That's right, I went with the Samsung HL-S5086W DLP with dual HDMI, 2 component inputs, and a slew of other things...
I'm impressed with it, and happy that I spent less than $1000 on it, as well. The only thing that could've gone better is if I was able to get the HL-S5087W, the 1080p model with picture in picture (since I don't think this one offers it, either)...but honestly?
Everything currently in production (besides Blu-ray movies) show 100% support to 720p, not 1080p, so even though I know it'll make its way to the forefront at some point, that point is not today, and by the time I go to buy another tv (10 years), I'll be needing to upgrade the picture quality, again.
So anyway, yeah, this is what my poker winnings go to this time, and I think it is a great investment...and 50in is just fine...there IS something known as TOO BIG when it comes to tvs, and this is NOT it :).
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
3-24-07: Haha! TV, you are almost mine!
Just when I thought it would be months before I finally got the tv I want, tonight, luck happened upon me. Let's just say I found a place where I could play some really cool games and win prizes (wink wink) and I happened to play a game called "LET'EM RIDE" and while playing the progressive portion on it, I hit for 4 jacks. Now, I bet $1, and $1 on the progressive... The payout for the BET on a $1 bet is 50:1 odds, so that's $50...so that's cool and all, but for only $1 more, it paid out another $500 for the progressive!
So before today I was at roughly $400 towards the tv, and now I have another $600 to add to that when the check comes in 7 business days. Not to mention, when I finally get something cleared up from one of the other sites, I'll have another $150 and I still am waiting on the P&L for Dead Sonja to determine what I made from that.
Literally, this means, that I could very well be getting my tv in the next three weeks or so, rather than months down the line like I initially assumed!
Go me!
So before today I was at roughly $400 towards the tv, and now I have another $600 to add to that when the check comes in 7 business days. Not to mention, when I finally get something cleared up from one of the other sites, I'll have another $150 and I still am waiting on the P&L for Dead Sonja to determine what I made from that.
Literally, this means, that I could very well be getting my tv in the next three weeks or so, rather than months down the line like I initially assumed!
Go me!
3-23-07: Rough times in life are only a fraction of the time we're here to live...
I am sick and tired of certain things in life and I just don't CARE anymore about them. One thing that GAMESTOP has in their mission statement is a simple phrase of "NO VICTIMS." What this means is simple...you sleep in the bed you've made. What does this mean, class?
"You get what's coming to you because you've brought it on yourself..."
Exactly. Very good. I think you deserve a cookie.
Everyone has felt they are the victim before. In some cases, they really are. In other cases, its just because you didn't do everything yourself to dictate a different outcome...prime example.
Kyle works for me. He's a good kid, but he's annoying as shit. However, when he doesn't fill out our nightly paperwork properly, he doesn't get written up because he grates on my nerves, he gets written up because he's been doing paperwork for four months now and he still can not consistently get it right. Who's fault is it that he has been told on multiple occasions how to do it and now he's STILL not getting it? It isn't mine. I'm not a babysitter, and I'm not a hand-holder. I'll teach you...you watch, you put your hands on, you learn, you do it yourself. Its a great lesson in teaching people to be better overall.
I guarantee on the paperwork people get when they lose their job does not say, "I hereby terminate Harry Fnord because I don't like him..." If it happened that way to me, I'd have 6 words to say to that employer, "You can speak to my lawyer."
I had to make adjustments in my life when I took a salary position instead of an hourly one. I almost wished I hadn't, but overall, I can't stay as the low man on the totem poll forever, I need to be able to move up, and make a difference not only in my personal performance, but also in the performance of those around me. One of the adjustments I made when I took my salaried job was simple...realize you are not going to be home as much and realize that your time there is more valuable now than it was before. Good. Why? Because I'm now there about 10 hours less per week than when I made $10,000 a year more as an hourly sales person with commission.
I hate when people play the victim. Hell, I've done it, and I couldn't deal with it. I had to kick myself in the ass, get myself off the floor and make something happen to make me comfortable with who I was, again...and y'know what? I did it.
I made a conscious decision 4 years ago to finally do something with my god given talent of writing. I was published for the first time when I was 13 years old by a publisher, not something silly like a school newspaper. It then took me almost five more years before anything else happened with me and my art...and then my focus of writing.
I stopped writing altogether about 6 years ago because it was going nowhere and I didn't like my output. I wasn't creative and there was a lull...then one day I told myself that I was going to get my comic published, and I did, in May of 2003, during the second Free Comic Book day. In fact, that day, I had 23000 copies of my comic across the country. How many people can say that?
I have been fortunate to have people like Chris Crosby realize that when it comes to writing, I'm decent AND I'm dependable. Any time he gets the itch for a bad parody comic, he knows who to turn to. If he ever needed someone to write something serious, he'd probably still come to me, because he knows I can do that too.
Anyway, I'm rambling about my comic life, which I guess is what this blog is mainly about, but overall people need to accept THEIR RESPONSIBILITY for THEIR ACTIONS. If you want to be a success in life at something, you have to focus all your energy on that until you accomplish it...only then can you take a breath and start another project. Get over thinking everyone is out to get you and its their fault you are in the situation you are...
I know I'm tired of hearing about it over and over from all the people that pick up the wrong type of people, to the ones who drink too much and get stood up because the other person doesn't want to deal with that kind of bullshit, to people who think their boss is out to get them, because you know what? It's a bosses job to get things done...so if you aren't cutting it, you're wasting their time and money...
And when it comes to a place of business like mine...if you are wasting time and money, you need to find somewhere else to be...
"You get what's coming to you because you've brought it on yourself..."
Exactly. Very good. I think you deserve a cookie.
Everyone has felt they are the victim before. In some cases, they really are. In other cases, its just because you didn't do everything yourself to dictate a different outcome...prime example.
Kyle works for me. He's a good kid, but he's annoying as shit. However, when he doesn't fill out our nightly paperwork properly, he doesn't get written up because he grates on my nerves, he gets written up because he's been doing paperwork for four months now and he still can not consistently get it right. Who's fault is it that he has been told on multiple occasions how to do it and now he's STILL not getting it? It isn't mine. I'm not a babysitter, and I'm not a hand-holder. I'll teach you...you watch, you put your hands on, you learn, you do it yourself. Its a great lesson in teaching people to be better overall.
I guarantee on the paperwork people get when they lose their job does not say, "I hereby terminate Harry Fnord because I don't like him..." If it happened that way to me, I'd have 6 words to say to that employer, "You can speak to my lawyer."
