Archive for the 'Comic Book' Category
Friday, March 6th, 2009
One hour into Watchmen, I thought it was going to beat out Dark Knight as my favourite superhero film.
I didn’t expect much. The graphic novel is dense and long and literary, and although 300 (the director’s previous film) was visually lush, I wasn’t moved by it. I knew it was going to be pretty long, and would nonetheless have to do some fairly savage cutting to get it finished under three hours. I was prepared for compromises. That was the first surprise. It fit in far more than I was expecting, and patiently laid things out without the kind of mad rush that infected such films as The Golden Compass. It even made an improvement in discarding the giant squid in favour of the very logical “Doctor Manhattan goes nuts” scenario, tying things together very effectively.
Still, perilously close to greatness, the second half meandered into setpieces that were cool but left the plot hanging. The subplot about Black Canary’s patrimony *was* rushed and so was Doctor Manhatten’s ultimate conversion to save humanity.
For a change, let’s open the comments for suggestions for changing the film, even if it is just me in the end.
Posted in Action, Comic Book, Slash'n'dash, W, shellshear | 8 Comments »
Friday, November 30th, 2007
| State of body |
A super-powered corpse that won’t trouble you with too many deeper questions. |
| Detail of Inspection |
Inspected twice. |
| Forensic Investigator |
winstoninabox |
| Comments |
Family friendly fun. |
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Posted in Action, Alphabetical, Authors, Comic Book, F, Forensic Analysis, winston | No Comments »
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
| State of Body |
Watchable. Enjoyable. Unmemorable. |
| Detail of Inspection |
Inspected once. |
| Forensic Investigator |
winstoninabox |
| Comments |
Great action. ’nuff said. |
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Posted in Action, Comic Book, Forensic Analysis, General, S, winston | 9 Comments »
Monday, May 7th, 2007
| State of Body |
Viable, but has signs of future instability. |
| Detail of Inspection |
Inspected a few times. |
| Forensic Investigator |
winstoninabox |
| Comments |
This body is in pretty good nick. If only it had kept to the cast established in the first one. I think I’m mixing my metaphors. Oh well. |
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Posted in Action, Comic Book, Forensic Analysis, X, winston | 3 Comments »
Sunday, January 15th, 2006
| State of Body |
Punished (Sorry, I couldn’t resist) |
| Detail of Inspection |
Inspected 3 times. |
| Forensic Investigator |
winstoninabox |
| Comments |
This body was unable to survive the multiple cuts of budget and length. |
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Posted in Action, Comic Book, Forensic Analysis, P, winston | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
| State of body |
Exquisitely preserved, apart from the fact that all the water in it had been instantaneously turned into steam. |
| Detail of inspection |
Inspected twice. |
| Forensic Investigator |
shellshear |
| Comments |
A tragic pity that the body ended up on the slab. It nearly escaped injury altogether, except for one fatal miscalculation regarding a microwave steam gun. |
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Posted in B, Comic Book, Forensic Analysis, shellshear | 10 Comments »
Sunday, July 31st, 2005
| State of body |
Killed by a bizarre mutation – partly normal, and partly something very, very strange. |
| Detail of inspection |
Inspected five times. |
| Forensic Investigator |
shellshear |
| Comments |
Seems to be a normal comic-book movie that has been partially attacked by another Film Forensics reviewer who wanted to turn it into something infinitely stranger. More power to them. |
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Posted in Action, Comic Book, Forensic Analysis, H, shellshear | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
| State of body |
A pathetic shrivelled husk, drained of vital fluids. |
| Detail of inspection |
Inspected once. |
| Forensic Investigator |
shellshear |
| Comments |
Mediocre in every respect – given the wealth of existing material to draw on, it is bizarre they could have come up with something so bland. An ideal FF candidate. |
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Posted in Action, C, Comic Book, Forensic Analysis, shellshear | 2 Comments »
Saturday, December 18th, 2004
| State of Body |
Dismembered superhero. |
| Detail of Inspection |
Inspected three times. |
| Forensic Investigator |
winstoninabox |
| Comments |
The messy corpse hides the wealth of forethought put into this movie. |
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Posted in Action, Comic Book, D, winston | 3 Comments »
Sunday, September 19th, 2004
| State of body |
Disheveled and distended. |
| Detail of inspection |
Inspected twice. |
| Forensic Investigator |
shellshear |
| Comments |
Subject was rambling and incoherent prior to death – possible suicide. |
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Posted in Action, Comic Book, Fantasy, L, shellshear | 6 Comments »
Thursday, September 2nd, 2004
| State of body |
Second-degree burns, bite-marks, and minor gun-shot wounds. |
| Detail of inspection |
Inspected once. |
| Forensic Investigator |
shellshear |
| Comments |
Death due an accumulation of small wounds. Nothing fatal in itself. |
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Posted in Action, Comic Book, H, Horror, shellshear | 3 Comments »