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Thursday, March 6, 2008
Listing And Thinking...
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Book Movies

 

I have been listing more Fantastic Four comics today... While doing so, I was thinking of the years it took to bring a FF movie to the Big Screen.

This blog post is a 'repost' of a popular archived blog post for those of you who haved missed it! It has not been updated:

You May Be Thinking... What Do You Mean That I Haven't Seen the First Fantastic Four Movie ???

The first live action Fantastic Four Movie was never shown in theaters after it was produced in 1994 by Roger Corman.

Roger quickly finished the film as his rights to the FF were running out... 

I met three of the four actors who portrayed the FF at the 1994 San Diego Comic Con. They were sincere in their portrayals of the FF and I really enjoyed meeting them and having my pic taken with them!

However, the movie wasn't to be released, and upon purchasing a bootleg video at a later comic con, I realized why....  It was really bad,  terrible actually what had happened to my favorite comic book superheroes.

It wasn't until ten years later at the SDCC in 2004 that I saw the new actors who had just been signed to play in the new film have a program at the SDCC, and they were introduced to the con goers.

I thought the choice for Mr Fantastic, and the Thing were great. I thought the choice for the Invisible Woman was all wrong... she was too sexy to portray Sue Storm.  And I couldn't figure out the actor that would portray the Torch. 

The capper to the program was the choice of director.... and what he had directed before...  oh no I thought, not another upcoming clunker movie of my FF !!!

Well I was wrong... the 2005 movie was a lot better than I expected, better than I hoped it could be.... and I came away a lot happier!!!

I looked forward to the second installment, 'The Rise of the Silver Surfer' for the Summer of 2007! 

But I still thought Jessica Alba was too young and sexy for the Invisible Woman role !!

For those interested in Fantastic Four comics on which the movies are based on, we have several listed in our eBay Featured Store.  

Make Mine Marvel ! 

Michael

 

Click here to see Our Fantastic Four Comics listings! 

FANTASTIC FOUR MOVIE (1994)

Pictured above are the actors that represented the members of the FF. Below are the scores I gave them for their portrayals when writing this blog post several months ago, (this is a reposted blog).

Alex Hyde-White played Mister Fantastic. (B+)


Rebecca Staab played the Invisible Woman. (B)


Jay Underwood played the Human Torch. (B)


Michael Bailey Smith played the Thing. (A-) 

 

 

Click here to see Our Marvel Superheroes Comics listings! 

FANTASTIC FOUR MOVIE (2005)

Pictured above are the actors that represented the members of the FF. Below are the scores I gave them for their portrayals for their FIRST Movie (Only) together.

Ioann Gruffud played Mister Fantastic. (B+) 


Jessica Alba played the Invisible Woman. (B-)


Chris Evans played the Human Torch. (A-)


Michael Chiklis played the Thing. (A+) 

 

 

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American Idol 03-05-08 Our Take!
Mood:  not sure
Topic: TV Shows

 

Click Here For Our CURRENT Items Listed Here!   Rock Comics Listed Here!
 
American Idol TV Show
Season 7  Week 3
Night 2 - The 'Girls'
03-04-08 Our Take
Theme Was "The Eighties"!
  
 
Last Night it was the 'girls' who performed... The Top 8 of them in a 60 minute show. These 8 gals are chasing 6 spots in the Top 12! Here are our 'scores', (based on 1-10, 10 being highest), on each performance with the 4th column showing the difference between my score and Tina's score. The 'girls' are listed in order of performance during the night, NOT by numerical score:
The 'Girls'
  

(No #)

Name of ContestantMichael's TakeScore DifferenceTina's Take
1Asia'h Epperson   6.0   0.06.0
2

Kady Malloy

   6.0   0.56.5
3

Amanda Overmyer (pictured above)

   8.0   0.08.0
4Carly Smithson   8.0   1.09.0
5Kristy Lee Cook   6.0   1.57.5
6Ramiele Malubay   6.0   2.08.0
7Brooke White    7.0  1.58.5
8Sayesha Mercado    8.0 0.58.5
        
        
 
FYI, for those that followed our American Idol Blog Posts last season and so far this season... you'll know that Tina and I usually don't agree on the contestants' performances, (until the final weeks).
  
Tina's Take on the night:  "Asia'h Epperson goes home, and so does Kady Malloy".  (Those two were her lowest scoring contestants.) Also, #5 Kristy Lee Cook "should have really gone Country not just a twinge. Otherwise it's just a girl doing a country song...
  
Michael's Take on the night: Simon was right on the first two contestants while Randy and Paula were off IMHO. Have disagreed with almost all of Paula's judgings while almost in total agreement with Simon's points this week...
  
What we do this early in the process is to vote for the highest one or two contestants per the score we gave them.  Michael voted for Amanda Overmyer and Carly Smithson who both scored 8.0, while Tina voted for Carly Smithson and Brooke White!  Tonight Tina voted for her top performances instead of voting for favorites. Michael voted for best performances also. 
  
When the Top 24 starts getting down to the Top 12, then we'll start adding more than just a 'numerical' score. Due to space limitations on the eBay Blog format that we first post in,  we only have so much room to blog...
  
