Kevin's Watch

So you're saying that comic books are to graphic novels as beer is to wine? In the comparison, both are alcoholic beverages but wine should be of higher quality in the same way that CBs and GNs use the same format but GNs should be better?

Orlion wrote:So you're saying that comic books are to graphic novels as beer is to wine? In the comparison, both are alcoholic beverages but wine should be of higher quality in the same way that CBs and GNs use the same format but GNs should be better?

Not necessarily better...the process of creating the art, inking, coloring, the glossier paper they tend to use many times,...I'd gather the artists have more time and money behind the GN vs any particular issue of a reg. month to month comic...

Because its it's own book, most of the stories written for the GN format are complete and whole while comics go issue to issue, some limited most not...

Doesn't mean a GN is always better...in fact the best GNs I've read were compilations of a certain run within a reg. month to month comic book...mostly Frank Miller's stuff...

Cail wrote:I was looking for a somewhat reasonable retelling of a factual event, not some overly stylized, faux-hip, fanboy-fellating cartoon in which the main character has to scream every line.

Yeah, I know it's from a comic book. BFD.

The movies I enjoy most are those that allow me to forget, if just for a little while, that I'm watching a movie. Not once during 300 could I forget that I was watching cinema made for its own sake--and I knew its source was a CB, not history.

Now, I can suspend my disbelief for a lot of cinema, but I couldn't get past the trappings--the workout warrior actors, Xerxes freak-show entourage, and the Elephant Man as traitor.

Yeah, that's a really good way of putting it.

I deffinately understand your pain...I felt some of that...but I got used to it and came to really like and enjoy the film for what it is...I'd give it *** out of ****

jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:I'd give it *** out of ****

I'm sorry, but every time you post something like this my mind uncensors it automatically, with hilarious results

That's funny.

FWIW, we don't have a filter here. Which is funny, because this is the only forum I belong to that doesn't censor the word "Honda".

Cail wrote:That's funny.

FWIW, we don't have a filter here. Which is funny, because this is the only forum I belong to that doesn't censor the word "Honda".

Honda? Seriously?

I've had a major problem trying to type Dick Van Dyke on many forums, but, Honda? The ones that are really fun are the ones that the filter's messed up and it blends words together so, there are certain words you can't use next to each other (Ex: Octopus Symbol or Can't Watch would get censored)

For whatever reason, every motorcycle forum I belong to (and not just the Harley-specific ones) censors "Honda". Go figure.

Rigel wrote:

jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:I'd give it *** out of ****

I'm sorry, but every time you post something like this my mind uncensors it automatically, with hilarious results

LOL!

Weeellllll....

Now that all the top billed films have been seen 'sept Avatar...

What does the Watch think of them? Which was the best/worst? Which lived up to expectations? Or didn't.

What's really funny is that there are movies coming out (9 and District 9 to name just two) that I'm much more excited about than any listed in the poll :/

I'm still waiting for the movies I listed In about a month though, I'll be able to see and talk about Inglorious Basterds In the meantime, I share Rigel's sentiment with regards to District 9... don't know about 9, though.

Invictus (previously called "The Human Factor", I believe) comes out on my birthday.... which is almost the end of the year...

dANdeLION wrote:Watchmen, followed by Star Trek for me.

Heh, these are the only two I've seen this year, too. District 9 does look interesting, though; maybe I'll see it too.

9, D9 and IB all look great...can't wait for em

went and saw Drag me to Hell last night, it was a riot - there was a preview of District 9 before the movie showed, and it looks great ...