Best comic book movie ever? No, probably not, but The Dark Knight does deserve to be part of that conversation. It’s that good. (No one is more surprised than me.) It’s a fantastic popcorn movie that felt just slightly too long at two-and-a-half hours but had enough legit “wow” moments to justify the hype. Needless to say I [...]
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Why So Serious?
Posted in Comic Books, Movies, tagged batman, the dark knight on July 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Heath Ledger’s ghost hates me
Posted in Comic Books, Movies, tagged batman, karma, the dark knight on July 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Every time I say something bad about Heath Ledger, things happens to me. Bad things. First there was this incident back in January.
Now this: Less than a day after I made a mildly disparaging remark about his death (and really, it was more about the media coverage of his death), a frickin’ MACK TRUCK strikes my parked car and tears up the bumper, tail light, and [...]
I’m already sick of the Dark Knight
Posted in Comic Books, Movies, tagged batman, the dark knight, things are that overrated on July 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Apparently I’m the only person in America who isn’t all that interested in The Dark Knight. I’ve never really liked any of the DC superheroes, or Batman in particular. I think Christian Bale is overrated. I found Batman Begins boring and bloated. And oh my god am I sick of hearing about Heath Ledger’s “tragic death” and “Oscar-worthy” performance.
Now Zap2It is calling The Dark Knight [...]
Random thoughts and observations
Posted in Comic Books, Parenthood, Red Sox, Television on July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been a bit slow to post things to the blog this week. Not for lack of things to write, just for lack of time. Anyway, here are a few random thoughts and obvervations from the week that was.
Things found in Ethan’s toy box: A plastic cup, a stick of deodorant, a pen, a book, a [...]
My weekend, by the numbers
Posted in Comic Books, Parenthood, Red Sox, Television, tagged doctor who, gloucester, new avengers, ravenswood park, verizon sucks on June 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Ten minutes arguing with Penny about cat urine. (Don’t ask.)
Nine issues of New Avengers read, bagged, and boarded.
Eight innings of baseball watched.
Seven really cute pictures of Ethan taken with my cell phone camera.
Six failed attempts at downloading those pictures. (F**king Verizon!)
Five episodes of Doctor Who watched. (Including this awesome one.)
Four miles walked in the woods at [...]
Tag, I’m it
Posted in Comic Books, Movies, Parenthood, tagged Ghostbusters, Highlander, indiana jones, Marvel Comics, Nintendo, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Super Mario Brothers, The Empire Strikes Back, The Princess Bride on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been tagged by Eric, which means I’m supposed to link to his blog (done!), leave a comment there so his readers can visit mine (done!), post the rules on my blog (done!), and share seven weird facts about myself. I’ll just go with seven random facts you may not have known. Here goes.
1. In 2nd grade, my [...]
Ten things I’m looking forward to in 2008
Posted in Comic Books, Coven Hill, Movies, Parenthood, Patriots, Red Sox, Rise of the Hidden Sun, Spider-Man, Television, The Broken Prince, Travel, Writing on January 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rather than doing the usual New Year’s resolutions thing I thought I’d start 2008 off with a list of things I’m excited about seeing or doing in the year ahead. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it’s a start.
So, in no particular order:
1. Ethan’s first birthday. In just a few short months my little boy [...]
Spider-Man: One More Day
Posted in Comic Books, Spider-Man, tagged one more day, spider-man on December 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, they finally did it. After 20 looooooong years, Marvel Comics has ended the marriage of Peter (Spider-Man) Parker and Mary Jane Watson.
THANK GOD.
Now, first, some background. Twenty years ago Marvel made the decision to marry Peter and MJ in order to match something that Spidey’s creator, Stan Lee, was doing in the out-of-continuity daily newspaper [...]
Ten things I’m thankful for
Posted in Comic Books, Movies, Parenthood, Spider-Man, Travel, Writing on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My family has a tradition at Thanksgiving that before we can gorge on the turkey and all the fixings, everyone at the table has to say one thing they’re thankful for. But this year I’m thankful for more than one thing, so consider this the expanded DVD version of what I said at the dinner [...]
What I’m reading: Conan, Buffy, Spider-Man…
Posted in Buffy, Conan, Spider-Man, tagged buffy the vampire slayer, Comic Books, conan, dark horse, Joss Whedon, planetary, spider-man on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
One of the few good things about being laid up after surgery is the chance to catch up on stuff I’ve been meaning to read but hadn’t gotten around to for one reason or another.
Now, first, a disclaimer: I graduated college with honors as an English major, and I have a fairly refined taste in literature. But, [...]
