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Comic Review for week of January 16 2019

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  FIREFLY #3 PREORDER VARIANT
  The above scene does not happen in the book, but the stuff that DOES happen is pretty fun.  If a bloodbath is your definition of fun.
   

• 
  JUDGE DREDD: TOXIC #3
  I’m really digging the fact that there are aliens in the Dredd-verse.  It’s weird to wrap my head around, but I dig it.
   

• 
  SHADOWMAN #11 COVER B GRANT
  End of the series?  This final story wraps up a whole bunch of interesting things that were just really starting to come to light.
   

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  STAR TREK VS. TRANSFORMERS #4 COVER B TRAMONTANO
  Why yes that is a Transformer that’s in the shape of the TOS Enterprise.
   

• 
  STAR WARS: AGE OF REPUBLIC SPECIAL #1
  Three different stories, all of them good and worthy of a whole book.
   

• 
  SUMMIT #12
  Pretty sure I should have read the first 10 issues of this series to get even a clue as to what’s going on here.
   

• 
  SUPERB #16
  At no point did this scene happen in the comic.  The B-Story in this book was better then the A-Story.
   

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  TRUE BELIEVERS: CONAN – CURSE OF THE GOLDEN SKULL #1
  These True Believer books are usually a bit of a slog to get though, the writing and art from so long ago are at times rough, but these four Conan ones have really exposed me to some cool stories.  In this one there’s a mage with golden bones that’s holding a monster at bay, all while marrying a kidnapped princess.  I loved every minute of it, but was happy when I was done.
   

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  TRUE BELIEVERS: CONAN – QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST #1
  A group of black African warriors as led by a raven haired white girl.  Ok.

Fast Color

“Fast Color” stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw as a woman who comes into her own after discovering she has superhuman abilities.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles intro theme cover

Happy new year motherfolkers! What better way to start kicking the new year than with a cover of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles original series intro theme…

Comic Review for week of January 2 2019

• 
  BATMAN BEYOND #27 VARIANT EDITION
  I’m liking this series, though having The Joker be the bad guy yet again is a well traveled road.
   

• 
  CHAMPIONS #1
  Why yes, it’s yet another #1 issue from the geniuses at Marvel Comics!
   

• 
  HEROES IN CRISIS #4
  I’m financially invested in this story now, but I’m not mentally invested.  I chose to read this issue first
   

• 

  MARVEL KNIGHTS 20TH #5
  I’m thinking my original assumption was correct again, this is just a retelling of the Fantastic 1234 story.  There’s a great yet stupid scene of Doctor Doom blasting The Kingpin and the Kingpin somehow coming away from the fight as the winner.  Visually it’s pretty cool, but logically, not so much.
   

• 

  MARVEL PREVIEWS #18
  This was not available at my LCS.  Who’s at fault?  Marvel? Diamond? My LCS? Me?
   

• 

  STAR WARS: AGE OF REPUBLIC – OBI-WAN KENOBI #1
  I’m really digging these one shots, they really make me hungry for more stories from this time period.
   

• 

  STAR WARS: HAN SOLO – IMPERIAL CADET #3
  Of the three (3!) books that feature Han Solo, this is a close first or second.  The movie adaptation is garbage compared to this and the mainline Star Wars series.
   

• 

  TRUE BELIEVERS: CONAN – THE TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT #1
  I’ve never been a Conan fan.
   

• 

  TRUE BELIEVERS: CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1
  I’m still not a Conan fan.

2018 Books of the Year

As voted on by the community, here’s the top ten books of 2018, along with some color commentary from me, Tiki God.

 (3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated)

Scalzi sure can right some good words, this continues his streak of great stories that have interesting twists that kept me hooked for the entire read.

 (4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5, rated)

Unfortunate that I read this so long after it came out.  From what I understand, it is the progenitor of many of the scifi / cyberpunk tropes that I love so dearly.  Seeing them in such an early stage though, it just feels…wrong.

 (3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5, rated)

Marko Kloos is only the third author that I’ll grab anything they write, just as long as I see their name on the book.  The Frontlines series is fantastic and Kloos continues to bring the noise.

 

 (3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5, rated)

The best Batman story since The Dark Knight Returns, yes it’s that good, and yes you should read it as soon as possible.

