Bendis, Millar, Ellis, Kubert and Immonen. This cannot goint to go wrong. And this works, of course. Another brilliant re-start to the oldest group of Marvell superheroes.
sábado, 27 de marzo de 2010
"Ultimate Fantastic 4"
Bendis, Millar, Ellis, Kubert and Immonen. This cannot goint to go wrong. And this works, of course. Another brilliant re-start to the oldest group of Marvell superheroes.
"The Sopranos" First season
After "Twin Peaks" this was the first series of our moder times. Was with HBO open the gate to a new generation of series, a new kind of see and narrate. Without "The Sopranos" "The Wire" were impossible.Yeah, Sopranos lack some things of old series. First season have secondarie plots that are a crap, and some actions are unmotivated and bad showed. But despite this, this incredibly worked. And I know because I have seen chapters of the third season, the series is getting better. This is just the beginning.
"1985" By Mark Millar
A 3 number limited series. Millar tell us a story about his (shared) love about superheroes comic-books. One of the best Millar works. 1985 the year of marvel's "Secret Wars" -the best of the decade.
"If don't a tear loose at the end of the story, you're not one of us" says the Spanish editor of this comic. Probably he is right.
"If don't a tear loose at the end of the story, you're not one of us" says the Spanish editor of this comic. Probably he is right.
"Memories of Murder" by Bong Joon-ho
I love Bong Joon-ho's "The Host". Maybe this one is better. The dark side of "Se7en", one of the most interesting movies about serial killers. "Memories of murder" looks-like a copycat but it's a sublime piece of art who center his plot on the South Korean police and the dangerous relationship with his North's neighbor.
This is Special DVD Edition Cover is a marvelous joke. Kang-ho Song is a incredible actor, one of the best. If this man was probably the U.S. was recognized as a Philip Seymour Hoffman. It's a real crack.
"The Walk" Robert Walser
The masterpiece by Walser. Marvelous. Bigger than life. And so...I said many time that i admire and envy this people. I dont envy his life, of course (I don't gonna be mad on my 30). I envy that they can do works so perfect, deliver and how are you beautiful. Talking of what we are all human beings. It reminds me of my complete inability to make a brief comment to fictional way what the world is.
Moreover, 'The Walk' is a sublime beauty be authentic. The short walk and brief as an allegory of our existence. He's not the flaneur of the French, is another type of tour.
By the way, who represent the monkey and the razor in the covert book? I don't have f**** idea.
"Bob Roberts" by Tim Robbins
A 1992 movie that I saw many times. It's very actual and very current. Bob Roberts looks-like a PP boy who have learned the pose and the imposture of a young rebel like Bob Dyland (and here's the Bob in Bob Roberts). But He's a dark Dylan who sing to the capital and to the neocon values songs like this:Some people must have.
Some people have not.
But they'll complain and complain and complain and complain and complain.
Some people will work.
Some simply will not.
But they'll complain and complain and complain and complain and complain.
Like this: It's society's fault I don't have a job.
It's society's fault I am a slob.
I have potential no one can see.
Give me welfare. Let me be me!
Hey, Bud, you're livin' in the Land of the Free.
No one's gonna hand you opportunity!
Some people must have.
Some never will.
But they'll complain and complain and complain and complain and complain.
I don't have a house. I don't have a car.
I spend all my money getting' drunk in a bar.
I wanna be rich. I don't have a brain.
Just give me a handout while I complain.
Or this: I wanna stay in bed and watch TV.
Go out weekends in a limousine
And dance all night takin' lots of drugs
And wake up when I wanna.
Hey, Bud, you're livin' in the Land of the Free.
No one's gonna hand you opportunity!
Some people will learn.
Some never do.
But they'll complain and complain and complain and complain and complain.
Yeah, they'll complain and complain and complain and complain and complain.
Sí, ellos se quejan pero en realidad se lo merecen. como diría Esperanza Aguirre A very very scary movie "Bob Roberts", indeed. Lead and directed by Tim Robbins its count with many of his friends (many impressive cameos). And this was made in a hard time: EEUU started his first war agains Irak and many countries support this atack on the idea that Irak cannot invade Kwait. This was the start of all the things you-know-what.
Another songs to the neocon you have inside your heart (indeed, all the movies songs, I think):
Another songs to the neocon you have inside your heart (indeed, all the movies songs, I think):
"1001 Nights of Snowfall" by Willingham
Guille gave me. It's another postmodern adaptation of "The 1001 nights". This time it's funny and in some way interesting. Some short stories are better than others and is a good start to the Bill Willingham's "Fables" world.
