaintances around here have ceased to be any fun whatsoever, so I'm looking for local peeps to meet and hang out with. If you are a person who actually enjoys doing things and is in a similar situation, AND lives in or around the Lehigh Valley in PA, feel free to...
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elsie_caruso:
im moving soon!
Okay, I'm going to need some assistance from my Christian peeps out there. I was just doing my laundry and saw a procession of people walking past kinda sorta re-creating the crucifixion of Jesus. It was odd for many reasons(the Romans looked like a marching band, Jesus seemed to be about sixteen), but I'm just wondering if this is a normal Eastertime practice, or if...
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lamujerinvisible:
Well, I dont consider myself religious, but I did grow up in a pretty religious community and I too have witnessed what you just described. Yes, i'm pretty sure its some kind of Eastertime tradition. I always hated this time of the year when I lived there. For some reason that procession (or what have you) scared the crap out of a tiny me. I'm still not sure why. I remember hearing peoples voices from a few blocks down (I suppose they were reciting hymns), then running and hiding in my room with a pillow over my head. 
heartbaker:
I wish I could make it to NY