I had to make adjustments in my life when I took a salary position instead of an hourly one. I almost wished I hadn't, but overall, I can't stay as the low man on the totem poll forever, I need to be able to move up, and make a difference not only in my personal performance, but also in the performance of those around me. One of the adjustments I made when I took my salaried job was simple...realize you are not going to be home as much and realize that your time there is more valuable now than it was before. Good. Why? Because I'm now there about 10 hours less per week than when I made $10,000 a year more as an hourly sales person with commission.
I hate when people play the victim. Hell, I've done it, and I couldn't deal with it. I had to kick myself in the ass, get myself off the floor and make something happen to make me comfortable with who I was, again...and y'know what? I did it.
I made a conscious decision 4 years ago to finally do something with my god given talent of writing. I was published for the first time when I was 13 years old by a publisher, not something silly like a school newspaper. It then took me almost five more years before anything else happened with me and my art...and then my focus of writing.
I stopped writing altogether about 6 years ago because it was going nowhere and I didn't like my output. I wasn't creative and there was a lull...then one day I told myself that I was going to get my comic published, and I did, in May of 2003, during the second Free Comic Book day. In fact, that day, I had 23000 copies of my comic across the country. How many people can say that?
I have been fortunate to have people like Chris Crosby realize that when it comes to writing, I'm decent AND I'm dependable. Any time he gets the itch for a bad parody comic, he knows who to turn to. If he ever needed someone to write something serious, he'd probably still come to me, because he knows I can do that too.
Anyway, I'm rambling about my comic life, which I guess is what this blog is mainly about, but overall people need to accept THEIR RESPONSIBILITY for THEIR ACTIONS. If you want to be a success in life at something, you have to focus all your energy on that until you accomplish it...only then can you take a breath and start another project. Get over thinking everyone is out to get you and its their fault you are in the situation you are...
I know I'm tired of hearing about it over and over from all the people that pick up the wrong type of people, to the ones who drink too much and get stood up because the other person doesn't want to deal with that kind of bullshit, to people who think their boss is out to get them, because you know what? It's a bosses job to get things done...so if you aren't cutting it, you're wasting their time and money...
And when it comes to a place of business like mine...if you are wasting time and money, you need to find somewhere else to be...
Thursday, March 22, 2007
3-22-07: When you act like an ass, you'll be treated as such.
Why is it so hard for people to realize this simple fact of life? Someone in my life has a drug problem and at certain points in their lives, they've made bad decisions. REALLY bad decisions. So for this I give the simple advice of: Go out, get help, get it fixed before you cause anymore damage, or possibly lose touch with anyone close to you before its too late. You do not go into a bar that people you know and care about work at and then start yelling obscenities at their co-workers, make bad comments to those that don't need to be talked to, and NOT start fights just because you are in a pissy mood and roided up on some kind of perscription medication because you "always have an ailment."
Take it from me, I'm in constant pain. The doctors tell me that my knee is probably pretty close to unfixable, and in bad shape. you know what I do? I wake up, throw down an aleve, and then go to work, come home and go to bed. Every so often, I like to enjoy a round of sex with the missus, play video games, or enjoy the daily meals and television programs... I do NOT go back to the doctors and try to get medication. I do not (anymore) talk to friends and try to chomp down on some pills, and yeah, sometimes I go get drunk...and I'd made my mistake of getting a DWI so I have made it a lesson learned NOT to drink and drive.
I have a temper. I get mad. Sometimes I get angry. But I've only lashed out and fought when I either had a moral or value that I didn't think should be broken that someone stepped over, or flat out when I knew I could win the fight. The second was a rarity, but it happened on a few occasions in younger and stupider years.
When you have a family, and are struggling, embrace them, not the vices in life. My two vices in life are simple...I like to drink sometimes...and I like toys. Most of the toys I like, I can't afford, so be it.
Don't be stupid, don't get kicked out of bars that you know people at, and don't call people trying to help you "a bitch" because if you do, you'll get your friends to kick the shit out of you... however, I guess overall, THIS IS BETTER than a complete stranger who could pull a gun and shoot you. You know who you are...GO GET HELP NOW, before I kick your ass.
On a good note...expect me to upload some pencil drawings to my deviant page within the next couple days. I did a funny Guy Gardner piece because someone mentioned to JK that he should, and I drew a black costume Spider-man...its okay, but I coulda done better. I'll probably whip up a couple of 15 minute sketches to throw up there, too, and JK will be scanning the first of a series of THE ARDY VANSTARR ADVENTURES promo art pieces which I'll try my hand at coloring when I get the file...but trust me, it's a good piece.
Take it from me, I'm in constant pain. The doctors tell me that my knee is probably pretty close to unfixable, and in bad shape. you know what I do? I wake up, throw down an aleve, and then go to work, come home and go to bed. Every so often, I like to enjoy a round of sex with the missus, play video games, or enjoy the daily meals and television programs... I do NOT go back to the doctors and try to get medication. I do not (anymore) talk to friends and try to chomp down on some pills, and yeah, sometimes I go get drunk...and I'd made my mistake of getting a DWI so I have made it a lesson learned NOT to drink and drive.
I have a temper. I get mad. Sometimes I get angry. But I've only lashed out and fought when I either had a moral or value that I didn't think should be broken that someone stepped over, or flat out when I knew I could win the fight. The second was a rarity, but it happened on a few occasions in younger and stupider years.
When you have a family, and are struggling, embrace them, not the vices in life. My two vices in life are simple...I like to drink sometimes...and I like toys. Most of the toys I like, I can't afford, so be it.
Don't be stupid, don't get kicked out of bars that you know people at, and don't call people trying to help you "a bitch" because if you do, you'll get your friends to kick the shit out of you... however, I guess overall, THIS IS BETTER than a complete stranger who could pull a gun and shoot you. You know who you are...GO GET HELP NOW, before I kick your ass.
On a good note...expect me to upload some pencil drawings to my deviant page within the next couple days. I did a funny Guy Gardner piece because someone mentioned to JK that he should, and I drew a black costume Spider-man...its okay, but I coulda done better. I'll probably whip up a couple of 15 minute sketches to throw up there, too, and JK will be scanning the first of a series of THE ARDY VANSTARR ADVENTURES promo art pieces which I'll try my hand at coloring when I get the file...but trust me, it's a good piece.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
3-20-07: Blogs come in spurts...
As I wait for my poker game to start online (anyone wanting to come on, let me know, I'll invite you so we both get free cash), I have realized that its been four days since my last blog. While this is still much more frequent than a lot of people, my blogs happen as they do because I feel I have something to share. This evening, I'm angered by something, but understanding...