 

 (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

First in a series of three, this book really fucked with my head.

 

 (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

Halo, so yay, but no Spartans, so boo?

 

 (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

I believe this was the first of the Discovery books, and while it’s a great first entry, it’s not what I was really looking for in a Disco book.

 

 (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

This was even LESS of what I wanted from a Disco book.  There was no Discovery in this book at all!

 

 (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

Great origin story for the Mad Titan, great art, it was a pleasure to read on my kindle.

 

 (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

Two Scalzi books on my 10 ten list?  Yes, he’s that good!

 

 (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

What if plants were people and then people were zombies and some kid somewhere was the last hope for humanity?

 

 (2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

This book really REALLY messed with my mind.  I’m a huge fan of this story’s fundamental core.

2018 Games of the Year

 (5 votes, average: 4.60 out of 5, rated)

I didn’t play it, and I’m not going to.  Horses and six shooters have a place in history, but no place on my xbox

 

 (3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5, rated)

This was a fun little diversion from real video gaming.

 

 (2 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5, rated)

I haven’t playe it, nor will I in 2018.  I own it though, cause Epic gave it away for free.

 

 (2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

This one I support, fully!  The color and sound dynamic was absolutely fantastic, I really did enjoy nearly ever moment I had with the game.

 

 (2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

Great subject matter, great soundtrack, great visuals, horrible gameplay.

 

 (2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

A IRL game making it to this list is weird as fuck, but here we are.  It was a fun game that I’ve only found the opportunity to pull out exactly 3 times.

 

 (2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5, rated)

The best twin stick bullet hell game that I’ve ever played with a soundtrack that still gets my blood pumping whenever I hear it.

 

 (2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

Didn’t play it, likely won’t due to the lack of PS4 in my home

 (3 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5, rated)

Dishonorable mention as one of the worst games of the year, no clue how it ended up on this list.  Who rating this higher than 1 star?

 

 (3 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5, rated)

While it wasn’t a terrible experience, I would hesitate to call this a “game”.

Special Mentions:
Rebel Galaxy
QUBE2

Did a game not make the list that you thought should have?

The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders is a filthy comedy set in the underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist. Two clashing detectives with a shared secret, one human (Melissa McCarthy) and one puppet, are forced to work together again to solve the brutal murders of the former cast of a beloved classic puppet television show. Also starring Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, and Joel McHale, this raunchy comedy is being hailed by critics as “hilarious, wickedly original and crazily quirky” (Neil Pond, Parade).

Maya Rudolph as a blonde is really the only truly ground-breaking thing going on here. I see why Sesame Street was so upset about the movie trying to tie it’s perversion to the childrens show, as these puppets are 100% directly ripped from Sesame Street in all but behavior only. There’s lots of drug use, murdering, gratuitous sex scenes and one extended scene of a puppet octopus sexually milking a puppet cow, getting puppet milk all over the room. Don’t get me wrong, this is a hilarious movie and the aforementioned cow milking scene is really the highlight of the first act, but it was the wanton desire to tie itself to a kids show that really rustled my jimmies.

Watchable and I laughed at a few of the jokes.

Hellboy 2019 Movie Official Trailer

Hellboy â?? In theaters April 12, 2019. Starring David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Daniel Dae Kim, and Sasha Lane. Subscribe to the LIONSGATE YouTube…

Teen Titans GoTo Movies

When the Teen Titans go to the big screen, they go big! It seems to the Teens that all the major superheroes out there are starring in their own movies—everyone but the Teen Titans, that is! But de facto leader Robin is determined to be seen as a star instead of a sidekick. With a few madcap ideas and a song in their heart, the Teen Titans head to Tinsel Town, certain to pull off their dream. But when the group is sidetracked by a seriously super villain and his maniacal plan to take over the Earth, things really go awry. The team finds their friendship and their fighting spirit failing, putting the very fate of the Teen Titans themselves on the line!

Why wasn’t the original show this is from this good? Why aren’t any of the other DC movies this great?

Who knows! But Teen Titans Go! To The Movies is a masterpiece of DC Animation. I hope they do more, if only for songs like this:

Supergirl getting some sun

the book this from is pretty awesome.

well the book is actually just ok, but this particular story is awesome.

No, I’m not going to tell you what book this is from.

