by Shadowmancer | Nov 12 2007
Wow. Despite the much larger cast of characters, it actually succeeds in being bleaker than the original 28 Days Later, and almost as bleak as Children of Men.
I’ve heard the differences between Days and Weeks compared to those between Ridley Scott’s Alien and John Cameron’s Aliens, and I’d say that’s pretty much spot on. Exchange the infected in 28 Weeks Later with xenomorphs, and you’ve got a ... Read more »
Tags: review, movies, zombies, 28 weeks later, infected
by Shadowmancer | Nov 14 2007
The interesting thing to me, every time I’ve been assigned Beowulf in school, was that we never read past Grendel’s death. That event so defined the life of the protagonist, that we ignore the rest of the story and focus solely on the glory. The rest of the poem is about what happens after the glory. When your best days are behind you, when the most important thing you will ever do has already been done.
Beowulf is an introduction to celebrity. In many ways, celebrities have become our mythic ... Read more »
by Misfit | Nov 20 2007
Clive Barker has something of a hit and miss relationship when it comes to mediums other than his writing. Movie translations of his work have been… liberal with their transition to the big screen, to say it generously. Much of the source material gets warped at best, completely mangled at worst. However when it comes to games he needs to break in. Undying was an incredible game but it didn’t do as well as it should have and his second game was never even released. Jericho was supposed to be ... Read more »
Tags: review, video games, clive barker, jericho
by Shadowmancer | Jan 17 2008
Cloverfield. If you’re at all like me, you’ve been champing at the bit to find out what the hell this movie is since the first teaser trailer was attached to Transformers (I suppose something interesting had to be attached to it). Those first shots were stunning: the party, and the head of Lady Liberty crashing through the streets of Manhattan, shot by a digital handicam, grabbed me. We waited for a title, but there was none. Just the Bad Robot animation, a symbol that we, as Alias fans, ... Read more »
Tags: review, movies, j.j. abrams, cloverfield
by Shadowmancer | Dec 09 2007
There are writers who inspire me. There are writers who make me feel horribly inadequate. And there are writers who simply make me stare slackjawed in awe of the shit they think up. I picked up Warren Ellis’ debut novel, Crooked Little Vein yesterday afternoon. It’s an oddly sized hardback, slim and small, perhaps to more easily fit into someone’s small intestine.
I should have known what to expect, I’ve read Transmetropolitan and Lazarus Churchyard, and I read his blog fairly regularly. Joss ... Read more »
Tags: review, writers, warren ellis, books
by First Oni | Nov 27 2007
So, the first time I heard about this band, Flyleaf, was Shadowmancer mentioning something about them on Guitar Hero III. The next time, I heard a snippet of their single “All Around Me” on a commercial, heavily hyping the band. So, I said, why not. I’m not normally one to take a chance on newer rock bands, as I generally don’t enjoy a lot of the music out nowadays. But I was pleasantly surprised.
The first track of their self-titled album sets the tone for the experience and is, by far, the ... Read more »
Tags: review, music, rock, flyleaf
by Shadowmancer | May 01 2008
Iron Man has always been kind of a second-string hero in the Marvel Universe. Never as pretty or popular as Spider-Man, the Hulk, or the X-Men, until now. I’ve always liked Tony Stark a lot (I haven’t read Civil War), and Robert Downey Jr. is always entertaining. I went into this movie with high hopes and lofty expectations… and it delivered.
This film is the first in Marvel’s new world order, the first paid for entirely by Marvel Comics new film fund. Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark is a ... Read more »
Tags: review, comics, iron man, movie
by First Oni | Nov 28 2007
The lead vocalist for system of a Down (SOAD) has definitely made a name for himself. He began working on a solo project immediately after the “Mesmerize/Hypnotize” SOAD albums and the result is “Elect the Dead”.
At first listen, one might think it’s not much different than SOAD. Hard guitars, crazy lyrics, and his own staple, erratic vocals. However, the feel of this album has a much different sound. I personally applaud Serj Tankian for sticking to his genre. There are too many times that ... Read more »
Tags: review, music, rock, elect the dead, system of the down, serj tankian, soad
by Shadowmancer | Dec 08 2007
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are kind of like Reese’s Cups. Two great tastes that go great together. Each of their previous outings have been phenomenal: Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Corpse Bride are all among my favorite films. Generally, if either of them does something, I’m there, but when they work together, I’m ecstatic.
So it should come as no surprise that I’ve been waiting for Sweeney Todd for a decade. Burton first signed on ... Read more »
Tags: review, movies, blood, tim burton, musical, johnny depp
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