I want a new tv. I would prefer for it to be 1080p, since that's the height of the spectrum, but I'd be willing to settle for a 720p, as long as it meets the requirements set forth by my mind and my research...
I found two this week. On Sunday, Bestbuy had a model the KDS50a2000 50" Rear Projection with 1080p resolution for 1399.99...regular price on this is 2399.99...lowest competitor, Circuit City had it for 1799.99. Waiting on wife approval, we find out that Best Buy changed the price back to 1899.99 and now are not honoring their own sale price.
So today, one of my two days off, I decide to check the competition to see if they have that tv still, since Bestbuy is making way for the new model. Well, when I get to Circuit City, a buddy of mine, Jovon, is working and we are talking for like 30 minutes about the tvs... I tell him that I feel that 50 inches is too big, but if you find it at that price, you take it. He agreed. Well, I settle on the HLS5086W from Samsung. Another very well reviewed set, and their price is 1199.99 (regular price is 1600) since its an "Out of Program" tv, meaning, its a clearance item. He offers me the display model for 999.99, to which I'm thinking the wife will okay, since I've now dropped the original 1399.99 down to 999.99...
She says okay...I start looking for someone to help me pick it up, since a DLP can not be laid down or you may ruin the bulb...she calls back and tells me she thinks we ought to wait. She gives valid reasons, to which I retort perfectly valid responses, but we are totally at an impasse.
I give in this time, much like she had a few hours earlier, but I feel cheated. I know what she is saying, and I know what she means when she says others would be fortunate to have what we do, but when someone wants something, and I do research to find the best at the best price, it isn't about everyone else, its about my being thrifty to find what I want at the price I'm willing to spend.
Anyway, this isn't a big enough deal to get mad at the wife or anything, but it irritates me. She wants me to not spend at all, when I want to be able to spend as long as it makes sense...ah well, like I said, I understand what she's saying...and it isn't like I'm not being smart with the money... but to her its not an investment, its just a waste of money...
I want a new tv. I would prefer for it to be 1080p, since that's the height of the spectrum, but I'd be willing to settle for a 720p, as long as it meets the requirements set forth by my mind and my research...
I found two this week. On Sunday, Bestbuy had a model the KDS50a2000 50" Rear Projection with 1080p resolution for 1399.99...regular price on this is 2399.99...lowest competitor, Circuit City had it for 1799.99. Waiting on wife approval, we find out that Best Buy changed the price back to 1899.99 and now are not honoring their own sale price.
So today, one of my two days off, I decide to check the competition to see if they have that tv still, since Bestbuy is making way for the new model. Well, when I get to Circuit City, a buddy of mine, Jovon, is working and we are talking for like 30 minutes about the tvs... I tell him that I feel that 50 inches is too big, but if you find it at that price, you take it. He agreed. Well, I settle on the HLS5086W from Samsung. Another very well reviewed set, and their price is 1199.99 (regular price is 1600) since its an "Out of Program" tv, meaning, its a clearance item. He offers me the display model for 999.99, to which I'm thinking the wife will okay, since I've now dropped the original 1399.99 down to 999.99...
She says okay...I start looking for someone to help me pick it up, since a DLP can not be laid down or you may ruin the bulb...she calls back and tells me she thinks we ought to wait. She gives valid reasons, to which I retort perfectly valid responses, but we are totally at an impasse.
I give in this time, much like she had a few hours earlier, but I feel cheated. I know what she is saying, and I know what she means when she says others would be fortunate to have what we do, but when someone wants something, and I do research to find the best at the best price, it isn't about everyone else, its about my being thrifty to find what I want at the price I'm willing to spend.
Anyway, this isn't a big enough deal to get mad at the wife or anything, but it irritates me. She wants me to not spend at all, when I want to be able to spend as long as it makes sense...ah well, like I said, I understand what she's saying...and it isn't like I'm not being smart with the money... but to her its not an investment, its just a waste of money...
Friday, March 16, 2007
3-16-07: Ringo's Cap Work in Progress -3
Dark? Yes. I could say something poignant like I feel this is my way of saying g'bye to Cap, and the darkness has a lot to do with the fact that the hero before you is no longer there...I think I captured the light source on the figure pretty well, those that dark portion is a little off.
As my first full attempt to color the way comic colorists do it, I think I did okay...I just hope Mike is okay when I send him this...since it's his drawing. Its funny, I was going for Deco, and now I feel like I captured more of an oil pastel feel for this. But I like it. I think it came out well, and if Mike likes it, I'll probably play with some of his other pieces, since he had a killer Superman / Cap piece that I want to tackle, but maybe only after I've had some more practice.
No, I don't think I'll ever be on caliber with some great colorists, but I'm also not trying to be...I'm not trying to take their jobs, or want it.
Sure, I'll color TAVA covers if JK wants me to, but will it be necessary? Probably not, but if it is, then I think I'll do an alright job with it...and hell, there are a lot of people out there that color worse than I do...it's just this field doesn't have many bad colorists getting work, which is a good thing :). I just hope people take note that the skin tone IS SKIN colored AND NOT PINK! I HATE when colorists use shades of pink to be the flesh color...BLECH, its repulsive...
3-16-07: Work in Progress - 2 - Cap by Ringo
Here's the next place I went with Mike's piece of Captain America. I'm really trying to do things I haven't done before. I don't know if that's evident, but I'm working on it...who knows, if I get the hang of this, maybe I'll try to tackle some other things... As you can tell, I've darkened the whole piece, filled in more areas with their flat colors and am now starting to add lighting to it. Its a really difficult process and I would venture to say comic colorist may be the hardest working people on the books, considering the good ones are doing 3-5 books a month. meaning 3-5 pages A DAY...YUK!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
3-16-07: Work in Progress...Cap by Wieringo.
Ringo captures the Star Spangled Avenger better than most, so I took his drawing and am trying something different while attempting to color it. This is totally a work in progress, and has not been sanctioned by Mike Wieringo, I just hope he's okay with an amateur attempting to color his work.I LOVE his line work...man that guy is good... I wonder what his next project is?
3-15-07: Suikoden 2 listed on ebay...
Rob's Suikoden 2 on EBAY for Sale!
Am I an ass? Yeah, probably. I understand that this game typically goes for $130 online, and I am selling my copy. I wanted it to be a great listing, so the damn thing ended up costing me $12 to list it on ebay to make sure it would be seen.
The other ones will go up subsequently...I just don't want to put them ALL on the sight on the same day, because the price to list them all would be a car payment, hehe.
Anyway...if you are a gamer, and you are looking for SUIKODEN II for PS1, here it is...Thanks!
