Watching: The Incredible Hulk on DVD
I’ve been a comic book collector for over twenty years and I love a well-done comic book movie - but it’s rare that I buy new movies on DVD these days. I don’t have as much time for movie watching, so it’s becoming more economical for me to rent. I have watched Star Wars enough times that it costs me pennies per viewing, but I’d rather spend $4.00 at Blockbuster to watch a movie like The Incredible Hulk than spend $20 to own it, knowing that I’ll probably only watch it once or twice.
I watched The Incredible Hulk last night, and came to a few conclusions. First, it’s not as good as Iron Man. Second, I love how they drop hints throughout the script about what’s coming down the road - Captain America, the Avengers, and more. Third, Tim Roth is a tiny, tiny man. I mean, that dude is small. He’s only about 5′6″ or 5′7″ and has a thin frame that makes him look like a maniacal Frodo next to Ed Norton (at 6′) and William Hurt (nearly 6′2″). Small guy, great actor.
The movie was good, overall. Not great, but a hell of a lot better than Ang Lee’s 2003 Hulk movie, which was just… ugh. This one’s not for the young kids; it definitely earns the PG-13 rating for violence.
Depending on how Marvel handles the upcoming movie tie-ins (Iron Man 2, Captain America, Thor and Avengers), I may end up buying this one on DVD - or Blu-Ray, if I upgrade in the next two years. I mean, I own Daredevil and Elektra… and The Incredible Hulk smashes both of them to bits (that should go without saying, but still).
Reading: Millennium Falcon
Or does it?
See, this is how they get me. The book tells the story of Han Solo’s legendary ship and it includes prequel-era history (the book spans more than 60 years). Apparently, in the way that everything that ever happened to anyone in the Star Wars universe is somehow tied to the Skywalker and Solo families, the Falcon had a role in Episode III, during the Battle of Coruscant.
I was less than thrilled with the previous attempts to tie the prequel era to later books. The Rogue Planet novel set up events for the New Jedi Order series, which was completely unnecessary. I was openly disdainful of the Outbound Flight novel’s story, which I thought was fantastic until Kenobi and Skywalker showed up.
Open message to LucasArts or LucasBooks or whatever LucasThing is making these decisions: you don’t have to tie every single event in the universe to the Skywalkers or the Solos. It’s a big galaxy, after all. You don’t need to stick Anakin Skywalker into every prequel-era story and you don’t need to squeeze the Falcon into the prequel movies just to try to sell a book. It comes across as forced and unrealistic. I know, I know, realism and Star Wars don’t exactly mix - but you know what I mean.
Yugster.com Surprises
I wrote a while back about giving up on Woot.com and my introduction to Yugster.com, a similar, deals-based site. Yugster’s primary difference is that three (sort of) deals are going on at any given time. Registered members get the daily deal, a purchasable preview of the following day’s deal, and the Yours-Until-Gone deal, which is a single item that remains available until it sells out.
I’ve made three purchases from Yugster since August 25th, shortly after I discovered the site:
1. Pair of four-port USB 2.0 Mini Hubs for $9.98 (shipping included).
2. Ambico 32-CD Cobra Series Media Wallet for $5.95 (shipping included).
3. Yugster Surprise Bundle for $15.00 (shipping included).
It’s that last item that I really want to talk about. Read more
Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood - released today!
I’m a big fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and it’s descendant, Cinematic Titanic. Today, the fourth episode of Cinematic Titanic, Legacy of Blood, was released. Download it at EZTakes or order it on DVD!
I’ll have a full review of the episode up next week - the timing is just terrible, with me leaving for a weekend business trip very early tomorrow morning.
Closing up Modest Opinions
After failing to find a real focus and a lack of time to maintain two very similar sites, I’ve decided to close Modest Opinions and fold the existing content into this site. Once the search engines catch up and index the content here, I will be putting the domain, www.modestopinions.com, up for sale.
My original idea was for a site called Gotta Be Kidding, which was to be a blog about the inane things that we humans do on a pretty regularly basis. As I worked on it though, I realized that I was getting increasingly negative in my commentary. I decided to transform that into Modest Opinions, which could have both positive and negative opinions about things and incorporate media and product reviews. The site lasted 18 months.
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