Got some money on this one, recap soon!
Champions League Final
Utterly amazing! Recap soon.
The Walking Dead
I’ve been vacillating on whether or not to start watching The Walking Dead and finally came to the conclusion of reading the comic book before beginning the TV show. This is what the first compiled book looks like. It’s The Walking Dead Compendium One which covers about 46 or so of the current 90+ issues. It’s a good 1000 plus pages so that should take me a while, or at least until the comic reaches close to 100 issues, which should trigger the next compendium in the series. I’ve only seen a commercial here and there, a picture here and there of the show and it definitely looks like they’re keeping very true to the comic. I’m only about 40 pages in, will definitely begin the TV series once I’m done. Who would have thought that Image Comics would still be such a player in the industry, I still have a myriad of Image issues from the early days, from the days of #1s. Good job Image and definitely good job AMC.
The Avengers – Film
Went to see The Avengers friday afternoon. I was stuck watching it in 3D but I actually don’t mind the 3D that much, just mind the extra charge. The movie ended up being extremely entertaining and the characters were very well scripted and developed in this film. I think most of the blame for this being a good film has to go to Joss Whedon of Angel, Buffy, Firefly, etc. fame. An ensemble film of this magnitude, with this many characters typically ends up being a disaster, but Joss was able to get great performances out of the actors and this first endeavor as a team is very well worth viewing. The Hulk was by far my favorite character, with Captain America and his inadequacies coming in a close second. Very cool story and very well acted, directed, produced film. Even though Scarlett Johansson plays a wicked Black Widow and even though she looks good doing it, her character is definitely the weakest and under any other circumstances could have done without. She’s been the weakest link of these Marvel movies. Overall a fun time!
