A Fool And His Money, part 2
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May 28th, 2009

A Fool And His Money, part 2

Why can’t Hank apply this unique brand of ingenuity to his schoolwork? He could end up at Penn State instead of the State Pen. :D

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  1. natefakes says:
    2009/05/28 at 8:49 am

    Lol. Great minds think alike. I probably would've bought more movies than that though along with a bootleg full of deleted film.

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    • George says:
      2009/05/28 at 10:51 am

      I wanted to have Hank buy a lot more stuff, but I started running outta space to fit too lengthy a word ballon. Just try to imagine that he bought the Terminator: Salvation movie and the upcoming GI Joe. Plus, a lotta movies for his parents and Tim. Then they went to Sesame Streak, the local strip club to spend some more. :D

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  2. Michelle says:
    2009/05/28 at 11:10 am

    Great comic, George! Being the person that I am, I wouldn't spend it. Knowing my luck, I'd get caught.

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  3. bearman says:
    2009/05/28 at 12:11 pm

    I am sure someone has already done it but someone should make a college looking shirt that says "State Penn"

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    • George says:
      2009/05/28 at 12:17 pm

      That would make a great sociopolitical cartoon, B! You could have a guy on one side with the Penn State shirt and the ex-con on the other. Make the scenario however you like.

      Just put my check in the mail. Or coupons. Whatever you have handy. :)

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  4. Shawn says:
    2009/05/28 at 2:34 pm

    I'm not sure Wolverine: Origins is even worth fake money.

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  5. Lonnie Easterling says:
    2009/05/28 at 3:16 pm

    The name of the local strip club is "Sesame Streak"? I'll never look at Big Bird the same way again.

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  6. AnDrewClark says:
    2009/05/28 at 3:19 pm

    I was just going to say the same thing about Wolverine as Shawn said… then I read his comment and now I have nothing to say so… well this is awkward. So yeah…

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    • George says:
      2009/05/28 at 3:55 pm

      Well, come back and tell me why the flick was so bad. I wanna know! My son wants me to take him next weekend and I need to know if I should bribe him to wait until Transformers 2 comes out.

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      • bearman says:
        2009/05/29 at 1:27 am

        T2 (not terminator) looked bad in the preview. Star Trek was good though. And I am not a trekkie.

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        • George says:
          2009/05/29 at 2:00 am

          I'm not a Trekkie nor a Star Wars fan. The only sci-fi I've liked has been Galaxy Quest and Starship Troopers, but I will give the Star Trek movie a chance.

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  7. My Amazing Weight Loss Story says:
    2009/05/28 at 5:02 pm

    Thanks for posting, I truly enjoyed your latest post. I think you should post more often, you clearly have natural ability for blogging!

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  8. Ryan says:
    2009/05/28 at 9:15 pm

    Wolvie was bad because apparently the writers don't know anything about the character, and didn't watch the previous X-Men movies so as to avoid storyline inconsistencies.

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    • George says:
      2009/05/28 at 11:34 pm

      I had wondered how they could have a genuine, satisfying origin story told in two hours and some change about a character with such a deep, mysterious history. The greater part of his mystique and allure was the fact that we knew hardly anything about Wolverine prior to him battling the Hulk and semi-kicking it with James MacDonald and the other Alpha Flight members.

      I was initially against Hollywood crafting a story that was only meant to satiate the "movie" fans. As comic book affionados, they would have to do an eight-hour film that reflected Logan's 30 years worth of comic existence to appease us properly.

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  9. AnDrewClark says:
    2009/05/28 at 9:46 pm

    There was a lot of issues about this movie that should be mentioned. However, I almost feel that I should mention that my wife didn’t “hate” the movie and I think that she didn’t hate it because shes not a “fan” of this stuff from her child hood. There is a strong chance that she wouldn’t see half the movies she does if it wasn’t for her comic book lovin’ geek of a husband (that would be me). So that said, it might not be as bad to people who are just casual moviegoers.
    But, there is a bunch of us who are more then that. I grew up on the Wolverine book (at that point Marvel didn’t see him as the cash cow he is today and only had the one book) and the artist, both the illustrators and writers, influenced us with this dynamic character that could kick a lot of ass but also was someone who had a lot of hart. Simply put, Logan was cool.
    Problems:
    1)The movie didn’t explore Logans origins so much as they showed us what we already know in staged settings with a weak story that tied everything together. Instead of showing the emotions that would one would have when their loved one was killed, we got the typical Wolverine shot of him roaring into the air.
    2)When the time came for these two mortal enemies to clash Logan and Victor had normal comic book movie wire fights that didn’t show them colliding into a battle in any epic way. It was all very blah!
    3)The inclusion of way to many mutants as set pieces just for the sake of having them in the movie weighed it down and took away any chance of a strong intelligent story to happen. I’m not even getting into the Deadpool debate because I think there was way to many problems with the over all story and Deadpool just got caught up in that.
    4)Special FX… what? This is 2000 and 9 people… his claws can look real! WTF all the way.
    5)I wont spoil it for you but the ending and how Logan loses his memory. Lame.

    At the end of the day I think the movie was put together to make those casual fans of the X movies, who didn’t know who he was until then, happy. It was bland with no redeeming value what so ever. I can only hope that in another 5-10 years they revisit the stories of Logans past and do an intelligent movie about this character.

    Just my opinion of course.

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    • George says:
      2009/05/28 at 11:50 pm

      My wife is a huge fan of the X-Franchise of Films. Like you said, primarily that's because she's not in any way invested in the outcome. For her, it's merely entertainment. For me, I'm looking for a live-action representation of the comics I grew up reading and practically worshipping.

