Forest Whitaker to Join
Academy President Sid Ganis
for Oscar® Nominations
Nominations for the 81st Academy Awards® will be announced on Thursday, January 22, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and Oscar-winning actor and Academy member Forest Whitaker.
Ganis and Whitaker will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 award categories at a 5:30 a.m. news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives from around the world will be gathered. Nominations information for all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards Web site, www.oscar.com.
In 2006 Whitaker took home the Leading Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland.” He recently completed work on “My Own Love Song” and will be seen next in “Hurricane Season.” Whitaker is not only an accomplished actor, he is also director of several films, including “First Daughter,” “Hope Floats” and “Waiting to Exhale.” His other acting credits include “Vantage Point,” “The Great Debaters,” “Phenomenon,” “Smoke,” “The Crying Game,” “Bird,” “Good Morning, Vietnam” and “Platoon.”
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Fellini Exhibit
Fellini’s Book of Dreams to
Come to Life in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, CA — Making its United States premiere, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new exhibition “Fellini’s Book of Dreams” will delve into legendary writer-director Federico Fellini’s writings and drawings of his dreams and fantasies on Saturday, January 24, in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.
Featuring two original notebooks and more than 100 reproductions of original pages from Fellini’s Book of Dreams, the exhibition will include many images that inspired his most celebrated films.
Fellini began the notebooks in the 1960s and continued adding to them until 1990, three years before his death at the age of 73. The exhibition also will showcase numerous self-portraits, celebrity caricatures and film clips.
A 12-time Oscar® nominee (four nominations for directing, eight for writing) and a 1992 Honorary Award recipient, Fellini directed four films that won Academy Awards® in the Foreign Language Film category: “La Strada” (1956), “Nights of Cabiria” (1957), “8½” (1963) and “Amarcord” (1974). He was widely known for exploring facets of his subconscious through his art; by actively embracing his dream life, he gave himself the opportunity to explore themes that later played out in his films, including eroticism, religion, terror and love.
The exhibition is being presented in collaboration with the Fondazione Federico Fellini and the Fondazione Cinema per Roma.
“Fellini’s Book of Dreams” will be on display through Sunday, April 19. The Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery, located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends, noon to 6 p.m.
For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org
Come to Life in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, CA — Making its United States premiere, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new exhibition “Fellini’s Book of Dreams” will delve into legendary writer-director Federico Fellini’s writings and drawings of his dreams and fantasies on Saturday, January 24, in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.
Featuring two original notebooks and more than 100 reproductions of original pages from Fellini’s Book of Dreams, the exhibition will include many images that inspired his most celebrated films.
Fellini began the notebooks in the 1960s and continued adding to them until 1990, three years before his death at the age of 73. The exhibition also will showcase numerous self-portraits, celebrity caricatures and film clips.
A 12-time Oscar® nominee (four nominations for directing, eight for writing) and a 1992 Honorary Award recipient, Fellini directed four films that won Academy Awards® in the Foreign Language Film category: “La Strada” (1956), “Nights of Cabiria” (1957), “8½” (1963) and “Amarcord” (1974). He was widely known for exploring facets of his subconscious through his art; by actively embracing his dream life, he gave himself the opportunity to explore themes that later played out in his films, including eroticism, religion, terror and love.
The exhibition is being presented in collaboration with the Fondazione Federico Fellini and the Fondazione Cinema per Roma.
“Fellini’s Book of Dreams” will be on display through Sunday, April 19. The Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery, located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends, noon to 6 p.m.
For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org
Thursday, January 15, 2009
2009 NYC Oscar Party at the Carlyle
2009 NYC Oscar® Party to
Be Held at The Carlyle
New York, NY— On Oscar Night®, Sunday, February 22, 2009, New York-area members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the 81st Academy Awards® at The Carlyle, the legendary Manhattan hotel that stands at the corner of East 76th Street and Madison Avenue.
Since 1990, the Academy has hosted a New York Oscar Night celebration for its East Coast members, many of whom are previous winners and nominees.
“This is an encore performance at The Carlyle for the Academy’s New York Events Committee,” said Bud Rosenthal, the committee’s chair. “Last year’s Oscar Night party at this cultural landmark drew so many rave reviews from our members that we're back by popular demand and looking forward to another gala evening.”
