Well I’ve met to post this for a while now but it’s pretty bloody obvious that this blog is on a hiatus now.
This blog has a history that was tied to a certain comic book store in Vancouver, Canada (You know, where the 2010 Winter Olympics were) called ELFSAR COLLECTION COMICS & TOYS. Sadly Elfsar had to close down in May so in many ways, it’s closing has also put the final nail into the coffin of this blog. If I had ANY thought of returning and sparking this sucker up, it’s all gone now. Elfsar was the spark that had me start REALLY bad reviews over on Happy Harbor Comics website. That went on for a while until I thought, why not just start my own blog doing the same thing and ranting about whatever else I wanted. So I did and BtS was born. It went through many looks & feel until finding the latest incarnation. Now don’t get me wrong, I do miss it at times but overall I think running this blog took a great deal out of me in ways I haven’t still realized. I managed this blog almost as much or more than working 8 hours a day and that got to be too much in general. That and I feel my appreciation for comic books lately has been at an all time low so I have little to talk about.
I know many friends I know wished I kept the blog up and running but never truly understood it was like feeding a forever hungry zombie… and I FUCKING HATE Zombies!
So for now the blog is again on a Hiatus. If you feel the fucked up strange need to listen to my rambles, you can catch me on Twitter here:
http://twitter.com/RobertParizek
I’m not closing up shop as I like the digital footprint this leaves so feel free to browse and lick the carpet, you might find something you like. That said, I’m closing the comments now for the entire site and all older posts.
So thanks to Elfsar Comics & Toys, William S. and myself went off to see Hellboy II: The Golden Army last night. I am still a wreck from being up way too late talking, comics, the movie, and life.
I really enjoyed the movie! I thought it was a great sequel because it was NOT a clone of the previous movie. I loved Johann Kraus (voiced by the great Seth McFarlane) but what I enjoyed the most was the interaction between Liz and Red (Hellboy). Ron Perlman just was Hellboy perfectly, Selma Blair did a great job as Liz Sherman and Doug Jones stepped up as Abe Sapien (and a ton of other characters). I enjoyed that Abe finally got a chance to be the “Reed Richards” of the team through-out the movie and the team comes together in the end which to me was what was so enjoyable. I also was having a man crush on Luke Goss as Prince Nuada, the villain of the movie (If Luke Goss was Cyclops in the next X-Man movie — that would be it for me!). Anna Walton as Princess Nuala was nice and cute but really I did not see her doing anything some other actress couldn’t do.
I felt that Guillermo del Toro wanted to bring the fantastical to life in this movie and he did but was it too much? I am sure some people will think so but I loved seeing it because we do not have many movies as such. Given the books and all the wonderful adventures the team gets into within the comics, I really loved seeing all the fantastical in the movie. Would I see it again? Hell yeah, it’s Hellboy! Would I recommend the movie? YES — go and enjoy yourself in the fun of it all!
Mike Mignola talks “Hellboy II” on CBR here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17166
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http://tv.ign.com/dor/objects/873846/chuck/videos/chuck_hellboy_lunch.html
This is pretty funny and enjoyable! I cannot wait for CHUCK to return to the telly and HELLBOY to the theaters! Snagged from IGN.com.
Oh and Best Bang Reborn will be coming this weekend with last weeks comics included into one big post. A thrown out back kept me off the comic news of late.
Check out this YouTube of some crazy stuff that this couple capture!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03fvxlvC1XY
Now check out TheSecretDevice.com and try to unlock the mysteries in the site:
http://www.thesecretdevice.com/
