Warum ist meine log auf Deutsch?
Help, why is my blog in German?
Friday 28 September 2007
Yet another dull and tedious Halo 3 update.
I was lied to. It still hasn't arrived. I'm hoping it'll be tonight but there's the dilemma.
Tonight, England v Tonga at the rugby club
Tomorrow I'm playing
Tomorrow night - 10 year school reunion night (which is probably worthy of a whole post in itself - gah its gonna be cringetastic. I might just pretend to be gay.)
When am I ever gonna play this frikkin' thing?
Tonight, England v Tonga at the rugby club
Tomorrow I'm playing
Tomorrow night - 10 year school reunion night (which is probably worthy of a whole post in itself - gah its gonna be cringetastic. I might just pretend to be gay.)
When am I ever gonna play this frikkin' thing?
Thursday 27 September 2007
Brubaker and Epting's Captain America
[img]http://nineteenthirtynine.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/Capfire.jpg[/img]
So I have finally gotten round to reading the first 25 issues of this run in the glorious omnibus format.
Hoah boy, this is without a doubt the most carefully crafted arc of a comic book I've read for years.
Let's start with the positives (I'm gonna assume everyone's read this so no apologies for spoilers):
The Art - Epting's artwork has been hit and miss for me over the years but here there are clear lines, dynamic action scenes and genuine emotions shown on the faces of the characters (his Sin, is particularly unnerving given just how CUTE she looks)
The Story - Bru's a master storyteller at the moment. I've followed him since his Batman days. His Daredevil is stronger than Bendis' (which in itself was Miller-esque in its goodness) , Immortal Iron Fist is probably the best new book of the past 12 months and Criminal is the best Indie on the shelves right now. I'm reserving judgement on his X-men until Messiah Complex.
But, his Cap just blows us away. He gets Steve Rogers and more importantly, he gets Bucky Barnes (yes, Bucky Barnes - another of the sacred deaths of comics bites the dust) and the dynamic of their relationship. Compare Steve's relationship with Ultimate Cap's relationship with the Wasp - that didn't take long did it. Steve and Sharon's relationship (one-day the Captain America mobile is gonna have one of those gawdy Chav stickers with the names Steve and Sharon on) is believable. Steve feels like a man out of time but, he's so much more. He's a leader. He's torn between his friends and his responsibilities. It's poetry!
His casual use of characters is spot on too. Tony Stark has one appearance in the whole run and it works - he does a more compelling Tony in the build-up to Civil War than pretty much anyone bar the Knauf's have done since. And for the first time in a Marvel book, I get Nick Fury. I've never gotten Nick Fury until reading this book.
He even references his own out of continuity House of M story.
Suffice to say, non-comic reading friends, buy this book. Comic reading friends, buy this book. People who are just casually browsing this blog and don't know me from Adam, buy this book.
That is all.
So I have finally gotten round to reading the first 25 issues of this run in the glorious omnibus format.
Hoah boy, this is without a doubt the most carefully crafted arc of a comic book I've read for years.
Let's start with the positives (I'm gonna assume everyone's read this so no apologies for spoilers):
The Art - Epting's artwork has been hit and miss for me over the years but here there are clear lines, dynamic action scenes and genuine emotions shown on the faces of the characters (his Sin, is particularly unnerving given just how CUTE she looks)
The Story - Bru's a master storyteller at the moment. I've followed him since his Batman days. His Daredevil is stronger than Bendis' (which in itself was Miller-esque in its goodness) , Immortal Iron Fist is probably the best new book of the past 12 months and Criminal is the best Indie on the shelves right now. I'm reserving judgement on his X-men until Messiah Complex.
But, his Cap just blows us away. He gets Steve Rogers and more importantly, he gets Bucky Barnes (yes, Bucky Barnes - another of the sacred deaths of comics bites the dust) and the dynamic of their relationship. Compare Steve's relationship with Ultimate Cap's relationship with the Wasp - that didn't take long did it. Steve and Sharon's relationship (one-day the Captain America mobile is gonna have one of those gawdy Chav stickers with the names Steve and Sharon on) is believable. Steve feels like a man out of time but, he's so much more. He's a leader. He's torn between his friends and his responsibilities. It's poetry!
