Here are some good sites to check out on comics:
Oni Press - Free Comics - Free downloadable versions of their top comics. I recommend Whiteout by Rucka and Lieber.
"true to the superhero comic- book genre which inspired it." Do you actually read comics, let alone superhero [a which is co-copyrighted by both Timewarner and Marvel Enterprise] comics. Take the popular, and by popular I mean it had a movie and it sells well by comic standards [around 20,000 issues a month]. In UNCANNY X-MEN, X-MEN, and the many biproducts of Marvel trying to oversaturate and waterdown the market with by increasing number one issues for speculator frenzy, the main characters spend half their time explaining their super-powers and their mysterious past and the other half is spent explaining how they defend a world that fears and hates them. Imagine reading a copy of X-MEN, where every 10 panels we hear Storm explain how she was a thief in Cairo when she was a teen working for the devious Shadow King, and how she lived in Africa and was thought to be a god by the local tribes. Storm can be substituted for Wolverine and his mysterious past with Project Weapon X and Captain America, or Rogue's past with Mystique and how she cannot touch anyone. At the end of every battle, Cyclops or Jean Grey will say, "they hate us, yet we defend them!"
Does this sound like a good comic to you? It's called an art driven comic, where they let the artists take the headlines and hire some hack writer to do the job, or sometimes great writers who really aren't that great [See Scott Lobdell and Chris Claremont]. How does a movie get inspired by shit like this? It doesn't. UNBREAKABLE was a slow paced movie with a 'surprise' ending [from the maker of SIXTH SENSE, how could we not expect this]. And Jackson's character tries to tell me those superhero comics are highbrow literature? Fucking christ, those comics he showed me are the FULL HOUSE of comic books. Serious comics aren't about superheroes [few exceptions such as Miracle Man or any of Alex Ross's future stories]. If you want to read the only good superhero comic on the market, pick up AUTHORITY. Don't get me wrong, there are great comics. TRANSMETROPOLITAN and PLANETARY by Warren Ellis are great. POWERS and JINX by Brian Bendis are excellent too. There is also Grant Morrison's INVISIBLES [the comic that really inspired MATRIX [ie. the MATRIX was a blatant ripoff and gave absolutely no credit with the parallel plot], but with better dialogue.
But I don't know, I could be wrong about all this. But I think I am of some authority since I used to buy over 50 comics and month and see about 60 movies a year in theatre.
This is just another example of information wanting to be free. Let the money get transferred to another account, thats how it was meant to be. Under fair use clause, anyone can have money.
Miguel and Rikkus aren't famous. Go ask 100 people in the mall if you they know who Miguel or Rikkus is. No one gives a care who they unless they are the Backstreet Boys or Santana.
What it doesn't say is that if a student downloads a song to "sample and see if they like the album" and find that they only like a few songs, and not the whole album, they simply keep the good songs, trash the old songs, and continue to not by the albums.
Oh, and all college students lie. Don't trust anything they say, especially when they want to save their own [or their pockets, in this case] ass. Why would college students say they do it to get free music when that could only be used against Napster, something they want to keep going?
The V chip doesnt just censor television; it will cause bland, tasteless TV-Y7 shows. Why would an advertiser want to advertise on a TV-MA show when it will be blocked out? Less viewers will see the ads, and advertisers will support the TV-Y7-whatever, resulting in no support for the "more mature" series. Good bye NYPD Blue, ER, etc. GOD FORBID you actually try parenting your child instead of having the government do it for you. Parenting isn't a 9-5 job.
Slashdot Mirror
"Are computer games not considered art simply because of its nature as an entertainment medium"
So you're saying movies and television aren't art? Well fuck, someone better alert the Academy.
Gaelen
The new Transformers show is hella shitty. It's got faieries... Robots and pixies shouldn't be mixed.
One more year and I can bring it down to the pub and share a drink, slip it a ruffy, and have my way...
Here are some good sites to check out on comics: Oni Press - Free Comics - Free downloadable versions of their top comics. I recommend Whiteout by Rucka and Lieber.
Warren Ellis.com - Warren Ellis Forum - The writer of Transmetropolitan and Planetary's website and hosted forum. The biggest comic forum on the web.
Comic Book Resources - Good weekly articles by Larry Young, and an archive of essays by Steve Grant and Warrren Ellis.
Gaelen
You forgot to mention the surreal David Bowie dance scene. This movie was the bomb, yo.
