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Post by The Captain on Dec 22, 2021 8:34:30 GMT -5
I did Fable in TPB. The first half of the series is an amazing and beautifully crafted work of art. The second half is someone keeping something going far beyond it's expiration date and milking it. You can pinpoint the moment they ran out of ideas, and the work would be better if they had just stopped halfway through. There I said it. Every couple of years, I try to do a re-read of Fables. Plow through the first 75 issues no problem, enjoy The Good Prince and Cubs in Toyland well enough, then lose all interest and never make it to the end, usually giving up either in Snow White or Camelot.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 22, 2021 7:24:30 GMT -5
Batman wins. It’s not just the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, Catwoman, Mr Freeze, Poison Ivy, the Scarecrow, etc. It’s also the C- and D-listers that have appeared throughout his long history. Dr Death, Hugo Strange, the Mirror Man, the Polka-Dot Man, the Black Spider, the Cavalier, all the Two-Faces that aren’t Harvey Dent, the Firefly, the Gorilla Boss, Tiger Moth, the Silken Spider, Dragon Fly, the Ten-Eyed Man, Double X, the Fox, the Shark and the Vulture, Catman, the King of Cats, Johnny Witts, the Getaway Genius ... Four Clayfaces! He has his own personal Dr Doom! And two personal Fu Manchus! He’s the clear winner ... And I didn’t even get to Two-Tone, Zodiac Master, Professor Arnold Hugo, Maxie Zeus, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Victor Zsasz, Planet Master, Kite Man, Signalman (He’s also the Blue Bowman), Flame Master, the Jackal, Mr Camera, Crazy Quilt, Mr. 50, Clue Master, the Calculator, Blockbuster, the Spook, Captain Stingaree, Calendar Man ... And so on. Your list is invalid, as it omitted Condiment King. He squirts ketchup.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 21, 2021 20:26:40 GMT -5
My wife and girls and I watch "A Christmas Story" every Christmas Day morning, at least once, usually twice.
"Elf" is becoming big in our house as a tradition. We watched "Christmas Vacation" for the first time this year, not my favorite but good for a few laughs. We also like "Muppet Christmas Carol" and "Nightmare Before Christmas".
We also watch things like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Miracle on 34th Street" (original only), as well as most of the popular animated ones.
And yes, "Die Hard" is the greatest Christmas movie ever.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 17, 2021 23:18:43 GMT -5
Just got home from seeing it with the family. Thoroughly loved it. Not sure where they go from here, but really excited to find out.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 16, 2021 12:22:44 GMT -5
#9 : John Constantine and Kit Ryan If I’d had time to pull a list together, these two would have definitely been on it. Great choice!
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Post by The Captain on Dec 15, 2021 21:07:04 GMT -5
Random thoughts on Day Two, because those thoughts aren't going to think themselves. Scott and Ramona - My youngest son loves(loved) Scott Pilgrim. I was unimpressed. It's likely an age thing. It definitely is an age thing, I read them as they were coming out my senior year of high school and into college and it was a serious hit for me but I reread the first book again(and then the last) earlier this month and I definitely felt differently. It's a lot like the Hughes movies of the 80's in that respect, I loved Pretty in Pink, 16 Candles, Breakfast Club and Ferris Buler growing up but unless I'm in a super nostalgic mood they're barely watchable these days. I watched Ferris Bueller with my daughters back in November and it was still pretty enjoyable. Same with Real Genius and Better Off Dead (not Hughes' movies, but from the same era). Haven't seen PiP or Breakfast Club in years. I can't imagine the former holding any appeal, but Breakfast Club was always the far superior movie anyway. 16 Candles had not held up well, witj lots of cringey moments that I'd be embarrassed to watch with my daughters. Same as Austin Powers, which my sister suggested we watch one evening and my girls were aghast their aunt liked that movie.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 15, 2021 11:23:33 GMT -5
Now, before things go all PornHub, I'm merely stating that these two girls, while being rivals, KNOW that Archie goes out with both of them without committing to either. The Bachelor: Riverdale Edition Throw in Valerie and Cheryl, and yeah, that’s pretty much what you have.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 15, 2021 9:10:46 GMT -5
Can anyone tell me why UK post offices only ever have two employees working (despite there being 6 or more counters), with one person having a “POSITION CLOSED” sign up? I detest politicians, and the way they’ve allowed erosion of post offices over time is one of many reasons. I should take a packed lunch to a post office as chances are I’ll be in the queue for a long time. This is much the same as here in the US. I would offer that those post office buildings with the six-window counters were built in a time long before e-mail. They were needed back then to handle far more volume than they see today. My local USPS office, built during the Kennedy administration, has two windows (we're a small town) and in 8 years of living here, I have NEVER seen both windows manned. The demand just isn't there, and it would cost far more to have a second person available for the occasional crush of people than the benefit of moving the line faster would generate.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 14, 2021 20:25:00 GMT -5
I got a package in the mail yesterday, but unfortunately, this week is jam-packed with events, so I will likely not get to open it until the weekend.
I am quivering with an-ti-ci......pation.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 14, 2021 11:12:36 GMT -5
-M This is my older daughter’s favorite Christmas song. I hear it about 10,000 times between Halloween and New Year’s Day. That picture would apply to my wife if the caption read “‘Last Christmas’ by Wham”.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 13, 2021 12:54:11 GMT -5
The Lizard. Curt Conners is a milquetoast wet blanket, while his alter ego is a cold-blooded killing machine.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 13, 2021 12:51:49 GMT -5
Same here. Only time I’ve ever had egg nog was in college and it had copious amounts of Southern Comfort in it, which only made it barely palatable, but like the Star Wars prequels, not something I’d ever want to put myself through again.
You've got it backwards... egg nog only makes the Southern Comfort barely palatable... yuch... my question has always been why would anybody want to ruin a perfectly good virgin egg nog by putting horrid Southern Comfort in it?
Ah, to each his own. I know that many find my beloved Islay Scotch whiskies to be utterly undrinkable, so it's all a matter for one's palate.
Thing is, I haven’t had Southern Comfort since that evening, which was back in 1992, as I don’t really like it either. It’s the anti-Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Two bad tastes that taste bad together.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 13, 2021 12:28:33 GMT -5
Neither. The only way I'll drink egg nog is if someone pays me significant amounts of money. It's repulsive. Same here. Only time I’ve ever had egg nog was in college and it had copious amounts of Southern Comfort in it, which only made it barely palatable, but like the Star Wars prequels, not something I’d ever want to put myself through again.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 13, 2021 12:22:18 GMT -5
I am embarrassed to say I never read DC before CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS or much after, except for Perez and Byrne’s work on DC. So today I’ve decided to start picking up Silver Age JLA vol 1-2 AND Green Lantern vol 1 My goal over the next year to read as much classic DC as I can. Wish me luck. If you do this, avoid Wonder Woman written by Robert Kanigher at all costs. It is some of, if not the absolute, worst comic book work I’ve ever read. The disdain Kanigher had for the character and her fans is blatant, and the stories barely make sense (especially the ones with Wonder Tot, who is god-awful).
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Post by The Captain on Dec 13, 2021 10:10:36 GMT -5
Karen Gillan appeared as a “soothsayer” during the Tennant years prior to being cast as Amelia Pond.
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