Categories: Books | May 29th, 2008 | by ShRi | no comments
Two new books are bringing renewed interest in one of the most popular urban legends of the past 30 years: “snuff” film.
CRIMSON ORGY by Austin Williams, just released this month by Borderlands Press, explores the realization of a notorious low-budget horror film in 1965 with the same title, to someone who had suffered a horrible death in front of the camera. This book has already been branded an instant cult classic by members of the blogosphere who managed to get their hands on advance copies (which is published first on eBay last summer.)
In May 2008, Doubleday released snuff by Chuck Palahniuk, on the completion of a pornographic video including 600 men and a woman who is estimated to end fatally. The author of FIGHT CLUB of legions of fans have been talking with great anticipation for months in advance and many orders have already been placed.
So why the renewed interest in this old boogeyman of our collective imagination? As almost everyone knows, the term “snuff” is used to describe a work of cinema or video in which a person is actually killed for purposes of entertainment. Much less known is to what extent these films really exist, or ever have.
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Categories: Comics | May 23rd, 2008 | by ShRi | no comments
The Killing Joke, one of my favorite Batman stories ever, stirred a bit of controversy because the story involves the Joker brutally, pointlessly shooting Commissioner Gordon’s daughter in the spine. This is a no-holds-barred take on a truly insane criminal mind, masterfully written by British comics writer Alan Moore. The art by Brian Bolland is so appealing that his depiction of the Joker became a standard and was imitated by many artists to follow.
The Killing Joke, one of my favorite Batman stories ever, stirred a bit of controversy because the story involves the Joker brutally, pointlessly shooting Commissioner Gordon’s daughter in the spine. This is a no-holds-barred take on a truly insane criminal mind, masterfully written by British comics writer Alan Moore. The art by Brian Bolland is so appealing that his depiction of the Joker became a standard and was imitated by many artists to follow. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Categories: Comics | May 13th, 2008 | by ShRi | no comments
There have been many, many comics with the X-men in them that you mention. X-Men, Alpha Flight, New Mutants, and X-Factor all featuring several mutants. Spin-offs with one or two characters are Wolverine, Dazzler, and Cable. Then there were many issues where part or all of the X-men made guest appearances in other titles, such as former X-men in 28 Fantastic Four, Captain America 172-175, in Angel Tales Suspense 49 (with cameos by other X-men), Avengers 53, the intro of Wolverine in Incredible Hulk 180-182, new X-Men in Marvel Team-Up 53, Annual 1, New Mutants annual 6.
This list could go again and again I think. And that’s not even counting the numerous appearances of evil mutants of X-men as Magneto who fought non-superhero mutants. Or how about Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, the two mutants who appeared as regulars on many issues of Avengers?
At present, the Internet could not be hotter because of its inclusion in the new movie Fantastic Four. History shows that a character who makes his way into the general public, a cinema or television has an instant surge in popularity, which translates into a term for the purchase of their books are usually translate into big, inflated dollars for collectors and sellers. If I understand your question, you want to know if these books are worth something, n’est-ce pas?
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Categories: Books | May 13th, 2008 | by ShRi | no comments
When I think of my education, it is incredible that I made at number 5 in the American Idol Season 4.
Sometimes it seems like a dream. Do I really get through putting in all cycles? Do I really spend months in Hollywood and respond Hall & Oates, Tony Orlando, and LL Cool J? Do I really toured the USA and to make hundreds of thousands of screaming fans shouting my name?
I know it is real, because American Idol is my life dream.
When I was young, I made many wrong choices. I was not exactly a bad child, but I was not a poster child for “Boy of the Year”, so be it. All I really wanted was my father to love myself and be proud of me . I wanted to be pretty good in his eyes. I have never blamed my father for the way it was, I knew he had a difficult childhood with his father and leave all.
What I regret most is that I hung out with friends instead of doing schoolwork. I note that many children who studied hard and went to university are now six figures, and children who do not pay attention to their classes are those serving hamburgers guys when they cruise the drive-through with their beautiful wheels.
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