Went with the animated version here.
Sober and further into the Arrested Development revival. I’m actually digging it. The first couple episodes kinda struggled, but it’s defintely getting back to classic A.D form by the 3rd ep. Disappointment averted?
I’m drunk. And watching the return of Arrested Development. It’s not a crushing disappointment.
So we’re down to the final week of Legion of Superheroes Month. The last six days here are going to be fairly lady heavy. I’m not sure how it worked out that way. Actually, I am. Fear. Pure fear. In art, like life, I fear the ladies.
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Zardoz. To be reviewed on Gutter Trash.
I’ll be honest, I don’t know what this is. LotR is something I have almost no interest in. It’s totally passed me by. I saw the 3 movies, mostly because my girlfriend at the time and my mom at the time wanted to see them. The only thing I remember about any of them is seeing Return of the King on opening night with my mom and girlfriend, and not being able to find 3 seats together. So I had to sit by myself in the only seat left. The very front row in the far left corner. For the entire 37.5 hour runtime. I hate that movie.
Anyway, this is where I bailed on Ok, PANIC!. It wasn’t fun, and the proprietor was just being a dick online. Even more than I usually am. So, I was done. Jason left soon after. Kurt & Jeff remained til the end.
I found this character quite endearing in the Final Night crossover in the mid 90s. I think that’s what it was called. The one where the sun was going out and Hal Jordan sacrificed himself to save the world/redeem himself as Parallax. Stuart Immonen-y goodness.
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Star Trek Into Darkness. I liked this quite a bit. Not as much as J.J. Abram’s first “Trek” film, but still, quite a bit. It’s certainly not perfect, but it’s big and fun and exciting. Plus it has Benedict Cumberbatch.
I thought a lot about drawing him in his 70s Mike Grell sexy costume. Look it up if you don’t know what that is.
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Altered. Horror film directed by one of the guys who did The Blair Witch Project. It’s about four dudes who were abducted by aliens. Fifteen years later, they capture one to exact revenge on it. It’s a decent concept, well made, but still just sort of only okay.
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film. Enjoyable but not terribly in-depth documentary about what the title says it is. Some decent interviews and spotlights on some interesting looking obscure films, but otherwise, kind of empty.
Kind of a variation on the New 52 version of his costume, which is a first since I started LoSH Month.
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I watched about 30 minutes of Cool World. What an awful turd.
Followed that later in the day with The Last Winter. I watched all of it, but it wasn’t great, despite some awesome actors (Ron Perlman, Connie Britton, Kevin Corrigan). It’s an apocalyptic global warming movie with a pack of ghost moose that eat people or something. And cause global warming. Or something.
