Godz bar anyone?
Where the clientele is truly Divine
Where the clientele is truly Divine
Hey! The White Buffalo is awesome... or so my inner 9 year-old tells me... :D
Devil Tim Curry would make an awesome SB half-time show... (singing and dancing optional) #YesPlease
Ruined my day? nah, it was totally the opposite of that... it was a mightily entertaining day... ;)
I'm curious about Before Watchmen, and given the creator teams, a little excited too... that's the main reason I'll give them a try.
Sure, DC is shamelessly exploiting Watchmen's iconic status among readers, but that's their business, right?
And I think the prequels doesn't demerit or cheapen the original in any way... if they're not any good, they'll be mostly forgotten soon...
What surprises me a little is Moore's apparent over-reaction to this... His opinion about movie adaptations of his work was once far more measured:
Wired: You've had the double problem of not only the difficulty of adaptation, but also having suffered through some pretty egregious adaptations.
Moore: I've never watched any of the adaptations of my books. I've never wanted to, and there's absolutely no chance of me doing so in the future. So I haven't really suffered through them, although there has been a certain amount of irritation and outrageous behavior on the part of the comic industry and the movie industry that I have suffered through. But I've gone into this at bitter and ranting length elsewhere. I'm sure that people can look up the relevant articles have they a wish to.
My books are still the same books as they were before they were made into films. The books haven't changed. I'm reminded of the remark by, I think it was Raymond Chandler, where he was asked about what he felt about having his books "ruined" by Hollywood. And he led the questioner into his study and showed him all the books there on the bookshelf, and said, Look—there they all are. They're all fine. They're fine. They're not ruined. They're still there. And I think that's pretty much the attitude I take. If the books are as good as I think they are, then they are the things that will endure. And if the films are as bad as I think they are, then they are the things that will not endure. So, I suppose we'll see at the end of the day, whenever that is.
(from this Wired interview: [www.wired.com] )
I couldn't agree more with that. And I think it applies to the prequels too... ;)
Interesting review. The description reminds me a little of "The Years of Rice and Salt", in which the Black Plague wipes out 90% of Europe's population, so the only superpowers remaining are the islamic nations and China. As usual with KSR's books, it's full of politics and philosophy. It's a great read...
Plus: disabled friend from childhood that is secretly an awesome (and badly textured) alien/monster/defender of Earth! You just cannot top that.
Lol... I found it pretty much enjoyable, shit weasels and all... plus: evil Morgan Freeman... come on!
For some time after the movie, my brother and I used to greet each other with "I DUDDITS!"
I love this one. An hilarious story of the "first contact" variety... Too bad there doesn't seem to be a Kindle edition... :(
Pffff... don't let mathematicians tell you what you can or can't do... Bloody Stupid Johnson actually built devices based on Pi = 3 (with unforeseen consequences for the postal office, tough)
Not technically a family, but they certainly act like one. It's members:
- An über-assassin
- A trasvestite shaman
- A psychic time-traveler
- A renegade cop
- The alleged next messiah
I think they more than qualify for the list... ;)
For me it's Narnia too... I've been trying to read them but just can't find the time or the disposition...
Also, the Twilight books, just to feel justified about trashing them... ;)
O_o
Dean Pelton as Emma Frost is just... wow... let's just say that it better not awaken anything in me...
(um, #ThisIsAwesome tag?)
Dean Pelton as Emma Frost is just... wow... let's just say that it better not awaken anything in me...
(um, #ThisIsAwesome tag?)
Now that you mention it... mmm... let's see...
Nope, I just disabled adblock in this page and still no poll... :(
Thanks anyway...
Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge?
I haven't read it yet, but it was also a very, very anticipated book...
If it's any help, the page appears like this:
Um... I can't see any poll... (I'm using Chrome/WinXP ;)
I'd say his last great genre movie was Raiders, hands down... and after that, Minority Report (I haven't seen Tintin yet...)
Ha! I liked Captain America a lot, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who was reminded of Top Secret by those scenes...
Latrine! :P
Latrine! :P
That "preciouss..." gave me goosebumps...
Awesome teaser!... :D
"...They drove a truckload of money to my house... I'm not made of stone..."