A familiar venue for New York’s entertainment elite since the 1930s, The Carlyle has served as a home away from home for countless movie stars, U.S. presidents and international artists, and has been the site of several film productions.
The evening’s festivities will begin with a cocktail reception in the Café Carlyle, which since its original opening in 1955 has earned a reputation for intimate cabaret and jazz performances by legendary performers. Following cocktails, the invited guests will adjourn to the Trianon Suite for a multi-course dinner and live viewing of the Academy Awards telecast. Executive chef James Sakatos will create the menu.
New York's Oscar Night party is open to all Academy members who reside on the East Coast or who might be visiting at that time. For more information about the event, Academy members may call (212) 821-9255.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Be Held at The Carlyle
New York, NY— On Oscar Night®, Sunday, February 22, 2009, New York-area members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the 81st Academy Awards® at The Carlyle, the legendary Manhattan hotel that stands at the corner of East 76th Street and Madison Avenue.
Since 1990, the Academy has hosted a New York Oscar Night celebration for its East Coast members, many of whom are previous winners and nominees.
“This is an encore performance at The Carlyle for the Academy’s New York Events Committee,” said Bud Rosenthal, the committee’s chair. “Last year’s Oscar Night party at this cultural landmark drew so many rave reviews from our members that we're back by popular demand and looking forward to another gala evening.”
A familiar venue for New York’s entertainment elite since the 1930s, The Carlyle has served as a home away from home for countless movie stars, U.S. presidents and international artists, and has been the site of several film productions.
The evening’s festivities will begin with a cocktail reception in the Café Carlyle, which since its original opening in 1955 has earned a reputation for intimate cabaret and jazz performances by legendary performers. Following cocktails, the invited guests will adjourn to the Trianon Suite for a multi-course dinner and live viewing of the Academy Awards telecast. Executive chef James Sakatos will create the menu.
New York's Oscar Night party is open to all Academy members who reside on the East Coast or who might be visiting at that time. For more information about the event, Academy members may call (212) 821-9255.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Douglas Fairbanks Exhibit
The First “King of Hollywood” to
Resume Reign in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, CA – In celebration of the life and career of one of Hollywood’s earliest movie stars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will premiere its new exhibition, “Douglas Fairbanks: The First King of Hollywood,” on Saturday, January 24, at the Academy’s Fourth Floor Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.
The exhibition will illuminate Fairbanks’s multifaceted life as a movie star, studio founder, philanthropist and civic leader through film clips, movie posters, props, costumes, original documents and stunning photographic imagery. The exhibition spans from his earliest days in silent films through his transition into talkies, delves into his famous marriage to Mary Pickford and spotlights his friendships with such fellow Hollywood legends as Charlie Chaplin.
In the 1920s, Fairbanks’s success in such films as “The Mask of Zorro,” “The Thief of Bagdad,” “The Black Pirate” and “Douglas Fairbanks as The Gaucho” sealed his action-hero status around the world.
In addition to being regarded as one of silent Hollywood’s greatest stars, Fairbanks also was one of its most respected citizens. He served as the Academy’s first president, was a founder of United Artists, and along with his wife Mary Pickford, was the first to be immortalized in the Grauman’s Chinese Theater footprint ceremony. Fairbanks’s enormous popularity and far-reaching success cemented his status as the first “King of Hollywood.”
“Douglas Fairbanks: The First King of Hollywood” has been organized in conjunction with the publication of the Academy’s new book Douglas Fairbanks. Authored by Jeffrey Vance with Tony Maietta, with Robert Cushman as photographic editor, the book examines Fairbanks’s art and ventures behind his public persona, showcasing more than 200 photographs, some unseen for more than 75 years. Douglas Fairbanks is available for purchase wherever books are sold.
The exhibition is presented in association with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, whose collection includes a number of the artifacts that will be on display.
“Douglas Fairbanks: The First King of Hollywood” will be open to the public through Sunday, April 19, in the Academy’s Fourth Floor Gallery, located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends, noon to 6 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.
Resume Reign in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, CA – In celebration of the life and career of one of Hollywood’s earliest movie stars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will premiere its new exhibition, “Douglas Fairbanks: The First King of Hollywood,” on Saturday, January 24, at the Academy’s Fourth Floor Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.