      When I read/watch an origin story, I want some real answers. And I want those answers to come from questions I've been harboring for years. I know my Wolvie lore from Incredible Hulk 181-182 to Giant-Size X-Men #1 to his stint with Weapon X and Alpha Flight. I remember when Lady Deathstrike had her humble beginnings in Daredevil 191-200 as a helpless chick who wanted Matt to save her true love from the clutches of her strict father and Bullseye.

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      • George says:
        2009/05/28 at 11:50 pm

        My very first X-Men issue was #175 where Logan was all ready to marry Lady Yoshida(?) and Rogue made her first appearance as an X-Man.

        I actually and truthfully don't believe I want to watch/read his definitive origin. I will gladly take some unexplored historical missions that may include bits and pieces of who Wolvie used to be, but I adore the mystery and intrigue of the character. I love a creation that has lived just about forever but only cares about the moment.

        Wolverine does what he does best, bub, and that's what I wanna see. Thank you so much, Andrew, for taking the time to come back and explain your reasonings to me. You're aces, man!

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  10. bearman says:
    2009/05/29 at 1:30 am

    Why is it that comic fan boys are more pissed off when a movie doesn't meet the expectations set up by the comic than any other movie based on a book. Bottom line, everytime I read the book first, the movie doesn't live up. Everytime I watch the movie first, the book doesn't live up. So I just stopped reading..ha ha

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    • George says:
      2009/05/29 at 1:47 am

      You're hilarious, B! :D

      The main reason us fanboys (and girls) get irked when our favorite comics become "bastardized" is because our particular comic-loving niche is a tiny, underappreciated, looked-down-upon section. We get made fun of just like Trekkies.

      So when Hollywood comes a'callin', they should respect the source. We (the fanboys) are the ones who spend our time and money making these properties popular enough to even make it on their radar. If Spiderman and the X-Men weren't selling millions of books each month, tinseltown wouldn't even entertain the thought of financing a film.

      But when they do give a property the green light, they stop caring about the comic fans. They want the general populace to be the ones who place @$$e$ in theater seats. Our money is fine, but they can't garner global dividends satisfying only 10 million dollars worth of fanboy money.

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      • George says:
        2009/05/29 at 1:48 am

        They want housewives, little kids, action-movie buffs, daters, and just plain bandwagon-jumpers to plunk that ticket money down. I understand that the bottom line dictates movie scripts. I ain't mad at 'em, but they need to acknowledge that the initial fans should be satisfied first and foremost.

        How can they even dignify themselves to say that a standard comic book story is too far-fetched and flamboyant to make a good movie script. I've seen a lot of movies where suspension of belief was necessary for enjoyment. What else is a comic book story other than a thriller, mystery, action-movie, science fiction, and love story combined?

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  11. George says:
    2009/05/29 at 1:49 am

    Movies aren't as good as most books because your standard novel hits around 300-600 pages. It's difficult, if not impossible, to cram that much characterization into a two-plus hour movie. So, in that situation, a lot gets left out. But, in a comic book, the average story is 22 pages, 144 in a story arc. That can fit nicely into two hours.

    Hollywood just doesn't trust the avarage moviegoer to comprehend or appreciate a really good comic story. Iron Man should have taught them that you can translate a comic into a movie and make everyone happy.

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  12. AnDrewClark says:
    2009/05/29 at 2:06 am

    I actually agree with you Bearman to a point. It happens all of the time. I didnt like the Devinci Code mostly because I read the book. My dad on the other hand did like the movie and never read the book.
    But I feel that comic book movies have so much source material that it would be simple enough to take the important parts of the whole story and break it down into a cohesive story that is intelligent and entertaining.
    The Wolverine origin had seeds of something greater but never at any point expanded on the things that made Logan who and what he is today. I wasnt expecting this movie to be a verbatim telling of the books, but some kind of respect for us and the people who made him what he is today would have been nice.
    when people make the argument that fan boys should just be happy at what they get I usually ask them what their favorite TV show is. Lets say its CSI. Well, if they decided to make a big budget movie of that TV show but then changed everything or just dumbed it down to a point that it looked like shell of that show with nothing else there… wouldnt you be a little pissed?

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    • George says:
      2009/05/29 at 2:42 am

      I totally agree with you, Andrew, in my long, ranting replies to our dear friend Bearman. :) I think they disappeared for some reason, but they're back now.

      We can expound on this subject all day (and night). And by all means, feel free to do so. I love hearing different opinions on this topic.

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  13. bearman says:
    2009/05/29 at 4:11 am

    OK…my favorite show currently is Dexter. Let's say they do a big screen adaption with Pauly Shore as Dexter and they have completely turned it into a stoner comedy. I would say WTF. But if they made Encino Man into a tv show with Michael C. Hall, I would probably think…where's Pauly?

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    • George says:
      2009/05/29 at 4:18 am

      I love Dexter! It's a great show. I've only seen Season 1, but I was thoroughly impressed with the plotting and characterization. I completely understand how you would feel, Bearman.

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  14. Midtoon says:
    2009/05/30 at 10:15 pm

    Spend spend spend! Once, when I was on second grade I found a wallet with a whooping $2.50. At the time, I didn't know what to do with all that money. I took a friend to eat ham and cheese sandwitches and Freshly squeezed orange juice and I still had some spare change…

    I cannot imagine what Hank could do with 10,000 times the money I found… He seems to imagine it well enough, though.

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    • George says:
      2009/05/30 at 11:02 pm

      Kids today are so used to havin' it Extreme. They expect bigger allowances, they wear better clothes, and they want better stuff than I got. When I was a kid, and I had ten bucks, you couldn't tell me squat. Nowadays, if you gave a kid ten bones, they'd prob'ly hand it back to you. :)

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