We saw Inkheart last week. Meh.
The hero was what they call a “Silvertongue” a person who when he reads about a character in a story, that character comes to life. Cool power, and totally wasted on the hero who fumbles his way from one encounter to another. If I was in his place the first thing I would do is hit a used bookstore and pick up a few copies of …
Man, are you sure you'd want to bring Conan into the 21st century? I can't see that going well.
ReplyDeleteAble Team were good, but I personally woulda summoned the S.O.B.s. One day I plan on doing a monthly post of S.O.B. book reviews, if I can ever find the time...
ReplyDeleteI'm with you.
ReplyDeleteI gotta back The Avengers here..I have been buying The Essential Avengers since the first volume and I love it!
ReplyDeleteThe Cap, Herc, Wanda, Hawkeye and Pietro team is great!
I dogear'd for Phoenix Force over Able Team back in the day, starting with #3 Atlantic Scramble. Took a long time for me to like the Able Team.
ReplyDeleteThe forces of Stony Man were so much better during the Cold War. Bad guys were bad guys and PC BS didn't get in the way.
Holy cow!
ReplyDeleteI vividly remember reading Scorched Earth when I was, like, 12 or something.
I ate up those Gold Eagle books when I was young. I loved how the back of the books always had good info on various firearms.
Wow. Been a long time.
-Eric
I actually dreamed about Able Team last night. There's something magical about watching Lyons wreaking havoc on evildoers with his Konzak...
ReplyDeleteIt's not as good as that dream I had where I was at the pool with Mariah Carey, but it's better than the one where I was shooting pool with Drew Carey.