"All your ocean are belong to us"
"true to the superhero comic- book genre which inspired it." Do you actually read comics, let alone superhero [a which is co-copyrighted by both Timewarner and Marvel Enterprise] comics. Take the popular, and by popular I mean it had a movie and it sells well by comic standards [around 20,000 issues a month]. In UNCANNY X-MEN, X-MEN, and the many biproducts of Marvel trying to oversaturate and waterdown the market with by increasing number one issues for speculator frenzy, the main characters spend half their time explaining their super-powers and their mysterious past and the other half is spent explaining how they defend a world that fears and hates them. Imagine reading a copy of X-MEN, where every 10 panels we hear Storm explain how she was a thief in Cairo when she was a teen working for the devious Shadow King, and how she lived in Africa and was thought to be a god by the local tribes. Storm can be substituted for Wolverine and his mysterious past with Project Weapon X and Captain America, or Rogue's past with Mystique and how she cannot touch anyone. At the end of every battle, Cyclops or Jean Grey will say, "they hate us, yet we defend them!"
Does this sound like a good comic to you? It's called an art driven comic, where they let the artists take the headlines and hire some hack writer to do the job, or sometimes great writers who really aren't that great [See Scott Lobdell and Chris Claremont]. How does a movie get inspired by shit like this? It doesn't. UNBREAKABLE was a slow paced movie with a 'surprise' ending [from the maker of SIXTH SENSE, how could we not expect this]. And Jackson's character tries to tell me those superhero comics are highbrow literature? Fucking christ, those comics he showed me are the FULL HOUSE of comic books. Serious comics aren't about superheroes [few exceptions such as Miracle Man or any of Alex Ross's future stories]. If you want to read the only good superhero comic on the market, pick up AUTHORITY. Don't get me wrong, there are great comics. TRANSMETROPOLITAN and PLANETARY by Warren Ellis are great. POWERS and JINX by Brian Bendis are excellent too. There is also Grant Morrison's INVISIBLES [the comic that really inspired MATRIX [ie. the MATRIX was a blatant ripoff and gave absolutely no credit with the parallel plot], but with better dialogue.
But I don't know, I could be wrong about all this. But I think I am of some authority since I used to buy over 50 comics and month and see about 60 movies a year in theatre.
Gaelen
And now you will see "Apparently slashdot is quoting trolls."
THEY WILL QUOTE YOU, TROLL.
Funny. I only goto them to jack off.
They'll have open sourced marketing: Anyone with the time or air wave space is free to advertise for them.
What no sexual function? I guess its back to my good old lefty and linuxgirl pics.
This is just another example of information wanting to be free. Let the money get transferred to another account, thats how it was meant to be. Under fair use clause, anyone can have money.
Sega has three new commercials out. I've seen them play on Fox, MTV, USA, TNT and NBC.
Yeah, I also saw beowulf clusters of Dreamcasts used to display Explicit pictures of Natalie Portman. Definately a step in the right direction.
yeah ok fag. the trex rocks you.
No. The Matrix is just a pathetic rip off of Grant Morrison's The Invisibles. One of the coolest serials ever.
THINK ABOUT THIS (_Y_) -----me mooning you!
atleast my kind isn't afraid to post anonymously fag.
When will scientists actually do something useful and create a smart woman. Discuss!
Gaelen
Took those Jacksons long enough. If Billy was a brother you know this case never would have occured.
Miguel and Rikkus aren't famous. Go ask 100 people in the mall if you they know who Miguel or Rikkus is. No one gives a care who they unless they are the Backstreet Boys or Santana.
Gaelen
They move so fast because they are always farting. In space you can really let loose because no one can here you fart. Discuss.
Gaelen
What it doesn't say is that if a student downloads a song to "sample and see if they like the album" and find that they only like a few songs, and not the whole album, they simply keep the good songs, trash the old songs, and continue to not by the albums.
Oh, and all college students lie. Don't trust anything they say, especially when they want to save their own [or their pockets, in this case] ass. Why would college students say they do it to get free music when that could only be used against Napster, something they want to keep going?
Gaelen
The V chip doesnt just censor television; it will cause bland, tasteless TV-Y7 shows. Why would an advertiser want to advertise on a TV-MA show when it will be blocked out? Less viewers will see the ads, and advertisers will support the TV-Y7-whatever, resulting in no support for the "more mature" series. Good bye NYPD Blue, ER, etc.
GOD FORBID you actually try parenting your child instead of having the government do it for you. Parenting isn't a 9-5 job.
Gaelen
http://www.yellow5.com/pokey