Comic books and other nerdy topics

James wrote:
My six yr old plays Mine Craft all the time. Should I be worried? What do y'all think of that game?

my son loves this game.  we don't let him play during the week anymore.  weekends only and just make sure he's not cracking out on it too hard. 

He got a kindle fire for xmas and you can lock down the parental controls hard.  Ie, only x amount of video game time on weekdays, or none at all, x hours on weekend, totally locks after 8 on weeknights, etc. 

I'm not really a fan but there are worse games i suppose

Keeping track of/limiting screen time is a high priority in our house.  And very very unpopular.

ggw wrote:

James wrote:
My six yr old plays Mine Craft all the time. Should I be worried? What do y'all think of that game?

Children under 8 who regularly play video games show an increase in depression and anxiety, a decreased ability to separate fantasy from reality, reduced concentration skills, and exhibit poor academic performance.  Only lazy, crappy parents let their kids play video games.

When I had foster kids the boys under 11 really didn't like to play video games.  I would limit the older kids to 1/2 hour a day during the week and 1 hour a day during the weekend.  Similar rules for girls and the Internet.  Kids need to interact not stay in front of a tv screen all day.

i was a big comic nerd in high school.  from what i remember, my fav series were: Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, The Weird (mini-series), Crisis on Infinite Earths, Secret Wars I & II, X-Men.  lots of others that i'm forgetting right now…

walkies: you get bonus points for naming Alpha Flight, loved that one too ;D

i  have this horrifying image that if i were to dress up as something nerdy that i worship for this con i planning on going to in april . . . that it would come off as cheesily craptastic like something a blind three year old put together.  like this



or this, which im dying over

I plan on cosplaying as a member of a Stargate team if I ever go to a con…

Today I hit up Third Eye in Annapolis to pick up Hellblazer volume 2. I loved part one, and don't know why I didn't read this series a lot sooner. It is definitely my type of comic (weird/funny/well written/mature themed/horror/on Vertigo)…

i dont know why . . . but i worship the movie star gate but hated the series.

That is strange… I love both. I can't wait until it gets reborn… I loved sg1, Atlantis and universe… Of course the movie is classic.

Also, you must not worship Stargate if you spell it star gate. 

I collect posters, and one of my favorites is one I have had since I was a teen - a Stargate poster from the original home video release (my cousin and I used to get mom and pop video stores in our area in the 90s to give us their extra posters; ones they didn't hang up or ones they took down and were going to throw away).  I have some cool ones from this period; Pulp Fiction, Interview with a Vampire, Stargate, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and a few others…

minecraft is great…kids love it

i have played the crap out of it on multiplayer servers….but haven't played in a few years

currently on a kick playing a game called Rust…which is like FPS Minecraft.  have to build bases to survive, raid other bases to steal their supplies, etc

i just started reading the comic Saga and its pretty great

One of the guys at Third Eye suggested Saga to me… Maybe I will give it a look the next time I go there.

I have a mid 30's neighbor who has a comic book and star wars shrine in his living room, lolz.

he also flies a Los Angeles Kings flag from his house and he tried to paint his entire house by hand, it's been an ongoing project for about two years now.

I thank him for devaluing my home.

I bought a sketch from White Suits upcoming issue #2 at Third Eye Comics this morning (only $10!) at a creator signing.  I also bought the first issue and had it signed by both the artist and writer.  Its supposed to be the best fiction about the Russian mob/underworld since Eastern Promises. 

Everything is Awesome.

Not everything is awesome.

Thoughts on the casting decision to make Johnny Storm black?  I personally think it is great.  I like the fact that an adaptation of a property into another medium sometimes means change from the source material.  I love the Dune books and Dune movie; I didnt cry because the Weirding Way was now a sound attack and not a form of martial arts.  Why?  Because it is art.  It isn't about copying.  It is about adaptation and making it their own. 

"But now Sue and the Human Torch cant be brother and sister?"

Why?  One cant be adopted?  Both cant be adopted?  Raised in a circus?  Or whatever the writers/director/producer etc had in mind? 

Or what would Stan Lee think?  I think he would approve of the casting. 

Hexenjagd wrote:
Or what would Stan Lee think?  I think he would approve of the casting. 

stan lee is still alive…

I know that.

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Hexenjagd wrote:
I know that.

so why did you use the speculative past tense?

wouldn't it be better to write "Or what does Stan Lee think?"  i'm sure he has an opinion about it…