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- Hometown:
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- All Time Favorite Movies:
- Once Upon a Time in America, The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Eraserhead, Dune, Full Metal Jacket, Days of Heaven, Mulholland Drive, The Big Lebowski, Minority Report, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, The Dark Knight, Cries and Whispers, The Searchers, Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Heathers, Apocalypse Now, Cloverfield, Requiem for a Dream, The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Modern Times, City Lights, Clerks, JFK, A History of Violence, Lawrence of Arabia, Magnolia, Vertigo, Ran, Old Boy, The Killer, Hard Boiled, Scarface, Spirited Away, Taxi Driver, Sunset Boulevard, Wizard of Oz, The Dark Crystal, Dead Man, The Omen, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek (2009), Persona, Gran Torino, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Fellini Satryicon, Wall-E, GoodFellas, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Blade Runner, There Will Be Blood, Let The Right One In, Roman Holiday, Desperate Living, The Night of the Hunter, Chimes at Midnight, All About Eve, The African Queen, The Trial, Shutter Island, Kwaidan, Lolita, A Serious Man, 8 1/2, Fantasia, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, King of New York, The Road Warrior, The Godfather, The Hurt Locker, Chinatown, The Big Sleep, Commando, Scanners, Dead Ringers, Rashomon, In the Line of Fire, Rope, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sherlock, Jr., The Last Picture Show, The Room, Sisters, Nanook of the North, Playtime, Psycho, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Troll 2, City of the Living Dead, Scarface (1932), Sick Nurses, Ghost in the Shell, Superman, Superman II, The Machine Girl, The Social Network, Black Swan, Chasing Amy, Groundhog Day, Rumble Fish, Peggy Sue Got Married, Anna: From 6 to 18, The Cranes Are Flying, Perfect Blue, Memento, Come and See, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro, Thor, X-Men: First Class, Midnight In Paris, The Conversation, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Rainmaker, Drive, The Adventures of Tintin, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Sans Soleil, Finding Forrester, Elephant, Aliens, Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man (1941), Take Shelter, Born on the Fourth of July, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Tucker: The Man and His Dreams, Shame, 200 Motels, Salvador, The Dark Knight Rises, Chronicle, Blade II, Punch-Drunk Love, Xanadu, Hamlet (1948), Silent Souls, Looper, Black Sunday, Requiem for a Vampire, The Mirror, Mission: Impossible III, Cat People (1942), Oslo August 31st, Face/Off, Bringing Out the Dead, Adaptation, Flight, Porco Rosso, True Lies, Staying Alive, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Billy Budd, Mädchen in Uniform, Dredd
- All Time Worst Movies:
- Date Movie, Planet of the Apes (2001), Napoleon Dynamite, The Wicker Man (2006), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Fellini's Roma, The Departed, The Fisher King, Kagemusha, Dr. Zhivago, Heaven's Gate, Batman & Robin, The Room, A Man Escaped, Troll 2, Alice in Wonderland (2010), Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Jack, Robocop 2, The Cycle, X-Men: The Last Stand, Southland Tales, The Crow: City of Angels, The Crow: Wicked Prayer, Birdemic: Shock and Terror, Moonraker, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Trespass, The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Blade: Trinity, Analyze That, Broken Arrow, Alien vs. Predator, The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
- Favorite Actors or Actresses:
- James Stewart, Jack Nance, Morgan Freeman, Scarlett Johansson, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts, Clint Eastwood, Samuel L. Jackson, George Sanders, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, Christopher Walken, John Malkovich, Charlie Chaplin, Anna Kendrick, Nicolas Cage, Marion Cotillard
- Favorite Directors:
- Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, Terry Gilliam, Coen Brothers, Tim Burton, Akira Kurosawa, John Woo, Ingmar Bergman, Takashi Miike, Federico Fellini, John Waters, Orson Welles, David Lean, Park Chan-wook, David Cronenberg, Ed Wood, Alfred Hitchcock, Sergio Leone, Darren Aronofsky, Francis Ford Coppola, Lars von Trier, Oliver Stone, Hayao Miyazaki
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- At 10:53pm on May 21, 2012,
Dr. Detfink said… Well don't forget the Authority...that was the comic Mark Millar STOLE the concept for the Ultimates. I mean, Millar literally stole Hitch, the artist of the Authority for Ultimates.