"Bartleby, the scriverer" by Melville
Well maybe i shuld to do a complete review about this amazing book from this stroy by Melville but I would prefert not to.
My edition includes 5 stories (Bartleby, The bell-tower, The two temples, The ligting-rod man, The fiddler) I would prefert not to comment.
I think i'm going to sit in an armchair and watch through my window the pass go by. Doing nothing. But, I would prefert not to.
"Spiderman" by Straczinsky
8 Volumen with the work by J.M Straczinsky, the man who renew the Spidey comic-book. The volumen includes the 11-S special (a wonderfull work of art, a testimony of the moment) and the incredible #500 (the picture is from this mumber)
Spidey is the emblem of Marvell since many years. Before Staczynsky the colection were on the bottom of a dark pit, whit all the (forgotten) villains like The Matador or The Spot. With Strac the comics rise from it to the point that Spiderman deserve. This 8 volumens narrate who aunt May knows that Spiderman is her grand-son Peter Parker.
Incredible well crafted by John Romita jr. (one of my most beloved artist on comic-books) Spiderman by Strac are a very recomendable reading.
Spidey is the emblem of Marvell since many years. Before Staczynsky the colection were on the bottom of a dark pit, whit all the (forgotten) villains like The Matador or The Spot. With Strac the comics rise from it to the point that Spiderman deserve. This 8 volumens narrate who aunt May knows that Spiderman is her grand-son Peter Parker.
Incredible well crafted by John Romita jr. (one of my most beloved artist on comic-books) Spiderman by Strac are a very recomendable reading.
"Borges" by Rodrigo Garcia
Another by Rodrigo García. It's seem interesting too.I'm boring to do a lot of entries on this way. In the most of the cases I don't have nothing interestig to say about. In others my english are fucking awful to say the things that are on my head. In other way: Read it somebody? Matters it?
Instead of writings silly things about the work of others, I should doing be my job.
Crap!
"Agamenón" by Rodrigo Garcia
A good play by Rodrigo Garcia. It's seem like it have got a interesting play-on. I did't know, I only read it.
By the way, I love the actor in tis picture.
viernes, 19 de marzo de 2010
"The Real Thing"
We can see that the script by Tom Stoppard's 'The Real Thing' was good. The on-stage work awful, awful, awful. With horrible moments that made me laugh unintentionally (like a desesperate Javier Cámara behind a screen like a chinese shadow figure while a Bonny Tyler's song broke my ears). Incredible crazy thing. Poor Stoppard."Calderon" by Passolini
An interesting play from Pier Paolo Passolini in the spanish's post-war scenario. About about liberty dreams and broken revolutionary hope.
"Un Prophète"
Like I said in my previous post: This is a almost perfect film. Impressive Tahar Rahim. A script very well crafted. It's alike "Miller's Crossin".
domingo, 7 de marzo de 2010
"Celda 211"
I liked Daniel Monzon's work. I liked the look-like Philip K. Dick work "The Warrior's Heart". "Celda 211" its a great piece of work.But, like almost all spanish cinema: What fuck about the script? Yeah, this isn't bad but it have many whys?
Why Malamadre, the worst convict, are so Buenamadre? Why decided to be so good with the new prisioner? Why chaos reign in Spain because 3 ETA convicts are taken like hostages by the others convicts? and so on and on...
And most important: why exist a tradition in the artistic representations in Spain that in case of this always the bad guys are the cops? Since Eloy de la Iglesia (and more far far away in time) the spanish artist dignified the bad guys, the thiefs, the outsiders -in the bad way- and point to the autorities how the mother of all the problems. Yeah, the thiefs are thiefs but the cops are worse.
All right, there are bad cops, and very bad politicians, and corrupt judges, and an unfair justice system and become worst people in jail. But not always. Not on black and white. Because of this is stupid that Malamadre be better than the whole system.
Why is he so bad? Because of his voice and his acts don't fit. He's a good person, only you have to see how he act with the main character. Malamadre knows that he is a undercover prision officer and don't do nothing. Inexplicably they conect on a strange way. This don't have any sense.
The movie are really good indeed. But in the same day i've seen "Un Prophète", maybe the best movie I've seen in years, with a similar motif. Yeah, we make better movies: "Celda 211" is a good example, but we are a long way to do "Un Prophète", where criminals are criminals.
