RonDev

June 14, 2013 7:45 pm Yeah, explaining the alien space craft stopping off for a restroom break at a Kansas farm house might not work....

June 14, 2013 7:23 pm SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS Please don't ruin the film for yourself. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS <> Actually, do they know? Lois knows (which I think is great - it can make them co-conspirators in a potential sequel and alleviate some of the ethical problems of the Clark/Supes journalism angle), maybe the cop who drove her to the Kents, and anyone who helped load the rocket onto the truck. But the military guys who knew him all died in the plane flying into the Kryptonian ship. None of the Daily Planet staff was up close and personal with him (at any time I recall), plus they were pretty traumitized (although that last scene they all seemed chummy and not bothered by the THOUSANDS who had perished in the carnage). Pete Ross knows (most likely). Who else would even be aware to connect both of them? The Harry Lennix officer (and soldier) at the end saw him up close (and knows Clark is from Kansas). I think the reality of the situation can bend for me. After all, Supes did wreck and destroy a lot of property without batting an eye....just the time for Lex Corp to step in and help rebuild Metropolis!

June 14, 2013 6:12 pm Spoilers I guess...... SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS I was pretty psyched to see this (even took time off of work to go). Word of warning for those with sensitive ears - avoid the IMAX version, it's oppressively loud. Two things that bugged me about the film - the dialogue is almost only functional. Characters for the last hour pretty much just spout plot specific information. Michael Shannon is a terrific and smart actor who can twist dialogue and make it sing, and he never really gets to do that here (check out his creepy ass villain in the under rated Premium Rush). And that last hour is quite a bit of carnage. If city destruction imagery is upsetting to you, this may end up being too much. One image of a plane into a building with ash everywhere I felt was in bad taste. On to the good. Lots of it actually. Critics have been down on the Lois/Clark relationship, but I thought that was one of the best things about it. And where their relationship ends (and how it gets there) I thought was a terrific change in tradition. I want to see that next scene NOW! On Supes and his choice at the end - I had no issues with it. Yes, I get that it feels out of character, but he didn't do it lightly, and I thought it was a gutsy choice to show him so agonized over it. Of course, he'd already destroyed some Kryptonian ships, killing those on board anyway... Also, almost every actor was perfectly cast, Fishbourne, Adams, Lane and Costner. And Cavill is a terrific choice here. He anchors the movie with his humanity and his ability to listen to the other actors. He's aware in every scene he is in of the people around him, and he doesn't try too hard. Best moment of the film - I'll give you two - learning to fly, and the Lane/Kent conversation and moments awaiting Zod's arrival. Perfect tone. Like Avengers, I can't wait to see a sequel. I want to see some inter-office behavior and interaction of the actors. Just get a script with some more wit and style, please....

October 5, 2012 4:06 pm That's my problem with all of this - the rollout of information from Marvel. Is there anywhere online with one concise list of what titles are being hinted at and what titles we know are being released? Because of the ambiguity and the assumed $4 price points, this Marvel Now effort is completely being ignored by me. At least when DC did their New 52, they announced all of the titles (with covers) in a single week. That kept me much more intrigued, because it was a steady (but concise) stream of information with artwork.

March 9, 2011 4:33 pm So, I heard rumors of the First Wave books being cancelled, but was it ever officially announced?  Will J.G. Jones upcoming storyline get completed?  I laugh, cause I was waiting on all of those books for the eventual collections...and all of the series are being cancelled before the collections hit this year.  Terrible timing.

September 13, 2010 10:15 pm

One of the few books I regret not pre-ordering from DCBS.  Hope I can find one at the shop in a few weeks.

On a side note, if anyone is looking for a terrific choose your own adventure comic, Jason Shiga's "Meanwhile" from earlier this year is the best comic I've read all year.  Terrific fun!

September 9, 2010 7:30 pm I picked up the first 3 issues recently based on the raves on the podcast and was very very pleased with it.  Well worth the time and money, and I look forward to issue # 4.

September 7, 2010 9:07 pm

I have to agree with the last few comments from j206.  I can't understand why anyone anywhere cares how any film does money wise.  It means nothing except there was a succesful advertising campaign to get folks into that theater on opening weekend.  To make Scott Pilgrim's "failure" about anything more than that is a gross misunderstanding of what a successful movie means.

When I watch a film that I think is worthwhile I recommended it to friends and family.  Whether it made 9 million on opening weekend (which seems to me to be a lot of money for a poorly marketed comic book based movie) or whether it made 9 cents, it's not going to matter to the film that I watched.

And I guess it's unrelated, but I can't understand the desire to see a comic on the big screen anyway.  That desire left me 10 years ago, and I've thankfully missed so many supposed dreadful adaptations because of it.  Maybe only two or three comic films I've ever seen were superior to the source material, so why bother?  I've had to learn through wasting my own hard earned money on crap films that comics work best as comics, not movies.

Also, sorry to Jim that you had to go all the way out to the West Olive 16, but be glad it was still an AMC theater and not a Wehrenberg.  Wehrenberg barely manages to play their films in focus out here.

August 11, 2010 9:33 am

@ halik - I'm pretty sure Johns comments were about doing a modern take on Batman, hence the reason an early version of Batman making mistakes and learning was more appealing to Johns and Frank.

July 20, 2010 9:38 am I'm just glad to hear some folks liked Volume 6.  I couldn't imagine the finale would live up to the hype, they never do.  I'm just hoping for an entertaining read once my DCB package arrives the first week of August.  Until then I'll have to avoid any spoilers, which for such a major book could be tricky.