Kevin Carr's Gloves 4098 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 you don't see the lads asking to see your jumperbumps now do you! You normally ask me that... don't need to ask to see your, you're a floozy and whop em out with disturbing frequency. Only in your own mind whilst you're daydreaming! Daydreaming yeah that's what he is doing when he is thinking of your jumperbumps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 A comic tells a story in it's pictures. Yes, graphic novels and comic books do contain pictures as they are a visual medium. A movie is a visual medium also. So seeing as you are lumping both comics and graphic novels in together therefore movies and television go into that category too. You're the one telling us not to be so anal about genres and categories here. Why can movies, or books, be classifed as an artistic medium yet comic books and graphic novels are childish, throw away forms of entertainment? films aren't books man! get a grip. I never said comics weren't an artistic medium. All your complexes are coming to light. All I've said is 'graphic novels' are comics, and I don't read them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11121 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 A comic tells a story in it's pictures. Yes, graphic novels and comic books do contain pictures as they are a visual medium. A movie is a visual medium also. So seeing as you are lumping both comics and graphic novels in together therefore movies and television go into that category too. You're the one telling us not to be so anal about genres and categories here. Why can movies, or books, be classifed as an artistic medium yet comic books and graphic novels are childish, throw away forms of entertainment? films aren't books man! get a grip. I never said comics weren't an artistic medium. All your complexes are coming to light. All I've said is 'graphic novels' are comics, and I don't read them. see my point is that you've got it the wrong way round. You say Graphic novels are a subgenre of comics and I'd say that comics are a subgenre of Graphic Novels. It makes more sense that way round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 A comic tells a story in it's pictures. Yes, graphic novels and comic books do contain pictures as they are a visual medium. A movie is a visual medium also. So seeing as you are lumping both comics and graphic novels in together therefore movies and television go into that category too. You're the one telling us not to be so anal about genres and categories here. Why can movies, or books, be classifed as an artistic medium yet comic books and graphic novels are childish, throw away forms of entertainment? films aren't books man! get a grip. I never said comics weren't an artistic medium. All your complexes are coming to light. All I've said is 'graphic novels' are comics, and I don't read them. see my point is that you've got it the wrong way round. You say Graphic novels are a subgenre of comics and I'd say that comics are a subgenre of Graphic Novels. It makes more sense that way round. Why do you buy them at a comic book shop then? Rather than buying comics at a 'graphic novel' shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11121 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Why do you buy them at a comic book shop then? Rather than buying comics at a 'graphic novel' shop? why do you buy your cd's from a record store? instead of a compact disc shop? p.s. I buy my Comics from Travelling Man and I buy my Graphic Novels from a bookstore or online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Why do you buy them at a comic book shop then? Rather than buying comics at a 'graphic novel' shop? why do you buy your cd's from a record store? instead of a compact disc shop? Because CD's are records. A name used (I guess) because it is a 'record' of a live performance. I can get vinyl , minidisc or cd at the record store. p.s. I buy my Comics from Travelling Man and I buy my Graphic Novels from a bookstore or online. I never said they weren't books either. Heve a venn diagram to explain my point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radgina 1 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Why do you buy them at a comic book shop then? Rather than buying comics at a 'graphic novel' shop? why do you buy your cd's from a record store? instead of a compact disc shop? Because CD's are records. A name used (I guess) because it is a 'record' of a live performance. I can get vinyl , minidisc or cd at the record store. p.s. I buy my Comics from Travelling Man and I buy my Graphic Novels from a bookstore or online. I never said they weren't books either. Heve a venn diagram to explain my point of view. loving the use of the Venn diagram .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Books with pictures and speech bubbles = Comics tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 The reviews are in... On first glance, the terms couldn't be clearer: macho white guys vs. effeminate Orientals. Yet aside from the fact that Spartans come across as pinched, pinheaded gym bunnies, it's their flesh the movie worships. Not since Beau Travail has a phalanx of meatheads received such insistent ogling. As for the threat to peace, freedom, and democracy, that filthy Persian orgy looks way more fun than sitting around watching Spartans mope while their angry children slap each other around. At once homophobic and homoerotic, 300 is finally, and hilariously, just hysterical. http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0710,lee,75993,20.html "300," the new cartoonified version of the hard day's work on the coast of Greece where 300 Spartans stood against a much larger horde of Persians, fails to offer any theories of Spartan greatness. "300," alas and to its shame, makes no arguments at all; it's entirely an overblown visual document with an IQ in the lower 20s http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?n...Movies&nm=1 In time, “300” may find its cultural niche as an object of camp derision, like the sword-and-sandals epics of an earlier, pre-computer-generated-imagery age. At present, though, its muscle-bound, grunting self-seriousness is more tiresome than entertaining. Go tell the Spartans, whoever they are, to stay home and watch wrestling. http://movies2.