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Has anyone seen this? It's a short film mock-up of a 1985 interview with Hollis Mason and Sally Jupiter for the 2009 film, adapting much of the content of Mason's tell-all book not depicted in any of the cuts of the movie. I just watched it on DC Universe. Much like the 2009 movie, the attention to detail (including a poster of the failed Silk Spectre movie) is incredible. There are even interstitial commercials advertising Nostalgia perfume and more scenes with Matt Frewer's Moloch, Bernie the news vendor and the like. It does a terrific job of fleshing out the Watchmen movie world and depicting more of the comic world on-screen. On the other hand, it's bizarrely hammy as fuck. Except for maybe Stephen McHattie who plays Hollis Mason, everyone is overacting like crazy and the whole effect comes off as cheesy and ridiculous, which I don't understand. It's not just making things look dated and old to play to the decade, it's actively ridiculous. It's as though if it were a fan-film, it'd be glorious, but because this is an earnest, genuine film production you're left scratching your head at the whole thing. Much like the movie itself (which I feel I'm going to come away with the harshest opinion after soon revisiting), there's a sense of a missed point that you can't escape from.

Happy B-Day old spore!

There was much more of a place for it two years ago, after "The Button". IDK what happened, but everyone agrees the delays killed this book. After Heroes in Crisis, there doesn't seem to be a solid idea of Rebirth's foundation of continuity. I liked this story FWIW, but they cut their legs out from under them with the delays, pure and simple.

It's funny, the Macebth/Lady Macbeth allusions in that one episode of the US series Christian referenced is so obvious now, but I never put that together!

Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened: Documentary on the infamous Fyre Festival bust that Ja Rule hilariously attatched his name to. You just feel so bad for the workers who were duped into committing to this shit by Billy McFarland. Your Name.: Like Moonlight, this had been on my to-view list for a while. A wonderful story about human connection. I saw the dub and it took me about a third of the way through before I pegged Dean Venture as Taki.

Happy Holidays! Okay having now seen that entire 2.5 minute clip, that guy laughs more times than the villain from Yes, Madam.

I think the conceptual badness of Adrian's solution to saving the world is well intended for the very reason Mike posited: that he just thwacks at the problem instead of trying to solve systemic imbalances that led to the greater threat of nuclear holocaust. I disagree that the movie's changed ending is an improvement upon the squid, but that's more a conversation of next issue. I NEVER caught that he triggers the event on-panel though. Never ever until it came up in the episode. O_O

I'm forever skeptical when people assign a "Fuck You" sign to Alan Moore's opinions about anything. I just don't buy him as nearly vindictive, mean-spirited or petty as a lot of fanboys seemingly need him to be, because he grew jaded with the comics industry faster than they did.

Bridesmaids and Ghostbusters are her biggest cinematic claims to fame I reckon.

Favorite Featured Actor: Sean Astin Favorite Review: The Adventures of Tintin Worst Movie Covered: North Favorite Feedback: E-mail Bot's Rap Favorite Jingle: Bob the Train Most Anticipated Subject: Michael Keaton would be great

I know some people have been uncharitable to Bendis' Superman era (mostly because of bias), and I will admit his dialogue can be a bit much (Adam Strange was annoying), but he gets Clark Kent in a way most new writer simply have not in a long time (Jurgens doesn't count, not being a new writer to the character). Additionally, today's issue of Detective Comics by Tom Taylor really surprised me. I went in thinking it was going to be another dull fill-in issue, but it was a brilliantly told story of an orphanage named after Martha Wayne, and Batman's connection to it. One of the best issues I've read all year.

So we're at the halfway point before the two-part finale in January. I loved most of part one, the only thing I liked less (and even then wasn't a dealbreaker) were the scenes with future Oliver. But the sense of desperation is exactly what Crisis needed from the jump and I felt part one delivered. Additionally, the opening two minutes are gonna go down in nerd history. Part two I enjoyed much less. I loved all the Routh scenes (the most perfect looking Superman costume ever delivered on live action) and I ultimately liked how crazy Conroy's Bruce was, just as a goof. But I would've preferred a more traditional Batman, and you can't really say Conroy portrayed him. And Tom Welling was excellent, slipped right back into the role with his wry sense of humor, but I was very disappointed they closed the door on him in such a short and nonplussed way. Also there was a lot of dumb, needless humor in awkward places. Tonight's Part Three I loved just as much as Part One. The sense of urgency returned and the cameos were brilliant. The ending was totally unexpected and was a fantastic cliffhanger. And all of Black Lightning's scenes were awesome. The only thing I'll agree with Stavros on is some of the effects. Supergirl's always had really lousy effects, going back to season one when she was on CBS, and the Super-people fight scenes look terrible. Finally,

Looks good. Not amazeballs or anything but a few cool bits in there.

RIP He was total geek royalty, and a great performer.

Before Watchmen also gets into the Minutemen, particularly HJ and Capt. Metropolis and The Silhouette. I’ve not mentioned it in these feedbacks because it’s a story that is really fun to read because it’s Darwin Cooke, but once you think about it it’s actually totally off base and heteronormative/homophobic trash. It’s best enjoyed in a vacuum in my opinion.