Am I an ass? Yeah, probably. I understand that this game typically goes for $130 online, and I am selling my copy. I wanted it to be a great listing, so the damn thing ended up costing me $12 to list it on ebay to make sure it would be seen.
The other ones will go up subsequently...I just don't want to put them ALL on the sight on the same day, because the price to list them all would be a car payment, hehe.
Anyway...if you are a gamer, and you are looking for SUIKODEN II for PS1, here it is...Thanks!
3-15-07: Rob colors JK's THE MAXX drawing.
JK drew this last year, and while I was a little bored, I decided to play around with it in Photoshop. Now unlike some other pieces, this was in black and white, so I got to color it fully instead of using JK's color grids that I normally use. I like how it came out quite a bit, and hope that JK is, too, because I kinda did it for him (without asking...y'know, a gift).I know he puts in a lot of hours drawing (slaving) away at our webcomic, so I wanted to do something nice for him, so I played around with this...I especially like how Julie and the Isz came out. Not sure what I think of my take on MAXX in the drawing, but again, I really like the other two parts...
comments?
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
3-14-07: Video Game Bliss...MANY THINGS INSIDE!
Alright, this story starts yesterday. As everyone knows, I'm a store manager of a GAMESTOP in Raleigh, NC...so I like video games. Its a hobby, and a pastime. My wife doesn't understand why I like them, just like I don't understand why she likes romance novels about things that would never and will never happen to any one of our friends, relatives, or US for that matter...okay, so no rants here, this isn't about a fight that the wife and I had, this is about pure goodness...VIDEO GAMES THAT ARE GOOD...in fact, some that are DAMN good...in fact, some of these are SOME OF THE BEST GAMES IF YOU CAN FIND THEM.
So last night, about 6pm, I walk into my sister store across the hall (an EB Games at the same mall...don't ask). The manager, Jason, is talking to a guy who is trying to get rid of some Playstation 1 games. Now, our company DOES NOT take these items back, but remember, we ARE gamers...we LOVE games, and we (as wrestling writers say) MARK OUT for GREAT CLASSICS. Well, this guy wants to just dump them off, and Jason tells him that if he were to put them on EBay or somewhere that he'll make a boatload on them. So I look at them and he tells me he wants $15 for ALL of them...13 games in all, and now for the titles...followed in parenthesis with GAMESTOP's SELL price (what we'd sell it for).
Final Fantasy VII black label edition, meaning the first print, NOT Greatest Hits (29.99)
Final Fantasy Tactics Greatest Hits (12.99)
Final Fantasy IX Black Label (17.99)
Lunar: Silver Star Story (29.99)
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue LIMITED EDITION (34.99)
Legend of Mana Black Label (19.99)
Grandia Black Label (19.99)
Suikoden (29.99)
Suikoden II (59.99)
There were a couple others, like Legend of Dragoon, but I sold that one the same night I bought them for $18, meaning, I spent $2 on all these, since I eventually bought them from the guy for $20. Now even though those prices represent what GAMESTOP would be selling them for, it does NOT represent the current prices on these titles, with Suikoden II going for upwards of $150 on Ebay, and Black Label editions of the others taking in 2-3 times those values. It was a good day indeed, since the company could NOT take them and help the guy, I gladly did (so as such, not breaking any rules).
ANYONE wanting to make an OFFER on ANY of these titles contact me through my email address, rpotchak@gmail.com or my myspace page that you read this at.
Okay, so that was the surreal "Let's Make a Deal" of the century area for me (because if I sell these now, I will probably have a decent amount of cabbage come in for them)...but today, GOD OF WAR II came out on Playstation 2, and it seems WALMART may be pulling the game based on the fact that Kratos, the main character, has sex with hot partially nude women, and the violence, vulgarity and everything else has everyone thinking this game is TOO over the top. I for one applaud Walmart for dropping the title, but only because it means it'll be harder for ass-clowns to find it from places that WON'T be carding underagers...
Finally, TIGER WOODS 2007 came out for the WII today, and I think its great. The controls are a bit wonky, but for the most part, it plays just like I would want it to. I flub shots like I do in real life, so I mean, hell, it probably is the most realistic golf game out there...no bones about it. After playing a round, you actually feel a bit worn, with all the swinging, especially if you are like me and really attempting to use your golf swing. I give it four clubs.
Alright, so again, anyone looking for any of those games, contact me about them with an offer, and let's make a deal!
So last night, about 6pm, I walk into my sister store across the hall (an EB Games at the same mall...don't ask). The manager, Jason, is talking to a guy who is trying to get rid of some Playstation 1 games. Now, our company DOES NOT take these items back, but remember, we ARE gamers...we LOVE games, and we (as wrestling writers say) MARK OUT for GREAT CLASSICS. Well, this guy wants to just dump them off, and Jason tells him that if he were to put them on EBay or somewhere that he'll make a boatload on them. So I look at them and he tells me he wants $15 for ALL of them...13 games in all, and now for the titles...followed in parenthesis with GAMESTOP's SELL price (what we'd sell it for).
Final Fantasy VII black label edition, meaning the first print, NOT Greatest Hits (29.99)
Final Fantasy Tactics Greatest Hits (12.99)
Final Fantasy IX Black Label (17.99)
Lunar: Silver Star Story (29.99)
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue LIMITED EDITION (34.99)
Legend of Mana Black Label (19.99)
Grandia Black Label (19.99)
Suikoden (29.99)
Suikoden II (59.99)
There were a couple others, like Legend of Dragoon, but I sold that one the same night I bought them for $18, meaning, I spent $2 on all these, since I eventually bought them from the guy for $20. Now even though those prices represent what GAMESTOP would be selling them for, it does NOT represent the current prices on these titles, with Suikoden II going for upwards of $150 on Ebay, and Black Label editions of the others taking in 2-3 times those values. It was a good day indeed, since the company could NOT take them and help the guy, I gladly did (so as such, not breaking any rules).
ANYONE wanting to make an OFFER on ANY of these titles contact me through my email address, rpotchak@gmail.com or my myspace page that you read this at.
Okay, so that was the surreal "Let's Make a Deal" of the century area for me (because if I sell these now, I will probably have a decent amount of cabbage come in for them)...but today, GOD OF WAR II came out on Playstation 2, and it seems WALMART may be pulling the game based on the fact that Kratos, the main character, has sex with hot partially nude women, and the violence, vulgarity and everything else has everyone thinking this game is TOO over the top. I for one applaud Walmart for dropping the title, but only because it means it'll be harder for ass-clowns to find it from places that WON'T be carding underagers...
