Comic Picks By The Glick

Almost in time for the movie, my thoughts on the graphic novel(s) by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele that inspired it.

In case you were wondering, I recorded this before I went out and saw the movie last weekend.  Had I seen the movie before recording this, I would’ve recommended that those of you who were planning on seeing the movie to just take the money you would’ve spent on the ticket and put it towards buying the graphic novel that inspired it instead.  It’s not that the movie is awful, but it demonstrated a clear lack of faith in the source material as it replaced the majority of the graphic novel’s plot with something of the screenwriters’ own devising.  So if the idea of “The Surrogates:  As done by the people who brought you ‘Terminator 3′” sounds like a can’t miss idea for you, then run — don’t walk — to see this.  Otherwise, go read the graphic novel and follow it up with a good Bruce Willis sci-fi movie (”13 Monkeys”) instead.

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So while I’ve been talking about everything I bought at Comic-Con in these posts for quite some time now, it means that now I’ve got a backlog of new (well, “new-ish”) stuff to talk about now… As well as some more stuff from San Diego that still hasn’t been reviewed yet.

Also, I am planning on going to see “The Surrogates” this weekend. The graphic novels were good and the trailers are promising. Of course, I could wake up on Friday and find out that it has received reviews that make “Transformers 2” look like Oscar material, but that doesn’t seem likely. On that note, look for my thoughts on the original graphic novel and its prequel here next week.

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Just so you know, Marvel’s “Annihilation” and DC’s “Green Lantern:  The Sinestro Corps War” are as good as you’ve heard.

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Yup. Still going through the haul from San Diego. After this week I should be back to talking about the stuff I’ve read more recently, but I think the “Lightning Round” format will probably stick around for a while longer.  Though I’ll probably drop the subtitles after this for obvious reasons…

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Volumes 15-21 show that even a flawed “BotI” arc is better than most series’ best efforts.

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