Watchmen, Ctd.

OK, so, I just finished reading the Watchmen book. Well, its a "Graphic Novel", but your mom would call it a comic book. But whatever you want to call it, it was wild. Its going to be very interesting to see the screen adaptation (My preview here.).

I can understand, now, why the big fans of the book considered its story impossible to put on the screen. So, I hope it is done justice.

You guys will dig it.

Watchmen

By now you've certainly seen the trailers for Watchmen. I've got to say, I'm pretty excited about this one. Before I saw any trailers for I read about in in EW. The concept is very interesting: Its the superhero tale told in a cultural context. All of them are generally told in a fake universe. In this one Nixon is president and we're still at odds with the Russians. I bought a copy of the novel since its considered the standard for great graphic novel writing, I figured it might be worth a look. Time named it to their "100 great novels of all time" list.

The story explores the question:''What if superheroes really existed? How would they really think? And how would they really affect the world?'' according to one of the creators.

Check it out.

The Way He Is

yesterday i finished reading the memoir of my favorite artist of all time, eminem.
it reads about the way you might expect a book to read that was written by someone who took the 9th grade 3 times and then quit. its very simple, its almost like he was talking to someone and they wrote down what he said. very conversational. but the thing that has always attracted me to him, beyond his talent, has been his transparency. he's a very open person and surprisingly introspective. there isn't a lot of writing, here. he fills up most pages with pictures and copies of his personal lyric composition sheets (which are fascinating to view). but it is a must read for any eminem enthusiast.