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feydfuckernation · 3 months

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Have you seen the 2007 movie version of Sweeney Todd at all (the one with Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman?) I personally really liked Alan Rickman as the Judge, and he wasn't a bad singer either.

i was actually JUST watching it last night this is so funny but yes i have! i think it gets a bad rep sometimes because it's a movie musical in the same vein as phantom of the opera 2004 but visually it's one of my favourite adaptations of sweeney todd because of how well it utilizes it's victorian london setting and makes it feel as gritty and grimy as it would have been. as for judge turpin i think alan rickman and timothy spall are kind of underrated when it comes to their respective portrayals. judge turpin needs to have a particular kind of ick factor and imo both alan rickman and philip quast (from the 2014 lincoln center half concert half staged production of sweeney todd that you can actually find on youtube for free should you wish to) are easily the best because the 2014 lincoln center version has mea culpa in it (a song that seems to get cut more often than not because it's literally just judge turpin self-flagellating and singing about how he's lusting after johanna à la judge claude frollo in the hunchback of notre dame) and both philip quast and alan rickman just. play judge turpin in a way that is both weirdly charismatic and also so fucking sleazy that it just makes sense.

#[todd howard vc] it just works.#same with timothy spall tbh i think the beadle needs to be really sleazy like that as well #also BIG agree about alan rickman's singing #per the phantom 2004 and les mis 25th anniversary discourse i think it can get a little mean sometimes #i understand that some people don't like gerry butler or nick jonas #or even jordan fisher in the 2023 revival #i think it's less of a “they can't sing” thing and more of an “everyone else is just better” thing #lin manuel miranda is like that in hamilton imo compared to people like leslie odom jr or christopher jackson #although that has more to do with his singing versus his rapping #and while i don't think he's a bad singer i also think he's improved since then!#when i went to go see mary poppins returns i was pleasantly surprised with how much he'd improved his singing since the hamilton days #tl;dr i think the discourse about good vs bad singing can get to be a little mean and as long as an actor can carry a tune and hold a pitch #i generally don't have an issue with them tbh #we can't all be josh groban or ramin karimloo #answered #sweeney todd

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modestmuses-a · 3 years

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//christokocore

#musings: ekko #♡: one last kiss while we're far too young to die [ekko x christophe]#//don't ask me how ekko ended up with Mr. Toxic Masculinity #//but trust me... it just Makes Sense #//todd howard vc: **IT JUST WORKS**

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queensloyal · 4 years

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trying to figure out how to slap dorme into all 3 timelines, the clone wars, & the gazillion sw mixed mediums im tryin to keep up with

#𝒊. - out of character .#todd howard vc: it just works

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cordiforms--a · 5 years

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#OK SPEAKING OF MISTYPING PEARL IN COMMON AUS.#CAN WE STOP PRETENDING PEARL IS CHRISTINE?#SHE'S THE PHANTOM! SHE'S THE PHANTOM!!!#THAT DRAMATIC BITCH SHE'S THE PHANTOM!!!!#THE PHANTOM! THE ONE AT THE OPERA! IT'S HER!#ok like. don't get me wrong.#pearl makes a fantastic christine.#It Just Works.#todd howard vc it JUST.. works....#but (gestures wildly at the phantom)#HELLO????? HELLO???????????? ARE YOU PEOPLE BLIND?#HELLO???????????????#i'll delete this in .2 seconds bc it's not as relevant as swan lake #i just wanted to say something bc i thought abt it and i think abt this every so often #˹ ♡ ˼ good morning abba‚ fuck the rest of you. ╱ ooc.

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leondxs · 5 years

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@hxnterwxlf replied to your post: please consider leo with facial hair

//Surprised it can grow at all since he’s dED\

leo:

#hxnterwxlf #{ honestly i have no explanation for why he can still grow hair lmao }#{ todd howard vc: it just works }#||❧ 𝕳𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖎𝖌𝖍 𝖊𝖑𝖛𝖊𝖘? ;; ooc ☙||#||❧ нανє уσυ нєαя∂ σƒ тнє нιgн єℓνєѕ? ;; ooc ☙||

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gokinjeespot · 4 years

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off the rack #1296

Monday, January 13, 2020

I knew my dad had an older brother living in Edmonton but I've never met him. I was introduced to him recently when my cousin sent me a picture of Uncle #2 taken while he visited with him and his other cousins there. I showed my dad the picture of his brother and his face lit up in a big smile. He hasn't seen him in decades. Uncle #2 is 91-years-old now and he and dad are the only surviving children from grandpa's first wife. I was glad that I gave my father that moment of happiness.

Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #5 - Jody Houser (writer) Adriana Melo (pencils) Mark Morales (inks) Hi-Fi (colours) Gabriela Downie (letters). The trail to the Floronic Man leads the ladies to Manhattan's Central Park where they are met with a surprise. No, it's not Batwoman who guest stars this issue. It's a great cliffhanger to next issue's finale.

The Immortal Hulk #29 - Al Ewing (writer) Joe Bennett (pencils) Ruy Jose, Belardino Brabo & Cam Smith (inks) Paul Mounts (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Roxxon sets a trap for the Hulk and it works. This is where monsters dwell. The scene with Betty and Bruce in the cafeteria was great.

The Dollhouse Family #3 - M. R. Carey (writer) Peter Gross (layouts) Vince Locke (finishes) Cris Peter (colours) Todd Klein (letters). We catch up with Alice as an adult while the flashbacks to the past shows us some weird creatures in a cave. The dollhouse makes a couple of appearances in each point in history but we don't learn much more about it. It's still really creepy though. The last page came as a total shock. I like this DC Black Label book.

Excalibur #5 - Tini Howard (writer) Marcus To (art) Erick Arciniega (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This is the payoff issue for the first story arc and I'm out of here now. My biggest complaint about this book is that I find myself wondering what the heck is going on as I'm reading. I feel disconnected with the action because of the different locations and all the mutants involved. There's a major change to a major hero so you may want to stick around to see where that goes.

Young Justice #12 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) John Timms (art) Gabe Eltaeb (colours) Wes Abbott (letters). It was nice to see Warlord even though he was only in 4 pages of this massively dialogued issue. This book had just as many heroes running around and different locations for action as Excalibur #5 and yet not once did I feel confused or disoriented. I loved how all the Wonder Comics heroes were brought together. Especially that Miguel, the Dial H for Hero kid changed into a Miles Morales-like super hero at the end. This 12-issue run was Fun with a capital F.

X-Force #5 - Benjamin Percy (writer) Joshua Cassara (art) Dean White & Rachelle Rosenberg (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). There's plenty of force this issue as Domino and Forge go to rescue Wolverine and Kid Omega. This new thing where every mutant can be resurrected if they die has me wondering when I'm going to get tired of writers killing characters just for shock value. Plus, the mutants can't lose now. So what if you die on a mission? I'm afraid I'm going to get bored with these characters again until the next big change.

Catwoman #19 - Joelle Jones (writer) Geraldo Borges, Aneke & Inaki Miranda (art) FCO Plascencia, John Kalisz & Laura Allred (colours) Saida Temofonte (letters). Selina comes to the rescue of family and friends and is partially successful. I like the new costume.

Black Cat #8 - Jed MacKay (writer) Dike Ruan & Annie Wu (art) Brian Reber (colours) Ferran Delgado (letters). What a great issue. The Cat and the Beetle go on a heist and we get some background on Felicia's life. It was fun until the last page when things get serious.

Conan Serpent War #3 - Jim Zub (writer) Luca Pizzari (art) Frank D'Armata (colours) Vanesa R. Del Rey (art James Allison sequence) Jean-Francois Beaulieu (colours James Allison sequence) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). There's a mysterious force manipulating everybody in this story and I'm staying with it until I find out what it is.

Star #1 - Kelly Thompson (writer) Javier Pina with Filipe Andrade (art) Jesus Aburtov (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). Kelly's name in the credits made me give this a try. I'm not a fan of super villains being the star (har) of their own books but there are two women also in this comic book that I really like. If they're not enough to keep me reading then the God of Mischief certainly is.

