Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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That said, I don't want to come down too hard, because I think it's a fantastic comic.
Yes, this. Though VfV is the lesser light in my book, I still loved it.
I think "perfect" is an awfully strong word for a psychopathic hermit serial killer, but I know what you mean.
Hee!
I throw "perfect" around too often, I know. But that's funny, P-Moon.
I've posted some spoilers in my LJ here, in case anyone wants to be prepared for what the major changes are.
Part of my problem with Watchmen is that I'm not actually that big on superheroes. I think the only superhero books I've read are postmodern and/or piss-takes, so a lot of the stuff that is (I understand) groundbreaking was transparent to me. Plus, I'd seen "The Architects of Fear," so that was kind of a letdown.
I reread it a few years back and that increased my feeling that the parts are much more interesting than the whole. And the core mystery made less sense on reread, so that was annoying.
I reread it a few years back and that increased my feeling that the parts are much more interesting than the whole. And the core mystery made less sense on reread, so that was annoying.
That was my biggest problem with WATCHMEN. I didn't mind the schematic nature of the book, but I thought Ozmandyous' (sp?) plan was just LAME.
Ozmandyous' (sp?)
Ozymandias, king of kings, look upon my works ye mighty and despair.
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away
sigh
I knew there was a "y" in there somewhere. Oh well, bad Romantic poetry fan. No biscuit!
More Bronte in the works -- this time it's Wuthering Heights by the other sister.
Tell me Giovanni Ribisi is playing Heathcliff.