'Til Death Do Us Part
Apparently Ms. -Vell (see here) had died, but was found to be alive, but in skeletal form. This was undoubtedly due to the fact that I saw Corpse Bride yesterday. Mother was watching it, so I too decided to sit in front of the tube while I did some research for LEXICANUM.
I wasn't expecting much out of a mainstream musical, so I wasn't disappointed. Some of the ways in which undead were used (such as the skeleton with one eyeball that can move around inside his skull and the severed head transported by bugs living in the neck) were rather interesting. During the after-game conversation on Friday, I thought about making a series in a necropunk (ubiquitous undead technology) setting.
I was also struck by how old Christopher Lee looks. I guess they had to make him up so the apprentice didn't look older than the master. I never watched many horror flicks, but I give him props for being one of the two Frankenstein's Monsters and one of the two Draculas with whom Ms. Portman has co-starred. Unlike De Niro, she also actually appears in a scene with him, albeit at great distance and with no lines exchanged, if memory serves.
Meanwhile, I might as well note that I was surprised to see that Dan Abnett did superhero comics, although I'd already heard as much about several other Black Library folks (notably Wayne Reynolds, my favorite Warhammer 40,000 illustrator, who also happens to be my favorite D&D illustrator). It really is a small world. I noticed earlier that the illustrator of Artesia did some illustrations for EPIC LEVEL HANDBOOK.
Meanwhile, I have to mention HAYABLA in this post because I just noticed that it's surpassed the ubiquitous STAR WARS tag. We'll see how long that lasts. I have some more to say about the series, but no one here cares, so I have little motivation.