Oh wow!!!!! This movie looks AMAZING!!! I simply cannot wait for this to come out.
Laurie Strode is back. And she's pissed. It's been decades since Michael Myers was captured and imprisoned. Four decades to be exact. As a teen, Laurie was terrified of Michael. Now, she wants her chance at revenge. For years she's prated for his escape, knowing he would come after her...knowing he would come home. And finally, the time has come. This trailer shows the snippets of what promises to be the ultimate showdown between Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. An incredible battle of wills, the hunter becoming the hunted. Jamie Lee Curtis, the TRUE Scream Queen, is returns in her classic and iconic role as Laurie Strode, a sweet and innocent victim who is tired of being stalked and tormented, tired of being afraid and determined to reclaim her life. HALLOWEEN October 19, 2018 Genre: Thriller Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Virginia Gardner, Nick Castle Director: David Gordon Green Written by: Jeff Fradley & Danny McBride & David Gordon Green Based on Characters Created by: John Carpenter and Debra Hill Produced by: Malek Akkad, Jason Blum, Bill Block Executive Producers: John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Ryan Freimann Universal Pictures will release Trancas International Films, Blumhouse Productions and Miramax’s Halloween on Friday, October 19, 2018. Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. Master of horror John Carpenter executive produces and serves as creative consultant on this film, joining forces with cinema’s current leading producer of horror, Jason Blum (Get Out, Split, The Purge, Paranormal Activity). Inspired by Carpenter’s classic, filmmakers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride crafted a story that carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film, and Green also directs. Halloween is also produced by Malek Akkad, whose Trancas International Films has produced the Halloween series since its inception, and Bill Block (Elysium, District 9). In addition to Carpenter and Curtis, Green and McBride will executive produce under their Rough House Pictures banner. Ryan Freimman also serves in that role. Halloween will be distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures. www.HalloweenMovie.com
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Okay, so I am an incredible fan of the film Killer Klowns From Outer Space and I was contacted to see if I wanted to cover a special 30th anniversary screening of the movie with live-to-film music by The Hollywood Chamber Orchestra and with a live performance by The Dickies, the group that does the theme song (which is NOT available for download on iTunes, by the way, which is a total and complete bummer). Anyways, I, with much sadness and disappointment, had to decline the offer because it is all the way in LA and well, I’m not. HOWEVER, I wanted to let my readers know that it was happening because if you are in the LA area and can go, there’s SO MUCH to see that night that it would be well worth checking out.
Here is what I have in regards to the details of the event: Something Bitchin’ This Way Comes... KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE 30th YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! A Premiere Live-to-Film Concert of The Original Cult Classic, With Live Music Performed by The Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Conducted By The Film’s Composer John Massari Featuring a Q&A With The Filmmakers – Including The Chiodo Brothers, John Massari, and Cast Members Grant Cramer and Suzanne Snyder Plus Circus Performers, Magicians, Klown Kostumes, Body Art, and Fan Art Media Exhibits And … Special Guests, The Dickies Performing Their Iconic Theme Song Killer Klowns From Outer Space Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Killer Klowns From Outer Space with a Bacchanalian Circus Celebration and Fan Tribute on May 19, 2018 at The Montalban Theater (1615 Vine St. Los Angeles, CA 90028, tickets at http://bit.ly/2GmJmnU). America’s fascination with Killer Klowns From Outer Space began on screen in 1988, as a group of clown-like aliens land their trans-dimensional space ship and terrorize a small American town. The film has achieved cult status with its clever blend of horror, science fiction and comedy. “Clowns can be frightening, bizarre and terrifying. We took that primordial fear and put it in a Sci-Fi movie,” explained composer John Massari. “You have something that should make you happy and laugh, but now it will kill and eat you and… it’s from outer space! Who would have dreamed of this? That’s the craziest idea in the world.” Over time the film has earned generations of fans – many of whom Massari has connected with both through social media and at conventions leading him to create this special celebration of all things Killer Klowns. For the 30th Anniversary, Massari has created a three-ring Sci-Fi/Horror celebration, reuniting