I kinda liked this exchange, I could totally see this happening to 'down on his luck' Parker in the comics.
Wow, nobody's promoted your comment on your own work yet!? For shame! Here.. let me. :)
Also, nice job. It really captures the boldness/bravery of the Kid Cap against the bully.
No, *most* people call him 'Frankenstein.' for a number of reasons:
- They don't know better
- It's the popular reference to the monster, even if not technically correct
- They're not anally correcting people who call the monster Frankenstein, and they just go with it.
- They don't know better
- It's the popular reference to the monster, even if not technically correct
- They're not anally correcting people who call the monster Frankenstein, and they just go with it.
I read about half of these when they came out...
The Doom remake was a very interesting take, and it's too bad they abandoned it so quickly. For one thing, it acknowledged that Doom has always dabbled in magic, but for another it made Doom truly and unequivocally a bad-ass villain. And although the recent FanFour run has been a tremendously well written book, Doom has almost never been more neutered than he has in this storyline.
Ultimate Onslaught - This got a lot of marketing leading up to the story, and when I read it I kept thinking "I'm not reading this right, or I must have missed something" because it was so far from anything that made a lick of sense, it might as well have starred the Rainbow Raiders.
Iron Wasp - Sorry, I'm having trouble forming a cogent thought.. that pic is just so hot!
It's just an extra adjective like; 'delicious chocolate' or 'frothy Santorum.'
Shop at Wegmen's for a while, then come back to Whole Foods.. it'll seem positively cheap.
Could the bomb tech dying at the end have been any more formulaic? It hit every formula/cliche beat through the whole episode: Friends with the main character? Check. Shows up repeatedly? Check. Super likable and friendly? Check. Slow, long shot of him "successfully" defusing the bomb at the end? Check.
Please. The only "shocking" outcome would have been if he *didn't* die.
Seriously JJ, I expect better from you.
Is it weird that I think the new GI Joe movie actually looks good?? I feel a little dirty for thinking that.
I didn't hate the first movie, it was just empty summer fun (and.. still better than Transformers), but this one looks like it hits all the right notes to properly capture GI Joe.
I didn't hate the first movie, it was just empty summer fun (and.. still better than Transformers), but this one looks like it hits all the right notes to properly capture GI Joe.
If it is actually good, I hope it gets enough business to keep the franchise going.
Myspace was popular for what, all of 4 years? We're maybe 4 years or so into Facebook really carrying any weight.
Yahoo was the shit for about 6 years, and for a brief flicker of time, AOL was big enough to BUY Time/Warner.
Yahoo was the shit for about 6 years, and for a brief flicker of time, AOL was big enough to BUY Time/Warner.
Everything is fleeting.
By the time we get to the far flung future, Social media will be as popular (quaint) as disco music and tie-dye t-shirts.
I re-watched The Exorcist and there's a scene with a CAT scan where the *Doctor* IN A HOSPITAL is smoking a cigarette. We laughed at the anachronism.
In the future, they'll say "You remember that short time in the new millennium when everyone shared everything and were all infinitely connected?" And it'll get a universal shudder.
They wouldn't be so up front about it.
I clicked on a naked picture of 7 of 9 and the borg uploaded a virus to my computer.
Worf is constantly shown practicing his fighting skills or training with someone. IIRC, Kira was shown doing some sort of Bajoran yoga a few times. And if Jake is writing for a magazing/blog/newspaper, well someone is reading those periodicals
Worf is constantly shown practicing his fighting skills or training with someone. IIRC, Kira was shown doing some sort of Bajoran yoga a few times. And if Jake is writing for a magazing/blog/newspaper, well someone is reading those periodicals.
That is just so terrible, it's hard to fathom. I know it was the 80's and all, but... just so glad we've come so far with regards to the quality of comic movies.
Sidecars are *really* difficult to drive with. Plus, if you're going to have a girl on the bike with you, wouldn't you rather she was sitting behind you holding onto you?
I lol'd at that!
But, how funny/interesting/cool would it be to set it in an alternate history where in 1999 that could have happened? It could be a mashup like 'That 90's show' meets bad sci-fi.
Sounds like it should be on the BBC.
But, how funny/interesting/cool would it be to set it in an alternate history where in 1999 that could have happened? It could be a mashup like 'That 90's show' meets bad sci-fi.
Sounds like it should be on the BBC.
Well for one, I'll answer it however I damn well please...
And for two, there are a hundred actresses that are closer to Carell's age, and several movies that show he can do a relationship like that just fine (Date night, 40 y/o virgin.) Hollywood doesn't have to perpetuate a cliche that men prefer (significantly) younger women (or, girls). Nor should it perpetuate a cliche that girls are looking for a father figure in their men. Would it be so hard, or such a difficult sell for hollywood to pair Carell up with a woman his own age?
However, this movie doesn't strike me as making one lick of sense anyway. The world is ending in 3 weeks: Who the hell still goes into work? What work could you possibly be doing that needs to get done in the next 3 weeks? This includes cops pulling people over for speeding. Frankly, if the news announced that the world was ending (conclusively) in 3 weeks, the reality is that it would actually end tomorrow because the sheer anarchy that would result would burn the world down 2 weeks and 6 days before the meteor even arrives.
Well, I love end of the world stories and sci-fi, etc. And yet, this seems more depressing than funny/interesting. And the age disparity between Carell and Knightley is kinda creepy. (It was bad enough with him and Anne Hathaway and in Get Smart.)
Anyone who has lived in / grew up in or around NYC will inherit some yiddish slang. It's just going to happen.
Similarly, I grew up in S. Florida, and everyone uses a little bit of spanish in daily speech.
I've watched enough saturday night Syfy movies to know that treating one supergerm with another supergerm never ends well.
Re: Walking Dead
"I'd recommend taking all such rumors with a generous heaping of salt."
"I'd recommend taking all such rumors with a generous heaping of salt."
This is also how the zombies prefer to take their braaaains. (Hey, salt is a flavor enhancer.)
