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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 20, 2024 18:02:20 GMT -5
Comedy stars of the 1950s - The Three Stooges had multiple comic book series. So did Abbott & Costello. Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope each had long-running comic series. Why wasn't there a Bowery Boys comic book? If even "The Great Gildersleeve" can have a brief comic book run, then why not? And speaking of comedy related comics, I'm still surprised at how many "Married With Children" books we got from NOW
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 20, 2024 17:46:17 GMT -5
I think my pick for this week will probably have to be my collected edition of The Demon I love practically everything about the book (if you couldn't tell from the little slogan under my avatar) from the idea, to the execution, even the introduction by Mark Evanier regarding the book's creation. I think the only thing that confuses me is that Jack didn't really care for horror stories when he still brilliantly produced this book even if his heart wasn't fully in it. The thought of "As long as you're having fun with something, the specifics shouldn't matter" has stuck with me when penning my own works
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 17, 2024 19:55:08 GMT -5
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 17, 2024 9:24:20 GMT -5
Ah, the 1993 album that Hulk Hogan claimed to be a part of, prior to hopping in a DeLorean with Doc and Marty, before heading to 1985 with Simon Cowell so that he could start the Rock ‘n’ wrestling era: Has WWE found that lost Wembley Stadium Hogan match yet? The footage must be somewhere… The title track is so good, not as good as "If You Only Knew" from Piledriver, but still a good little earworm
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 16, 2024 21:42:51 GMT -5
As an American who went to see that Dredd movie when it came out, it was a huge disappointment when Stallone was stripped of the Dredd look so early in the movie. I was only a very casual Dredd fan and I liked plenty of prior Stallone movies, but I certainly did not go to that movie to "see his face". The fact that it particularly bombed in North America I think indicates I was not alone. Don't make a Dredd movie if you don't think Dredd himself is viable as a character. The goal should have been the audience saying "Stallone did great as Dredd" not "Dredd did great as Stallone". What's surprising to me is how many people didn't understand that it was based on an actual comic book, even with all the old fleetway/quality/eagle comics on the title screen. There were so many online outlets who thought the Karl Urban Dredd movie when it was in production/coming out was a reboot of the Stallone film and not an actual property that had a lifespan beyond the silver screen So, ignorance and bean-counting brainlessness trumped creativity? What a world, eh? If there were more people who put aside money for actual passion, the world would be a much happier place. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way, not yet anyway
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 16, 2024 9:28:46 GMT -5
I wanted a Dredd movie, not a sequel to Demolition Man. I'm still under the delusion that the scripts for Demolition Man and Judge Dredd were switched at some point. Also, isn't it a bit odd that Rob Schneider is in both of those pictures?
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 15, 2024 13:39:04 GMT -5
Happy Patriot's Day to our Massachusetts contingent (and others that celebrate). -M TEA PARTYYYYY !!!! For the longest time I thought that they just threw boxes of tea bags into the harbor, not these logs
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 15, 2024 12:01:08 GMT -5
Was poking around Disney Plus (now with Hulu added on, they have a bit more of an expanded library) and noticed that they had the subbed and dubbed versions of Hikaru No Go, a series that I've always enjoyed for some reason though I could never be sure why (same with Spice and Wolf). It's about a young boy who wants to sell his grandfather's old go board but ends up with the spirit of an old go teacher as his mentor to gradually learn the game
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 15, 2024 11:02:24 GMT -5
I agree with Scott Gray here: Stallone got the pure insanity of the world right which I feel like was lost on a lot of the die-hard Dredd fans, probably even Wagner himself. I didn't watch the Stallone film until I was already a fairly seasoned fan and I enjoyed it. My main issue was that they tried to adapt too many different storylines from the comics and mashed them together and just created one big mess Urban's Dredd, while a bit simpler on the story, is told a lot better and a whole hell of a lot stronger. Do still wish they used the DROKK: Music Inspired By Mega-City One soundtrack
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 15, 2024 9:41:44 GMT -5
In the near future, Harris Hobbs … well, this might be a bit of a spoiler. So I won’t say what he does. But let’s just say I don’t think it’s at all weird that Hobbs is carrying around some dynamite. I’m sure he has some dynamite with him at all times. Doesn't Hobbs also later come with Thor to interview the people of Asgard for a documentary?