an amazing line-up of special guests, including the film’s creators, the Chiodo Brothers, musical guests The Dickies, stars Grant Cramer and Suzanne Snyder. At 6PM, the Kosmic Klown circus celebration will begin with stilt walkers, balloon folding artist Buster Balloon Cadwell, contortionist Bonnie Morgan, plus fortune tellers, strong men and women, magicians, body art, fan arts and crafts, and of course the Killer Klowns. There will be a pre-show Q&A at 7PM featuring Stephen Chiodo (writer/director), Charles Chiodo (writer/art director), Edward Chiodo (writer/producer), Grant Cramer (Mike Tobacco), Suzanne Snyder (Debbie Stone), members of The Dickies, and composer John Massari, moderated by Jim Branscome of Cinematic Void. Following the Q&A, at 8PM, the film will be screened with it’s original musical score performed live by The Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Massari. LA's very own original punk rockers, The Dickies, will perform their enduring classic Killer Klowns From Outer Space theme song. Stephen Chiodo declares, “Whoopdee God Damned De Do!! What a fantastic way to celebrate a 30 year anniversary surrounded by fans, John’s incredible score and the Dickies.” Varèse Sarabande Records will be releasing a new recording of the soundtrack on CD and LP, available for sale at the concert. The album features the original score performed by members of The Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, with new orchestrations by Massari and Bernhard Eder. The Dickies recorded a BRAND NEW version of the film’s theme song featuring an extra creepy intro followed by their signature pure punk energized sound. “For 30 years, love and loyalty from fans the world over made this extraordinary movie a beloved cult classic,” said Massari. “This event is our way to celebrate Killer Klowns From Outer Space directly with these fans.” Again, I have to say how wickedly and incredibly bummed out I am that I can’t go to this. This would be an AMAZING movie watching experience. But, I don’t want those who CAN attend to miss out. The link for tickets is in the details above. If you’re a lover of this cult classic, you won’t want to miss this! I was given the opportunity to get a sneak peek at a new comic book coming out called Heavyweight Messiah. I even got to look at some of the pages and get a feel for the whole project.
This is a very different take on what we normally think of when we hear the word “messiah”. Most people (and that’s judging by statistics found on Google, not my opinion) think of the second coming of Christ. But what if that second coming did happen…and Jesus was pissed as hell at mankind? What if, when Christ came back, he preached with his fists, in a boxing ring? Instead of sharing The Word, he advocates violence and abdicates kindness? With every jab, every right hook, every hit to the body, he tries to beat sense into the poor souls of the Earth. I mean, what if he felt we didn’t exactly catch on the first time he was here? Well, Benny Andino and artist Flavio Giron have teamed up to make that second coming a comic book reality. And from what I can tell, it’s lookin’ really good. Now keep in mind I only read the first few pages but, the story idea is a strong one. I mean, people always say “fight fire with fire” and it seems that Jesus Christ is no exception to the rule. Which is cool because it just makes Jesus MORE human. SO many times, people seem to forget that Christ was just a man, albeit the son of God but, just a guy on Earth nonetheless. The artwork is awesome and the story is a compelling one. I am looking forward to seeing how this goes. Benny tells me this comic book will be available in a number of package deals with some really cool extras for those of us that are collectors. Here’s a quick summary of what will be available: $3.99 comic book with a free poster (first 100) $30 comic book with print, signed cover and variant cover with t shirt $50 comic book, print, signed cover, variant covers, t shirt and resin statue (only 10 made) Visit their Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/RareFormat-Comics-102131113987145/ Check them out on Instagram: @comicsinrareformat • Instagram photos and videos THIS WILL NOT BE GIVEN RATING SCORES UNTIL THE FULL ISSUE IS RECEIVED AND READ. (I believe it to be unfair to rate something that I haven’t read in full. The full review will be posted in the Comic Book Reviews section of the website.) Now that I have accumulated a number of review posts on this website, I thought that I might take some time to explain how I go about rating the things I post on this site. I’ll begin with how I rate movies. First, let me start by saying I am not a student of the film industry. I didn’t take film courses in college or anything like that. When I evaluate movies, I am looking at them from layman’s point of view. I consider things such as: Was it entertaining? Did the plot have holes? Did it flow well? Was it easy to follow and understand? Did