I must say that I’m not really on the ‘up’ concerning Star Wars subjects of late. I knew there would be a TV series starting up sometime soon but lo and behold, it started this past Friday so I downloaded the first two episodes.
They are great! The graphics are amazing. This isn’t your 1967 Spider-Man series! The series takes place between Episode II and III and I am loving the fact that Asajj Ventress is back as she didn’t appear in the movies but was tied into everything which was the Clone Wars.
I also like how there will be different facets of the universe shown in each episode. For example, the first one dealt with Yoda and three clone warriors in a battle. The next episode focussed on Anakin and his new apprentice Asoka? Ashoka? Looking for survivors from a fleet which was destroyed. This let us see a little more about the Jedi Master Plo Kloon as well.
All in all, I think I’ll really like how they will add a lot more to the characters that you may only see a bit of during the films. Granted, Yoda and Anakin are major players in the film, but I enjoyed seeing what makes the clone warriors tick (they all had different hairstyles which I thought was neat…just because you’re a clone doesn’ mean you can’t have a different haircut).
Last night after watching the concert DVD, Pascal, Mike and I watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall which is one of those lovely Judd Apatow productions (Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, etc.). It was quite hilarious. It follows Jason Segel (who actually wrote the film) and Kristen Bell (our very own Veronica Mars) as they end a five year relationship. Jason Segel is having a tough time getting over her so he takes a vacation to Hawaii and happens to stumble into Kristen Bell with a new man in tow and pity takes over the film but is interspersed with hilarious parts.
I found the funniest part about this film are all the secondary/cameo roles in the film. My favourite was when Jason Segel is in bed with a woman and it turns out to be Carla Gallo who played his girlfriend in the Apatow ‘Undeclared’ tv series (where a lot of the Apatow alumni appear). There was also Jonah Hill (of Superbad fame…a film I still have yet to see) who plays a hilarious waiter. So there are definitely a lot of cameo roles that keep the laughter up.
The only complaint I had about the film is that they make Kristen Bell out to be a harsh, harsh woman and she just can’t be that. She’s too hot (and Vero agrees) to be an evil person.
Go rent this now. It had us laughing all night. Too bad Pascal realized she had already seen it 30 seconds into the film.
Turns out Gdansk is in Poland. I didn’t know that until watching this concert DVD.
Last night after class I head home on a dreary, rainy night and have a welcome surprise at the door waiting for me. My shipment from Amazon! In it is the holy grail of David Gilmour…his new live concert DVD. Instead of paying $60 for this package I opted for ordering it from the States and only paying $30 + Shipping.
This set includes a two CD set of the entire concert, a DVD of ‘most’ of the concert (only missing six songs) and a bonus DVD which includes a bunch of other appearances in promoting his live disc “On an Island” as well as the On An Island album mixed in 5.1 surround sound. This particular concert in Gdansk was the final concert of his tour, the only one to feature an orchestra, the only one to feature the song ‘Good Day for Freedom’ and may very well be the final concert Richard Wright (keyboards for Pink Floyd) played before passing away. Quite the monumental event which was captured on film.
I popped in the DVD, cranked the stereo and enjoyed the sweet, sweet sounds from Gilmour’s guitar coming through the speakers. It was a great concert and I enjoyed the orchestra bits as well. It wasn’t a grand contrast like Metallica’s S&M film considering Pink Floyd is nowhere near heavy metal so the orchestra fit well. They even played Echoes with is 30 minutes of greatness. All in all, this is a great concert DVD for David Gilmour fans and I haven’t even touched the second disc yet which seems to be even more entertaining with it containing Echoes (Acoustic) as well as three jam sessions with the band. That shall be cool. Plus there is a web access portion of the disc to get limited edition audio tracks. Haven’t checked out what they are yet however.
Saturday morning, I arose to my alarm (curses!) as I had decided to get up bright and early to help Matt and Karilee move into their new house. Matt had spent the past two weeks living with Mike and I and it was a good time, hearkening to the old times of us living at Bayshore. Heck, he even helped me install Parallels on my Mac so I could play Quest for Glory 2 on Windows! Beauty.
I went to Duncan’s to pick him and Kristen up and we headed to Tim Horton’s. I had a hankering for a B(acon) E(gg) L(ettuce) T(omato) sandwich so I asked for the “beee eeee ellll teee please.” The woman who was in training didn’t know how to punch it in so she sought out another wise soul. Unfortunately she grabbed another woman in training and I didn’t think there was anything wrong until I received an actual BLT lunch sandwich! I was wondering why breakfast was costing me $6. In the end, It’s not that big of a deal although I was craving the sausage on the BELT and my craving was not satisfied.
