Wednesday : 03 May 2006
Today was a good day… even with the bit of oddness that happened earlier. Other than that, there’s not a whole lot to report.

Four-Color Coverage
I read a coworker’s copy of Infinite Crisis #7, the conclusion to DC Comic’s continuity-shaking mini-series.

I’m not sure what to make of it. Given some of the things that we’ve seen – or have been alluded to in the “One Year Later” books, we know that [spoiler deleted] and that [spoiler deleted]. I was surprised to see that [spoiler deleted] when Wonder Woman and Batman [spoiler deleted]. The scenes with Superman, Superman and Power Girl were good. No, I didn’t stutter. I was referring to Kal-El (the Superman we’re used to) and Kal-L (from “The Planets Formerly Known as Earth-2 and Krypton-2”). We knew that Alexander Luthor was a megalomaniac. We knew that Superboy Prime (from Earth-Prime – a planet where he was the sole hero…. LONG story, don’t ask) was nuts.

The rest of the story was a good, old-fashioned beatdown: Lots of people in costumes snapping their four-color feet off in other peoples’ four-colored asses. Mm-hmm, that’s right! Heroes. Villains. It didn’t matter. There were plenty of cans of Whoop-Ass for everyone.

But… I did feel that parts of the story were anticlimactic. Lots of guff and bluster, but a little weak on the delivery. (Read carefully and see if you agree with me about [spoiler deleted], near page [spoiler deleted].) You can check out Crisis Counseling: The Finale (including spoilers) for information about the issue.

From Infinite Crisis we move on to 52, which will fill in the gaps of what happened between I.C. #7 and the “One Year Later” titles. DC is undertaking a big job in putting out weekly books to tell these stories. Weekly. As in “fifty-two issues.” And I’m sure that people will buy them so that they can know all of the little details. (I’ll wait for the trade paperbacks, thank you very much.)

It will be interesting to see how the “new” DCU handles the changes and repercussions of the events of Infinite Crisis. Hopefully, it will be long-lasting and will effect some real changes in the characters. Even more than that, I hope that we don’t find Bobby Ewing in the shower only to discover that all of the events of the past few months were just a dream…

Stray Toasters

  • I showed the new Superman Returns trailer to some of the guys at work. Then, I had to answer a few comic book-related questions. Go figure. After that, we watched the trailers (click the following links for the trailers) for X-Men: The Last Stand and Mission: Impossible III.

    I hadn’t seen the X-Men: TLS trailer, but it looks damn good – hopefully Mr. Ratner will prove a worthy successor to Mr. Singer; The M:I:III trailer was pretty much what I expected: *ehn*, but I’ll probably see it, anyway.

  • While URL-hopping, I discovered and saw the trailer for Kinky Boots – it looks amusing. And, they seemed to like it at Sundance, too. I might have to check it out.
  • Secondary Snack vs. Appetizer
  • The ESRB has changed The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion‘s rating from “Teen” to “Mature.”
  • – What if…: “Ethical dilemmas [which] provide classic “experiments” for philosophers.
  • Hop over to ‘s journal for her entry on anal glaucoma.
  • I have heard of – and seen – coffee-scented perfume in stores before – I heard that some waitresses use it to entice patrons to purchase (more) coffee while dining. That’s all well and good…. this, however, takes the game to an entirely different level. Play-Doh-scented perfume…?! Hoo-boy.
  • Gone in 20 Minutes: Using laptops to steal cars
  • “Okay, I found us a new cargo. Some guy needs a pet shipped to Bune.” –
  • “You got your Star Wars in my Lord of the Rings!”
    “You got your Lord of the Rings on my Star Wars!”
    Two great movies that taste great together? You decide: Starlords

  • : There’s something on this page that might interest you. (Hint: She has a dragon.)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas to be re-released in 3-D

Namaste.