All of these things have not appeared in either Ghost Rider, or Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance.
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A List of Things That Have Not Appeared in Ghost Rider Movies
Posted in Braak, comic books, reviews with tags Braak, Ghost Rider, ghost rider spirit of vengeance on February 21, 2012 by braakGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Posted in Braak, comic books, reviews, Threat Quality with tags Braak, Ghost Rider, ghost rider spirit of vengeance on February 21, 2012 by braakHolland has already said some things, and they are all true, and basically comprehensive, but I wanted to flip out about a couple other things also. Actually, really I want to just flip out some MORE about the things that he already said.
New Kindle Fire Project
Posted in Braak with tags Braak, inventions, kindle projects on February 16, 2012 by braakHere are three things that are true:
1) I require an enormous amount of intellectual stimulation, which is why I often try to watch movies and listen to music while playing video games (sometimes also with a book open).
2) I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas, and it has movie-watching capabilities.
3) Watching movies on a Kindle while having it propped up on a little stand or something is kind of lame.
Here is my solution.
The Woman in Black, or: Harry Potter Versus a Scary Ghost
Posted in Braak, crotchety ranting, poetics, reviews with tags Braak, daniel radcliffe, the woman in black, theater, verisimilitude on February 13, 2012 by braak
Today I am here to talk to you about The Woman in Black, and just so we’re clear here: I am not going to “review” The Woman in Black, like I’m Roger Ebert and I’m trying to help you decide how to spend a Saturday night. A review like that is going to say things like, “I won’t give too much away, but…” I am going to give everything away. If you do not want the movie “spoiled” for you, then stop reading at once. Maybe get back to work? It’s the middle of the day, you probably have some kind of job you should be doing.
Anyway, The Woman in Black.
DC’s Nielsen Survey
Posted in Braak, comic books with tags Braak, comics, DC Comics, nielsen market research on February 9, 2012 by braakSo, remember that DC market research survey I talked about a while ago? Well, the results are in, and they’re over here.
Quelle surprise, DC has not significantly altered its demographic in any way, just like everyone said they weren’t going to by doing basically exactly the same thing that they’ve always done.
Moreover, no information is available about WHY PEOPLE DIDN’T PURCHASE BOOKS. Not only THAT! Not only did they not ask the question! But it turns out that they didn’t even count surveys in which the respondents didn’t actually purchase a title — which means they have ZERO statistics on the people who looked at, but didn’t BUY any of their comics.
When I was in the 10th grade, I took an anthropology class and we decided to get statistics on the people who came into our classroom by accident (a pretty frequent occurrence), in the hopes of gleaning useful information about them. Halfway through proposing the study, we realized it would be completely fucking useless if we didn’t check to see how many people DIDN’T come into our room by accident.
In the tenth grade. Before we even started the survey.
Above all, this was plainly a survey that was not designed to find out what the problems were (because if it had been, they would have asked clear questions about the things they knew were problems), but one that was designed to affirm what DC wanted to believe: it was commissioned as a way to PROVE THEIR SUCCESS, not to figure out their failures. Bad science, DC; not only did you not succeed at your goals, but now you don’t even know why.
You guys.
Nielsen is just a bad market research company.
Before Watchmen: WHAT BRAAK! HAS TO SAY!
Posted in Braak, comic books, crotchety ranting with tags Alan Moore, Before Watchmen, Braak, comic books, Watchmen on February 8, 2012 by braakI have to write this, I guess, because Holland called his article “Holland’s take”, and that automatically implies that I’m going to have some different kind of a take. And I guess I kind of do. Not completely different, but I do think the position of “Just Don’t Buy It” skirts perilously close with “Everyone Shut Up and Let BUYING Decide,” which I’ve argued is a bullshit position. And that makes me interested in the entire nature of this Before Watchmen conversation.
The Theology of (Certain) Quarterbacks
Posted in Braak, religion with tags Braak, christianity, religion, Tim Tebow on January 12, 2012 by braakA friend of mine put this image up on Facebook:
I thought it was kind of funny, you know, and then someone responded with “So, we should just pray for world peace and nothing else?” in a way that seemed to me (purely delusory, of course, since there’s no way to establish tone or feeling on the internet) a kind of a snotty way, and I started thinking about it, and now I’m going to write about it.
What follows is a lengthy discussion of Christian theology, so I guess everyone but Moff and Carl can check out and come back tomorrow, when maybe Holland will write about Iron Man or something.
Cabal: A New Television Series
Posted in Braak with tags Braak, natalie morales, new TV shows, rosario dawson, television, the cabal on January 11, 2012 by braak
Jamie Dwyer has kept her sister, Shoshannah, hidden from the rest of their family for more than ten years. But when the family’s destructive supernatural legacy invades the life they’ve built for themselves, Jamie has no choice but to turn to back to her family and embroil her sister in their milennia-long secret war. If Shoshannah is going to survive, she’ll have to become a part of…
…the Cabal.
Starring (apparently) Rosario Dawson and Natalie Morales. Special appearance by Idris Elba as Ulysses Duvalier.
Coming this Fall to SyFy.
(Good job on that poster, Casey, that is crazy awesome)
New Year, More New Bullshit
Posted in Braak, crotchety ranting with tags Braak, new years resolutions on January 3, 2012 by braakSo, I am looking at going back to school, and getting a degree in engineering. I applied at Temple University, and should be hearing sometime very soon — either I didn’t get in, and need a new plan, or I’m starting in, like, four weeks. Hooray!
On the one hand, I am happy, because I like the idea of knowing how to do the things that I have ideas for.
On the other hand, the notion is actually extremely depressing — representing, as it does, a sort of general failure on my part to figure out how to make use of any of my actual talents.
Observations from the Liquor Store
Posted in Braak with tags Braak, complaining, work on December 5, 2011 by braakI am working at the liquor store. Often unfairly derided, the Pennsylvania State Liquor store is, arguably, one of the best things that the state does. It makes billions of dollars in profits for the state (this in addition to the taxes; and so is the only state agency to cost no money to maintain); it actually has a better selection than all but the highest-end liquor stores in other states, and is typically one of the first places that new wines and liquors are introduced (because if you’re Dan Aykroyd, and you want to sell Crystal Skull vodka, who do you want to go to? Why, the single largest purchaser of spirits in America: the State of Pennsylvania).