the film have good acting in it? Was the costuming well done? Does the film score fit the movie? Does the music have a particular impact on the movie? Are the special effects good or do they look cheap and low budget? I don’t have the training or the expertise to say whether something was truly filmed well, per se, however I can tell you, for instance, whether or not it was easy to watch or if the “found footage” style might give you motion sickness. I can tell you if the film is too dark visually for my taste or if the sound didn’t seem very good. Now, when I was growing up, which was before the internet and all this streaming stuff, we went to the theater to see a movie or we went to the video store and rented movies. Either of those was a task in itself as movie theaters were not as fancy as they are now and you always had THOSE people at the theater ruining the movie (you all know who I mean, the cougher, the talker, the loud laugher, the person who refused to put their pager on vibrate, the relentless immature teens running up and down the aisles and throwing popcorn at the screen. *NOTE For you young people, pagers were the precursor to your ever-loved cell phones*). Now, going to the video store was an equally challenging task. You had to be sure to get to the video store at a reasonable time before all the copies of the good movies were gone off of the New Release wall. You entered through a set of detectors that would beep loudly if you tried to take a video out without paying the rental fee. Then you would walk a long wall plastered with VHS tape covers and pick up the box of a movie that looked interesting, look at the front and back of the box, and decide whether you wanted to pay the $4.99 to rent it for one day. The movies that weren’t New Releases were around $2.99 for three days. There was nothing to see previews of movies on except other movies. We didn’t have YouTube or anything to quickly look up the trailer to see if it looked any good. All of this being the case, back then I had a very simple way of recommending movies. It went like this…A movie would fall into one of these categories: I would definitely pay to see this at the theater. I would wait for this to come out on video. I would wait for this to come out on cable movie channels. I would not watch this. Now I use a STAR rating system (because my old school system in no way applies anymore) so, I thought maybe I should convert those categories into a numbered system for the STAR ratings. So…I came up with this: 0-1 Stars I would not see this, it’s not worth watching. 1.5-2.5 Stars I would have waited for this to come out on cable. 3-4 Stars I would have waited for this to come out on VHS. 4.5-5 Stars I would pay money to go to the theater to see this. Okay, so that’s movies. Now, when rating comic books I do something a little different. When rating comic books I look at: The overall appeal and satisfaction of the comic book. How well the story was written…does it flow well, is it easy to follow, are there unanswered questions? Is the artwork appealing? Does it go well with the story? So, looking at things like that I rate like this: Still using a STAR system using 1-5. 1 being the lowest, this would mean that I didn’t like the comic book in basically any fashion. 3 is average, it didn’t disappoint but, it didn’t wow me either. This would be specifically recommended to people only with similar interests in the story, artist, etc. 5 is the highest, this would mean that I would recommend this comic book to anyone. This would also indicate that the comic book had a little wow factor as well. Books and novels are similar to comic books. Since I read a lot of true crime and horror, I look for certain things in a book: How well is the story written? If it’s a true story, did they get the facts and timeline correct? Did this writer base the story off of facts or did they throw in their own theories as well? How easy is the book to read? Does it get bogged down in pointless details or does it paint a complete picture? Does the book tend to be a fast read or a slow read? Keeping that in mind, I rate books like this: Using a 1-5 STAR system, 1 being the lowest, 5 being the highest. 1 Star This would mean the book isn’t worth reading. 2 Stars I was barely able to stay interested enough to get through this book. 3 Stars Worth reading at least once, IF the topic is of interest to reader. 4 Stars This is worth recommending to specific interest groups. 5 Stars I would recommend this book to anyone. So, now that my crazy logic is somewhat explained, I hope you can all get a better understanding of what I am meaning when I rate each item I review. Don’t forget, questions and comments are always appreciated!!! You all have been great supporters and your feedback has helped immensely. Please, keep it coming!!! Thanks for reading! So, I’ve come to the conclusion that I MUST be missing something. I must be because I ran across something I just purely didn't understand.
