Is that the time?

Man its quarter to eight already? Guess I shouldn't have slept until almost five. Then again feeling well rested for the first time in days is nice. Actual content for today soon...

Sunday Trade: The Crow

Writing/Art/Etc by J. O'Barr

I'm sure most of you are familiar with the movie version. Eric Draven and his girl Shelly are attacked. Shelly gets raped and killed. Eric gets killed and then returns as a vengeful, unstoppable revenant. Killer soundtrack. Goth imagery reinforced by the fact that Brendan Lee was killed during filming by an accident with a prop weapon. The original comic version is much darker. I don't just mean the black & white art with its heavy inks and shadows. The mixed race gang behind the murders doesn't even have a reason for what they do as in the movie. Fun Boy the Junkie is a hell of a lot more nihilistic than the movie version. The comic also manages to keep the supernatural elements much more ambiguous. But the heart of the story remains the same. Sorrow over lost potential and dark, brutal Goth vengeance...

What. The. Hell??

"Enjoy" a trailer for the upcoming movie version of The Dark is Rising. Thanks Ragnell, it had actually been HOURS since I felt like hitting someone with the Shovel of Karmic Retribution...

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My Neighbor Totoro

A very...cute movie. At times even adorable. But it doesn't hold my attention as well as other Ghibli movies. Not even the somewhat incoherent and scattered Howl's Moving Castle. Still the Cheshire Cat Bus scenes were nice. Really, I think the movie needed less mopey sick mom moments and more magic...