December 2011
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The Year 2011 ADD
Here’s a roundup of links to some of my favourite pieces I wrote in the last 12 months. Here’s hoping you and yours have a very happy new year. * The Best Comics of 2011 (Trouble With Comics) * Review of Box Brown’s The Survivalist (Flashmob Fridays) * Thought on the movie Dark City (Twitter) * Review of The KunstlerCast: Conversations with James Howard Kunstler (The ADD Blog) *...
Abhay Does the Work So DC Doesn't Have To
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So, let me see if I can write the “official” announcement for Watchmen 2:
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A Holiday Observance
35 years ago today, my mom got me Origins of Marvel Comics by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and others. A big part of a lifetime of joy. I read it under the tree, by the blazing lights on its branches, while the rest of the family slept. I hope you and yours are enjoying a peaceful and prosperous holiday season, and share at least a portion of that joy.
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What You're Missing on My Twitter Feed
Here’s a roundup of my recent tweets on Twitter (slightly edited and remixed for clarity here on my blog). I’d love it if you’d follow me on there; you can do so via my Twitter profile page.
* Watching Wrath of Khan. So strange it’s almost 30 years old. In my mind’s eye, this is forever how the original Star Trek cast will be. LLAP
* Why is every spaceship in every TV show and...
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The 15 Movie Questions Meme
As seen on Ramblin’ with Roger!
1. Movie you love with a passion.
Dark City. Like two other favourites (Donnie Darko and Synecdoche, NY) it is concerned with memory, identity and loss, and speaks to me on a level so powerful and visceral that I have difficulty explaining it in words. As I said on Twitter this week after re-watching it on Blu-Ray, “The desire of John Murdock to find...
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Thoughts on the Year in TV
Top 5:
1. Homeland - From the first episode, no show had me more engaged and entertained this year. It’s not perfect, but it is compelling, and the acting by Lewis, Danes and Patinkin is the best on TV.
2. Boardwalk Empire - A close second. Early in the season I was pretty on the fence about the series and was considering dropping it, but it really rallied midway through, and the last four...