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. Daft Punk - Alive 2007
. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
. DangerDoom - The Mouse and the Mask
. The Inkspots - The Millennium Collection
. Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World
These are subject to change.
Frank Miller's Robocop
Frank Millar - Steven Grant - Juan Jose Ryp
Avatar Press
The original Robocop was fantastic. It was funny, violent, and it had some things to say about society (though not intelligently). The movie bordered on a thin line of acceptable ridiculousness, and was rather enjoyable cyberpunk flick. Robocop 2 and 3 on the other hand, were awful pieces of shit.
Everyone seems to place the blame on poor old Frank Miller for the dreadful sequels, but he says otherwise. According to him, Hollywood took his screenplay and made drastic changes. Producers of the film claimed that most Miller’s vision was “unfilmable”. Nevertheless, it left a bad taste in his mouth. Miller wasn’t too happy with the way Hollywood worked.
From 2003 to 2006 Avatar Press published nine issues of Frank Miller’s Robocop, now deemed to be the real Robocop sequels by nerds across the globe. The book follows Miller’s original Robocop 2 script, and bit off of Robocop 3 as well. He didn’t write it though. The adaptation was written by Steven Grant, but was looked over by Frank Miller.
With all that said, I don’t know if what Miller had written in his original script was worth all of the drama. The outlining story is practically the same. Detroit is still shitty, OCP still replaces the cops with a private military of criminals, and there is still a “Robocop 2” that Robocop has to battle.
I won’t tell you what differences there are between the movie and comic specifically. What I will say is that they make very little difference towards the end quality. Lewis still has no character, as well as everyone else in the book. Nothing is explored -- a generic and tired formula that begs to be ignored.
Grant does inject a bit of that satire found in the original film, and while it isn’t as good, he still manages to land a few on the bullseye. What is landing one hundred percent is the violence. Some of you could have fun with watching a woman’s burning, melting corpse slam against a wall.
The art was a tad difficult for me to review. While I can’t say it’s necessarily bad, it sure is “busy” (for lack of a better term). Too busy. Many times I’ve had to take a while to figure out what I was looking at. The detail work was somewhat impressive. In a way, it sort of channels that sense of chaos that comes from this universe’s version of Detroit. You can take it either way.
I can’t recommend this to everyone. I can’t even recommend it to most Robocop fans. You gain nothing from reading it. If you’re looking for something violent, or just want to rinse out some of what you saw in Robocop 2 and 3, then this could be for you. Everyone else should just…
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Older reviews:
Shooting War
Coward - Criminal Vol 1.
Frank Miller's Robocop
Fell: Feral City - Vol 1.
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse - Vol 1.
Batman Death Mask
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life - Vol. 1
Coming Soon:
Halo Graphic Novel
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Reborn
Preacher Vol. 1
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 My DS was stolen a few days ago. Pity me right now, please. I was originally going to replace my Lite with an identical one, but I began looking into the DSi. The initial reason I became interested in the DSi was purely superficial. I hate gloss electronics with a passion (I blame Apple), and the slightly smaller, sleeker, matte finish beckoned me The major complaint people have is the lack of GBA support, and to be quite honest, I’m not interested in that noise. I don’t mean to sound like a DSi apologist, but I never really liked or played my GBA games on my Lite. It stuck out of the console awkwardly. I also had a Micro. If I ever felt like playing a GBA game I’d bust that out. It’s not like I’m ever in a situation away from home where I get the urge to play an older game. I never carry one around, anyway. This thing comes fully equipped with a lot of gimmicky features. A horrible music player that doesn’t support the dominant MP3 format, a silly audio recorder, and a camera that can only really compete with the one on my phone (which isn‘t really good - 2.0MP). The upgraded firmware does come with some noticeable fixes, including the ability to update it. You can load a game when the console is on, you can change system options without having to restart the system, you can change the screen’s brightness in-game, and it has WPA support. Unfortunately, WPA will not work on older games, so that really hasn’t helped much. I don’t think it’s possible for Nintendo to fuck up online on any of their consoles anymore. The prospect of the DSiware shop is probably the only noticeable thing, but it’s riddled with shit. Calculators, cell phone caliber games, and clocks. Even the Nintendo developed games are awful. WarioWare: Snapped is one of the most atrocious unresponsive games I’ve ever played. It tries using one of the cameras on the DSi in place of buttons or a touch screen, but it does not work. My skin is brown and my wall is white, and yet it can’t seem to find me. Am I going to need some bright orange Natal jumpsuits to play it? At least I got Dr. Mario out of this… I myself am satisfied with the purchase, but you can probably tell that it’s not necessarily because the console is $50 better. It could be once the store begins to find its stride, or if Nintendo decides to continue upgrading and improving the firmware. A DSi version of the Virtual Console would be exquisite. I did appreciate the free 1,000 Nintendo points, of which I‘m sure will not entice all of you R4 owners. Even if people design a cart similar to the R4 for the DSi, the fact that Nintendo can patch the console whenever they please can be troubling. It could render your $30 thief machine useless. I don’t really care, though. Buy games, you jerk offs. So, I really paid $50 for aesthetics and $10 worth of fixes - satisfied, though!
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Might look into one of these. :o
How hard was it to get online? My friend just bought one and had a hell of a time getting it online. In fact, he still hasn't gotten the damn thing online. Also, it's probably coincidence, but my router's been acting up (not allowing people to connect to my wireless) and his router broke completely after trying to connect the DSi.
I swear, the fucking thing is spreading computer AIDS or something.
WPA has another layer of settings to go through, but other than that it's really easy.
I don't think these devices are inherently "evil", for lack of a better word. Dale North has 3 DSes if I remember correctly. I'd be surprised if he doesn't have an R4, or similar device. At the end of the day, it's the gamer's responsibility to draw the line for piracy.
Anyhow, I'm glad that you're enjoying your DSi, and it sucks your DS Lite got stolen. It'll be a while before I can invest in a DSi. Hopefully Nintendo keeps their promises about not driving a wedge between DS and DSi owners in retail software.
That said, I have no problem with people who buy an R4 and use it to backup their games. I personally have never had an issue with grabbing three of my favorite carts and putting them in a small bag or in my pocket.
I actually have a wallet sized carrying case that holds 6 games and a stylus. It's very useful and cheaper than an R4 (it was $3).
And as far as Nintendo splitting the market, I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo decides to faze out the Lite. I know the new Korg is going to have some advantages on the DSi's improved hardware.
I love me some Dsi
As far as online, I had a hell of a time connecting to my wireless network at home. I know I had the password right and the DSi could see the connection, but it just would not go through. After like 30 minutes of trying (it took my girlfriend 15 on hers) I finally got it connected and I haven't had a problem since.
The buttons to me are like a perfect mix between the DSphat (which I found too clicky) and the DSlite (which was too soft). The buttons are my favorite part of the DSi. My least favorite part? My DSi has squeaky hinges. =\
Right now i'm re-buying all the games i used to have(which is now pretty small) since selling my DSlite
Bought a DSi since there was nothing really interesting, but i told meself that i wasn't gonna go out and buy one...i bit.
But, i'm pretty happy with my shiny-matty DSi - MOOOOOONNNBAAAASSSSE
For DSiWare i HIGHLY recommend Mighty Flip Champs!. Mario vs. DK looks very good, I finished the one that was released on cartridge and liked it a lot, and the DSiWare version looks the same.