February 2010
1 post
Daily DCU: Batman's Women and You →
For years I’ve had a theory: When men meet a woman, they eventually give them a Batman allegory. Whether they know it or not (I know I have), they assign certain character traits to a female that are best represented through one of Batman’s many love interests. To help those lonely men out (and if…
January 2010
12 posts
“What would Bruce Campbell do?”
– Deadpool Team-Up #897
Zombieland
More action-comedy than horror flick, Zombieland is packed with B-movie cool, great set-pieces, laugh out loud knee-slapping sequences, and is probably more fun than all of the thrill rides that appear in the film’s finale combined.
Jesse Eisenberg’s pre-apocalypse shut-in Columbus, and Woody Harrelson’s irresistible madman Tallahassee make for an unlikely comic couple, but...
City Lights
These days Chaplin is known to very few, heck, it’s hard to find people who have an affinity for the three stooges and Laurel and Hardy as it is, what more Chaplin, master of the silent film comedy. And yet, taking a look at City Lights one observes a mastery and craftsmanship that go beyond the trademark mustache and waddle.
From the first few minutes the movie will have you laughing;...
How to Use Comic Books to Nurture the Reading... →
comicbooks:
Kids today will more likely prefer to play video games, listen to music, watch movies and the TV, or simply surf the internet rather than read a book. Ask any child about reading and they will tell you that reading is boring. Why reading? Reading helps your child acquire knowledge. If English is your second language, reading promotes speech and language development, and helps to...
Timecrimes/Cronocrimenes
Falling into the sci-fi time paradox mindf-ck mode is Timecrimes, a low-budget time travel flick that doesn’t need DeLoreans (though I maintain that DeLoreans are awesome), cool phone booths, or other eye candy and special effects to keep us hooked.
A guy is sitting in his back yard when he sees a woman undressing in the woods just past his yard. He goes out to see what’s going on...
Chuck - The Spy You're Looking For - Video -... →
Chuck 2.0= Awesome
Sherlock Holmes
I imagine that if there were fanboys who were as rabid about loyalty to source material about Sherlock Holmes as there are about LOTR of Harry Potter, then they would be up in arms screaming sacrilege and decrying how this movie would make Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turn in his grave. But as it stands, there is no such group, and trickster Guy Ritchie has pulled a heist of his own by fashioning...
Iron Man 2 Fail
My friend was telling me that he was in the office and he and his officemates had just watched the Iron Man 2 trailer. Seeing War Machine’s arsenal he exclaimed, “That’s friggin’ awesome dude! They have War Machine in it.”
To which his officemates replied, “Huh? Anong War Machine? Si Iron Man 2 yan!”
Sci-Fi Weapons that Actually Exist (from Wired) →
Frost/Nixon
For a film of talking heads, about a program featuring talking heads, Frost/Nixon is powerful and propulsive. Needless to say that this would involve powerful performances from actors, a strong script, and a deft directorial hand.
Director Ron Howard manages the feat, taking a stage play, bringing it to the screen, and giving it a documentary feel. Though it’s a period piece, we feel as...
December 2009
36 posts
New Year's Resolution of 2010
This year I resolve to be 100% awesome. 2009 was a mixed bag, with some of the greatest highs mixed with the lowest lows. But the goal for 2010 is to be so awesome that they will have to invent a new word to describe how awesome I am.
Hitting the Shuffle Button
I was texting with a new friend recently, asking about musical tastes. I told her that you could tell a lot about a person by hitting the shuffle button on their iPod and looking at the first ten artists. Since I just reformatted the netbook, I was putting songs onto it and I decided to see what songs would come out. So here’s the pre-2010 first ten tracks:
1. Who Loves the Sun- Velvet...
The Omega Level in Rocket Kapre →
My essay “The Omega Level” has been published in the awesome website Rocket Kapre. Please visit the site and read through when you have the time.
Avatar
The major criticism against Avatar, and one I share whole-heartedly, is the triteness of its story. It’s basically Pocahontas with Blue Indians. Replace Na’Vi with Native Americans, Pandora for the newly discovered America, and you’ve got the same thing. Obviously a retelling of the Pocahontas mythos demands more narrative depth, and Terrence Malick’s The New World would...
Microsoft rips off Plurk! Rage! →
2Pac on the Vatican's Playlist. Hells yeah! →
Here’s a classic Velvet Underground song...
IGN Video: Halo 3: ODST Xbox 360 Trailer -... →
Superman Secret Origin #3
One would think there aren’t very many places to take a Superman origin story, especially after the outstanding Birthright and the still slogging on Smallville series. But writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank have a lot of aces up their sleeves.
The last two issues weren’t perfect, but they brought in great tones and ideas that were perfect for re-telling Superman’s...
November 2009
49 posts