Well... that's it for 'The Girls'... Tonight are 'The Results'.  Be back later this week when we blog about 'Our Take' on American Idol's Results for Week 3!   FYI, we are on the West Coast by Legoland so there is a time zone difference in our viewing and blogging between our East Coast readers! Plus Thursday night there are too many TV Shows we watch that are shown at the same time! Something has to be taped to watch later!!!
  
For those that missed our previous blog posts on this TV Show.... Please see the following link for our previous blog post. We have been blogging about Season 7 since the first week:

 

03-04-08 American Idol 03-04-08 Our Take!

 

For those that are wondering what the 'tie-in' is for us... we have Rock n' Roll Comic Books and Magazines for sale in our eBay Featured Store! 

Michael (and Tina)


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Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!

 

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 6:18 AM PST
Updated: Thursday, March 6, 2008 6:22 AM PST
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Yet Another Wonder!
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: Comic Cons

 

 

Click here to see our DC Superheroes Listings! 

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale! We attend several  pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!

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All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Wonder Woman

That Is!

Just listed some more Wonder Woman Comics...

... and realized I hadn't run the photo to the top left in our blog before!

This 'Wonder Woman' was at the 2006 SDCC - San Diego Comic Con International!

It really does seem like you can't go to a convention without seeing the most popular female star of the DC Universe!

Wonder Woman that is!

She is usually one of the contestants at a masquerade show... as well as at least one costumed character on the convention floor.

We'll be sure to post more pics this upcoming convention season which starts March 14th at WizardWorld LA!

And yes, we do have Wonder Woman and other DC superhero comics listed for sale! Just click the Wonder Woman photo to view those listings!

Thanks for reading our pop culture - comics - comic book blog post!

Michael

  

 

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 3:50 PM PST
Updated: Wednesday, March 5, 2008 3:55 PM PST
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The Tales Of The Last Boy On Earth!
Mood:  happy
Topic: Comic Book History

 

 

 

The LAST BOY On Earth!

 

Jack Kirby's KAMANDI

 

Kamandi was a DC Comics comic book character created by  artist and writer Jack Kirby in the early 1970's.

The majority of Kamandi's appearances to date occurred in the first comic book series Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, which was published from 1972 to 1978.

Kamandi was portayed as a young 'hero' in a Post-Apocalyptic future, which was set in a parallel Earth of the DC Universe's future.

It was set in a period after an event called "The Great Disaster". In that period humans are a persecuted minority in a world ruled by intelligent, highly evolved animals. If that sounds familiar to you, then remember that an earlier 1968 movie 'Planet of the Apes'  also portrayed an animal-ruled world!

Indeed, the cover of Kamandi #1, showing a demolished Statue of Liberty, was posibly inspired by a similar scene in the 'Planet of the Apes' movie just before it ended!

However, if you were to think that Jack Kirby was copying the movie, he actually had drawn a similiar theme in a comic book story in 'Alarming Tales' #1 back in September 1957.

In that comic book Jack drew a story entitled "The Last Enemy." In the story, he has a man traveling in time to the year 2514, where he finds that humans are extinct! That time traveler finds that the world is ruled by tribes of intelligent tigers, dogs, and rats!

Jack's drawings of these intelligent animals are very much similar to his later drawings in Kamandi 15 years later.

This series was one of the last that Jack Kirby wrote and drew for DC Comics before returning to Marvel Comics.

Quite often you can find high grade copies of these at comic book conventions. For those of you that can't make it to Comic Cons... We have an ongoing comic book convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale! Just click on the pic at the top left to see our listings!

Thanks for reading this popular culture - comics - comic books blog post !

Michael

Click here to see our current Kamandi COMICS / MAGAZINES listings! 

Above is an exciting comic book cover from the Kamandi series by Jack Kirby!

For all of our current Kamandi Comics / Magazine listings, just click on the  Photo above!  If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place the item(s) in our eBay Featured Store for you!  

Click here to see our current CGC Graded Comics listings! 

We currently have several CGC Graded Comics available for sale...  Just click the above pic to see them for sale! 

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale! We attend several  pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!

Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
 
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 2:22 PM PST
Updated: Wednesday, March 5, 2008 2:32 PM PST
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Reaper !
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: TV Shows

 

Reaper, The TV Show...

 

...on The CW Network will be continuing with new shows, now that the WGA Strike is settled.

Reaper will have 8 more new episodes.

Tina first found out about this show at the 2007 SDCC - San Diego Comic Con, when Kevin Smith introduced it during a preview program.

Normally this would not be a show we would have watched, as it is not aimed for our age group... but we have found the early season's episodes to be funny, witty, and entertaining!

One of the reasons is the casting, and Ray Wise, pictured at top right, is perfect as the Devil!

Looking forward to more new episodes! 

Thanks for reading our pop culture - comics - comic book blog post!

Michael

 

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Above is Ray Wise, who plays the Devil on the Reaper TV Show. He is pictured at the 2007 SDCC!
For all of our current Comics and Magazine listings including TV and Movie Comics, just click on the photo above!  

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale! We attend several  pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 9:25 AM PST
Updated: Wednesday, March 5, 2008 9:29 AM PST
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