The substance is what the communicator in Argentina disintegrated into isn't it?
The box that was receiving agent Jeffries calls.
No, Jeffery, the black box imploded into a nugget of solid silvery metal.
This thing at the center of explosion is like mercury on zero gravity.
Well, in that sentence he meant the edges of the formica table. But the significance of the table hasn't been explained.
The green owl ring was made by the surface of the formica table. I saw a picture somewhere of showing a hole the size of the ring in the surface.
Nikolaj, are formica tables made of solid formica? I thought the formica was only a thin veneer on top and bottom, and the thick middle was wood.... (This is a real question, I have no idea what formica tables are like)
If it's true it's a formica ring, that's kinda sad though - those cheap spirits.... ?
I thought it turned to a ball of mercury not a solid, it had that strange surface tension mecury has. Rewatching now.
Either that, or Lynch is a huge fan of Morrison. ?
And wouldn't THAT be amazing? I always smile when artists I like also like other artists I like (funny phrasing is intentional)
Like your guys' ideas about the formica table and the ring
Just found an interesting tidbit regarding Jack Parsons and his death caused by an accidental explosion:
"Parsons had been mixing fulminate of mercury in a coffee can when he dropped it on the floor, causing the initial explosion, which worsened when it came into contact with other chemicals in the room"
Plus, Morrison's own creepy dwarf in a suit, right?
http://www.comicsbeat.com/last-nights-twin-peaks-veered-a-bit-towards-the-invisibles/
Look, we we're not the only ones to spot the similarity!
Plus, Morrison's own creepy dwarf in a suit, right?
http://www.comicsbeat.com/last-nights-twin-peaks-veered-a-bit-towards-the-invisibles/
Look, we we're not the only ones to spot the similarity!
Woohoooooo!!!! ?
Wow, it's awesome you found that article, Bruno! Man, if anyone made Invisibles TV show or movies....
Yes, I always think of that. The so-called Golden Age of TV Series is the perfect opportunity for this, and I still dream of this possibility. But I guess Grant is not that interested, judging by his bitter comments about the release of The Matrix and the fact that now we've already seen characters dressed in leather trying to save humankind from the manipulation of reality by external forces, with martial arts and big guns.
Butthurt as he might be by "The Big Wachowski Mashup of Cool (and not that cool) Ideias", the fact is that The Invisibles goes far beyond The Matrix in a lot of topics, and one thing wouldn't spoil the other.
Jamie Foxx as Jim Crow?
Yes, I always think of that. The so-called Golden Age of TV Series is the perfect opportunity for this, and I still dream of this possibility. But I guess Grant is not that interested, judging by his bitter comments about the release of The Matrix and the fact that now we've already seen characters dressed in leather trying to save humankind from the manipulation of reality by external forces, with martial arts and big guns.
Butthurt as he might be by "The Big Wachowski Mashup of Cool (and not that cool) Ideias", the fact is that The Invisibles goes far beyond The Matrix in a lot of topics, and one thing wouldn't spoil the other.
Jamie Foxx as Jim Crow?
A long time ago I read that Grant did try to turn it into TV show, I think? But I'm sure the execs all wanna fuck with it - did you notice they took out the fairies from Stardust, BTW? They took it out, and everyone kept shush about it, even Neil, he seemed thrilled it got made. The land of fairies became just some magical kingdom of humans.
Sandman and Death all were gonna be made and kept failing. Even after Gordon Levitt.
Bruno, do you read comics today? Do you know what's going on - why they keep on rebooting every 1-2 years? And they throw around artists and writers every 4-12 months.
Oh, the Development Hell... Well, sometimes I think it's more merciful to never see an adaptation of something I love than seeing it completely destroyed (as it will probably be the case with The Dark Tower). That's why I'm not that bothered about Sandman or The Books of Magic anymore. Though Gaiman is finally being given justice in the form of the brilliant American Gods.
Concerning comics nowadays... I was always more of a Vertigo guy, so I did my Sandman, Watchmen and The Invisibles, and I intend to really dive into the waters of Preacher, Hellblazer, Fables and Transmetropolitan. The most recent stuff I've read is Unwritten (excellent stuff) and Morrison's Nameless. As a matter of fact, I tend to prefer shorter series or graphic novels, because long stories can end up in this cycle of constant rebooting and reworking that you mentioned.
Additionally, as my name suggests, I'm from Brazil (but haven't met Mr. C. in Rio, be cool about that 😛 ), and longer series here are always at risk of being cancelled before the publishing is finished.
