![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Pop Culture Things
Dec. 31st, 2007 12:54 pm- Bought Batman, Flash and Legion last week. Haven't very much to say at all. The first was readable but too weird to really be worth writing about; the second was dull and also turns out to be Mark Waid's next to last issue - so much for his big return; and the third was Jim Shooter's return to the Legion and was very perfunctory. Not a great note to end the year on.
- But at least it wasn't as bad as what was done in Spider-Man. Since I don't read it, I can't fairly comment, but I haven't seen a single positive comment about the end of "One Day More" anywhere. It may be the single most hated comic book ever. And Joe Quesada may have lost every last ounce of respect he had for revitalizing Marvel.
- Watched the Dr Who Christmas special. There wasn't quite enough story for the length of the show, and it was much more of a downer than the last two specials, but boy, it's good to have Tennant back. He so owns the role by now.
- Read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. While it can be called a science fiction novel, due to the themes and the story, it's the kind that non-SF writers seem to write. It doesn't really explain how the ideas and events came about, it doesn't look at the big picture, and it spends a lot of time navel-gazing when it could be exploring the world he thinks he's created. It's well written enough to be a good book, but it reminds me why I prefer hard SF. And why I can live with weak characters if the plot is strong enough.
- But at least it wasn't as bad as what was done in Spider-Man. Since I don't read it, I can't fairly comment, but I haven't seen a single positive comment about the end of "One Day More" anywhere. It may be the single most hated comic book ever. And Joe Quesada may have lost every last ounce of respect he had for revitalizing Marvel.
- Watched the Dr Who Christmas special. There wasn't quite enough story for the length of the show, and it was much more of a downer than the last two specials, but boy, it's good to have Tennant back. He so owns the role by now.
- Read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. While it can be called a science fiction novel, due to the themes and the story, it's the kind that non-SF writers seem to write. It doesn't really explain how the ideas and events came about, it doesn't look at the big picture, and it spends a lot of time navel-gazing when it could be exploring the world he thinks he's created. It's well written enough to be a good book, but it reminds me why I prefer hard SF. And why I can live with weak characters if the plot is strong enough.
