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    FYI - Best Artists Ever... Ever

    in Comics General

    Posted · Edited by sl4ppy

    Probably already called out but I'd add Dave Stevens, no question...

     

    While the subject matter was often adult orientated, the basic raw hand-skills and and composition are unbelievably good.. A flip through some of his sketch books and it becomes incredibly obvious.. his quick doodles are other artists finished work...

     

    It's a shame that he is really only associated with depictions of women; he was one of the most accomplished illustrators ever in comics. The Alex Ross before Alex Ross.

     

    And I give this praise having been a professional artist and art director for 20+ years in major companies and looking at a LOT of portfolios...

     

     

    on another note, and speaking of great artists.. these are awesome. (Apologies for the giant images..)

     

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uknax7YsHrc/TeMEd29s0jI/AAAAAAAAII8/jYlCRYgDNDM/s1600/JamPiece1.jpg

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GqI_fGPmCCU/TeMEE1zbAOI/AAAAAAAAII0/kjcTxoGKq2Y/s1600/JamPiece2.jpg

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8uRYNLtz_aU/TeMEEqG9VBI/AAAAAAAAIIs/-9UXPilaOXY/s1600/JamPiece3.jpg

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UFS20T-gD28/TeMEEZ0gJ6I/AAAAAAAAIIk/mijFh4GbCOI/s1600/JamPiece4.jpg

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gjRHl0ZgYqI/TeMEEFJFP0I/AAAAAAAAIIc/YrOWJTHOvm4/s1600/JamPiece5.jpg

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AMJTlATiOk/TeMED144k0I/AAAAAAAAIIU/GB2ssLPetjU/s1600/JamPiece6.jpg

     

    Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a winner. The Rotten Tomatoes reviews were off.

    in The Movie Forum

    Posted · Edited by sl4ppy

    I can't believe I agree with Kav, but 2001 is light years beyond Planet of the Apes in the FX department. Apes had essential zero special effects. John Chambers won an Oscar for makeup, but that's definitely not the same things as special effects.

     

     

    2001 considered a landmark achievement in special effects and won an Oscar.. unfortunately wrongly attributed to Kubrick instead of the real master, Douglass Trumbull..

     

    It's also consistently if AFI's (and everyone else's) top 25 movies of all time.

     

    It is, frankly, a masterpiece.

     

    Kav's plot synopsis is correct for the most part; a little off in places. The story is very loosely based/inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Sentinel". It's a very good read.

     

    Kubrik succinctly sums up 2001 as:

    You begin with an artifact left on earth four million years ago by extraterrestrial explorers who observed the behavior of the man-apes of the time and decided to influence their evolutionary progression. Then you have a second artifact buried deep on the lunar surface and programmed to signal word of man's first baby steps into the universe -- a kind of cosmic burglar alarm. And finally there's a third artifact placed in orbit around Jupiter and waiting for the time when man has reached the outer rim of his own solar system.

     

    When the surviving astronaut, Bowman, ultimately reaches Jupiter, this artifact sweeps him into a force field or star gate that hurls him on a journey through inner and outer space and finally transports him to another part of the galaxy, where he's placed in a human zoo approximating a hospital terrestrial environment drawn out of his own dreams and imagination. In a timeless state, his life passes from middle age to senescence to death. He is reborn, an enhanced being, a star child, an angel, a superman, if you like, and returns to earth prepared for the next leap forward of man's evolutionary destiny.

     

    That is what happens on the film's simplest level. Since an encounter with an advanced interstellar intelligence would be incomprehensible within our present earthbound frames of reference, reactions to it will have elements of philosophy and metaphysics that have nothing to do with the bare plot outline itself.

     

    Think of the "psychedelic part" at the end as very much akin to the wormhole travel in Contact.. except with FX from the 60's... It has nothing to do with drugs or weed or tripping or anything else people would like to believe.. Would you call that sequence boring in Contact?

     

    The aging forward and backward is a reflection that Bowman is seeing that time is not linear as human's understand it, but part of the same fabric as physical space.

