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June 2013

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Jun 19, 20137 notes
#video tapes #American Psycho #Patrick Bateman #gif
MAN OF STEEL... More like MAN OF.....YOU'RE...DUMB..?

*WE CAN”T STOP HERE, THIS IS SPOILER COUNTRY*

I’m not “review guy.” Not anymore at least. I love movies, I love comics, and I love when the two meet to create something that transcends each medium on its own. Something that brings comic nerds and ‘splodey movie enthusiasts together on common ground. It’s the greatest. I usually keep my shirt on about whether or not the Movie Types got it right or not, I typically keep things like “why is Peter Parker in a My Chemical Romance video?” or “I think Ryan Reynolds did a find/replace all with ‘have will power’ and ‘be super hot’” inside my pretentious little head.



But MAN OF STEEL… I just… don’t even…

Now, I’m not a Superman fan by any means. I have enjoyed Christopher Reeve, George Newburn, Tim Daly, and of course Morrison’s All-Star. Past that, he’s been a cookie-cutter-no-thanks-I’d-rather-read-Batman character for me. I understand that’s just me. I know what he stands for and what he, as a character, is supposed to be for people. I just never found a place where he fit into my idea of what the character should do or be. I was never C.J. Kirkblade. I’m just not that handsome and I certainly can’t grow facial hair.

Snolan’s MAN OF STEEL was my hope, my light at the end of the tunnel. Not just a hope for DC to finally move toward the “Marvel Model” or escape mistakes like DKR, Green Lantern, and Superman returns, but to give the world, and me, Superman. THE Superman. And for a moment there, I held it in my hands. It was Glorious. Then, something happened. Something, that hurt me. I have no clue what happened to me or why it was affecting me so heavily. I just know I felt violated.

Superman just doesn’t murder. Ever. Even power-hungry “A Better World” Superman just lobotomized dudes. It’s blatant and unnecessary character betrayal. Plain. Simple. There had to have been at least 30 or so suits that said yes to the last 15 minutes of the movie. And one of them was Chris Nolan. And that, amongst other feels, pours a miserable vomitous mass of an icing on top of my already trampled cake. I just wanted cake, guys. I just wanted cake.

I wanted to like this movie. I think a secret, deep down, part of me wanted to love this movie. And I did. And then I didn’t. And now I don’t. To the point where I’m VENTING ON THE INTERNET?! I’m sure you, person who’s still reading this, might have liked it, or even loved it, through and through. And that’s ok. I’ll just have to deal with the fact that I’ll never get the Superman I want. My Superman is dead. Not in Kryptonian sleep. Superdead.

I leave with this:

MAN OF STEEL

Good stuffs:

  • Kryptonian History rocking most of the first act
  • Perfectly cast Kal-El (in my head: as played by Stephen Christy)
  • Michael Shannon reprising his role as Peter Evans
  • Epicly Epic ‘splodey parts
  • Brilliant new take on Lois/Clark dynamic
  • Stabler
  • For a preachy atheist, Zack Snyder really spread the ‘Superman is sort of an allegory for Christ’ on pretty thick.


Not so good stuffs:

  • All Most of Goyer’s dialogue
  • “Release the kraken world machine”
  • Snyder’s not so subtle “hey, guys. I know this is a Superman movie, but it’s also Dragonbal Z and the Matrix.”
  • Rocket Wieners 


Inexcusably bad stuffs:

  • Superman killed a dude.
Jun 18, 20135 notes
#superman #dj kirkbride #man of steel #spoilers #comics #dc comics #chrisopher nolan #david s goyer #movies #review
Jun 14, 20133 notes
#computers #technology #awesome
Jun 10, 201315 notes
#comics #ghosts #butts
Jun 10, 20134 notes
#engaged #marriage
Jun 3, 201311 notes
#pokemon #tom waits #comics
Jun 3, 2013362 notes

May 2013

16 posts

Hiatus

Takin’ a break for a stretch.

May 8, 2013
May 7, 20132 notes
#love #liz suburbia #comics
May 7, 20138 notes
#batman #danny devito #comics
May 5, 2013
#laserboats
May 4, 2013
May 4, 20132 notes
#free comic book day #comics #wolverine #hugh jackman #jeff stokely #becky cloonan #logan faerber #chris johnson #austin r wilson
May 3, 2013224 notes
May 3, 20133 notes
#iron man #comics #3 #art
May 3, 201338 notes
#val hallen #dexters lab #art #justice friends
May 3, 201346 notes
#king of the hill #cowboy bebop #art
May 3, 201314 notes
#superman #john hamm #art #phil noto #comics
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May 2, 20131 note
#scruff mcgruff #chicago #crime #90s
May 1, 201319 notes
#Han Solo #star wars #return of the jedi #convenient
May 1, 201329 notes
#rap #the game #ice cube #nintendo #Dragonball Z #fusion #gamecube
May 1, 20132 notes
#beach boys #boyz in the hood #art
May 1, 20138 notes
#may #nsync #justin timberlake

April 2013

31 posts

Apr 28, 20134 notes
#se7en #dr suess #art #whats in the box #fincher
Apr 25, 20138 notes
#Tarantino #hellboy #Evil Dead #ghana #planet terror #alien #xenomorph #Movie Poster
Apr 25, 201319 notes
#dragonball #anime #butt-chest
Apr 24, 20131,569 notes
#deadpool #spider-man #dancing #GIF
Apr 24, 20135 notes
#chauvinism #cosplay #comics
Apr 23, 201316 notes
#star wars #carrie fisher #mark hammil #harrison ford #photography
Apr 22, 201311 notes
#batman #pregnancy #comics
Apr 21, 201351,402 notes
Apr 20, 20135 notes
#batman #signs #b&w
Apr 20, 201316 notes
#james bond #gif
Apr 20, 20134 notes
Apr 19, 20136 notes
#star wars #thanos #avengers #art #Movie Poster #X-men #wolverine #fantastic 4 #infinity gauntlet #spider-man #boba fett #parks and recreation #patton oswalt #episode 7 #VII
Apr 19, 201326 notes
#ridley scott #spongebob #patrick #GIF #alien #xenomorph
Apr 19, 201324 notes
#star wars #storm trooper #art
Apr 17, 20133 notes
#xkcd #computers #technology #comics #facebook #google #dropbox #drivers #comedy
Apr 15, 20135 notes
#dragonball z #art
Apr 14, 201323 notes
#gifs #cats #piano #old timey
Apr 13, 20136 notes
#mona lisa #princess leia #star wars
Apr 13, 201330 notes
#hayao miyazaki #spirited away #art
Apr 13, 201320 notes
#queen #Freddy Mercury #sailor moon
Apr 12, 201374 notes
Apr 12, 20134 notes
#existentialism #batman #manhood #comics
Apr 12, 201320 notes
#Simpsons #star wars #princess leia #yoda
Apr 12, 20131 note
#romance #comics #bite
Apr 11, 20133 notes
#hot #valiant #atom freeman
Apr 10, 20134 notes
#sleep #tired #art
Way Of the Samurai

The Way of the Samurai is found in death. Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one’s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one’s master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as not Jon Hamm. This is the substance of the way of the samurai.

Apr 9, 20131 note
#samurai #jon hamm
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