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#21
Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...
Last post by Hawkmumbler - Today at 04:35:02 PMQuote from: Colin YNWA on Today at 04:32:12 PMQuote from: Rara Avis on Today at 11:16:36 AMI've seen quite a few good movies lately
4. Godzilla Minus One
7. Monster (Korea, 2023)
Really want to see Godzilla Minus One - must sort that out.
is Monster good? I think its on Prime (or was it Netflix) and forgot to tag it but if its worth watching will pop back to do so.
Both are superb, MONSTER is making my top 3 of the year. Did not have 'Rashomon for the education system about three autistic people and their struggles to communicate' on my bingo card for 2024 but here we are, and its great.
Minus One also made my top 10 of last year, I'm not a fan of the monochromatic presentation so I'd definitely advise going for the colour version as was originally intended. As good as Shin Godzilla? No, but then nothing is, but that still means Minus One is among the best of the decade thus far.
#22
Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...
Last post by Colin YNWA - Today at 04:32:12 PMQuote from: Rara Avis on Today at 11:16:36 AMI've seen quite a few good movies lately
4. Godzilla Minus One
7. Monster (Korea, 2023)
Really want to see Godzilla Minus One - must sort that out.
is Monster good? I think its on Prime (or was it Netflix) and forgot to tag it but if its worth watching will pop back to do so.
#23
Announcements / Re: 2000 AD - The Ultimate Col...
Last post by Jade Falcon - Today at 04:28:20 PMPicked up an accumulated order from Smiths. Armoured Gideon, Lawless, Scarlet Traces 2 and Anderson:NWO.
My thoughts....
I really didn't particularly enjoy Armoured Gideon to be honest, it just wasnt my sort of story. Lawless I loved, the artwork is beautiful and the story compelling. I so want to punch McClure the SJS Judge who seems to be an asshole even by SJS standards. Anderson. Well I enjoyed the first half of the book, the Karyn stories seemed written a bit chaotically though I did like the Hotdog run story as well. Scarlet Traces is a little chaotic in places but I like it. I loved the callouts to Space:1999 both in the ship design and the blond pilot called Carter. The Venus lander being part Ultra Probe and Planet of the Apes ship was a lovely design choice as well.
My thoughts....
I really didn't particularly enjoy Armoured Gideon to be honest, it just wasnt my sort of story. Lawless I loved, the artwork is beautiful and the story compelling. I so want to punch McClure the SJS Judge who seems to be an asshole even by SJS standards. Anderson. Well I enjoyed the first half of the book, the Karyn stories seemed written a bit chaotically though I did like the Hotdog run story as well. Scarlet Traces is a little chaotic in places but I like it. I loved the callouts to Space:1999 both in the ship design and the blond pilot called Carter. The Venus lander being part Ultra Probe and Planet of the Apes ship was a lovely design choice as well.
#24
Creative Common / Re: Does my Art look big in th...
Last post by Nightbook - Today at 03:49:39 PMExcellent work Hoagy. Love the Dredd/Anderson composition and the Dark Judges on the last page are pure fire - well, technically one quarter fire... I'm so funny. 
#25
Prog / Re: Prog 2381: A grizzly fate
Last post by nxylas - Today at 03:15:41 PMQuote from: IndigoPrime on 11 May, 2024, 10:14:08 AMBut motivated to do what, exactly?Motivated...(music swells)...to...sing!
Sorry, last night's Doctor Who has fried my brain.
#26
Creative Common / Re: Does my Art look big in th...
Last post by Vector14 - Today at 02:40:51 PMGreat Stuff Hoagy, Dredd with the crossed arms instantly reminded me of the trainspotting poster.
#27
Creative Common / Re: Does my Art look big in th...
Last post by staticgirl - Today at 02:10:44 PMWow excellent stuff chaps
#28
Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...
Last post by The Enigmatic Dr X - Today at 01:38:41 PMQuote from: Rara Avis on Today at 11:16:36 AMI've seen quite a few good movies lately
1. Late night with the Devil
2. Immaculate
3. That Omen prequel (pretty good for what it is).
4. Godzilla Minus One
5, Rye Lane
6. Fallen Leaves
7. Monster (Korea, 2023)
8. Civil War
Also from Korea (ish) Past Lives and Minari.
