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One month later…

Posted by on October 16, 2010 1 comment

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Yeah, it’s been about a month since my last post and the reason that it’s been forever since a post is because I had some major changes in my life.  Don’t worry, it’s nothing bad.  I found my self looking for some new experiences on the job front and a few friends of mine that work downtown had the best opportunity for me.  As of the end of September I am now a Senior Functional Analyst working for, yet another, agency in lovely downtown DC. I am in charge of designing, building, and maintaining a lab environment for a number of different applications.  It’s a huge responsibility and a big advancement for my career.  It’s also an ass load of more work and because of it my free time has started to dwindle.  I am really hoping to continue posting, but it may not be once a week like I had been trying to do before.

So to catch you up on some of the various gadgets and games in the life of Steve, a number of games have hit my shelves in the last month. Shortly after DragonCon an eagerly anticipated game was released.  Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions!  I am a huge Spidey fan so this was a must for me.  I hope to write up a full review on it soon (even though I know it’s kind of late for it).  I also picked up Halo Reach.  Believe it or not, I have not yet finished the campaign!  I have been playing co-op with my friend Lee and haven’t wanted to spoil it.  Lastly, just today I downloaded Comic Jumper from the XBLA.

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For gadgets I have only one real big toy purchase but it’s something that has been a long time coming.  I picked up a Nikon D3000 DSLR camera.  Many many years ago I used to be rally into photography.  I was the primary photographer for my school newspaper and yearbook, and that was back before digital!  I have always loved photography and have been yearning to get a decent SLR.  The D3000 is purely an entry level DSLR camera and that works fine for me.  Since it’s been a good 20 years since I did any work with F-stops and aperture I am just fine with having the camera hold my hand a little.  I am very very pleased with it and have been having a blast taking pictures of damn near everything.  It even got me to update my gallery linked here on the site (over there in the right hand side of the screen).

So until next time….

Jonah Hex

Posted by on April 30, 2010 No comments

It’s now secret that I am a comic book fan.  (Fan is probably an understatement)  I love the super hero comics and even some of the Sci fi type comics.  The one odd ball in my current pull list is Jonah Hex.  I don’t know what it is about Jonah Hex as a comic but it really appealed to me.  For those that don’t know, Jonah Hex is an Old West style spaghetti western type comic.  The character of Hex is a Bounty Hunter who used to fight in the civil war.  He was raised by Indians and is a tough as nails, hard to kill bad ass.  Imagine Batman in the old west (with no money and a scared up face).  Hex has no powers and no reservations on who should live or die, as long as he gets paid.  The comic is gritty and real(ish, it is a comic after all.)  That’s the main draw for me.  Simpler time where the line between black and white was much thinner, and there were no real politics to how Hex handled situations, and no hidden motives.  So two years ago I heard they were planning a Jonah Hex movie.  I was elated!  The story could have been pulled from any of the great runs of the comic and been amazing.

Skip ahead to the present.  Many announcements were made about the movie.  Josh Brolin was cast as the lead and I thought “Yeah, I can see that”.  Even him talking about the makeup and the limitations of doing the Eye and the Lip skin flap, and how they had to fall back on how it looks now because it was the most feasible, it’s all understandable.  I groaned when I heard Megan Fox was cast.  (Personally I think as long as she shuts up she is ok.)  I secretly wished she would be cast as Tallulah Black.  (Tallulah ended up as another severely scarred up Bounty Hunter.)

So now we have the trailer launched.  I see the story they are going for and I am thinking……WTF?!?!  Take a look for yourself:

Seriously.  Hex is not “Supernatural”.  He has no powers.  He got his scared up face from the Apache Indians!  Why did they think they needed to go with some strange powers just because it’s a comic book movie?!?  Look at 3:10 to Yuma.  It was a great Western movie with a bad ass and it worked!  That should be the same recipe for Jonah Hex!  I know I will still go and see the movie because I want to see more comics made into movies but I reserve the right to be upset about the changes to a beloved character.

Sigh