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Jason Powell has taken on the yeoman's job of doing an issue by issue analysis of Chris Claremont's 17 year Uncanny X-Men run in an effort to make me feel bad for saying Morrison invented all kinds of things he did not in his New X-Men run, and for spelling Claremont "Clairmont" in my superhero book.
Scott McDarmont (Scott91777) is an Instructor Of English at Radford University, Radford VA, an avid reader of books by guys named Chuck, he usually “waits for the trade” on comics unless Frank Miller is somehow involved. He owns more Def Leppard CDs than Bob Dylan CDs and he is ‘Ok’ with this and, while he may answer different publicly, he secretly feels that The Empire Strikes Back is the best movie ever made. He also feels that there are two kinds of people in the world: Indiana Jones people and John McClane people. He considers himself an Indiana Jones person
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Scott McDarmont (Scott91777) is an Instructor Of English at Radford University, Radford VA, an avid reader of books by guys named Chuck, he usually “waits for the trade” on comics unless Frank Miller is somehow involved. He owns more Def Leppard CDs than Bob Dylan CDs and he is ‘Ok’ with this and, while he may answer different publicly, he secretly feels that The Empire Strikes Back is the best movie ever made. He also feels that there are two kinds of people in the world: Indiana Jones people and John McClane people. He considers himself an Indiana Jones person
Jill Duffy, girl reporter, is a professional writer and editor in New York. She spent five years covering video game development in both San Francisco and London, examining the art, science, and business of the industry, and in 2006 was named one of the top 100 most influential women in the game industry. Her work has appeared in The Examiner newspaper in San Francisco, where she was the food section editor, as well as Game Developer, Gamasutra.com, Intelligent Enterprise, DigitalTrends.com, and several other publications. She holds a BA in English from the University at Buffalo. Indeed, she is on the Twitter and also keeps a blog about food.
Andy Bentley is a graphic designer in upstate New York. The first series of Batman movies got him in a comic book store and the DC animated series made him a life long fan. His senior thesis was a short film on the culture of comic books. Animal Man, Starman, and Preacher are among his favorite comic runs. He is an avid toy collector and enjoys playing basketball, mash-ups, karaoke and dark beers. He will be sequestered most of September with The Beatles: Rock Band.
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15 comments:
That Quentin sure is subtle - like a flying hammer.
I don't know... I was hoping Kill Bill but the trailer feels Deathproof.
Basterds? It's Son of Rambow all over again.
Why is it mispelled? Is this some sort of MPAA rule?
Oh wait, it's "Inglourious" too? I guess they're trying to mitigate the backing off of "Bastards" with a double-misspell... I dunno, I'd still rather have swears.
It also seems Tarantino might be playing with a rule that the Indiana Jones movies taught us all: No one minds if you do horrible things to Nazis.
This is Tarantino's remake of one of his favorite Italian war films. I have never seen the original - but I might have to track it down now that his version is on the horizon.
So it's like the last Rambo movie where he saves Burma, except self-aware? There's still a chance it could be more Kill Bill than Death Proof.
This seems, somehow, like a Warren Ellis comic.
Brad,
"I don't know... I was hoping Kill Bill but the trailer feels Deathproof."
Thanks to Geoff and my friend Zac, I'm not so sure that's a bad thing anymore...
Geoff,
The only Tarantino movie I have never scene is Jackie Brown... What's your take? Worth Watching?
Deathproof sucks... But... I've watched the trailer about 50 more times, and it's totally grown on me. "And I want my scalps" is giving me a boner every time I hear it now.
Retardedly awesome.
Jackie Brown is awesome, but the Tarantino Gimmicks are not there -- just go in expecting a well told story and it will deliver.
Deathproof does suck, I have come to feel -- except the car chase sequence is surely one of the best ever, and I do love a good car chase.
I loved all of the slasher elements of Deathproof - right up until the first crash. After that - the film becomes rather boring as it leaves slasher territory. The ending chase redeems the film - but I would have like a touch more carnage at the end. What was the point of having three girls in the chase at the end if at least one of them couldn't have been offered up as a proper sacrifice to the Gods of cinematic carnage?
I defend deathproof- it just can not withstand multiple viewings. Maybe I'm letting Tarantino define his own terms too much, but I feel like it's not supposed to be watched repeatedly. It's more an movie about an opinion about a genre than a movie in a genre, and since I thought it was such a delicious opinion I don't mind that I don't want to hear him defend it over and over.
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