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Written by CeeScott
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Monday, 09 March 2009 14:10 |
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 I sat looking at the cursor blink for a while before I could start typing this review. This is a momentous day for long time fans of the Watchmen in its original sainted form and thus unavoidably carries an emotionally charged assessment in its wake. Wow, here we are! I honestly never thought we'd see Watchmen on the big screen.
For those who haven't been comics fans, or those who are, but haven't ever read the source material, the Watchmen is considered to be amongst the high-water marks in comics literature. And, contrary to the advertising trailers for the Watchmen film, it is not simply because Rorschach has a jaw-shattering roundhouse kick to the face in his arsenal.
I have the itch to start a separate conversation about the original comic book, so I'll shove those thoughts to another thread. Just for the sake of this review, accept that the full impact of the original 12 issues of the Watchmen are simply unassailable within the limitations of the "less than 3 hour" blockbuster movie format. It is impossible for any producer/director combo lesser than Budda and Ghandi to capture the brilliance of the source material in 35mm widescreen inside one sitting.
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Read more: Review: Watchmen Movie
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Written by CeeScott
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Wednesday, 04 March 2009 14:35 |
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DC's track record of bringing back vintage comics themes is not stellar, but they have hit the ball out of the park with the recently resurrected House of Mystery series from Vertigo. The house is re-imagined as a crossroads for many of the characters, coming in from various times and places. It is an inn that exists at a crucial time for each of the travelers, and they spend their time telling tales at the bar.
The book's format reflects this "story inside a story" element. The over-arching story of what, exactly, the House of Mystery is...what's in the basement and what happens to those who try to leave it...forms the bookends for each of the issues. These parts happen in the here and now. But within that mystery lies the real reason we enjoy comics, the story is the thing! So in between those bookends are the tales the various visitors to the house use to entertain others at the pub. Often done in a completely different art style, these tall tales bear little resemblance to reality.
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Read more: Great Cover of the Week: House of Mystery #11
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Written by Tokyo Mullins
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Monday, 23 February 2009 16:25 |
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 Ladies and gentlemen, Dean Koontz has arrived in the world of manga.
"In Odd We Trust" uses characters made famous in his “Odd Thomas” series of novels. I honestly couldn’t tell you if this is an adaptation of one of those novels or a new story using old characters, so please forgive my ignorance. The title character, Odd Thomas, is a regular 19 year old cook who makes some bitchin’ pancakes. Oh, and by regular I of course mean he can see and interact with the spirits of the dead.
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Read more: Review: In Odd We Trust
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Review: Friday the 13th Movie |
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Written by Tokyo Mullins
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 12:31 |
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 Authors note: I am rating this movie as a Friday the 13th / slasher film. My opinion of this film in no way, shape or form reflects my opinions on real horror films. Maybe I'll have something more to say about that another day.
First of all, this film has the best opening of all of the previous Friday the 13th films and any of the more recent slasher flicks. It deserves a round of applause. Platinum Dunes brought us this piece of cinema, and for those of you that are not aware these are the guys that brought us the reboot of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the remade Amityville Horror and the upcoming 2010 release of Nightmare On Elm Street. They bring rehashing to the level of a new art form!
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Read more: Review: Friday the 13th Movie
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Fond Memories of Forrest Ackerman |
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Written by AndyC
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009 11:51 |
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 Often times, when the name Forrest Ackerman comes up, the standard response from the crowd is “who’s that?” But, to those of us in the know, who first began collecting comics and monster stuff in the 1970’s, it is a name that will most often draw a smile and a fond memory.
For me if it were not for Forry Ackerman there would be no ‘Back to the Past Comics’ today and you would not be reading these words. My involvement with him first began in 1973 when, at the age of eight, I made one of the shrewdest deals of my life: trading two (or was it three?) Hot Wheels cars to a classmate for his copy of Famous Monsters #108. It was the All King Kong issue and the info and photos on the 1933 classic film had a spellbinding effect on me. Ackerman was the founder and editor of the magazine (along with James Warren), and he helped to create for me what would become a lifelong affair with monsters, science fiction and fantasy…I was hooked from page one.
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Read more: Fond Memories of Forrest Ackerman
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Take a guy that can't be killed, through any reasonable means, anyway.