All Brit Everything
The good people of the United Kingdom have given us many things- military support, some wonderful culinary concoctions, royal gossip and, lately, some damn fine TV. Yes, I've been watching many things from across the pond in the past few weeks. Doctor Who is back at full strength, but there are a few things that I've recently got into that are a little more grounded in reality...
I don't even need an LJ cut to sell you on 'The IT Crowd'- it is a hilarious workplace drama starring players from The Mighty Boosh. I've yet to watch a single episode that didn't have me in stitches on at least three separate accounts. Add to that the fact that each of the four existing seasons is a scant 6 episodes, and you have a great return for a minor investment.
If you saw a little movie by the name of 'Thor' this past weekend, you know that Idris Elba has serious acting chops. 'Luther' lets him work on the whole stage, as unconventional Detective Inspector John Luther. If you've seen a procedural crime drama, you'll see the standards of so many other shows at work here... but there's a psychological element brought to the table that gives this one a thoughtful edge rarely seen in that world.
'The Shadow Line' is a dark procedural drama starring The Ninth Doctor and The Operative. If you need to know more than that, I'm not sure I want to know you.
Saw Thor on Friday. I came out of the theater a bit unimpressed, but as I let the film sit with me for a bit, I came to realize I enjoyed it more than I initially thought. Definitely want to check it out again and just let me eyes glaze over any time they're not in Asgard or Chris Hemsworth isn't soaked.
Aaaand I've been reading many comics of late- mainly catching up on the backlog of X-Men related things I've built up in the last year or so. I'm up to the third arc of X-Men Legacy, which is roughly 2 years into Mike Carey's run on the title. I'm quite enjoying it, even if it does slow down here and there, the art is great. It's a damn sight more enjoyable than the first 5 volumes of Wolverine Origins. Having read some of Daken's solo title, I hoped to find more of the same in that book. God, I was wrong. 27 issues of slow-played comics with some of the shittiest art you could imagine (WHY DOES ANYONE ENCOURAGE STEVE DILLON TO CONTINUE DRAWING?!!) and then it's made all the more infuriating when you start reading Original Sin and you realize you could have avoided wasting the time and money spent on picking up the previous 5 trades 'cause they just recapped everything for you on the first page- which has art that blows away 95% of what you just read. Say goodbye to any money of mine you thought you had coming to you, Daniel Way.
tl;dr- Mike Carey's X-Men is well worth your time, Wolverine Origins is the cancer killing comics.
Events are fixin' to occur in the next few weeks. Updates as they are warranted.
I don't even need an LJ cut to sell you on 'The IT Crowd'- it is a hilarious workplace drama starring players from The Mighty Boosh. I've yet to watch a single episode that didn't have me in stitches on at least three separate accounts. Add to that the fact that each of the four existing seasons is a scant 6 episodes, and you have a great return for a minor investment.
If you saw a little movie by the name of 'Thor' this past weekend, you know that Idris Elba has serious acting chops. 'Luther' lets him work on the whole stage, as unconventional Detective Inspector John Luther. If you've seen a procedural crime drama, you'll see the standards of so many other shows at work here... but there's a psychological element brought to the table that gives this one a thoughtful edge rarely seen in that world.
'The Shadow Line' is a dark procedural drama starring The Ninth Doctor and The Operative. If you need to know more than that, I'm not sure I want to know you.
Saw Thor on Friday. I came out of the theater a bit unimpressed, but as I let the film sit with me for a bit, I came to realize I enjoyed it more than I initially thought. Definitely want to check it out again and just let me eyes glaze over any time they're not in Asgard or Chris Hemsworth isn't soaked.
Aaaand I've been reading many comics of late- mainly catching up on the backlog of X-Men related things I've built up in the last year or so. I'm up to the third arc of X-Men Legacy, which is roughly 2 years into Mike Carey's run on the title. I'm quite enjoying it, even if it does slow down here and there, the art is great. It's a damn sight more enjoyable than the first 5 volumes of Wolverine Origins. Having read some of Daken's solo title, I hoped to find more of the same in that book. God, I was wrong. 27 issues of slow-played comics with some of the shittiest art you could imagine (WHY DOES ANYONE ENCOURAGE STEVE DILLON TO CONTINUE DRAWING?!!) and then it's made all the more infuriating when you start reading Original Sin and you realize you could have avoided wasting the time and money spent on picking up the previous 5 trades 'cause they just recapped everything for you on the first page- which has art that blows away 95% of what you just read. Say goodbye to any money of mine you thought you had coming to you, Daniel Way.
tl;dr- Mike Carey's X-Men is well worth your time, Wolverine Origins is the cancer killing comics.
Events are fixin' to occur in the next few weeks. Updates as they are warranted.