I was reading Gangland #1 from Vertigo (DC Comics). It’s a compilation of short stories. There are many different types of artwork, writing, etc. And normally, that doesn’t bother me…until I came upon what I could conceivably call the worst comic I have ever encountered. It’s called “Chains” by Peter Kuper. This is just awful all the way around. The one in this particular issue, because unfortunately there are more, is basically a picture book representation of ‘The Life of Cocaine’...or heroin, I don't know what drug it's supposed to be. Okay, I’m an adult. A REAL adult, meaning I’m well over 18 and have been for quite some time. First of all, I am offended that something so simplistic would be in a comic book that I consider to be for mature readers. Now, I understand that a comic book is a series of pictures accompanied by small portions of words to depict a story. But, I don’t expect only pictures. I am NOT four years old. Second, the artwork is just awful, in my opinion. Not only am I left with four to five pages of “follow the pictures and figure it out” but, the artwork isn’t even clear as to what is happening. Like I, an average human being, can fill in the blanks and missing pieces of the hardcore drug manufacturing and distribution depicted in this story. There is no explanation of what is going on, who anyone is. By the third page, I was just over it and wanted to get on to the next story…which had words. Also, the life of Cocaine or Heroin??? Seriously??? They thought THAT was a rock-solid comic book short idea??? Not only does that seem desperate, what they chose for said story seems like nothing more than page filler to bulk up an issue. It really turned me off on the issue too. I haven’t picked it back up since I read this comic short and it’s just sitting there…probably going to sit there for a while. I can get more out of the Sunday Funny Papers than this comic short. I mean, Family Circle was wicked better than this and I don’t know if that’s saying much. The only thing I can recommend this short for is a burn session in a fireplace. At least then it might be useful. I read something very interesting over the weekend and I’ll get to that in a minute.
I watched Devil’s Rejects this weekend, which is the sequel to House of 1000 Corpses, both are Rob Zombie movies. I had never seen it because as my readers well know by now, I’m not a fan of many sequels. However, I chose to watch it anyway. It wasn’t horrible. I mean, I was entertained. But, I did miss the original and the psychotic characters. Now, apparently, Rob Zombie is looking to start shooting Devil’s Rejects 2: Three From Hell this year, possibly in March. ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? He’d better be one hell of a writer to be able to make a third movie to complete a trilogy where everyone is already dead. I will be seeing it because I have to know how Rob Zombie tries to pull this off, however, I don’t have high hopes for its success or the quality of its content. Bringing three killers back from the dead isn’t going to be very believable to me. However, it’s been thirteen years since Devil’s Rejects, maybe he’s more demented now. We’ll just have to wait and see. Calling all fans of horror and the supernatural!!!
A new movie is coming out February 1. It’s called “Winchester”. It’s based on the true story of Winchester Rifle fortune heiress, Sarah Winchester. Played by Helen Mirren, who is absolutely fantastic at playing the roles of dark, creepy, solemn matriarchs, Sarah Winchester becomes a widow and obtains great wealth after the death of her husband, William Winchester, who leaves her his fortune. This is a fortune of about $20 million which, in today’s world, equals about $500 million, give or take. This chick has money coming out her ears. And it’s going to continue to come because she owns half of the Winchester Rifle Company (Winchester Repeating Arms Company). Unfortunately, she starts to experience a number of supernatural phenomena. She becomes tormented and haunted, desperately wanting to know what all of this spiritual activity is in her house, and why. She begins to think she and her family are cursed and calls on psychic mediums to try to give her an explanation. She is informed that “the spirits” are the souls of all of the victims of the Winchester Rifle. She is also told that the only way to appease said ghosts is to move West and build a house for herself and the spirits. However, she is gravely informed that she must have building construction going on at all times in order to make these ghosts happy and for them to leave her alone. So, in 1886, just five years after the death of her husband, she moves to California, buys an eight-room farm house on 160 acres and begins construction that goes on practically non-stop for 38 years. This house has windows with views of other walls, staircases that lead nowhere (like to the ceiling or into a solid wall), there are doors that open to reveal brick walls, I mean, this house turns into a maze of craziness. Even the house staff need maps to move about the property because even THEY can’t get the layout straight, especially with all the constant work being done. (I will say that there is some difference of opinion among scholars and biographers whether or not Sarah Winchester had a fascination with the number 13. There are stories that she had thought it to be a lucky number and supposedly worked it into many facets of the house such as, there are 13 bathrooms, many windows have 13 window panes, etc. However, there are people who maintain that some of that work was done and the house was altered AFTER her death, when it was purchased and made into a tourist attraction. No, I haven’t been…yet.) It is widely believed that all the twists and turns in the house, the odd architecture and construction, was intended to confuse and confound the ghosts. A lesser known explanation for the vast property and its confounding design is simply that, because Sarah was rich and had absolutely NO architectural training whatsoever, that when she would choose what additions to make and where, due to her lack of experience and technical knowledge, it just plumb ended up a perplexing and massive structure that eventually, she didn’t even live in anymore. I love movies based on real events. This one has always fascinated me. I have been aware of the Winchester Mystery Mansion and its backstory for years. I think this is one of those spellbinding tales of fear, faith and the everlasting battle of warding of perceived evil. Can you imagine spending over $500 million spanning almost 40 years to build a house you don’t ever intend to live in? Our beliefs of what is happening around us and to us can be very influential, sometimes even debilitating. They can be so strong and so captivating that, sometimes, they can control ever aspect of our very lives. Sarah Winchester’s belief in her unseen tormentors drive her to deal with her fear and its apparent demons at their very core of existence. I truly cannot wait to see this movie. I hope it’s as good as I think it’s going to be. Okay, so, I couldn’t believe this when I read it but, it seems to be on the up and up.