    SNOWPIERCER - Best comic adaptation that no one will see this summer !

    in The Movie Forum

    Posted · Edited by sl4ppy

    Finally saw this.. it was just okay.

     

    The heavy message and nonsensical situations were a bit much to overcome. Clearly Bong Joon-ho was more in love with his messages of the futility of revolutions, humans yearning to be controlled, and the adam & eve metephor at the end than really crafting a coherent movie. The first act had real promise and was setting up to be actually really good.. then it just goes off the rails into the absurdity department.

     

    Still, it was at least mildly fun with the added bonus of asking yourself "WTF did I just watch??"

     

    I still wonder why the train had to be moving.. why not just park it and use the engine to do something more useful with all that energy then hurtle a train around the planet. The fact that they were on a train lent no artistic device to the story, had no bearing on the message, etc. It was merely a gimmick. Not a fan of movies who insist on a basic premise that is completely and utterly illogical and so fallacious that no one would ever even attempt to undertake.

    I want to start a website, know nothing about it. Help!

    in Comics General

    Posted · Edited by sl4ppy

    I'm going to assume you want a website for your comics business?

     

    Hire someone to build it for you and make sure they understand how e-commerce works, because they'll need to help set that up for you.

     

    This.

     

    Save up some money, find someone reliable and let them do it.

    this sounds good. I want a site that is easy to update and navigate. I am looking for a site so I can list raw books with scans.

     

    K.I.S.S.

     

    Why not start with Comic Collectorz web exporting tool. It automatically builds a site based on your collection and lets you list prices, notes, images, etc. It's pretty thorough an a very cheap and easy way to get started. It also meets your "easy to update and maintain" requirement

    I Miss Dave (Stevens, that is)

    in Copper Age Comic Books

    Posted

    Proof positive Dave Stevens books have cooled off? I just picked up Airboy #5 CGC 9.8 for less than $50. Two years ago this was a $100 book and through a few additions to the registry and just all of us being pulled too many ways at once all of a sudden it has lost half it's value?

     

    The entire market participates in this thread.. :/

    Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a winner. The Rotten Tomatoes reviews were off.

    in The Movie Forum

    Posted

    I guess if your way of rationalizing a PG-13 (one tic from R) movie that sounds like it isn't very good is to call it a "kids movie", have at it.

     

     

    :roflmao:

     

    And he still hasn't even seen it yet, folks. :roflmao:

     

    You clearly fail to see the purpose of the movie rating system. ...why am I not surprised.

     

     

    I don't need to see ANY PG-13 (or R) movie to know that it isn't for kids. That's why the rating system exists.

    Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a winner. The Rotten Tomatoes reviews were off.

    in The Movie Forum

    Posted · Edited by sl4ppy

    There was one "grown-up" man that seemed upset that an obvious childrens' character like Spider-Man, wasn't made into a "more mature" movie just for him. One got the feeling this "adult" actually thinks there is a difference between the target audience for Spider-Man and Dora The Explorer. :roflmao:

     

    Um, it's not a kid's movie. It's PG-13.

     

    Haven't seen ASM2 yet, but there are PLENTY of "kids movies" that are actually legitimately good "adult" movies as well. Any of the Toy Story movies, for instance...

     

    Having the expectation that a movie could/should appeal to both is probably pretty normal and in fact pretty mainstream these days.

    Ive lost ALL confidence in CGC - UPDATE on page 221

    in Comics General

    Posted · Edited by sl4ppy

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    Now, I'm the same guy doing the grading over the past 13 years.

     

    With CGC...not so much. Actually, not at all.

     

    Perhaps you became a better grader or learned to grade differently in those 13 years so as to align with CGC and make your customers happier (never over-grading)?

     

    Subconsciously or otherwise...

    Legal Size Scanner thread.

    in Comics General

    Posted · Edited by sl4ppy

    Closing the lid so the background is white really helps the scanner get the correct color gamut and range for a more accurate image. That's why the inside of the lid is white. :)

     

    You also don't have to hold down or press the slab against the scanner; I can see your wrist tendons tensed. lol.

    I Miss Dave (Stevens, that is)

    in Copper Age Comic Books