Daphne Byrne #1 - Laura Marks (writer) Kelley Jones (art) Michelle Madsen (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). This is another creepy comic from the same imprint that puts out Basketful of Heads. It's 1886 in New York and Daphne is a very intelligent young lady who doesn't fit in with the others at Miss Farrow's School for Girls. Her mother is a patron of a psychic who claims to have communicated with Daphne's dead father. That may be a hoax but her dreams seem to be all too real. I miss seeing Kelley Jones's art on the racks so I hope to keep reading this book as it comes out.

Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage #1 - Frank Tieri (writer) Angel Unzueta (modern day art) Guiu Vilanova (flashback art) Rachelle Rosenberg (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). I saw the ads for this and didn't think I would be interested but I liked the art when I flipped through it so took it to read. Other than being connected to Carnage from the title I didn't know anything about this comic book, but seeing Misty Knight on the second page meant that I had something familiar to anchor myself. And then Mayor Wilson Fisk shows up. Ravencroft is New York's version of Arkham Asylum and it was a major location during the Absolute Carnage story. It's being torn down to be rebuilt and this issue gives us the history of the evil ground that it's built on. This establishes that the Venom and Carnage symbiotes have been around since forever because the history starts in the early 1400s. I don't know where this series is going but I liked it enough to want to check out the next instalment hitting the racks January 15, Ruins of Ravencroft: Sabretooth.

The Clock #1 - Matt Hawkins (writer) Colleen Doran (art) Bryan Valenza (colours) Troy Peteri (letters). Again, it was the art that prompted me to pick this off the rack. I first appreciated Colleen's art in 1983 when she put out "A Distant Soil". I loved her detailed pen and ink work in black and white. Here she is in colour and it still moves me. Her expressions really convey what the characters are feeling. The story is about a cancer epidemic and the threat to the world's population seems credible. I'm going to follow young scientist Jack to see how he saves the world.

Marvels X #1 - Alex Ross & Jim Krueger (writers) Well-Bee (art) VC's Cory Petit (letters). I really liked the first Marvels series by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross showing the Marvel U through the eyes of regular people. This latest story features a young super hero fan named David trapped in his house after what seems to be the worldwide Terrigen Mist event when Marvel tried to make the Inhumans a big deal. David's entire family is lost and now he's off to New York City to find his heroes. I liked the kid so I'm going to follow his adventures.

Miles Morales: The End #1 - Saladin Ahmed (writer) Damion Scott (art) Dono Sanchez-Almara (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This $4.99 US one-shot really is the end for Miles. He lives to be a ripe old age and goes down fighting. I would only recommend this for collectors of all things Miles.

Deadpool #2 - Kelly Thompson (writer) Chris Bachalo (pencils) Wayne Faucher, Livesay, Al Vey, Jaime Mendoza, Victor Olazaba & Tim Townsend (inks) David Curiel (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). I don't find Wade's new role as King of Staten Island, where monsters dwell, to be very interesting so I'm not going to read anymore of this. Much as I like Chris Bachalo's art, it's not enough to keep me coming back every month.

20XX #2 - Jonathan Luna & Lauren Keely (writers) Jonathan Luna (art & letters). We find out what newly minted Sym Meria's power is and how she's going to cope with it. The developments with the East Side and West Side gangs and Meria's new friend are interesting enough to make me want to read the next issue of this black and white book.

Fallen Angels #5 - Bryan Hill (writer) Szymon Kudranski (art) Frank D'Armata (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). The team is set. Psylocke leads X-23, young Cable, Husk and Bling to Dubai to fight the super villain Apoth. The foreshadowing on the last page ratchets up the anticipation for the next issue.

The Amazing Spider-Man #37 - Nick Spencer (writer) Ryan Ottley (pencils) Cliff Rathburn (inks) Nathan Fairbairn (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Now that Absolute Carnage is done, it's time for Peter Parker to get back into the swing of things. He's testing a new device called the Clairvoyant that can predict what might happen in the future. I predict it's going to screw up his life big time down the road. The one thing I'm excited about is that a plotline that was put on the back burner is now cooking with gas. Kindred is back and he's hinting at how he's going to confront Spider-Man. As big a Spider-Man fan that I am, I still have no clue who this new super villain is.