"The new avengers. vol. 1: Breakout " by Bendis
Va a ser de las pocas entradas que haga en español. Y es necesario para entender cierta chapuza que se hizo hace muchos años y que ahora irónicamente gracias a esta colección, podemos disfrutar.A long time ago, Forum decidió publicar las dos colecciones de los Vengadores que estaban sacando en USA. "Avengers" y "Avengers West Coast". Decidieron traducir "Avengers West Coast" por "Los nuevos Vengadores". Siglos después USA saca una colleción nueva capitaneada por Michael Brian Bendis a la que llama "The New Avengers" con los persoanjes favoritos de Bendis (Spiderwoman, Luke Cage, Spiderman, Lobezno, Iron Man y el Capitán América"). Afortunadamente, Forum (ahora Planeta) ya no lleva el tema de los Superhéroes Marvel sino el problema con las traducciones hubiese sido morrocotudo.
Sobre el Comic decir que me siguen maravillando. Es cuioso cómo han cambiado (o cómo cambiaron las cosas). Sin que el nivel sea para morirse de envidia tipo Alan Moore, Bendis y el equipo de dibujo hace un trabajo más que correcto, adulto (o maduro, según se vea) y entretenido que es lo mínimo que debería pedirse a un tipo de cosa así.
No es de extrañar que si el Comic Marvel se miró al espejo del cine hace siglos ahora se asome a la verdadera revolución en términos de historias que son las series de TV. Las colecciones se plantean por arcos argumentales y se desarrollan con la paciencia de una buena serie, destrozando las estructuras previas (sobre todo el narrador mnisciente que solia bocadillear las viñetas con texto inutil en la mayoría de los casos) y haciendolos inesperados. Ahora puedes leer un Comic de superhéroes donde no haya peleas. Cosa inpensable en los 80 donde había mínimo 2 por número. Como a veces eso era insostenible se tenían que inventar fintas estúpidas como una nueva pelea en la Sala del Peligro o cosas por el estilo (que se zurrasen entre ellos, etc.)
No sé, creo que es otro momento brillante de esta forma de arte. No creo que haya muchos que compartan esta fascinación que estoy sintiendo (otra cosa es que venda mucho, que de eso seguro).
"Mithago Wood" by Holdstock
An amusing book by the recently deceased Robert Holdstock. "Mythago Wood" containg the better and the worst of fantasy literature. Have people who enter in magic real (very interesting realms by the way), chosen ones, and strange loves.
Split in three parts the first part are the best. A World War II soldier returns home to find her brother obsessed by hers father's work about the medieval wood who surround his Manor. A wood that materialize ancients leyends in flesh-and-bone dangerous people.
The other two parts are few interesting for me: all the things are predictable and lack few space for surprises. Anyway, the story is interesting.
This is the first book of a tetralogy... I dont think that I'll read more. One it's enough.
Split in three parts the first part are the best. A World War II soldier returns home to find her brother obsessed by hers father's work about the medieval wood who surround his Manor. A wood that materialize ancients leyends in flesh-and-bone dangerous people.
The other two parts are few interesting for me: all the things are predictable and lack few space for surprises. Anyway, the story is interesting.
This is the first book of a tetralogy... I dont think that I'll read more. One it's enough.
domingo, 28 de febrero de 2010
"Fido"
Why need we of slaves when we have zombies?"Fido" is an uchronia: What will happened if the world war II was against zombies? Well, We "win" and live in a fine villages with zombie slaves (thanks to a electronic collar). All is perfect, like in the old 50's. But, are you sure of that?
The movie is fine and clever. With some hillarious moments. A good comedy about zombies and parenthood. (Yeah, this is all about parenthood).
"Marvel Knights -II: Spiderman" by Millar / Dodson
Millar probably is the best writer of Marvel. At least during that period. he has the bad attitude that a bad guy that makes their stories have something special.
The idea behind this is that the billionaires created the villains (the fund) to prevent superheroes conquer the world of finance.
Brilliant.
The idea behind this is that the billionaires created the villains (the fund) to prevent superheroes conquer the world of finance.
Brilliant.
"The prisoner 2009"
An 6 episode mini-serie, this one is a remake of the infamous The Prisoner from the 60's (who have one season and 17 episodes)
It is a great job. Very intense and well crafted. Edited like devilish.
The struggle Caviezel vs. Mckellen (Jesucristo vs. Gandalf) articulate all this 6 episodes. This serie have one of the more disturbings endings ever.
The lesser point are that sometimes you have the feeling that they (the whole serie) are a joke on you. The best point are that the joke is very very funny.
Information about the 60's Prisoner here. And links from remake here.
