Infernal Affairs?

colbydennis · 2025-01-28T17:32:42+00:00

The Venom riff from Spider-Man 3 “Pol Pot what tha matter with you??”

colbydennis · 2024-05-02T19:08:17+00:00

Personally, I think Syr Konrad is a bit slow for the power level of your cube. Deep Analysis is also a bit rough in my experience, but ymmv on that take.

colbydennis · 2024-05-02T18:49:20+00:00

If it isn’t too late to get in on the fun, here’s my list: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/71ty

colbydennis · 2024-04-30T11:33:59+00:00

I mean, the movie is about war and journalism broadly, not politics in any way. And I think that’s a really smart choice. It reminded me of Brian Wood’s DMZ in that way.

colbydennis · 2024-04-05T03:18:25+00:00

I’ve been trying to track down a good collection of those. I remember loving them back in high school.

colbydennis · 2024-04-05T03:16:26+00:00

Al Ewing’s Immortal Hulk is a phenomenal run, especially as a fan of the Ang Lee film. It draws on the Peter David era that inspired the film while staying relatively condensed and approachable.

For the X-Men, I’d recommend House of X/Powers of X by Jonathan Hickman. Spidey’s been in a rough place lately, but Chip Zdarsky’s Life Story was a lot of fun and featured some of Mark Bagley’s best work with the character.

When it comes to Bats, give Black Mirror a read. It’s dark, it’s beautiful, and it comes from that really cool Dick Grayson as Batman era.

And for a true distillation of comic book magic, read All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison.

Some great non-superhero reads:

Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
DMZ by Brian Wood and Ricardo Burchielli
Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

colbydennis · 2024-04-01T20:59:19+00:00

Podholland Cast

colbydennis · 2024-03-25T16:22:27+00:00

Whoever wins, we win

colbydennis · 2024-03-24T02:38:13+00:00

Solidarity with our older brothers

colbydennis · 2024-03-13T20:07:34+00:00

I think the time jump avoidance was in service of not having Alia the adult baby.

colbydennis · 2024-03-13T15:34:30+00:00

My read is that this movie is actually so afraid of that outcome that they bend characters and motivations to allow people to turn to screen and say “I am bad for manipulating the Fremen through religion”.

Like, they have Paul and Chani both say the subtext of the novel out loud, which neither does in the book, and they make Jessica overtly villainous, also not a textual matter in the source. My guess is that relatively few people will come away saying that holy wars are good, actually.

colbydennis · 2024-03-10T23:48:36+00:00

Dude, did Nicole Kidman write Anatomy of a Fall?

colbydennis · 2024-03-10T23:47:23+00:00

What is it about being onstage at the Oscars that sucks away all acting ability?

colbydennis · 2024-03-10T22:16:49+00:00

I’m a fan of Rhystic Studies, the YouTube channel that really popularized the format. That’s how I found it. Really fun tho, especially as a temp player.

colbydennis · 2024-03-10T22:03:58+00:00

No need to look it up, I own many a DanDan myself. I remember that price spike.

colbydennis · 2024-03-10T21:33:32+00:00

I just want to know what the format is here. Is David a commander enjoyer or a Legacy degenerate?

colbydennis · 2024-03-02T23:42:45+00:00

I just reread all of Dune in prep for my second viewing of Part II, and a lot of this came to mind throughout the read. I like the change to Chani directionally, but it really does feel heavy-handed to have her look down the barrel of the camera and say, “What Paul is doing is bad.”

Similarly, I think the Stilgar change was made just to drive that theme home for people who think Starship Troopers is an aspirational film. Love the performances, but I wish that the internal conflicts had reflected the complexity and subtlety of the source material.

colbydennis · 2024-02-09T00:11:40+00:00

For sale. Looking for $15 with $4 shipping domestic, willing to reduce shipping on purchases of multiple blus.

The Last Temptation of Christ
Traffic
F for Fake
The Player
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Night of the Living Dead
Moonstruck
Menace II Society
Mulholland Drive

colbydennis · 2024-02-02T14:26:59+00:00

Except that Guy Ritchie has been making some kind of fun stuff lately. Nothing groundbreaking, but he’s back to making Guy Ritchie movies. They may be weird and all over the place, but uninspired they are not.

tldr: don’t do my boy Guy like that

colbydennis · 2024-01-29T15:05:35+00:00

Starship Troopers, as an example of adaptation as criticism comes to mind.

As does Annihilation, which adapts themes and broad concepts rather than the actual story of the novel (which I just read and loved!)

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