Ministry of Intrigue

My Lameness:

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man 65% Green Lantern 65% Supergirl 63% Wonder Woman 58% Hulk 55% Superman 55% Robin 50% Catwoman 45% Iron Man 40% The Flash 35% Batman 35%

You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.

Click here to take the “Which Superhero am I?” quiz…

Come on, no matter who you are you have to admit that Spider-man was a whiny little bitch. Sure, I read him as a kid, but only when I didn’t have a Batman story handy.

My Insanity:

Your results:
You are The Joker

The Joker 65% Dr. Doom 64% Venom 63% Magneto 58% Lex Luthor 58% Mr. Freeze 58% Apocalypse 56% Riddler 55% Dark Phoenix 53% Poison Ivy 53% Kingpin 46% Mystique 44% Juggernaut 44% Green Goblin 40% Catwoman 34% Two-Face 28%

The Clown Prince of Crime. You are a brilliant mastermind but are criminally insane. You love to joke around while accomplishing the task at hand.

Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz

Okay, so the Joker may be homicidally insane, but he is a pretty freaking cool villain. I can deal with this one, which means that if I’d probably make a cooler bad guy than a super hero. So if I ever go batshit crazy I’ll be a force to be reckoned with.

Meaningful content coming soon, I promise.

Via Boing Boing:

Just a quick post, but if you are at all into comics you will get a kick out of blogger Kevin Church’s hilarious reimagining of Alan Moore’s Watchmen as if it was written by Stan Lee. It really captures the over-the-top ridiculousness of Lee’s style, which fills me with nostalgia even as I recognize how terrible it really is.

Read the parody here.

As usual, my review is being written somewhat late.

This Saturday, I went to go see V for Vendetta at the local IMAX. I have to admit that despite my excitement, I was very worried. I am a big fan of the comic and have read it countless times, and while I knew that some things would change I was unsure of what Hollywood would do with such a story. I knew that Alan Moore, the original author of the comic, had requested to have his name removed from the credits, but also knew that Moore’s frustration with D.C. Comics was a heavy influence in that. Also, after the intestinal scrape of Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions, I didn’t have much faith in the Wachowski brothers.

What a relief!

The film held true to the story in all the best ways. Those ideas that would require clunky exposition in such a medium were carefully adapted, which while changing some of the subplots, effectively rendered the movie much more accessible for an unfamiliar audience. Alterations in the film also served to clear up ambiguities and factual errors in the original script (at the time it was written for comics there was a nuclear war involved as no one knew the true extent of such a war would be). In addition, the movies added thrills and action that propel the story along.

I would love to comment more on specific scenes from the film, but I really don’t want to spoil it for you. I will say that if you loved the comic, you will love the movie, and if you have never read the comic, you will after leaving the theater.

I was also going to use the blogger privilege of being unprofessional and bash a few critics for their obvious lack of research into the source material, but I’ll refrain. After all, good web karma is something I should keep in supply.

In short, go see this film. And if you get a chance where you live, see it on an IMAX screen. You won’t be disappointed.

Seen the movie? Agree/Disagree? Think I am full of it? Leave a comment!

I was just reading the blog of Warren Ellis and came across a very funny little discussion between Ellis and Joss Whedon occuring in the comments of one of the posts. I was laughing out loud as I read through their playful insults and good natured (if vile) ribbing of each other.

Click here for hilarity.

Oh my God!

Total fanboy moment! They have just posted the trailer for the film version of V for Vendetta, based off of the classic graphic novel by Alan Moore. I am so freaking excited now it’s ridiculous.

You can watch the trailer here.

W00T!!!!

I am trying to post daily here, but I have a bit of a headache so my more substantial postings will have to wait. In the meantime, I highly recommed you read the online comic strip Sluggy Freelance.

I will warn you that it is currently a pretty complicated strip as it has been around for almost eight years developing its characters and currently there are some weird things going on due to the artist’s hand being, well, broken right now. I recommend actually going back to the beginning and reading through the whole thing over time. It is a lot of stuff since it is a daily strip, but it is really funny in a nerdy sort of way (tons of spoofs off of science fiction and fantasy movies and books) and as the story develops you can get pretty involved with the characters even while it stays funny.

The payoff for reading through it all are all the complex storylines and character relationships while it maintains the ability to make you laugh. It is one of the few “funny” strips that can successfully maintain plot and character tension. Cliffhangers galore!

Just don’t piss off the bunny.