1_The arrival:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WGWUOIK5
2_Harmony:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2LQMPYMP
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J785IQ2R
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9BMFMRBI
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QILG0WYC
3_Anvil
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C6GPY6VF
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BOFZZKTM
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JO72G41S
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H8XOV167
4_Darling
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QD8I9R7U
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CV2LSO9R
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=170VI58U
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1HNWEMF9
5_Squizoid
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OS4GDIFZ
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RCVR1EX2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8GUN42R4
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IX51GFUC
6_Checkmate.
Links broken, sorry.
It is a great job. Very intense and well crafted. Edited like devilish.
The struggle Caviezel vs. Mckellen (Jesucristo vs. Gandalf) articulate all this 6 episodes. This serie have one of the more disturbings endings ever.
The lesser point are that sometimes you have the feeling that they (the whole serie) are a joke on you. The best point are that the joke is very very funny.
Information about the 60's Prisoner here. And links from remake here.
1_The arrival:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WGWUOIK5
2_Harmony:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2LQMPYMP
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J785IQ2R
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9BMFMRBI
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QILG0WYC
3_Anvil
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C6GPY6VF
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BOFZZKTM
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JO72G41S
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H8XOV167
4_Darling
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QD8I9R7U
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CV2LSO9R
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=170VI58U
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1HNWEMF9
5_Squizoid
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OS4GDIFZ
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RCVR1EX2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8GUN42R4
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IX51GFUC
6_Checkmate.
Links broken, sorry.
"House of M"
What if Scarlett Witch chage the shape of the world and give what all deep inside wants?But despite this, remains an excellent standard.
By the way, This was used in which the image of the King of Spain as a model for Magneto costume. Really fun!
"In the Mouth Of Madness"
I seen this movie ten times or more. I love it! Is the best Lovecraftian adaptation ever made without Lovecraft.
This has got tentacular horrors, forgotten towns, scary things, old grannys that hide deeply unknows secrets, mad writers, ancients gods, and, of course, the end of the civilization. A John Carpenter movie! (with a great influence of H.P Lovecratf)
Why so serious?
This has got tentacular horrors, forgotten towns, scary things, old grannys that hide deeply unknows secrets, mad writers, ancients gods, and, of course, the end of the civilization. A John Carpenter movie! (with a great influence of H.P Lovecratf)
Why so serious?
http://rapidshare.com/files/42253547/In_The_Mouth_Of_Madness.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/42253629/In_The_Mouth_Of_Madness.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/42253732/In_The_Mouth_Of_Madness.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/42253808/In_The_Mouth_Of_Madness.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/42253847/In_The_Mouth_Of_Madness.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/42253900/In_The_Mouth_Of_Madness.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/42253941/In_The_Mouth_Of_Madness.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/42253953/In_The_Mouth_Of_Madness.part8.rar
"Fantastic Four " by Strackzinsky
I don't know if I loose my criterion but I like the Fantastic Four by Strackzinsky, and never Like this group of heroes. Specially The Thing. But. like Capitain America, this is another world.
Repeat: I don't know if I loose my mind or if I go crazy but I'm having fun like a child with all of this Marvell Deluxe volumen.
The three chapters of the Thing fighting with The Hulk are really amusing.
Repeat: I don't know if I loose my mind or if I go crazy but I'm having fun like a child with all of this Marvell Deluxe volumen.
The three chapters of the Thing fighting with The Hulk are really amusing.
"Capitain America -1 Out of time" By Brubaker & Epting
First volume plublished by Panini (on Marvel Deluxe) that contain the new season of Capitain America. The season writing by ed Brubaker and pencils by Steve Eptings.
All of you know Capitain America: Steve Rogers was inoculate with a serum that give amazing super-powers to him to fight Adolf Hitler. He was an amazing super-soldier, and the symbol of america. He was (is) the american spirit avatar. In a fight with Baron Zemo (possibly one of the most stupid villains ever) Capitain fell down in the deep and cold water of the Ocean and was trapped in a block of ice. The Avengers found him 50 years later. Bucky was dead because of the fall.
Brubaker take the character and do that Capitain America wonder himself about his past. All the three volume that I read is about the past and memories of the Capitain. A journey into his psyque and the conflicts who arise from his past (Bucky, the Red Skull villian...)
I always hated Capitain America: Comics boring me and boring me his perfect hierarchial moral. He has no ambiguityes: world was black or white. An John Wayne with tights and adamantium shield. But Brubaker is a good writer and do a fine job with him. the three volume are great. He make an amusing story more close to cinema noir that a classic superhero comic-book.
