No Business Naming Things » comics http://pookzilla.net/wp Where sassy women wear jaunty hats. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:27:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Iron Man http://pookzilla.net/wp/2008/05/iron-man/ http://pookzilla.net/wp/2008/05/iron-man/#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 11:23:02 +0000 pookzilla http://pookzilla.net/wp/?p=141 Some random comments about Iron Man, both the film and the movie experience.  First, the experience.

We started with a preview for the new Mark Walhburg film “The Happening.”  The preview was going fine until they a credit appears attributing it to M. Night Shyamalan at which point the entire theater groans.  I am not exaggerating, the noise was audible over the trailer!  After we all did it we all started to laugh as well.  That man really needs to stop making films.  I’ve read spoilers for this one and boy does he take “weak” to a whole new level.

Anyhoo, Iron Man in point form:

  • the origin story was pretty  dumb.  Suspending disbelief so that a man can build an iron exoskeleton in three months?  Okay.  Suspending disbelief that his captors don’t notice him doing it?  I have my limits!
  • it was surprisingly funny at points
  • Robert Downey Jr. was an excellent choice for Stark
  • Robert Downey Jr. was incredibly attractive (for a boy)
  • Lebowski as a villain
  • sticking around for the end credits was WELL worth it
]]> http://pookzilla.net/wp/2008/05/iron-man/feed/ Retconning: Just Another Day Like All The Others http://pookzilla.net/wp/2008/01/retconning-just-another-day-like-all-the-others/ http://pookzilla.net/wp/2008/01/retconning-just-another-day-like-all-the-others/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:20:05 +0000 pookzilla http://pookzilla.net/wp/2008/01/retconning-just-another-day-like-all-the-others/ A lovely post from one of my favourite bloggers regarding the perils of retconning.

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