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Post by hondobrode on Jun 1, 2014 19:14:58 GMT -5
Farscape
I'd heard great things about it and tried it on DVD about 10 years ago and really liked it.
It's on sale now on Comixology. Have any of you read it ?
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Post by fanboystranger on Jun 1, 2014 23:59:14 GMT -5
I read a couple scattered ones.. they were decent, but not good enough for me to want to pay full price for them. There was something a bit off about them to me that I couldn't put my finger on. So I guess I'll be alone in my team, but I bought a The Goon TPB (Volume 4 or5??) a few years ago, read it, and REALLY didn't like it.. The art is top notch, but I really couldn't get into the story at all... Okay, so you hate fun. (Just kidding-- I guess it's not for everyone.) |
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Post by fanboystranger on Jun 2, 2014 0:02:48 GMT -5
See, I thought Zorro was a pulp property, but someone yelled at me once saying it wasn't. I never actually bothered to check it out for myself.
In any event, Wagner's Zorro was excellent.
Part of the problem may be that when people think pulp they tend to default to Hero Pulp and only think of Doc Savage, The Spider, etc., forgetting that pulps covered pretty much every genre. Sam Spade is a pulp character. So is The Mule from Asimov's Foundation books. My problem is that I think about the weird fantasy stuff like Clark Ashton Smith and forget the rest. So I take people's word for it.
Speaking of which, any really good prose stories for the pulp heroes that I should read? Especially short stories... I do a lot of public transportation. (The Collected Fictions of Borges is getting severely dog eared.)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 0:31:08 GMT -5
So I guess I'll be alone in my team, but I bought a The Goon TPB (Volume 4 or5??) a few years ago, read it, and REALLY didn't like it.. The art is top notch, but I really couldn't get into the story at all... Okay, so you hate fun. (Just kidding-- I guess it's not for everyone.) It might have taken me a handful of issues until I really appreciated it. The artwork is obviously excellent of course. I'd classify it as a humor comic, but not quite as funny as Groo or Ralph Snart. I actually considered dropping it a few times. Not because it was bad, but because I keep a very slim pull list. But every issue that came in would convince me to keep on reading. Once I get what he's trying to do though, everything fell into place and I became a true fan. Kind of like that show Monk. I don't think I was a fan until about five years after the show debuted. I had seen one or two, didn't understand the character, and didn't think it was funny. Then once I've seen enough reruns on nights when nothing else was on I finally got it. It became my favorite show right up until the end. But yeah, The Goon may not be for everybody regardless. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Jun 2, 2014 0:42:32 GMT -5
Okay, so you hate fun. (Just kidding-- I guess it's not for everyone.) It might have taken me a handful of issues until I really appreciated it. The artwork is obviously excellent of course. I'd classify it as a humor comic, but not quite as funny as Groo or Ralph Snart. I actually considered dropping it a few times. Not because it was bad, but because I keep a very slim pull list. But every issue that came in would convince me to keep on reading. Once I get what he's trying to do though, everything fell into place and I became a true fan. Kind of like that show Monk. I don't think I was a fan until about five years after the show debuted. I had seen one or two, didn't understand the character, and didn't think it was funny. Then once I've seen enough reruns on nights when nothing else was on I finally got it. It became my favorite show right up until the end. But yeah, The Goon may not be for everybody regardless. Personally, I find it a lot funnier than Groo, even though I'm a ridiculous Aragones fanatic. I can see the craft, but I don't enjoy it at all. It's like watching an open mike for a friend who fancies himself a comedian but has no material, in my opinion.
Ralph Snart is the perfect comparison for The Goon, I think. R S is slightly funnier, but also nastier, if that makes sense. It's probably better than The Goon in terms of being a humor comic, but The Goon is more endearing. (Again, to me.)
Can't remember who I had this argument in the classics board with, but it's sort of the difference between Pekar's American Splendor and Eddie Campbell's Alec. Splendor is the innovative work and inspired Alec, but damn if I don't like Alec more because I can actually relate to Campbell's life. I can see the brilliance in Ralph Snart (and enjoy the hell out of it on its own terms), but I enjoy The Goon more. I would have loved to have had a beer with Harvey Pekar, but I'd like to be Eddie Campbell's neighbor.
