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Review: “Watchmen”
It’s funny for a movie that is supposed to be so faithful to the book (that I have read through many, many times) that I did my best to avoid spoilers. I wanted to dive in and make the comparisons myself, without hearing what critics have to say. I also try very hard to avoid being the nitpicky fan who dislikes any deviation from the source material: after all, different media have different challenges. Watchmen does a very good job of conveying the story (and most of the important plot beats) of the original work, and for that, I really enjoyed seeing it onscreen.
How Not to Review ‘Watchmen’
I just wanted to highlight something I read today in the lunch room at work, our local newspaper the Washington Post had a review of the movie Watchmen on the front page of the Style section today with the title “Blight Watchmen: Graphic Novel’s Edge is Dulled in Adaptation”. Written by Philip Kennicot, it’s an […]
Yet another PHB2 post (Better get used to it)
I join my voice to those who already have started bragging posting about having received pre-market copies of the Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook 2 from Wizards of the Coast. As I was leaving with my family today for some early season Sugar Shacking (it’s not as dirty as it sounds, unless you eat without […]
“Player’s Handbook 2”: I haz it
Myself, along with a number of other excellent bloggers, have received preview copies of PHB2. We are all working together to put together a pretty big event around it starting March 13th, and hopefully a series of other supplementary articles about the release. In the meantime, however, I am allowed to answer questions. The ground […]
Remembering Gygax Through Friendship
One year ago, shortly after posting about GM’s Day, I saw the news that shocked and saddened me: Gary Gygax had left us. Being the geeks that we are, we made all kinds of metaphors. (Gone to travel the outer planes is probably my favorite). Tributes began to roll in, not just from us RPG […]
A Special day and Family Time
Happy GM day to all. I know that today marks both the annual day dedicated to Gamemasters all around the planet and it also happens to be the 1st anniversary of Gary Gygax departure. I owe him a lot and he is in my thoughts. I’m not online much this week because I decided to […]
What the New GSL Means for 4e Players
As rumored and then announced yesterday, the long-promised revision of the Game System License for 4e D&D was released. While it’s certainly important news, I think the actual effects on the average gamer are minimal.
YouTube Tuesday: No, Seriously, It’s A Trap Edition
Admiral Ackbar knows a trap when he sees one. If only the Corleone family had hired him.
Inq. of the Week: Watch What you Read?
This Friday is the release date for the Watchmen movie, and for me now is a good time to be thankful that the lawsuit involving the movie rights didn’t result in this date being pushed back! With that in mind I’m sure we’ll be talking about the movie a lot over the next week or two, and one big thing that I’ve heard a lot about is how many people will see this movie without ever reading or even seeing the comic book.
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