lyssie: (Jean is immortal)
1. I was bored the other day and watched the trailer for the new Dark Phoenix movie, and... So. I remember back when X3 came out (and since then, really), that a lot of people were angry and up in arms, because the movie was basically "Jean snaps and goes evil, killing a bunch of people, then goes and joins Magneto and is in the background and then dies at the end" and... the trailer for the new Dark Phoenix movie seems to be "Jean goes to Magneto and asks him if it's ok if she snaps and then she probably does and everyone is SO SAD that Jean is off somewhere, BUT SHE IS STILL THEIR FRIEND AND THEY STILL LOVE HER and Magneto and Charles are still bitter ex-boyfriends and..."

And I don't understand how this is any better. I don't. And the acting looks so so awful (I mean Fassbender and Chuckles are all right, but everyone else is... yeah). I mean, at least Famke was a fucking excellent Jean Grey and managed to bring her A game to Dark Phoenix, and the cast she was surrounded by was stellar.

*sulks* I just want a movie where Jean Grey goes evil and has the entire plot to be evil and be the center of everything. But if I have to choose between the newer version and X3, I will be re-watching X3. Because Kitty is also in it, and it doesn't leave a sour taste in my mouth.

2. My company continues to dick around with whether it's going to do anything with my division. We had a town hall today that briefly mentioned my division, and then spent the rest of the time going on about the other one. Dull.

3. I am not doing Nano proper -- at least, I'm not trying to write 50K in one novel or novel-type thing. Instead, I'm tracking everything I'm writing this month (including anything I add to unfinished pieces--the goal, of course, being finishing shit). So far, it's been interesting how much I write at work (no porn, btw. Because, no.) - and also what weird ideas I hit upon while sitting at work arguing with spreadsheets.

4. I came across that "Who do you write like?" meme thing a while ago, and tried multiple things and kept getting Agatha Christie. Until I tried the Blue Train fic I've been writing off and on, and it told me I write like Steven King. Whoops. Maybe it was just the section I used.
lyssie: (Jenna princess)
And I have thoughts.

Doctor Who (IDW Volume 3) #9-11
WWII pilots! That is like Lyssie catnip, and it did not disappoint, as there were not only pilots, but STEAM ENGINES and ridiculousness and mehanical bird-things! And Eleventy grew a beard. Again. (It is better than Crichton's dead animal-face, but not by much)

AND THEN THEY WERE INSIDE THE TARDIS. It was all the things I wanted out of Journey to the Center of the Tardis, but didn't get. (which is not a dig at JttCotT, just an observation of how tardis journeys could be milked forever and ever and ever and I would love them. I should go re-watch Invasion of Time)

The writer does a nice job getting the Eleven and Clara banter, and even just Clara on her own--I could hear the intonations and inflections of Jenna Louise Coleman, and it was brilliant to read.

I'm very glad I picked these three up, even if I have to wait for issue 12 where the conclusion lies.


Journey Into Mystery #652-654. Siiiif.
IT IS ALL MY FAVORITE THINGS IN ONE. Sif in space! Sif making jokes! Women having conversations! People having complicated relationships and making stupid choices and getting things wrong!

Grief and silliness and gross alien bits!

Ok, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I really like these three issues. And I really like Sif. I stepped right into her world without really having much trouble. And I would highly recommend these three as a start to anyone looking to get into them.

I also love that it feels very much like part of a larger universe, but I didn't feel like I had to go buy a million other titles to get the rest.

But that aside, whhyyyy is it another month for the next? siiiigh.


The Fearless Defenders #7
omg the art is so shiny and pretty. And I love the almost dream-like quality of the whole narrative. It's just lovely.

I didn't feel like I needed to go back and read earlier issues to understand where I was, and what was going on. Which is good, as I tried issue four and was just confused.

I'm trying to have something coherent, and sort of failing. I just really really enjoyed this book, and the ending made me squee like a silly person, as I love that whole tropey, ridiculous plot kind of thing. Giving everything to save another! I've always loved that (and then I went back and read the end of the previous issue, where Misty punches Val and ALL THE HEARTS EVER.)

Basically, I'm going to have to track down the first three and read them through, as well. Even if the art doesn't look as pretty.


Cable and X-Force #6-11 (I think?) So, basically, I don't really know what the hell the Avengers are doing here, but if this book could just be the Domino and Boom-Boom show forever? It would be amazing.

omg, though, Blaquesmith. I mean, the bug, man. He has sort of been around, screwing things up for eons. (last time, he sent Dom to the future where she almost killed Stryfe, heheheheh)

The Avengers, though? Man, do they come off as obnoxious holier-than-thou bullies. They really dragged the book down.

(OMG THAT BIT WHERE NATE AND SCOTT HAD A CONVERSATION. *sniffles* -- also, is this the second or third time Nate has used X-Force to break someone out of prison?)