Finally, TIGER WOODS 2007 came out for the WII today, and I think its great. The controls are a bit wonky, but for the most part, it plays just like I would want it to. I flub shots like I do in real life, so I mean, hell, it probably is the most realistic golf game out there...no bones about it. After playing a round, you actually feel a bit worn, with all the swinging, especially if you are like me and really attempting to use your golf swing. I give it four clubs.
Alright, so again, anyone looking for any of those games, contact me about them with an offer, and let's make a deal!
Sunday, March 11, 2007
3-11-07: DAMN TIME WARNER CABLE TO HELL!
So Sunday night was the TNA PPV: Destination X, which included some really cool match ideas as well as just some good matches, like Samoa Joe going after the world title against Christian Cage... well, that's all fine and dandy, except for the fact that Time Warner Cable screwed the pooch, because they couldn't get the program to load. My buddy, Tino, and I are here, ready for the pay per view, only to not have it come on in NC from TWC because they couldn't figure out how to get Daylight Savings time to work correctly.
I've already decided that I'm going to DirecTV when they add their new HD capacity, but this is freaking ridiculous. I mean, I have given TWC every chance in the world to make things right, and here's why they piss me off.
1) They don't offer ESPN 2 HD...why not?
2) They don't offer WWE 24-7, the one PAY channel I want.
3) This is the second time they've screwed up getting wrestling PPVs.
4) From what I've read, they are more expensive
So that's the reason I've decided I'll go to satellite when DirecTV is offering more HD channels, which they keep saying will be soon... and if its at the same price I'm paying right now, I won't give a shit about it.
Thanks for hearing the rant tonight.
I've already decided that I'm going to DirecTV when they add their new HD capacity, but this is freaking ridiculous. I mean, I have given TWC every chance in the world to make things right, and here's why they piss me off.
1) They don't offer ESPN 2 HD...why not?
2) They don't offer WWE 24-7, the one PAY channel I want.
3) This is the second time they've screwed up getting wrestling PPVs.
4) From what I've read, they are more expensive
So that's the reason I've decided I'll go to satellite when DirecTV is offering more HD channels, which they keep saying will be soon... and if its at the same price I'm paying right now, I won't give a shit about it.
Thanks for hearing the rant tonight.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
3-7-07: Watch out, the kid's getting crazy...two posts on one day?!
So yeah, I got a little bored and decided to write more...what, you got a problem with that? Heh, kidding. So here's a weird bit...ARDY's comic, over at ardyvanstarr.com is still being beaten in hits by LANDIS's comic, which doesn't update anymore over at elisalandis.com. I really appreciate what everyone is trying to see hoping that Landis is updating, but unfortunately, that's still some time off...
So today I went to my deviantart.com site...http://rpotchak.deviantart.com to upload some new art, since I keep getting asked to by a few people, though none of them I don't think have ever looked at the site...now the art that's on there is BRAND NEW, not seen anywhere else yet, so hopefully people will actually enjoy some of it...here's a taste of it...this piece is a head sketch of Wolverine in a different type of sketching style than I typically use.
Enjoy!
So today I went to my deviantart.com site...http://rpotchak.deviantart.com to upload some new art, since I keep getting asked to by a few people, though none of them I don't think have ever looked at the site...now the art that's on there is BRAND NEW, not seen anywhere else yet, so hopefully people will actually enjoy some of it...here's a taste of it...this piece is a head sketch of Wolverine in a different type of sketching style than I typically use.
Enjoy!
3-7-07: The American Dream Dies...or does it? Comic Spoilers inside...
If you have not read CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 from Marvel Comics yet, I urge you to do so, however, if you are not willing to spend $3.99 for the issue, then I'll kill you with a spoiler right now.
In Captain America #25, as is being reported on all major news outlets...Steve Rogers is shot... and speculatively killed. Not only that, but the actual murder was NOT done by the initial sniper known as Crossbones, but by Cap's female companion and lover, Sharon Carter. Now here's where it gets interesting.
In MIGHTY AVENGERS #1, Carol Danvers, aka Ms. Marvel, tells Jessica Drew aka Spider-Woman that Cap isn't dead, and that he's being kept under wraps, being a Super Soldier means he isn't prone to the same types of injuries or physically debilitating wounds that other may be, however this still doesn't "compute." Cap was on the table, and though the vitals were NOT shown, he most assuredly was "dead." So here's the most common fix to this problem...
Knowing that there would be snipers and possible assassins out to kill Captain America, Tony Stark pulls his final trick...an attempt to let Rogers figure out the American ideal, and creates a clone / cyborg version of Steve Rogers very similar to the clone / cyborg of Thor. This way he would appear to be dead, and Cap, now a registered superhuman would begin his quest to find out what the REAL american ideal is about today. A great year long story could begin out of this idea, and the man known as Steve Rogers could finally once again see what it takes to be Captain America.
Of course, I don't think the man is dead, but if he is, thanks to Ed Brubaker for writing this poignant piece of comic history. Hell, even if he stays dead for a year and comes back from cloned DNA or whatever, Brubaker did it diligently, and left us asking questions, the way a great writer does. Steve Epting once again allowed all the great art to flow from his pen and ink and create a truly remarkable issue. I just hope Marvel doesn't screw it up...
Leave it where it is for the moment, let it settle in...and only bring him back when the right writer can do it...and Ed has proven he can do that.
In Captain America #25, as is being reported on all major news outlets...Steve Rogers is shot... and speculatively killed. Not only that, but the actual murder was NOT done by the initial sniper known as Crossbones, but by Cap's female companion and lover, Sharon Carter. Now here's where it gets interesting.
In MIGHTY AVENGERS #1, Carol Danvers, aka Ms. Marvel, tells Jessica Drew aka Spider-Woman that Cap isn't dead, and that he's being kept under wraps, being a Super Soldier means he isn't prone to the same types of injuries or physically debilitating wounds that other may be, however this still doesn't "compute." Cap was on the table, and though the vitals were NOT shown, he most assuredly was "dead." So here's the most common fix to this problem...
Knowing that there would be snipers and possible assassins out to kill Captain America, Tony Stark pulls his final trick...an attempt to let Rogers figure out the American ideal, and creates a clone / cyborg version of Steve Rogers very similar to the clone / cyborg of Thor. This way he would appear to be dead, and Cap, now a registered superhuman would begin his quest to find out what the REAL american ideal is about today. A great year long story could begin out of this idea, and the man known as Steve Rogers could finally once again see what it takes to be Captain America.