The exhibition will illuminate Fairbanks’s multifaceted life as a movie star, studio founder, philanthropist and civic leader through film clips, movie posters, props, costumes, original documents and stunning photographic imagery. The exhibition spans from his earliest days in silent films through his transition into talkies, delves into his famous marriage to Mary Pickford and spotlights his friendships with such fellow Hollywood legends as Charlie Chaplin.
In the 1920s, Fairbanks’s success in such films as “The Mask of Zorro,” “The Thief of Bagdad,” “The Black Pirate” and “Douglas Fairbanks as The Gaucho” sealed his action-hero status around the world.
In addition to being regarded as one of silent Hollywood’s greatest stars, Fairbanks also was one of its most respected citizens. He served as the Academy’s first president, was a founder of United Artists, and along with his wife Mary Pickford, was the first to be immortalized in the Grauman’s Chinese Theater footprint ceremony. Fairbanks’s enormous popularity and far-reaching success cemented his status as the first “King of Hollywood.”
“Douglas Fairbanks: The First King of Hollywood” has been organized in conjunction with the publication of the Academy’s new book Douglas Fairbanks. Authored by Jeffrey Vance with Tony Maietta, with Robert Cushman as photographic editor, the book examines Fairbanks’s art and ventures behind his public persona, showcasing more than 200 photographs, some unseen for more than 75 years. Douglas Fairbanks is available for purchase wherever books are sold.
The exhibition is presented in association with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, whose collection includes a number of the artifacts that will be on display.
“Douglas Fairbanks: The First King of Hollywood” will be open to the public through Sunday, April 19, in the Academy’s Fourth Floor Gallery, located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends, noon to 6 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
9 Foreign Language Films Advance in 2008 Oscar(R) Race
9 Foreign Language
Films Advance in 2008 Oscar® Race
Beverly Hills, CA — Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 81st Academy Awards®. Sixty-five films had originally qualified in the category.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
Austria, “Revanche,” Gotz Spielmann, director;
Canada, “The Necessities of Life,” Benoit Pilon, director;
France, “The Class,” Laurent Cantet, director;
Germany, “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Uli Edel, director;
Israel, “Waltz with Bashir,” Ari Folman, director;
Japan, “Departures,” Yojiro Takita, director;
Mexico, “Tear This Heart Out,” Roberto Sneider, director;
Sweden, “Everlasting Moments,” Jan Troell, director;
Turkey, “3 Monkeys,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director.
Foreign Language Film nominations for 2008 are being determined in two phases.
The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based members, screened the 65 eligible films between mid-October and January 10. That group’s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist.
The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five 2008 nominees by specially selected committees in New York and Los Angeles. The committee members will spend this Friday, Saturday and Sunday viewing three of the films each day.
The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Films Advance in 2008 Oscar® Race
Beverly Hills, CA — Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 81st Academy Awards®. Sixty-five films had originally qualified in the category.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
Austria, “Revanche,” Gotz Spielmann, director;
Canada, “The Necessities of Life,” Benoit Pilon, director;
France, “The Class,” Laurent Cantet, director;
Germany, “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Uli Edel, director;
Israel, “Waltz with Bashir,” Ari Folman, director;
Japan, “Departures,” Yojiro Takita, director;
Mexico, “Tear This Heart Out,” Roberto Sneider, director;
Sweden, “Everlasting Moments,” Jan Troell, director;
Turkey, “3 Monkeys,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director.
Foreign Language Film nominations for 2008 are being determined in two phases.
The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based members, screened the 65 eligible films between mid-October and January 10. That group’s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist.
The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five 2008 nominees by specially selected committees in New York and Los Angeles. The committee members will spend this Friday, Saturday and Sunday viewing three of the films each day.
The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Meet The Oscars
Meet the Oscars®, Chicago
Beverly Hills, CA — For the first time, Oscar® fans in Chicago will be able to hold an actual Oscar statuette and have their photo taken at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Meet the Oscars, Chicago.” The one-of-a-kind exhibition will open Friday, February 13, at The Shops at North Bridge on Michigan Avenue, and run through Sunday, February 22, the night of the 81st Academy Awards® presentation. Hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. Chicago is the only city to host a “Meet the Oscars” exhibition this year.