I'm not sure what I make of the Domino/Piotr/Kitty triangle? I mean, I don't ship Kitty/Piotr, anyway, so I'm good with Dom swanning in for some of that. And it's not like Wisdom isn't free to sweep Kitty off her feet (he can make horrible 'sexy schoolmarm' jokes at her and get slapped)

Also, the last time Kitty visited Piotr in a cell, from my perspective, it was just after he'd beaten the shit out of Wisdom and no one was sure Wisdom wouldn't end up crippled.

So this was a bit jarring.

ok, also, FASTBALL SPECIAL IN SPAAAAAAAAAACE


X-Men #1-3 (the one with Kitty, Rachel, Rogue, Storm, etc.)
I'm going to state this up front to get it out of the way: I wanted to like this book more than I did. I just. I have never ever given much of a fuck about the 'school' aspect of the X-Men, so all the school stuff just left me bored. (don't get me wrong, oldskool Generation X, New Mutants and X-Force still bring a nostaglic happy feel. But that was, like, twenty years ago, ok?)

(my ideal Kitty book would be her and Wisdom tracking fairies, weird shit, and aliens in a sort of X-Files meets Fringe meets Holmes pastiche)

That said, I liked most of it. I liked the teamwork, and the almost world-weariness of Rachel, Psylocke and Kitty. I'm confused about how Rogue and Storm don't think Rachel would, uh, 'get' that Bad Things Happened at the end, where they're talking about not telling her stuff? I mean. Rachel Summers isn't exactly a fainting violet.

I enjoyed seeing Rogue without Avengers, too. She doesn't really fit with them. But here, with Storm and Psylocke? That's the Rogue I know and enjoy reading.

The plot wasn't particularly interesting. Mostly, these three books were entertaining for the character beats. And Kitty running through a gigantic room of servers. (seriously, who needs that kind of hardware? What are they, the pentagon, FBI and Interpol all in one?)
lyssie: (Nothing Says Armageddon)
This is... not really coherent, or rather, not very in-depth. I am feeling shallow and rushed. And have a gold-plated iron to play Monopoly with. Also, I frosted the cookies PURPLE.

Er. Anyway.
ETA: goddamn lj ate me typing my cut tag. *kicks it a lot*

ExpandDaring you to move may be the only thing we're good at together. )
lyssie: (Jean Grey)
I've seen some reactions from this morning, before I went to work. I haven't seen any others. But in the main, everyone seems to have hated the movie--and this without clicking on cut-tags.

So, I'm gonna say this: I went into the movie, cranky and critical, sure it was going to suck because Bryan Singer wasn't part of the project.

I came out of the movie going, "Bryan who?" Because, in all honesty, it blew me away with how good it was. I have no idea what movie he would've made, but I'm not sure I'd've liked it as much. That said, here are 101 random gleeful things that occured to me...

WARNING: There be spoilers here.
Expand101 Gleeful comments on X-Men: The Last Stand )

ExpandWhat I didn't like )
ExpandComplaints I'm sure to hear )

ps. x-3

May. 26th, 2006 06:58 am
lyssie: (Jean Grey)
I need a fuckin' omgsotired icon.
ExpandRead more... )

Comics!

Nov. 11th, 2005 04:56 pm
lyssie: (Anders sweet)
Cable and Deadpool: WHEE!
New Excalibur: Very shiny.
Black Widow: Kick ass, baby.
ExpandCable and Deadpool )
ExpandNew Excalibur )
ExpandBlack Widow )
lyssie: (Default)
OMG. Real comic reviews!
Cable & Deadpool #20: Mwahahahahah. Oh, Fabian.
Kitty Pryde #4: Hee. Oops.
Black Widow #1: OMG. OMG. This is how you do black ops shit. OMG. (also, YAY, the second LS!)
ExpandRead more... )
lyssie: (Default)
So, I've been wanting to ramble and rave, and I hit upon a good subject: Reboot women. They're classy, sassy, smart and perky. Not to mention, INSANE. They're all different personalities and characters. You can't slot in one for another, and they're fun. They get good lines and bad lines and middle lines. They get to be human.
Expandkinda long )
lyssie: (Nate - The Messiah is not amused)
Dear Alicia McKenzie,

You brought us a Cable we could relate to, a Scott who wasn't perfect, a Domino that was sarcastic, yet human. You helped flesh out the mythos of the Askani Sisterhood in a believable manner that leaves Marvel in the dust.

You write incredible, thought-provoking, world-building fic.

And right at this moment, I think I want to kill you.

My brain wants to write Battlestar Galactica Shadowlands fic.

It would be oh so beautiful. And no one would get it. Ever. Except, like, maybe Timey.

*cries*

(Starbuck should have been one of the Twelve, for instance)

(yes, this is because of the discussion down there of songfic, as I was typing my explanation to RSR, and I was going to use my Shadowlands Kitty/Pete fic as an example, and my brain went "Shadowlands meets Galactica, film at eleven!" and then *splorch*)

(and I should send Nate back in time, omg)

(speaking of Silence Gets Us Nowhere--

"I'll never understand you X-types."

