- John Constantine, Hellblazer: Bloodlines by Garth Ennis, Will Simpson, et al. Most (all?) of the last uncollected issues from Ennis's run on this title.
- Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis. Ellis's first novel. I quite liked this. It felt somewhat reminiscent of The Illumintus! Trilogy, but with the weirdness level turned down to only slightly beyond what is beyond the realm of possibility.
- Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne, vol. 7 by John Byrne, et al. Closing in on the end of Byrne's run on the FF.
- Parasyte, vol. 1 by Hitoshi Iwaki. Japanese horror, with a touch of humor. (Checked out of the library.)
- Monster Month: Thirty-one New Discoveries from the World's Foremost Cryptozoologist by Prof. Ichbonnsen, with illustrations by Sven Bonnichsen. Last Thursday, Teena & I went to the book release party for this tome. We had a lot of fun and picked up a copy of the book, which I quite enjoyed. Lots of daring-do & fascinating creatures.
- I'm Ready for My Movie Contract by Darby Conley. The latest Get Fuzzy collection.
Well, that didn't take too long, so I guess I'll finish catching up on movies.
- The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon. A Steve Reeves movie where he doesn't play Hercules. This is what 300 should have been.
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mr. B's Lost Shorts. A collection of short films compiled from MST3K episodes, including one of the funniest things I've ever seen: "Mr. B Natural."
- MST3K: Attack of the Giant Leeches.
- The Office, season 1. After hearing about this series for so long, I finally broke down & checked this out of the library. We loved it. However, when we took a look at the original British version, we didn't like it nearly as much. It just seemed too mean. I guess we're just American wimps.
- Delicatessen. A post-apocalyptic comedy that's surprisingly light considering it deals with cannibalism.
- Doctor Who: City of Death. Great adventure. Tom Baker & Lalla Ward work together wonderfully, and the script has lots of funny moments. Excellent all the way around.
- Treasure Island. Until Michael showed this to me, I had never seen this. It's amazing to think that at one point, Disney made live-action films worth seeing.
- The West Wing: The Complete First Season. A damn fine show.
- Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull. Most of the MST3K alumni who aren't involved in The Film Crew are involved in Cinematic Titanic, which is the same premise yet again: cracking jokes at bad movies. Can't say as I'm tired of it yet.
- Avatar The Last Airbender, Book 1: Water, vol. 1. We liked this more than we expected to. We'll be getting future volumes from the library.
- Short Cuts.
- MST3K: Teenagers from Outer Space.
- There Will Be Blood. Impressive all the way around. Beautifully shot, fantastic music, and an outstanding performance by Daniel Day-Lewis.
3 comments:
eeee! i'm glad you liked monster month. "Lots of daring-do & fascinating creatures." hooray!
and i can't believe you've already read it. well, i -can- believe it, i'm just awed by it.
Oh, gosh! Thanks for saying something (and something nice!) about the book! I'm pleased as punch that you enjoyed. it. :D
I especially enjoyed the adventure at the end, including the chapter written by Scarlet. Very satisfying end to the book.
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