REALLY trying to convince my missus to watch Late Night with the Devil
#29
Other Reviews / Re: I bought Halo Jones (again...
Last post by JohnW - Today at 01:05:01 PMThe price of the Full Colour Omnibus Edition (hardback) has come down to something reasonable so I bought it on a whim. No regrets, no complaints.
It's a lovely volume – pink and blue and solid.
But how about that colouring? Ideologically, I am not opposed. Damage is not being done to the legacy. The b&w version still exists.
But does the coloured version look good?
It tends to work less well in Book 3 where Gibson's inks were more delicate, and there are more than a few instances where things look downright odd, if not wrong. But on the other hand there are plenty of places where it undoubtedly enhances the art.
What mattered to me is that the colouring made the story fresh. It made me pay attention. It made me see things I'd forgotten.
What else is there? Well, there's introductory matter that Moore wrote for earlier editions, there are the scripts for a couple of episodes from Book 3*, and there are various creator notes and sketches.
All nice to have.
Steve MacManus writes the foreword and Kieron Gillen provides the introduction. Both these people are Our People. Both of them Get It. Both are well worth the inclusion.
And then you've got the puff pieces and all that stuff in the blurb proclaiming this to be a groundbreaking feminist work.
Is it? Was it?
In the context of British boys' comics of the '80s this was undoubtedly groundbreaking. Was good use made of the broken ground thereafter? Was the cause of the greater sisterhood advanced? Don't ask me – I'm just here for the words and the pictures.
But let me emphasise, my brothers and sisters, that the words and the pictures are sweet indeed.
I am revelling in a story that I've loved since I was a teenager.
Grace Jones is singing in my head and Miami Vice is on telly later on.
*with one honking great printing error that replaces a page of Chapter 9 with a page from Chapter 10. We never do get to see that page from Chapter 9.
Admit it: doesn't the colouring here just look nice?
Whereas this to my eyes looks off somehow.
And I include this one as a reminder of how Ian Gibson, for all his talent, just wasn't much good at drawing plain women.
It's a lovely volume – pink and blue and solid.
But how about that colouring? Ideologically, I am not opposed. Damage is not being done to the legacy. The b&w version still exists.
But does the coloured version look good?
It tends to work less well in Book 3 where Gibson's inks were more delicate, and there are more than a few instances where things look downright odd, if not wrong. But on the other hand there are plenty of places where it undoubtedly enhances the art.
What mattered to me is that the colouring made the story fresh. It made me pay attention. It made me see things I'd forgotten.
What else is there? Well, there's introductory matter that Moore wrote for earlier editions, there are the scripts for a couple of episodes from Book 3*, and there are various creator notes and sketches.
All nice to have.
Steve MacManus writes the foreword and Kieron Gillen provides the introduction. Both these people are Our People. Both of them Get It. Both are well worth the inclusion.
And then you've got the puff pieces and all that stuff in the blurb proclaiming this to be a groundbreaking feminist work.
Is it? Was it?
In the context of British boys' comics of the '80s this was undoubtedly groundbreaking. Was good use made of the broken ground thereafter? Was the cause of the greater sisterhood advanced? Don't ask me – I'm just here for the words and the pictures.
But let me emphasise, my brothers and sisters, that the words and the pictures are sweet indeed.
I am revelling in a story that I've loved since I was a teenager.
Grace Jones is singing in my head and Miami Vice is on telly later on.
*with one honking great printing error that replaces a page of Chapter 9 with a page from Chapter 10. We never do get to see that page from Chapter 9.
Admit it: doesn't the colouring here just look nice?
Whereas this to my eyes looks off somehow.
And I include this one as a reminder of how Ian Gibson, for all his talent, just wasn't much good at drawing plain women.
#30
Prog / Re: Prog 2382: Beware Iron Tee...
Last post by broodblik - Today at 12:25:00 PMLynch has made Vex his own