V and Evey

I'm liking the graphic novel so far, almost as much as the film. The movie was pretty good, I wouldn't have said something fantastic, but overall pretty good. The graphic novel is damn good, and I can see where they pulled most of the stylizations from for the film. Some of the stuff is preserved pretty well, but then you've got a bunch of extraneous things that don't happen in the film, but definitely happen in the novel. Oh well, that's Hollywood for you. Obviously if they kept certain parts of the novel in the film, it wouldn't have worked out so well.

What I still am yet to understand in its entirety is the whole torture scene. Yes, he was trying to prove a point or to release her fear, but it... I don't know. It didn't resonate with me in either medium. It seems just so tacked on and rather unnecessary. Either way...

I'm not too big of a fan of the artwork in this. I can't quite place my finger on why I don't like it, I just know I don't. There's something... too blobby or something.

Here's to almost finishing it.

Also, Manifestos. Batman can kick your super heroes ass.

That is all for now.

Well, I watched V for Vendetta on Blu Ray last Friday. Great film, really enjoyed it. Then I was curious as to who played V, and was surprised to find out it was Agent Smith (from The Matrix) Mostly, because I hate those movies so much. ANyway, great film. The graphic novel so far has kept up with my expectations. My neighbor, a huge comic book buff, has been raving about it since I told him we were reading it in class. So far, not disappointed. The movie follows it a decent amount, leaving out a lot of the background stuff in the graphic novel. Granted, there's only so much you can do in a movie, but still. Some of this stuff would have been great in the movie to explain a little bit more about what exactly is going on and why.

Overall, however, great movie, great novel, looking forward to more.

Oh Boy! My favorite Author, McCloud! I'm glad we got to read him so much this semester. (End sarcasm.)

Everything he goes on to talk about is general common sense, or at least becomes common sense after reading a regular comic or two. And some of the information is just... useless. WEll, at least from the reading standpoint. I'm pretty sure I can figure out that two panels can, and generally do have something going on between them, and that panels can be linked in one of 6 different ways. Just glad to be done with McCloud, it's too text booky, preachy, and going over a bunch of stuff that the common man should already have picked up while reading through any sort of visual medium.

Also, that link in the previous blog? Yeah. I hate that website so much. Kongregate.com has so many little flash games that are insanely addicting. I really really wish I had never found it, because apparently that's all I do with my free time now, it's hard to break out of it. Well, at least, it's hard to break out of it when I am trying to do some homework. That stuff just creeps up in my mind and I begin to waste more and more time, never fully completing the previous task at hand. That reminds me... it's 3:30 AM and I still have quite a bit of reading to do. Damn you, kongregate!

http://www.kongregate.com/games/undefined/protector

That ate 4 hours of my time last night. Stupid little addicting game. Just as I was getting into finishing up Watchmen I get that link and, well, let's just say I went to bed really late and missed a bit of it. Don't go there if you are strategically minded, love little strategy games, and easily get distracted before realizing the time.

Batman

Check out our Batman wiki. I think it's kind of witty, and I just wanted an excuse to post about it here.
http://engl300batman.pbwiki.com/

Also, I'm going to London for a month to study abroad at the beginning of the summer! Unless, of course, it gets cancelled because not enough people are interested.

Here, watch this amazing video:

McCloud... I'm not sure I like him too much. My roommate showed me his webcomic and then asked if I noticed something. I, of course, had to think for a second, but eventually came to the conclusion that McCloud was pretty arrogant and seemed like he 'knew it all.' Upon going back to Understanding Comics, I had the same notion. Does anyone else feel as if he's trying to say "I'm better than you at all of this, and you are kind of an idiot for not knowing it"? Or am I just making things up based on a perception my roommate gave me?

Watchmen

Oooh! Color! Granted, color doesn't necessarily make something good, but I do enjoy the fact that we are reading something that employs color. I have seen V for Vendetta in the past, and, so far, I am not disappointed in reading another of Moore's works. Granted, we are going to be reading V for Vendetta soon enough, but I was excited to begin something by someone I've already been acquainted with. Again, my roommate stole and read the entirety of Watchmen before I even got a chance to open it. Unfortunately, he loved it so much, it no longer looks new. The cover is bent up and I'm a little upset about it, but there's not too much I can do.

So far, I do enjoy the violence (Yeah, that sounds bad, but it's a good departure from the lovey dovey crap we just read, not that Blankets was bad, but I tend to enjoy some good ol' fashioned action more so than whiney teenage love.) and the artwork is fantastic. I am quite confident that that Watchmen will live up to the hype that not only my neighbor and my roommate put on it, but also to the hype on the back.