Turning Movies into Comic Books

Every single time a new super hero movie comes out, a new series of comic books HAVE to come out too.  Which comic books am I speaking of?  The ones that take our beloved heroes stories and change them up a bit to fit the new story line for the MOVIE.  Case in Point:  New movie Iron Man 2 so new comic book…

Iron Man Vs. Whiplash #1

Now, I don’t know exactly how different this new movie storyline is going to be from the comic books but these comics are just completely worthless.  I understand that Marvel needs to make money and that publishing books based on the movie sparks interest in and reaches a whole new target audience, but I feel like these new books are cheating on the old storylines!

Think about it!  Why did they choose to make a movie with these characters?  BECAUSE OF THE COMIC BOOKS!  The stories and characters in the comic books were so good somebody thought it would be a good idea to make movies out of them right?!?  So, why reverse the process?!?  We’re not making a movie from completely new concepts, stories and characters and some genius thought it would be a good idea to put them in a comic book NO!!!  It’s the other way around people!

I understand that the story has to change a bit to fit the silver screen and I don’t care about that; If I walk into a movie and in no way expect them to follow the comics I walk away entertained every time!  The point is that in the comic world it is meaningless to release a book like this;  Marvel should do itself a favor and instead put out a fresh series outlining the real history of these two characters so that comic people and movie people will pick it up and possibly enjoy it, instead of releasing the ‘refab’ story and having it suck like most of these comic types do.

Going to get my inhaler and calm down a bit now,
~Steve

Futuristic Movie Tech Conquering India?

Look, we’ve all seen the movies where someone walks into a room and is immediately identified by their retinal scan or barcode on the neck or some kind of device hidden under their skin.  Which in turn allows the government, or whomever is tracking the person, to know exactly who, where, why and how about said subject.  But that’s just in the movies right?  I mean human GPS with info tracking is just wrong right?  Well not in India…

The Indian government is gearing up to undertake one of the world's biggest IT projects and distribute biometric ID cards to all of its 1.2 billion-person population. According to the government, the cards will contain retinal scans or fingerprints, credit and criminal backgrounds, and information about individuals' addresses and physical specifications. Needless to say, civil liberties groups are less than enthused about the plan. Privacy issues are a major source of concern, as is the government's ability to effectively police a project of this scale. "We could have a hacking Olympics," one analyst commented. The program is the brainchild of tech entrepreneur Nandan Nilekan, who was recently appointed head of India's new department of Unique Identification Authority. According to Nilekan, the system will be especially beneficial to the poor, who have been famously victimized by the country's massive and inefficient bureaucracy. With the cards, Nilekan claims, "maids and labourers … a hundred or two hundred million people—will be able to access welfare benefits for the first time without any questioning who they are." – Slate.com Read the Original story in Guardian

So, of course under the guise of the protection and the welfare of it’s citizens one more government moves to have complete control over it’s people…well done human race…well done. . .

Not sure if I’m overreacting,
~Steve

Around the Net – Slate.com TV Club - Mad Men Season 3

This weeks Mad Men was really good but there were a few parts of the episode that left me with more questions that answers, so, I went looking for answers and found an awesome TV club on Slate.com that discusses each weeks episode! 

It’s three different people that write articles, sometimes back and forth to each other, about their views on the episodes; the goods the bads and some of the more intricate plot line details.  Check it out @ Mad Men TV Club on Slate.com

Anyways, I got to reading one of the articles for this week and just had to leave a comment so I thought I’d share it here too.  Here is the part I was responding to:

But one question we haven't covered is this: Why, in a show that's chockablock with characters we'd like to spend more time with—Joan, Ken, Roger, even Moneypenny—do we keep getting introduced to new ones? Don has now had two mysterious male-bonding sessions over makeshift cocktails—the first with Conrad Hilton, the second with Warden Den—and although both have deepened our understanding of Don's mental state, neither has added much in the way of plot. READ MORE

And here are my thoughts on the subject:

I think that Don's "mysterious male-bonding sessions" are a perfect compliment to his character. Throughout the series Don has all of two lasting relationships with people outside of Sterling Cooper; his wife and the gal from his previous life (can't remember her name, she has the bad leg). So, I think that it is very fitting that they have introduced new short term characters, like Dennis Hobart, to have these revealing moments with Don.

He has always been so guarded about his life, past and present, and yet he has these moments with complete strangers where he is opening up and revealing parts of his past and childhood (at the bar during the wedding) as well as his thoughts and feelings about being a man and dad. I think he does this because to him these people are nobody, people that he has just met that happen to be there when he chooses to reach out to someone (which is becoming more frequent); and that he probably will never see again. So, because there is no danger or commitment in the act of opening up to strangers he does it freely and probably feels better in doing so (for instance the moment of happiness after the bar scene when he drops their things and kisses Betty after the wedding) but then faces no repercussions in his life by letting someone in, no matter how short term.

Thinking about taking up smoking because Don looks so suave doing it,
~Steve

Kanye West mixes things up at the MTV VMA’s

 

Can you say Duche Bag?

Look…I loved Kanye’s first album just as much as the next guy but seriously?  Jumping on stage and publicly dissing Taylor Swift to say he thinks Beyonce should have won?  Have some respect man, I know you think the world revolves around you but I’ve got news for you…it revolves around me, so get with the program!

 

<a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/" target="_blank">Kanye West Storms The VMA Stage</a>

Kanye West Storms The VMA Stage