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Post by fanboystranger on Jun 2, 2014 0:45:32 GMT -5
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Post by antoine on Jun 3, 2014 19:56:01 GMT -5
So I guess I'll be alone in my team, but I bought a The Goon TPB (Volume 4 or5??) a few years ago, read it, and REALLY didn't like it.. The art is top notch, but I really couldn't get into the story at all... Okay, so you hate fun. (Just kidding-- I guess it's not for everyone.) Haha, maybe! I actually REALLY love fun comics. Big fan of Groo and all the french "funny" adventure books (Sammy, Tuniques Bleues, Modeste et Pompon, Gaston, etc...). Maybe I should give it another try, maybe star with TPB #1! |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 3, 2014 20:18:15 GMT -5
Farscape I'd heard great things about it and tried it on DVD about 10 years ago and really liked it. It's on sale now on Comixology. Have any of you read it ? I read the 1st one.. it was pretty good, definitely captured the feel of the show well. |
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 3, 2014 21:14:32 GMT -5
Thanks wildfire. I picked them up. I should get the vids too.
Recently read they're doing a Farscape movie soon, though I think it's cable, not theatre.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 3, 2014 22:56:21 GMT -5
Thanks wildfire. I picked them up. I should get the vids too. Recently read they're doing a Farscape movie soon, though I think it's cable, not theatre. There's always rumors of that... I'll believe it when I see it. Farscape is a great show... it gets a little weird at times, and Ben Browder has some really bad moments, but overall it's great fun. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jun 5, 2014 17:25:39 GMT -5
Sticking up for Transmetropolitan, 'cause I love it so, so much:
I don't really see Darrick Robinson's Transmetropolitan as that pure super-hero-y at all. There's definitely some Neal Adams, but I' quite a bit of Crumb (in the over-the-top facial expressions and general grossness) and Moebius (in the highly detailed cityscapes) in his art as well. I think he does a great job at defining the setting and drawing city-as-character with it's own "personality" so to speak.
And the book is really about the politics of electioneering - closer to Church and State era Cerebus than anything else I've read in comics. I was slightly put off by the the first few issues, but from... eh.. .about issue # 12 or so it was one of my very favorites from that time period.
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Post by DubipR on Jun 6, 2014 7:35:22 GMT -5
Sticking up for Transmetropolitan, 'cause I love it so, so much: I don't really see Darrick Robinson's Transmetropolitan as that pure super-hero-y at all. There's definitely some Neal Adams, but I' quite a bit of Crumb (in the over-the-top facial expressions and general grossness) and Moebius (in the highly detailed cityscapes) in his art as well. I think he does a great job at defining the setting and drawing city-as-character with it's own "personality" so to speak. And the book is really about the politics of electioneering - closer to Church and State era Cerebus than anything else I've read in comics. I was slightly put off by the the first few issues, but from... eh.. .about issue # 12 or so it was one of my very favorites from that time period. Agreed, once you get past Back on the Street and about a half way through Lust For Life, about when Ellis does his rants about tech, society and everything else is on his mind and centered Spider to go against the Beast and the Smiler, it really takes off.
And your assessment of Darrick's influences, I didn't think Moebius at all. Looking at the pages again, that's a good call.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2014 22:00:57 GMT -5
I just found out in 2009, there was a 5-issue movie adaptation of The Warriors and another series called Jailbreak that picks up where the movie left off (why wasn't there a sequel anyway?) Has anyone tried these?  |
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 10, 2014 22:31:28 GMT -5
Haven't heard of these.
Liking Transmetropolitan much more than I thought I would. Not great but solid.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2014 4:08:08 GMT -5
Ok, so I've mentioned I'm not the biggest fan of Garth Ennis, but I do like his war comics. I am curious however, how his 2 Ghost Rider minis for Marvel Knights were. The 6 issue Ghost Rider then the 6 issue Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears. I believe Clayton Crain did the art on both. Anyone read them? Thoughts or reactions? Worth checking out for a non-Ennis fan like moi?
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