“Meet the Oscars, Chicago” features a display of Oscars in various stages of completion, as they undergo their intricate, weeks-long manufacturing process. Chicago’s own R.S. Owens & Company has manufactured the statuettes each year since 1982. Six of the Oscars on display will be presented at next year’s Academy Awards ceremony.
Also on display will be the historic statuette that actor Clark Gable won for his performance in “It Happened One Night” (1934). In 1996 an anonymous buyer purchased this Oscar at auction for $607,500. Later that year, the Oscar was returned to the Academy, and the buyer was revealed to be Steven Spielberg.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Beverly Hills, CA — For the first time, Oscar® fans in Chicago will be able to hold an actual Oscar statuette and have their photo taken at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Meet the Oscars, Chicago.” The one-of-a-kind exhibition will open Friday, February 13, at The Shops at North Bridge on Michigan Avenue, and run through Sunday, February 22, the night of the 81st Academy Awards® presentation. Hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. Chicago is the only city to host a “Meet the Oscars” exhibition this year.
“Meet the Oscars, Chicago” features a display of Oscars in various stages of completion, as they undergo their intricate, weeks-long manufacturing process. Chicago’s own R.S. Owens & Company has manufactured the statuettes each year since 1982. Six of the Oscars on display will be presented at next year’s Academy Awards ceremony.
Also on display will be the historic statuette that actor Clark Gable won for his performance in “It Happened One Night” (1934). In 1996 an anonymous buyer purchased this Oscar at auction for $607,500. Later that year, the Oscar was returned to the Academy, and the buyer was revealed to be Steven Spielberg.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
If you would like us to review something
a comic, a movie, a story you wrote (but not a poem though, fuck that, I hate poems period end of discussion), pics of you if you're a hot chick, pics of your girlfriend/sister/mom if they are hot chicks, anything at all really send it to fistyfistymonkeychan@gmail.com
We would like to have more reader interaction and that starts with getting readers. So America, nay the world, start reading.
We would like to have more reader interaction and that starts with getting readers. So America, nay the world, start reading.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Day before Lich King launched
Screenshotted this one myself. Day before WoW released WotLK, all servers were down for like 17 hours. There was a damned near 100 page thread of people bitching about it. Somewhere around page 84 I found this gem.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Miscellaneous Hollywood Bullshit
dexter - seasons 4 and 5
this one has been a little bit of a headscratcher for the past month or so. the series is based on a trilogy of books, and this season will end out the books. there was a part of me that was hoping they would go out on top and just end this season and walk away...silly me not thinking about hollywood. i'm still up in the air about this season, and i'm frankly not sure how much longer they can drag out the "oh my god they're going to catch me / oh thank god i'm safe" angle, but i'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt...the show is definitely dumbed down from the first half of the first season, but still a good watch every week...
no hulk 2
so marvel has been smart enough not to badmouth the hulk - at least before the dvd sales are in - and also smart enough to know that there's not going to be another one anytime soon. even as a comic nerd i wasn't in a rush to see this one, especially in a summer full of superhero movies. but the good news is that the hulk is not gone and forgotten by any means. marvel hinted that we would see the hulk again soon, just not in his own movie, which lends credence to the rumors that the avengers movie would have the team facing down a rampaging hulk...fingers crossed.
daniel craig turns down thor
thank fucking god! look, i loved the guy in layer cake and road to perdition, and i'm sure he's a great bond, but i really haven't felt the need to see him anything else. he's bland and pretty boring - kinda the blonde, english version of keanu reeves. they've had enough trouble between matt vaughn's 300m dollar budget and script overhauls already without having to worry about daniel craig coming in and mucking it up...might as well use jason statham if you're going to go that route. you've got kenneth fucking branaugh on board...don't fuck this up in the casting...
13 tzameti remake
speaking of jason statham...hollywood, fucking stop it! quit casting him in movies that he doesn't belong in, and quit remaking foreign films instead of using your distribution wing to make sure people see the real thing!
so, they've decided to remake the amazing film 13 tzameti - now simply called 13. if you haven't seen it, then quit reading and go put it on your netflix list. chud put it perfectly when they called it the audition of russian roulette movies - an hour of plot development followed by thirty minutes of you yelling "what the fuck" at the screen. great movie, and one that deserved a lot more love over here...
