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My wife and I went and saw the Incredible Hulk yesterday for my birthday.  But before I get to the movie...

We spent a good part of our time in the city at our favourite bookshop (supposedly the largest in the Southern Hemisphere - I'm not sure if the claim is correct but it is a huge shop nonetheless).  It is a fantastic place to get lost in for a few hours, particularly if you are bibliophiles like we are.  The shop, called Kinokuniya, is in the centre of the city (for those of you reading this who don't know, I am talking about Sydney, Australia). 

Ironically, surrounded by so many wonderful books, we ended up adding to our ever-growing collection of graphic novels with a couple more volumes of the celebrated 'Fable' series, the first two volumes of a series called 'Y: The Last Man' and Volume 6 of Frank Miller's 'Sin City' series.  Then it was off to lunch.

We went to a Chinese restaurant in the city to have Yum Cha.  For those of you who don't know what it is, its kind of like a smorgasbord except all the dishes are wheeled around on trolleys for you to pick and choose.  It was absolutely delicious and we stuffed ourselves full of wonderful wontons, delicate savouries, noodles, pork rolls and jasmin tea. 

After this, we spent a relaxing half hour over a long coffee and newspapers before heading off to catch the late afternoon session of the new Incredible Hulk.

Now, the movie...

We both thoroughly enjoyed it.  I believe it is superior to Ang Lee's version in every way.  While I've not ever been much of a Hulk fan anyway (I always sort of thought he was the big, dumb jock of the Marvel superhero stable and an also-ran character).  But Ed Norton is a favourite actor of ours, so we were prepared to take a chance.  I'm glad we did.

While Ed might have distanced himself from the movie (to his detriment, I think), it was a action-packed, powerhouse of a movie with all the right bits to keep discerning geeks such as ourselves interested.  I don't want to say too much about it in case there are those who haven't seen it but it was another success for the Marvel Studios.  The supporting cast is really good and there are a couple of great cameos too.  The icing on the cake, for me, was the final scene that paves the way for an Ironman/Hulk teaming in the future.

Next: The Dark Knight :)

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
I am chomping at the bit to see the next Sin City movie too. The books are amazing. Frank Miller is a hands down, no arguments genius.
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Did you hear that he's writing some new material for the Sin City sequels? There's a brand new story Frank has written about skinny little (well, not so skinny or little anymore) Nancy Callahan that will be in one of the two (yay for back-to-back sequel filming!) films they're making, as well as doing A Dame to Kill For among other stories.

Yeah, I'm pumped.

As far at Y goes, they're working on a movie adaptation right now (it'll only be like the first 14 issues or so), but if it does well, they'd like to take the whole series and turn it into a trilogy. Supposedly they're talking about Shia LeBouf for Yorick. While he's a bit over-exposed these days, he's a damn good actor and I think could do a fine job with the part.

When you're done with Y and you want more Brian K. Vaughn (because he's freakin' brilliant), see if you can find Ex Machina. It's pretty politics-heavy, but it's an amazing book by Vaughn as well. Plus, he did such a damn good job on Faith's story in the Buffy season 8 comics . . . he's pretty much awesome. It'll be interesting to see what he does with himself now that Y is done and Ex Machina will be wrapping up in the next year or two.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
And Hellboy II comes out next month.



And it looks AWESOME.

Man, it's a great time to be a comic book fan. :CONGRAT:
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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top

Sancho,

I had heard Frank was writing some new material for the Sin City series.  I am so looking forward to seeing what it is too. 

'Y:The Last Man' is freakin' awesome (to borrow your expression).  I don't think I've laughed out loud as much with any other graphic novel series.  Yorick has some of the best lines.  I don't know that I like Shia LeBouf as Yorick, though.  Still, it is good to hear the movie adaptation is happening.

I got the next two trades of 'Y...' on the weekend.  It is so damn good I have just about devoured both already.  The good thing is the book shop has multiple copies of trades up to volume 10, so I'm not going to have to wait for long before I get the next lot.  They also have heaps of Ex Machina too.  I will definitely have a look at these once I've caught up with 'Y...'. 

I've seen the shorts online for Hellboy II and I agree it looks awesome. 

it's a great time to be a comic book fan
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Indeed it is, mate.  Batman, Hellboy and more Marvel than you can poke a stick at...  Oh, happy days :)