I HAVE DELIVERED
— Men who I think are pathetic.
PATHETIC MEN:
Corey Cunningham, Brahms Heelshire, Billy Lenz(I will stand by this), Kurt Kunkle, Norman Bates.
SLIGHTLY PATHETIC MEN:
Bo Sinclair(fight me), The man(hush), Jason Dean.
This is for fun, and it's my opinion. I mean PATHETIC in a GOOD way.
I may update this tbh...
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The Color Purple Trailer
The Color Purple is the story of three woman who share an unbreakable bond.
The Color Purple stars Taraji P. Henson (Shug Avery), Danielle Brooks (Sofia), Colman Domingo (Mister), Corey Hawkins (Harpo), H.E.R. (Squeak), Halle Bailey (Young Nettie), Phylicia Pearl Mpasi (Young Celie), Fantasia Barrino (Celie), and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Mama).
Blitz Bazawule directs The Color Purple from a screenplay by Marcus Gardley. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Alice Walker and the musical stage play and book of the stage play by Marsha Norman. Music and lyrics are by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray. The film is produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and Quincy Jones. Executive producers on the film are Alice Walker, Rebecca Walker, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Carla Gardini, Mara Jacobs, Adam Fell, Courtenay Valenti, Sheila Walcott, and Michael Beugg.
The Color Purple releases to theaters on December 25, 2023.
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What I’m reading these days #5
Previously:
* What I’m reading these days #01
* What I’m reading these days #02
* What I’m reading these days #03
* What I’m reading these days #04
Hey everyone, I hope you're doing all right!
It's been a long while since I wrote one of these posts, almost 5 years actually... Yeah, recently I've been more focused on sharing scans than texts like these or artbook reviews, sorry!
Anway, these days I'm reading four cool books at once so I figured I could make you (re)discover something, so let's go!
What a surprise, yes, I'm reading Dragon Ball again, last time was 6 years ago so I thought I could revisit this cool universe that always brings me back to my childhood. In France we have a "Perfect Edition" which has a bigger format than usual mangas, a new translation and all the original colour pages so it's a great pleasure to read! I'm always in awe when looking at Toriyama's watercolours, they were absolutely beautiful.
I'm not going to dive much further into Dragon Ball because I've already talked about it a lot, maybe take a look at this old article.
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Now something completely different, if you are an avid TV show enthusiast, you might have watched the sci-fi show The Expanse. I discovered it after a few seasons had already aired and really enjoyed it (except maybe the last two seasons which had some flaws in my opinion). I quickly learned that before being on TV it was a very good series of books by a couple of authors writing under a single name: James S.A. Corey. So naturally I started buying and reading these books, loved them and realised that the adaptation was quite good. It took some years but I eventually finished reading the nine books and at that moment, just when I thought I was out of this amazing universe, I saw that there was a collection of The Expanse short stories published under the title Memory's Legion.
So that's what I'm reading right now and just like the rest of the series, it's very cool and definitely fills some interesting holes in the Expanse's lore (plus I always enjoy good sci-fi short stories)! You will learn a little bit more about the guy who came up with the Epstein drive that made space travel a lot easier in the story, the backstory of a cruel but intriguing character (Cortazar), the life of a young Amos (even before he was called Amos), etc. It's a very good read if, like me, you've finished the main series and still want more!
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Let's keep our heads towards the sky for this next book: Moonfire by Norman Mailer. I stumbled upon it in a bookstore in Lyon, France and the cover immediately caught my eye. It's a small but thick book which contains as much text as photos from NASA's Apollo 11 mission (the first time humans beings walked on the Moon back in 1969). Being an astronomy and space exploration fan I just had to buy it and I'm glad I did!
Actually I thought it would be a historico-scientific recollection of this incredible event of the XXth century but that's because I didn't know Norman Mailer! I will let you read his Wikipedia page but he wasn't "just" a writer, he also was a journalist, a poet, an essayist and so on. So instead of simply telling us what happened in that important period of human history, he includes himself in the story as a character and shares his thoughts about the situations, the people, the technology, etc. It makes for a surprising yet very interesting read as he takes this unique opportunity to analyze, criticize even our modern society and more specifically the USA's society of the time.
I'm about halfway through the book and I really enjoy Mailer's way of telling the story but also the incredible photos of the event, most of them taken during the mission itself by astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, I cannot stop looking at these shots and wonder what their experience was like. They freakin' walked on another celestial body (actually only two of them did while Collins was busy being the loneliest person in the history of Human life, flying above the far side of the Moon)!
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A couple of my friends work at a local comic book shop and thanks to them I often discover very cool comics, mangas and bandes dessinées (what we call european comics in France). Also it's worth mentioning that the french publisher Urban Comics (they publish a lot of american comics here) is trying to make a selection of their books more affordable and compact for people who don't have much money or space in their home that they can dedicate to comic books. And so in this effort they have started a collection called "Urban Nomad" in which all prices are below 10€ (approx. 10 USD). The first one I picked is Watchmen.
I have watched the movie adaptation when it came out... 14 years ago (ouch!) and really liked it but kind of forgot about it, which is a good thing because now I can re-discover the story in its original format: on paper!
And what a story! Since the first pages I was sucked in by the strength of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins. The story is so good and feels so contemporary that I have to keep reminding myself that this was made in 1986-87! If you don't know anything about Watchmen I won't spoil it for you but the story takes place in a version of our world where masked vigilantes are already has-been, one of the reasons being the accidental transformation of a man into a God-like version of himself. Because of this event, the course of history is different from the one we know and live in, and in this context one of the few remaining masked vigilantes (pictured on the cover) is investigating a series of murders among his former colleagues. This is all extremely well integrated into the politico-historic context of the time (though once again it's somewhat different from our reality) and it's easy to recognize the quality of Moore and Gibbons' work!
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Well, that's it for now, I hope you've discovered something, if so let me know! And I'll try not to wait five more years to write a "What I'm reading these days" again.
See ya!
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Now Playing: Universal Pictures "The Last Voyage Of The Demeter" (8/11/2023)
Now Playing: Universal Pictures "The Last Voyage Of The Demeter" (8/11/2023)
It wasn’t too long ago that we shared the news about the upcoming Supernatural Horror film from Universal Pictures called “The Last Voyage Of The Demeter”. I had presented the Official Trailer (HERE) and found it interesting that the film originally stems from a single chapter in the original “Dracula” novel. This film opens today in theaters around the country. Down below you’ll see the poster,…
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The Color Purple Trailer 3
The Color Purple is the story of three woman who share an unbreakable bond.
The Color Purple stars Taraji P. Henson (Shug Avery), Danielle Brooks (Sofia), Colman Domingo (Mister), Corey Hawkins (Harpo), H.E.R. (Squeak), Halle Bailey (Young Nettie), Phylicia Pearl Mpasi (Young Celie), Fantasia Barrino (Celie), and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Mama).
Blitz Bazawule directs The Color Purple from a screenplay by Marcus Gardley. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Alice Walker and the musical stage play and book of the stage play by Marsha Norman. Music and lyrics are by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray. The film is produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and Quincy Jones. Executive producers on the film are Alice Walker, Rebecca Walker, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Carla Gardini, Mara Jacobs, Adam Fell, Courtenay Valenti, Sheila Walcott, and Michael Beugg.
The Color Purple releases to theaters on December 25, 2023.
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