Okay, so the first poll has closed, and it would appear that Deadpool & Watchmen are the winners by a landslide! *throws confetti around*
Here's the plan:
Mondays are going to be Mutant Monday, wherein I'll discuss an X-Men book. This might be a classic X-Men book, one of the ones from the 90's, one of Whedon's Astonishing X-Men or it might even be an X-Men themed What If? issue (I've got a ton of those, and I love them for their crackiness & alternate futureness).
Tuesdays & Thursdays will be free-for-all days where I'll talk about any little thing that flows into my head. Any book will be up for grabs here.
Wednesday will be Wacky Wade Wednesday. I'll discuss our favorite fourth-wall breaking mutant, Deadpool, here, most likely beginning with his mini-series from the 90s.
Friday will be Fables Friday. I'll continue with issue 2 of Fables next Friday (today's my birthday, gimme a break! ;-)).
I'm not 100% sure if I'll post on the weekend, but if I do, it'll be one of the other titles you guys voted for in my poll. Bone might be a good way to kick it off (and I need to reread it).
I didn't forget about Watchmen, either. How could I forget about my favorite red-haired vigilante? I'm going to do Watchmen as a special series, and I plan on going hard-core into it, which will require a lot of studying and rereading, so stay tuned for that.
Well, that's about all I have for today. I will kick this puppy off tomorrow properly. I apologize for all the delays in posting, but if you follow me on Twitter, you know it's been a crazy couple of weeks in the real world for me. I may be back later today with another Peter Pan post. I've been falling into that book some more, and the differences between it and the films that have been adapted from the book are amazing (and a little heartbreaking, to tell the truth).
Showing posts with label Peter Pan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peter Pan. Show all posts
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Off to Neverland!
I'm going to take a brief diversion from my planned route for this blog and talk a little books.
Yesterday, I started rereading J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. I haven't read this book since I was a kid, but the story of Peter and the Darling children has always been a part of my life. It was my dad's favorite book & favorite Disney movie; he always said he was going to be like Peter & never grow up, and he didn't. He always kept that spark of childhood in him, and I try to do the same.
Okay, back to the book. I'm really surprised by how different it is from the films, both the Disney animated film and the live-action one from a few years ago. I'm also really surprised by some of Barrie's phrasing. Part of my surprise is that this is supposed to be a book for kids, and it really doesn't read as one, and the rest of the surprise is at how odd some sentences read. Let me give an example. This takes place early in the book, after Mrs. Darling sees Peter for the first time. Peter leaps out the bedroom window, and Nana, the nursemaid dog, shuts the window, cutting off Peter's shadow.
But unfortunately Mrs. Darling could not leave it hanging out at the window, it looked so much like washing and lowered the whole tone of the house. She thought of showing it to Mr. Darling, but he was totting up winter great-coats for John and Michael with a wet towel round his head to keep his brain clear, and it seemed such a shame to trouble him; besides, she knew exactly what he would say: "It all comes of having a dog for a nurse."
That image of Mr. Darling with a towel round his head while he's doing bookwork just hits me so strangely. I'm really looking forward to seeing what else I've forgotten over the years since my last read, and I'm also interested in seeing how things like Tiger Lily and the Indians read to me now as an adult.
In other news, Episode 5 of World Peace Through Jackie Earle Haley is out, and you can find it on iTunes or wptjeh.com. We were all really upset at the news that Shutter Island has been moved back to February 19, 2010, and the episode is full of our thoughts, angry rants and theories for the pushback.
And I'm just gonna drop this here. I promise that a comic oriented post will be coming soon! It's been a crazy week, and I'm going to be out of town on Saturday all day, but I will get a comic post made before next week.
Yesterday, I started rereading J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. I haven't read this book since I was a kid, but the story of Peter and the Darling children has always been a part of my life. It was my dad's favorite book & favorite Disney movie; he always said he was going to be like Peter & never grow up, and he didn't. He always kept that spark of childhood in him, and I try to do the same.
Okay, back to the book. I'm really surprised by how different it is from the films, both the Disney animated film and the live-action one from a few years ago. I'm also really surprised by some of Barrie's phrasing. Part of my surprise is that this is supposed to be a book for kids, and it really doesn't read as one, and the rest of the surprise is at how odd some sentences read. Let me give an example. This takes place early in the book, after Mrs. Darling sees Peter for the first time. Peter leaps out the bedroom window, and Nana, the nursemaid dog, shuts the window, cutting off Peter's shadow.
But unfortunately Mrs. Darling could not leave it hanging out at the window, it looked so much like washing and lowered the whole tone of the house. She thought of showing it to Mr. Darling, but he was totting up winter great-coats for John and Michael with a wet towel round his head to keep his brain clear, and it seemed such a shame to trouble him; besides, she knew exactly what he would say: "It all comes of having a dog for a nurse."
That image of Mr. Darling with a towel round his head while he's doing bookwork just hits me so strangely. I'm really looking forward to seeing what else I've forgotten over the years since my last read, and I'm also interested in seeing how things like Tiger Lily and the Indians read to me now as an adult.
In other news, Episode 5 of World Peace Through Jackie Earle Haley is out, and you can find it on iTunes or wptjeh.com. We were all really upset at the news that Shutter Island has been moved back to February 19, 2010, and the episode is full of our thoughts, angry rants and theories for the pushback.
And I'm just gonna drop this here. I promise that a comic oriented post will be coming soon! It's been a crazy week, and I'm going to be out of town on Saturday all day, but I will get a comic post made before next week.
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