So we started the day by going down to North Hall to try and save some of the stuff from the center for the book. After being there less than an hour the police came and kicked us. They padlocked the doors and sent us on our way. We headed up to mickeys for beers and lunch and then got persuaded to see the Incredible Hulk instead of The Happening. It was actually a pretty decent summer movie. Not Iron Man or Batman good. But better than Ang Lee’s vision of the Hulk from a few years ago. Afterwards we went down to the library and joined a chain gang moving books and Iowa Films out of Special Collections. Ended our day with Fruitista’s from Taco Bell. Now settling in for the final Battlestar of the year. Tommorow I will try to navigate the roads/rivers and get to work.
Im about to settle in here in a moment and watch Lost on the computer and then later today head out for Iron Man. Im not reading anymore reviews today. They need to say something negative to lower my expectations but so far they havent really. All the reviews are pretty praising of the movie even some comparing it to Spiderman 1. Wow. Then a swift ride home to catch tonight’s BSG!
Oh yeah the final vertical styled Peas for a while is up. It’s pretty cute. next week is our big relaunch We think youll like it!
Loveless # 19. Wow. finally the story gets going again. I was slowly giving up on this book but not now. Tight story telling and the art is back at top form.
The Immortal Iron Fist. Hardcover collecting the first six issues. If you would have told me that in 2007 two of marvel’s coolest characthers would be Luke Cage and Iron Fist I would have laughed. Brian Bendis made Cage relevant again and this is what Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker have done with Iron Fist. A must for any fan of Martial Arts comics.
Anders Nilsen’s Dogs and Water is sparse in it’s renderings and it’s pacing is almost dreamlike. He leaves alot for the reader to figure out and that is quite alright. One of the better indie books I’ve seen this year.
I can’t believe I’m writing this but Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer is actually pretty good. It’s much better than Spiderman 3. I dont think I could have even thought that months ago.
The difference between this one and the first one is astonishing. The first was overly dramatic, cheesy and just too long winded. This one is still cheesy at times, but appropriate and the heroes powers are used at the right times and not just too show how cool they are. The one thing that really separates this movie from the other one though is Doug Jones as the Silver Surfer. It’s amazing that a creature actor can have such a big impact. He was wonderful in Pan’s Labrythinh and Ill have to go back and watch Hellboy to see him as Abe again. The characther deserves his own movie. One set entirely in space. It could be a great way for Marvel to expand their film Universe. Take him to the Kree Skrull war. You could make three movies on that alone. I just cant get over how cool the surfer is in this film even using cgi technology from terminator 2 era. I would much rather see Silver Surfer movie before we get a Fantastic Four 3. Still I will definetly be watching this movie on dvd.
So One of the things Civil War has allowed Marvel to do is to explore and rehash some of their older and recently unused properties. Omega Flight seems to be doing o.k. for them and here come’s the New Warriors. I really enjoyed the first 70 or so issues of the first New Warriors series, never really read volume two until it had been cancelled. But being the Marvel boy that I am, they were always as close to the Teen Titans as I cared to get. This rehash has a nice set up. Someone or some group who are not registered heroes are bagging bad guys and leaving them for the cops. Just like the old days. Tony STark is mad, especially because they are leaving the NW’s tag at the sight. We see one of Grant Morrison’s best creations during his run on X-men Beak, except now he’s just an average looking guy since he lost his mutant powers during House of M. Seem a bit confusing? Yeah I guess you need to know the Marvel U’s storyline for the past three years to get any of it, but I’m hoping this book will be able to stand on it’s own and make a brand new name for the new “New Warriors”.
Knocked up comes out today and looks to provide the 40 year old virgin fun of last year.
Then on June 8th is Ocean’s 13 and the actors involved make these movies worth it.
Then on June 15th we have Fantastic Four 2. It doesn’t have to be good, just better than the first one and I think everyone would be happy. Man we’ve lowered our standards.
Spiderman3 for all intents and purposes is a pretty good movie. It’s just kind of boring? The action sequences lack any real punch or atmosphere and Topher Grace as Venom is pretty awful. No where near as cool as it could be. Sandman is kinda cool but also was done with the mummy like ten years ago. The one spot this movie shines is between the Dunst and Maguire but it’s also got a lot of missteps there as well. Overall it’s the worse of the three and I can honestly say I don’t need a Spider Man 4 for quite some time. Time to hang up these tights. One sequel in the summer of sequels down. Hopefully we will go on a upswing from here.
