Done.
What? Oh…what?
DONE YOU PUNK SUCKERS.
[update: WHY IS THERE NOT MORE FANFARE? There should be trumpets or something.]
Archive for January, 2010
This is the Future
Posted in Braak, future with tags Braak, Mad Science, trepanning on January 29, 2010 by braak
You take your skull, okay — while it’s still on your head and your brain is inside. You’re alive in this scenario, right? And you drill a hole in it.
Canceled Comics Cavalcade
Posted in comic books, Jeff Holland, Threat Quality with tags bleeding cool, canceled comics, Jeff Holland, Threat Quality on January 28, 2010 by braakI always hate hearing when a comic book doesn’t work out.
This is a response to Kieron Gillen’s Astonishing X-Men spinoff, S.W.O.R.D. and Rick Remender’s reimagining of the Marvel Sorcerer Supreme concept, Dr. Voodoo, both getting canceled with issue 5.
TV shows get canceled left and right, and it can be very frustrating. And when it comes to comic books, it probably should feel the same – a story with lots of potential cut down too quickly – but here’s the difference: Read more »
On Mr. Stitch
Posted in Threat Quality on January 27, 2010 by braakTHREE CHAPTERS LEFT OH MY GOD I AM ALMOST FUCKING DONE!
Terry Pratchett’s “The Hogfather”
Posted in Braak, reviews with tags Braak, hogfather, reviews, terry pratchett on January 27, 2010 by braakMore freelance film dramaturgy
This is the movie that I’m talking about here–the three-hour miniseries adaptation that the BBC did in 2006 [EDIT! Actually, this was the Sky Broadcasting Network; I do not understand how British TV works], not the book. I streamed it off of Netflix and here’s the thing: it wasn’t very good. But it does bring up some interesting questions/points about the nature of adaptation that I think are worth discussing.
I’m not going to skewer it (though I could, and it would probably be hilarious) because I like Terry Pratchett and so I consider all adaptations of his work to fall under the “Heart in the Right Place” exemption. Considered criticism to follow.
On Mr. Stitch
Posted in Threat Quality on January 26, 2010 by braakFive chapters.
Five fucking chapters left and I’m DONE.
Dear The Movies:
Posted in Threat Quality with tags 500 days of summer, Dance numbers, Jeff Holland, Threat Quality on January 26, 2010 by braakI would like to see more dancing in the movies. I don’t know if this is an odd seepage of Bollywood conventions showing up from time to time (I’m not exactly Bollywood-schooled, so if anyone would like to chirp up, now’s the time), but I 
like it, and would like more.
Both of this weekend’s movie selections, Gamer and 500 Days of Summer, were made incrementally better (not necessarily “good,” mind you; just “better than they had been in the moments before the dance number”) with the inclusion of a dance number out of nowhere.
You Punk Suckers!
Posted in Threat Quality on January 25, 2010 by braakFebruary. February will see the publication of the first short story I ever sold.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
BLACK GATE 14, SUCKERS!
(Will write another post later; have a thing this morning.)