We headed to Matt’s old house in Kanata for 8:45 and met up with James whom I haven’t seen in awhile. We were chatting and at one point, Duncan and James started talking about World of Warcraft and I realized that I have lost some of my geekiness over the years as I had no idea what they heck they were talking about.
Matt didn’t end up showing up to the house until 9:45 as there was quite the lineup at the U-Haul due to all the students moving into town the Labour Day weekend. We managed to load up all his stuff, then head over to a storage facility for Karilee’s stuff and managed to load it all up and be at the new house around noon.
Unfortunately for Karilee and Matt (but very fortunate for myself), Vero called and said that she had won the Wicked musical lottery and that we could go at 2PM! I looked at my watch. It was 12:45 and I figured I had time to go shower and come back to the National Arts Center. I bid the movers adieu, felt bad that I couldn’t help any longer, but realized that there was no way I was missing this opportunity. Vero and I had gone a few times during the week to put our names into the lottery. Here’s the scoop: Two hours before the musical, you put your name in for some tickets and they draw 20 tickets. If you win, you pay $25 in cash for the ticket and it’s fairly close to the stage. In fact, we were four rows from the stage. That is incredible! For $25, you can’t go wrong.
So I rushed home, had a shower, picked up Vero and off we went. We made it just in time as they were flicking the lights on and off to indicate that we should get our ass in our seats. We were amazed that we were so close. The stage set up looked pretty neat…there was a map of Oz and there was giant dragon perched up above the stage.
Stop. What’s Wicked about? It’s the tale of the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch of the North – Star Wars prequel style; on how they went to school together.
Begin. The show started, the dragon roared flames and the stage erupted into song and dance. The Wicked Witch is dead! Ding, dong, the witch is dead and all of that jazz. The costumes were pretty cool on the munchkins (sadly, not midgets) and the stage is a pretty neat setup.
I guess I shouldn’t spoil much of anything with this review but let me tell you that the show had me in awe. I would say it was my second favourite musical I’ve seen (Evil Dead being #1, naturally) and Vero enjoyed it as well. I really enjoyed the story concept behind it…it begins as a prequel to Wizard of Oz and in the second half it actually intertwines into the plot of the film as more of a behind the scenes look as to what it happening while Dorothy is traipsing around Oz. I enjoyed the fact that it didn’t feel like a full blown musical where it’s 90% song and dance. It was more of a 50/50 split which is fine by me. I could follow the story easily.
The actors were great, the costumes were great, the songs were great. I really can’t emphasize how much I enjoyed the musical. I really encourage anyone who has the chance to see it, to go see it.
And now…for my Star Wars related commentary which Vero thought was dumb. 😉
Let’s talk Darth Vader for a moment shall we? In the original set of films, Vader is set up as a menacing figure and there’s a touch of his tragic figuredom in Return of the Jedi. Then when the prequels came out, we see an entirely different side to Vader and it turns out that now people really feel sorry for the guy in the end.
I would like to say that the creator of Wicked took George Lucas’ idea and applied it to the Wicked Witch of the West. She definitely is portrayed as a tragic character in this musical (maybe the novel as well? I would assume so.) as she tries to battle a corrupt power in Oz. She tries to do good but in the end the only way she can achieve this is to become ‘wicked’.
Let us also note that the musical had some great winks/nods to the original film like when someone mentions to the Wicked Witch of the West that she shouldn’t stand out in the rain (let us remember she died via some water being splashed on her). Total Star Wars Prequel-Like!
All in all, I can’t rave about this musical enough and Vero loved it so much that we looked for Wizard of Oz on DVD afterward and we couldn’t find it anywhere in town (unfortunately). Go see Wicked.
After a month of waiting, I finally got to see The Dark Knight last night. I had wanted to see it in the IMAX and seeing that there is only one IMAX screen in town, I did not feel like waiting in the two hour + lineup to see a 2 1/2 hour film. Luckily, yesterday the timing was right and we were third in line to see the film and we were only an hour before it started. Unfortunately for me, I sat down on the carpet and I didn’t even notice some liquid that was there and it proceeded to get absorbed by my underwear. Trish, Vero and Mike had a good laugh.