You need to start thinking for yourself now.  You’re a grown adult.

Tom Clancys The Division Art Book Gets A Special Edition To Go Along With All The Special Editions of The Game

Tom Clancy’s The Division is going to have a big 2019. Starting with the sequel to the massive online co-op game that sold, at last count by digital trends, 5.5 million copies; The Division 2…

Peppermint

Young mother Riley North (Garner) awakens from a coma after her husband and daughter are killed in a brutal attack on the family. When the system frustratingly shields the murderers from justice, Riley sets out to transform herself from citizen to urban guerilla. Channeling her frustration into personal motivation, she spends years in hiding honing her mind, body and spirit to become an unstoppable force – eluding the underworld, the LAPD and the FBI – as she methodically delivers her personal brand of justice. From the director of Taken, this film is being hailed by critics as “a total adrenaline rush from start to finish!” (Dave Morales, Fox TV Houston).

I could not figure out why they named this film “Peppermint”. Did I miss someone’s name or maybe their favorite candy? This was a normal revenge violence flick, ala The Punisher, Payback, Taken, Death Wish, etc.  It was ok. Not really all that interesting and I have a few complaints about people shoving guns into their pants right after shooting them, but my biggest complaint is that the main bad guy looked like one of the actors from super troopers:

Hard to take him seriously when I was expecting him to chuck a whole thing of maple syrup at any moment.

Comic Review for week of December 12 2018

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  ACCELL #16
  A speedster with a team of scientists are fighting a creature of pure sound!  It was a fun, if quick, read.
   

• 
  ASTONISHER #13
  I know nothing of this character’s backstory, but after reading this issue now I want to.
   

• 
  CHAMPIONS #27
  I’m going to save these until I get the middle of the run, I have the first 10 issues, then missed 10, and now I’m lost?
   

• 
  HIT-GIRL #11
  I like the art much better this month, but the story still has some weird overtones.
   

• 
  INFINITE DARK #3
  If there’s nothing outside the ship, then who’s knocking on the door asking to be let in?
   

• 
  SHADOWMAN #10
  Shadowman at peace with himself means Shadowman is fighting everyone else.
   

• 
  STAR WARS: AGE OF REPUBLIC – DARTH MAUL #1
  There’s a great article in this comic about who asked for Darth Maul to be brought back into the fold.  This story is pretty good too, but I was most interested in WHO it was that made him come back.
   

• 
  STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #27
  Doctor Aphra continues her adventures with a murderous protocol droid.   Things continue to not go well for her.
   

• 
  STAR WARS: HAN SOLO – IMPERIAL CADET #2
  There’s two Han Solo comics coming out right now, the movie adaptation, which isn’t all that great, and this, which is great.
   

• 
  TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – DRAGON MAN #1
  I ran out of steam before I was able to read this one, but I DID read…
   

• 
  TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – MOLECULE MAN #1
  The molecular man needs a special stick to use his reality bending abilities?  Ok.
   

• 
  TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – SUPER-SKRULL #1
  The Super-Skrull had all the superpowers of the Fantastic Four, but none of the intelligence.  Shameful!

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010

Freddy’s back in the update of Wes Craven’s classic tales of the hideously disfigured dream-stalker and his prey.

A few big name actresses here, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, and Connie Britton, all of whom are big enough stars that I expected they would survive the movie, but I guess I should have known better, normally the survival rates for a Nightmare flick is 1 or 2, maybe 4 if you’re dream warriors. I’m a big fan of what Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, Human Target) did with the Freddy role, which is comparable to Robert Englund’s first outing. The special effects on his face were downright creepy, unlike the previous film where it was a rubber mask with no gore or horror to it at all.

This was a good Nightmare film, but I’m happy the franchise is inactive, it’s a difficult well to go back to again and again.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

In the tradition of Amblin classics where fantastical events occur in the most unexpected places, Jack Black and two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett star in The House with a Clock in Its Walls. The magical adventure tells the spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. But his new town’s sleepy façade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches. Based on the beloved children’s classic book.

