A volte ritornano (forse)

I finally had the gut to catch up the new 52's GA.
I survived the terrible Krull start, the boring Giffen fill in, and the even worse (is it possible???) Nocenti run.
The uglier thing I read in comic book history. Period.
But.
I just started the first Lemire arc (after a refreshing Winick come back) and I see the light.
A little more fun and a little less "Arrow" it would be great.
Hope, right now.
I will keep you posted.
(Also if you don't care).

Anything but Gryffindor

When you cheat hard for NOT being sorted as Gryffindor, you are automatically allowed to be a Slytherin, right?

Your Nothing. My something.

In these days, like a lot of other people I guess, I'm thinking about JJ and SW.
I'm SERIOUSLY thinking about JJ and SW.

The fact I don't like Mr. Abrams' visions is not a news and I don't even want to start listing all the reasons because I don't.
With ST, I moved on, repeating "alternate universe" as a mantra.

But this is SW.
Worse.
This is SW with the characters that I love.

Mr. Lucas partially did his mess, but, ultimately, I did not care.
He gave me Qui-Gon and he couldn't ruin the characters I love because they were not born yet.

But now. I am afraid. I mean. I am REALLY scared.
SW formed part of the person I am.
Luke Skywalker formed part of the person I am.
And I know you can find this SAD, but this is it.
I was 4 when I saw TESB in the theater. I read the novelization of ROTJ so many times that I consumed the pages.
I survived bulling during elementary school repeting to myself that anger was the path to the dark side. And, 30 years after, I'm crying while I'm writing this.

So no.
SW is NOT JUST A MOVIE SAGA for me.

I did not see any trailer, I did not read any article.
I DID see the poster. And I noticed WHO is missing.
SO. I'm terrified.

Sorry. I just wanted to say it.

Snipers

I waited almost 40 years for this scene.

And, the greatest thing is, it TOTALLY makes sense.

The fact that they call it "feminist" speaks pages about the closed-mindedness we still need to face.

Taipei Expat Game

After a week of hard study, you decide to go clubbing with this foreigner guy with a questionable love for cowboy hats. You know him just since one week. After the actually wild night, in the morning the guy tells you that he needs to deliver a VERY suspicious suitcase in a random hotel room. You
a) go home and never reply to his calls again
b) go home because it's late and maybe whatever he is doing for living isn't so legal after all
c) go with him in front the hotel
The guy tells you that he showed up in the same hotel already twice and he wants you as a cover. But, no worry: because for delivering his "paperworks" he promises you 500 dollars. You
a) are already at home
b) run fast
c) find a nice excuse and, then, politely run
d) start joking with him
When you refuse again, the guy suddenly handcuff you to the luggage. You:
a) at home, have already took a shower, and you are gonna take your beauty sleep
b) run as fast as you can, super scared, trying to dialing 911 at the same time, telling that a crazy guy just HANDCUFFED YOU TO A FUCKING SUITCASE and he is (probably) running after you
c) start asking for random help to like ANYONE of the 8 million people that live in this city
d) you indeed GO INSIDE THE HOTEL

If you replied mostly a), b) or c): CONGRATULATION. You are actually using the famous 10% of your brain.

If you replied mostly d): CONGRATULATION. Despite your proven stupidity, you chose the correct city to live in. Because in Taipei, in reality, you will probably just end up to have a nice conversation with the receptionist of the hotel who will find you a smith. If you are like VERY unlucky, you will have two runs of Mahjong with a lovely Taiwanese "gangster" old school. OR. You're LUC BESSON.

Le donne inutili dell'orsetto lavatore

And, finally, she saw THE WOLVERINE.

Personalmente, ho trovato meglio il primo del secondo (!!). Ma, forse, solo perché c'era ***GAMBIT*** invece di quella gran gatta morta di Jean. Che, porco CAZZO E' MORTA. Ma neanche da stecchita ce la leviamo dai coglioni?

Il film, praticamente, è da andare a vedere per la scena del bagno. Ché io mi prenderò il bluray solo per farmi le screencaps in alta. Piccole soddisfazioni della vita, cosa volete che vi dica.

E poi per la scena dopo i titoli, NATURALMENTE, che annuncia un "ERIK TI AMO, CHARLES" elevato alla seconda. Con componente zia Patty e zia Ian + Fassy e McAvoy ai confini del LOVE. CAPIAMOCI. Tipo che quel film può essere loro quattro che giocano a tresette per due ore e io sarò contenta.

Comunque.

Tornando a questo film, due piccole precisazioni che proprio non ci stanno.

Una [già segnalata da Morry] è la questione dell'uscita degli artigli. Se lui non guarisce più, le ferite sulle mani devono rimanere aperte.

La seconda è temporale. Se è vero che Yoshida deve avere saputo che Logan si faceva chiamare The Wolverine (come ha saputo anche dell'adamantio e tutto il resto), di certo non poteva chiamarlo così ai tempi della guerra, far away prima che l'altra gatta morta (stecchita anche quella, vabbé) gli raccontasse la leggenda e blabla. Giusto per.

Note a margine.

Jackman barbone all'inizio. Mi aspettavo da un momento altro che partisse con "Who am I? I'm Jean Valjean!"

Hugh Jackman. Period.

È TROPPO bono per essere vero. E tu, stecchino giapponese, hai cazzo di vinto tutto nella vita.

Considerazione finale.

Wolverine è un figo, ma si innamora SOLO di donne inutili.

Peccato.

Message to DiDio #3

BQM was forced to write Chloe and Oliver out of Smallville Season 11 due to Arrow's popularity. Eventually, for DiDio, I'm just too stupid for understanding that Arrow's, Smallville's and the canon-pre-52 Oliver (the 52 one, obviously, DOESN'T EXIST) are characters from *different* universes.

DiDio, all my hate. As usual.

AND.
Honestly.
I'm watching, week after week, CW systematically destroying what Oliver Queen was for almost 70 years.
I. AM. NOT. HAPPY.

I tried surviving with the "come on, it's just another universe" karma.
And for the sake of Amell who is a lovely human being (and since Barrowman is totally insane).
But the fact that now, just because millions watch the show not having ANY idea who the hell the comic character was, DC decided to obliterate the *ORIGINAL* Ollie for riding the wave, it's unbearable.