Kitty turned, blinking at the woman standing behind her. "You're the one screwing the Messiah-Complex."


HAHAHAH! Go, Kitty. )

...

Apr. 3rd, 2005 03:27 am
lyssie: (Crichton - DORK)
Someone please tell me that the fic "Sam and Jack's Journey Together" is written by a troll. Please?

sigh.

I mean, fucking hell, reading Rob Liefeld is less painful!

Speaking of X-Force (not that I really was), I just read the annual from 1993. It's... Not bad? It's not completely fabulous, but you can tell there was destined to be greatness coming from Fabian Nicieza. His wit shifts and mingles with what HAS to be some leftover Liefeld plot/idea. Although Fabian is *quite* idealistic towards the end. I winced.

And Cable! OMFG! Cable said, "I AM the product of a bad decision on someone's part." Nate! Inferiority complex much? Daddy not hug you enough as a child?

Oh, wait. That's right. Daddy sent you to the future to cure you of a techno-organic virus implanted in you by Apocalypse, and you were raised by Daddy and his second wife pretending not to be themselves until they abandoned you at about, what, 14? And *then* you got hooked up with that Askani Sisterhood and they brain-washed you into believing a whole Chosen One routine.

And now, of course, you've come back and stopped Apocalypse (and got Daddy fucked over in the process) from ever happening, and thus, have NO LIFE. And surrogate Mommy is dead, and your little Sis thinks you're a punk. Even though you used to have a Psi-bond to her.

...I'll stop now.

*pats Nate* Poor boy. Have a cookie. Failing that, GO FUCK DOMINO. She's not always happy to see you, but at least she kinda likes you.

You big idiot.
lyssie: (Nate - The Messiah is not amused)
Was rambling at Timey about SGwun being sekritly written by MArvel (the whole Rachel and CXable thinger).

And came up with Battlestar Galactica, Marvel-style. This will probably only amuse people on the Marvel side. *handwave*

Roslin is Mother Askani.
The Priestess is Blaquesmith. (or Billy is, but Billy wouldn't sleep with a cheap Russian hooker)
Six is Sanctity.
Baltar is Stryfe.
Adama is Corsair. (shut up. He SO IS A SPACE PIRATE, A.j.!)
Now, oddly, we genderswap again.
Starbuck is Cable.
Apollo (dunh dunh dunh) is Aliya.
Boomer is Tetherblood.

...heheheh.

Hrm.
lyssie: (Default)
Leaving aside the fact that I like Phoenix: End Song and that it's very pretty...

I realized something this morning. The Scott and Jean in the comicbooks are not the real Scott and Jean. The real couple are off in space, with Corsair, playing at being space pirates and having Scott bond with his dad (since Scott and relationships with family members? Needs work). Jean and Hepzibah are trading child-rearing tips.

See, they decided once Poccy was dead, that they needed a break. So they borrowed some of SHIELD's LMDs, mocked them up properly, and told Hank they were going.

Hank, for those who are wondering, is an absent-minded man, sometimes.

He sort of forgot to tell anyone else.

And, see, Emma sleeps with Scott because he has no brain to read, and she finds it intriguing (much the same way Lwaxana Troi fell for a holodeck character).

And Jean died.

But no one noticed she wasn't human.

*cackles*
lyssie: (Kitty Pete java love)
Actually, probably earlier.

Timey and I were watching episodes of the X-Men cartoon, and they're a good explanation for why so many people think Cyclops is an asshat. Because he is one in these episodes.

Stupid people writing him that badly. He's also wishywashy.

"ohmigodyou're a pirate and a criminal I hate you!"
"You're my dad? I love you!"
"ohmigodyou're a pirate and a criminal I hate you!"
"You're my dad? I love you!"
"ohmigodyou're a pirate and a criminal I hate you!"
"You're my dad? I love you!"
"ohmigodyou're a pirate and a criminal I hate you!"
"You're my dad? I love you!"

That? Happened, like, seven times in the episode we were watching.

And then we watched the X-Factor episode and giggled at Alex and Scott trying to take each other out. heeheheheheheheh.

Hrm.
lyssie: (aliensexfiend)
These contain some spoilery type things, so I'll chuck them behind a cut. Posting this in more than once place, apologies if you see this more than once.
ExpandSpoilerytypethings )

hrm...

Mar. 30th, 2004 09:15 pm
lyssie: (please)
Was in the mood to do this. And Rachel and I are currently really close, for some reason. Maybe it's the whole Stark thing. Dunno.

Anyway... Remember that thingie a while back? You list the character, and what makes yours, yours? I've been inspired. Rachel Summers. And Kitty Pryde.
ExpandMy Rachel... )

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