Salt is so well-made that you won’t realize how much sense it doesn’t make until about an hour after it’s over. This is, in part, because it’s amazingly fun and jam packed with stunningly orchestrated stunts and chases. It is also yet another case of a movie being elevated by having a cast (Angelina Jolie, Liev Schrieber, Chiwitel Ejiofor) that manages to elevate goofy material.
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bullitt with butterfly wings.
Yes.
Green Lantern and Batman from Justice League #5 (2012) by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee.
[Here the heavy heart, there non omnis moriar—
just three little words, like a flight’s three feathers.
The abyss doesn’t divide us.]
The abyss surrounds us.
Wisława Szymborska, from “Autotomy”, translated by S. Barańczak and C. Cavanagh, in Poems New and Collected
The poet Wisława Szymborska died on the 1st February 2012 at the age of 88.
(via the-final-sentence)
This just broke my heart into about a million pieces.
Found here.
Oof.
Operation Ann, 04x14
I can’t wait to see what Leslie cooks up for Ron’s birthday…
“Sorry to bother you, but DC just announced Before Watchmen and we need to get something out there like quick. Can you make us an ad and a logo for this new Spider-Men series in like … 20 minutes. Mmmmthanks.”
Speaking of that: hey, everybody, can you each get me a pitch for a new Spider-Men series in like…20 minutes?
“Nevermind, I have all these old issues of Slingers that no on ever read. Let’s get someone in here to slap a new coat of dialog on them and we’re good to go.”
“But Hornet was killed! By Wolverine!”
“You’re fired.”
“Sorry to bother you, but DC just announced Before Watchmen and we need to get something out there like quick. Can you make us an ad and a logo for this new Spider-Men series in like … 20 minutes. Mmmmthanks.”
Speaking of that: hey, everybody, can you each get me a pitch for a new Spider-Men series in like…20 minutes?
Kirby concept art for the original O.M.A.C. How awesome is this? And yes, I am one of the mourners of the new series, because it was probably the most fun series of the New 52.
You guys, I love O.M.A.C. so much I wish he was my O.M.A.C.B.F.F.
CRITERION CORNER GIVEAWAY!!!
GODZILLA EDITION
hey there. it’s been a while since i’ve randomly given stuff away, and that doesn’t jive well with my philosophy that love and / or readership should be shamelessly bought. so in honor of the 2012 and the impending doom of our civilization, i thought i’d offer a chance to bring home everyone’s favorite world-destroyer, GODZILLA! MMMRAAAHHHWWWFFFF!! (that’s how Mothra told me to spell Godzilla’s cry, but you can’t ever really trust that guy).
THE PRIZE: 1 Criterion DVD or Blu-ray (your choice) of Ishiro Honda’s GODZILLA.
TO ENTER: just “like” and / or Re-blog this post. each note will count as a separate entry, so every fellow blogger can therefore submit a maximum total of 2 entries.
giveaway will be closed at 12 P.M. EST on Friday, 2/3/2012. 1 winner will be randomly selected from the notes. so the odds should be okay if not super awesome, but someone’s gonna get something sweet for nothing.
good luck, and thanks for reading!
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So yeah. Captain Marvel’s name is officially being changed to Shazam- even though there is already a character in the Captain Marvel universe named Shazam. Part of it is the decades long copyright infringement with Marvel comic’s Captain Marvel and part of it is the idea that since the comics are usually titled “Shazam”, “Power of Shazam” and so forth the general public thinks that’s what his name already is. If his name matches the name on the covers then it will help with Branding. That’s a load crap because comics aren’t an expanding market full of potential new customers. It’s got it’s small fanbase that’s keeping it alive in an industry that’s constantly in danger. You’re not going to win any points for pissing off the few people who are fans in order to dumb it down for the people who don’t care.
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I agree. However, I did go to see it because I wanted to watch a) Angelina Jolie and b) a Jolie movie where she kicked ass. Which Salt accomplished this, so I was pretty happy with that when I stepped out of the theater. Even if the movie made almost no sense. I really thought it was someone’s Black Widow script, which got rejected so they kind of re-wrote it.