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Post by dupersuper on Jul 10, 2014 20:20:20 GMT -5
I'm so hooked on Goodreads... It is a great site but I find myself adding more books to my want list. I must've bought about 20 books just from reviews on that site. Oh yeah, there'll always be more books to read...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 21:36:27 GMT -5
I'm feeling like Brazil after being soundly trashed in a chess game....got my own queen cornered and captured....by an eleven year old (these are the 10 minute blitz games, where you don't have an eternity to analyse a move).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 21:42:24 GMT -5
I think I got heat exhaustion at work today. I've never been so exhausted in my life.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 22:32:10 GMT -5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes seems to be getting fantastic reviews. Anyone going to see it? I don't really have any interest, but a friend is pushing hard to see it so I'll probably have to in order to get them into Guardians of the Galaxy in a few weeks. Note to self: Count blessings that I don't really have any non-internet friends.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 22:35:30 GMT -5
It's probably the next thing I'll read after finishing the Kitty Genovese overview that I came across on the nonfiction shelves. Read most of that one last night & have maybe 40 pages to go. The author of which, Kevin Cook, must harbor some sort of fannish leanings, I gather. In setting the sociocultural scene in which the slaying occurred, he notes that Spider-Man #1 was on the 'stands, & in wrapping things up he takes a look at Watchmen, especially pro-vigilante sentiment as embodied by Rorshach
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 11, 2014 0:42:26 GMT -5
It's probably the next thing I'll read after finishing the Kitty Genovese overview that I came across on the nonfiction shelves. Read most of that one last night & have maybe 40 pages to go. I lived about a mile away from the Kitty Genovese murder back then.Forest Hills and Kew Gardens are side-by-side neighborhoodsof the borough of Queens,NYC. Its also the same immediate area for one of the Son of Sam killings in 1977.Christine Freund and John Diel,sitting in a car,when 3 bullets struck and killed Christine. Its a very safe community but certainly had it's infamous incidents
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 11, 2014 1:06:32 GMT -5
I acquired old episodes of the show Unsolved Mysteries that was popular in the late 1980's and into the 90's. That alone is the one show or form of "entertainment" that to this day still frightens me. I still can't watch any of the segments if I'm alone in the house. The way they filmed the show as quite brilliant in achieving a very eerie effect. Along with the music and Robert Stack's ominous voice. I remember as a kid I would leave the lights and television on after the show had gone off because I was so scared. One of my step-grandfather's sons, an insurance executive, crippled, went missing in Omaha and was the subject of a show. No one ever figured out what happened.
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Post by mrc1214 on Jul 11, 2014 8:46:23 GMT -5
I think I got heat exhaustion at work today. I've never been so exhausted in my life. That was me as well yesterday. Masonry work and heat do not mix well at all. Thankfully we got the majority of the job done yesterday so today it's just minor stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 10:30:04 GMT -5
Every so often one of the CBR blogs has a piece that catches my fancy. Today's The Line is Drawn was one of those.... The Line is DrawnThey asked artists to do a what if scenario involving other creators creating classic characters...so we have a bunch of examples but my two favorite were these... What if Mike Mignola had created Dr. Strange..... and what is H.R. Giger had designed Galactus.... There are a handful of others in the article as well. -M
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Jul 11, 2014 11:30:45 GMT -5
I acquired old episodes of the show Unsolved Mysteries that was popular in the late 1980's and into the 90's. That alone is the one show or form of "entertainment" that to this day still frightens me. I still can't watch any of the segments if I'm alone in the house. The way they filmed the show as quite brilliant in achieving a very eerie effect. Along with the music and Robert Stack's ominous voice. I remember as a kid I would leave the lights and television on after the show had gone off because I was so scared. One of my step-grandfather's sons, an insurance executive, crippled, went missing in Omaha and was the subject of a show. No one ever figured out what happened. That sucks. Do you know the name of the son? I'm trying to remember which episode you're referencing.
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 11, 2014 16:32:52 GMT -5
The Vertigo design of Cable is infinitely better than what Liefeld designed.
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 11, 2014 16:33:40 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 16:38:13 GMT -5
I didn't know Batgirl was a kid currently.
Looks like a decent character design, and sounds like a good change for the title. I just do not understand the effort of making a light hearted all ages friendly title under the same imprint and in a shared universe with dark adult themed titles which will surely feature the same characters, and within six months a shared storyline in some crossover. It just seems to defeat any effort at broadening the horizon. Not to mention there's no telling if the direction will shift once again in a year to a more Scott Campbell version of Batgirl.
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 11, 2014 16:42:08 GMT -5
I like the idea of a lighter tone for DC characters, but never understood the need to change character designs simply for the sake of change.
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Post by Action Ace on Jul 11, 2014 16:53:56 GMT -5
Did I miss an announcement somewhere?
What is the CCF Featured Content Team?
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