It's Monday, therefore I am

Went and saw X2 with unclejimbo Friday night - should have known then I'd get little to no sleep all weekend. Wonderful movie. Will go see it again - and want on DVD ASAP.

However.

Shoot me if you wish, but I just don't like X-Men comic books. Actually, my gripe with them is the same gripe I have with all of American comics - they are products of their market. The writing is often simple hackery with delusions of credibility and the backstories are doubletalk explaining doubletalk. Not always...but too often for my comfort level. This sort of thing often underscores my preference for manga and anime - in those markets, backstory is often simple, elegant and consistent - even if beyond the realm of believability (hey, if trees can fly and cabbits turn into spaceships, what else do you want me to swallow whole?).

Artwork? Okay. I love Alex Ross. Don't ask me about anyone else.

American comics often start with the barest of premises and then have to backfill - with predictable gaps of credibility, let alone a lack of just plain Good. Yes, I will read them, enjoy them and put them aside and likely never pick said book up again. Jim leaves them in the bathroom. That's plenty of time for me to get them read.

This X2 movie, though - the concept is working very well, as long as they don't overdo it. Since they are working with a well-established property, the backstory is more easily handled, ignored or just not used. The production values are outstanding, but not overpowering. The casting is equal parts inspired and anticipated; spot-on performances, masterfully directed. I never thought I'd be happy to see Magneto execute a perfect jailbreak - but I was...I loved Nightcrawler and as I think about the film, he's the one who gets most of my musing. Halle Berry got a whole lot more screen time. Well, that's clear - thumbs up, it was nice to see the work on Storm, thumbs down, Cyclops came off a total prick with little other screen time to balance it. Wolverine got just enough screen time...and the film had the best darn CAT I've seen in a long time.

Patrick Stewart was practically perfect in every way.

This is not the comic books. Think of this like you would a crazy anime TV spinoff from your favorite OAV - same names, same faces, different stories - and it goes down better. I like what Wolverine wears in the movies. Oh very yes.

Okay, I'll see the Matrix when I can. When I want to watch pretty pictures and so forth. I'm with bigbigtruck. I don't need to be in the theater to chew the meaning behind it all - that's better spent with friends, warmed cognac and conversation.

That was Friday night.

( The rest of the weekend? )

I want some ice cream.

It's Monday, therefore I am

Went and saw X2 with unclejimbo Friday night - should have known then I'd get little to no sleep all weekend. Wonderful movie. Will go see it again - and want on DVD ASAP.

However.

Shoot me if you wish, but I just don't like X-Men comic books. Actually, my gripe with them is the same gripe I have with all of American comics - they are products of their market. The writing is often simple hackery with delusions of credibility and the backstories are doubletalk explaining doubletalk. Not always...but too often for my comfort level. This sort of thing often underscores my preference for manga and anime - in those markets, backstory is often simple, elegant and consistent - even if beyond the realm of believability (hey, if trees can fly and cabbits turn into spaceships, what else do you want me to swallow whole?).

Artwork? Okay. I love Alex Ross. Don't ask me about anyone else.

American comics often start with the barest of premises and then have to backfill - with predictable gaps of credibility, let alone a lack of just plain Good. Yes, I will read them, enjoy them and put them aside and likely never pick said book up again. Jim leaves them in the bathroom. That's plenty of time for me to get them read.

This X2 movie, though - the concept is working very well, as long as they don't overdo it. Since they are working with a well-established property, the backstory is more easily handled, ignored or just not used. The production values are outstanding, but not overpowering. The casting is equal parts inspired and anticipated; spot-on performances, masterfully directed. I never thought I'd be happy to see Magneto execute a perfect jailbreak - but I was...I loved Nightcrawler and as I think about the film, he's the one who gets most of my musing. Halle Berry got a whole lot more screen time. Well, that's clear - thumbs up, it was nice to see the work on Storm, thumbs down, Cyclops came off a total prick with little other screen time to balance it. Wolverine got just enough screen time...and the film had the best darn CAT I've seen in a long time.

Patrick Stewart was practically perfect in every way.

This is not the comic books. Think of this like you would a crazy anime TV spinoff from your favorite OAV - same names, same faces, different stories - and it goes down better. I like what Wolverine wears in the movies. Oh very yes.

Okay, I'll see the Matrix when I can. When I want to watch pretty pictures and so forth. I'm with bigbigtruck. I don't need to be in the theater to chew the meaning behind it all - that's better spent with friends, warmed cognac and conversation.

That was Friday night.

( The rest of the weekend? )

I want some ice cream.

It's Monday, therefore I am

Went and saw X2 with unclejimbo Friday night - should have known then I'd get little to no sleep all weekend. Wonderful movie. Will go see it again - and want on DVD ASAP.

However.

Shoot me if you wish, but I just don't like X-Men comic books. Actually, my gripe with them is the same gripe I have with all of American comics - they are products of their market. The writing is often simple hackery with delusions of credibility and the backstories are doubletalk explaining doubletalk. Not always...but too often for my comfort level. This sort of thing often underscores my preference for manga and anime - in those markets, backstory is often simple, elegant and consistent - even if beyond the realm of believability (hey, if trees can fly and cabbits turn into spaceships, what else do you want me to swallow whole?).

Artwork? Okay. I love Alex Ross. Don't ask me about anyone else.

American comics often start with the barest of premises and then have to backfill - with predictable gaps of credibility, let alone a lack of just plain Good. Yes, I will read them, enjoy them and put them aside and likely never pick said book up again. Jim leaves them in the bathroom. That's plenty of time for me to get them read.

This X2 movie, though - the concept is working very well, as long as they don't overdo it. Since they are working with a well-established property, the backstory is more easily handled, ignored or just not used. The production values are outstanding, but not overpowering. The casting is equal parts inspired and anticipated; spot-on performances, masterfully directed. I never thought I'd be happy to see Magneto execute a perfect jailbreak - but I was...I loved Nightcrawler and as I think about the film, he's the one who gets most of my musing. Halle Berry got a whole lot more screen time. Well, that's clear - thumbs up, it was nice to see the work on Storm, thumbs down, Cyclops came off a total prick with little other screen time to balance it. Wolverine got just enough screen time...and the film had the best darn CAT I've seen in a long time.

Patrick Stewart was practically perfect in every way.

This is not the comic books. Think of this like you would a crazy anime TV spinoff from your favorite OAV - same names, same faces, different stories - and it goes down better. I like what Wolverine wears in the movies. Oh very yes.

Okay, I'll see the Matrix when I can. When I want to watch pretty pictures and so forth. I'm with bigbigtruck. I don't need to be in the theater to chew the meaning behind it all - that's better spent with friends, warmed cognac and conversation.

That was Friday night.

( The rest of the weekend? )

I want some ice cream.

Hokay...

My female reminder arrived Friday as well. That's 27 days in this cycle.

As always, everything appears to be in working order - so far.

I just hope appearances are not deceiving. It would really suck to have gone through all these cycles for nothing.

Hokay...

My female reminder arrived Friday as well. That's 27 days in this cycle.

As always, everything appears to be in working order - so far.

I just hope appearances are not deceiving. It would really suck to have gone through all these cycles for nothing.

Hokay...

My female reminder arrived Friday as well. That's 27 days in this cycle.

As always, everything appears to be in working order - so far.

I just hope appearances are not deceiving. It would really suck to have gone through all these cycles for nothing.