Fulfilling Entertainment
It's been about 6 weeks since I've posted and I've seen some great things since then. Let me start chronologically.
Watchmen. The film version was fine. I give it a B+ after two viewings. A solid movie, though a bit long, a bit gratuitous with its use of sex (intercourse, not nudity). It did demonstrate that, no matter how good a comic might be, it might not make a great movie. That's still true for me; the movie version just serves to illustrate that something is lost when you move from the page to the screen.
Planetary. A comic series about the exploits of super-powered archaeologists looking for the secret history of the 20th Century. A great read, it has a lot of depth to read from, and each issue is a self-contained story. Quite the engaging read, though it should never be made into a movie or a TV show--Why? The stories know exactly how long to stay and when they should go.
A few hours ago, I watched the series finale of Battlestar Galactica. It had to answer a lot of questions about the series, be satisfying, and still be entertaining. There was also the idea of the show having a legacy to consider, a complete story that had finally reached its end. No spoilers here, but I feel that happened, all while solidifying Battlestar's reputation of being character-driven and often spiritual.
Watchmen. The film version was fine. I give it a B+ after two viewings. A solid movie, though a bit long, a bit gratuitous with its use of sex (intercourse, not nudity). It did demonstrate that, no matter how good a comic might be, it might not make a great movie. That's still true for me; the movie version just serves to illustrate that something is lost when you move from the page to the screen.
Planetary. A comic series about the exploits of super-powered archaeologists looking for the secret history of the 20th Century. A great read, it has a lot of depth to read from, and each issue is a self-contained story. Quite the engaging read, though it should never be made into a movie or a TV show--Why? The stories know exactly how long to stay and when they should go.
A few hours ago, I watched the series finale of Battlestar Galactica. It had to answer a lot of questions about the series, be satisfying, and still be entertaining. There was also the idea of the show having a legacy to consider, a complete story that had finally reached its end. No spoilers here, but I feel that happened, all while solidifying Battlestar's reputation of being character-driven and often spiritual.
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