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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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 Depressing... I don’t know about you folks, but I hate being around downers. Depression is like the flu. If I’m around people or a location that’s dark and down, I become uneasy. Games like Bioshock and Fallout 3 try to push you into a dark and depressing world, and while I do find them interesting, I can’t help but want to leave. That’s happening with Fallout 3 and I hate that I can’t have fun for long periods of time. The entire world in Fallout 3 is horrible. Life for everyone in it is mostly about surviving. When a game has me immersed as much as this one, I begin to think about the characters and their lives. It’s never rainbows and puppies (not unless they're mutants who want to eat your face). I applaud Bethesda for their work in making me feel this way but I can’t take it for long. You can walk for hours and not see a single thing that’ll make me feel like at least someone is having a great time and living a good life. It’s all about being in constant fear and feeling paranoid. It’s an unsafe world everywhere. I sometimes wish I could go back in the Vault and chill. It was a strange transition when I went from Fable 2 to Fallout 3. In Fable I have a large house, a healthy family, people love me, and there’s color! Glorious color! Sure, there are zombies and I’ve met some characters that had an unfortunate life. The difference is that I can go into Bowerstone Market (an area in Fable 2) and fart for hearts (love). Fallout doesn’t have farting. I've noticed that this only happens with video games. I’ve never watched a movie that has affected me in a similar way. I do feel bad for characters, but it doesn’t make me walk out of it. I can only take Fallout 3 for a few hours before I need to do something positive. I think time spent plays a big role. Spending a few hours in a post-apocalyptic world is going to do more for me than any normal length movie. I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea. I am enjoying the game. There are times when it makes me smile (blowing away a Super Mutant’s head). I’m not complaining, and I’m not saying the way I feel makes this game bad. If anything whatever Bathesda wanted, it’s worked. I do think the world is interesting and I am enjoying the game for the few hours I play it. I will be completing this game no matter how long it takes me. Do any of you feel the same? Do some games affect you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable and why? P.S. - It’s really late and I can’t sleep. I just wrote up something I had been thinking about. Excuse the mess and excuse my excuses for poor writing. :) P.P.S. - I’m probably just a giant puss bag. I can’t play horror games. I don’t believe being in a constant state of fear and tension is fun or appealing in any way. This is why Goozex has taken my copy of Dead Space and I’m getting SSB: Brawl in a while. I still have a few points left. I want Saints Row 2.…
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I know Fallout is seriously deep (from what I've seen).. But, if it is as bleak as to get you down, don't forget, there's always..
.. Log! lolz
And and do get Saint's Row 2, it's a barrel of awesome.
Still waiting on my copy of Fallout to get here, what little social life I have is going to absolutely disappear.
Yeah it's a bleak world, but by God is it enjoyable to play.
I don't feel depressed at all, in fact I find the the world AMAZING, it's a real joy to explore and find new things/locations. Yes the humour is not as prevalent in number 3 compared to the first two, but there is actually more in this one.
Also, I finished the game as a white Knight, and the 'hope' I gave to many people combatted the feelings you described in the wastelanders. It was genuienly inspiring to go to A LOT of locations and see people very happy, and how they now have a new,positive outlook on life.
Mind you, I did restart the game after I finished it once and now the most feared person in the game, racking up a 'innocent' kill count of over 200, I bascially killed nearly everyone I met, and wiped out the town of Megaton LONG BEFORE I activated the bomb and killed the entire residency of Tenypenny tower, including Tenpenny and his guards, good times :P
ALso, also, also..........get Saints Row 2, it's fucking great to play and finsihed 100 percent, fantastic value for money! :)
The game is fantastic, but I can only play for a limited amount of time before needing a breather. I, too, am a pussy with these kinds of games - I had to push myself to try Resident Evil 4 (amazing).
I never felt this way with Oblivion, for the most part, because you have magic and super powers, and plenty of people around to help you out. With Fallout, you're one dude in the middle of nowhere, with seemingly everyone/everything out to get you. I'm a bitch, I know.
But what had me hooked was the gameplay and exploration of it all. I do love the game, but what does it matter now? Gears of War 2 is out, so I said goodbye to Fallout 3 for the next few months.
Conversely, so is killing everyone and becoming Scourge of the Wasteland
*POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
I found my way into the Lincoln Memorial where a bunch of slavers had made their home. Their leader asked me to bring him any Lincoln memorabilia I find to take hope away from the slaves.
My first reaction was to find the "no" answer, but accidentally accepted the quest. I had no other option but to kill everyone in that area. I pulled out my sniper rifle and shot the leader in the head from 4 feet away. I then picked off everyone of his men.
It was incredibly satisfying. I love this game. I really do, but it's depression does sink in sometimes - especially during long gaming sessions.
I do love it when I'm fighting along side other people. It makes everything feel less lonely. Sadly, I've only been in three situations in which I've fought with people.