Familiarizing the masses with the hobbies and fandoms that elude them. For geeks and non-geeks in search of new pursuits, time-wasters, and obsessions; for longtime fans and total outsiders; for great justice.
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This past Wednesday, Nathaniel and I continued the plunge into our brand new fandom: the films of Akira Kurosawa. For our second foray into the work of the internationally famous Japanese filmmaker, we watched Ran, which came heavily recommended by...
The original Final Fantasy for the NES is an RPG classic. Don't try to argue with me on this one; it introduced ideas that were rarely or never seen in video games of its day, it spawned an outrageously popular video game series, it's been highly...
Gotta be honest here, this is not going to be the easiest Waiting for I've ever written. Actually, it'll likely be quite the opposite. After Monday's depressing little post about my growing cynicism towards comics, it would be pretty hypocritical of me...
Psycho. King Kong. Casino Royale. Planet of the Apes. Hollywood has a penchant for remaking movies, for good or for ill, but I can't say I blame them for trying. I imagine the temptation to remake a movie might be overwhelming.
Think about it: You...
This past weekend I sat down with Batman: The Long Halloween, and its follow-up, Batman: Dark Victory, and I realized something. Those two stories combine to make up my favorite Batman comic ever written. And, yes, I consider the two volumes to be one...
The writing is good, even if the style doesn't always match my tastes. The subjects are usually interesting as well... but the main reason I feel like I can't give a higher rating is that I sometimes feel like I read out of obligation, rather than interest. Some posts interest me, but they always seem to skim the surface rather than delving deeper into a fandom. I feel like a "good" blog writer is able to take a topic and expose the "hidden" points in a way that makes other people want to read/learn more.
Waiting for Wednesday is an example of this; it seems more suited for a hardcore comic blog. As a casual reader of the blog, I don't really care what's coming out, and mini-reviews don't help much to pique my interest, either, unfortunately...
Sorry guys.
Here's to the future!