What’s up with Jack Black and all these kid friendly films lately? (checking google) Oh, his kids are 10 and 12, so now he’s doing stuff that’s going to appeal to them too. That’s a thing I guess, it’s not like all his previous work was so raunchy that kids could never watch it. On to the film though:

It was fun. No one’s going to write a thousand word essay on how great it was, but it was a fun movie to watch, Jack Black was charming as always and Cate Blanchett was distressingly pretty and stole nearly every scene she was in. I see why she was chosen for the role, but it really felt like she was slumming it here.

Wakefield

Successful suburbanite commuter Howard Wakefield (Cranston) has taken a perverse detour from family life: He vanishes without a trace. Hidden in the attic of his garage, surviving by scavenging at night, he secretly observes the lives of his wife (Jennifer Garner) and children. But soon, he realizes that he has not left his family … he has left himself. Also starring Jason O’ Mara and Beverly D’Angelo, Wakefield is “one to definitely seek out”, (The Hollywood News).

This is a one man show for Bryan Cranston, starring Jennifer Gardner’s sideboob. Much like other movies that are primarily one person (Buried is the first to come to mind), the entire movie hinges on the abilities of the primary star, which in this case are fantastically and readily apparent. The entire concept is one that most people are familiar with and have likely played around with in their heads: What if we just gave up on our lives and went somewhere else? Only in this case, he didn’t go anywhere, he just lived in the detached garage watching his family move on.

The ultimate resolution left me feeling weird, but honestly I feel like what would happen in the 30 seconds after the final scene would be perfect content for another full movie and I’m happy to leave it where they left it.

It’s great fodder for discussion at least, so if you’ve seen Wakefield, how do you feel about his decision to detach, and how do you feel about that final scene?

2018 my[confined]space year in review

For the first time ever, an official End of Year, Year in Review!  Three weeks early too, so I wonder if any of these stats will change in any meaningful way in the next 20 days!

In 2018, there were over 21,889 posts (down from 2017’s 23,001), which received 3,320 comments (down from 2017’s 4,873).  Traffic was sorta stable at 2,163,753 page views for 2018, slightly down from 2017’s 2,321,227 page views.

We had several theme days!

• January – Marta Wierzbicka – NSFW
• March – Stefania Ferrario – NSFW
• May – Deadpool – Solo: A Star Wars Story
• July – Yellow Diggers
• September – Sexy Ladies
• November – Natalie

Top 20 Commenters for 2018
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tiki god	723
notspamming	430
Saborlas	419
jediadept	242
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RalphTheDog	84
fatherdougal	81
Greenman037	67
przxqgl	64
marcuserektus	63
storminator	60
bloth	55
flood123	35
mightyconan	34
oldnoob	31
Marrock	29
Innocent Bystander	29
smeg	26
Jac	26

Top Post Submitters for 2018
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tgiokdi	635
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The Incredible Hulk 4k

Academy Award nominee Edward Norton stars as scientist Bruce Banner, a man who has been living in shadows, scouring the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with his most formidable foe: the Abomination -– a nightmarish beast of pure aggression whose powers match the Hulk’s own!

A perfect example of a terrible, horrible, no good, lack luster, incompetently and badly done 4k transfer. All the colors are muted, all the dark parts of the movie are inexplicably darker and more difficult to see, and I get the sense that there is no HDR on this disk. The audio track is still great, the surround sound features during the soda bottling fight are awesome, but all those great audio effects are for nothing if you can’t see anything at all on the screen.

Skip this 4k version, I’m sure they’re going to go back to this well again to make better choices.

Comic Review for week of Dember 05 2018

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  THE FREEZE #1
  What if everyone just stopped moving?  What if you were the only one that could start them again?  This is a great start to an interesting story.
   

• 

  THE GREEN LANTERN #2 VARIANT EDITION
  This will be my last one of these.  The cover is great, but the interior art is very rough and the story is just as bad.
   

• 

  KICK-ASS #10
  Now there’s a supervillain after her?
   

• 

  MARVEL KNIGHTS 20TH #3
  The Punisher saves the Marvel Universe, as told by The Incredible Hulk
   

• 

  NOBLE #14
  This is my first Lion Forge book and its much better than I was expecting.  It’s the last issue of a long story though, so I’ll need to pick up the other 13 issues to really have an opinion.
   

• 

  STAR TREK VS. TRANSFORMERS #3
  Campy goodness that continues as you would expect.
   

