doubleofive

xhonzi said:

doubleofive said:

Alright I figured I'd update you on my #1's.

Annihilation Prologue

I didn't follow this at all, sorry. Too grand for a starting point, not enough familiar characters for me.

You get a reprieve for the moment, 005!  As there (currently) is no enemies list.

I was worried when I got the notification of a new post. "Oh no! I can't read the post, I didn't watch---"

Yes I did. That's my review of the episode. 24 hours later and its completely gone from my memory.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I remember more. The TARDIS has a "scaredy-cat" setting now? That's convenient for the plot. That's probably something they have to think of every episode. Why can't he use the Sonic Screwdriver? He dropped it. Why can't they just get everyone out on the TARDIS? It got scared and left. Introducing Clara to the TARDIS translation matrix in an episode where the TARDIS is on the other side of the planet is pretty weak. How do The Doctor and Clara get from one side of the planet to the other? Certainly not in the Russian sub.

Are they still going with the "every episode is a movie" thing they did in the first half? Because I can't say any of these episodes is very epic so far.

Alright I figured I'd update you on my #1's.

A-Babies vs X-Babies

An adorable one-shot with Baby Captain America fighting Baby Cyclops over a Bucky Bear doll.

Annihilation Prologue

I didn't follow this at all, sorry. Too grand for a starting point, not enough familiar characters for me.

Avengers, Vol 1

I had to read this one, the original Avengers meeting up. I love these old comics, with Stan Lee explaining what is happening in EVERY SINGLE PANEL.

Baby's First Deadpool

Another one-shot, a fake coloring book / story book about Deadpool

Hawkeye (2012)

I have a friend who is in love with the Matt Fraction Hawkeye series. You can really see why. Simple art, simple story of what Hawkeye does when he's not Avenging.

Iron Man, Vol 4

Figured I'd read a recent Iron Man. I did not care for the art on this one. It was kind of CG, very weird.

Marvel's Iron Man 3 Prelude

I'm a sucker for movie tie-ins, actually bought the 2nd issue of this (of 2). It's pretty good.

Marvel's The Avengers Initiative

A simple one-shot that shows what the Avengers were up to just before the Avengers Movie.

New Avengers: Illuminati

I misremembered the recommendation of Anniliation, which caused me to download this one. It's a Road To The Civil War book, and I really liked it. I'd love to read Civil War, but it looks like its spread out across way too many books.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(comics)#Comic_tie-ins

Superior Spider Man

I read about how the last Spider Man series ended, so I'd be interested to check out the newest one. Even without having read any Spidey, this grabbed my interest. Of all I've read, this is the one I might keep reading.


I wish I had a lot more disposable income...

You're funny with your jokes.

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xhonzi said:

doubleofive said:

 

xhonzi said:

I borrowed a DVD from the library the other day.  I had to bring the empty case to the this redbox style vending machine which spits out the discs.  A monitor shows an animation of a DVD case being scanned, the disc being vended, and the disc going into the case.

What's on the case?

The Star Wars Holiday Special.

Which is sadly not available at my public library.

The animation on the vending machine is of the Holiday Special? You have to take pictures of this.

 

PICTURE

Yes, I just checked out Brick.

xhonzi said:

That's it!  I'm moving you from my friend list to my enemies list.

 

xhonzi said:

Annihilation Proglogue.  Not sure if that's considered a #1 or not...  :(

If all you've got is Annihilation #1, don't bother... it's actually issue 20 or something in a 26 issue series.

You know, I just realized that not only do I know that Google Hangouts are great for this sort of things, but I did one with Gaffer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL39tWQHmBQ

Last one I read was "Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness" #4, the last part of the comic that leads into the new movie. If any of the events are referenced in the movie, I will be shocked. It's not terrible, just forgettable. Except for Harry Mudd having a hot Bajoran daughter. I'll never forget that.

In other comic news, I got my email from Comixology yesterday allowing me to choose my free Marvel #1's from their failure a few weeks ago. For those that don't know, Marvel announced that you could download every single #1 for free from Comixology. The site crushed under the massive weight of traffic this caused. It was flakey for days, even if you weren't trying to add 700 issues to your cart. So they called it off, but allowed you to sign up for an email when they sorted things out. They sent out an email early this week saying that I was going to get an email with a link just for me to use to choose my issues, which I guess is how they're keeping traffic down. So last night I individually added something like 690 comics to my cart, which were immediately unlocked on my account (even though they gave themselves 12 hours to unlock them).

I'm immediately overwhelmed. Every #1. In no particular order. I don't know what's current, what came first, anything. I'll poke around for a bit with them, I probably won't buy ANY #2+, but I love having a collection, even if it's digital and could disappear if licensing falls apart.

Suggestions on #1's I should make a priority?

xhonzi said:

Do you have to use Google+ to use hangouts?

 

I'm still proudly a member of NotGoogle+.

Your wayback machine is full of lies.

Wow, times have changed. Now Google Hangouts would solve all our problems at once. Is this the first instance when we realized VFP had disappeared?

TV's Frink said:

Okay, I've seen Inception, so when do we do this thing?

Bester said:

True.  What the hell am I thinking?  The guy changes his mind on a daily basis.

Come to think of it, didn't he scoff at the idea of Luke getting married and Han/Leia having kids (as portrayed in the Zahn trilogy)?

Started playing Skyrim again. By which I mean that I started over, but since I didn't really ever play it, basically I'm playing Skyrim for the first time.

AntcuFaalb said:

doubleofive said:

So a clip from Stargate SG-1? ;-)

Yes, but it has the surrounding Star Wars shots.

They lifted an ANH:R clip that was itself lifted from Stargate SG-1. ^_^

So a clip from Stargate SG-1? ;-)

MathUser said:

Did he use models for the space scenes in Star Trek 2009? If not, I imagine it'll be all CG for the space scenes in Episode VII too.

What is the clip, I can't see it at work.

Bester said:

Free Hat said:

Issue #127 (February 1988)  has an interview with Lucas where he briefly touches on his ideas for a prequel and sequel trilogy.

I like this little tease:

STARLOG: Why didn't you give Luke a girl?

LUCAS: You haven't seen the last three yet  

Might we see a possible Mara Jade-type character in the new trilogy?

Any making of the Special Edition articles?

DuracellEnergizer said:

My hairline's starting to receed, and sooner or later I'll go bald. Despite this, I will not shave my head, comb it over, wear a toupee, or in any other way try to disguise it. No, I'll just grow out what hair remains to compensate for the loss.

This



is my destiny.

Or:

http://swrevisited.wordpress.com/anhr-change-list/

AntcuFaalb said:

darth_ender said:

It's very odd when you read the silliest guy on this board acting like a serious and mature mod on a different board.

Huh?