Dread

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  1. The show is rocking this season! Due to a rertarded VCR, however, I missed the last episode (Locke's return). Somebody do me a solid and summarize it for me?
  2. I forgot all about the Gaff Morgan episode! Loved it guys, well done. To be honest I wasn't so sure if I was going to follow this podcast but it's delivered succinctly, analytically but not overly so and with a great chemistry. Kudos.
  3. I watch JL with my older son as he drinks a bottle. We both got a great kick out of the Booster Gold episode when he's accepted that he and Elongated Man are left out to do crowd control. EM just gets through telling him how he went on stakeout for three days shaped as a vase. When GL pops back to recruit EM instead of Booster, Skeets says: "Maybe they needed a vase." I laughed so hard my kid started howling with laughter too. Good times. With all the heavy shit going on in those episodes it's easy to forget the hysterically funny writing. Batman singing for Circe comes to mind as well.
  4. <clap clap clap> Well done, sir. Inspiring. I now want to trash a few movies myself. What a festering cinematic abortion this piece of shit film was. Rest in piece Raul indeed.
  5. I can't imagine a better moment than the battle between Supes and Darkseid in the last JLU.
  6. One showing per theatre as opposed to two or three? A three hour + movie gets little play at the box office. I think it didn't live up to the hype. Reviews were split from day one but the people rushed to the theatres right away to see a Tarantino film and got something else altogether. It's not the right climate for a film like that. Too many people went to that movie and came out of it with nothing but confusion and word spread quickly. I have to agree partially with Weinstein, it's not the right culture right now for Grindhouse to be packaged the way it was. I still don't support it's split. Leave it as a flop and get it back on a fully packaged DVD. That's just me.
  7. I find that very interesting, I've never heard someone say they like LA better. Besides production value there is little to distinguish them but, unlike Evil Dead 2, it promotes itself as a sequel whereas anybody who'd seen ED2 would know it was the movie Raimi liked so much he made it twice. Personally, I think he wasted his time. Although I find it superior to LA as the establishment of an iconic cult hero, I'm not against a remake. Well not anymore than I'm against remakes altogether. You may not like what I have to say next week
  8. I'm not at home with my iTunes so...stupid question time!!! Is this on the E2 feed?
  9. I can't wait. Besides Planetary and Nextwave, Ellis' best stuff has been Avatar stuff. One of the best independant publisher around if you ask me and I'm not saying that because I have an outstanding pitch.
  10. Damn! I've got to wait for this episode seeing as I won't be able to read 52/WW3 for another week or so. I'm assuming spoilers...
  11. Thanks James! It was fun to write. And to fill out a request for Mr. Sims. I'm not sure what I'm doing next. Ideas are always welcome...
  12. It was fun. My brain's still leaking out my ears! I went light on the final girl thing because I've got something else cooked up.
  13. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2...es_N.htm?csp=34 Better than Kevin Costner as the brother (that's a film I would not go see). If Edgar Wright says the script is good (latest CHUD podcast) that's enough for me.
  14. I disagree. Myers should be able to be anybody behind that mask. That's what makes him scary. He's either a deranged killer or your dad trying to scare you. On another note: THEY GOT THE MASK AAAAALLLLLLLLL WRONG!!!!!! I don't purport to be a director regardless of how much I'd love to do it but how can I trust this film when they got the EASIEST thing to do completely wrong. A fanboy does not a good director make.
  15. Due to the pisspoor box office, Weinstein is calling Grindhouse's presentation a mistake. He does not account for the absolute North American retardation of an inability to understand the term "double feature." The plan, if you haven't heard, is to split the films for European release and DVD sales. Who here would buy a single Grindhouse DVD? I haven't seen it but would buy the Grindhouse DVD with both films and trailers. I wouldn't bother to rent both films if they were released in singles. I'm lukewarm on both. Planet Terror seems a lot like Slither (a movie I hated) even with Rose MacGowan as a stripper with a gun for a leg and Tarantino is a self-indulgent hack director who happens to be a good writer. I do, however, like Kurt Russell. On their own, no chance. Together, yes. You?
  16. Love it! Norton's the best actor of our generation.
  17. I hope you know what you're asking for... I was actually planning a he said/she said thing with another horror scholar on the very topic but I think I now may do both.
  18. That's the other thing too. I've been thinking of dropping Keith and the Girl for a while now just because it's a daily 1 hour + show. Granted, 10-15 minutes is not nearly as bad but it would still create a backlog of listening to the theme and introduction several times in one sitting. Me am math not so gud.
  19. I'll say weekly too. Daily would be a little heavy on the bombardment and would also shorten the lifespan of the podcast unless they keep making more DC cartoons.
  20. Dread

    DES!

    Thanks, Mike. It's been one of the worst birthdays on record with festivities being cancelled due to rampant illness in our house. I've had sinusitis, rhinitis and strep throat for 10 days now. Of course, it's better than being dumped, beaten up, or hearing about an aunt's murder (all of which have happened on birthdays past). It's a bit of a cursed day for me. But, I got a plane ticket out to Toronto so I can drive down to Wizardworld Chicago and a whole whack of comics that have been sitting in my pull box for ages so that's nice.
  21. I'm worried about the Hell and Back adaptation...the comic was barely worth reading. It is the worst of the Sin City books. Johnny Depp or not, I don't care to see it. I'd rather see Family Values.
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    World War Hulk

    The "hit list" art is not Romita. I know that. I mean the sword-wielding promo pic. Give me some credit! I actually like that hit list art. Who did that?
  23. Just listened to an interview with Trejo on Fanboy Radio and he said he's a Federal Agent who hunts people down with a huge selection of machetes. I don't know about the movie though... Sequel seems unlikely at this point. Unless Rodriguez is self-funding (which is possible) it is almost impossible at this point. Hollywood considers this a collossal bomb at this point. I hope it turns for the good though. I haven't seen the film and won't be able to until it hits DVD but it can't be anything but good for the genre to have names like Rodriguez and Tarantino making films.
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    World War Hulk

    I'm not impressed with that Romita art. To me, he's one of the best of all time and it looks like he's phoning it in. I'll stick to the podcast for WWH. I feel burned for buying CW and Frontline and having to pick up ancillary titles in order to get anywhere near the entire story. I'm "evented" out. Plus I haven't read a Hulk book since a few issues after Keown left and I don't plan on doing so in the foreseeable future. Not many others do either which explains the genesis of the event. Still, not interested.