...and most likely will, but not the right kind. the original director has been given the option to direct, which is a good thing. but the casting consists of jason statham, mickey rourke, and 50 cent - or fitty as we call him on the street.
this is such a horrible fucking mistake. you're not going to be able to improve on the sheer weirdness of the film, so that means all you can do at this point is screw it up...maybe with a romantic lead - i'd suggest renee zellwedsksdksfder - and a happy ending where all the guns shoot happiness and fairy dust...maybe one of the characters learns something about himself in the process. i want to cut my wrists now...
(rob)
this one has been a little bit of a headscratcher for the past month or so. the series is based on a trilogy of books, and this season will end out the books. there was a part of me that was hoping they would go out on top and just end this season and walk away...silly me not thinking about hollywood. i'm still up in the air about this season, and i'm frankly not sure how much longer they can drag out the "oh my god they're going to catch me / oh thank god i'm safe" angle, but i'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt...the show is definitely dumbed down from the first half of the first season, but still a good watch every week...
no hulk 2
so marvel has been smart enough not to badmouth the hulk - at least before the dvd sales are in - and also smart enough to know that there's not going to be another one anytime soon. even as a comic nerd i wasn't in a rush to see this one, especially in a summer full of superhero movies. but the good news is that the hulk is not gone and forgotten by any means. marvel hinted that we would see the hulk again soon, just not in his own movie, which lends credence to the rumors that the avengers movie would have the team facing down a rampaging hulk...fingers crossed.
daniel craig turns down thor
thank fucking god! look, i loved the guy in layer cake and road to perdition, and i'm sure he's a great bond, but i really haven't felt the need to see him anything else. he's bland and pretty boring - kinda the blonde, english version of keanu reeves. they've had enough trouble between matt vaughn's 300m dollar budget and script overhauls already without having to worry about daniel craig coming in and mucking it up...might as well use jason statham if you're going to go that route. you've got kenneth fucking branaugh on board...don't fuck this up in the casting...
13 tzameti remake
speaking of jason statham...hollywood, fucking stop it! quit casting him in movies that he doesn't belong in, and quit remaking foreign films instead of using your distribution wing to make sure people see the real thing!
so, they've decided to remake the amazing film 13 tzameti - now simply called 13. if you haven't seen it, then quit reading and go put it on your netflix list. chud put it perfectly when they called it the audition of russian roulette movies - an hour of plot development followed by thirty minutes of you yelling "what the fuck" at the screen. great movie, and one that deserved a lot more love over here...
...and most likely will, but not the right kind. the original director has been given the option to direct, which is a good thing. but the casting consists of jason statham, mickey rourke, and 50 cent - or fitty as we call him on the street.
this is such a horrible fucking mistake. you're not going to be able to improve on the sheer weirdness of the film, so that means all you can do at this point is screw it up...maybe with a romantic lead - i'd suggest renee zellwedsksdksfder - and a happy ending where all the guns shoot happiness and fairy dust...maybe one of the characters learns something about himself in the process. i want to cut my wrists now...
(rob)
New Punisher Series
finally, a new series for the punisher. i loved war journal when it started out around the time of the death of captain america. the image of the punisher cap made for an awesome cover, and a great premise. then bucky took on the mantle and punisher kinda started slipping for me. around the time of the jigsaw storyline i quit reading altogether. i'll pick up the last few issues that deal with the skrull invasion, but it's a series that i'm done with.
same for the garth ennis punisher. ennis is one of the rare writers that i think honestly understood the character and what he stood for. his run will easily go down in my top twenty with no hesitation. but he dropped off and they brought on new writers, and again the quality starts to slip - like your favorite restaurant gone to pot. they used to serve the best steaks - lean, perfectly grilled, and just melt in your mouth. simple, but effective, and you just want more. and then they decide to skimp a little on the meat - but just a bit. and it may still be good, but you're nitpicking over every little piece of fat that wasn't trimmed off, upset about just a little too much char on the outside. and it's never the same.
so when i heard about a new series for the punisher today - set to debut in february, as soon as war journal ends its run - i was a little skeptical. any fan of the punisher has gotten used to having their heart broken over the years as people took a simple character and bastardized him rather than work with him (ahem...black punisher).
but i have mixed feelings. the little bit of art that i saw looks good - no runaways anime bullshit here folks - and the writer claims he's taking frank back to his roots...hunting criminals. and in a post civil war marvel universe full of unregistered super heroes - and villains - that means the new avengers had better watch their back. that's right, we're going to get punisher the way punisher used to play - going up against spiderman, wolverine, daredevil, etc...
