Saga - Image's Few Month Old Comic Reviewed

Full of action, humor, talented art, and an entertaining story, Saga has it all. Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples takes you to a distant galaxy where a war has broken out between two races and stuck in the middle of it all are Marko and Alana who just had a newborn child. They also happen to be on the run from the government. And to top it all off, a few bounty hunters are on their tail.
Saga is definitely one of the more creative comics out there on the shelves right now and I STRONGLY recommend it to any newcomer into comics or any veteran. By far one of my favorite series overall. It's only four issues in so it's not too late to jump on board but they are going fast. My first issue is already a fifth printing.
Not to mention, the price is a low 2.99 so you get a good story, good art AND you save a buck for those more expensive comics like AvX!

The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Review - WTF

So I saw the new Spider-Man at the midnight release and after thinking about it more and more, my respect for that movie just keeps lowering and lowering. They took everything about Spider-Man and threw it out the window. The only thing they stuck true to was this Spider-Man actually used web blasters unlike the original Spider-Man movie. But just about everything else in this film made me question why people even bother bringing these golden heroes to life on the big screen. Andrew Garfield plays Peter Parker in the film and right from the start, he obliterates Peter's high school life. With the skateboard to his clothes to his attitude and persona. It all didn't add up. Just as i predicted.

So not only was Peter's personality tossed down the drain, but Spider-Man's biggest trait was also given a good beating. His mask and what it stood for. Spider-Man's mask isn't just for looks and to give crooks a scare but it signifies  keeping Parker's identity a secret. It signifies the protecting of his loved ones so his enemies don't hurt them. And with this movie, he seemed to just throw that idea out the window. It seemed that Garfield was throwin' his mask off just for shits and giggles with no rhyme or reason.
Now I will admit the fight scenes with The Lizard were entertaining and the movie did do a good job of capturing Spider-Man's humor in the heat of battle so that was a plus to this movie. But I feel Doctor Octopus's battle with Spider-Man from the original trilogy gave these fights a run for their money.
Another part of this movie I didn't like is related to the trailer. If you view the trailer to this movie, it makes it seem like a story about Peter tracking down his parents and what truly happened to them. But that only takes up maybe the first thirty minutes of the movie and instead of delving deeper into their disappearance, he simply veers off course and fights Curt Connors. But they did seem to redeem themselves a bit with the final scene played after the credits with Connors in his jail cell and a mysterious shadow paying him a visit but I don't think it was enough...
All in all, this movie drastically drifted away form Spider-Man's essence and that did not exactly make a comic book lover like myself very happy. And it saddens me more to think that this is the start to a whole new trilogy. This unfortunately isn't a one-shot. Oh well. After the success of the superhero movie the Avengers, I'll let this one slide.

L.A. Noire - Rockstar's Twist On Running the Streets

I know this may be an older game, but having picked it up from GameStop a few weeks ago and progressing through it, I feel it would be appropriate to use this game as my first video game review. So here it is. L.A. Noire Reviewed.

The game (Spanning a length of 3 discs long) puts you in the shoes of Cole Phelps. A former police officer who believes in cold hard justice and doesn't stand by short cuts in the system. You're living in the 1930's of Los Angeles (Duh) and each mission acts like a TV episode in a way (Similar to the game Alan Wake). Each story is indirectly tied together into one larger story including newspaper articles found throughout the game giving a side story about a crazy, manipulating therapist.
Each level starts to seem to get a little repetitive every once in a while and at points throughout, I've felt bored and it feels tedious but the game always does have a few twists here and there in the game play to keep you on your feet.
The game does a really good job of putting you in the setting of the 1930's with dress wear, music, scenery, and the dialogue people use. I was very impressed. Not to mention the graphics in L.A. Noire make this game one of Rockstar's more impressive feats. All in all, L.A. Noire is a fun game and if you ever wanted to live one of those crime shows you see on TV but are too lazy to sign up for police academy, this is your game.