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Doctor Who, comics & others
Aug. 4th, 2005 09:29 pmI watched it. I had to do a thing on being a new fan, so I watched it. I didn't think I could write it without actually watching the finale.
It was... painful.
I'll learn to love the new Doctor, but it was CE who introduced me to that universe and, unlike in real life, I can be v. sentimental.
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On Mr. Gaiman's blog a while ago (here) he was talking about comics as an art form and how Clive Barker said:
Now, I get an emotional effect from 60% of the movies that I see. That's a very conservative estimate, it's probably nearer 85%; very seldom do I walk out of a movie and say, "That was a total waste of time." The way I view comics (and this is not a pejorative) you can't do that [i.e. stimulate an immediate emotional response].
It immediately made me think of two comics: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and The Sandman's Gilbert and Rose story. The first one made me not only cry, but it engaged me in a way that haunted me long after I had finished the story. With Gilbert and Rose (who is my favourite Sandman character, btw) it was another sort of emotion... The convention of serial killers scared the hell out of me and gave me some horrid nightmares (Disneyworld will never be the same - ever).
I think that, like any medium that has to engage its audience on some sort of emotional level, it all comes down to how good the material is. Bad movies will only elicit one reaction from me: the regret I can't a) have that couple of hours of my life back and b) the wish I hadn't coughed up the money for it and did what most of the population does: checked it out on the internet first. And I'm sorry to say, most of them are what I call awful.
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I just realised I've only had the television on when I want to watch DVDs and that has been going on for days. The last movie watched, >Shaolin Soccer< (a previous creation of Stephen Chao of >Kung Fu Hustle< fame that had been shelved for some time), was much fun - if not particularly brilliant - but I'm a sucker for martial arts and like to laugh... so I was happy. I have Shattered Glass and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead lined up for the next days (I've been following Mr.Owen since the BMW >Hire< things and Croupier).
I do have to start working soon, but not yet.
It was... painful.
I'll learn to love the new Doctor, but it was CE who introduced me to that universe and, unlike in real life, I can be v. sentimental.
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On Mr. Gaiman's blog a while ago (here) he was talking about comics as an art form and how Clive Barker said:
Now, I get an emotional effect from 60% of the movies that I see. That's a very conservative estimate, it's probably nearer 85%; very seldom do I walk out of a movie and say, "That was a total waste of time." The way I view comics (and this is not a pejorative) you can't do that [i.e. stimulate an immediate emotional response].
It immediately made me think of two comics: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and The Sandman's Gilbert and Rose story. The first one made me not only cry, but it engaged me in a way that haunted me long after I had finished the story. With Gilbert and Rose (who is my favourite Sandman character, btw) it was another sort of emotion... The convention of serial killers scared the hell out of me and gave me some horrid nightmares (Disneyworld will never be the same - ever).
I think that, like any medium that has to engage its audience on some sort of emotional level, it all comes down to how good the material is. Bad movies will only elicit one reaction from me: the regret I can't a) have that couple of hours of my life back and b) the wish I hadn't coughed up the money for it and did what most of the population does: checked it out on the internet first. And I'm sorry to say, most of them are what I call awful.
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I just realised I've only had the television on when I want to watch DVDs and that has been going on for days. The last movie watched, >Shaolin Soccer< (a previous creation of Stephen Chao of >Kung Fu Hustle< fame that had been shelved for some time), was much fun - if not particularly brilliant - but I'm a sucker for martial arts and like to laugh... so I was happy. I have Shattered Glass and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead lined up for the next days (I've been following Mr.Owen since the BMW >Hire< things and Croupier).
I do have to start working soon, but not yet.