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Entry: House of M (2006) Blog: The Culture
| Your mentioning this story has reminded me about something that didn't sit right with me when it was said in X-Factor that "knowing stuff" isn't Layla's mutant power. She only knows this stuff because she traveled in time to her past and told herself this stuff. That shouldn't have carried over to an alternate reality if that wasn't her power. |
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MntlWard |
Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:44 am |
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Entry: JLA/Avengers - ALWR Blog: Ubalblog
True, but who else could they use as a cosmic villain from the DCU? Starro? 
And be sure to have your buttons ready for busting when I get there. |
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sneezythesquid |
Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:09 pm |
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Entry: Romeo and Juliette Blog: Ubalblog
| I always stick with Data's comment about it: "Romeo and Juliette? Ah, yes. Shakespeare's treatise on parental neglect and teen suicide." |
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sneezythesquid |
Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:07 pm |
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Entry: Romeo and Juliette Blog: Ubalblog
| I've always thought it was a mistake to keep teaching R+J to middle-schoolers.
For one thing, you'd get their desensitized imaginations engaged more quickly with a tale of murder and intrigue, or murder and jealousy, or murder and madness (MacBeth, Othello, Hamlet).
For another, Juliet and her Romeo get all the gushy scenes and dialogue. Just try to teach a class full of newly-minted teens about social unrest and youth gone wild when Chesty LaRue is moaning at the moon and getting cleavage-sweat over her Prince Dummocks.
Really, I'm not sure Romeo & Juliet should be taught at all. It's one of Shakespeare's shallower works, and if it seems to stand the test of time, it's only because raging hormones never change. I won't even give The Bard credit for penning a cautionary tale, here. I think he was just writing a crowd-pleaser. |
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GlassSpider |
Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:55 pm |
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Entry: JLA/Avengers - ALWR Blog: Ubalblog
| Well bust my buttons!
Still did not make him any better as a bad guy. |
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Ubalstecha |
Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:07 pm |
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Entry: JLA/Avengers - ALWR Blog: Ubalblog
| I hate to correct you, but Krona is a long-time DCU bad guy (first appearance 1965), mainly against Green Lantern. He had a pivotal role in "Crisis on Infinite Earths", as it was his viewing of the creation of the universe that created the old Multiverse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krona_(comics) |
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sneezythesquid |
Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:03 pm |
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Entry: The New Avengers: Break Out (2005) Blog: The Culture
| Dave, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. |
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wgk333 |
Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:47 am |
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Entry: The New Avengers: Break Out (2005) Blog: The Culture
Thanks--this review makes me want to see if I can buy this on my iPad. If so, I'll be reading it later today.  |
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Superdave |
Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:22 am |
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Entry: Three Panel Soul Blog: Daikun's Webcomic Recommendations
Yay! Someone finally commented! 
I hope you check out my previous recommendations, if you haven't yet. |
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Daikun |
Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:06 am |
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Entry: Three Panel Soul Blog: Daikun's Webcomic Recommendations
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Superdave |
Fri Dec 23, 2011 5:58 am |
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