dkh
20 November 2009 @ 05:27 pm
Who is Cobra Commander? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Destro tell it, anybody could have worked for the Commander. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof, he's gone.
 
 
dkh
13 November 2009 @ 06:28 pm
 
 
dkh
11 November 2009 @ 07:57 pm
I really feel like I should write something.
 
 
dkh
06 November 2009 @ 06:20 pm
I've been reading more comic books lately. Back in the day what I read were mostly my older brother's comics. That generally meant really bad Marvel crap with amazing art by Jim Lee. That also meant being a guy going through hormonal changes with art by Jim Lee. That ALSO meant way too many pages with Cyclops running around in his underwear. That didn't exactly result in any *confusion,* but it did result in a weird association of impossible women being right next to the biggest nerd-douche of all time. That probably did help make me go Dr. Venture. Ex-girlfriends? Blame Marvel. That's who I blame.

Oh, but I did get to read Infinity Guantlet 1-5. That was always awesome. Frank didn't have the final issue, or if he did I never found it. It was years and years before I found out how it ended. It ended awesomely.

Serious, though. If it weren't for the incredible art, that stuff would be worse than seeing the X-Men go off and have adventures with the Silverhawks with a magic time-traveling space cowboy-gypsy-pirate who drove around in that Space Convertible from Battletoads. Man, the late seventies and eighties were such crap. Gwen Stacy died for this?

Oooh, on a tangent, we can all at least agree that the massive six-controller X-Men Arcade Game cabinet was the coolest thing, ever, right?

Comics are weird. I really think, in general, they're just not as good as books. I wonder why this is. Is it the pacing? They're naturally much faster-paced. Is it just the writing and art and all that? I'm never sure. Even some of the so-called masterpieces just feel.... wanting. Sandman? Oh yes, it's great. Incredible. But still, there's always that little smirk I have when reading it that reminds me so very much of that episode of Tazmania where Taz's sister is writing that story? She keeps saying "Then suddenly!" and describing something horrible that happens to Taz. It was awesome (actually, that whole show was generally awesome). Then suddenly! I bet this kid's life is really horrible! Oh, it is, he's abused by his foster parents! Then suddenly! I bet we have to add some ironic, depressing, horrible, self-hating sex! Whoop! There it is!

Very little of it ever feels truly amazingly perfect, and what little does almost always exists in a vacuum. Case in point. Kira bought for me the collector's edition of Kingdom Come. It is absolutely incredible. Sure, I can point out flaws, but I do that anyways. Deep down I honestly can't come up with a real complaint about it, but at the same time it's not really part of a series (I hear stuff was added later- the whole Hypertime affair. It sounded terrible). Still, there's other stuff I've been loving. I've been really enjoying Hellboy and BPRD. I much prefer Mignola's art and don't like the others' so much (Duncan Fegredo being an obvious exception, but for probably the wrong reasons. Also whoever did the art for Makoma, but that was a special situation). Some others.

It was Ben who reintroduced me to comics back in college. You always wanted a video gamer friend, a D&D gamer friend, a movie friend, a comic friend, a sports friend, a book friend, and so on and so on. Ben was incredible on the comic end. He showed me lots of wonderful stuff - some of which I've been collecting the past year or so. He introduced me to Hush, Hellboy (although I only recall reading crap about Rasputin, whom I never really liked in those stories), other things. I read the first two volumes of Rising Stars and really liked it. The third and final wasn't out, though... I picked them all up some months ago. They're.... Ay yi yi. I don't know what I was thinking back then. They're pretty awful. Heh. Midnight Nation is not /quite/ as good as I remember, but still good. Transmet is even better than I remember, if anything. I also picked up Planet Hulk and World War Hulk after hearing nothing but good things about them (will be reading that this weekend). I like to think Ben'd be proud :p I'm glad they did some good stuff with Hulk after Civil War (Civil War really wasn't too bad, but Jesus Bloody Christ, did they even bother thinking about the premise? Guess what, kiddies! There's this thing called "Reckless Endangerment!" It's illegal! Throw that at the bubbly kid and you'd have the whole case wrapped up in ten minutes! Christ, guys. You could have made an INTERESTING legal backdrop for the story and you dropped that ball. Still, Captain America surfing a harrier jet? Yes, please).

edit: Maybe a third, maybe 40% through Planet Hulk and it is absolutely incredible.
 
 
dkh
02 November 2009 @ 09:14 pm
Also, it has been determined that "GOM!" is the sound the Yip Yip Aliens make when they're scared. Just for future reference.
 
 
 
dkh
01 November 2009 @ 10:33 pm
Took care of Mom's for a few days, spending time with my geezer puppy and cat. It was pleasant, but I didn't have Internets. It's good to be back.
 
 
dkh
30 October 2009 @ 06:05 pm
So, beat Brutal Legend.... Was okay. They forgot the third act. Also to make gameplay actually fun.

Anyways!

50 Things I Love, 50 Things I Hate )
 
 
dkh
27 October 2009 @ 06:37 am
So I had a dream that the whole world ended On The Beach-style last night. It was naturally heart-breaking and difficult and has resulted in a terrible night's sleep for me. Many things happened in this dream that I do not want to share with people. What I DO want to share is that in this dream the entire problem was caused by a battle between and the pride of Dracula and Frank Sinatra.

I can really imagine both of them screwing things up.
 
 
dkh
20 October 2009 @ 09:07 pm
Why is there no Einhander 2?

Tell me this.
 
 
dkh
19 October 2009 @ 08:33 pm
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Took care of it, as per my promise. Love ya', Dad.
 
 
dkh
19 October 2009 @ 06:52 am
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dkh
18 October 2009 @ 02:33 pm
Why did nobody ever share this with me?

Man Sues Bank Of American for $1,784 Billion Trillion
 
 
 
dkh
16 October 2009 @ 05:35 pm
OH SHIT! LUCAS! BEHIND YOU! THERE'S AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN WITH A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE!
 
 
dkh
15 October 2009 @ 07:24 pm
Okay. I'm done being mopey. Dinner time!
 
 
dkh
14 October 2009 @ 09:59 pm
My hours have been cut, my cat's almost died like three times in the past week, and there's my old buddy Rejection. How ya' been!

Yes, I'm grumpy. Maybe I'll get hit by a car and Jim Braniac will deride me for not being a Level 12 Intelligence.
 
 
dkh
13 October 2009 @ 07:55 pm
So, I've been looking for quotes to put up on my "cubicle" wall at work. My coworkers talk about football, I put up Victor Hugo shit. Doesn't have to be quotes I agree with, just ones I either like or think are worthy of a good look. I'd love to hear more if you all have any particular favorites.

Here we are )
 
 
dkh
11 October 2009 @ 05:07 pm
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dkh
08 October 2009 @ 07:26 pm
So, that little thing I have where I look at movies and think how I'd like to take them back in time and show them to different audiences? I really think 2012 will beat Jurassic Park as the best movie to take back to, oooh, about anywhen.

This Onion article about Michael Vick feels really weird. Now, I hate Vick with a passion. I think it's criminal that he be allowed back in the NFL. I think it's disgusting that Philly gave him a Goddamned standing ovation. Still, this is one of the least clever and most overtly angry Onion articles I can recall reading. It just feels strange.

It turns out berets are very hard to find.