Iron Man: Extremis, forever changes Iron Man and makes him cutting edge.
Desolation Jones with JH Williams III was also a good read as well.
Glad you're loving the cranky English batard who shits zombie monkey and fucks weasels.
- At 9:31pm on May 19, 2012,
Spider John said… Hah! It is funny & baddass all at the same time! ;)
- At 9:59am on January 4, 2012, Dr. Detfink said…
Thanks for the link, James. I chatted a bit with Gillian via twitter. Big D&D nut...and really fun to talk about all kind of subjects including journalism.
- At 5:46pm on September 29, 2011, ghostwriter said…
- I'm hoping for the best with Dark Shadows..it is a campy show and it was HUGE back in the day, just from word of mouth!
- At 7:19pm on September 18, 2011, ghostwriter said…
Well, Depp is good. Ed Wood is my favorite role of his. I have yet to stay awake during Pirates I. I was surprised at how much I liked Alice, he was great in that, make up and all.
Dark Shadows.....is.....special!!! Dan Curtis was the producer and I swear he must have been related to Irwin Allen...one take, that's it! You flubb a line, we just keep on rolling! That was part of the charm of the show, doors slaming and the walls wobble! Doors don't work, actor adlibs!
My fear is Burton will slick it up too much but I'm trying to keep an open mind...for now, but don't say I didnt' warn you.
- At 11:43pm on August 30, 2011, Spider John said…
- Indeed I did!
- At 6:37pm on August 9, 2011, ghostwriter said…
- thank you...I needed an LOL, even if it was a little one!
- At 12:15pm on July 16, 2011, Dr. Detfink said…
- Sign me up sir! :)
- At 4:01pm on June 23, 2011, Spider John said…
I just realized I never actually sold you on the character, which is a major part of what you asked me so allow me to quickly address that. What makes The Flash cool (aside from a ridiculously interesting power set with a fascinating set of rules that get explained in the Waid & Johns runs) is just how human & grounded (pun only slightly intended) he is. This might not make a lot of sense to you, but if I was to say which of the "Big Seven" seemed like just "a guy" it would be The Flash. & this goes for the entire Flash family, despite crazy super sci-fi stuff happening all the time around them they never fall into that "godlike" thing that DC does with almost everyone else in the "Big Seven." One other thing to quickly note is just how clever all the Flashes are, the book has always relished in coming up with new & interesting ways for Flash to use his powers. Very rarely does a Flash story devolve into "go & punch the bad guy", often Flash is forced to think on his feet (pun oh so intended) to come up with creative solutions to his problems.
I hope that helps,
Spider
- At 7:31am on June 23, 2011, Spider John said…
Wow, now that is a tough question,
I suppose it is a matter of what you wish to be sold on, The Flash as a title or the various characters who have had the mantle over the years. So much of what Ol' Flasher (as Mirror Master likes to call him) is in today's world has been set down by two authors, Mark Waid & Geoff Johns. I say pick up anything with them writing Wally West is worth your time except when Waid relaunched the book a few years ago with Wally & his kids acting as a super team (it didn't work, & it was the last thing out before Geoff brought back Barry). Waid was only on the book for a few issues anyway so don't bother tracking those issues down. I'd also say go ahead & skip Rebirth & everything since then with Barry (it has been a bit of a mess) & just dive in after the relaunch & see what you think. I'd say maybe Flashpoint, but I think that will be too confusing for a reader just coming in; better to wait for the new series to see if Barry is your thing. As to Classic Barry stuff I'd say the stuff that probably would interest you the most is the issues leading right up to & including Crisis On Infinite Earths where Barry goes & bites the big bazooka (one of the most pivotal moments in all comics & one that I'm ashamed to admit I have never read)! You can also go WAY back & read some Jay Garrick stuff (the first Flash) but you probably get more out of the character reading the aforementioned Waid & Johns runs or the soon to be wrapping up JSA series. One thing to avoid at all costs is Bart Allen's brief tenure as The Flash! I love Bart (he is my second favorite after Wally) & that series takes a huge shit on the character & the title of Flash! DO NOT READ IT, IT SUCKS ON ICE!
I hope that you can find at least a tiny shred of useful information in that long rambling mess. Let me know where you end up starting!
Spider
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