Comments on: Rethinking Irma Vep, Redux (TQP0122)

By: Hsiang

Hsiang — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:20:59 +0000

Just as long as he isn’t a Menace of any kind.

By: threatqualitypress

threatqualitypress — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:48:59 +0000

Either that, or he was from the Phantom Planet, sent to earth before it exploded, and gaining power from our radioactive phantoms.

By: Hsiang

Hsiang — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:42:27 +0000

Are you sure? Wasn’t Phantom-Man bitten by a radioactive phantom?

By: threatqualitypress

threatqualitypress — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:05:49 +0000

Alan Moore can go to Hell.

Fantomas is pretty neat, actually–he’s the French equivalent of Fu Manchu; sort of a super-genius psychopathic serial killing master of disguise. I think in the end it turned out that the detective that was pursuing him was actually his half-brother, or something.

I’m also pretty sure that in the shittily dubbed version of District B13, when the guys are trying to break out of the armored car and the one guy says, “I’m Phantom-Man”–I think he’s really referring to “Fantomas,” which is a cultural tidbit that I think is interesting.

By: Hsiang

Hsiang — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:57:40 +0000

Alan Moore used Fantomas a little bit in the Black Dossier as part of the French answer to The League of Etc.. Don’t know much about him but he sounds Very Scary. Then again Ifear most anything French.
There was a very forgettable comic about Spring-Heeled Jack during the 1980s B&W Glut but not much else. Shame that he/it was the Mothman/Chupacabra of his day and cropped up in Pulps and Penny-Dreadfuls for decades.
The ’96 Irma Vep movie was…interesting. L’il hazy on the details, I was doped up on NyQuil. I recall it being very “meta” as the kids say. Maggie goes all cRaAaZyY, which I enjoyed but then again I adore her in even the dopiest movies.

I know, I know get back to writing book reviews. Honest, I’m almost done procrastinating…right after this nap I’ll do crossword puzzle and think about it.

By: threatqualitypress

threatqualitypress — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:26:34 +0000

I was thinking about Fantomas, actually, who I believe is a great character looking for re-invention. But Spring-Heeled Jack…I’m kind of surprised that no one’s done anything interesting with him, yet.

I haven’t seen the Maggie Cheung movie. Maybe it’s good? Movies are Holland’s department.

By: Hsiang

Hsiang — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:19:21 +0000

Howzabout “Irma Vep vs. Springheel Jack”?
I’m thinking that’s got a lot of period-drama/rooftop-action potential.

Will the next post be about the Maggie Cheung movie?

By: threatqualitypress

threatqualitypress — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:46:19 +0000

Ha ha, what? America’s what now? Huh? That is so funny, I don’t even know what that is, ha ha ha.

By: Jeff Holland

Jeff Holland — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:44:57 +0000

So you’ve really put some time into thinking about America’s Next Top Model, huh?