Tonight was Apaplexy collation at StarWolf's place. A good time was had by all.

Before that, I visited lunacy_gal and funkym3485, and had a lovely time. funkym3485 had his comics from the 1990s and I was happily reading old issues of Uncanny X-men that I'd missed first time round - never did know how that Genosha business happened - and issues of X-Force and ( Read more... )

Last night I watched The Losers, another film based on a comic book.

And I loved it.

First of all, it stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, whom I don't seem to see nearly enough.

Secondly, as soon as it started, I thought, "This is Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos", variation #6,020. And from that moment on, the protagonist, Clay, was in my mind a ( Read more... )

The 30 Days of Marvel meme:

( Day #24: Your favourite cartoon adaptation. )

The 30 Days of Marvel meme:

( Day #20: Your best casting of a character (if you were casting). )

Ah, now, here's something I can get my teeth into: The Thirty Days of Marvel Meme, Marvel fangirl I am and have been ever since I read... No, no, saying it now would be getting ahead of the game, wouldn't it?

( Day #1: Your favourite character )

X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Lots of action, lots of movement, many close-ups of Hugh Jackman breathing heavily. Not a bad thing. It isn't the X-Men movie I really want - I'll never get that - but it was fun in many ways. They played fast and loose with the canon I know - but the comics have done that, too. What a feared most was that Gambit ( Read more... )

Fanning my fannish excitement about the upcoming movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I was looking at screencaps of the trailer by mediocrechick. And I was thrilled to see this picture ( of Gambit... )

Pause for a momment of fannish squee: Gambit! Gambit! Gambit!

Twelve Reasons to Love Gambit
Whether you are Rogue or not 12. He has a staff and knows how to use it.

11. Acrobatics.

10. Flirtatious charm and good looks.19. Floppy auburn hair ( Read more... )

So I went to look at the IMDb entry on the Wolverine: Origins movie. ( A few interesting tidbits... )