Of course, I don't think the man is dead, but if he is, thanks to Ed Brubaker for writing this poignant piece of comic history. Hell, even if he stays dead for a year and comes back from cloned DNA or whatever, Brubaker did it diligently, and left us asking questions, the way a great writer does. Steve Epting once again allowed all the great art to flow from his pen and ink and create a truly remarkable issue. I just hope Marvel doesn't screw it up...
Leave it where it is for the moment, let it settle in...and only bring him back when the right writer can do it...and Ed has proven he can do that.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
3-6-07: Work Related Dilemma and more...
So the people checking out THE ARDY VANSTARR ADVENTURES today have given us decent numbers...not the greatest or anything, but better than a non-advertised day, so I'm not unhappy, I'm just not super ecstatic like the day we advertised Elisa Landis (of www.elisalandis.com) in a bath towel, when she got over 14000 unique hits that day...shows you what a guy with a giant yellow nose, versus a hot redhead in a bathtowel is capable of doing. So, again, decent numbers for a title that is barely a month old without a female lead, but I guess with the female characters upcoming, we may see better numbers in the future.
Okay, now to what the subject line says...does anyone know how bad a non-signed credit card slip is? First of all, it breaks the simplest policy we have...get all documents signed. Duh. Now couple that with the fact that the transaction was almost $800...now what do I do? Well, after contacting my boss to find out what I had to do in that situation, I now have to contact the person in charge of sales audits to find out if the charge has been disputed...If the charge is not disputed, and is legitimate, the employee in question has to be given a First and Final warning. This means any future slip ups for the rest of their employment, they can be terminated for with proper HR approval...that's if its a legitimate charge...if it turns out fraudulent, I have to contact my boss, who in turn has to contact HR and together we have to fire him...or even better is in my bosses terms, "Someone gets fired for an $800 loss..."
What would everyone out there do? How do we spin a positive label on the employee here? This is just stupid bullshit that more than anything should HAVE NEVER HAPPENED...this is the biggest issue I currently have with my job, the fact that I have an employee that makes it so easy to fire them, when in actuality, you'd think they would WANT to do their job better. I'm tired of telling them that they need to shape up, but I'm not in the mood to attempt to hire anyone at the moment. Its bad enough I have personal things to take care of, let alone now possibly having to find a new employee for not following the simplest of company tasks...
Not only this, but since both this employee and the assistant Manager did not contact me, I may have to take further action with the ASM...Christ, this is becoming a natural disaster here.
Oh well, at least in the night time I can talk about comics I've written and where I intend to go from here...
Okay, now to what the subject line says...does anyone know how bad a non-signed credit card slip is? First of all, it breaks the simplest policy we have...get all documents signed. Duh. Now couple that with the fact that the transaction was almost $800...now what do I do? Well, after contacting my boss to find out what I had to do in that situation, I now have to contact the person in charge of sales audits to find out if the charge has been disputed...If the charge is not disputed, and is legitimate, the employee in question has to be given a First and Final warning. This means any future slip ups for the rest of their employment, they can be terminated for with proper HR approval...that's if its a legitimate charge...if it turns out fraudulent, I have to contact my boss, who in turn has to contact HR and together we have to fire him...or even better is in my bosses terms, "Someone gets fired for an $800 loss..."
What would everyone out there do? How do we spin a positive label on the employee here? This is just stupid bullshit that more than anything should HAVE NEVER HAPPENED...this is the biggest issue I currently have with my job, the fact that I have an employee that makes it so easy to fire them, when in actuality, you'd think they would WANT to do their job better. I'm tired of telling them that they need to shape up, but I'm not in the mood to attempt to hire anyone at the moment. Its bad enough I have personal things to take care of, let alone now possibly having to find a new employee for not following the simplest of company tasks...
Not only this, but since both this employee and the assistant Manager did not contact me, I may have to take further action with the ASM...Christ, this is becoming a natural disaster here.
Oh well, at least in the night time I can talk about comics I've written and where I intend to go from here...
Monday, March 05, 2007
3-6-07: Friends in MySpaces....
Well, another one of my "friends" has joined the ranks of MySpace, and this is one that I have to tell everyone about. His name is Eric Kent, and he's an artist...in fact, he's currently working on two different projects with me when he has the time, the first of which is entitled THIEF and the other is the sequel to LANDIS called TAGGER. He just recently showed up on MySpace, so everyone should check out his penciled covers for THIEF as well as his concept art for the lead character.
http://www.myspace.com/kurserod
Today also marks the first advertisement for The Ardy Vanstarr Adventures on KEENSPOT. That's right, anyone who checks out ANY keen comic today will have the oppurtunity to join the revolution and read a truly unique comic, brought to your by Pots and Pans Ink and Junior Bruce Productions...or for those less informed...Rob Potchak and the artist known to the world as JK. I'll post a bulletin about this, because its the first big deal for comics stuff I've done since the publishing of DEAD SONJA and the launching of TAVA.
JK says he's finishing up the last three pages he's got for the "first issue" of TAVA and we'll be chugging away at the rest of the first story arc to get ahead on the project. After that, I'll be writing the second arc to the tune of introducing the new badguy of the world, THE SILVERFISH, which you can check out character designs on http://yourbuddybuddy.deviantart.com.
You may also see some quick changes to the TAVA website (ardyvanstarr.com or vanstarr.com) in the coming days, as I think Chris is going to be kind enough to add a tracker and a logo to the site. I think its necessary to get it up there, since we want to look all big and bad with our first ad shot.
Well, that's all for now, hopefully enough people will check this stuff out, I don't usually spend full blogs on plugs for friends and such, so come on, hook a brother up...heh.
http://www.myspace.com/kurserod
Today also marks the first advertisement for The Ardy Vanstarr Adventures on KEENSPOT. That's right, anyone who checks out ANY keen comic today will have the oppurtunity to join the revolution and read a truly unique comic, brought to your by Pots and Pans Ink and Junior Bruce Productions...or for those less informed...Rob Potchak and the artist known to the world as JK. I'll post a bulletin about this, because its the first big deal for comics stuff I've done since the publishing of DEAD SONJA and the launching of TAVA.
JK says he's finishing up the last three pages he's got for the "first issue" of TAVA and we'll be chugging away at the rest of the first story arc to get ahead on the project. After that, I'll be writing the second arc to the tune of introducing the new badguy of the world, THE SILVERFISH, which you can check out character designs on http://yourbuddybuddy.deviantart.com.
You may also see some quick changes to the TAVA website (ardyvanstarr.com or vanstarr.com) in the coming days, as I think Chris is going to be kind enough to add a tracker and a logo to the site. I think its necessary to get it up there, since we want to look all big and bad with our first ad shot.
