“If this is Gotham, get me a one-way ticket to Metropolis.”
Mel at Bluestocking Banter smells some Frank Miller in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight: “Dark, sure. Violent, yes. But fascist? Maybe.”
Ranting, Harshly
Geralt, the randy hero of the Polish RPG The Witcher, takes a beating courteous of Twenty Sided: “I picture him getting up each morning and looking at his pasty withered mug in the mirror while thinking, “Yeah baby, I still got it“.
Viral Muppets
It might be the best thing ever, muppets uploading video on YouTube: Beaker as meepmeepmeepow, Sam the Eagle as patrioticeagle, the Swedish Chef as deumnborkborkbork, the Great Gonzo as weirdowhatever and Statler and Waldorf respond to videos as heckle247.
“Narration would kill the effect; disorientation is key.”
Some smartypants analysis of DC’s Final Crisis at the ever-smart, Thought Balloonists: “I can’t decide whether this tone of emotional vacancy is meant to underscore, by contrast, the mounting horror of what is clearly intended to be a dark tale, or whether Final Crisis simply reflects the Pop […]
2008 Madness Begins
The 2008 Midnight Madness films have been announced. If you’re in Toronto then, you’ll have a chance to see movies like Chocolate, Detroit Metal City, JCVD and The Burrowers (no trailer) on the big screen. I’ma be there.
Respectable Newspaper, All Geek
The Austin Chronicle‘s the paper of the future with an all science fiction edition. News, books, music, everything. (I’m especially excited about the music—The Day the Earth Stood Still and afronauts).
The Cultural Gutter 