Lindsay Lohan wants to play Batgirl this year for Joss Whedon. What the eff??? Have we all forgotten ALL of the drama and legal trouble she brings to the table? Not to mention that she hasn’t looked healthy and sober (at the same time) in well over a decade. Even now, she still has a malnourished look to her. I mean, it’s the same financial risk as hiring Robert Downing Jr. except none of the payoff. Sure, at one time, it cost millions of dollars to insure an actor on set with his issues but, we get performances like Iron Man and The Soloist, etc. It’s not like Lohan is a top grade, classy actress and honestly, in my opinion, has very little staying ability based on her talent. She has incredible staying power based on her messed up personal life but, is that REALLY the image you want attached to a film that you spend a boat load of money to make. I know there are people out there, like me, who will or won’t watch certain movies solely because of who is starring in them. I can honestly say, that in all my years discussing movies with people, I have NEVER heard anyone say, “I have got to see that! Lindsay Lohan is in it! Anything she does is bound to be Oscar material!”. Yeah, NO. Lohan would be a personality that causes me to not watch ANYTHING she’s in. Even talk shows and such. She, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus are ALL lumped together in the same kind of stereotype…and it is well deserved. The constant need for attention and the thriving on drama and chaos makes them probable poison to any project they work on. Additionally, Alicia Silverstone has openly expressed interest in reprising her role as Batgirl…15 years later. Ok, would we let Michael Keaton play Batman, NOW? Or Val Kilmer? Don’t you think at a certain point these people get too rough and tumbled looking to play these kinds of roles? I mean, how old is Batgirl supposed to be anyways? Lohan is like 31 or so and Silverstone is about 41. Isn’t Batgirl supposed to be younger than that? I don’t know. I’m not a huge fan of DC Comics. I’ll just have to wait and see what happens. My opinion though, Lindsay Lohan is a bad choice. I have often argued that Freddy is my favorite classic horror movie villain. My reasoning has always been that he is a multilayered, complex character as opposed to a regular madman just running (or walking) around killing people. Now, this being my thinking, I decided to do a little research on the biography of Fred Krueger. And I was right, there’s a tantalizing tale of terror that tortures and torments this soul from the very beginning.
I have to be honest and say that I am only very familiar with the first four movies. The rest of the movies in the series I have only seen once or some not even at all. But, that doesn’t mean I’m not a fan of this character. Just from the first four though, I was already able to determine that Freddy was purely just one messed up individual. I mean, this is truly one maniacal soul. Freddy Krueger, born Frederick Charles Krueger, had a rough childhood. He was conceived during an assault by multiple mental patients on a poor nun that got locked in with them over the holidays and adopted out right after birth. He grows up with no maternal influence and his only parental influence is the man he was turned over to, an alcoholic who abuses him and teaches him how to cut himself. He is bullied relentlessly, harms small animals and in his teen years, kills his “father” using the very razor he learned to cut himself with. (Interestingly, he also learns all of this from his “father”.) As an adult, he gets a job, gets married, has a daughter and tries to live a normal life. However, his homicidal urges cannot be suppressed and he becomes The Springwood Slasher, killing 20 children in three years, the children of his former classmates. He also kills his wife when she finds out he’s a serial killer. His daughter is sent away for adoption and given a new name. After his arrest, he is released on a technicality involving the arrest warrant and an inebriated judge. This, of course, is deemed an outrage by the parents of the town and they form a vigilante mob and take him down to the boiler room, where he tortured and mutilated his victims, and they burn him alive. Okay, so, that’s where I am going to stop on his history because THAT is what happened to him when he was alive. Everything after his death will be discussed at some point but, for now, let’s stick with the HUMAN aspect of Freddy. We’ll get to DEMON Freddy eventually. Let’s address his childhood first. Being born to a nun raped by 100 maniacs and sent away immediately after birth really does have to weigh on a child’s self-esteem. Knowing that you came from that kind of mental history has got to make you wonder at some point if you will end up like that too. It might also make a child feel like behaving badly is acceptable because “it’s in their genes” (for