I had the craziest expectations going into this film. I mean, after watching “Iron Man” earlier this year, I seriously doubted I’d see a superhero flick of equal or greater quality this year. Logic and probability could simply not allow it, even if I fucking loved “Batman Begins” and gobbled down Nolan’s “The Prestige” raw. [...]
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Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra
I love a lot of books and I love a lot of films and TV series, but even though I’ve read a lot of what’s generally considered the best comics around, I haven’t happened upon many examples in the genre that hold my required quality. A lot of the MARVEL stuff I’ve tried have [...]
Iron Man
The thing about “Iron Man” is… Hell, I’ll just go right out and say it:
“Iron Man” is superflously, super-duperly super-awesome!
And I don’t mean that old clichéd brand of “awesome” that pop culture has rendered mundane; the nerd’s equivalent of a normal person’s ‘”wow, that’s cool”. Not that “Iron Man” isn’t cool or wow-worthy [...]
Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbon & John Higgins
Writing a review of ‘Watchmen’ is hard work for any poor bastard assigned with the task. No matter what angle you choose to approach this seminal work with, no matter how you dissect it and not matter how many fancy words you use to shroud your intent, you only end up saying the same god-damn [...]
Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
The Word is ‘Epic’
I am not in the habit of admitting fault. It feels like loosing, and I hate losing, so whenever I’m wrong about something (which I never am!), I tend to make up silly excuses till the rightful party gives up and walks away. Yes, I know; that’s a terribly childish way to [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’
I know what you’re thinking: How the hell did I meet your mother? Well, boys and girls, that’s a story for another time and another place (I couldn’t condone such dirty material to be published on this blog anyway) . In stead, let’s take the time to hear how ‘Ted Mosby’ met his wife, which [...]
Comic Books Galore: A Mostly Whedon Edition
It’s not been that long since I posted my first “Comic Books Galore”, and I can honestly say that I didn’t think I’d be posting another one any time soon. Happily, though, I was given a golden opportunity to pick up some really cool comics by the living legend, Joss Whedon, and I’m couldn’t help [...]
Cloverfield
This one’s been making a lot of buzz around the interwebs when it was first released, but as always I wasn’t in a geographical position to take part in the fun. It seemed that there were only two camps for those who’ve watched it, one for those who thought it was a poorly made spoof [...]
Deadwood, Season 2
Now this one has been in the making for a long time. Much longer than I ever intended, but life and other stuff interfered and made it hard to sit down for several hours at a time. At least I’ve finally finished it and can begin my adventure into the third and final act of [...]
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
“Godly good gods, is “Altered Carbon” as kick-ass as it seems? I’m only asking since it seems so very unlikely that anything actually can kick this amount of ass and not make the world implode with its sheer awesomeness. Please gods, if you can take the time out of your day to get back to [...]
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