And, wow!, this was great. Brubaker has made that all this pleased to me again again. Yeah, Capitain is moral straight, but a certain ambiguous. You understand the psyque of Capitain, what are in his mind: why He is fighting for?
"Out of time" was only the start the first plot with 5 numbers. Second volume "Winter Soldier" is better, and 3rd volume "Red Menace" is the best. A cresciendo of intensity. Better not to tell nothing because of spoiler alert.
Yeah, I was surprising about all this Marvell Comics that was writings from 2005. Super heroes come back to my life. And this is fine. Unbelievable!
I envy this guys who work in things of this. I don't have the art to make possibly this stories, to tell somebody amazing and inspiring things on this way.
All of you know Capitain America: Steve Rogers was inoculate with a serum that give amazing super-powers to him to fight Adolf Hitler. He was an amazing super-soldier, and the symbol of america. He was (is) the american spirit avatar. In a fight with Baron Zemo (possibly one of the most stupid villains ever) Capitain fell down in the deep and cold water of the Ocean and was trapped in a block of ice. The Avengers found him 50 years later. Bucky was dead because of the fall.
Brubaker take the character and do that Capitain America wonder himself about his past. All the three volume that I read is about the past and memories of the Capitain. A journey into his psyque and the conflicts who arise from his past (Bucky, the Red Skull villian...)
I always hated Capitain America: Comics boring me and boring me his perfect hierarchial moral. He has no ambiguityes: world was black or white. An John Wayne with tights and adamantium shield. But Brubaker is a good writer and do a fine job with him. the three volume are great. He make an amusing story more close to cinema noir that a classic superhero comic-book.
And, wow!, this was great. Brubaker has made that all this pleased to me again again. Yeah, Capitain is moral straight, but a certain ambiguous. You understand the psyque of Capitain, what are in his mind: why He is fighting for?
"Out of time" was only the start the first plot with 5 numbers. Second volume "Winter Soldier" is better, and 3rd volume "Red Menace" is the best. A cresciendo of intensity. Better not to tell nothing because of spoiler alert.
Yeah, I was surprising about all this Marvell Comics that was writings from 2005. Super heroes come back to my life. And this is fine. Unbelievable!
I envy this guys who work in things of this. I don't have the art to make possibly this stories, to tell somebody amazing and inspiring things on this way.
sábado, 27 de febrero de 2010
"The Pulse -1"
Another tome by Marvel Deluxe (published in Spain by Pannini): writing by Brian Michael Bendis (one of the re-creators of Marvel Universe). Very Fun.
"Astonishing X-Men 3"
3rd Volume by Whedon-Cassaday. Like previously I said: 2004-2006 was a great age for comic-book. This one is another big example.
domingo, 21 de febrero de 2010
"Etnocide"
On the late 70's and early 80's we have an amount of good artist: Many people of my age wanted to be artist, to draw comics, thanks to people like Luis Garcia, or Carlos Gimenez, or Segrelles. In the other hands was the american artist like John Birne or Jack Kirby.
This comic book that I read (thanks to Julio Soriano, the owner) are a incredible art work. I do not have words to decribe it. Its amazing!
The worst: the script. It was writing on our "transition" to democracy and, well, the comic have grow up on a strange way. You can read things how the Indian american rise up and will take the control of USA and quotations to Mao Tse tung words... Yeah, this was another age. People thought that Mao was great and stuff of this shape. Father earth and mama tree. I don't blame they. Our world is darker that they imagined; dark in a strange way, not in the Cyberpunk's way. Indians don't rise up, revolution never win and corporations are more similar to unfriendly neighbours that dark conspirators.
A spanish jewell.
This comic book that I read (thanks to Julio Soriano, the owner) are a incredible art work. I do not have words to decribe it. Its amazing!
The worst: the script. It was writing on our "transition" to democracy and, well, the comic have grow up on a strange way. You can read things how the Indian american rise up and will take the control of USA and quotations to Mao Tse tung words... Yeah, this was another age. People thought that Mao was great and stuff of this shape. Father earth and mama tree. I don't blame they. Our world is darker that they imagined; dark in a strange way, not in the Cyberpunk's way. Indians don't rise up, revolution never win and corporations are more similar to unfriendly neighbours that dark conspirators.
A spanish jewell.
"Iron Man: Extremis" by Ellis & Granov
It's amazing how Marvell do an amount of his best comic-books in years on the early 2000. That's is one of this. Reimagining Iron Man with Warren Ellis script and Adi Granov pencils (the best of the comic-book).
