The Invisibles Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution by Grant MorrisonMy review
rating: 5 of 5 starsI picked these first 8 issues up on ebay for a measly $4.00. Best 4 dollars I've spent in a long time. The cast of characters is weird: the Marquis de Sade, Mary Shelley, The head of John the Baptist, a Mexican tranny witch, Lord Byron, etc.
Immediately, the work and art is really 90's, which is a bit offsetting, because it seems to need a futuristic feel for the story to function. The invisibles are unveiling the present as it is to fight for a future that should have been here by now. By the third issue you forget the 90's, however, and suspend disbelief.
Overall, the writing and art hold up quite well. Defenders of the Enlightenment be forewarned, don't read or watch interviews with Grant Morrison, because he actually believes what he was writing is materially true, not myth or metaphor. If you read this work from the perspective that it is collecting radical thought over the centuries and weaving it together through a weird superhero narrative, however, it is delightful.
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Batman: Hush, Vol. 2 by Jeph LoebMy review
rating: 3 of 5 starsThis was okay. It was entertaining. Throwing all of batman's enemies into a conspiracy against him is not novel, but this is pulled together well enough. The dialogue between batman and the super villains was good. The end seemed a bit of a stretch. Oh and does anyone else ever identify with the supervillains? I mean the killer croc probably needed that money more than the rich family. It's not like he can get a job or anything, and he was devolving genetically. If someone couldn't get their genetic disease treated, I have a hard time judging them for stealing to have that done.
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I watched this last night, and it was really good. The alien and his robot, Gort, show up to give world leaders a message to either get rid of their weapons or be destroyed. Of course, in the end the alien argues the robot police should be the only ones with weapons, so they can stop aggression when it starts... by killing the aggressor. So, the robot ends up being a sort of benevolent dictator. I wonder what the political message from the remake is.
Bobby Benson: [indicating grave marker during a visit to Arlington] That's my father. He was killed at Anzio.
Klaatu: Did all those people die in wars?
Bobby Benson: Most of 'em. Didn't you ever hear of the Arlington Cemetery?
Klaatu: No, I'm afraid not.
Bobby Benson: You don't seem to know much about anything, do you, Mr. Carpenter?
Klaatu: Well, I'll tell you, Bobby, I've been away a long time. Very far away.
Bobby Benson: Is it different where you've been? Don't they have places like this?
Klaatu: Well, they have cemeteries, but not like this one. You see, they don't have any wars.
Bobby Benson: Gee, that's a good idea.
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