Chris Braak's Blog, page 20
July 14, 2012
Marvel, DC, Movies, Comics
So, Marvel announced it was making a Guardians of the Galaxy movie a little while ago, but they just had a panel at SDCC and showed everyone some art from it. I think Guardians of the Galaxy is a weird choice, especially because the plan is for it to lead into The Avengers 2, The [...]
July 11, 2012
Revolution on NBC: I HAVE QUESTIONS
People always say that I think too hard about things, and I always take offense to that. In the first place, because I am not thinking hard about things, I am just regular-noticing regularly-noticeable things. In the second place, thinking about the world is the natural state of being, we do that automatically. It’s not [...]
July 10, 2012
The Ghost Rider as American Myth
I am going to write about Ghost Rider, now, because you know, whatever man. I grew up reading comics in the nineties, when Ghost Rider enjoyed a renewed popularity, and he (along with Wolverine) was a part of that sort of angsty-violent-anti-hero era of superheroes that teenaged boys are always digging on because when you [...]
July 5, 2012
(Almost) Everyone in the Raimi ‘Spider-Man’ Movies Is The Worst
“But why does there need to be a new Spider-Man movie? The last one just came out five years ago! Whyyyyyyyyyyyy” Sorry, but every Amazing Spider-Man-related article to come out in the last week has used some variation on this question, so I figured I’d start there. The answer is because Sony doesn’t want to [...]
June 26, 2012
Fashion Trends
Whuuuut. Just playing here. Another one. I wish I could get that tie-tack in lacquered black, but maybe the thing to do would just be to paint it. Filed under: Threat Quality
June 21, 2012
Dramaturgery: Prometheus
Hmmm, let me think about this. Prometheus is a bit more challenging than The Avengers, because The Avengers was a pretty solid movie that just wandered around in the middle, but Prometheus is kind of just a complete mess. It sort of struggles as a mash-up of knock-offs of 2001, only without the real genuine [...]
June 20, 2012
Join Me … DOOM!
DOOM is always on the lookout for skilled labor lackeys and unskilled labor peons alike, ready to do his bidding, die for his causes, and do some light typing and other administrative work.
June 13, 2012
A Way to Watch ‘Prometheus’ Without Pulling Your Hair Out
So you may have heard that Prometheus is Not Very Good. But you may have also heard that it is Kind Of Beautiful To Look At, or maybe you heard that Marc Streitenfeld wrote a really nice score.
June 12, 2012
The ‘Tomb Raider’ reboot: Why so rapey?
But obviously, it’s okay to write this scenario because it’s an origin story, and she’s just starting out. So, y’know, far more rapeable than top-of-her-game Lara Croft, I suppose.
June 5, 2012
Remembering the incomprehensible 90′s with digital ‘Youngblood’
As I’ve gotten older I’ve grown more and more fascinated by the guy. He exists in this strange bubble, wherein his art has remained at exactly the same skill level despite 25 years as a working artist.