Batman #86 - James Tynion IV (writer) Tony S. Daniel (pencils) Danny Miki (inks) Tomeu Morey (colours) Clayton Cowles (letters). Let's welcome the new writer. He's got a tough act to follow but he starts his first story off very well. Batman gets wind of something big going down in Gotham City and has to deal with paid assassins gathering for nefarious purposes. There are major changes to get used to, the least of which is that Alfred is gone. Same with James Gordon, and the new Police Commissioner was a surprise. I probably would have continued to read this book because the art is so nice. Selina in the LBD at the fund raiser, MeeOwww.

Savage Avengers #9 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Patch Zircher (art) Java Tartaglia (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). Conan holds his own as Doctors Doom and Strange battle Kulan Gath. When Stephen is felled by sorcerous venom Doctor Doom comes to the rescue. The amalgamation of the two Doctors was a fun surprise. If would be cool if the Iron Mage stuck around after this story.

Joker: Killer Smile #2 - Jeff Lemire (writer) Andrea Sorrentino (art) Jordie Bellaire (colours) Steve Wands (letters). The doctor is out, of his mind that is. The Joker has gotten into Dr. Arnell's head in this psychological thriller. I don't imagine that things are going to end well for the good doctor in next issue's finale. Thanks to Doug for lending me his copy to read after we sold out on the racks.

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gokinjeespot · 5 years

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off the rack #1244

Monday, January 7, 2019

I hope you all are having a happier New Year than I did. Our Aunt Helen passed away just before the end of 2018 out in Victoria and my Grandma passed away January 4. Both ladies were in their nineties and lived full and loving lives. That eases my sadness a lot. Another big loss for me was when The Comicshop in Vancouver closed its doors forever on January 4 as well. The Comicshop was where I started my comics retailing career in 1980, working there for 10 years. It was where I was head hunted to manage The Silver Snail in Ottawa where I worked happily from 1990 to 2015. I took over writing "off the rack" from Chris Brayshaw in the late eighties and continue to express my thoughts on the comic books that I read every week. I have talked to both Keith Bickford and Brent Stratichuk, the two stalwart lads whose capable hands I left the 'Shop with and they are doing okay. I tried to console them by sharing my experiences when The Silver Snail in Ottawa closed after 25 years. The Comicshop lasted 44 years and it will be missed by everyone who became a part of the family generated there over those years.

Endings give way to new beginnings and I hope the start of 2019 begins to look better for everyone.

Penny presented me with The Complete Far Side for Christmas and I finished reading all three volumes by New Year's Day. Aside from delighting in Gary Larson's warped sense of humour again I greatly enjoyed the letters that were included alongside some of his cartoons. I especially liked the letters to newspaper editors complaining about some of them. I wonder how much more outrage we would be able to see now with the prevalence of social media. There are also a few pages of Gary writing about his time doing the strip which made me appreciate them even more.

Iron Man #7 - Dan Slott with Jeremy Whitley (writers) Valerio Schiti (art) Edgar Delgado (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Stark Realities part 2. As exciting and beautifully drawn as this issue is I have to wonder when Tony Stark is going to stop trying to fix the world's problems with tech that can then be hacked and endanger innocent lives. Remember when Reed Richards used to do that too? Uh oh, Dan Slott also writes Fantastic Four so I guess we'll be seeing this plot device used again.

Marvel Knights #5 - Matthew Rosenberg & Donny Cates (writers) Niko Henrichon (art) Laurent Grossat (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). What seems to be a fight of misunderstanding turns out to be a shocking revelation when the Black Panther and the four woke super heroes meet. You can tell that this isn't the "real" Marvel U because the Kingpin would not have been able to overpower Doctor Doom like that. The twist at the end persuaded me to keep reading.

Immortal Hulk #11 - Al Ewing (writer) Joe Bennett (pencils) Ruy Jose (inks) Paul Mounts (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This issue would feel right at home in a comparative religion class. What is the nature of hell? That's where the Hulk finds himself after his fight with the Absorbing Man. I appreciate the higher level of writing that this book has. It stimulates my brain.