• 

  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: TERRA INCOGNITA #5
  There’s a few panels here with Worf’s eyes where he looks like he’s about to kill his fellow Starfleet officers.  He doesn’t actually do it though, I’m sure you’re happy to hear.
   

• 

  STAR WARS #58
  Still the best.
   

• 

  STAR WARS ADVENTURES: DESTROYER DOWN #2
  I missed the first issue of this somehow, so I grabbed both #1 and #2, and found a great story that fills in a TON of backstory for The Force Awakens.
   

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  STAR WARS: AGE OF REPUBLIC – QUI-GON JINN #1
  Qui-Gon Jinn was always a “find the balance” kinda guy and that’s what this story is about.  Spoiler: He finds the balance.
   

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  TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – MAD THINKER AND AWESOME DROID #1
  Awesome Andy!
   

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  TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – PUPPET MASTER #1
  I hate when people pull my strings like that!
   

• 

  TRUE BELIEVERS: FANTASTIC FOUR – SKRULLS #1
  Skrulls are set to be introduced in the upcoming Captain Marvel movie, so there he are in the comic books from about 60 years ago.

The Catcher Was a Spy

Paul Rudd stars in this true-life thriller about a Boston Red Sox catcher-turned-WWII spy tasked with assassinating a Nazi atomic scientist. With Jeff Daniels, Paul Giamatti.

Great actors with a mediocre storyline that really left a lot about the guy’s life up in the air.

Comic Review for week of November 21st and November 28th 2018

The Thanksgiving holiday threw my schedule for a loop and I wasn’t able to get to my LCS in a timely manner, but it was a good pickup when I did make my way there.

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  G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO – SILENT OPTION #2 COVER B LOH
  Meh.  Backup story was more interesting than the main story.
   

• 
  JUDGE DREDD: TOXIC #2
  Fantastic continuation of an already fantastic concept.
   

• 
  MARVEL KNIGHTS 20TH #2
  They’re going to make The Punisher the guy that saves the universe?  ok then.
   

• 
  THE PUNISHER #4
  No universe saving going on here, just a lot of old fashion shootin and killin.
   

• 
  SHADOWMAN #9 COVER C VEREGGE
  This series has finally hit it’s stride and continues to deliver on it’s awesome premise.
   

• 
  SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY #2
  These adaptations are horrible compared to…
   

• 
  STAR WARS #57
  We don’t deserve Star Wars stories this good.

• 
  BATMAN BEYOND #26
  The Joker is back! (again!) Babs gets shots in the back! (almost!)
   

• 
  DC NUCLEAR WINTER SPECIAL #1
  A collection of short stories, of which only a couple rise to being notable, most noticeably the Supergirl story which comes out of nowhere with how beautiful it is.  It also feels like the first few pages of a much longer story that I would love to read.
   

• 
  FAITH: DREAMSIDE #3
  It’s weird how Faith changes shape from panel to panel, but they ARE in a dreamworld, so maybe that’s why?
   

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  HEROES IN CRISIS #3
  This is one boring as hell storyline.
   

• 
  MARVEL PREVIEWS #17
  I enjoy the DC Insiders much more than these previews books, pretty much everything they’re highlighting here has already been mentioned elsewhere.
   

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  QUANTUM & WOODY #12 COVER B ULTRA FOIL SHAW
  Final issue I think?  The cover I got was amazing and I loved the holographic nature of it.  The story was a bit goofy and guest starred a couple people that are actively doing other things in their own books, so it was somewhat weird to see them doing completely out of character things in Q&W. Lookin at you XO.
   

• 
  STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #24
  Vader’s castle takes it’s final shape and boy howdy it took some sacrifices to get it there.
   

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  X-O MANOWAR #21
  I don’t understand what’s going on with this story and why X-O seems like such a pushover for the entire storyline.

Back Issues!

Starlight – What if a man from Earth was teleported to an alien planet where he overthrew a dictator and became a hero to the entire alien planet?  Would anyone on Earth believe him if he was teleported back without much proof?  What would happen if those aliens came back 50 years later asking for help again?

