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"I've never been able to get past the fact that the whole plot is a blatant rip-off of The Wraith"

I've only seen that once, many years ago, and very drunk.

However, my vague recollection of it was as a fairly direct rip-off of High Plains Drifter, only with a car ...

Cheers!

Jim

"The Crow adaptation is *miles* better than the actual comic, which is fucking mince."

Thanks for clearing that up for me, Wils!

Actually, I have some vague recollection of flicking through an issue of the comic many years ago and putting it back on the shelf because it looked like it had been drawn by a thirteen-year-old.

Cheers!

Jim

"My favorite comic book movie would be The Crow, never read the comic but I love the movie, who knows it might be a shit adaptation. "

Abso-fuckin'-lutely. I'd forgotten that The Crow was a comic adaptation, probably because I've not read the original either.

Thinking about it, I need to watch that film again.

"This'll cause arguements but I also think that V was a damn good adaptation"

I'm on record as a defender of V, although more as brave effort, than actually as a good adaptation of the comic.

Cheers!

Jim

"I thought Rocketeer was a quality adaptation"

Now ... I forgot about The Rocketeer. That is a fine adaptation. Kudos to you for bringing  that to the table!

On the tangentially related subject -- I have to say that 'Sky Captain and the blahblah-diddly-didly-blah-blah'  felt more like a comic book than most supposedly comic-book related movies.

If you've not seen it, then please do ...

Cheers

Jim

I've just finished watching 'Batman Begins' on DVD, and my (gin-addled) brain has turned to the subject of quality comic book adaptations, especially with all the talk of the Dredd movie on here at the moment.

So ... I've been trying to think of movie versions of superhero comics that I actually thought were OK ...

For me, probably the daddy of them all is Superman II - it's got proper supervillains in it.

I'll admit to not being a fan of Superman, per se, but the film (particularly considering its age) climaxes with real comic-book stuff. It's got people being punched right through sky-scrapers, bits being ripped off buildings and chucked at each other ... it actually has that superhero vibe to it.

After that, frankly, there was a really big gap. I can't think of an 'event' superhero movie after that until Burton's Batman [1]. I think we should move swiftly on from the sequels.

I liked the first Blade film, but I have to admit to no knowledge of the comics, and so can't compare to the source material.

Raimi's Spider-Man films are, to me, an odd thing. Intellectually, I can see how they might work for fans of the character, but I've never liked Spider-Man, so they leave me cold.

The X-Men movies (although I've yet to see 'Last Stand) seem to work on every level except having a decent plot.

Hellboy rocks, though.

I actually quite liked Daredevil, but I can't work out how someone could take the concept of 'sexy ninja bitch' and produce a movie as dull as Elektra.

I can't stand the Fantastic Four, so someone will have to pay me to sit through it. Sorry.

Which brings me back to Batman Begins. I can see why people didn't like it, but I think it's as good an adaptation of a comic book character as we're likely to see any time soon.

Now, I'll have to admit that if you weren't a comic book (or Batman) fan around the Miller golden period of Dark Knight/Year One, then the homages won't resonate for you in the same way ...

But, I think it's probably the best damn superhero adaptation to date.

Tangent: the best damn superhero movie, period, is The Incredibles, in my book, but that's a different argument.

Cheers!

Jim

[1] Which, as I've said before, I would have absolutely no problem with, had they not gone for the lazy screen-writer's cliche of having Jack Napier be the killer of Bruce Wayne's parents. With that one plot 'twist' they demonstrated their total lack of understanding of what makes Bruce Wayne Batman.

"Carr just tells good old-fashioned one-liners."

Old fashioned in the sense of "not funny"?

Add to that a generous dash of Carr's trademark Essence of Smug Cunt, and I think you might be getting close to the source of my dislike for the tosspot.

Cheers!

Jim

[CUNT]

Forgive my use of Anglo-Saxon vernacular, but ...
Jimmy Carrr = CUNT

Proof. QED.

It's maths, ergo itt must be true. Hawking says so.

Cheers!

Jim

[MY EYESSS!]

"Dredd Bust ya say..."

Ye Gods! My eyes! MY EYESSS!

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Jim

"Fopp! in Manchester has the Complete Future Shocks for £9"

Damn you, Brunt! I'm trying to stay out of Fopp, for fear of fopping*.

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Jim

*Verb: to unexpectedly spend £50+ quid on reasonably priced CDs and DVDs when all you actually wanted to do was kill some time while waiting for the call on your mobile telling you that your wife has now finished shopping for shoes and is ready to go to the pub.

"You don't need an expensive exo-skeleton to crush heads!"

I'm squeezing your head! I'm squeezing your head!

Cheers

Jim

Yep. Took multiple calls to disinterested morons over the course of a week and a bank holiday weekend to get a new handset when mine (the notoriously buggy LG U8120) went spontaneously FUBAR ...

Demand a couple of months' free line rental via the feedback form on their website. I did, and got it.

Cheers!

Jim

"Good news from Jim"

Fuck off, you cunt.

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Jim

"Good news man ..."

Scared the living crap out of me, I don't mind telling you.

(I'm seriously annoyed with myself for letting that little dickwad goad me to the point where I mentioned it at all, mind you ...)

Thanks for the kind words from various quarters. Can we get a group hug, then?

Cheers

Jim

Fantastic issue. Rufus' cover is just splendid and I spent several moments admiring it before starting the prog proper.

Aside from my problems with Harry Kipling (see the Kipling thread), there's not a duff strip in here. Antony Williams has turned in better art jobs than the one he's doing on Sin/Dex but I'm still rather enjoying the strip, and can only add to the general chorus of approval.

Cheers!

Jim

PS - In a much better mood. Had the all clear on the skin cancer scare. Apologies if I've been even tetchier than usual over the last couple of weeks, and particularly if I've snapped at you.

Except that Pineapples cunt. He can still fuck off.

"The fish speaks words of truth. One of Morrison's finest hours."

See also: St Swithins Day.

Both of 'em comics you can lend to people who don't 'do' comics ...

Cheers!

Jim