Jul 19, 2010 10:56:13 GMT -5
Spazz
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Post by Spazz on Jun 2, 2016 18:14:35 GMT -5
I'm not a huge fan of the original but, I do think it's good, kind of the same thing with Melissa McCarthy movies but, the trailers seem alright I guess. I like the gender swap idea, you know me. I would probably go see this but, I'm not like, super hyped. I will talk more about the controversy though. (again, you know me ) My personal experience is one where I'm really only seeing controversy stirred up by the people who claim to be getting yelled at for being sexist, but not the people doing the supposed yelling. Also 9 times out of 10 I see these people actually being misogynistic soooo, ?? and none of this has to do with not liking the movie, you can shit all over the trailer all you want, I do think it's important to be honest about this movie but, I also think a lot of people are just happy to see some representation. People who aren't underrepresented in media never understand how important that is. (Or they just want to yell at the SJW boogeyman)
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Post by mr. excellent on Jun 2, 2016 19:38:14 GMT -5
+1 to your spoiler comments.
Also, to throw another topic into stew, anyone seen or read the info about Raimi's proposed Spider-man 4? Most of us already knew about Anne Hathaway playing Black Cat potentially and casting John Malkovich as the Vulture. However, today I read another article stating that the movie was going to begin with a montage of Spidey doing battle with the Shocker, Rhino (with the old school onesie)and Mysterio as sort of C and D list bad guys. The idea was that everyone was going to take Vulture to be the weakest of the bunch, but they were going to turn that on its head and make him Spidey's fiercest foe.
Gotta be honest with you... I absolutely love that idea. I think I appreciate it more now than I would have back in 2009. Raimi would've owned that shit, as it fits his sense of humor perfectly, and John Malkovich is freaking awesome. There's also word that Bruce Campbell would have finally gotten to play Mysterio. Damn... I'm kind of mourning this now. I even sort of want Raimi to work on the franchise again, but that's just wishful thinking. I wouldn't want him to re-do what he did in 2002 and 2004, but hey. I've stepped away from the books for a couple years at a time, jumped back in and binged on a new era of the character, and then had a totally new perspective. Who's to say Raimi couldn't do the same if given the opportunity? Oh well.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jun 4, 2016 9:28:52 GMT -5
So I've been kind of sentimental over the last week. School is out in the district I work in and the kids are off to summer vacation. The 8th graders will go onto one of our 4 local high schools while the 7th graders will come back taller, older looking, with raspier voices and worse attitudes. This year thus far has been the best yet, mostly due to the students. Being a math teacher has been the most difficult role I've ever had to play, and at times I've wondered if I made the right decision choosing to be one. However, it's years like these that make it all worth it. You know you've been invested when the kids dramatic tears of "never being able to see each other again" actually gets you choked up too. These kids are very close, uncharacteristically close as a group, compared to what I experienced at this age and the other 3 years I've seen as a teacher. I sincerely hope that many of them do keep up some form of communication with each other. Top that off with the fact that our small staff of 20 will have only 14 returning teachers, and you may see why I get bummed out at the end of every school year. I was hired 3 years ago by the district, and literally only 6 teachers (including myself) are the same from that period. I've seen so many teachers come and go, it has disillusioned me some. However, that's the field I work in. Middle school is a hard age to reach and teach, and it takes a toll. I'm just happy to get some extra time to spend at home with my wife.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jun 7, 2016 14:55:03 GMT -5
Triple post time! Two things:
1) Back yard brawler turned professional fighter Kimbo Slice passed away. I would've put it in the news section, but since the post prior was about Ali's passing, I just figured I'd give it a mention here.
2) Spiderverse continues to be a fun story to read, and I'm now 5 or 6 issues in. Also, Ultimate Comics: Spider-man has also been a lot of fun to read. I finished the Venom story and then jumped into the Cloak and Dagger follow up. It's such a smooth read. Going forward, I think I want to continue reading from the Miles Morales story, continue reading the Superior line, finish up Fractions run on Hawkeye, and then maybe look into the Age of Apocalypse stuff. X-Men chronologies are kind of hard to keep straight, and even with Wikipedia I'm not sure sometimes. Just might have to take a visit to one of my favorite comic book shops in San Luis Obispo.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jun 15, 2016 19:04:15 GMT -5
I found the 2nd volume continuation to Joss Whedon and Cassidy's Astonishing X-Men! Definitely can't wait to read it. I also found trade paperbacks volume three and four of Matt fraction Hawkeye. Last but not least hopefully is a Spider-Man series simply called Spidey. The series consists of a single issue one up stories. Hopefully I will like this month's issue.
