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June 28, 2013
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Skinner entries. Didn’t even think about the Jason Bourne novels until today. A case where the books and the movies are very different. The books are much more involved.
Books have the luxury of taking their time. They also have the advantage of being able to put you inside the character’s heads. I think there’s a general assumption that writing a novel is harder than writing a screenplay, but I find it very muchtheopposite. A novel requires almost no discipline other than what it...
exhibition-ism:
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Be sure to check out Mel Kadel’s “Carry Your Weight” at Merry Karnowsky Gallery. The show runs from June 22nd - July 20th.
exhibition-ism is wonderful.
June 27, 2013
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1. The Conversation (Film) A spy film that goes against most popular conventions. Heartbreaking look at obsession/paranoia. An American classic. - 2. Incognito (Comics) Superhero spy-noir (that sounds so cool when you say it out loud) about a double agent former villain/vigilante. - 3. The Prisoner (TV) Great longform character study of the classic British spy - Are there any stories where the spy lives happily ever after?
The Conversation again. So happy.
Incognito. Did Brubaker make the cut t...
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Love some of the answers out there! But did everyone (including my self) forget Get Smart, The Manchurian Candidate, or the Avengers (the originals not the remakes).
Yes, yes, and yes.
Diana Rigg photo?
Yes…
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Skinner entry: “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" by Ian Fleming, because it was the first James Bond book I read. Despite being dated, it summed up all that should be James Bond in the perfect leading man. “Absolute Power" by David Baldacci, because it feels like living in DC, with characters who are dominant but flawed, as all real life should be. “Persuader" by Lee Child, because Jack Reacher is a serious badass. Flawed & moody & brooding main character, Reac...
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Don’t know if they qualify as actual spy/espionage novels, but some of the elements are there at any given moment. Ready Player One-Ernest Cline completely engulfing/engrossing environment that should never end. Nexus-Ramez Naam what would you do if you had the power? The Breach-Patrick Lee relentless, big a ha moment. And just for sugary additions, Collateral -Tom Cruise/Jamie Foxx LA at its finest.
Ready Player One, I keep hearing about it. Seems I need to read it.
Nexus, not by Henry M...
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I’m going for listing some of my earliest introductions. 1. The Eagle Has Landed - Jack Higgins: One of the exceptions where the movie is faithful to the book. Liam Devlin is a classic anti-hero. 2. The Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison: My first introduction to the spy genre (outside of Bond movies). (Sci-fi nut) 3. Wolverine 1-4 (first mini-series): Who knew Wolverine was so good at stealth and intrigue?
Higgins again, emphasizing the holes in my reading.
The Stainless Steel...
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Can’t remember order of prev. posts… THE ADVENTURES OF LUTHER ARKWRIGHT by Bryan Talbot - precursor/godfather to Fraction/Ba/Moon’s CASANOVA… mutliversal insanity! Ed Brubaker’s WINTER SOLDIER is great stuff - cold war super hero superspy antics with great (underrated) artists. SUICIDE SQUAD by Ostrander & McDonnell… black ops supervillain team working for pardons - a crime it was oop for so long. ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN - the S.H.I.E.L.D. stuff w/Garrett is...
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1) The Mack Bolan by Don Pendleton , he was like bond meets the Punisher known as the Executioner!!!!! Fell in love with these when I was 16 (side note if you ever spot his Joe Copp series [out of print] great hard boiled detective novels). 2) I Spy with Robert Culp & Bill Cosby. Classic and the theme song was used on Repo Man (well in Spanish). 3) The Falcon and the Snowman great 80’s flick!
I never went with the Executioner series, but, man, do I remember those books. A buddy in hi...
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