Infinity War – Nidavellir , chris kesler

A while ago I had the great pleasure of creating a whole bunch of pieces of key art for the Nidavellir sequence in Avengers: Infinity War. In this particular case I had the opportunity to start pretty much from a blank canvas and develop things from the ground up. In the process I used a mix of 2D and 3D to develop some kind of working logic (with various 3D movement studies of the facility and star gate mechanism), backed up by 2D illustrations based on 3D renders. In the first stage (which is mostly seen here) it was more about capturing the overall vibe/mood rather than the intricate workings of the star forge.

Armour Study, Astri Lohne

The past dozen or so paintings I’ve worked on have been incredibly challenging and difficult to finish – my observation and painting skills feel like they’re rusted and stuck, if that makes any sense at all. Whenever I feel like this I know it’s time to get my shit together and start doing regular studies again, no matter how busy I am. After all, the ability to observe is like a muscle, and needs to be trained often to keep itself strong.With this one I wanted to get a refresh on basically everything I paint often, with a focus on armour rendering.I’ve included some breakdowns of the things I remembered/discovered in the process of studying this, mostly to hammer it into my own brain, but hopefully it can help out some of you too c:Reference courtesy of Douglas Herring i.pinimg.com/originals/ab/1e/98/ab1e98eda318a34c549052dafd57a6ec.jpg

Bumblebee First Generation Design Paramount Pictures UK

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The Lord of the Rings The Motion Picture Trilogy Extended Editions

With the extended edition of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, Warner Bros. presents one of the greatest achievements and most ambitious undertakings in film history, all in one incomparable boxed set. Filled with lush New Zealand landscapes, extraordinary special effects and a star-studded cast, the Lord of the Rings trilogy brings to the big screen the classic fantasy tale of Middle-earth and its myriad residents as lovingly told by author J.R.R. Tolkien.

It took two days, but I got all three of these watched. Plus, I got like 6 loads of laundry done and all sorts of computer work too! These extended editions are amazing and I recommend them to anyone that hasn’t seen them yet.

The Fate Of The Furious

Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Michelle Rodriguez lead an all-star cast as the global blockbuster franchise delivers its most action-packed, high octane adrenaline rush yet in The Fate of the Furious. Now that Dom (Diesel) and Letty (Rodriguez) are married and Brian and Mia have retired from the game—and the rest of the crew has been exonerated—the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman (Oscar winner, Charlize Theron) seduces Dom into the world of crime he can’t seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before. From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, our elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world’s stage… and to bring home the man who made them a family.

The series about family and cool cars doing cool things is now a multi-billion dollar franchise with super cars doing super things. This isn’t the series I fell in love with, but it still entertains, you just have to turn off all the logic centers in your brain.

Likely going to be the last time I watch this one, I only watched it again because it was free on Movies Anywhere, so if you’re a fan, go grab it while it’s free?

Darth Pikachu

Cosplayer extraordinaire Nana Bear combined her love of Star Wars and Pokémon to create the perfect character mashup of the two worlds: Darth Pikachu. Pika pika? Cosplayer and Costume: Nana Bear Photography: York in a Box

The Consuming Fire The Interdependency

The Interdependency?humanity’s interstellar empire?is on the verge of collapse. The extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible is disappearing, leaving entire systems and human civilizations stranded.

Emperox Grayland II of the Interdependency is ready to take desperate measures to help ensure the survival of billions. But arrayed before her are those who believe the collapse of the Flow is a myth?or at the very least an opportunity to an ascension to power.

While Grayland prepares for disaster, others are prepare for a civil war. A war that will take place in the halls of power, the markets of business and the altars of worship as much as it will between spaceships and battlefields.

The Emperox and her allies are smart and resourceful, as are her enemies. Nothing about this will be easy… and all of humanity will be caught in its consuming fire.

The Interdependency Series
1. The Collapsing Empire
2. The Consuming Fire

I keep thinking to myself “Ah, this is it, finally John Scalzi has written something that I’m not 100% in love with!” but then about halfway through the book, I find myself deeply interested in what’s going on and who’s doing what. Every book in this series (all two of them!) has had some serious twists and turns that have kept me hooked onto every chapter.

The worst I can say about the series so far is that everyone is snarky and cynical, but that pretty much sums up Scalzi’s work for the last decade. Dependably snarky. I’m excited to see where he goes next in the story.

