Lately I've been on a samurai movie kick. Most of my viewing experience has been Kurosawa but I wanted to branch out, and I watched Okamoto's Sword of Doom.

This one was pretty dark, and violent: the last seven minutes alone featured an epic, blood-splattering, ear-cringing, high body count showdown. The plot centers around a samurai (or, at least ( Read more... )

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Today I got a free Black Lantern ring for purchasing Blackest Night #1, so even if this "event" that I just dropped an inflated 3.99 for sucks I have the consolation that I got some swag out of it. Tragically the ring is super large, probably with the stereotypical 40 year old male comic reader in mind, so unless I can squeeze the band down tonight ( Read more... )

Browsing Apple Trailers, this one has me intrigued. The release date of January 2010 is of serious concern (January/February is the traditional dumping ground for Crap Movies), but Ethan Hawke is hot, Sam Neill is giving me the right kind of creepy vibes and the presence of Willem Dafoe automatically makes it cool.

Having the weekend off, I've spent waaay too much time watching old Trek episodes on youtube. And gotten a healthy dose of Kirk/Spock, such as in The Naked Time, where stripped of their inhibitions, their slash burns through:

Spock: "I respected my father, our customs. I was ashamed of my Earth blood --"
Kirk: *Bitchslaps*
Spock: "...Jim, when I feel ( Read more... )

Somehow (I honestly don't remember) I ended up watching videos of the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona on Youtube today for a good half hour. This just fascinates me: it's 2009 and we've got hundreds of people (many with quesitonable sobriety) running through winding blocked-off alleys willy-nilly with a bunch of bulls chasing them down attempting ( Read more... )

Tales to Astonish #60, October 1964
Untitled
by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko

( Hulk Joins Flying Bug Couple in New Book! )

Your results:
You are An Expendable Character (Redshirt)
An Expendable Character (Redshirt)
70%
Leonard McCoy (Bones)
60%
Jean-Luc Picard
60%
Will Riker
60%
Geordi LaForge
50%
Chekov
45%
Uhura
45%
Beverly Crusher
45%
Spock
42%
Worf
40%
Deanna Troi
40%
Data
37%
James T. Kirk (Captain)
35%
Mr. Sulu
35%
Mr. Scott
25%

Since your ( Read more... )

The Incredible Hulk #6
by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
"The Metal Master"

( Enter Steve Ditko )

The Incredible Hulk #5, January 1963
by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
"Beauty and the Beast" and
"The Hordes of General Fang"

( Hulk Becomes Gladiator and Travels to Tibet )