Worky Smirky

Jul 18th, 2008

“I’m going to clap when this movie ends,” comic-buddy Alex says. I just nod to him. “Hell yeah,” I whisper. The Dark Knight ends, and the credits roll. As the lights fire up, Alex applauds the film’s awesomeness out of sheer fanboy glee. My hands meet three times, and I stop when I look around at the people obviously not as enthused as we were. WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!? It was an awesome film that challenged its audience intellectually. It was a grown-up comic book movie. Apparently too grown up for some. And I fucking loved it! And I hate myself for not clapping. Last movie that made me feel that good about being a comic geek was V for Vendetta, so screw you guys who gave me dirty looks when I woohooed at this film.

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I’ve finally been making some headway on my Thor pages. I have about two pages done (again, out of six), and I plan to clean up the second and hopefully start the third this weekend. Finally working on 11×17, and I gotta say I’m enjoying it way more than I thought I would. I was initially approaching it with a healthy dose of trepidation, worried that my layouts would get fucked, my faces would distort, and my rendering would get offset… but I’m doing it by the book and sticking to my thumbnails.

So far so good.

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I spotted a coupla comic guys in DA a coupla weeks back. Honcho of the bunch says he’s looking to put together a team for a pitch to Red5 and whoever else may be in range. I link ‘em to my Next Wave stuff, and they think I’m decent. I’m on board for this project, which is funny… coz they need me on 11×17. So I guess it’s coincidental that I just happen to have started working on that size already.

Tan-tan-taaaaaaaaaaaan!!!

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And speaking of funny stories. The marketing company I’ve been doing freelance gigs for, for a while now has hired me as their creative head. I’m now quite literally the go-to guy for all the artists of the Philippine branch. I’d be lying if I said the title isn’t intimidating, but I’d also be lying if I said this didn’t rock so fucking much. No idea why they chose me though, makes me question their mental health sometimes. Was it my “meh” cap that screamed professionalism? Probably.

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I’m scheduled to watch Dark Knight yet again. The Doomsville Crew, co-genius Matt, ChampionMan, Spanish girls and all, have demanded my presence tonight.

I will clap.

6 Comments

alex

July 18, 2008 at 5:49 am

You’re such a nerd.

I should start on my 11×17 project too. Shy away from gaming for a bit and start those pencils running.
johnamor

July 18, 2008 at 5:53 am

Clapper!
Liana

July 23, 2008 at 11:03 am

Lotsa people clapped at the end when I saw it in Ayala. First night, last full show. People also clapped at certain scenes, e.g. the “you complete me” part, the disappearing pencil trick, the turny-motorbike thingamajig.

I’m planning to watch it again. With any luck, hubby and I can get tickets to see it in MOA’s Imax theater.
Sully

July 29, 2008 at 7:05 pm

“It was an awesome film that challenged its audience intellectually. ”

In all honesty, I thought it did quite the opposite. I mean, the movie ended with Batman saying EVERYTHING that, if it had been the slightest bit challenging, it would have

I felt like Nolan was holding my hand and explaining in the smallest words possible what was going on. “See,” he says with that all-knowing, adult smile, “Batman is whatever Gotham, that’s the city he lives in, he is whatever Gotham needs him to be. If they need a bad guy, he will be a bad guy. If they need a good guy, he will be a good guy.”

I felt insulted.

A crazy man and a cat and mouse game? Happened in Death Note, and people called it genius for a couple years and now some are slowly starting to reevaluate it and say “ehh… okay, it wasn’t so great.”

Great acting, fun movie until the final 30 minutes… but a masterpiece? Nah, no.
johnamor

July 30, 2008 at 4:40 am

There’s actually a part of me that agrees with that, but heh… it gets overshadowed by the fanboy glee the rest of the film filled me with. Color me shallow.
Kim Greenblatt

August 3, 2008 at 1:35 am

I think the merits of the movie are the fact that you didn’t have to know Jack Squat about the Batman mythos and the movie would still have entertained the heck out of you. The box office numbers show that a lot of people seem to agree with it. I was clapping and screaming with a lot of other people when we found out Gordon was alive, when Batman cut the Joker and at the very end.