Marvell think thant his comic will sell itself. That drawings was the only thing that sell comics. But, the comics fans look in other way: Vertigo line, a subdivision from DC Comics, brought us good stories with, in some cases, average pincels. And this did't matter because be want to read what is going to happend to Sandman, or Batman, or John Constantine. Script was the key, not the drawing ego. That happened in the 90's.
Brian Hyrch and Mark Millar bring in the 2003 "The Ultimates". And this change everything. And people like me, that have forget super-heroes, find that since 2003 the super-heroes of marvell comics are great again.
"Iron Man: Extremis" is a close argumental arc of 6 chapters (yes, like a tv series, and yes, I think both things have a direct conexion) about red-neck terrorism and weapon scale. Man and Machine.
Adi Granov are amazing.
jueves, 18 de febrero de 2010
martes, 16 de febrero de 2010
"Astonishing X-men" Whedon/Casaday vol.2
Interesting and funny. In the way that are writing the scripts this is like see a TV series.
"Les larmes d'Eros" by Bataille.
I think this book said less than the many comments than produced it. Time pass by this book in a bad way: Bataille comments are, in many cases, outdate. It was wrote in the early 1970 (after 68's May), when we still thinking than work will be the key of our emancipation. Death to bourgeois people and all that things. And all of this can be read on "Eros", but in the form that human being can only been human when be become in "homo faber" and use the work production to make world. All right, I share some of all this stuff, but not in the way that Bataille presented his work.And all the freudian stuff... well, so outdate in Bataille form too.
A little disapointing to me.
"The demolished man" by Alfred Bester
I have few time and many post to do, so I'll be fast and furious with the next entries. In other words, I'll be more silly than usual.
Alfred Bester's "The demolished man" was the fisrt novel to win an Hugo award in 1954, if my mind don't play tricks on me.It's fine; I prefer "Stars my destiny" but It had many interesting things.
I choose this photo of the cover because its so pulpbrilliant! This is the future for the people who live in the early 50's. Its so naive, so shiny...
The theme? Well, a man who wants to kill other one in a society "crime-proof" becasue the have psychic people who read minds and can anticipate it. How I said, it have many interesting things. Its a ci-fi classic, what do you expect?
Alfred Bester's "The demolished man" was the fisrt novel to win an Hugo award in 1954, if my mind don't play tricks on me.It's fine; I prefer "Stars my destiny" but It had many interesting things.
I choose this photo of the cover because its so pulpbrilliant! This is the future for the people who live in the early 50's. Its so naive, so shiny...
The theme? Well, a man who wants to kill other one in a society "crime-proof" becasue the have psychic people who read minds and can anticipate it. How I said, it have many interesting things. Its a ci-fi classic, what do you expect?
domingo, 14 de febrero de 2010
"Banner!" by Azzarello & Corben
A great miniserie about (the end?) of The Incredible Hulk. I love Richard Corben. Is one of the best american cartoonist ever (with Eisner, Kirby, and maybe two or three more). The pictures are above the Azzarello's script. Indeed, Corben manages to convey what few writers have managed to: Display the despair and rage of the Hulk. A true master.Corben and Azzarello worked togheter in another best series:"Hellblazer's Hard times." One of the best aventure by John Constantine. But don't forget it: Corben is the true master... Azzarello only is passing by.
"Zelig"
Who's "Zelig"? Zelig the lizzard man. Chameleon, He always changed of shape for to be nice for the others. Zelig can be an american-indian or a bluesman, passing for Paggliacci or a mob member.
I liked some of its jokes. Specially the ones about Hitler and the shape-change.
A very good "mockumentary".
I liked some of its jokes. Specially the ones about Hitler and the shape-change.
A very good "mockumentary".
sábado, 13 de febrero de 2010
"Netianas" by Remedios Zafra
"Netianas" is yet a contemporany classic in some forums. Very well crafted by Remedios Zafra, the book try to analyzed how we built (perform) gender on the net. By the Netiana myth she talk to us about different shapes of doing gender on the web. How the women confront the male hierarchy with the web media (that is rhizomatic).
Zafra, I think, isn't a idealistic that believe that the web will be the ultimate frontier when all the patriarchy will fall down. The web, in opposition to It said some old theoretical, don't broke the stablishment: Far away from this, web perpetue the gender roles. And this is very worrying.