...unless it derails with issue one, which has the punisher going up against the sentry...that's right, the motherfucking sentry...this is kinda like lois lane deciding to take on superman in a fight with no kryptonite. had they started with daredevil or spiderman, or even a return of the kingpin to new york i would have been on board, but punisher is the batman of our marvel universe - he's not superhuman, and to see him take on the sentry really makes me hestitant about the rest of the series...
but as always i guess we'll have to wait and see...if it's great it will still have to compare to ennis. and if it sucks...well we're all used to that by now...
(rob)
same for the garth ennis punisher. ennis is one of the rare writers that i think honestly understood the character and what he stood for. his run will easily go down in my top twenty with no hesitation. but he dropped off and they brought on new writers, and again the quality starts to slip - like your favorite restaurant gone to pot. they used to serve the best steaks - lean, perfectly grilled, and just melt in your mouth. simple, but effective, and you just want more. and then they decide to skimp a little on the meat - but just a bit. and it may still be good, but you're nitpicking over every little piece of fat that wasn't trimmed off, upset about just a little too much char on the outside. and it's never the same.
so when i heard about a new series for the punisher today - set to debut in february, as soon as war journal ends its run - i was a little skeptical. any fan of the punisher has gotten used to having their heart broken over the years as people took a simple character and bastardized him rather than work with him (ahem...black punisher).
but i have mixed feelings. the little bit of art that i saw looks good - no runaways anime bullshit here folks - and the writer claims he's taking frank back to his roots...hunting criminals. and in a post civil war marvel universe full of unregistered super heroes - and villains - that means the new avengers had better watch their back. that's right, we're going to get punisher the way punisher used to play - going up against spiderman, wolverine, daredevil, etc...
...unless it derails with issue one, which has the punisher going up against the sentry...that's right, the motherfucking sentry...this is kinda like lois lane deciding to take on superman in a fight with no kryptonite. had they started with daredevil or spiderman, or even a return of the kingpin to new york i would have been on board, but punisher is the batman of our marvel universe - he's not superhuman, and to see him take on the sentry really makes me hestitant about the rest of the series...
but as always i guess we'll have to wait and see...if it's great it will still have to compare to ennis. and if it sucks...well we're all used to that by now...
(rob)
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Captain America Found on Hulk DVD
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/found-captain-america-in-the-incredible-hulk.php
ok, well this shows us a little more about the timeframe of captain america showing up in the marvel film universe. it's a little blurry, but that's definitely a frozen cap...
i'm giddy with comic geekness...the next few years are gonna be great ones for the comic nerds...
(rob)
ok, well this shows us a little more about the timeframe of captain america showing up in the marvel film universe. it's a little blurry, but that's definitely a frozen cap...
i'm giddy with comic geekness...the next few years are gonna be great ones for the comic nerds...
(rob)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
This also made for lollerskates
And would have made for spank bank material if it hadn't been for Biden.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Here's a good collection of links
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Obey the Durian
Well here's what I can tell you about the Durian. Anything you may have heard about the overwhelming odor that they produce is true. If anything those reports may be understated. It pretty much smells like a swamp gone bad, and it's not as if swamps smell good to begin with.
I thought about not smelling it before I tried it but the food geek in me would not allow that. If I was going to do this I was going to do it right and get the complete Durian experience. So I took a big whif, then I thought to myself there is no way a human should ingest anything that smells like that, and then I took a sip.
The flavor is really hard to describe. At first I detected a sweet almond flavor but the swamp smell really spilled into the flavor. I wound up with a sweet swampy almond flavor kicking around in my mouth. Immediately I thought, this is a horrible horrible thing. I was, however, determined to finish this thing. Under no circumstances would I leave it on the side of the road or anything like that. I was in it for the long haul.
