Those Left Behind Suffer
► God... the stress. Finally, after 3 weeks of mood swings, mania and panic, Dean went back to work today. She actually slept all night without once getting up in a panic knocking on my bedroom door, so I was able to go to sleep. That is, until she woke me up just around 8:30am, teary eyed, to tell me that her friend Tim (who she's known for decades and also works at her factory) had committed suicide on the weekend and several of the factory workers were sent home (she was her with her co-worker and friend Caroline, who I still haven't met).
Just when she was starting to get back on track... I really hope this doesn't blow the rest of her week. God damn... I had no idea Tim was that troubled.
► I hope I'm not coming down with something. Since I took my shower earlier I've been feeling increasingly run down and achy, with a mildly sore throat, body chills and a slight fever. I'm hoping it's just from the abrupt and daily changes in the weather these past few days. Suddenly glad I I put off going out with Dad until Friday.
► Lemire, Robinson And Azzarello - DC Bullet Points From Fan Expo Canada - From the article:Booster Gold will be Canadian in JLI. Hmm.
Whoa... whoa... whoa... DC Comics is acknowledging the existence of Canada within their comic books? I'll believe this when I see it. Somehow I think even if it's true, it'll be something never actually brought up in stories.
► DC Women Kicking Ass!: Preview of Batgirl #1 - From the article:Those who have still questioned whether the Killing Joke happened, see below. It did, and apparently three years before the book begins.
For God's sake, Gail Simone explained over a month ago that the Killing Joke is still in canon, and that Barbara will still have been paralyzed and acted as Oracle. All this new Batgirl series is about is a finally physically recovered Babs resuming her old mantel, but still dealing with the emotional trauma of that crime. For such a vehemently feminist blogger and champion of female creators, you'd think the author would actually listen to Simone. Christ.
► Fan Expo: Pak & Van Lente Upgrade "Alpha Flight" to an Ongoing - Speaking of Canada in comics, I'm still trade-waiting this.
I guess Heather Hudson is remaining the antagonist, if not the outright villain. That sucks. You know, the more I think about it, the more this Alpha Flight series seems like it's leftover ideas from Marvel's Civil War event. Government goes fascist... heroes on the run... while one hero betrays their fellows and employs villains to hunt their comrades. I'm not saying the series is bad (since I haven't read it), I just think it sounds a few years late.
And how exactly does a parliamentary government turn fascist dictatorship?
► The 10 Essential Rules to Making a Good Horror Remake - I actually liked Dark Water...
But I agree, they should never remake Poltergeist, Rosemary's Baby, Jaws, or An American Werewolf In London. Although that pseudo sequel/retread An American Werewolf In Paris was basically a remake. And an awful one at that.
It seems like the more tools filmmakers are given nowadays, the less they seem to know how to use them. Most modern horror movies don't try to scare or frighten the audience. They just try to bash their brains in and make them vomit with gratuitous gore and torture. Less is more, and suggestion is more terrifying than outright disgusting the audience.
► The 11 Greatest Ray Harryhausen Monsters - Just to reiterate what I said above, the more tools filmmakers have today, the easier it is for them to just half ass things. Not Ray Harryhausen. Harryhausen was a genius and a master craftsman. Rightly so the skeleton warrior sequence from Jason and the Argonauts is a legendary movie moment, and I honestly believe that had The Golden Voyage of Sinbad had been more successful at the box office the 6 armed Kali sword fight would be considered one of the greatest special effects in movie history. It's just flawless.
On a side note, Talos the giant bronze statue from Jason and the Argonauts is (along with the giant sequence in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits) the principal reason I fell in love with the idea of giants as a little boy. Just odd that I never developed that giantess porno fetish you see in certain corners of the internet.
Quote of the Moment
Ken: I know I'm awake but it feels like I'm in a dream.
- In Bruges (2008)
Just when she was starting to get back on track... I really hope this doesn't blow the rest of her week. God damn... I had no idea Tim was that troubled.
► I hope I'm not coming down with something. Since I took my shower earlier I've been feeling increasingly run down and achy, with a mildly sore throat, body chills and a slight fever. I'm hoping it's just from the abrupt and daily changes in the weather these past few days. Suddenly glad I I put off going out with Dad until Friday.
► Lemire, Robinson And Azzarello - DC Bullet Points From Fan Expo Canada - From the article:Booster Gold will be Canadian in JLI. Hmm.
Whoa... whoa... whoa... DC Comics is acknowledging the existence of Canada within their comic books? I'll believe this when I see it. Somehow I think even if it's true, it'll be something never actually brought up in stories.
► DC Women Kicking Ass!: Preview of Batgirl #1 - From the article:Those who have still questioned whether the Killing Joke happened, see below. It did, and apparently three years before the book begins.
For God's sake, Gail Simone explained over a month ago that the Killing Joke is still in canon, and that Barbara will still have been paralyzed and acted as Oracle. All this new Batgirl series is about is a finally physically recovered Babs resuming her old mantel, but still dealing with the emotional trauma of that crime. For such a vehemently feminist blogger and champion of female creators, you'd think the author would actually listen to Simone. Christ.
► Fan Expo: Pak & Van Lente Upgrade "Alpha Flight" to an Ongoing - Speaking of Canada in comics, I'm still trade-waiting this.
I guess Heather Hudson is remaining the antagonist, if not the outright villain. That sucks. You know, the more I think about it, the more this Alpha Flight series seems like it's leftover ideas from Marvel's Civil War event. Government goes fascist... heroes on the run... while one hero betrays their fellows and employs villains to hunt their comrades. I'm not saying the series is bad (since I haven't read it), I just think it sounds a few years late.
And how exactly does a parliamentary government turn fascist dictatorship?
► The 10 Essential Rules to Making a Good Horror Remake - I actually liked Dark Water...
But I agree, they should never remake Poltergeist, Rosemary's Baby, Jaws, or An American Werewolf In London. Although that pseudo sequel/retread An American Werewolf In Paris was basically a remake. And an awful one at that.
It seems like the more tools filmmakers are given nowadays, the less they seem to know how to use them. Most modern horror movies don't try to scare or frighten the audience. They just try to bash their brains in and make them vomit with gratuitous gore and torture. Less is more, and suggestion is more terrifying than outright disgusting the audience.
► The 11 Greatest Ray Harryhausen Monsters - Just to reiterate what I said above, the more tools filmmakers have today, the easier it is for them to just half ass things. Not Ray Harryhausen. Harryhausen was a genius and a master craftsman. Rightly so the skeleton warrior sequence from Jason and the Argonauts is a legendary movie moment, and I honestly believe that had The Golden Voyage of Sinbad had been more successful at the box office the 6 armed Kali sword fight would be considered one of the greatest special effects in movie history. It's just flawless.
On a side note, Talos the giant bronze statue from Jason and the Argonauts is (along with the giant sequence in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits) the principal reason I fell in love with the idea of giants as a little boy. Just odd that I never developed that giantess porno fetish you see in certain corners of the internet.
Click to viewQuote of the Moment
Ken: I know I'm awake but it feels like I'm in a dream.
- In Bruges (2008)