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SenorDoucheoisie
07/28/09

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The Surrogates prequel comes out this week? I've been keeping my eye out lately only for Blackest Night and Batman and Robin, and I would've been bummed had I missed this gem.

I sincerely thought the original was the best graphic novel of that year, and the best SF novel in YEARS. Hopefully the movie doesn't completely botch that, but Bruce Willis....
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/28/09

@SenorDoucheoisie: I'm all grumpy every time I see that movie trailer. The book was amazing, and they're gonna "movie" it up, dumb it down, make it all Willis-y.
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SenorDoucheoisie
07/28/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Actually, a friend of mine saw an advance screening of this a couple months back, and he says it was actually a solid film.

Unfortunately, they apparently Disney-ified the ending, meaning the last few panels of the movie are the exact opposite of how they are in the comic.

Yeah, no expectations for this one.
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PVIII
07/28/09

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I've never really gotten into much DC stuff, but this Blackest Night event has really won me over. Loved the first two issues, and it got me to buy the Sinestro Wars trades, which wasn't shakespeare, but WAS really entertaining. I like how Johns has made GL into huge space opera book - very Star Trek in scope. I feel like each Corps is like a faction in the Trek universe, which is nice. Also some of the beats in BN 1 were unbelievably cinematic (the Guardian chomping on other Guardian I thought was awesome).
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Darklighter
07/28/09

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Loeb finally ends the crapfest that is Ultimatum this week.
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silentstriderm
07/28/09

@Darklighter: hear hear!
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SnehalMarten
07/28/09

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No. Sorry. The Best Science Fiction Comic Book out this week is "Ignition City #4" by Warren Ellis.

Your two choices this week are just really boring. Ignition City is more groundbreaking and has a more interesting vision than either of your choices.

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mikecap
07/28/09

@SnehalMarten: Not precisely groundbreaking for Ellis, but definitely better than a lot of the drek out there.
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