Thanks to Chris for pointing them out to me. You can watch them all on the dude’s YouTube site.

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That is literally all you need to know about the plot. It is a thing of awesomeness: everything about it is well done. The shots are beautiful, the acting powerful, the comic book like physiques of the near super-heroic Spartans is appropriate, the battles fantastic, the voices great, the drama high, the tension good, the sound ear-blowingly awesome, and the beards… well, they have to be seen to be believed. There’s really not a lot of plot to unveil and not many weak points. James, who came to watch it with me, observed that the ‘political’ subplot was less interesting, and there’s no doubt that some of the dialogue is unnecessary, but it doesn’t diminish from the overall sense of wonder.

I guess the two things I’d say to people going to see it: if you can’t deal with scenes of violence and gore, you might have some trouble. And: deal with your problems with violence and gore and go see this movie. It’s great.

Whilst I’m under no obligation to write about it (as you’ll see if you click through to Hugh’s blog), who wouldn’t want to!? It’s a fantastic film and I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if there are another 299 positive blog reviews being written or published as we speak. I had to miss the Q&A with Zack Snyder, who came across as someone remarkably humble, nervous and inarticulate for the man responsible for the wonder of 300, but am sure he perked up during the questions – gather he’s had quite a busy couple of days flying around.

Armand’s now off to wonder whether Leonidus vs. Ninja would be an interesting deathmatch… and also why, despite the fact that they obviously care about bloggers, the makers of 300 didn’t give us access to any easy-post images on the (slow, poorly designed flash) website or via Flickr. Instead, be sated with this YouTube provided trailer:

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Video for you.

Sure, the trailer’s not great, it’s not next gen, and there’s never been a good Justice League game, but why not? It could happen.

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Just finished the first book, and glad that Arvind decided to restrict the loan to one of the ten volumes at a time, as its fantastic and I would likely have been up till 4am finishing them off. Gaiman’s got this syrupy, mythic way with words which is completely appropriate to his otherworldly subject matter.

Recommended, thumbs up etc. If you haven’t read Sandman, you’re missing something amazing.

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I suggested that [[Lobo]] might have made a more appropriate character base for the character – no-nonsense, tough guy, who swears a lot and lives by his own rules. And not even them. Lives by no rules at all. What a crazy cat he would be.

If only it were that simple. I am glad that this decade has seen a slight rejection of the traditional conventions of heroism – there’s a bit more darkness in the heroes lighting up the screen and stage. From Harry Potter to Ghost Rider to Spidey and back again – few have the tedious do-goodishness of Wesley.

[tags]startrek, comics, lobo, wesley, writing, heroes[/tags]

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Well, in one of the more recent issues of ‘The Amazing Spider Man’ – (I think it’s issue 533 – ‘Civil War’) – loads of people go out and Google something (yes, Google – the page is illustrated with almost complete accuracy) – using a Netscape browser.

Bizarre. You’d think those geeks would be loving Firefox or something, but apparently not… Marvel, you’re a strange bunch!

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Both are obviously based on film / comic franchises that I love. Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead series (of which I’ve seen 1 and 3: Army of Darkness) is fully entertaining, and there’s something about Bruce Campbell’s ridiculous machismo that is hugely entertaining – and proves to be in the ludicrous cutscenes of the game. It’s like Duke Nukem meets… well, Evil Dead. Very, very funny – simple, addictive, button mashing game play, decent graphics and a plotline worth sawing your arm off for. So far, anyway – I’m only about 20 minutes in. Have a feeling its going to get repetitive quick, but for now…

And Marvel’s newest beat-em-up, after a long line of really, really awful games, is actually relatively entertaining. It, like MK: Shaolin Monks, turns the game into something more of a platform game and gives a nice bit of variety between characters. Of course, there’s no two-player cooperative mode (d’oh! – although haven’t tried on Xbox Live yet), and the combos seem limited, it is very true to Marvel so far and quite fun as a consequence.

In short, great diversions for a small investment. This pleases me.

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You are Superman

Superman 65% Spider-Man 60% Iron Man 60% Green Lantern 50% Batman 50% Supergirl 50% Robin 47% Wonder Woman 35% The Flash 35% Hulk 35% Catwoman 10%

You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

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Favourite line (and still loving my recent discovery of the block-quote tag):

“Ideas are bulletproof.”

Oddly, Alan Moore wasn’t credited. Wonder why?

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