If I ever write a cookbook, I know what it’s going to be called: But I Don’t Live in New York.

It’s about making food when you don’t live in a major city where you have access to every ingredient on the planet, but still want to make the dishes you find in cookbooks or see on the Food Network; you know the channel where every cook is living in New ( Read more... )

The advance reviews are rolling in for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and it’s looking pretty bad.  We waited nineteen years because Ford, Spielberg, and Lucas wanted to get everything right, and I don’t want to spoil anything but one of the major plot points and bits of the narrative are just goddamn silly.  Dr. Jones, what did ( Read more... )

Jesus Christ, the Cylons are fucking nuts.

I love Battlestar Galactica but I’m dying for a space battle, or a union strike, or Marines fighting Centurions through blacked out corridors, or another rationing due to the food going bad, because I get the feeling all the metaphysical and religious stuff is only going to get heavier and heavier, and ( Read more... )

Interesting week, as mentioned yesterday, Scud invades Heaven and ends his tale; the Skrulls launch shock troops into the heart of NYC; the Boys keep pissing off all the superheroes; Buffy makes war on Japanese ninja vampires; Nova takes on Galactus; and Iron Man loses his swerve.

All that and more after the jump.

The Mighty Avengers # 13 - Nick Fury ( Read more... )

-“That’s brave talk for someone painted yellow.”
-“I’m not yellow.  I’m gold.”

Lots of great comics this week, and I’ll do the full rundown on what I got tomorrow, but I need to re-read and digest them.  However, as good as this week was, there’s a bittersweet note as the last issue for Scud the Disposable Assassin came out today, a story over ten ( Read more... )

It’s Mad Scientist Time, and this time we are journeying into the future to choose between the power sets of two of the Legion’s of Superheroes most useless members.

A.)    Matter-Eater Lad.  You can eat and digest anything.  That’s it.  You don’t gain any of the object’s properties, but if you can get it between your teeth, you can eat it.   Metal ( Read more... )

As always, my reviews are very spoilery, so don’t read past the jump if you haven’t seen it yet and like surprises.

I don’t know how everyone judges comic book movies, but I tend to judge them as an adaptation of source material in a specific medium, and then as what genre they fall into, which is generally action that has a brief, shallow affair ( Read more... )

There’s a full hot-aired review coming, probably tomorrow night, but after seeing Iron Man, I just wanted to say thank you, dear God, for not throwing in any of the cutesy-poo shit like Peter Parker dancing through the streets to Stayin’ Alive, or Mr. Fantastic getting down with his stretchy powers in da club.

Matt

Initial Grand Theft Auto IV impressions from a guy who hates the Grand Theft Auto franchise.

-        Why can’t I lock the camera slight higher behind the car when I drive?  Like two degrees higher would be perfect.

-        It no longer feels like you have to sacrifice core elements (shooting, driving, fighting) for the open world.  Everything is ( Read more... )

A few quick things before I start cooking for the next four hours.

-        Meatballs.  Stop using dried bread crumbs in a can or throwing in bread crumbs and milk separately.  Get white bread, cut off the crusts, dice up the bread and let it sit in milk for a little while.  Squeeze the extra milk out before adding to the meat.  I just tried this ( Read more... )