Archie #701 - Nick Spencer (writer) Marguerite Sauvage (art) Jack Morelli (letters). Archie has a new girlfriend? I like the possibilities that this new relationship has to offer. The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Reggie's dad is going to shock the town of Riverdale and that's more than enough reason to keep reading this book.

Books of Magic #3 - Kat Howard (writer) Tom Fowler (illustrator) Jordan Boyd (colours) Todd Klein (letters). It was nice to see the tribute to Stan Lee by the Distinguished Competition.

Action Comics #1006 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Ryan Sook (art) Brad Anderson (colours) Josh Reed (letters). Invisible Mafia part 6. You would think that with this story's title that when we finally meet the villain plaguing Superman that it would be some Don Corleone type guy. Nope, no Italians here. It's round two of Superman versus the Red Cloud. I liked how the big blue boy scout tried to reason with the big red deadly gas bag. The last page made me smile with its homage to Action Comics #1. Ryan Sook is making this book a real treat to read.

Runaways #17 - Rainbow Rowell (writer) Kris Anka (art) Matthew Wilson (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). That Was Yesterday Part 5. Time's up. The bad guys are back and they are going to wipe out humanity. Things get very complicated as these young heroes try to save the world. There's a hint to a time travel solution and I really hope they don't go that route. I like how one of the bad guys and one of the good guys flip the script. I can't wait to see what happens next.

Man Without Fear #1 - Jed MacKay (writer) Danilo S. Beyruth (art) Andres Mossa (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). I stopped reading Daredevil a little while ago. It was one of my favourite titles for a very long time, but the addition of a sidekick and the bad guy with the multi-fingered hands turned me off. Then I find out that they "killed" DD and launched this new title. This first issue runs the gamut of all the incarnations that the blind super hero has had. It was neat for me because I've been around for all of it. I don't know that a new reader would appreciate all the changes and might even get confused by the different costumes. So Matt Murdock isn't dead. He's lying in a coma and his best friend Foggy Nelson comes to visit. This gives Jed MacKay a chance to tell you what makes Daredevil tick. I couldn't help but notice that the ghost tormenting Matt was wearing yellow and thinking what a coincidence it was that the Flash wears red and one of the Flash's arch villains wears yellow. I liked this enough to want to see how they're going to bring back the Man Without Fear. We don't have to wait long because #2 hits the racks on January 9.

Champions #1 - Jim Zub (writer) Steven Cummings (art) Marcio Menyz & Erick Arciniega (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). I like this team of teen super heroes even though they are basically the Young Avengers. The biggest change in this relaunch is that the team has way more members. The original core members are still around but all the new faces had me wondering where they came from. Then there are the changes to some familiar characters. Amadeus Cho is now Brawn. Did something happen to his brain? Sam Alexander lost his Nova powers? Where did Snowguard come from? Is she Canadian? I'm sure if I kept reading all these questions will be answered as the kids go global in their mission to make a difference. Certainly the surprise villain on the last page piqued my curiosity.

Heroes in Crisis #4 - Tom King (writer) Clay Mann (art) Tomeu Morey (colours) Clayton Cowles (letters). The cover shows Harley Quinn holding a smoking gun, standing over Wally West with one foot on his chest. If that doesn't get you to buy this comic book I don't know what will. We're four issues in to this murder mystery and I am slowly gaining some comprehension as to what Sanctuary is and how it relates to what's happening. My favourite thing this issue: the new Batgirl.

Conan the Barbarian #1/LGY #276 - Jason Aaron (writer) Mahmud Asrar (art) Matthew Wilson (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). The Life and Death of Conan part 1. For a time in my teens I was a rabid Robert E. Howard fanatic. I scoured book stores old and new for anything he wrote. I devoured his Conan books and cherished the ones with the covers by Frank Frazetta. I didn't start buying the Marvel original run of the comic book with #1 but purchased the very first issue (#4) that I saw on the spinner racks. I am waiting for the release of Volume One of the Conan Omnibus soon. Re-reading those Roy Thomas stories and relishing Barry Smith's art again is going to be a pleasure. I'm glad Jason Aaron is writing this new book. If anyone can capture the sense of adventure that R.E.H. did it's Jason. Mahmud Asrar's art is right up there with John Buscema so it's an easy decision to add this to my "must Read" list.

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