Friday, June 15, 2007
New Batsuit...
Apparently next week's Entertainment Weekly will include a pic of the new Batsuit for the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. I believe it was EW where I first saw a glimpse of the Batman Begins batsuit almost 3 years ago. I think the new one looks pretty sweet. As noted, the head and neck area have a lot more range of motion. That's a good thing. The utility belt appears to be the same, from this angle anyway. I'm really pumped for next July.
Labels: batman
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
I Am Legend
Apple.com recently posted the teaser trailer for the latest adaptation of Richard Matheson's very entertaining book, I Am Legend. This one stars Will Smith. There was talk for a good, long while about Arnold Schwarzenegger starring. Thank goodness that didn't happen. There have been two other adaptations: The Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price and The Omega Man starring Charlton Heston. I've only seen The Omega Man. I didn't really care for it much.
I first read the book over 5 years ago. My uncle let me borrow his hardback copy. I didn't read it right away but once I started I couldn't stop.
It's the story of Robert Neville, the last man on earth, and he's not alone. The rest of the world has turned into vampires. So each night is torture for him and he spends his days hunting them down. The book was written in 1954 and is set in the late 1970s. The current movie, coming out this December, is set in the near future. The setting for the book and movie are entirely different. I don't want to go into a lot of detail on the differences but I'm going to read the book again. I bought a paperback copy a few years ago and it sat on my shelf until recently when I let a good friend of mine borrow it. He was familiar with I Am Legend from a White Zombie tune of the same name. I had forgotten about that but after telling him about the book, it made even more sense to him. Needless to say, he loved the book.
So before you see any of those movies based on the book, read it first. I am looking forward to the new one although I know it is definitely going to have major differences from the book.
I first read the book over 5 years ago. My uncle let me borrow his hardback copy. I didn't read it right away but once I started I couldn't stop.
It's the story of Robert Neville, the last man on earth, and he's not alone. The rest of the world has turned into vampires. So each night is torture for him and he spends his days hunting them down. The book was written in 1954 and is set in the late 1970s. The current movie, coming out this December, is set in the near future. The setting for the book and movie are entirely different. I don't want to go into a lot of detail on the differences but I'm going to read the book again. I bought a paperback copy a few years ago and it sat on my shelf until recently when I let a good friend of mine borrow it. He was familiar with I Am Legend from a White Zombie tune of the same name. I had forgotten about that but after telling him about the book, it made even more sense to him. Needless to say, he loved the book.
So before you see any of those movies based on the book, read it first. I am looking forward to the new one although I know it is definitely going to have major differences from the book.
Labels: i am legend, movies, vampires
Since my last post...
I've watched my share of TV since my last post and continued to buy a few comics on a regular basis. I also joined the rest of the world and subscribed to Netflix. I had to upgrade to the 2-at-a-time unlimited plan since my wife and I have totally different tastes in movies and I tend to get mine watched a lot faster than she does. So Netflix really likes her as a customer. I've been renting documentaries mostly.
I didn't miss a single episode of Heroes or Lost. I feel that Heroes had the best season of shows overall but Lost had the better finale.
My wife and I did make sure not to miss the last episodes of the Sopranos. My feeling is that Tony did not get whacked after the screen cut to black. I'm in the camp that Tony is always going to have be aware of his surroundings regardless of where he is. That's the life he has to live.
As far as the big screen goes, I've only seen Spider-Man 3 and Knocked Up for the summer movie season. SM3 was a tad disappointing. Like a lot of people have said, too much was crammed into the flick. Knocked Up was hilarious and well worth seeing. Both my wife and I loved it.
On the comic book front, Civil War finally ended in the Marvel Universe although the repercussions continue with the Initiative. I've dropped on the number of issues I buy on the crossover events. Civil War was a bit much. I continue to keep up with Ultimate X-Men and the Ultimates Volume 2 just finished up. Looking forward to Volume 3. My other top titles include New Avengers, Wolverine and a handful of other mostly Marvel titles. The only DC title that I read regularly is Justice.
The rest of the summer will probably consist of more TV, more movies from Netflix and more comics.
I didn't miss a single episode of Heroes or Lost. I feel that Heroes had the best season of shows overall but Lost had the better finale.
My wife and I did make sure not to miss the last episodes of the Sopranos. My feeling is that Tony did not get whacked after the screen cut to black. I'm in the camp that Tony is always going to have be aware of his surroundings regardless of where he is. That's the life he has to live.
As far as the big screen goes, I've only seen Spider-Man 3 and Knocked Up for the summer movie season. SM3 was a tad disappointing. Like a lot of people have said, too much was crammed into the flick. Knocked Up was hilarious and well worth seeing. Both my wife and I loved it.
On the comic book front, Civil War finally ended in the Marvel Universe although the repercussions continue with the Initiative. I've dropped on the number of issues I buy on the crossover events. Civil War was a bit much. I continue to keep up with Ultimate X-Men and the Ultimates Volume 2 just finished up. Looking forward to Volume 3. My other top titles include New Avengers, Wolverine and a handful of other mostly Marvel titles. The only DC title that I read regularly is Justice.
The rest of the summer will probably consist of more TV, more movies from Netflix and more comics.
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