3 posts tagged “batman”

The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House

Neil Gaiman

This was a very good read and is a fine example of why people love Sandman and Neil Gaiman.  Gaiman has a love for mythologies and it shows very well in this book.  I kept getting flash forwards of American Gods while reading this. 

Batman: The Long Halloween

Jeph Loeb

Two crime families struggle for control of Gotham.  Harvey Dent is going after the Roman with Jim Gordon and the Batman.   People keep turning up dead on holidays with the custom murder weapon and decorations for the appropriate holiday.  This book has a lot of the elements of The Dark Knight movie.  It is cleared that the inspiration for the movie was this graphic novel, even if this story centers on Holiday and only features the Joker and the movie is a Joker movie.  I believe in Harvey Dent.

Babymouse #2: Our Hero (Babymouse)

Jennifer Holm

Ashli has been getting these Babymouse books from the library.  They are really cute and fun.  I should sue the Holms because it is clear to me that Babymouse is just an anomorphic representation of Ashli. 

Bridge to Terabithia (Widescreen Edition)

Bridge to Terabithia-  I watched this to basically check it out and see if it was appropriate for my kids.  I don't think it is.  There is no questionable content, but the movie is just too grown up.  I haven't read the book but knew the basic plot.  The previews made me think it was going to be way off and maybe a kid friendly movie. The previews are wrong.  I think a 10 or 11 year old would probably be the youngest I would expose this movie to.  The concepts are just too big.  Ashli, however, has stated that she saw this at a friends house and that she didn't like it.

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth-  This movie was so close to being a kid's movie.  Well, except for the whole World War II military movie that was included in the film.  The movie was beautiful both visually and conceptually.  The parts were well acted (what do I know, they were speaking spanish), and well cast.  The Captain has by far the scarriest scene in the movie (the wine bottle).  The story itself was spooky yet beautiful.  It is hard to explain.  You, like Ophelia, don't know whether you should trust the faun or not.  This movie is so close to being great for kids of younger ages and would be fine if about 4-5 scenes were edited out.  I was really impressed with this movie.

Batman: City of Crime

Batman: City of Crime- This book exemplifies what I like about Batman.  The story shows how human and vulnerable he is while at the same time showing how his intellect and discipline make up for his vulnerabilities.  You spend most of the book just wondering what is going on and at the end you are kind of let down by the climax.  I am not sure if I just didn't understand a few things or if I somehow skipped a page that explained it all.  But, I have reached a point in life where not knowing is sometimes okay, and this is one of those times.  This was a really fun read.

Vs

Marvel

Dc

So I picked up something at a game store on Saturday.  It is called VS, and it is a trading card game.  Some will be familiar with Magic:  The Gathering and most with Pokemon and Yugio.  This game allows you to team up comic book characters and pit them against others.  You can stick with team affiliations or not.  For example, you could have an X-Men deck and you could play a Brotherhood of evil mutants deck, or you could have an X-Men deck and play against a JLA deck.  You could also mix characters.  You could put Batman in a deck with magneto, or mix Spiderman into a superman deck. 

If you are in TN you should check out Next Level Games for more information or tournaments.  They also carry Magic, Pokemon, Yugio, and other card games as well as comics.