So, The Dark Knight was pretty sweet.
I'm not really going to get into that right now, though - hopefully in the next couple of days.
No, I'm here tonight because attached to the flick was the first real trailer for Zak Snyder's adaptation of Watchmen, due out next year.
Certainly I share the collective caution of anyone who has actually read Alan Moore's opus and there are definitely some things here that don't help (Nite Owl looks too much like a hardcore Batman clone and not enough like the pudgy, broken man as portrayed in the book, for one), but this footage definitely shows some promise. If anything, this thing might actually turn out to be watchable, at least a little bit.
But I'm not holding my breath, honestly...
-M
P.S.100th post! It only took me what, a year and a half?
7.18.2008
7.08.2008
Flashback
A Flash-related conversation that apparently happened at Wizard World Chicago, courtesy of Engblom:Didio followed up, "Which Flash would you talk about?" Van Sciver shot back, "Why not all of them?"Didio pretended to be incredulous: "In the same book?" Van Sciver drove it home with, "Why not?"
This certainly doesn't mean anything necessarily, but it got me thinking about how cool it would be to see a Flash book that focused not just on a singular hero, but the entire legacy - a sort of "Team Flash" monthly, with all of the speedsters starring - sometimes working alone, and sometimes teaming up together to work on cases or take on larger threats. Jay Garrick is the patriarch, Barry Allen is the experienced legend, Wally West is the everyman (or family man, depending on how much exposure you want to give Iris and the super-twins). Hell, you could even find a way to bring back Bart at his "real" age and include him as Kid Flash (which would mean that Bart could also show up in Teen Titans, thus rectifying the overall dismantling of Johns' Titans, one of my least favorite results of Infinite Crisis).
Something like this, I could definitely get behind. The Flash is definitely one of my favorite heroes of the DCU - a good look, a unique spin (the legacy and the speed), and each individual Flash brings something different to the table.
It may never happen, or maybe it'll be the first big book to launch after Final Crisis, but either way it's kind of a cool thought and I'm imagining how I would write it.
What about you guys? Yes, no? If you were writing a "Team Flash"-style book, how would you handle it?
-M
Back!
Back from Cornerstone. I had a great time overall, as I always do. I may post more about it at some point, or I may not. I haven't decided yet.
Either way, "regular" content will resume shortly.
-M
Either way, "regular" content will resume shortly.
-M
7.01.2008
Scientific Progress Goes Boink
Looks like I'm breaking the hiatus a little early.
I just wanted to share this, which I just stumbled upon - Friday's edition of PvP.
I've intended on writing a big, juicy love-letter to Scott Kurtz' daily dose of awesome since I started the blog, but I've yet to get around to it. This will have to do for now.
I just had to share this because I absolutely adore Calvin and Hobbes, and I have since I was a kid. Kurtz loves it too, and this is a cute little homage.
Go check it out. If you've never read PvP before, you should. It's one of the better webcomics out there.
Okay, for real now - hiatus.
-M
I just wanted to share this, which I just stumbled upon - Friday's edition of PvP.
I've intended on writing a big, juicy love-letter to Scott Kurtz' daily dose of awesome since I started the blog, but I've yet to get around to it. This will have to do for now.
I just had to share this because I absolutely adore Calvin and Hobbes, and I have since I was a kid. Kurtz loves it too, and this is a cute little homage.
Go check it out. If you've never read PvP before, you should. It's one of the better webcomics out there.
Okay, for real now - hiatus.
-M
Hiatus
I'm outta here, guys.
Tomorrow morning I'm taking off for Bushnell, IL for my yearly retreat to the Cornerstone Music Festival, so more than likely there'll be nothing coming from this neck of the woods until sometime next week.
See you then!
-M
Tomorrow morning I'm taking off for Bushnell, IL for my yearly retreat to the Cornerstone Music Festival, so more than likely there'll be nothing coming from this neck of the woods until sometime next week.
See you then!
-M
6.30.2008
April 21, 1971 - June 27, 2008
Kind of a kick in the teeth, isn't it?
As most of you have surely read at this point, superstar comic book artist Michael Turner passed away at the age of 37 this past Friday.