Comments on the film: Oh Batman, how you have changed since the 60s TV show. The Dark Knight takes what it did well in Batman Begins and runs with it…I enjoy Christopher Nolan’s portrayal of the Gotham universe because I feel it’s one of the more…realistic takes on superheroes. While I can’t imagine ever seeing a man like Doctor Octopus or Magneto running through our streets, I can imagine villains like the Joker and Two-Face skulking about.
That’s what I love about these films…they have a gritty, real edge to them. I also love how the film is moved more by character development than other films…it reminds me of a good 70s film where there’s more time focussed on the characters than on action sequences. My favourite part was the focus on Harvey Dent who we all should know (from comic book lore) becomes Two-Face, the man who leaves everything to chance. He has always been an interesting villain in that he has good in him as well as evil but he doesn’t allow himself to choose between the two. I really, really enjoyed their portrayal of this tragic figure. It was a slow buildup of character to see the tragedy which befalls him. Much more that the cartoony-like Tommy Lee Jones performance in Batman Forever. Can I also point that the face of Two-Face was amazing and was very true to the comic book verson? Kudos.
The plot was all over the place and I enjoyed how I didn’t feel that it dragged on. While there are a lot of action sequences in the film, I felt the film kept moving along without them. I also enjoyed a few twists that they put into the film that has the viewer not knowing what’s going to happen next. Can I also point out that I am disappointed in the french radio station in town for ruining a major plotpoint in the film telling me that Rachel bites the dust. COME ON. That would have been a terrific sequence in the film if I didn’t already see where it was heading.
I found that there really wasn’t a lot of focus on Bruce Wayne/Batman in this one. It was a Joker/Two-Face film. Maybe it was on purpose, in that Batman has grown from the dual nature of Bruce Wayne/Batman from the first film into someone who is comfortable with being who he is (although he’s ready to hang up the cape for good for the better of Gotham).
I enjoyed the portrayal of the Joker in this film and I enjoy how each version we have seen in moving picture is always a different take on the character. From what I know of the Joker in the comics, the same holds true as he can be a trickster in one comic, and a vile sadistic madman in others (see The Killing Joke) who never lets on to his true origins and we are always left wondering how a madman like this can truly exist. I really enjoyed how the film dug into these specific points about the Joker and how he is simply anarchy in its purest form who has nothing to lose. Batman can’t handle this figure as he has limits whereas the Joker has none. I really enjoyed the final conversation with the two of them as it nailed their relationship on the head; they are always meant to be opposing forces who can never truly destroy one another. They will always be fighting each other throughout time. Can I also comment that I loved how the Joker just comes and goes in this film…no real introduction of who this madman is, and no real conclusion of where he ends up either. Two-Face’s story is a closed book, but the Joker just remains open and ambiguous…which I loved. He’s just another player in the universe which is probably the most realistic portrayal of how a villain operates.
I really enjoyed the film but in terms of super-hero films of the year, I thought Iron Man was better. Heck, that doesn’t mean The Dark Knight sucked…it didn’t. It’s really carving out a niche for more crime-centric, realistic superhero films. But Iron Man had more of the grandiose feel to it and the characters were FUN to watch and listen to…I love Christian Bale but Robert Downey Jr. was awesome in his role as Tony Stark.
My only beef with the Christian Bale Batman? That dang voice. I cringe everytime he uses it because it’s so lame. There’s sometimes where I can’t even understand the guy! Imagine that happening in real life?
Batman: You’re coming with me to jail.
Joker: What? I couldn’t catch that? Repeat again?
Go see the film! You won’t be disappointed.
Fave Part of the Film: Seeing the Joker on a truck that says “Laughter is the Best Medicine” and he added an ‘s’ to the front of it to write “Slaughter is the Best Medicine.” Awesome.
Comments on seeing the film in IMAX: The main reason I wished to see the film in IMAX is that there were specific sequences filmed with IMAX cameras and this was a first in cinematic history (first being that there was actual IMAX cameras used in a big budget film). I had never seen a feature film on IMAX hence I figured this would be a good time to do so. Someone told me (I believe it was Alex) that he didn’t really see the big difference and was disappointed when he once saw a film on the IMAX.
I must admit that I agree with him. While I did appreciate the larger screen, your eyes cannot judge unless it’s in comparison mode. I would need to see the two screens side to side to realize the immense difference. It’s like when you have a 32″ TV screen and a 60″ Plasma screen. You don’t really notice anything wrong with your viewing experience while you’re watching the film. But if you were to see the two side-by-side you could tell who the victor is.
