Monday, August 26, 2013

I, Vampire Vol. 2: Rise of the Vampires (The New 52)




So far I've only picked up a handful of DC's New 52 comic titles and to be honest I've been disappointed by most of them but I've really enjoyed what I've read of I, Vampire.

It has superheroes, vampires, zombies ( mummies ), vampire hunters, zombie vampire vampire hunters ( don't ask ) and a whole bunch of Van Helsings.

Trust me it's fun.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Indestructible Hulk, Vol. 1: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.




From what I can gather this new Hulk series by Marvel Comics is pretty popular but I have to say it just doesn't work for me, it's not that I think it's bad as such but it just doesn't feel like the Hulk or at least the Hulk I knew and loved.

Volume 1 contains the first 6 issues of the series and there were a few interesting ideas in there and a nice gag that calls back to the TV series but frankly  unless volume 2 was dirt cheap I doubt I'd ever bother picking it up.

Friday, August 23, 2013

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 )




A while back I picked up the Nightmare on Elm Street Blu-ray boxset and while I was disappointed to see it didn't include Freddy vs Jason I thought it was a great price for all those films and I planned to rewatch them strait away but of course me being me it didn't happen.

I found myself with a few hours to kill earlier in the week so I finally cracked open the shrink wrap and gave the movie that started it all another viewing.

I was pretty impressed with how good the movie looks in High Definition for a low budget horror movie made in the 80s, sure some of the effects look kind of dated but the movie still works.

Nightmare on Elm Street is a franchise that had it's highs and lows but I'm looking forward to see the rest of the film in the series in high definition......ok well maybe not part 2 and Freddy's Dead but I'm looking forward to the rest of them.

Sleeping Dogs




Well I finally got around to playing and more importantly finishing Sleeping Dogs and what a fun game it was, it's like someone stole all my Johnnie To DVDs, sprinkled them with some sort of magic and made them into a game.

Sequel Please !

Thursday, August 8, 2013

The World's End




Anyone who knows me well knows that I'm a huge fan of the TV series Spaced so when a lot of the talent behind that show went on to make movies it was going to attract my attention.

First came Shaun of the Dead and I loved it, in some ways it was like looking at myself when I was 10 years younger than I was at the time although I had few undead problems than the characters in the movie.

Next came Hot Fuzz and again I was presented with a movie I truly enjoyed and have rewatched many times since.

Now we come to The World's End, well I guess the dream run had to end eventually but The World's End is slow to get started but is rather amusing during the middle section but I'm afraid the end is just too far over the top and well in my opinion stupid.

I truly hope the team of Wright, Pegg and Frost get together to make another movie sometime soon and maybe recapture some of their old magic but for me The World's End was a bit of a disappointment.

So Where exactly is Rodney Dangerfield when you need him ?

I know what you're thinking and I bet it's something along the lines of "What the Hell ?"

Well as it turns out I've gone Back to School ( see what I did there ? ), about 2 o:clock last Wednesday afternoon I got a phone call asking if I was still interested in returning to study and I said that I was and with that I was asked to go and see someone by 4:00pm that day, the interview went well and I was informed that I had a place in the course if I wanted it, the only slight problem was that I would be starting the following morning.

Basically I had to jump in head first with very little notice and so far it seems to be going well, the return to any form of study hasn't been too hard to adjust to but some things like my somewhat neglected blog have been neglected a little more than I would liked this past week or so.

I've seen some cool movies and done some other stuff recently and sometime soon I hope to tell you about it.