It's not very often that something happens to jolt my idolising of a favourite author. Whilst I am very well aware that writers are human like the rest of us, the fact that I rarely have favourites makes me feel smugly cocooned from feelings of betrayal that may arise from dreadful faux pas by such favourites. For instance when Frank Miller turned ( Read more... )

#44 A Fantastic Four film exists that is so terrible it will never reach a screen. In 1992 the production company Constantin Film was in danger of losing the film rights to the Fantastic Four unless it started production on the movie by the end of the year. Lacking the $40 million it needed to make a full-budget film, it turned to low-budget movie ( Read more... )

I have to wait until Saturday before I can get my hands on a physical copy, but can I say based on what's been posted to Scans Daily 2.0 that I'm disappointed. More angst! More Lex-induced angst! Damnit.

I don't know about you, but if I were a teenage boy who came back to life after years of stasis I would be out on the world getting it on. Eating ( Read more... )

( I CANNOT BE MORE EXCITED FOR THE ROCKETEER )

LA Peeps: anyone interested in coming along tonight? It's $15, advance registration required, and $5 benefits CBLDF.

Digital LAThursday, July 9, 2009, 7-10p ( Read more... )

Recently, buying comics seems like a chore. As noted before in the LJ, most of the time I don't get around to actually reading the issues I buy until days later. It would be a great shame if my interest tails off entirely, even as it decreases my monthly spending. The question though, is why? Why would it be terrible for instance, if I were to wake ( Read more... )

Marvel shuts down Livejournal users (via Big Shiny Robot!)

Individual LJ users have been served notices by the LJ Abuse Team and Marvel regarding copyright infringement. Basically anyone who's posted Marvel stuff on scans_daily has been targeted for said infringement. Luckily the text does not mention any repercussions, other than the fact that LJ has ( Read more... )

1. Antonio Villaraigosa is re-elected Mayor of Los Angeles. Not that I had faith someone else would win, and generally, Villaraigosa isn't that bad*. BUT re-election has increased speculation that he intends to run for Governor next year. Oh dear lord ( Read more... )

Some of the recent reactions to Frank Miller’s Spirit movie made me think about this phenomenon though. As Peter David commented on Blog@Newsarama and Heidi MacDonald somewhat echoed on The Beat, “Even when Frank Miller falls, he falls from heights that most of us cannot hope to achieve, myself not excluded. If it’s too much to think that you ( Read more... )

Last year, I decided to finally get off my lazy arse and work myself into shape. Who knew exercise could be dangerous to one's health? Especially since my reward after a hard day's slog at the gym was a cheeky smoke in the garden.

It's now 9 months since my last cigarette and three days since I realised I still had to try and get fit. I may have ( Read more... )