Got My Hands On An Advance Copy And I Just Have To Say...

~In A Tight Spot~

Bad things happened to heroes. That wasn’t news. Steph had been threatened, beaten up, and kidnapped (once by her own dad), and a couple times the bad guys had tried to kill her. None had succeeded, and even during the other stuff she hadn’t felt like she was in a huge amount of danger. Well, not most of the time. There was always Batman or Batgirl or Robin on the way. Plus the people who tried to hurt her often underestimated her, and that worked to Steph’s advantage. Especially as Robin—the bad guys were too busy laughing at a blonde Robin with boobs, and they let down their guard enough for her to get her licks in.

Now, though, she was scared. After standing up and moving her arms rhythmically within the limits of the cuffs, she got enough feeling back to try working on escaping. First she took stock of her situation. The cuffs were welded to a chain that ran up to a high ceiling somewhere in the darkness overheard. She was nauseous from the blow to her head, and aching all over from the fight earlier and hanging unconscious by her wrists. Her kit was gone, including the lock-picks normally stashed in her gauntlets. She just had her costume itself and her wits.

After a few moments, Steph realized why this situation frightened her so much. It wasn’t being held captive, it wasn’t waking up alone in a big dark room and having to wonder what the bad guys wanted. It was a small detail: the welded cuffs. Someone had taken the time and trouble to weld a set of steel handcuffs to a chain. That meant they used this setup a lot, and didn’t want any chance of someone slipping away.

It meant this might’ve been an unplanned capture, but whoever had her had done this before.

~Love and Other Headaches:
Won't See Me Closing In
[Chapter Thirty-Three]

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kalalanekent

18 February 2011 @ 03:48 pm

Got My Hands On An Advance Copy And I Just Have To Say...

It is worth every cent. The Clois scenes are amazing, but I adored the film as a whole. The best one DC has put out yet. Any slight issues I had? I love Christina Hendricks, but I just always think of her voice as being a little more raspy. Love it, though.

ETA: You all know how I love the Donner Cut. I love this one at that level. Seriously.

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the_scary_kitty on February 18th, 2011 09:26 pm (UTC)

Hot damn, that's a nice screencap. I may have to get a copy of this. :D

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kalalanekent on February 18th, 2011 10:57 pm (UTC)

Do it. The whole set-up is amazing. I REALLY love this thing.

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kalalanekent on February 18th, 2011 10:55 pm (UTC)

Even if you don't like the art which is almost exactly like the comic series, the storyline makes it. It's worth it, Bry. Really.

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kalalanekent on February 18th, 2011 11:02 pm (UTC)

You'll probably get stuck watching it when Ella finds it. Trust me, it's not too bad.

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babettew54 on February 18th, 2011 11:09 pm (UTC)

Oh, wow, I can't wait to see it!! That screencap is wonderful..

I'm so glad you liked it; I read one review and ... well, it won't stop me from seeing iit, that's for sure! :D

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kalalanekent on February 18th, 2011 11:13 pm (UTC)

Just curious. What did the other review say?

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babettew54 on February 18th, 2011 11:27 pm (UTC)

The reviewer seemed pretty knowlegeable about the source material, but I don't want to repeat it, just be prepared ,., here's the link:

http://screenrant.com/all-star-superman-review-kofi-101418/

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kalalanekent on February 18th, 2011 11:38 pm (UTC)

I figured that that would happen. There really were more stories in All-Star Superman, but some of them didn't connect to the major plot-line especially and were honestly side-stories. And if they were going to keep the film to a minimum, they couldn't include it all. They complain about the whole Ultra-Sphinx story being shown although it was relevant to the plot, but there was an entire Jimmy Olsen story they left out there that was part of the series that wasn't.

Not everything made it in. Although I agree that they could have included the suicidal girl in there. It is a great moment and a good way to show the kind of person he is and the hope he inspires. But they are right in that we all won't agree on what should have been included and what should have been left out. If it were up to the fans, it would have all be added and it would have been a three-and-a-half-hour film. As fans, we love the characters just that much.

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babettew54 on February 19th, 2011 12:09 am (UTC)

But isn't that the case with comics, especially multi-issue comics? Everything can't get in, espcially a movie barely over an hour long?

But it soulds like 'a lot' was left out. Too bad about that. I still want to see it.

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kalalanekent on February 19th, 2011 12:18 am (UTC)

Exactly. And I'm not so sure on the 'a lot', but you know that everyone sees these things differently.

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xenokattz on February 18th, 2011 11:19 pm (UTC)

MOST excellent. I'm telling you, this is going to be my paid-off-the-credit-card treat to myself!

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kalalanekent on February 18th, 2011 11:25 pm (UTC)

I'm truly in love. If Man of Steel makes me feel even HALF of this...

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repmetsyrrah on February 18th, 2011 11:59 pm (UTC)

Oh, I'm looking forward to seeing this. Though I have to say- this is the first good review I've heard of it...

But I couldn't read the comic book. The art was just terrible (and the art matters a lot to me- else I'd just read a normal book). So I won't have that to compare it too like all the other reviews I've read.

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kalalanekent on February 19th, 2011 12:12 am (UTC)

I've heard the fanboy-rants and the complaints about what got left out. I read the series and what I saw here didn't upset me in the least. They left out the side-stories that weren't absolutely necessary. The issues involving Jonathan's death [with all the other drama going on, I can see why it was cut, sad as that is] and Jimmy's small story were the only things left out. Which I can understand, as it was kinda odd.

And I feel you on the art. That's about half the reason I stopped reading the comics [for the most part] years ago. And that the story-lines had started to just.... *males face* Yeah.

I would have loved this even if I hadn't read the source material. I just found it that good.

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athenesolon on February 19th, 2011 12:42 am (UTC)

Y'know I've been rather excited about this. The story itself was rather enjoyable but like Repmetsyrrah and you I couldn't feel the artwork at the time. It looks like this is going to be (only a little) up my alley artwork-wise.

Looks like it's time to buckle down and really attempt to finish my Superwoman (SuperLois) outfit.

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kalalanekent on February 21st, 2011 06:46 pm (UTC)

Frank Quietly's style is just a little...'puffy', like nmdrkangl said. I don't dislike it entirely, but I don't like it much, either. I just loved the story-lines they had in the series. I really hope you like it. :D

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dj_intheuk on March 6th, 2011 10:59 pm (UTC)

wow! that's some strong words and a positive review. I've yet to see it. Like others here I've read some not so great reviews but I shall reserve judgement till I've seen it. Glad someone liked it :)

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kalalanekent on March 9th, 2011 05:36 pm (UTC)

I really think you're right. Everyone should form their own opinion on it. Me, I love it. It really did everything I hoped it to. I think the main thing with me is that I understood that they couldn't fit all of the details of the series into a two-hour film. They went with the more epic and stream-lined parts of the story, which sadly meant that we didn't get some of the slight-offside stuff. But I loved it.

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