Moonlight: Been on my to-watch list for years. This was one of those films that I recognized was very well crafted and written as I was watching, but the hype was conflicting with my viewing experience. However, after I finished and got away from it for five minutes, I thought back on it and wanted to cry. It's a very beautiful movie that's supremely affecting once it's all over.

35 seconds in and I thought of Adham Fisher. I'm liking the insistence that the Craig era isn't just an anthology of done-in-one Bond stories, but an evolving, sequential story about one guy. Especially with this being the final Craig film, it's that which has got me most interested as opposed to anything in the trailer, really. But the masked villain looked really cool.

It's by far and away the most hit or miss run I've possibly ever read of any comic. It's also genuinely pretentious. People give Grant Morrison that stamp, but at least there was always joy detectable in his work.

I'm planning on re-watching it soon, but I've always been a defender of the very first Thor. This was back at a time when we were still expecting CBMs to cop out and compromise some of the more intensely OTT characters, and I was delighted that Thor's power level was kept in tact. I thought, even back then, that Loki was an excellent antagonist (the scene where he confronts Odin about his origins was wonderfully Shakespearean) with excellent acting. Hiddleston never played him more outraged. Hemsworth was awesome as the arrogant, angry Thor but his character development was strong. Then scene where he slams the cup down and Jane tells him that's not okay to do, he just gets over it. I always thought that was a great scene of anti-toxic masculinity. I also really liked the score. Again, I've not seen it in a while, but as someone who's never ever read a Thor comic, I was so supremely impressed with the very first one that the subsequent two never affected me on the same level. Knives Out: I'd been yearning to see this since first seeing the trailer and finally did last night. It's very solid, with a terrific cast and a clever eye on every whodunit trope in the genre. I've decided I'll see Lakeith Stanfield in anything, as he's never not awesome even in a supporting role like this. Daniel Craig is wild as Det. Benoit Blanc, and I hope we see that character again in future adventures. Armas, Evans, Shannon, Curtis and all the others are equally superb. Rian Johnson has been described as someone who takes genre expectations and flips them on their heads, and he does that here in spades. That served as both a pro and a con, because you're being led one way which was so against the lead-in with the trailers that it was actually a little disappointing for the most part in how it wasn't a "traditional" mystery. Without spoiling anything, things turn around in the third act. The bulk of the second act had really affected my engagement, but all the way through it's an enjoyable watch that I'd totally see again.

The politics of superheroes is uniquely interesting at this moment and time, not only because of the current television series but of Moore's recently regurgitated statement on modern superhero fiction. Specifically this line comparing them to the Klan, showing that he's long held the thought that the hooded violence comic fiction portrays has a progenitor in Birth of the Nation. A lot of people rallied their pitchforks at this and never like it when Moore drags modern comic books, but that line of logic I've always found perfectly sound and up for further discussion for those who engage with it. Additionally, the New Frontiersmen parts in the book I seem to remember were completely omitted from the film adaptation of Watchmen, even the Ultimate Cut. Basically all of the points where crimefighting was pretty openly condemned by Moore were either ignored, unrecognized or outright dismissed by Snyder.

Yeah Spider-Man: Life Story is the truest Spidey tale I've read since the JMS era. I've said before on this forum, but I see Spider-Man more as a tragic figure than he's been majorly portrayed in the past decade. Any two of his personal tragedies would've ruined most heroes, but this guy has seen more death and torment before the age of 25 than arguably any other Marvel hero. But Marvel currently wants to pitch him as the goofy squeaky-voiced teen who trips over himself.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Lost Chronicles Volume One: This only appeals to anyone who was a fan of MMPR as a kid, or at least had a general familiarity with them at one time. I've read a few of the Kyle Higgins issues here or there, but this collects anthology short-stories that vary from character-driven, insightful tidbits, to comedy stories, to straightforward Ranger stories akin to the show with a modern twist. I greatly enjoyed this. The original series was cheesy, often unbearably so, but the love and affection from the writers and artists poured through on every page. There isn't a single story in the volume that I didn't like. Now and then there are some fun in-jokes just at the machine-like process of the old episodes (commentary on how the Rangers were squeaky-clean to the point of being boring, or how Rita would come up with any monster tangentially related to whatever the Rangers were doing that week just to fuck with them), but some of the character focused ones were stunningly effective without betraying the vibe of the series. The best story, by Tom Taylor and Frazer Irving, involved Finster and how he came to work for Rita Repulsa and hit like a brick to the face. I'd recommend the trade purely for that entry alone, but even without it there's so much positivity and fun nostalgia that it's an instant must-buy for any 90s kid. You owe it to your past-child self to read this, it's terrific.

Frozen 2: The reviews I've seen so far were pretty free with their hate boners, but I enjoyed this. I only saw the first film once, and I liked it well enough. Same here, and it's the characters investing me. The plot was ehhh and I had more than a few questions, but I really wasn't pinning all my hopes and dreams for this movie to change my life. For what it's worth, I dug it. Olaf is annoying tho.

Love it. Some people are like "HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE BATMAN" but I'm fanboying too hard to care.

Oh Jesus... Get on that Happy Harry!