That being said, I don’t think I will pay big money to see a film in IMAX again in the near future. I did appreciate that the shots filmed by IMAX were vast in its scope…the sweeping shot of Hong Kong or the grand shots of the Gotham General Hospital blowing up…it was immense! I need to go back into other films to see if they capture the same area in the picture like The Dark Knight did. But either way, if I saw the film on the (small) big screen, the same shots would have been there. So yes, I appreciate that they used IMAX cameras to film those sequences so we could see the vast landscapes, but in the end, it didn’t make that much of a difference to me and I could have easily seen it in the (small) big screen theatres three weeks ago.
On Sunday night, Trish, Mike, Vero and I headed out to see Def Leppard (which was rescheduled from March!) and instead of REO Speedwagon and Styx (boo, hiss), we got to see Billy Idol! Awesome. Billy Idol is well known for what I like to call the “Trifecta of Vital Idol Songs at a (White) Wedding”. Any wedding I have been to usually plays at least THREE Billy Idol songs from the following list:
White Wedding
Mony Mony
Rebel Yell
Dancing with Myself
Billy Idol is the equivalent to AC/DC making an appearance at the DJ booth at a wedding. Well liked.
Anyhow, we are on our way to the ScotiaBank place and unfortunately hear that the show starts at 7PM and not 7:30PM so in the end, we walked into the stadium and could hear the opening number of “Dancing with Myself”. Ah well. At least we only missed one song.
We found our seats at Row 22 (a decent view of the stage) and watched Billy Idol in all his glory. He put on a really good show and I must admit that he rivaled Def Leppard’s performance. Plus I got to see an amazing guitarist perform…Steve Stevens! What a pro 80s guitarist…he had all the moves and all the licks to go along with it.
Billy Idol is in quite good shape for a man over 50. I have never seen abs on myself that looked like his. I wondered if it was a shirt with abs painted on at first (ala Bono in PopMart). Billy did manage to bring out a microphone for the crowd to sing into during Mony Mony which was quite fun.
May I also point out that I loved their drummer for the fact that he would hit the drum head with the stick and let it rebound into the air and then catch it upon its descent. Coolness!
Billy Idol, two thumbs up.
After he left the stage, Mike and I grabbed a few beer ($8.50 a pop for a tall can! Ouch!) and headed to the merchandise booth where Vero picked up a Def Leppard t-shirt. Considering this is her favourite band, it was a great purchase.
Def Leppard came on stage in support of their ‘Songs from the Sparkle Lounge’ album. Like any act that has been around for the past twenty years or more, their show tends to become a greatest hits package and this was no exception. They may have played two songs from their new album and the rest of the show was listening to their Vault – Greatest Hits album from back in 1995. Which is fine by me. They opened up with Rocket and it kept things high octane after that. Pour Some Sugar on Me is always a good tune and they ended with Let’s Get Rocked.
The band was in full rock star outfits except for the drummer who looked like a lumberjack when he stood up. Hey, do drummers usually play in their bare feet? I thought that was different. He was hidden behind the drumkit the entire night so it was a rare treat to see him when he stood up and waved. Perhaps he doesn’t care for the fame any longer? The band was excellent and they are veterans of the stage. Joe Eliott doesn’t have the high vocal range as he used to which makes me realize that I shouldn’t write songs that I know I won’t be able to sing in 20 years time! Billy Talent, I’m looking at you with that comment.
Here’s a set list from earlier in the tour which sounds pretty similar to what we heard. Rock On by David Essex was a welcome surprise (after being introduced to it via the Smashing Pumpkins) and Two Steps Behind was done near the middle of the crowd. I believe their new single…C’Mon C’Mon and Go were also played from their new album.
I loved the show but I’m almost wondering if seeing them once is enough for me. I feel that in the future, I would see the same show again. Unlike Aerosmith last year that just piled on random songs from their entire catalogue that didn’t seem like a Greatest Hits concert.
01. Rocket
02. Animal
03. Let’s Get Rocked
04. Foolin’
05. Mirror Mirror
06. Nine Lives
07. Love Bites
08. (Bass Solo)
09. Rock On
10. Two Steps Behind
11. Bringin’ on the Heartbreak
12. Switch 625
13. Hysteria
14. Armageddon It
15. Photograph
16. Pour Some Sugar on Me
Encore:
17. Rock of Ages
I had heard about “The Dirt” many years ago when Crystal showed me this incredulous stories she was reading about Motley Crue. I didn’t really know Motley Crue but must admit that from what I heard, they were a little crazy.