In other way I'm a little boring about "post" prefix. (post)modernism, (post)human, (post)gender. Post is the thing that comes after another who is fix in our language. In that way I don't really believe in the posthuman thing. Posthuman is that thing after the human thing. Human is something undone yet. Human thing never will done in all the feature. It's undone by definition. I don't believe that a cyborg, or a cybernetic thing, or an alter ego on internet is a posthuman, or something posthuman.
Anyway, I great study very well written.
Zafra, I think, isn't a idealistic that believe that the web will be the ultimate frontier when all the patriarchy will fall down. The web, in opposition to It said some old theoretical, don't broke the stablishment: Far away from this, web perpetue the gender roles. And this is very worrying.
In other way I'm a little boring about "post" prefix. (post)modernism, (post)human, (post)gender. Post is the thing that comes after another who is fix in our language. In that way I don't really believe in the posthuman thing. Posthuman is that thing after the human thing. Human is something undone yet. Human thing never will done in all the feature. It's undone by definition. I don't believe that a cyborg, or a cybernetic thing, or an alter ego on internet is a posthuman, or something posthuman.
Anyway, I great study very well written.
"La solitude organisative"
I saw this picture in Miquel Barcelo's expositoon on Caixa Forum (Madrid). "La solitude organisative". Impressive.Clik on it to see larger.
domingo, 7 de febrero de 2010
"Das weisse band"
I don't going to say much more about this film because very soon I must write in other forum about this Michael Haneke's movie. And, as usually in this blog, I'll don't say nothing very wise.
2 hours and a quarter of pain, grief, suffering, violence (ussually unseen but always here). This helltown are full of people who wants to do pain in the others. All in sober black & white, but no for an aesthetic purpose. Life in a town like this -not much far away from a Toledo's town in the early post-Spanish's Civil War - would be on this way.
This weekend were premiere "The Road", from John Hillcoat. The greyscale that Aguirasarobe -the cinematographer -remember me the W&B from "Das weisse band": Beyond aesthetic, light enclosed a metaphysical mood, a inmediate danger.
I love that film.
2 hours and a quarter of pain, grief, suffering, violence (ussually unseen but always here). This helltown are full of people who wants to do pain in the others. All in sober black & white, but no for an aesthetic purpose. Life in a town like this -not much far away from a Toledo's town in the early post-Spanish's Civil War - would be on this way.
This weekend were premiere "The Road", from John Hillcoat. The greyscale that Aguirasarobe -the cinematographer -remember me the W&B from "Das weisse band": Beyond aesthetic, light enclosed a metaphysical mood, a inmediate danger.
I love that film.
sábado, 6 de febrero de 2010
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson
Viva Las Vegas! This one is about psychodelics. About be very very on drugs. To be a LSD Junkie. Of Fear (with capital letter), paranoia, and big bats fliying over the desert. A car full of soap, a big car full of drugs, a full car: A samoan (or a spanish) advocate who travell with Mr. Duke (Or I must say Hunter S. T.) to work in a Bike Racing on Las Vegas. On this one no Elvis appear, no Tom Jones, no casinos: only lap dances, drugs, guns, cigarretes, a police convention, drugs, hitchhikers, lizzars in a bar!!, more drugs, mezcalina, LSD, cocaine, booze, pots, "White rabbit", I think that drugs again...
The author, the incredible Hunter S. Thompson said: "Far from my idea recommed to the reader drugs, alcohol, violence and insanity. But I must confessed that I don't be nothing without all this."
All one knows that Terry Guilliam made an adaptation from Hunter's book: a pretty nice one with and incredible Johnny Depp. All right, "nice" it's no the precise word to define this. Absolute crazy, perhaps. Like da' book.
Highly recommend, indeed.
Mr. Duke, doing Gonzo.
All one knows that Terry Guilliam made an adaptation from Hunter's book: a pretty nice one with and incredible Johnny Depp. All right, "nice" it's no the precise word to define this. Absolute crazy, perhaps. Like da' book.
Highly recommend, indeed.
Mr. Duke, doing Gonzo."The Last Musketeer" byJason
Yes: This one have lot of antropomorphic animals who speak, like others from Jason. And, yeah, let's say this is postmodern like; A musketeer (Athos) who live in the XXIth siécle and fight against a martian invasion. Ok, it's very postmodern.
But: What do this Comic-book different from "Propositional Player"? Maybe a lot o things, but I what to talk about one: References.