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/movi...html?ref=movies Oh Dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 0 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Rotten Tomatoes, which I'm sure you know about, has a shitload of reviews all together for movies. It was has more positive reviews than negative, why have you not included any of those in your post? http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/300/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 0 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 For today brings about the release of "300," and it is the "Citizen Kane" of cinematic graphic novels. http://www.suntimes.com/news/roeper/289178...ndred09.article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 If you read the reviews of 300 at imdb.com it either gets rave reviews or a total slating, there just seems to be no middle-ground at all. Personally, I'll watch it and make up my own mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Rotten Tomatoes, which I'm sure you know about, has a shitload of reviews all together for movies. It was has more positive reviews than negative, why have you not included any of those in your post? http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/300/ Because I wasn't looking there, but it still only got 61% and just 53% on Metacritic. Which is a quite poor showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6440871.stm War epic 300 claims movie record Epic war movie 300 has laid claim to a North American box office record with opening weekend takings of $70m (£36m). The story of the 300 Spartan soldiers who battled a large Persian army will be the most successful March release ever if early figures are confirmed. Biker flick Wild Hogs starring John Travolta and Tim Allen moved down to second, taking $28m (£14.4m). Youth fantasy Bridge to Terabithia was third with Zodiac and Ghost Rider joint fourth, both making $6.8m (£3.5m). If 300's estimated takings are confirmed, it would break the March record set by Ice Age: The Meltdown, which took $68m (£35m) in its first weekend last year. NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE Bridge to Terabithia 1. 300 ($70m) 2. Wild Hogs ($28m) 3. Bridge to Terabithia ($6.9m, above) 4. Zodiac ($6.8m) 4. Ghost Rider ($6.8m) Source: Media by Numbers More people went to see 300 at the weekend than the rest of the top 10 combined. 300 has grabbed attention not just for its graphic violence but also its extensive use of computer generated effects and backgrounds. Eddie Murphy's larger-than-life comedy Norbit came in sixth with $4.3m ($2.2m), followed by the Jim Carrey thriller The Number 23, with $4.2m (£2.1m). Music and Lyrics, a romantic comedy with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore, took eighth spot, while spy thriller Breach, based on real-life FBI spy Robert Hanson, was ninth. Slavery drama Amazing Grace, starring Ioan Gruffudd, was at 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11121 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 although it's impressive, popularity is not always an indication of quality. I direct you to the "Crazy Frog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 (edited) Arriving late into this thread, but I fucking love Watchmen. Edited March 13, 2007 by Wullie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 although it's impressive, popularity is not always an indication of quality. I direct you to the "Crazy Frog" Agreed, a better indication would be how many people went to see it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieMessiah 2 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Arriving late into this thread, but I fucking love watching men. That's just plain disturbing news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Rotten Tomatoes, which I'm sure you know about, has a shitload of reviews all together for movies. It was has more positive reviews than negative, why have you not included any of those in your post? http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/300/ Because I wasn't looking there, but it still only got 61% and just 53% on Metacritic. Which is a quite poor showing. Especially when you considered all the uber-nerds who'll have given it a positive review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 337 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Boy stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Boy stuff Is he a baddie? etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Spartans were a bunch of paedophiles, child killers and slave owners IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Spartans were a bunch of paedophiles, child killers and slave owners IIRC Did middle-class Victorian England take their inspiration from them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15898 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Spartans were a bunch of paedophiles, child killers and slave owners IIRC Did middle-class Victorian England take their inspiration from them? After Rob's time tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Spartans were a bunch of paedophiles, child killers and slave owners IIRC You were there too, no doubt eh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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