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What about Captain Scarlet! Space Tractors! Mysterions!

I feel entirely the same way. Also I am too poor to buy every single comic book that remotely interests me (or, I soon would be if I started to...).

I thought Mek was a bit shite; I liked Switchblade Honey but felt it didn't really go anywhere (and it could have); I wanted (and still want) more of Ministry of Space; and Ocean has been pretty neat so far. Oh yeah. I don't think sequels are neccessarily a bad thing. Sometimes, if a game is pretty damn good, I wouldn't turn down a tarted-up version of it; I'm pretty happy with Rome:Total War, after all, and expect that any sequel will continue to refine and improve. "Is the thing innovative" should not be confused with "Is the thing actually fun".

Some people I have tried to hook on Planetary find the "episodic" style a bit of a pain; personally I quite like it. Prevailing with the series is quite rewarding though, the characters become more interesting and stuff starts to cohere nicely. If you are going to take another look at Planetary, I would grab Global Frequency too. It is also episodic, but it makes a bit more sense since each issue is quite different (and illustrated by different artists).

Yay, Cognitive Dissonance!?

TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI!

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You'd need some pastel-shade skins for it too though. Merch!

Wow! Underhyped I guess? Chris did a pretty good job on it, so I'll leave it at that. You might want to try looking at Warren Ellis too - he's sometimes pretty damn good. Transmetropolitan is available in TPB-form from DC Vertigo, and Planetary is slowly coming out through the (now DC) Wildstorm imprint (last time I looked). Global Frequency is probably worth a look too, I really liked it. Ellis also churns out random three, and four, issue arcs too, pester your local comic book store types about him and they should hook you up; I believe Desolation Jones is out very soon, if not out now.

I don't get the "rehash" feeling from Promethea or Top 10 (although, I do really enjoy them so perhaps I am biased this way) I am not sure he could have kept on doing Watchmen-style comics is all. Top 10 and Promethea are both different takes on super (trans?) humanity. Admittedly it is a lot more "fun", but that could just be because it is a step away from the "dark times" of the 80s which Moore seems to have referred to a lot in his earlier work. As for "depth" or "power". I think that Promethea has a quite powerful little thing going on (though perhaps I am just too hung up on the rich hermetic symbolism?). Top 10 is more like a tv-show to me; sort of a cop-drama with super/science-heroes. I find the character design pretty neat though and am incredibly happy with the "ferro-americans" and their music for some reason. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (not the sad movie!) is kind of a nifty homage piece, with great character design (again, as usual) and trillions of literary references if you happen to be a fan of Victorian-type sci-fi/adventure fiction. Anyone who saw, and somewhat enjoyed, the From Hell movie should read the comic. Anyone who say the movie and hated it should also read the comic. The art style can be a put-off, but its totally appropriate and brilliant. I am utterly horrified to learn that the Wachowskis have got their hands on V For Vendetta. I think I must go away and cry for a time. Anyways, before I do: Even people who -hate- most comics should read Alan Moore's stuff, he is really quite impressive and interesting. A lot of his stuff is available through DC somehow (Vertigo or Wildstorm).

But will it fit seamlessly with your minimalist lounge? The horror if it doesn't!

If the Watchmen film sucks, then I will be? On somewhat related note: does anyone know why we haven't seen a Hellboy game? Or is the creator jealously (sensibly?) guarding his IP in this regard? (Okay, so there are not actually a lot of super-people in Watchmen...)

Doesn't the existence of... basically everything cause a problem for Christian religion; I mean, shouldn't we have had the Rapture by now according to the Patristics?

YOU are. (I got the power-disses today... )

I didn't enjoy the film? I also suspect that DD-fans could make similar claims about their beloved film, so I am a little skeptical. I believe that Lynch is probably a "superior" film-maker, but I don't think that made me enjoy MD more; it might have made me enjoy it less. Dammit, I posted an hilarious example of precisely that! People will think "Shit, that was strange. I didn't understand a bar of it... I bet that means it is super deep and arty!". I agree!. 12 Monkeys is both interesting, and fun; could it be the very antidote to pretentious "mystery theatre"?

If what you are saying is correct, then truth fails to obtain any objective value; therefore I am basically compelled to treat my personal perception as the genuine article. At any rate, I tend to assume an "invisible" and "silent" In my opinion... in front of anything said on an internet forum. It's probably a good idea, instead of assuming that people are making claims about a hitherto unquantifiable objective aesthetic reality.

I wonder if I could be a hit "deep" film-maker sometimes. Make an incoherent piece of shite with enough vague dribbling and pretty imagery. Add a somewhat interesting soundtrack. Toss in enough mystical nonsense in the director commentary. BAM! You have yourself a cult following!

Is Barrymore into "kabbalism" too? And coffee does make you intelligent!

That is pretty neat.

I thought that was a cover of the TFF song? The TFF version is more.. er.. 80s, less REM.

I liked some very small parts of Requiem for a Dream; and found some of the cinematography good. Mostly it was trite and dull though. "Drugs are bad, mmmkay" was a summary I found to be pretty accurate. I liked Pi a lot better, in basically every way (including music), but I am prone to getting a bit frothy about kabbalistic themes. I enjoyed Donnie Darko initially, especially the music, but I found the director's cut to be rubbish and the philosophy behind it to be naff. People frothing over it just mystify me a bit. Another movie that I find people to obsess over is Mulholland Drive; when I saw this a guy in front of me at the cinema literally said "It was so... weird... it was so... great...". Talk about repressing one's urge to brain people with empty drink cups.

Sup, this is bullshit. Are you going for your anti-Intellectualism Merit Badge or something? Every-fucking-body can talk about philosophy, and being able to discuss philosophy doesn't magically make you unable or unwilling to deal with the world. P.S. If this was a test of philosopher-flamebait then: congratulations, it worked!

There is also Tehanu and The Other Wind, which were published a lot later. They are also quite good, in my opinion.

Yes. They are, as the kids say, "the shit" (i.e. "rather excellent"). They do deal with people who are almost certainly the ancestors of characters in Cryptonomicon, but I am a bit nervous about saying "prequel"; you could certainly read The Baroque Cycle (i.e. Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World and derive immense enjoyment of them without having read Cryptonomicon and without reading it subsequently (although, you fucking should because it is damn fine as well).

I try to apply philosophy to my life, and I believe it strongly effects the way I look at things. I also studied it in college. Is this supposed to be rare or something?