Messages

For what it's worth, Pete, I don't think for one moment that Wulf's gay.

Johnny almost certainly is, in a sort of quiet, brooding, unrequited 'it's just one more burden I must bear' kinda way. But Wulf's proven himself time and again to be something of a ladies man, and I think he's totally ignorant of Johnny's, erm, 'leanings', in a bluff, simple, not-altogther-too-bright-about-these-things kinda way.

Personally I think the fact that Wulf's so totally ignorant makes it all the sweeter.

I liked it too, although like most films these days it was far too long. All that stuff about his dad kinda went over my head, too., but it made up for that with a hulk-ified poodle!

feels like there's another dozen-or-so episodes to go to finish up things and end up before Sword of the Tsar - I just can't remember what they were!

The 'talking animals at the African casino' one, the 'kidnapping Jena and the King of Britain while evading Lulu's minions' one, and then all the episodes where Dante first wrests control of the fleet from his mum then has the big showdown with Akita.

I agree with all the above, the pirate stuff is great when you can remember who everyone is.

Considering how much I hated the Maugerite character, her death scene really moved me at the time; the Kraken is just an awesome villian who gets progressively nuttier and more ludicrous throughout the saga (in a good way); Lauren is a fantastically bubbly, curvy heroine (ding dong); Spatch and Flint, the best characters from Tsar Wars, come back; and now that we can see it for the interlude it was, and aren't waiting impatiently to get back to Russia and the Tsar, it stands as a nice break from the norm and an essential exploration of the past that made Dante who he is.

Ten Seconders is loooooong overdue a return.

Reckon Stickleback will finish up next week cos they only usually have one b/w strip at a time.

This week (prog 1575) Tharg said that Kingdom and Stront finish next week (prog 1576). Not a word about Stickleback.

I do think Stickle needs ar least two more parts (or maybe a double-part ending) to unravel the tangled convolutions of the storyline, and while it's odd not to have a prog where all the stories finish at the same time, we did just have Shakara run at the same time as Stickles, so two b/w stories isn't entirely out of the question.

still only £1.90.

£1.90?! How long has the prog been £1.90?!

All mention of Chris Weston seemed to be missing from Nemesis 3, too.

So many annual and special Dredds that I've never read. Can we please have a few case-files stylee volumes for 'em?

Curse you Buttonman, and your simultaneous posting! Ed and Henry Ford are two entirely seperate talking horses, anyway.

On other talking animals in 2000ad tomfoolery, I would mind seeing that talking buzzard again. Was that a Gordon Rennie creation? Prog numbers aswell please?

The Dog vulture? I think his name was Varney or something. That'd be a Robbie Morisson creation, and the last panel of that story suggested that he became trail rations for Dredd on his way back to the Big Meg.

Also - don't forget Henry Ford!

Kingdom good, Stront good, Dredd fantastic.

Stickleback, now - that's a strange one. Adored the first series, wanted badly to like this one too but largely found it impenetrable. Whatever magic had been present in the first outing was well and truly missing, and the various components were failing to click.

Having loved this week's episode, though, I've finally put my finger on when it works and when it doesn't. When Stickle is a cackling Victorian arch-villian double-crossing and manipulating the London Underworld, he's aces - dark and creepy - but when (as he has been most of this series) he's not in control of the situation or has as little idea what's going on as the rest of the characters, he just becomes an unlikeable twat with an odd backbone - petty and annoying. His power is all in his... er, well, power, it seems.

Did that make any sense? Anyone else know what I mean?

Someone low key who they don't demand "face" time like Stallone

Thankfully I think that sorta thing would be less of an issue these days, now that we've seen a wave of high-profile parts (Gollum, King Kong, and, erm... some more) where the actor (not particularly high-profile themselves, admittedly) are virtually unrecognisable.

A Tor Cyan book (like that'd ever happen!)

Seconded!

Best. Faux Pas. EVER.

Hoary old cliche it may be, but the van in Italian Job.

'You're only to supposed to blow the bloody doors off!'