Oh my god she's blogging about comics

I just wanted to mention how much I really love this page that I found referenced on Neil Gaiman's blog.

Quite the insightful bit of work for 9 little frames.

Superhero / Villain Quiz

Your results:
You are Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman 80% Green Lantern 75% The Flash 75% Supergirl 70% Spider-Man 60% Robin 55% Catwoman 55% Superman 55% Hulk 50% Batman 50% Iron Man 35%

You are a beautiful princess with great strength of character.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz


Your results:
You are Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy 86% Mystique 75% Catwoman 75% Dark Phoenix 70% Apocalypse 66% Dr. Doom 65% Magneto 56% Two-Face 55% Mr. Freeze 54% Lex Luthor 52% Venom 48% Riddler 47% The Joker 45% Juggernaut 43% Green Goblin 39% Kingpin 36%

You would go to almost any length for the protection of the environment including manipulation and elimination.

Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz

The one where Tammy sees movies by herself and gets her photo taken

- This is an interesting article from EW.com about Heroes and the comic book world. Complete with bonus references to Alan Moore, Buffy, and Babylon 5! Actually I only read the first page because that's all I thought to cache before class.

- Had my grad photos taken today, with robe, fake diploma, hat, fake flowers, and everything! One exciting technological development that has occurred since the last time I had these things taken (high school grad) is the green screen. Now instead of having to choose a background before the shoot, you can go online and play around with all the different ones to see what you like best. 2 of my 12 proofs turned out great, so I'm happy with that.

- Killing time until my 5:20 tax class. A very large boo to night classes. No more of those next term. Speaking of which I will tell you my 2nd term schedule right now:

Mon & Tues:
11:20-12:40 --- Advanced Corporate Financial Reporting
2:10-3:30 --- Value Investing
3:40-5:00 --- Business Law

Wed & Thurs:
9:40 - 11:00 --- Global Strategy

I've gotten most of my accounting courses out of the way this semester, so it should be a fairly light 4 months.

- I saw Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest all by my little old self last night. I actually really enjoy seeing movies alone so that wasn't a big deal. It was playing at Rainbow which is exactly 1 block from my apartment (and only until Thursday), I had been meaning to see it since the summer, and on top of that it was only $3.00!! Hard to turn down.

In the end, I really enjoyed it. Sure it was ridiculously long, did not adhere to any of the laws of physics, and ended with a complete cliffhanger... but darn it, it was good! I had low expectations because nearly everyone has been disappointed with it so far, and I knew to be prepared for the unresolved conclusion. But I thought in general the villain(s) were well constructed, the action scenes were near the top of any I've seen in the last couple of years, and I was thoroughly entertained for the entire 2.5 hours.

- Speaking of Rainbow, they're going to begin showing first-run movies starting this weekend. Of course, prices are going up but they'll still be the cheapest in London: $6.50 for evenings and something weird like $4.24 for matinees and Tuesdays. So if anyone wants to see The Departed with me next Tuesday ... I'll pay!! I'll probably see Borat too. One of the advantages of being a student is that it's really easy to get errands done/see matinees during the week.

Heroes ep 2 review (spoilers)

Well another excellent episode, I think! Actually, I don't know if this will be much of a review because this seems to be one show that charms me into complete edge-of-my-seat submission every week. I cannot view it objectively; I have too much inane love for it.

Though by no means a comic-book fan (despite really enjoying Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and The League of Extrordinary Gentlemen.... and possibly having travelled to one or two conventions in 'past lives'), I find the medium works really well translated onto screen. A more literal example would, of course, be Sin City. Though Heroes doesn't use the same graphic embellishment or storyboard techniques, it certainly has the feel of a comic book.

Anyways, I love all the characters and am consistently intrigued by the developments and plot twists. I totally saw the time thing coming at the end of this episode... and was rather disappointed that they won't leave the wacked-out painter dead. As intriguing as I found his story, there's nothing I enjoy more than a good old main character death (especially shocking this early in a show).

Oh and by the way, apparently the story line is eerily similar to a 1981 novel. See the details here. Creator pleads innocent.