Thoughts on Comics

Snell recently posted these thoughts from Paul Grist on his site: Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!

I whole-heatedly agree.  I like my comics monthly.  I like the anticipation of a new television show.  Even when we buy a season's worth on DVD, we still parcel them out slowly...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Goodreads

Star Trek: Countdown by Robert Orci

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I usually read only superhero comics...and then it is usually only single issues...not trade paperbacks. However, I do like Star Trek. I thought the Next Generation cast got the short shrift, movie wise, and thought it would be neat to see more of their adventures. I haven't read a Trek book in a long time. I liked the new movie and thought that this would be the best of all possible worlds.



Not a bad way to kill an hour or so. I found it on eBay for $3.99 with free shipping which made it cheaper than hunting down the individual issues.



If you like Trek and can suspend disbelief (I think those two statements actually go hand in hand) then I honestly believe you will enjoy this.



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Flickchart Update

Yesterday I posted that I was addicted to Flickchart.  Well, twenty four-ish hours later, I have ranked 607 movies a total of 1573 times.  By no means a scientific test, but the results are pretty good.  I also like how the site uses a variety of posters to represent the films.  Some fan made...some foreign ones.

If you want to see my whole list, look up my user name (cmock127) on the site.

Here are my top 20 movies....some I have seen a bunch of times....some only once or twice but they made an impact on me....

20.  Rear Window

19.  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

18.  Usual Suspects

17.  Monsters, Inc.

16.  Caine Mutiny

15.  Goldeneye

14.  Spiderman 2

13.  About A Boy

12.  Star Wars

11.  Saving Private Ryan

10.  Ghostbusters

9.  The Hunt For Red October

8.  12 Monkeys

7.  True Lies

6.  Terminator

5.  Fight Club

4.  The Fugitive

3.  X-Men 2: X-Men United

2.  Black Hawk Down

1. Die Hard

Today's Obsession....

School vacation starts today. Well, it started last night with an...interesting night out. And, yes, I have In-Service on Monday but that does not count.

Regardless, Teebore posted an awesome list of things for which he is thankful.

My favorite (today) is Flickchart! What a way to waste a few hours...

He describes it thus:

flickchart
My latest online obsession, flickchart lets you create a ranked list of all the movies you've seen by tossing up two movies at a time and asking you to pick which one you like better. 

Dare To Fight?

Saw this on Kryptonian Warrior a while back...

It's not my birthday, but.....

I am 15,000 days old today!

Veteran's Day*

Thank you, Richard Howard Mock....

In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

*The holiday is commonly printed as Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day on calendars. While these spellings are grammatically acceptable, the United States government has declared that no apostrophe rather than the possessive case is the official spelling.

Randomness on a Sunday Night

Results

The AgeAnalyzer thinks http://cmock127.blogspot.com is written by someone 36-50 years old.

Is this correct?Yes No Don't know

I saw several "guesses" by this site on tumblr tonight.  I am not sure if the female image means that this Age Analyzer thinks this blog is run by a female.  Other than that, it is dead on!

Your options....according to Yoda.

Great Movies from the Villain's Point of View

via Cracked