Vampires have been progressively defanged over the past few years. We have had the vegetarian vampires of Twilight, the tortured sexy vampires of True Blood, and the misunderstood romantic vampires of Being Human. Leave it to Guillermo Del Toro though to bring some evil back into the world of vampires with the TV series The Strain, based on a trilogy of novels he co-wrote with Chuck Hogan. These vampires are not pretty or sexy. love blood, and just want to make humanity suffer. It’s about time.
The Strain begins with the arrival of a Boeing 747 at JFK Airport, carrying with it a vampiric virus that will grow and spread throughout New York City. At the evil center of the tale is Jusef Sardu (Robert Maillet), an ancient vampire known as The Master. The series also stars Corey Stoll and Mia Maestro as Cdc doctors called in to investigate the...
The Strain begins with the arrival of a Boeing 747 at JFK Airport, carrying with it a vampiric virus that will grow and spread throughout New York City. At the evil center of the tale is Jusef Sardu (Robert Maillet), an ancient vampire known as The Master. The series also stars Corey Stoll and Mia Maestro as Cdc doctors called in to investigate the...
- 1/22/2014
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
Batman 25# can be summarised in one word: ‘eh….’ Or, if you’re looking for a more in-depth analysis, ‘disappointing’ is also a pretty good one word fit, but you probably want something a little more detailed than that, don’t you?
Oh well, let’s get on with it then. At the end of issue #24 we saw The Riddler taking over Gotham’s power-grid and leaving the whole City in darkness, setting up a high-stakes confrontation between the Dark Knight and Enigma that had readers eager to see what the next issue would bring. In truth though, this month’s Batman doesn’t really bring anything at all.
The double length comic consists entirely of rather dull conversations between miscellaneous members of the police or Bruce and his staff (such as Alfred and Lucius Fox), with the Riddler only mentioned in passing and as if his actions hadn’t had the slightest affect.
Oh well, let’s get on with it then. At the end of issue #24 we saw The Riddler taking over Gotham’s power-grid and leaving the whole City in darkness, setting up a high-stakes confrontation between the Dark Knight and Enigma that had readers eager to see what the next issue would bring. In truth though, this month’s Batman doesn’t really bring anything at all.
The double length comic consists entirely of rather dull conversations between miscellaneous members of the police or Bruce and his staff (such as Alfred and Lucius Fox), with the Riddler only mentioned in passing and as if his actions hadn’t had the slightest affect.
- 11/13/2013
- by Charlie Oldfield
- Obsessed with Film
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