And what about you? What have you been reading?
Oh, the Development Hell... Well, sometimes I think it's more merciful to never see an adaptation of something I love than seeing it completely destroyed (as it will probably be the case with The Dark Tower). That's why I'm not that bothered about Sandman or The Books of Magic anymore. Though Gaiman is finally being given justice in the form of the brilliant American Gods.
Concerning comics nowadays... I was always more of a Vertigo guy, so I did my Sandman, Watchmen and The Invisibles, and I intend to really dive into the waters of Preacher, Hellblazer, Fables and Transmetropolitan. The most recent stuff I've read is Unwritten (excellent stuff) and Morrison's Nameless. As a matter of fact, I tend to prefer shorter series or graphic novels, because long stories can end up in this cycle of constant rebooting and reworking that you mentioned.
Additionally, as my name suggests, I'm from Brazil (but haven't met Mr. C. in Rio, be cool about that 😛 ), and longer series here are always at risk of being cancelled before the publishing is finished.
And what about you? What have you been reading?
Oh yeah I loved Books of Magic too. They made Lucifer, but I don't even wanna try it, it already has the wrong look and story. They made Preacher - god it's the golden age of comic book adaptations too! Neil was interviewed saying he wrote a new kitsune story for American Gods show, can't wait to see that in seas2.
Oh, I tried Hellblazer in the early 2000's (Tim Bradstreet covers era), it turned out super cool. The guy bullshits and boasts all the time you really can't tell when he's using magic and when he's just conning with lies. And the magic use is cool too, we can't really tell the extent of his capabilities. Reading it felt like you're in the point of view of the people he tricked.
I started with X-Men, Jim Lee/Claremont era (which was around the time Twin Peaks was). Then moved onto Sandman and Invisibles. Those were my 3 great loves. After Invisibles ended, I felt like Vertigo's new line of titles didn't have it. Fables, Y the Last Man etc. I did wanna try Unwritten, and I'll try Nameless too now. Oh, and I loved Morrison's All-Star Superman.
I pretty much stopped with comics because of the crazy writer-artist change ups. It's such a disappointment to find something good, and a few months later they bring in new team and it's fucked (mostly with superheroes, though - Vertigo is safe from that because it's creator-owned).
Do you think they do that because they wanna expand and make a gazillion titles, while the number of quality creatives is limited, and so they rotate them to spread the good stuff evenly?
Oh, the Development Hell... Well, sometimes I think it's more merciful to never see an adaptation of something I love than seeing it completely destroyed (as it will probably be the case with The Dark Tower). That's why I'm not that bothered about Sandman or The Books of Magic anymore. Though Gaiman is finally being given justice in the form of the brilliant American Gods.
Concerning comics nowadays... I was always more of a Vertigo guy, so I did my Sandman, Watchmen and The Invisibles, and I intend to really dive into the waters of Preacher, Hellblazer, Fables and Transmetropolitan. The most recent stuff I've read is Unwritten (excellent stuff) and Morrison's Nameless. As a matter of fact, I tend to prefer shorter series or graphic novels, because long stories can end up in this cycle of constant rebooting and reworking that you mentioned.
Additionally, as my name suggests, I'm from Brazil (but haven't met Mr. C. in Rio, be cool about that 😛 ), and longer series here are always at risk of being cancelled before the publishing is finished.
And what about you? What have you been reading?
Oh yeah I loved Books of Magic too. They made Lucifer, but I don't even wanna try it, it already has the wrong look and story. They made Preacher - god it's the golden age of comic book adaptations too! Neil was interviewed saying he wrote a new kitsune story for American Gods show, can't wait to see that in seas2.
Oh, I tried Hellblazer in the early 2000's (Tim Bradstreet covers era), it turned out super cool. The guy bullshits and boasts all the time you really can't tell when he's using magic and when he's just conning with lies. And the magic use is cool too, we can't really tell the extent of his capabilities. Reading it felt like you're in the point of view of the people he tricked.
I started with X-Men, Jim Lee/Claremont era (which was around the time Twin Peaks was). Then moved onto Sandman and Invisibles. Those were my 3 great loves. After Invisibles ended, I felt like Vertigo's new line of titles didn't have it. Fables, Y the Last Man etc. I did wanna try Unwritten, and I'll try Nameless too now. Oh, and I loved Morrison's All-Star Superman.
I pretty much stopped with comics because of the crazy writer-artist change ups. It's such a disappointment to find something good, and a few months later they bring in new team and it's fucked (mostly with superheroes, though - Vertigo is safe from that because it's creator-owned).