Also, have fun at Camp Lopli!
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Post by brotherandbassist on Jun 21, 2016 22:14:38 GMT -5
I got a week off. I go back next week for another two weeks straight.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jun 23, 2016 15:03:03 GMT -5
Cool!
So I finished reading Spider-verse. The epilogue is ridiculously long though. Think I'll have to spread that one out. I think of next I'll have to start reading that astonishing X-Men run. I also found a website where I've been reading that new Black Panther comic, 2015 Amazing Spider Man, as well as Fractions' Sex Criminals.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 1, 2016 19:43:39 GMT -5
So I caved today and started watching TMNT 2 clips. I'm enchanted. Yeah, by roided up bull frog looking, nearly hulk sized ninja turtles. I definitely want to catch this wherever it's still playing since ID:2 turned out not to be so great.
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Post by brotherandbassist on Jul 9, 2016 20:09:25 GMT -5
I was thinking the other day, and I realized I've known some of you online now for almost nine years. I started posting on the Spidey boards in 2007. I was only eleven years old back then.
Wow, I need to get a life. I've been talking to the same losers for nine years? I'm almost twenty and I still like comic books? Can anybody hear me?
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 10, 2016 2:13:54 GMT -5
Ha. Dude, now's the perfect time to be into comics, since it's socially accepted and considered "cool" now, driving the Hollywood movie machine. I'm proud of the fact that I've talked to a group of strangers on line for nearly a decade. Why it feels like an accomplishment? I dunno, it's just crazy considering we've never met in person and probably never will. If any of you ever make it out to San Diego comic con international, let me know tho. Since I'm in California and go to the convention every other year-ish, we might actually be able to connect. My brother in law has actually had a couple of cool opportunities doing stuff like that when he has gone to LA Anime Expo. Had I been more diligent, I could've met my favorite journalist crew from Screen Rant back in 2014 at SDCC, but I wasn't proactive enough in figuring out how to use Twitter to connect with them.
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Post by BackinBlack on Jul 10, 2016 5:45:51 GMT -5
excellent, you just won.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 10, 2016 12:57:57 GMT -5
Holy vulcan shitaki mushballs!!!! XXXXXXXXXXXDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
I'd like to thank all my fans. Together, we started this journey roughly 6 years ago, I tried multiple times... a double post, a triple post on occasion. I cheated in ways that were very conspicuous, and sometimes so subtle it was like I wasn't competing at all. Yet, it was when I wasn't paying attention that I accidentally won!
Where do we go from here? I think we bbq. XD
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 14, 2016 13:08:32 GMT -5
For sure. Just sent you a friend request. I'll tell you my name in a direct message.
So, anyone paying attention to the insanity that is Pokemon Go? It's kind of getting out of hand, what with people walking into the street and sh!t. At this point, I'd say about 90% of my friends and acquaintances (that are around my age) are playing it.
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Post by BackinBlack on Jul 14, 2016 14:21:07 GMT -5
Same here. People are going crazy with playing that. I admit it does look kinda fun, but I'm mostly worried about how much data I'd go through. You know what would make it even better though? If you could battle with actual other players and the Pokemon you use can level up and evolve too. Just like a traditional Pokemon game.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 14, 2016 15:15:21 GMT -5
You can battle other players, and there's also a leveling up process. It doesn't work exactly the same as the traditional game, but people are going up to others on the street and battling them. It's actually not unprecedented, I think, because the Nintendo 3DS offers something like that. Certain games give you street passes when you pass others with a 3DS who are close by. I could be wrong about being able to battle others in your area with the 3DS, but I'm somewhat confident. I'm not playing Pokemon Go myself, namely because I want to focus on other things and I tend to swan dive into new ventures. That said, my wife and brother are playing, all on the same data plan (we share 6Gb/mth between the 3 of us) and so far we're doing okay.
EDIT: As an extension of what I was saying earlier, it is getting out of hand though. I'm pretty sure lawsuits are going to follow suit pretty quick, as well as Pokemon Go! related deaths. What with people getting lured into parks in the middle of the night and getting mugged (by other Go! users) or by simple neglect of one's surroundings. I was listening to the new rock station in my home town and someone up in Fresno was caught walking across a 4 lane intersection to try and catch a Pokemon. Hell, even down my own hometown's main street this guy was walking hand in hand with his kid to catch a Pokemon in the middle of the street.
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