Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic. Wha?
Posted by DocDelete in Bile, TV, movies, books on 09. Mar, 2009 | No Comments
Amazon.com: Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic.
Somebody out there might be able to correct me, but I recall Dave Gibbons strongly justifying the confined panel and page layout of Watchmen. He was on a panel at some convention or other just as DC was releasing Watchmen – and I’m sure Dave would’ve mentioned the same rationale [...]
In the news…
Posted by DocDelete in BrainBlip, Projects, TV, movies, books on 09. Feb, 2009 | No Comments
Sometimes I cannot bear to watch the telly news. Last night it seemed to be full of dead and dying children: 3 month boy mauled by family dogs; Gazan father kisses dead baby goodbye; the Baby P case; Gazan orphan draws pictures of her dead family; and so it goes.
Then the good lady asked me [...]
Cheerio Ricardo…
Posted by DocDelete in TV, movies, books on 15. Jan, 2009 | No Comments
And another great actor shuffles off. An actor who, in my admittedly feeble mind, appears in only two modes: a chap in a white suit ordering about a midget-man on Fantasy Island, and as that arch-nemesis of Captain Kirk: Khan Noonian Singh.
Khan, the flamboyant genetic superman that fell for the frail charms of Marla MacGuyver. [...]
Patrick McGoohan RIP
Posted by DocDelete in TV, movies, books on 14. Jan, 2009 | No Comments
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Obituary: Patrick McGoohan.
I’ve just learned of Mr McGoohan’s death, and had to write something about him.
My exposure to McGoohan began when Channel 4 began repeating the entire run of The Prisoner in the 1980s. I’d heard of the series, having read a review or two in the SF press, notably [...]