Do you think they do that because they wanna expand and make a gazillion titles, while the number of quality creatives is limited, and so they rotate them to spread the good stuff evenly?
What you said about Constantine is really exciting, since the blend of Magic and cons can really make for great stories. I'll try to check Hellblazer, then.
I don't know exactly what's with the Superhero Comics nowadays. I guess they do these strange things so the titles constantly feel 'fresh'. Even if this involves rebooting the Spiderman with Magic.
Unwritten is good, though it's not the work of genius that Sandman is. And Nameless got me really traumatized, which speaks volumes about Morrison's abilities to weave great horror stories. Haven't read All-Star Superman yet (not a huge fan of the character). Do you recommend it?
Oh, the Development Hell... Well, sometimes I think it's more merciful to never see an adaptation of something I love than seeing it completely destroyed (as it will probably be the case with The Dark Tower). That's why I'm not that bothered about Sandman or The Books of Magic anymore. Though Gaiman is finally being given justice in the form of the brilliant American Gods.
Concerning comics nowadays... I was always more of a Vertigo guy, so I did my Sandman, Watchmen and The Invisibles, and I intend to really dive into the waters of Preacher, Hellblazer, Fables and Transmetropolitan. The most recent stuff I've read is Unwritten (excellent stuff) and Morrison's Nameless. As a matter of fact, I tend to prefer shorter series or graphic novels, because long stories can end up in this cycle of constant rebooting and reworking that you mentioned.
Additionally, as my name suggests, I'm from Brazil (but haven't met Mr. C. in Rio, be cool about that 😛 ), and longer series here are always at risk of being cancelled before the publishing is finished.
And what about you? What have you been reading?
Oh yeah I loved Books of Magic too. They made Lucifer, but I don't even wanna try it, it already has the wrong look and story. They made Preacher - god it's the golden age of comic book adaptations too! Neil was interviewed saying he wrote a new kitsune story for American Gods show, can't wait to see that in seas2.
Oh, I tried Hellblazer in the early 2000's (Tim Bradstreet covers era), it turned out super cool. The guy bullshits and boasts all the time you really can't tell when he's using magic and when he's just conning with lies. And the magic use is cool too, we can't really tell the extent of his capabilities. Reading it felt like you're in the point of view of the people he tricked.
I started with X-Men, Jim Lee/Claremont era (which was around the time Twin Peaks was). Then moved onto Sandman and Invisibles. Those were my 3 great loves. After Invisibles ended, I felt like Vertigo's new line of titles didn't have it. Fables, Y the Last Man etc. I did wanna try Unwritten, and I'll try Nameless too now. Oh, and I loved Morrison's All-Star Superman.
I pretty much stopped with comics because of the crazy writer-artist change ups. It's such a disappointment to find something good, and a few months later they bring in new team and it's fucked (mostly with superheroes, though - Vertigo is safe from that because it's creator-owned).
Do you think they do that because they wanna expand and make a gazillion titles, while the number of quality creatives is limited, and so they rotate them to spread the good stuff evenly?
What you said about Constantine is really exciting, since the blend of Magic and cons can really make for great stories. I'll try to check Hellblazer, then.
I don't know exactly what's with the Superhero Comics nowadays. I guess they do these strange things so the titles constantly feel 'fresh'. Even if this involves rebooting the Spiderman with Magic.
Unwritten is good, though it's not the work of genius that Sandman is. And Nameless got me really traumatized, which speaks volumes about Morrison's abilities to weave great horror stories. Haven't read All-Star Superman yet (not a huge fan of the character). Do you recommend it?
Yeah yeah, not like reading a superhero, seriously. Morrison wrote it tight and compact, issues were delayed a long time (which is good, not bad). It feels as if before it started, he sat down and thought up a list of things Superman could do at the limits of his abilities, then went on to put those in just 12 issues. So the mini feels like a list of extreme things no one has thought of Superman doing before. And it's funny, clumsy Clark is constantly tripping on things to secretly save people's lives. Luthor's giant ego makes him say hilarious things, and what made him bald also got rid of his brows, so he now paints them on.
Hellblazer is tricky because it's been written by many writers and in every tenure John changes. I read a bit of Ellis, Azzarello, and a bit of Carey chapters. There's an old sorceress friend who was once John's lover. She made me think of the old Edie and King Mob. But this woman wears thick make up and heels.
Did you read Morrison's Mystery Play, Bruno? I didn't get who the killer was on that one.
Fire walk with