His casual use of characters is spot on too. Tony Stark has one appearance in the whole run and it works - he does a more compelling Tony in the build-up to Civil War than pretty much anyone bar the Knauf's have done since. And for the first time in a Marvel book, I get Nick Fury. I've never gotten Nick Fury until reading this book.
He even references his own out of continuity House of M story.
Suffice to say, non-comic reading friends, buy this book. Comic reading friends, buy this book. People who are just casually browsing this blog and don't know me from Adam, buy this book.
That is all.
The Halo 3 Update.
It's arrived.
I'm at work.
I'm busy
I've got training tonight.
Oh and I've ordered the version that MIGHT include scratched disks as standard. This sorry saga nears its conclusion and I still have nothing better to do.
I'm at work.
I'm busy
I've got training tonight.
Oh and I've ordered the version that MIGHT include scratched disks as standard. This sorry saga nears its conclusion and I still have nothing better to do.
Wednesday 26 September 2007
Halo 3 Rage....
Why oh why oh why has my copy not arrived yet?
This is too much for me to cope with - my entire week was geared around this game arriving. And it still hasn't arrived. I want to punch the nearest postman!!!!
This is too much for me to cope with - my entire week was geared around this game arriving. And it still hasn't arrived. I want to punch the nearest postman!!!!
New trainees - a conspiracy?
Okay so we've had new trainees at our firm for about a month now and NO-ONE has seen them without their suit jackets off. This makes no sense to me given that most of us don't even bother with ties and slackers like me tend to not even take the jacket out of the car.
What gives?
What gives?
- Do they all have hives?
- Are they all David Icke Illuminati Lizard people set on conquering Cambridge's biggest accountancy firm fromwithin?
- Are they Skrulls (comic nerd version of above)
- Has nobody told them they can take them off?
Chiropracty is a crock?
Gah. Couldn't train last night. Got my neck and back clicked in and now they hurt more. Argh what figures?
Tuesday 25 September 2007
Lewis Moody is not an International 7!!!!!!
I've been banging on about this for many years now and once again, Grandad Ashton had understood that like every coach ever, he has no understanding of backrow play.
This just irks me. He's a big lumpering lummox who could quite conceivably give away 3 key penalties during the game and kick our sorry arses out of the World Cup a week early.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7010528.stm
Full article courtesy of the BBC news website.
This just irks me. He's a big lumpering lummox who could quite conceivably give away 3 key penalties during the game and kick our sorry arses out of the World Cup a week early.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7010528.stm
Full article courtesy of the BBC news website.
My Travels.
Just so you all know and can stop pestering me this is the very rough itinery:
US - Land
San Fran 3 Nov - 6 Nov
Yosemite 7 Nov - 8 Nov
Vegas 9, 10 Nov
Grand Canyon 11 Nov
San Diego 12-15 Nov
LA 16, 17 Nov
then on to NZ for 4 weeks
Australia for like 2 months
Hong Kong for a week
Thailand for 3 months (going out into Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos).
US - Land
San Fran 3 Nov - 6 Nov
Yosemite 7 Nov - 8 Nov
Vegas 9, 10 Nov
Grand Canyon 11 Nov
San Diego 12-15 Nov
LA 16, 17 Nov
then on to NZ for 4 weeks
Australia for like 2 months
Hong Kong for a week
Thailand for 3 months (going out into Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos).
The Blog on the Tyne is all mine all mine
Random title for a random article.
Anyway, this is my blog.
Essentially this is where I sit and muse during the day, mainly in the mornings when there's jack shit going on on CBR.
Anyway, this is my blog.
Essentially this is where I sit and muse during the day, mainly in the mornings when there's jack shit going on on CBR.
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