Fast forward years later and I got my fair share of Motley Crue introduction in the past month…Mark from work passed me a few albums to listen to. Troy showed me a concert DVD and lent me their autobiography, “The Dirt”.
The Dirt outlines their rise to fame by tackling different events with different perspectives. It is common to read about Vince Neil praising Nikki Sixx for not making a move on his girlfriend and then in the next chapter Nikki saying that he slept with Vince’s girlfriend behind his back. This was hardcore rock and roll.
I couldn’t put this book down. It was truly insane. If you ever wanted to really know what a rock star’s lifestyle can be like, you need to read this book. It’s definitely not for the faint of heart…one of the more extreme things I read is how they were on tour with Ozzy Osbourne and he proceeded to drink one of the band’s members urine. Ick. Ack.
But it is so mesmerizing to read about the dirty things Motley Crue did during their rise to fame. Heck, Nikki Sixx even overdosed to the point of no return, only to return from the dead after people thought he was dead!
I am recommending this as the must read book of this summer. It is a tragic tale of one of rock’s notorious bands. From drugs, to booze, to failed relationships with hundreds, if not thousands of women…it’s all there in print and it’s an interesting, interesting tale. Heck, I even enjoyed it and I didn’t even know much about the band before reading about them.
Pick it up if you like the occasional shock, and you enjoy the rock.
After work yesterday, I took my semi-usual nap on the bus ride home and when I arrived, it was dang muggy out which prompted me not to arrive at the gym like planned. However, I figured the evening shouldn’t be a waste so in my thoughts I figured I would pick up some groceries and then work on Troy’s ‘So It Goes’ song.
I first stopped at Future Shop to pick up the new Matt Mays & El Torpedo album “Terminal Romance” and noticed that My Chemical Romance had released a CD/DVD package of their Black Parade tour which I had gone to but missed the first 30 minutes.
I then went to the Superstore for some much needed groceries and felt a little ambitious and picked up some pad thai noodles and some sauce. Natali at work had been raving about this pad thai dish she made and I figured it couldn’t be too hard. Let me point out that 99% of the time, I am not adventurous when it comes to cooking. I can’t be bothered with it. I still remember Carrie bewildered that I couldn’t make Kraft Dinner. To me, it was too much preparation (but of course, now, I realize, it’s super simple) and I couldn’t be bothered. Anyhow, last night the 1% kicked in and I figured there wasn’t anything hard to making pad thai as it’s essentially a stir fry.
On my way home, it started pouring rain and I was stuck in the car with the new Matt Mays disc spinning. Then a moment in musical history occurred and Track 5 (“Terminal Romance”) came on the stereo. I was floored. I couldn’t get enough of the song. It was epic. It was classic. It was heartbreaking. It had everything that I want in the music I write. When I got home, I immediately went to the stereo in the living room and popped it in so I could listen to it again while unpacking the groceries. I must admit that I had heard the song before last week in a live format at Bluesfest. I was blown away by it then also and I didn’t know what the name of the song was at that point but I knew I had fallen in love.
I must have played that song thirty times last night on repeat. I still can’t get enough of it. I can’t remember the last time a song has touched me so much in my life. I think when you start out listening to music, everything is so new so your soul has the opportunity to have those moments more and more because there is so much you haven’t heard. I remember being fifteen years old and feeling this way when Aerosmith’s “Amazing” came on and the crazy solos come in at the end. I also remember feeling this way when Earth, Sky and C by I Mother Earth came on the stereo at Carol’s place. I was floored. It changed my life.
The pad thai was decent. The sauce definitely wasn’t what I was used to so I’m assuming I just have to try different sauces. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t what I was expecting.
I ended up grabbing a guitar and listening to Terminal Romance a few dozen times while scribing out the lyrics and figuring out the chords. It amazes me how simple some songs are and how much work I try and put into my songs. I’ve realized that I am going to perfect the three chord songs first and then branch out. Terminal Romance is in the key of C and consists of four chords. Beautiful. In the end, it’s the way the song sounds what makes it work.
Vero ended up coming over after a long day at work. The past few days have been killer and she’s been putting in some overtime. She really loves her job though and that’s what counts. She loved the pad thai.