lack of a better term) and therefore, they can’t help it. It’s their way of justifying the bad behavior. Being abused in so many ways as a child can also having a long-lasting change effect on their personality plus mental and emotional growth and processes. Enduring the kind of violence that he experienced as a child, he could have likely been a very frustrated little boy and, subsequently, a very angry young man. The killing of his school’s classroom hamster with a hammer would be my argument showing his lack of emotional verbalization ability, his pain and frustration in feeling weak and the desire to be in control of something, the lack of any ability to regulate emotions and a severe lack of empathy. The lack of the maternal influence coupled with the type of paternal example he had, left him with no nurturing value in his life at all. He would probably not have been taught any form of love or affection, leaving him unable to identify with or develop these kinds of emotions. The self-mutilation as a child/teen would be an indicator of how he chose to deal with his emotions and how he really thought of himself as a human being. This partnered with the abusive parent would further my assumption that he has an entirely crippled self-esteem. After meeting a woman, he falls in love (as much as he can, in my opinion) and gets married and starts a family of his own. He and his wife have a little girl and for a while he’s able to wear the mask of a normal, everyday individual. He goes to work, comes home, interacts with his family…a typical person doing typical things. But, eventually, the flaws in his personality, the scars of his childhood, the anger and rage that boil so deeply within him all seep to the surface and he becomes a child molester and murderer. His ability to harm these children in such a horrific manner, treating them as if they are objects for his amusement and experimentation, in my opinion, again points to his inability to empathize. However, I don’t believe that children were Freddy’s main sexual preference. I do believe that, while this was part of his torture of the children, it was not his main focus. It’s not something that carries over into his further activities after his death. And though I believe he enjoyed his crimes, I do not believe that was the only way for him to be sexually gratified. He’s truly, generally, a killer. He taunts, mutilates and murders his victim. Sure, there are other aspects that lend themselves to complete his psychopathy. He’s definitely what I would call a narcissistic personality. Now, you might be wondering how one with such a low self-esteem, such as I’ve described, could also be a narcissist. Narcissism seems to oftentimes be a cover for feelings of inadequacy. These people can believe deep down that, if they don’t demand the constant attention and accolades, etc., people will not be around them or pay attention to them on their own. They can feel that they are not truly worthy of anything positive and therefore, force, take or manipulate to get what they want. With a history on Earth such as this, it’s no wonder demons chose him to continue his depravity in the afterlife. More to come in part 2 of this in depth look at Freddy Krueger. But for now, thanks for reading…and sweet dreams!!! I was really looking forward to one of the latest issues of Grimm Tales of Terror, volume 3 issue 10. I was. And yet, I was sadly disappointed by Zenescope for the first time. This issue was so frustrating I chose to do a quick blog post instead of a full-on review because honestly, there really just isn’t much to say.
The story is extremely hard to follow. The main character speaks like a burned-out hippie with a fractured thought process. It’s very difficult to understand what he’s saying and while I can clearly gather that that was, in fact, the goal, I do think it went a little too far. I mean, I know some very cool people with VERY fractured thought processes (for whatever reasons) and THEY are easier to follow than this character. I even read this stuff twice, three times on some pages, and I promise you, it’s some of the most inconsistent, fragmented thinking. The way the frames are arranged and what is presented in them makes it a lot of work to read this issue. Frankly, so much of all the components of this issue seemed very repetitive. It started out strange, progressed to annoying, then it became frustrating. I read comic books to relax and for entertainment. I don’t expect or want it to be some sort of jumbled code that I have to decipher. I might as well read a novel in French if I want to have to translate something. Even worse, it left me afraid to pick up issue 11. Hopefully, that will be the redemption issue. Although, the cover isn’t the normal style so, it does leave me a little worried. We’ll see what happens. I’ll let you know. |
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