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from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.
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It needs Guillermo del Toro. He's talked about doing At the Mountains of Madness before but that only has Elder Things and Shoggoths. Dream Quest has all kinds of cool creatures for him to bring to life.
This is the famous Alan Moore book I haven't read yet. I'm excited to read it. I'm already getting 1984 vibes.
I read this a long time ago. It's only 165 pages so I might reread it in a while.
I'm reading The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath and it would make a really epic Lord of the Rings like movie.
Dumb comic book things: Superhero in high heels, Rorschach just walks into bars and breaks fingers never gets shotHooded Justice is the most mysterious character here. Did anybody know who he really was? He was gay and somebody mentioned the name of a boyfriend but I can't find the quote now. Was he somebody in the book or was it just a random name? (edit: It's Captain Metropolis)
Also the first time I missed that the Comedian might have killed him.
Looking at the movie again, it was spot on in a lot of things. Understandably they upped the action a lot.
Can't decide which ending I like better.
I did hate Nite Owl's costume. He just looks like an old fashioned batman. In the book he actually looks like an owl. But I like Silk Specter's better. Looks more like a superhero costume than just a dress. The rest were pretty accurate except Ozymandias had less color.
Lovecraft was obviously racist but I wonder what his big problem with Eskimos was? lol
Rorschach was my favorite character but rereading the Comedian is pretty cool too.
I've read The Call of Cthulhu several times. It's a lot like a remake of Dagon.Did you know vigantillion is a real number?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...
Rosemarie wrote: "Charles Dickens wrote a number of Christmas ghost stories for several years."I'll get this when Christmas comes around: Christmas Ghost Stories
The Unnamable sums up a lot of what Lovecraft does. The idea that there are things so alien the human mind can't cope with them. It's difficult to translate that to words and almost impossible to the screen. When I read them the stuff sounds alien but not terrifying. I guess I'm just jaded from imagining the impossible too much.
I've read the first two chapters. Reading it again knowing what to expect it's even better.Sorry but the story of Moe Vernon is hysterical!
Rafael wrote: "These ones were not written by Alan Moore. he refused to write them so the magazine hired other people to write them."
Yeah, Alan Moore hates DC with a passion. They screwed him out of the profits and now he'll have nothing to do with it, even for money.
Jazzy wrote: "I also had Astro Boy manga as well as the comics Superman, Superboy, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olson, Weird Tales, Justice League, Spiderman, and tonnes of others. I had a large box under my mam's bed and w..."Is Astro Boy good?
I thought some Smurfs would be cool. I loved the cartoon when I was a kid and I'd like to check out the comics.The Smurfs Anthology #1 is pretty darn expensive but it can be read on kindle and comixology(which I have no experience with but I guess I can figure it out).
Also, we need some manga.
The Festival has always been a favorite of mine. I really like spooky Christmas stories for some reason. :)
That's kind of funny since Holmes is so completely against a supernatural explanation in the book.
Sweet Ermengarde is some genius comedy.
Jazzy wrote: "for those who were surprised by the gloriously, shall we say 'cheeky', content, I guess you never really understood Shakespeare! :)"
This is pretty funny. https://www.bustle.com/p/7-times-the-...
Alicia wrote: " I'm very excited though to see if any of my Scandinavian friends can recommend some books."This is a great place to start:
The Sagas of Icelanders
Njal's Saga
I just have a problem with it because it doesn't seem to take place in the dream world like The White Ship.
