Going into 300: Rise of an Empire, I was a bit skeptical about the movie. The first 300 movie I saw 3 times in the theater. The visuals at the time were ground breaking and hadn’t been seen before. The fight sequences felt like something out of Asian cinema, with its gore and intensity. Looking at the trailer for the new movie it looked like it was going to be more of the same . . . but 8 years later. Over those 8 years we have seen other movies use similar action sequence techniques so it no longer feels new or fresh. Somehow with that against him, director Noam Murro managed to create a movie that surpassed Zack Snyder’s original.
Comics
Donate your comics!
If you’re a nerd over 30, chances are you have a ton of stuff you just don’t have any use for anymore, but you don’t know how to get rid of it. I was in that situation for a while. I had over 2000 comics and I didn’t know what to do with them. I thought about selling them on Craigslist or EBay, but there is lot of time and effort that goes into that for very little reward. If I sell it to a store it will be quick, but they will only give me a nickel per issue. In the end I figured I’d donate the comics and use it as a tax deduction. While I got nothing up front at the time, I made the donation, it definitely just helped with my tax refund. It was also fairly quick and painless. Read on to see my experience in donating comics.
Dave’s Time at Rhode Island Comic Con 2013
There are a few good reasons why I was really excited about RI Comic Con 2013. First, it was really close to my house. But more importantly, it had an amazing and huge guest list. Here’s a list of just some of the awesome guests:
- Danny Glover (Die Hard of course)
- Billie Dee Williams (y’know)
- Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell Smith (both leads from Weird Science)
- William Zabka and Martin Kove (Johnny and Sensei Kreese from The Karate Kid… “sweep the leg”)
- Sam Jones (Flash freakin’ Gordon!)
- Sarah Douglass and Jack O’Halloran (baddies from Superman 2)
- Every single bounty hunter from Star Wars! (first ever together… collect them all!)
- Alan Oppenheimer (Skeletor, Masters of the Universe)
- Larry Kenny (Liono, Lord of the Thundercats)
- Jeremy Shada (Finn from Adventure Time)
- …and a zillion more. …a zillion.
Review: Dear Mr. Watterson
I have loved Calvin & Hobbes since the first time I read it. I had to be about 10 or 11 years old. I was one of those kids who always grabbed the newspaper on the way to school just to read the “funnies” (and movie reviews of course, but that surprises no one). I mean, one of my earliest pieces here on Nerd-Base was a piece profiling a bit of fan service to the strip. As I stated in that article, almost two years ago now, “I’d think of putting out a challenge for people to find a more truthful and honest representation of childhood, but I know it’d be futile. There isn’t one.”, and I still hold firm on that belief. However, after seeing the film, Dear Mr. Watterson last night, I know for certain that I’m not the only one.
Opening 11/15 in select theaters/cities.
Dear Mr. Watterson started as an idea from a fan, Joel Allen Schroeder. As an uber-fan of the strip, Joel made a decision to take what he learned from his film classes and apply them to what would become not a search for the infamously reclusive Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin & Hobbes, but instead Continue reading
Rhode Island Comic Con 2013 Cosplay
Below are some cosplay photos from the Rhode Island Comic Con 2013 in Providence, RI, Nov 2-3. I’m Ming the Merciless being pictured with William Zabka (Johnny from The Karate Kid) and SAM JONES (Flash Gordon of course).
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Pictures from RI Comic Con 2013.
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