Monday, March 15, 2004
Monday is here. I spent part of the weekend working on eChannelLine stuff, part of the weekend building an upcoming DVD reviews site at Tom's place and part of the weekend visiting parents. Oh yeah, and my brother Sean and I went to Wyldstar in Oshawa, where I picked up a few comic books -- Alpha Flight #1, Return of the Jedi: Infinities #3 and something called The DreamLand Chronicles #1. I picked up the last one out of curiosity. It looked interesting.
A quick summary of opinions:
Alpha Flight #1: This is what pisses me off about Americans. They honestly have no right to write Canadian dialogue in any media form. This issue is the first of a six-issue story arc, and it sucked. The characters were trite, the situations were goofy and every bloody character said "eh" for no reason whatsoever about every third panel. I've decided that I'll forgive the first issue and stick around for the first story arc. If things haven't improved dramatically, Alpha Flights gets dropped from my collecting list.
The DreamLand Chronicles #1: Computer-generated images should be left to video games and animation. They just look wrong somehow in a comic book. Other than that, the story was definitely entertaining. However, I like comic books partly for the style of artwork. If I want CG, I'll plunk down in front of the TV and let Jacquie choose a Pixar movie to watch. Also, the damn comic is a little wider than your average comic book, and so it won't fit into a normal-sized comic book bag. *sigh*
Return of the Jedi: Infinities #3: I'll let you know after I've read it. ;)
A quick summary of opinions:
Alpha Flight #1: This is what pisses me off about Americans. They honestly have no right to write Canadian dialogue in any media form. This issue is the first of a six-issue story arc, and it sucked. The characters were trite, the situations were goofy and every bloody character said "eh" for no reason whatsoever about every third panel. I've decided that I'll forgive the first issue and stick around for the first story arc. If things haven't improved dramatically, Alpha Flights gets dropped from my collecting list.
The DreamLand Chronicles #1: Computer-generated images should be left to video games and animation. They just look wrong somehow in a comic book. Other than that, the story was definitely entertaining. However, I like comic books partly for the style of artwork. If I want CG, I'll plunk down in front of the TV and let Jacquie choose a Pixar movie to watch. Also, the damn comic is a little wider than your average comic book, and so it won't fit into a normal-sized comic book bag. *sigh*
Return of the Jedi: Infinities #3: I'll let you know after I've read it. ;)
// posted by Chris @ 8:34 AM 
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