Mr Sneeze

I love movies but going out to the theatre is low on the list, so it's going to be no for a while yet.

Yeah I agree completely, I'm surprised the plan is not for 3 movies, one for each of the original trilogy, like Lord of the Rings, three books, three movies...done....and if done well, I think everyone would be grateful enough....but if I understand correctly there is only going to be 2 movies? In a perfect world, someone would take the time to properly interpret God Emperor for the screen because I completely agree when you say it closes the cycle. As for the two movies; as far as I know they are for the first book.

Here's to a class act! An astounding artist to whom the medium is indebted and to a life well lived!

Good for Zack! I wish him and the fans all the best on this.

Yeah, me too! Just watched the whole series and there is a run in there - season 3-6 - where there are so many cool stand alone sci-fi stories. Great writing in that show!

Lots of great points. I really enjoyed Discovery so far and Picard as well. The present day TV format lends itself to the season long plot and we are getting some great TV because of it. On the other hand - having just re-watched a lot of older Star Trek series and episodes - one of Star Treks strengths has always been the stand alone episode. Episodes that for me are why I love this franchise and are great science fiction. As a fan of EC comics (Weird Science and Fantasy) and the Twilight Zone, Star Trek has always been a worthy successor. I hope they can throw in a few now and then. A great Star Trek Season is like an anthology of short science fiction stories.

Definitely worth finding again imho.

I thought the TV mini series did a great job with Messiah and Children of Dune. God Emperor is such a great book but hard to imagine adapting into a movie. As for Brian Herberts books, I think it’s just his name on a Kevin J Anderson manuscript. The books are consistent with his writing - short chapters followed by a recap in the following short chapter - and when compared to Frank Herbert’s novels fall pretty far down the literary spectrum. That being said I really enjoyed the two Brian/Anderson prequel trilogies, they are much simpler books but still highly entertaining. I think there were some Frank Herbert penned fragments that found their way into the ‘House’ series - that would explain the slightly longer chapters in those books.

Just caught up and watched the entire season of Picard. My first impression is wow! I don't know if it's the current climate or not but I found it very touching and emotional with some truly beautiful and heart wrenching moments. Please make more! Oh, and just because I'm thinking about it and even though it has nothing to do with this post; best STNG episode ever... The Inner Light.

There is no small amount of irony in one deifying superheroes in print and movies and the failure to connect to the reality of the day, the real heroes and the small things we can all do to help. This is real life, not a Star Wars movie.

Oh that’s rich! I hear that now and again. Is that supposed to impress somebody? We’re trying to step back to help ease the burden on the health care workers who are in the sh_t right now and who I don’t think give a rats about your views on philosophy, but have no fear, I imagine they will do their best to help you should you need it.

Great post!

One of the best things about hockey is its history. Orr is without a doubt one the greatest to play the game.

Always late to the party, but anyways. Great movie! Can't really praise this enough. This is the kind of movie that makes me feel that the form has so much potential.

I only collected hockey cards from 1980 and earlier and I did really well when selling them back in 2004-2006. When ever I check in, the price of that stuff seems pretty stable, though there is some sketchy graded stuff out there. If they were giving that stuff away, I would be happy to take it.

Dark Horse did well with Star Wars and Conan, I'm sure they would do justice to Bats.

Thanks for bringing that up. There is that outburst of creativity from say FF 35-66 and Thor 115-140ish where Marvel hits it's peak in my opinion. After that, Kirby starts to hold back his ideas - some trickle out here and there - and the strips, while still serviceable are basically in rerun mode. Stan is a big part of those runs but it's interesting to note the difference or rather the decline after Kirby's input is muted. Kirby and Lee as a marvel creative force are never the same after and it's left to others to ignite and innovate marvels growth. Kirby of course explodes with the Fourth World - for me the pinnacle of the silver age - and it's interesting to think had the' Dec 66 interview gone differently or Goodman had cut a deal with Kirby that all that stuff would have ended up in Thor most likely, years earlier. I'm glad things worked out the way they did as I think the Fourth World was the high point of Kirby's long and esteemed career. Does anyone know if all the photstat's still exist such that we could see the pencils and margin notes of those classic runs in their entirety?

The more I learned about Steve over the years, the more I've appreciated his art and his desire to remain out of the spotlight. I am not a fan of celebrity culture nor the attitude of fan entitlement. I mean if someone wants that interaction - fan or artist - that's great but obviously it's not for everyone and it's sad to see those who shun the public eye purposely misunderstood - and flat out insulted - at times for not seeing things yours/mine/or whomever's way. And I'm not talking about people reaching out and trying to have meaningful conversations etc. As far as I'm concerned the guy was brilliant!

Lots of great material out there for anyone interested. I would highly recommend Blake Bell's Ditko biography 'Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko'.

I think Ditko started to paint himself into a philosophical corner so I think he went as far as he could go working with Stan or anyone for that matter, no proof there, just my opinion of course (given that possibility, it was a good time to pass off the strip). Personally for me, I would give a larger credit to Steve than I would to Stan, just as I would give a greater credit to John Romita for the titles continued and increasing success after Steves departure. But I'm more appreciative of the graphic nature of the medium so I don't mean it as an insult to Stan.

Well novels are novels and comics are sequential art and so would argue the medium is at it's best with a solid artist. Ditko's line work is very expressive and again would argue one could get the main gist of his Spider-man and Dr Strange pages without any dialogue at all. Same goes for Kirby who really takes off when finally freed from the weight of excessive dialogue in the earlier Marvels - I can think of a few pages in those early FF's where you can barley fit another word in. Hell, look at the caliber of artists contributing to the marvel method in the sixties and I begin to think the brush is quite a bit mightier than the pen. Again, no disrespect to Mr Lee intended, merely a big fan of the artists to whom the medium owes so much.