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WINTIN: OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE RE-WRITE [REVIEW]

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Adam vanLangenberg

William Wallace has a few words to say about the new Tintin flick and his trousers.

For a lifelong and vaguely fanatical fan of the Adventures of Tintin, I was besidemyself with joy when I stumbled across the news that a live-action Tintin film (possibly three!) was in the making. For months I waited, reading interviews and being utterly frustrated by the flitting trailers that were released, until the film finally hit theatres.

WARNING: Spoilers be ahead for those who have not read The Crab With the Golden Claws and The Secret of the Unicorn.

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Posted in Comics, Film, Reviews | Tagged tintin spielberg herge | 1 Comment

PAUL M KRAMER IS A SPITEFUL LITTLE IDIOT

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Adam vanLangenberg

Review: Maggie Goes on a Diet, Paul M Kramer.

This review by the Treasury Islands blog is totally worth it for the response by the book’s author, third comment down. He does not respond well to criticism.

Posted in Books, Reviews | Tagged idiot, weight loss | 1 Comment

IT’S A BIRD: BEAUTIFUL POIGNANCY [REVIEW]

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Adam vanLangenberg

No jokes, today.

“It’s a Bird” is one of the most poignant, beautiful and touching stories I have ever read. I’m not limiting this statement to just graphic novels either.

Written by Steven T. Seagle, “It’s a Bird” is an autobiographical piece about an author who is offered the holy of holies, a shot at writing Superman. As Seagle points out, this should be the moment he has been waiting for. He should be overjoyed at the idea of creating an entire story around a character who is arguably the most famous in all of comic book history.

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6 REASONS WHY PHIL PLAIT MUST BE STOPPED

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Adam vanLangenberg

Phil Plait is a bad man, and a bad astronomer. Known at the rubber plantation where I work as ‘El Destructor de los Sueños’ or ‘The Destroyer of Dreams’. He is technically an astronomer, blogger and host of Bad Universe but in reality he chews up the hopes and inspirations of millions of people worldwide.

Phil wrote a book called ‘ Bad Astronomy‘ which attempts to tear apart what he considers to be conspiracy theories. Theories such as the fact that the moon landing was faked and instead filmed in a television studio inside a volcano fortress. Phil refuses to acknowledge our reptilian overlords and does not even believe that aliens have ever landed on Earth (hereafter known as Home Planet Alpha) and probed my bottom.

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Posted in Generally Geeky, Sceptical | Tagged aliens, astronomy, phil plait | 4 Comments

WHY I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN JAMES FRANCO TO PLAY CATWOMAN

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Adam vanLangenberg

Scott Jardany Lewis debates Nolan’s choice of Catwoman actor and suggests an alternative.

Despite the release of an official teaser trailer; the Nolan fan base is still wary of what Anne Hathaway will bring to the role of Catwoman. Her previous roles have shown her to be someone who can evoke the audience’s emotions (Rachel Getting Married) and she has shown she has comic timing (Get Smart) but despite a turn in the sex rom-com Love And Other Drugs I am not convinced she can pull off sexy. Some talented actresses just cannot do sexy; think Julia Roberts. The way The Dark Knight Rises frames Hathaway as Catwoman is as a class avenger who sees Bruce Wayne and his ilk as a drain on society who has their time coming. But the way she whispers her warning to him at what looks like a masked ball is in the catty manner we’ve come to assume of a Catwoman. Does she pull it off? It is too early to really tell.