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Comic Review for week of November 14 2018

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  BLOODSHOT: RISING SPIRIT #1 COVER B MACK
  I’ve heard this is one of the best selling Valiant comics in years, but it was still underwhelming for me.  Hopefully the story makes a little more sense after a few more issues.
   

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  DR. HORRIBLE: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER #0
  Wasn’t on my pull list, but my comic shop pulled it for me anyways, thank god.  This was a fun but brief journey back to the Doctor Horrible Universe.
   

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  EXILES #10
  What a terrible conclusion to a terrible storyline.
   

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  FANTASTIC FOUR #3
  A stunning tale of fantastic four members all coming together to do fantastic things against an unbeatable enemy.  I’m happy that Mr Fantastic has a name for particular types of beings in the Marvel Multiverse, but I’m concerned that with the end of this issue comes the end of their multiverse / outer space adventures.  I’m not really looking forward to them rejoining Earth and am much happier reading about them doing fantastic things elsewhere.
   

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  FIREFLY #1 JOCK VARIANT
  That cover is gorgeous isn’t it?  The story inside is pretty damn fantastic and they perfectly get the dialogue, which has been a struggle for past Firefly books.  I look forward to the next issue!
   

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  G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #257
  Bleh.
   

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  HIT-GIRL #10 COVER B ALBUQUERQUE
  I like the new art direction, I like the skulls, I like the jewels, I hate the racist overtones of the bad guys.
   

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  INFINITE DARK #2
  Space Horror done right.
   

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  MARVEL’S CAPTAIN MARVEL PRELUDE #1
  Boring and unneeded.  Skip it and just go see the movie.
   

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  NINJA-K #13 PRE-ORDER COVER
  Dark and muddled art but I like where the story is going.  I’m not too familiar with the friendship between Ninja-K and The Eternal Warrior, but I get the impression they’re pretty darn close.
   

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  STAR TREK VS. TRANSFORMERS #2
  I honestly felt like this was an episode of the Star Trek Animated series.  Fantastic retro art direction for both the Trek crew and the Robots in disguise.
   

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  STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #23
  This issue left me feeling like there’s no possible way for them to top what they’ve done.  Yet I’ve felt that way for the last few Vader issues, so since I was wrong before, I’ll be happy to be wrong in the future.
   

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  STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #26
  A murderous protocal droid?  What will they think of next?!

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Invincible The Ultimate Collection

This massive hardcover collects the first 13 issues of Robert Kirkman’s Eisner-Nominated super-hero, along with all the extras from the first three trade paperback volumes and even more on top of that! Invincible: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 1 is a can’t-miss for anyone who’s wanted to start reading Invincible, but needed an easier way to start from the beginning.

I had the first 7 hardcovers before I gave up on comic books and when i came back to the industry as a fan, they called out to me to complete them, nay they taunted me with their uncompleted status.

So I bought the other four volumes and found that Robert Kirkman was still killing it with Invincible, but lost his damn mind and wanted to cancel it.  Did he get bored? Did he write himself into a corner?  Did he not have time to pen this series while counting all his massive stacks of cash?  Who knows, but I’m happy I had over 144 issues of the series to read with all the supplemental content in the back of these books.  They’re among the best superhero stories you can possibly read and I can’t recommend them enough.

Because of how high I was feeling after finishing that last giant hardcover book, I rushed across my room (four feet!) to order some trades of “Invincible Universe“, a side story that ran for 12 issues in it’s own series.  It was not of the same quality of the main series, neither in story nor in art.  This isn’t to say it was terrible, just not as amazing as the mainline books.

I have Science Dog and Guarding the Globe on backorder, so we’ll see how those are when they get in.  I think there’s a couple other series (The Brit?  Tech Jacket?) in the invincible comic universe, but I’m not too excited about them just yet.

The Last Jedi 16th Scale Statue Bundle

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Comic Review for week of November 7 2018

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  CHAMPIONS #26
  Holding for run completion
   

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  DC NATION #6
  Another entertaining look inside what makes DC comics happen and what’s coming up soon.
   

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  THE GREEN LANTERN #1 VARIANT EDITION
  Bad art and a boring story, I regret picking this up.  The cover is cool though, but I get the impression from the interior story that this person is not Hal Jordon?
   

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  KICK-ASS #9 COVER B FRUSIN
  Still kicking ass and taking names and looking for the boss guy to kill.
   

