this is the voice of re:mote induction.Wednesday, September 17, 2003
two step preview - two step is one of the next 3 issue mini series to come from warren ellis; with are by amanda conner and jimmy palmiotti. it follows the story of rosi blades, a "bored camgirl", who is looking for things to transmit live to the web. this has ellis written all over it, very much an idea reminiscent of transmetropolitan, and one that he talks about often with the likes of die puny humans and bad signal (subject= subscribe - to join). rosi is wandering the streets of london, looking for something that will boost her site hits, when "zen gangster" tony ling goes running past. she sets off in pursuit of web cam ratings and all sorts of trouble results. sounds as though it could be interesting.
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 2 #6 - concluding the second series of this collaboration between alan moore and kev o'neill - both parties delivering some of their best work in years. the first series saw the formation of a group of extraordinary individuals, to become special agents for her majesties empire. this brought together mina murray, alan quartermain, captain nemo, dr. henry jekyl and mr. edward hyde, and hawley griffin (the invisible man) and saw them fight against a chinese gangster. from the looks of the trailers for the film based on the comic, the story is based loosely on the first book. the second book started on mars, allowing moore to play around with some of the martian legends of edgar rice burroughs and the like. this led to the set up of h.g. well's war of the worlds - the martian tripod attack ships have invaded britain and are causing wide spread destruction with league attempting to stop them from spreading. over the course of the series we have seen griffin betray the league, throwing in his lot with the enemy. from that nemo and hyde are in london on the front line, while murray and quartermain have gone off in search of a doctor moreau, who has been developing a super weapon for the government. with the conclusion it looks like moore has managed to take the league apart as easily as he built them up in the previous series, will there be another series? how can there be?! highlights of this second series have been the first issue on mars itself, light on english dialogue, but a striking vision and a chance for o'neill to shine! then there was the memorable revenge of hyde when he gets his hands on griffin. and of course for a lighter relief there was moreau's version of rupert the bear - classicaly wicked moore!
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 2 #6 - concluding the second series of this collaboration between alan moore and kev o'neill - both parties delivering some of their best work in years. the first series saw the formation of a group of extraordinary individuals, to become special agents for her majesties empire. this brought together mina murray, alan quartermain, captain nemo, dr. henry jekyl and mr. edward hyde, and hawley griffin (the invisible man) and saw them fight against a chinese gangster. from the looks of the trailers for the film based on the comic, the story is based loosely on the first book. the second book started on mars, allowing moore to play around with some of the martian legends of edgar rice burroughs and the like. this led to the set up of h.g. well's war of the worlds - the martian tripod attack ships have invaded britain and are causing wide spread destruction with league attempting to stop them from spreading. over the course of the series we have seen griffin betray the league, throwing in his lot with the enemy. from that nemo and hyde are in london on the front line, while murray and quartermain have gone off in search of a doctor moreau, who has been developing a super weapon for the government. with the conclusion it looks like moore has managed to take the league apart as easily as he built them up in the previous series, will there be another series? how can there be?! highlights of this second series have been the first issue on mars itself, light on english dialogue, but a striking vision and a chance for o'neill to shine! then there was the memorable revenge of hyde when he gets his hands on griffin. and of course for a lighter relief there was moreau's version of rupert the bear - classicaly wicked moore!
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