Mal: How drunk was I last night? Jayne: Well I dunno. I passed out.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Other Media 2: It's Astounishing!

Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!

Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.


Laga - Mar 18, 2008 11:06:14 am PDT #1371 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I was buying a couple of Jhonen Vasquez books and the clerk talked me into Ubu Bubu. I enjoy it although it's very JTHM derivative.


Tom Scola - Mar 20, 2008 11:20:21 am PDT #1372 of 5059
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

This is from last year. Did we know this?

U2 write for Spider-Man musical

Bono and The Edge from U2 are to write music and lyrics for a Broadway musical based on comic book hero Spider-Man, according to film trade paper Variety.

It's still on track to open on Broadway in 2009.


Laga - Mar 20, 2008 11:24:27 am PDT #1373 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

directed by Julie Taymor

well now I'm interested


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 20, 2008 11:58:00 am PDT #1374 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

She was the director who did The Lion King for Broadway, wasn't she?


JZ - Mar 20, 2008 12:53:57 pm PDT #1375 of 5059
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

And Titus Andronicus, and Salma Hayek's Frida Kahlo biopic. Her work is always, always visually stunning. Not always perfect all the way around (though often pretty good), but I've never seen anything of hers that didn't look absolutely dazzling. And the visual worlds she creates are not just rich and detailed, they're all very, very different from one another.

Matt, dude, you're the biggest Visual Artistry Slut I know! If you haven't already, you've got to see some of her work!


Laga - Mar 20, 2008 1:47:55 pm PDT #1376 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I was a little disappointed by her recent flick, Across the Universe. But I understand there was a lot of studio meddling and I think I got tired of The Beatles after the first hour.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 20, 2008 5:06:15 pm PDT #1377 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Matt, dude, you're the biggest Visual Artistry Slut I know! If you haven't already, you've got to see some of her work!

I almost got to see The Lion King when it came to Memphis, but family stuff interfered. I still intend to rent Across the Universe someday soon.

(I'd rent Frida, but the worst bookmap and permissions snafus in 2004's Project from Hell were on a chapter on Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and I have a conditioned aversion.)


Frankenbuddha - Mar 20, 2008 5:40:49 pm PDT #1378 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I almost got to see The Lion King when it came to Memphis, but family stuff interfered. I still intend to rent Across the Universe someday soon.

Rent TITUS. Such a fascinating Shakespeare mashup. The play is one of his lessers, but as Ebert accurately described it, it was Shakespeare's equivalent of an exploitation movie. Taymor didn't exactly film it that way, but it's certainly not boring.


Laga - Mar 20, 2008 6:26:23 pm PDT #1379 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Titus killed me. Especially Laura Fraser's performance as I had already fallen in love with her as Kate the farrier in A Knight's Tale.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 21, 2008 4:32:22 am PDT #1380 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I got to the most recent Angel: After the Fall last night, and while I was uncertain the direction they were going in, I rather liked where it looks like they are ending up. Still don't like the art, though I think it looked better this issue than it has.