Well, that's all for now, hopefully enough people will check this stuff out, I don't usually spend full blogs on plugs for friends and such, so come on, hook a brother up...heh.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
3-4-07: Wondering what to do?
So last night I let everyone in on the idea of doing a sketchbook, and today I'm going to elaborate on it a tad more.
I'm thinking do we just want to make it a sketchbook of the characters from The Ardy Vanstarr Adventures, or do we want to just sketch whatever the hell we want?
Every artist that wants to promote themselves at some point does a sketchbook and sells it trying to cover the costs not only of the sketchbook, but also of their studio rent and what have you. I want to do one because I want people to see what I'm drawing, what comes to mind and where its going to go. Because of this, I figure I'll devote certain pages of the sketchbook specifically to TAVA, but then the other pages I think I should be allowed to draw whatever I'd like...or whatever others suggest.
I'd like to know what or whom people would like me to draw, which comic characters, which superheros, whatever. I'd like to know because i'd like to test my own personal artistic boundaries a little more, much like JK does on his Deviant page (which I haven't been taking very good care of mine and I apologize to anyone that's checked it out).
Anyway, Send your suggestions, but be serious when doing so, and I'll blog about which ones I've decided to take on.
And on that note, I'll leave you with a quote from Jim Rome..."So what if Billy Joel drove a car through a house...it could happen to anyone......named Billy Joel."
I'm thinking do we just want to make it a sketchbook of the characters from The Ardy Vanstarr Adventures, or do we want to just sketch whatever the hell we want?
Every artist that wants to promote themselves at some point does a sketchbook and sells it trying to cover the costs not only of the sketchbook, but also of their studio rent and what have you. I want to do one because I want people to see what I'm drawing, what comes to mind and where its going to go. Because of this, I figure I'll devote certain pages of the sketchbook specifically to TAVA, but then the other pages I think I should be allowed to draw whatever I'd like...or whatever others suggest.
I'd like to know what or whom people would like me to draw, which comic characters, which superheros, whatever. I'd like to know because i'd like to test my own personal artistic boundaries a little more, much like JK does on his Deviant page (which I haven't been taking very good care of mine and I apologize to anyone that's checked it out).
Anyway, Send your suggestions, but be serious when doing so, and I'll blog about which ones I've decided to take on.
And on that note, I'll leave you with a quote from Jim Rome..."So what if Billy Joel drove a car through a house...it could happen to anyone......named Billy Joel."
Saturday, March 03, 2007
3-3-07: Say it sexy like Ricardo Mantoban...
Love those new Taco Bell commercials, but only because the one lion can't roll his Rs like the other.
I have two things to talk about right now, and the second one is going to give people headaches just trying to understand...the first however, is a comic update...
JK and I are still having issues getting the website how we'd like which is disappointing for TAVA, since I'd love to have it looking spiffy by now, but hey, we made it through the first month without any issues coming up and we've got through the middle of April done...hopefully we'll be far enough ahead that when I start the next story, we'll be done the first one and be able to breathe a big sigh of relief...I just wish I knew how to add the tracker to it, since I'd like to see how many people are actually checking out the site...I mean, even the blogs have picked up more people reading since I started trying to make them more frequent...
Oh...the other thing. I offered a suggestion to JK the other day and he likes it...its for a Sketchbook for THE ARDY VANSTARR ADVENTURES that we'd print up through a Print on Demand run...I am thinking 48 pages of sketches, with 32 or so of his and 16 of mine...but who knows...since he's the art guy he may want more...we'd try to keep it inexpensive so that we could get some people to buy it, but at the same time, try to get a little income rolling in so we could spend more time on the comic. I know both him and myself would love to do this as a job, rather than our jobs, but that would require some serious income, and that isn't seeming likely.
Now, something a little different... I'm going to go over my third key, Kyle here, because he makes me laugh in a "Why do I still have him working here" way...Since he's been hired, he's mis-counted the register an unknown amount of times, locked his keys in the backroom TWICE, and asked more questions than a 5 year old just learning that Santa doesn't exist...
The weird thing is, I find myself wanting him to "Get it," and not wanting to find someone else, even though I think that'd be the easier thing to do. He continues to just ask the same things over, and over, and over...he continues to NOT be able to get out of the store at a decent time, and he's struggling with WHY he gets written up rather than realizing that they are to make him a better employee.
He feels there's no way for him to impress me, and he wants to learn "everything," so he says, but yet he has yet to try to learn everything because he CAN'T understand the stuff that I've told him to understand and keep in his head already. How can you be a college graduate and have problems giving people the right change on a day to day basis? How can you not only lock your keys in the back once, but twice? How can you forget the combination to the safe when you go into it almost daily?
I have two things to talk about right now, and the second one is going to give people headaches just trying to understand...the first however, is a comic update...
JK and I are still having issues getting the website how we'd like which is disappointing for TAVA, since I'd love to have it looking spiffy by now, but hey, we made it through the first month without any issues coming up and we've got through the middle of April done...hopefully we'll be far enough ahead that when I start the next story, we'll be done the first one and be able to breathe a big sigh of relief...I just wish I knew how to add the tracker to it, since I'd like to see how many people are actually checking out the site...I mean, even the blogs have picked up more people reading since I started trying to make them more frequent...
Oh...the other thing. I offered a suggestion to JK the other day and he likes it...its for a Sketchbook for THE ARDY VANSTARR ADVENTURES that we'd print up through a Print on Demand run...I am thinking 48 pages of sketches, with 32 or so of his and 16 of mine...but who knows...since he's the art guy he may want more...we'd try to keep it inexpensive so that we could get some people to buy it, but at the same time, try to get a little income rolling in so we could spend more time on the comic. I know both him and myself would love to do this as a job, rather than our jobs, but that would require some serious income, and that isn't seeming likely.
Now, something a little different... I'm going to go over my third key, Kyle here, because he makes me laugh in a "Why do I still have him working here" way...Since he's been hired, he's mis-counted the register an unknown amount of times, locked his keys in the backroom TWICE, and asked more questions than a 5 year old just learning that Santa doesn't exist...
The weird thing is, I find myself wanting him to "Get it," and not wanting to find someone else, even though I think that'd be the easier thing to do. He continues to just ask the same things over, and over, and over...he continues to NOT be able to get out of the store at a decent time, and he's struggling with WHY he gets written up rather than realizing that they are to make him a better employee.
He feels there's no way for him to impress me, and he wants to learn "everything," so he says, but yet he has yet to try to learn everything because he CAN'T understand the stuff that I've told him to understand and keep in his head already. How can you be a college graduate and have problems giving people the right change on a day to day basis? How can you not only lock your keys in the back once, but twice? How can you forget the combination to the safe when you go into it almost daily?