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  MARVEL KNIGHTS 20TH #1
  Hey I remember this story from when it was Fantastic Four 1234.  Great art and direction though.
   

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  STAR WARS #56
  Heroes on the run!  Continuing one of the best ongoing stories from Marvel.
   

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  STAR WARS: HAN SOLO – IMPERIAL CADET #1
  An interesting look into how Solo got his name and what “solo” essentially means in the Star Wars universe, which is a small and minor change that changes literally everything you knew about the character.
   

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  TRUMP’S TITANS: SPACE FORCE #1
  Fantastic comic that I strongly suggest to anyone that has the mind to read something fun and amazing.  It’s not actually the first “Trump’s Titans” book, something I didn’t know until this issue got to me, but it says that all the issues are number one because Super Trump only puts his name on things that are #1.  It’s seriously one of the best mocucomics I’ve read yet.

Back Issues Fun:
Science Dog Written by Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible) at the peak of when he was doing comics and not being a media empire runner and boy howdy it shows.  If you liked Invincible at it’s greatest, you’ll like Science Dog.  It’s a short story though, so even though it has great art and a fantastic story, there’s only enough to get you interested and not enough to really satiate your hunger for more quality Kirkman product.

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Venom gives Sony an edge over Disney in its fight to keep SpiderMan according to industry experts

Sony’s first solo foray into the “Spider-Man” universe after striking a deal with Marvel is a hit with audiences despite a critical pounding.

“Venom” was an ok film that had nearly nothing to do with the original comic book character and I have major doubts about Sony’s Marvel Movies, but maybe they’ll be able to pull something off despite not having a solid start?

Gone with the Wind 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collectors Edition

The Ultimate Collector’s Edition of Gone with the Wind is beautifully restored for Blu-ray, showing off how good a movie can look even many decades after its release. The second Blu-ray disc has a wide variety of bonus material. New for the Ultimate Collector’s Edition are two 2009 documentaries: 1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year is narrated by Kenneth Branagh and summarizes the famous films that debuted that year, including Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; “Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On” is a 33-minute study of the legacy of the movie, with interviews of film critics, Ted Turner, former Georgia Senator Max Cleeland, and surviving cast member Anne Rutherford (Careen O’Hara). Also new for the UCE is Moviola: The Scarlett O’Hara War, a 1980 television movie that dramatizes the casting of Gone with the Wind, starring Tony Curtis, William H. Macy, Sharon Gless, Morgan Brittany, and others. Much of the rest was on the 2004 four-disc edition, including the commentary track by Rudy Behlmer and documentaries on Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, other actors, and the filming and restoration of the movie. The third disc is a double-sided standard DVD of the documentary MGM: The Lion Roars, and the UCE comes in an oversize box with a beautiful photo book of stills and theatrical posters, reproductions of studio correspondence and a publicity booklet, a soundtrack CD sampler, and art cards. –David Horiuchi

Gave this to my wife for her birthday, then we watched the main feature! It’s a fantastic film that has some obvious issues that haven’t aged very well, but at the end of the day it’s still a joy to watch, even after nearly 90 years.

Comic Review for week of October 31 2018

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  BRITANNIA: LOST EAGLES OF ROME #4 COVER B GILL
  An excellent resolution to a fun story, I suggest picking up the TPB when it eventually lands.
   

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  FAITH: DREAMSIDE #2
  An excellent followup to an interesting start, now I’m really curious about where they’re going with this story.
   

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  HEROES IN CRISIS #2
  Amazing art with a lackluster story that goes in directions that seem silly just for the sake of being silly.
   

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  STAR WARS ADVENTURES #15
  I just bought me a BB-8 hero droid thing, it’s pretty fun.  Just like this comic!  What an adorable little companion.
   

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  STAR WARS ADVENTURES: TALES FROM VADER’S CASTLE #5
  All the b-stories pay off here!
   

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  TRUE BELIEVERS: WHAT IF LEGION HAD KILLED MAGNETO? #1
  Turns out that having someone to fight against makes you stronger and ready to fight bigger things.
   

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  TRUE BELIEVERS: WHAT IF THE FANTASTIC FOUR HAD DIFFERENT SUPER-POWERS? #1
  Super Brain man wins the day by using his floating brain!