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 15, 2024 9:01:52 GMT -5
Watching the February 2nd 1998 RAW. Just got done watching the segment where The New Age Outlaws took the opportunity to topple over a dumpster containing Catcus Jack and Chainsaw Charley. While I appreciate the "realness" of the angle, they treated the aftermath of this thing like a national tragedy
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 12, 2024 19:14:31 GMT -5
Could anybody please reassure me that he won’t ever be in the WWE Hall of Fame? I'd rather see the Spanish Announce Table be inducted, at least it actually took some clean bumps And I'll finish my comments on Russo by saying that he gives New Yorkers a bad name by being continually obnoxious and ignorant
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 12, 2024 18:43:01 GMT -5
Started back with my SCTV boxed sets. Just got to the introduction of and subsequent episode containing "The Days Of The Week" and this might be some of the best that came out of the show
Really, it's kind of a shame that humor of this quality doesn't exist anymore (well, maybe Letterkenny)
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 12, 2024 18:39:52 GMT -5
Russo talked about people 60 and over who won’t let their fandom of the business go. He goes on about how obsessed people are. Gotta love it from a guy who continues to make money out of wrestling (if he hates it so much, go and find a job jnstead of releasing crappy videos). He often goes on about marks. Gotta love that from a guy who has a photo of himself in the room he does his podcasts - along with lots of other merchandise. There’s nothing wrong with following an interest for life, whether it be comics, wrestling, etc. Truth is, Russo is one of those people he criticises. How many podcasts does he do? How much time does he devote to wrestling? If he feels the way he does, and wants to not be the hypocrite he is, he should give up monetising wrestling and go and find a job. I understand so much why certain people loathe this guy. Russo also said he never really considered himself part of the business. I wish he hadn’t been part of the wrestling business. To me, he’s just a hypocrite making money out of something he claims he loathes. He's very much the opposite side of the coin when it comes to somebody like Cornette, who lives and breathes wrestling and waxing nostalgic over the old days. At some point you have to wonder if Russo just does it purely for attention at this point? And why anyone would give him that attention? I won't understate Russo's influence in helping create the Attitude Era (though ECW is more responsible for that than anybody), but weren't most of his ideas filtered through and retooled by Vince? So really saying that he was "the architect of the Attitude Era" like so many have said when he jumped ship to WCW is kind of like saying that the bucket helped while the farmer was milking the cow. I don’t mind it, but I want the Winged Eagle back! I heard murmurings on facebook following Maina that Cody would create a new "winged eagle" style belt, but I guess that wasn't the case
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 12, 2024 17:52:45 GMT -5
My pick would be one of the MGN that really wowed me when I first read it. It' a great non-superhero suspense stroy. It reminds me of the those forbidding 70's no one knows about films that has all of like 3 actors in the movie. It bare bones, no frills story about the colder side of humanity. Those movies that you walk away from the theater looking over your shoulder and wishing you hadn't parked so far away from the theater entrance. Oh and it was based on a true story. Arena GN #1 (1989) Writer/Artist Bruce Jones I think my favorite MGN was Neuromancer, really sucks that they never continued the story for various reasons. It was a really good adaptation, probably only bested by the BBC Radio Play Thought I knew what I wanted to post about, but after some soul searching, I knew it had to be Super Mario Adventures I got my original copy years ago at the clearance section at a local Walmart and loved it, but it unfortunately got water damaged fairly badly. Before the re-release came about, trying to replace it was a nightmare, people wanting insane amounts of money because of how popular Nintendo products are. While it's still an all-ages read, it's not without it's charms. When I was younger, I loved the character of "Friendly Flyod", this door to door salesman who sells lipstick to Paranaha Plants and gives the Mario Bros an English to Yoshi translation book that proves utterly useless. It's full of great moments like that. Another one that sticks out is Mario and Luigi winding up at a Boo House and conning the biggest one into revealing the location of Koopa's castle during a break-thru therapist consultation
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