At about the halfway I went from holy christ I can't take another sip to wait a minute, there's something good in here. Literally for the first half of the beverage I had to struggle with every sip. Now everything had changed. I was now involved in an incredible flavor experience that had awakened me to a whole new world.
I rapidly consumed the remaining durian, with boba nonetheless, and I knew I would have to have more. The place that I got it was closed though. The next morning I got up and drove across town to get my second durian. This was completely different. The smell which less than 24 hours ago had repulsed me to no end I now found strangely pleasing. I tore into this one with reckless abandon. I couldn't get enough. Insanely delicious is the only way that I could describe it.
Tuesday I was at work. I had taken the train which means my car was not available to me. I hopped online and found a Vietnamese restaurant that was about 10 minutes away and convinced Rob to take me over there. I had already checked the menu and they had durian. He went with me and I told him he was going to have to get one. Begrudgingly he did, as he is also somewhat of a foodie and couldn't leave without at least giving it a try.
I hopped back into his car tingling with anticipation. I was also pretty excited to see how he would react to his. He smelled it first and nearly puked. He also said something like What the fuck did you get me into but I was too excited to care. I started drinking mine, enjoying the boba's which had already started to absorb the flavor of the durian and were roughly akin to durian flavored chewing gum. This was great.
Rob, however, did not share my enthusiasm. He tried 2 little sips and thought he might die. We got back to work where the entire office was fascinated by our little treats. I drank all of mine, that was 3 in 3 days. Rob then told me he was going to trash his and I told him the hell if he was. I took it and drank it right down. Make that 4 in 3 days.
I didn't have one yesterday but I drove to work today so rest assured that I will be getting one on the way home. I don't know if there are any hardcore Vietnamese places around you but you need to track one down and try this. I found several Vietnamese grocery stores that sell the actual Durian fruit and I will be picking one up to eat in it's natural form.
waldo
I thought about not smelling it before I tried it but the food geek in me would not allow that. If I was going to do this I was going to do it right and get the complete Durian experience. So I took a big whif, then I thought to myself there is no way a human should ingest anything that smells like that, and then I took a sip.
The flavor is really hard to describe. At first I detected a sweet almond flavor but the swamp smell really spilled into the flavor. I wound up with a sweet swampy almond flavor kicking around in my mouth. Immediately I thought, this is a horrible horrible thing. I was, however, determined to finish this thing. Under no circumstances would I leave it on the side of the road or anything like that. I was in it for the long haul.
At about the halfway I went from holy christ I can't take another sip to wait a minute, there's something good in here. Literally for the first half of the beverage I had to struggle with every sip. Now everything had changed. I was now involved in an incredible flavor experience that had awakened me to a whole new world.
I rapidly consumed the remaining durian, with boba nonetheless, and I knew I would have to have more. The place that I got it was closed though. The next morning I got up and drove across town to get my second durian. This was completely different. The smell which less than 24 hours ago had repulsed me to no end I now found strangely pleasing. I tore into this one with reckless abandon. I couldn't get enough. Insanely delicious is the only way that I could describe it.
Tuesday I was at work. I had taken the train which means my car was not available to me. I hopped online and found a Vietnamese restaurant that was about 10 minutes away and convinced Rob to take me over there. I had already checked the menu and they had durian. He went with me and I told him he was going to have to get one. Begrudgingly he did, as he is also somewhat of a foodie and couldn't leave without at least giving it a try.
I hopped back into his car tingling with anticipation. I was also pretty excited to see how he would react to his. He smelled it first and nearly puked. He also said something like What the fuck did you get me into but I was too excited to care. I started drinking mine, enjoying the boba's which had already started to absorb the flavor of the durian and were roughly akin to durian flavored chewing gum. This was great.
Rob, however, did not share my enthusiasm. He tried 2 little sips and thought he might die. We got back to work where the entire office was fascinated by our little treats. I drank all of mine, that was 3 in 3 days. Rob then told me he was going to trash his and I told him the hell if he was. I took it and drank it right down. Make that 4 in 3 days.
I didn't have one yesterday but I drove to work today so rest assured that I will be getting one on the way home. I don't know if there are any hardcore Vietnamese places around you but you need to track one down and try this. I found several Vietnamese grocery stores that sell the actual Durian fruit and I will be picking one up to eat in it's natural form.
waldo
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