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Review: Batman Begins’ Smallville Preview

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 19, 2005
Post category:Pop Culture Reviews
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WOW should begin and end every sentence when speaking about Batman Begins. Last night, America was treated to a 10-minute preview of the future blockbuster, courtesy of the WB Network. At the end of the preview my first thought was, "WOW!" My second thought was, "Hopefully I won't die before June 15th." It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. That's what I thought.Then I said another "WOW! "It looks like Chris Nolan will have another quality movie under his belt with Batman Begins. If you haven't seen his last two films, do so. Memento is great, and Insomnia is solid.The cinematography…

Softball, Comics and Vacations

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 19, 2005
Post category:Personal
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1) Tomorrow night is our first softball game, over at the Coleman Oval Playground, near the Manhattan Bridge. (F train to East Broadway) Starts @ 7:15pm. Come out and cheer me on if you're in the neighborhood. (And bring some beer!) I'll be wearing #2, but don't dare call me Derek Jeter! Since no Met player wears #2 - oddly, less than one-third of the major league teams have a player wearing it - I've decided I'll be representing Alex Sanchez of the Tampa Devil Rays, the knucklehead who had the honor of being the first major leaguer snagged under…

Try Something Different: 5/18/05

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 17, 2005
Post category:Media
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Support Independent Comics!Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 5/18/05, courtesy of ComicList. Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it.Recommendations, sometimes blind, in BOLD. Which ones are YOU reading?AEON Bugtown #5 (Of 6), $2.95AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS) Strange Eggs #1, $3.95ANTARCTIC PRESS Heaven Sent #10 (Of 11), $2.99 Ninja High School #128, $2.99ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS Betty & Veronica Spectacular #70, $2.19 Jughead #165, $2.19 Sonic The Hedgehog #149, $2.19 Tales From Riverdale Digest #2, $2.39ATOMIC DINER Freakshow #6, $2.95BONGO COMICS Simpsons…

Buzzscope Reviews: 5/11/05

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 16, 2005
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100 Girls: The First Girl, Vol. 1 (TPB)Imagine 100 Girls is kind of what Marvel's X-23 might have been if it were more about the character and less about the editorially dictated metaplot...BONUS: Interview: Girl Talk With Adam GallardoAraña #4Almost a year after she was first introduced with much mainstream fanfare, Marvel's heralded Latina superheroine is still little more than a cipher, considerably less than the sum of her well-intentioned parts.Elsinore #1If art and atmosphere were everything, Elsinore would get an unqualified A+. An admirably ambitious debut that not only has me anticipating the next issue, but has me willing…

Company Man

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 12, 2005
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I've signed up for my company's co-ed softball team.I was on the reserve list and got the word yesterday afternoon that I was next on the list to move up to the main roster. Too late to attend last night's scrimmage, though, so I have no idea what position I'll be playing - preferably 3rd base or center field. Based on some screwy league rules...10 fielders with mandatory boy/girl assignments and batting order, AND boy home runs are automatic outs!...it probably won't matter much.Talk about putting the SOFT in softball!Hopefully there's beer.

Livin’ on the edge

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 11, 2005
Post category:Personal
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Tell me what you think about your sit-u-a-tionComplication - aggravationIs getting to youBack in 1995, I attended AA meetings for 89 days, partly because I thought I had a drinking problem, but mostly to get closer to a girl I was interested in. Approx. 50 days in, I found myself in a bar with her because she had to pick up something from a bartender friend of hers. I hesitated at the door for a second, wondering if I'd be able to handle the temptation, before going in and staring in awe at the elaborate spread of liquor behind the…

Try Something Different: 5/11/05

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 10, 2005
Post category:Media
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Support Independent Comics!Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 5/11/05, courtesy of ComicList. (NEW: Recommendations in BOLD.) Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it.What are YOU reading?AC COMICS Americas Greatest Comics #11, $6.95A. D. VISION Tactics Manga Vol 2 TPB, $9.99AIT/PLANETLAR Surviving Grady, $7.95ALIAS ENTERPRISES LLC 10th Muse Vol 1 TPB, $9.99 10th Muse Vol 2 #1, $2.99 10th Muse Vol 2 Photo Cvr Foil Ed #1, $4.99 Deal With The Devil #1 (Of 4), $0.75 Elsinore #1 (Of 9), $0.75 Judo…