A good day so far... And X-Men Origins Rocked...
Yes. Overall a good Saturday thus far.
Slept in till 9.
Woke up and read comics I picked up yesterday from Wednesday. Really enjoying Dark Avengers. The first issue of Dynamite's Sherlock Holmes was also very well done. Bone creator Jeff Smith's sci-fi series RASL is also amazing. His cartoon-y art just works so well. Reminds me of Vaughn Bode.
Got washed and dressed and headed to Fat Jack's Jersey for Free Comic Day 09. Not bad. Not as good a selection as last year. This is the first time in 3 years there wasn't a free comic by Josh Howard. Blackest Night prologue and reprint of TMNT 1 was a fun surprise though. Missed the first issue of the Mercy Sparx ongoing, but was able to have the Philly shop hold a copy for me. Today was the last day of thier 50% off back issue sale too. Picked up a few issues of Runaways I needed for a run for a buck a pop and a Tim Sale art book.
Hit House of Fun up after the comic shop. It's wonderful having a vintage toy store next to your local comic shop, also helps that it's 5min from the apartment. Picked up Activision's RoboTank for the atari and a couple of genesis games. I picked up a genesis at a flea market last week. It came with a couple of games including sonic. I was a nintendo kid growing up, so far of the games I played on the genesis, that's a good thing.
After House of Fun I drove down to Loew's Cherry Hill and saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It was a 1:15 showing and the theater was empty. Everyone in the amazingly long line for a ticket was going to see Monsters vs Aliens.
Origins was great. I liked the cast of mutants. I loved Ryan Reynolds as Wade/Deadpool, only he didn't get enough screen time. I can see him doing his own movie somewhere down the line. Blob was good. Gambit needed a thicker cajun accent and WAY more screen time. He almost felt tacked on. The effects were wonderful. The storyline was good. I liked how they handled Wolverine's origin and his memory loss.
Overall a great addition to the X-Men franchise. MUCH better then X3. In the X-Men movie fanchise I'd rank it number 2. X2 was the best, but I liked this one better than 1 and 3.
Now I'm going to finish the evening by watching Troma's Poultrygeist written and directed by founder Llyodd Kaufman and then Disney's Peter Pan and a screener copy of Fanboys.
Somewhere between the movies, some vintage game playing and a wonderful home cooked dinner of tuna steak and sauted spinach in garlic and oil. Might serve it over pasta, might not.
Tomorrow I think I'm taking a drive up to Leesport, PA for the TooManyGames con. It's about 2 hours away, but I'm looking for some old atari games I can't seem to find anywhere including the bay. I'm also semi-interested in a sega cd. I'd like it to be model 1 though and not terribly expensive.
Slept in till 9.
Woke up and read comics I picked up yesterday from Wednesday. Really enjoying Dark Avengers. The first issue of Dynamite's Sherlock Holmes was also very well done. Bone creator Jeff Smith's sci-fi series RASL is also amazing. His cartoon-y art just works so well. Reminds me of Vaughn Bode.
Got washed and dressed and headed to Fat Jack's Jersey for Free Comic Day 09. Not bad. Not as good a selection as last year. This is the first time in 3 years there wasn't a free comic by Josh Howard. Blackest Night prologue and reprint of TMNT 1 was a fun surprise though. Missed the first issue of the Mercy Sparx ongoing, but was able to have the Philly shop hold a copy for me. Today was the last day of thier 50% off back issue sale too. Picked up a few issues of Runaways I needed for a run for a buck a pop and a Tim Sale art book.
Hit House of Fun up after the comic shop. It's wonderful having a vintage toy store next to your local comic shop, also helps that it's 5min from the apartment. Picked up Activision's RoboTank for the atari and a couple of genesis games. I picked up a genesis at a flea market last week. It came with a couple of games including sonic. I was a nintendo kid growing up, so far of the games I played on the genesis, that's a good thing.
After House of Fun I drove down to Loew's Cherry Hill and saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It was a 1:15 showing and the theater was empty. Everyone in the amazingly long line for a ticket was going to see Monsters vs Aliens.
Origins was great. I liked the cast of mutants. I loved Ryan Reynolds as Wade/Deadpool, only he didn't get enough screen time. I can see him doing his own movie somewhere down the line. Blob was good. Gambit needed a thicker cajun accent and WAY more screen time. He almost felt tacked on. The effects were wonderful. The storyline was good. I liked how they handled Wolverine's origin and his memory loss.
Overall a great addition to the X-Men franchise. MUCH better then X3. In the X-Men movie fanchise I'd rank it number 2. X2 was the best, but I liked this one better than 1 and 3.
Now I'm going to finish the evening by watching Troma's Poultrygeist written and directed by founder Llyodd Kaufman and then Disney's Peter Pan and a screener copy of Fanboys.
Somewhere between the movies, some vintage game playing and a wonderful home cooked dinner of tuna steak and sauted spinach in garlic and oil. Might serve it over pasta, might not.
Tomorrow I think I'm taking a drive up to Leesport, PA for the TooManyGames con. It's about 2 hours away, but I'm looking for some old atari games I can't seem to find anywhere including the bay. I'm also semi-interested in a sega cd. I'd like it to be model 1 though and not terribly expensive.
Labels: comics, fat jack's, free comic day, Origins, Troma, Wolverine, X-men
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