Book 8 of the fiftyfiftyme Challenge: The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo
The first prose novel in the challenge! I actually started reading this when I started the challenge, possibly even right before. That should give you an indicator of how long it takes me to read a prose book. I started the second one and then put it down. I’m part way through the first Discworld book so I’m working on that next.
This book though is pretty amazing. I’m a big fan of the darker Crime Fiction and this is certainly Dark. I’ve seen the Swedish film and I hope to see the American one soon. But this book includes so much more that really adds value to the overall story. Unlike V for Vendetta where I thought the movie did a great job of boiling everything down (and honestly I think you could get away with only watching the movie) you get a lot more reading this book on top of watching one of the movies as well.
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Book 7 of the fiftyfiftyme Challenge: Flash: Road to Flashpoint
This book was a little disappointing. Nothing really seems to tie it to Flashpoint. I really enjoyed the first arc of this Flash series, but the second half was kind of boring. Well other than the Reverse Flash one-shot where he goes through and changes moments in his life. That was awesome.
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Movie 7 of the fiftyfiftyme challenge - The Chaser
Holy crap was this movie good. I’ve found that while some Korean films may get a 3 or 4 star rating on Netflix it’s almost never a true indicator as to how good the film really is. The most interesting thing about The Chaser is that the description makes it sound like a “who done it.” This is very much not a “who done it” film. It’s more of a race against the clock kind of film. We know who has done it, hell he’s in custody within the first 20-30 of the film. But we don’t know where the missing girl is.
It’s also interesting because the main character who is racing to find her is an ex-detective turned pimp. I would assume any other pimp would have cut his losses and moved on. This guy goes after his goal with everything he’s got. There are also some pretty brutal fights scenes in this movie. I know no one can take that much punishment, but when you see two guys rolling on the floor hitting each other with everything they got, you tend to believe it more.
Anyone who likes dark, gritty, crime movies should check this out. It’s streaming on Netflix so it’s easily accessible.
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Book 6 of the fiftyfiftyme Challenge: V for Vendetta
I’ve picked up and put down this book a few times over the last 9 Months. I finally set out to finish it. Even at 250+ pages you would think it was twice as long. I know Alan Moore threw one of his standard Hissy Fits when this was made into a movie, but I would argue the movie boils down the book to its essentials. There’s still a bunch of this story I wasn’t sure why it existed.
Now while I think it was longer than it needed to be, I do think in general it was a good story. I also enjoyed the art quite a bit as well. Even if you have seen the movie, I would still recommend reading V for Vendetta. While I found some other parts of the story boring, there were others that were rather interesting.
While I wouldn’t say that V for Vendetta is in my top 10 must reads of all time. I would recommend it to my friends who are looking for something more out of their comics.
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As some people know I went crazy over the Jot. I actually ordered two of them, one of which I somehow have lost :(. But this looks like it’ll be a great replacement. It’s such a simple idea I almost wonder why no one has thought of it before.
The pen retracts into the main body and leaves behind a rubber tip that can be used on different touch screens. This way you no longer need to carry a stylus and a pen. Also it’s from LunaTik who does amazing designs. They also do the watch bands for the iPod Nano.
They’re more than funded, so it’s coming out. But if you want a deal on it before they up the prices, I would snag one now. If you have the money to burn (it’s $200) the Special Anniversary Package above gets you a LunaTik Band, an Antik (so you don’t need a Nano to use it as a watch) and an “aircraft grade” aluminum body Touch Pen. I did some of the math and after shipping and such you’re saving yourself about $50 if you want to buy both separately. That’s without knowing what the Touch Pens will jump up to at launch.
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Batman Beyond and Spider-Man 2099 by Marco D’Alfonso
I would buy all the copies of this book if it were to ever happen.
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That @patloika guy is a gentleman and a scholar. He talked about this book on PKW 13. After I mentioned I would like to read it he MAILED A COPY to me. Along with a picture of Starscream, who I mentioned off air was my favorite Decepticon. That’s an attention to details folks.
With SOPA, Garfield minus Garfield would probably have never happened. Protest SOPA.
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SOPA lives—and MPAA calls protests an "abuse of power"
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has looked at tomorrow’s “Internet blackout” in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)—and it sees only a “gimmick,” a “stunt,” “hyperbole,” “a dangerous and troubling development,” an “irresponsible response,” and an “abuse of power.”
“Wikipedia, reddit, and others are going dark to protest the legislation, while sites like Scribd and Google will also protest. In response, MPAA chief Chris Dodd wheeled out the big guns and started firing the rhetoric machine-gun style.
“Only days after the White House and chief sponsors of the legislation responded to the major concern expressed by opponents and then called for all parties to work cooperatively together, some technology business interests are resorting to stunts that punish their users or turn them into their corporate pawns, rather than coming to the table to find solutions to a problem that all now seem to agree is very real and damaging.”
Can I interrupt for a moment? Thanks. When you complain that opponents didn’t “come to the table to find solutions”, do you mean that we didn’t give NINETY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS to congress like the MPAA? Or do you mean that we didn’t come to the one hearing that Lamar Smith held, where opponents of SOPA were refused an opportunity to comment? Help me out, here, Chris Dodd, because I’m really trying hard to understand you.
“It is an irresponsible response and a disservice to people who rely on them for information and use their services. It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today. It’s a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests.”
Oh ha ha. Ho. Ho. The MPAA talking about “skewing the facts to incite” anyone is just too much.
“A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals.”
Except for the part where this is completely false, it’s a valid point.
“It is our hope that the White House and the Congress will call on those who intend to stage this “blackout” to stop the hyperbole and PR stunts and engage in meaningful efforts to combat piracy.”
Riiiiiiight. Protesting to raise awareness of terrible legislation that will destroy the free and open Internet is an abuse of power, but buying NINETY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS worth of congressional votes is just fine.
I’m so disappointed in Chris Dodd. He was a pretty good senator, wrote some bills (like Dodd/Frank) that are genuinely helping people, and is going to be on the wrong side of every argument as head of the MPAA. What a wasted legacy.
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