We also talked about the inevitable video project we want to start up. There have been ideas floating around but she always comes back to wanting to make a music video to one of my songs. We talked about making one to 705 just for fun to play around with the video camera more than actually make a music video. In the end, I think we are going to try and encompass a Northern road trip as the focus of the video. So basically take all the sights you would see along a trip up North and crush it into four minutes. It will be an interesting experiment and has probably been done by many others. In fact, after we spoke about the video, I popped in the film “Into The Wild” for Vero and the opening sequence is pretty well our video idea so we had a good laugh at the fact that the video is basically done. We just need to take the footage from the film!
Into the Wild was just as entertaining the second time around. Vero really enjoyed it as I knew she would. Vero has this adventurous spirit to her and I think she isn’t made to follow the path that society has given us plans to.
iplaying: Building a Boat – Matt Mays & El Torpedo (Terminal Romance)
I have about 20 pages left in this book to read so I figure I can review it faithfully (unless it turns out that Eric Clapton was a woman all along and I don’t find it out until the last page).
Eric Clapton, guitar extraordinaire decides to tell us about his life up until this point. Like most biographies, it starts with some pretty dull stuff about growing up as a kid and hunting for frogs. The real meat of the book comes in the earlier chapters where he starts playing guitar in clubs with various bands and having a good time. It’s written very innocently, in that in my eyes, jamming with the Stones is awe-inspiring, when he talks about it, it’s not that big of a deal, and I guess it wouldn’t be as they are just buddies.
You don’t really get a feel of his greatness until he mentions offhand that one day he noticed the words “Clapton is God” on a side of a building. He is very humbling and doesn’t think of himself in that way. Meanwhile, I realize that all this talk about playing in clubs and having a good time is actually the moment where outsiders of Clapton’s mind are literally making Clapton into a guitar god-like figure and that he’s making his mark on the world. I found it strange to be reading the autobiography and not getting a true sense of his mark on the world. I guess anyone wouldn’t feel that they contributing to something big until later on. So it was just a matter of fact to him at the time. He was simply playing guitar.
The book is pretty amazing with the stories of playing guitar with George Harrison, BB King, others…I thoroughly enjoyed the points where he is in the Yardbirds, Cream, Derek and The Dominos. The story about him falling in love with Pattie Boyd is an interesting one but I must admit he’s a little frustrating to take considering he pretty well gives up on Pattie as soon as he gets her.
The later half of the book deals with his realization that he has a drinking problem and then it talks about his time in rehab and his eventual return to grace. At sixty years old, he seems to have things in order with a new wife, three kids and a sober life. I personally didn’t find the later half of the book TOO interesting but it is what it is.
All in all, I didn’t know much about Eric Clapton before reading his book. I think I would have preferred to read a biography instead of an autobiography at this point and then follow up with the autobiography. I would receive both viewpoints then. However, the book is chock full of ‘WHOA!’ moments when you see he is jamming with some of my rock idols or simply having a good time with them. If you are an Eric Clapton fan, pick it up, otherwise, I guess you can get by with reading the first half of the book for some awesome classic rock stories.
Seeing that my summer of fun has finally arrived, I took some time to finally watch Iron Man. I had heard nothing but good things so I was quite excited to see the film.
The film does not disappoint. It’s one of those comic character movies which transcends the comic book culture and makes it accessible to non comic book fans, much like Spider-Man ended up doing (and Batman Begins I suppose).
Robert Downey Jr. is quite amazing in the film and he has this sarcastic wit to him that I loved. I have never really read any Iron Man so I don’t know how faithful it is to the original origin story but I heard it was quite similar. I enjoyed seeing him trying to figure out how to improve the Iron Man armor and testing it out. I also liked the nods to future War Machine storylines and the cameo appearance of Stan Lee who is mistaken for Hugh Hefner.
I really don’t know what else to say about it. It’s one of the better films I’ve seen in the past year and I highly recommend it to anyone who was a fan of any comic related movies; Spider-Man, Batman, X-Men.
The only way this will be dethroned as the greatest flick of the summer will be when The Dark Knight hits the theatres. Batman vs. The Joker? Sign me up.
I must say that I’m not really on the ‘up’ concerning Star Wars subjects of late. I knew there would be a TV series starting up sometime soon but lo and behold, it started this past Friday so I downloaded the first two episodes.
I have about 20 pages left in this book to read so I figure I can review it faithfully (unless it turns out that Eric Clapton was a woman all along and I don’t find it out until the last page).