Use and reuse of references are the identity of Postmodernism: We kwon the codes, and we know that all of you know the codes, so we'll shouldn't have to be naif and we'll assumed that you don't know the codes. Other of the shapes of postmodernity is the re-coded of Histories who all know, specially all kind of mythos: Heaven, Heel, Aprhodite, Janus, Apollo, etc. and look all of this mythos behind a new light, maybe more cynical, more detached. Laugh and amusement: nothing is sacred. No God, no Illustration, all are Great Meta-narrations. Let´s assume all this things: the Metanarrations don't have true values, only are a sort of bunch of such a such things that ancients told and believe. Death to Atenas. Long live to Las Vegas!
Well, say this, let's find us some references to make something new... And yeah, "Propositional Player" looked for this ones on the same place like Neil Gaiman did. And, like I said before, Neil Gaiman did this in a way that was great -like Alan Moore way.
But: What do this Comic-book different from "Propositional Player"? Maybe a lot o things, but I what to talk about one: References.
Use and reuse of references are the identity of Postmodernism: We kwon the codes, and we know that all of you know the codes, so we'll shouldn't have to be naif and we'll assumed that you don't know the codes. Other of the shapes of postmodernity is the re-coded of Histories who all know, specially all kind of mythos: Heaven, Heel, Aprhodite, Janus, Apollo, etc. and look all of this mythos behind a new light, maybe more cynical, more detached. Laugh and amusement: nothing is sacred. No God, no Illustration, all are Great Meta-narrations. Let´s assume all this things: the Metanarrations don't have true values, only are a sort of bunch of such a such things that ancients told and believe. Death to Atenas. Long live to Las Vegas!
Well, say this, let's find us some references to make something new... And yeah, "Propositional Player" looked for this ones on the same place like Neil Gaiman did. And, like I said before, Neil Gaiman did this in a way that was great -like Alan Moore way.
And Jason? Well, Jason look sharper at Pulp and old Ci-fi. Look to Narrative and fictions: Flash Gordon, "Martian Princess", Alexander Dumas' books, Carver, Kafka... and the re-combination is, as always, incredible. Funny, marvellous, irreverent. A good-damn story about people -and martians.
Maybe I feel some boring about all the silly postmodernism: That one that think who doing a new version of "Red Riding" with girls with sub-machineguns, chinesse food, Granny witches and sarcastic were-wolfs it's always original.
"Propositional Player"
There be a old comic-book named Sandman, wrote by Neil Gaiman. Gaiman understood perfectly some of teh postmodernism codes when do this job. He wrote about a Death incarnates in a young nice-looking girl (that remember Siouxie from "Siouxsie and the banshees."), rewrote a large number of traditional fairy tales, and "humaniced" ancestral Gods like Ra or Wotan -in the way that you can go out for a drink with or meet theirs in a London bar at midnight.
And all of this things was great, specially when you are 16 (or 25 maybe). Maybe is lesser interesting when you are growing up, but Sandman is a great great piece of Comic-book History. Then Gaiman start to write books and he done the same thing that he was doing in his Comics: more postmodern Gods taking a beer in a club.
Well "Porpositional Player" is a Comic-book who try to imitate Gaiman's style. The worst of Gaiman's style: Gods taking a beer in a Las Vegas Casino, playing cards and the eternal (postmodern) struggle between God and Evil, incarnates in a Big fat Boy and a pretty girl. They fight for souls, of course, and the goods guys are not-so-goods guys. And the bad guys are not-so-bad guys. Well, nothing new under the (postmodern) sky.
Ah! And of course: "Porpositional Player" have got antropomorphical animal who drinks beer, smoke and says thinks very ingenious. And Angels who says things like poo, pee, and fuck.
Loose you time in other (postmodern) things. Like this, or this or this.
And all of this things was great, specially when you are 16 (or 25 maybe). Maybe is lesser interesting when you are growing up, but Sandman is a great great piece of Comic-book History. Then Gaiman start to write books and he done the same thing that he was doing in his Comics: more postmodern Gods taking a beer in a club.
Well "Porpositional Player" is a Comic-book who try to imitate Gaiman's style. The worst of Gaiman's style: Gods taking a beer in a Las Vegas Casino, playing cards and the eternal (postmodern) struggle between God and Evil, incarnates in a Big fat Boy and a pretty girl. They fight for souls, of course, and the goods guys are not-so-goods guys. And the bad guys are not-so-bad guys. Well, nothing new under the (postmodern) sky.
Ah! And of course: "Porpositional Player" have got antropomorphical animal who drinks beer, smoke and says thinks very ingenious. And Angels who says things like poo, pee, and fuck.
Loose you time in other (postmodern) things. Like this, or this or this.
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