It's always a little unnerving when something like this happens - surely we're surrounded by death every day, but when it comes to one who is so well-known, even in a relatively niche community as this, it hits a little bit closer to home.
I won't do the man a disservice by pretending that I was any big fan of his work, but I know that the man had his fans and more importantly, family and friends who cared deeply for him, and I offer my condolences.
...and that's all there really is to say, isn't there?
-M
As most of you have surely read at this point, superstar comic book artist Michael Turner passed away at the age of 37 this past Friday.
It's always a little unnerving when something like this happens - surely we're surrounded by death every day, but when it comes to one who is so well-known, even in a relatively niche community as this, it hits a little bit closer to home.
I won't do the man a disservice by pretending that I was any big fan of his work, but I know that the man had his fans and more importantly, family and friends who cared deeply for him, and I offer my condolences.
...and that's all there really is to say, isn't there?
-M
6.15.2008
In which I change the name of the site to "TMZ-Lite"
Did you guys hear about this?
Sudden superstar Katherine Heigl has a tendency, it seems, to run at the mouth a little bit. Usually I'm quick to defend her, perhaps because I like (well, not so much like as "don't hate") her as an actress and she's so gosh darn purty.
But I'm not so sure about this one, guys. Read for yourself:
A little bit unbelievable, no? It seems a little incredulous to start blasting the very people who a.) have helped make you and your show (Grey's Anatomy for anyone not in the know) such hits, b.) have just gotten back to work after an industry-crippling strike, and c.) fired that one guy for far, far less.
I guess I have to respect her a little bit for being totally up-front about how she feels, but for real, yo -if she wanted out so badly, she could've just asked.
-M
Sudden superstar Katherine Heigl has a tendency, it seems, to run at the mouth a little bit. Usually I'm quick to defend her, perhaps because I like (well, not so much like as "don't hate") her as an actress and she's so gosh darn purty.
But I'm not so sure about this one, guys. Read for yourself:
I am truly grateful for the honor that the Academy bestowed upon me last year. I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the Academy organization, I withdrew my name from contention. In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials.
A little bit unbelievable, no? It seems a little incredulous to start blasting the very people who a.) have helped make you and your show (Grey's Anatomy for anyone not in the know) such hits, b.) have just gotten back to work after an industry-crippling strike, and c.) fired that one guy for far, far less.
I guess I have to respect her a little bit for being totally up-front about how she feels, but for real, yo -if she wanted out so badly, she could've just asked.
-M
6.05.2008
Jesus hates sports
Just something quick before I go to sleep.
Stumbled across this over at Matthew Paul Turner's blog, from which it was subsequently stolen by me:
Seriously, like, as someone who has been surrounded by the church since high school, I know why most of those are up there...
...but sports fans? That's one that I just don't get.
This sign reminds me of last year's Cornerstone. Every year a bunch of folks from a local Baptist church stand outside and protest the (Christian) rock festival. They've got crazy signs just like these and pretty much just scream at festival-goers - most of whom are trying to talk civilly to them.
Sigh.
-M
Stumbled across this over at Matthew Paul Turner's blog, from which it was subsequently stolen by me:
Seriously, like, as someone who has been surrounded by the church since high school, I know why most of those are up there......but sports fans? That's one that I just don't get.
This sign reminds me of last year's Cornerstone. Every year a bunch of folks from a local Baptist church stand outside and protest the (Christian) rock festival. They've got crazy signs just like these and pretty much just scream at festival-goers - most of whom are trying to talk civilly to them.
Sigh.
-M
6.03.2008
The candy man can
And now, for your viewing pleasure, one of my all-time favorite moments from Scrubs:
-M
-M
6.02.2008
Let's do the timewarp
From last night's MTV Movie Awards, and only about a decade too late:
The moment in which Mike Myers first mentions Tila Tequila and the entire audience cheers makes me want to kill myself.
Also, this makes me ponder again precisely how many movies these days are created to succeed based solely upon their nostalgia factor.
-M
The moment in which Mike Myers first mentions Tila Tequila and the entire audience cheers makes me want to kill myself.
Also, this makes me ponder again precisely how many movies these days are created to succeed based solely upon their nostalgia factor.
-M
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