Friday, March 02, 2007
3-2-07: Crazy People and shit....
So my wife has this friend, named Becky, and everytime you turn around she's got some crazy stalker ex-boyfriend...now this may be the norm for some people, but WHY IN THE HELL do you continue to go for these guys that try to follow you, show up unexpected, and attempting to cause bodily damage? This type of shit just doesn't compute for the logical ones in the room, since if someone seems like they are a freak, you normally just leave them to their shit...
I dunno...respond if you have a better understanding of this stuff, because, well, while I know it can happen to anyone...you have to be ASKING for it to have it happen with EVERYONE.
I dunno...respond if you have a better understanding of this stuff, because, well, while I know it can happen to anyone...you have to be ASKING for it to have it happen with EVERYONE.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
2-28-07: Myspace blogging a good idea?
Y'know, I've been doing this blogging thing ever since I saw Jim Lee and his group of hooligans at gelatometti2.blogspot.com doing there's and yeah, what can I say, I was a follower then.
This blog (robpotchak.blogspot.com) gets around 300 genuine hits a month, and now has gotten a total of 340 on my myspace page (myspace.com/potsandpansink). Not exactly a great number, but the hell with it, the more info I get out there about what I'm writing, drawing and what have you, the better.
Tonight, I told my wife I wanted to write a movie...she said, "I know whatever you want to write, it'll be good..."
I then told her I wanted what I write to be a horror film, but only if I could get John C McGinley (Dr. Cox from Scrubs) to be the bad guy. I don't think he'd do "cheesy horror" tho... She said, "I really don't like that kind of movie, but I'm sure you'd write a good one, since you can write..." and it got me thinking.
Did Robert DeNiro think HIDE AND SEEK was going to be a good horror film? Did Johnny Depp think SECRET WINDOW was going to be a good film? I know they liked the scripts, I know they acted their asses off...but those movies weren't just stinkers, they were SEE NO EVILS (the really bad film with KANE from the WWE in it).
Then I began to watch SE7EN tonight and it hit me...the reason that film was good was David Fincher totally fucking with your mind. Giving you the bad guy early on and then finally nailing you with it later...not exactly HORROR, more action/suspense/thriller, but gory. Not to mention, they didn't put Kevin Spacey in the beginning credits, to kind of leave him in as a surprise.
Oh well, to come up with an idea like that...man that'd be money in the bank.
So I re-read CIVIL WAR #7 from Marvel and wanted to give my opinion on this GIANT EVENT from Marvel. First of all, Kudos for giving us a winner...in fact, as Mark Millar himself said, they gave us two...Cap won the fight, Iron Man won the war...before it ever started. There was no chance for Cap to win. He just didn't want to give up for the heroes...until...the regular man stepped in and got to him. They made him realize that his decisions did not help their fates as people that could not protect themselves, but rather, were for his own ideas that how he wanted everything to shape...in essence, Millar said, "Fuck you to all you twits that thought Iron Man was the bad guy of this this story...I fooled the piss out of you, didn't I?" And y'know...in the end, he kinda did.
There's a spot over at Rich Johnston's LYING IN THE GUTTERS (cbr.cc under the columns) where someone replaced the final two pages of lettering from Civil War with Mark Millar's other great mini-series, WANTED...if you read them with THAT set of dialogue, it really makes you wonder what the fuck is going on with everyone, but it makes you laugh none the less.
Well, more people come across a blog that it written more frequently, so I'm attempting to do so, and I hope those who come across don't just swing by, but offer up their opinions as well. There's a lore coming around the corner from me, and while my regular day-time life still has some things needing to be finished before I'm technically a free man again (fully), I do intend to continue writing here and getting back to the writing table to start some new stuff...I think it'll be fun to get to something new...
or maybe revisitng something older.
This blog (robpotchak.blogspot.com) gets around 300 genuine hits a month, and now has gotten a total of 340 on my myspace page (myspace.com/potsandpansink). Not exactly a great number, but the hell with it, the more info I get out there about what I'm writing, drawing and what have you, the better.
Tonight, I told my wife I wanted to write a movie...she said, "I know whatever you want to write, it'll be good..."
I then told her I wanted what I write to be a horror film, but only if I could get John C McGinley (Dr. Cox from Scrubs) to be the bad guy. I don't think he'd do "cheesy horror" tho... She said, "I really don't like that kind of movie, but I'm sure you'd write a good one, since you can write..." and it got me thinking.
Did Robert DeNiro think HIDE AND SEEK was going to be a good horror film? Did Johnny Depp think SECRET WINDOW was going to be a good film? I know they liked the scripts, I know they acted their asses off...but those movies weren't just stinkers, they were SEE NO EVILS (the really bad film with KANE from the WWE in it).
Then I began to watch SE7EN tonight and it hit me...the reason that film was good was David Fincher totally fucking with your mind. Giving you the bad guy early on and then finally nailing you with it later...not exactly HORROR, more action/suspense/thriller, but gory. Not to mention, they didn't put Kevin Spacey in the beginning credits, to kind of leave him in as a surprise.
Oh well, to come up with an idea like that...man that'd be money in the bank.
So I re-read CIVIL WAR #7 from Marvel and wanted to give my opinion on this GIANT EVENT from Marvel. First of all, Kudos for giving us a winner...in fact, as Mark Millar himself said, they gave us two...Cap won the fight, Iron Man won the war...before it ever started. There was no chance for Cap to win. He just didn't want to give up for the heroes...until...the regular man stepped in and got to him. They made him realize that his decisions did not help their fates as people that could not protect themselves, but rather, were for his own ideas that how he wanted everything to shape...in essence, Millar said, "Fuck you to all you twits that thought Iron Man was the bad guy of this this story...I fooled the piss out of you, didn't I?" And y'know...in the end, he kinda did.
There's a spot over at Rich Johnston's LYING IN THE GUTTERS (cbr.cc under the columns) where someone replaced the final two pages of lettering from Civil War with Mark Millar's other great mini-series, WANTED...if you read them with THAT set of dialogue, it really makes you wonder what the fuck is going on with everyone, but it makes you laugh none the less.
Well, more people come across a blog that it written more frequently, so I'm attempting to do so, and I hope those who come across don't just swing by, but offer up their opinions as well. There's a lore coming around the corner from me, and while my regular day-time life still has some things needing to be finished before I'm technically a free man again (fully), I do intend to continue writing here and getting back to the writing table to start some new stuff...I think it'll be fun to get to something new...
or maybe revisitng something older.
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