back from Vegas, baby! July 4, 2009
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Had a blast hitting a ton of spots in vegas, some not so well-known. glad to see it’s getting it’s edge back, and also glad to see the many places advertsing 2-3 dollar blackjack. Hey, how are you going to get new players into the game if all you have are 10 buck tables? We hit some hotels/casinos that I never had been in before. The most impressive was probably M, which looks like a high-class joint catering to the money from LA. The Cannery was also more impressive than I thought, albeit for a different clientel. (sp?).
But the most fun of the trip was the visit(s) to the Gold Spike, which used to be a complete dump. The hottie box there was the most fun of the trip.
new thor movie June 24, 2009
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well, a director the caliber of branagh is a great sign, I gotta believe that the whole reason he took it is because he is familiar with the marvel character.
I think they really need to play up the whole “don blake finds the mystic cane/hammer” and brings the thunder god to life, as part of odin’s plan to teach his son some humility. We’ll see. This one is so far out, it will be much tougher to bring to the screen than spidey, or iron man. Like the new hulk, if it gets direction from someone who really cares about the character, and that battling/fighting is the core of all these comics, it could be great!
Gears of War Annex May 14, 2009
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Yeah, I know I’m behind the times. Recently I decided to get an xbox live gold account and try it out. So I bought a card for 3 months, (and got 13 months!) and started GOW multiplayer. Wow! Talk about not knowing what I was missing….LOL. I am now firmly addicted, counting the minutes until I get out of work so I can play. Annex is my fav right now, probably because of the infinite respawns.
Excellent Wolverine movie May 3, 2009
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Just saw it, like a few million other people or so around the world.
Excellent is all I can say. It’s very evident the care and time that went into making this. Sure, you can quibble about the adamantium bullets, or other stuff they put in there to deal with the “memory issues.” but it really does a nice job of showing why he is the way he is, and giving the characters some motivation for what they do.
Yeah, it’s a comic book movie, but I think it really stands on it’s own as just A MOVIE. Congrats to Jackman, he really did it right.
Wolverine May 2, 2009
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Looking forward to the new movie. Reviews are good, surprisingly. Gotta hand it to Jackman. That man knows how to get in shape!
I was never a huge wolvie fan, the whole idea of having unbreakable claws was always seemed pretty…weird to me. Not that being able to climb walls like a spider or turn your body into flame isn’t. It’s just the idea of those claws and how they would rip pretty much anyone apart. Ah well….that’s the fun of comics.
I’ve been pretty addicted all of a sudden to playing Gears of War on Xbox live. I finally broke down and bought a 3 month card (and it turned out they gave me 13 months for it, anyone know what the catch is?)
Monsters vs. Aliens April 18, 2009
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Took my boy and his buddy to Monsters vs. Aliens. We saw the preview, and it was pretty obvious that it was right up my alley, with all of the characters and references pretty familiar to a 46 yr-old sci fi/comic/fantasy/horror fan.
The Blob. a pretty scarey movie for a 10 yr old.
Mothra. a “good” monster. I kept waiting for the little japanese girls to start singing ” moooooooooothaaaaaaaaaaaaaaraaaaaaaaaa”.
Creature from the Black Lagoon. still one of the classics.
The Fly. Vincent Price. Jeff Goldblum. Dr. Coackroach.
Attack of the 50-foot Women. Every man’s nightmare. LOL
I enjoyed it.
Random Thor cover April 9, 2009
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any cover is a good cover when it’s Thor, the God of Thunder!
Memorable……… April 8, 2009
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I was thinking about the best comic story arcs that I remember. Of course, a lot of these sprout from my early adolescence, but many of them hold up fairly well today (even in the age of the bloodthirsty, take-no-prisoners antihero).
Sure, there’s a ton out there, but here’s some off the top of my head:
The death of Gwen Stacey in Amazing Spider-Man.
Thor being defeated by Hercules and then rescuing him from the Underworld.
The “coming of the Over-Mind” storyline from FF.
The Kree-Skrull war storyline from Avengers.
Crisis on Infinite Earths.
The Trial of the Flash.
Don McGregor’s Black Panther/Killmonger run.
Sure, there’s a bazillion different storylines out there. These are just some that come to mind. All of them had the hallmark of a great serial, anxiously waiting for the next installment.
Spring Break! April 4, 2009
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Unlike many, I look forward to spring break to catch up on some movies, books, and comics that I don’t get to during the work weeks. Let’s see:
*build my son’s Vexplorer RC “robot”
*watch the “Tales of the Black Freighter” dvd (watchmen)
*turn one of my machines into a dual boot machine, (xp and ubuntu)
*play guitar hero metallica
*play Web of Shadows
*play horde on GOW2
*see how much a tuneup of my truck ’s gonna cost
*get Watchmen: the motion comic on my Zune
* finish “The Day of Battle” by rick atkinson
*catch up on comics
