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THE ZERO by Stephen Chin
"Based on the novel by Jess Walter. After a New York City policeman shoots himself in the head following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, he is assigned to work for a shadowy agency at ‘Ground Zero’ and quickly finds himself drawn into a sinister government plot."
Uh why is Inglorious Basterds on there? And does it really count if the 8,001th iteration of a Tale of Two Cities got passed on?
Johnny Quest could have been interesting depending on how it was done.
I agree with jbq that there is a serious lack of sci-fi on there. Either that stuff that's being pitched is getting made (highly doubtful) or it's not being pitched which seems the far more likely scenario of the two.
Pretty low-brow comment from me here, but having only discovered the glory of Adult Swim over the last year, I couldn't help noticing titles like The Phantom Limb and Barnaby James (almost Barnaby Jones, and yes, I know Xander Crews didn't make it up by himself, it's actually a show) and then of course Action Johnny, er, Jonny Quest.
Disappointing lack of Science-Fiction, but at least a few Samurai-flicks, samurais are always good. Except for with Tom Cruise.
I just read this week's outing for Buffy Season 8, expecting to find this part of the story line. This week's episode/book/chapter/whatever was titled, "BtVS Season 8: Tales of the Vampires".
I read it too quickly but not interested enough to go back for the reread yet. An unknown boy gets turned by an unknown blonde vampire. Then the new vampire had a young girl who was in love with her. Turns out she was broken hearted and a slayer. In her teen angst and broken heart, she does what slayers do... she dusted the unknown blonde. Which is why I decided that unknown blonde was not Harmony.
The new vampire boy drinks the slayer dead, after an emo rant that, "vampires aren't evil we have a right to live."
i didn't get caught up in the emotional resonance it was trying to evoke. I guess I am an adult now.
It had a very artsy feel to the artwork, but teen angst + artsy feel, didn't work for me. However, I have to admit that it is better than those two frames of Stephen and Harmony.
@PostMarque: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Tales of the Vampire came out on June 25, and was a one shot. Buffy Season 8 27 came out Aug 5.
Maybe you should start asking the comic book guy at the store when stuff came out, seeing as there was no "outing" this week, and the issue you picked up is one and a half month old.
I know that Colbert is featured in several comic books. In those, is he generally not supposed to be a comedian? In the panel shown, he seems to be conducting a serious interview. In reality he would be saying something like "Tell me why you love vampires." or "If magic is so evil, shouldn't you be starting with David Blaine?"
@The Curse of Millhaven: It is trying to go after a wider audience. I can see that they are really trying. But Harmony, not the best spokesvamp for Vampire Rights. Stephen Colbert is ironically funny, however Ellen D. + Harmony would have been a better fit.
She does have a point with anti-slayer stancing. Buffy and The Slayerettes did knock off a lot of banks and pirated stuff for a while, in order to afford a Scottish Castle that is all teched out.
At least Buffy got their submarine to Oz in the Himalayan Mountains. Let's see what happens next.
10/12/09
"Based on the novel by Jess Walter. After a New York City policeman shoots himself in the head following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, he is assigned to work for a shadowy agency at ‘Ground Zero’ and quickly finds himself drawn into a sinister government plot."
What? Shoots in head and lives?
10/12/09
Also, the premise could be that he thinks its weird, too, only to find that he's actually dead and working for God, or something.
10/11/09
10/11/09
10/11/09
Johnny Quest could have been interesting depending on how it was done.
I agree with jbq that there is a serious lack of sci-fi on there. Either that stuff that's being pitched is getting made (highly doubtful) or it's not being pitched which seems the far more likely scenario of the two.
10/11/09
10/11/09
10/11/09
Disappointing lack of Science-Fiction, but at least a few Samurai-flicks, samurais are always good. Except for with Tom Cruise.
10/11/09
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08/15/09
I read it too quickly but not interested enough to go back for the reread yet. An unknown boy gets turned by an unknown blonde vampire. Then the new vampire had a young girl who was in love with her. Turns out she was broken hearted and a slayer. In her teen angst and broken heart, she does what slayers do... she dusted the unknown blonde. Which is why I decided that unknown blonde was not Harmony.
The new vampire boy drinks the slayer dead, after an emo rant that, "vampires aren't evil we have a right to live."
i didn't get caught up in the emotional resonance it was trying to evoke. I guess I am an adult now.
It had a very artsy feel to the artwork, but teen angst + artsy feel, didn't work for me. However, I have to admit that it is better than those two frames of Stephen and Harmony.
08/16/09
Maybe you should start asking the comic book guy at the store when stuff came out, seeing as there was no "outing" this week, and the issue you picked up is one and a half month old.
08/16/09
08/15/09
Meh. If they hadn't said it was Colbert, I'd never have guessed.
Meh.
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08/15/09
She does have a point with anti-slayer stancing. Buffy and The Slayerettes did knock off a lot of banks and pirated stuff for a while, in order to afford a Scottish Castle that is all teched out.
At least Buffy got their submarine to Oz in the Himalayan Mountains. Let's see what happens next.