Chapter By Chapter: Total Recall adaptation Ch. 21

Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were a reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

Chapter by Chapter - Total Recall logoThis is an interesting scene we’re about to see because it isn’t in the movie. In the movie, when Quato peers into the mind of Douglas Quaid he sees Douglas Hauser’s memory of him, Cohaagen, and some other guy coming across a machine that can create air on Mars, obviously of alien origin, and shuts down the Pyramid Mine to keep it from being discovered. I don’t know what was in the original script Piers Anthony was working from, but we something completely different here.

Chapter 21: Revelation

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Today’s Comic> Godzilla: Rulers Of Earth #4

Godzilla Rulers of Earth #4

“I knew that last burrito was a bad idea.”

Godzilla: Rulers Of Earth #4

IDW Publishing (September, 2013)

STORY: Chris Mowry (writer) & Matt Frank
ARTISTS: Matt Frank & Jeff Zornow
COLORIST: Priscilla Tramontano
LETTERER: Shawn Lee
EDITOR: Bobby Curnow

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Today’s Halloween ComicFest> Batman: The Long Halloween Special Ed.

Batman Long Halloween Comicfest

Not sure what to make of this cover.

Halloween Comic Fest 2013 – Batman: The Long Halloween Special Edition #1

DC Comics (December, 2013)

WRITER: Jeph Loeb
ARTIST: tim Sale
COLORIST: Gregory Wright
LETTERS: Richard Starking & Comicraft
“BATMAN” CREATOR: Bob Kane

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Sacrifice this, DiDio!

The Greatest American Hero

Yes, I know The Greatest American Hero was never a DC series, but we’re talking the nature of heroes, with DC only used as an example because it’s the people in charge of DC we’re discussing.

I have nothing against villain characters. I’m into action sci-fi and superhero stories. Villains are rather important to have, even if the “villain” is just a force of nature or rescuing trapped people or something. I’m not the fanboy that Reviewers Unknown headman Ozzie Arcane is, but I do have my favorite villains to watch. Lately, however, DC Comics is proving to be obsessed with villains to the point that they have an event where the heroes are gone and the villains are in charge, as well as a home video release dedicated to them called Necessary Evil. Geoff Johns, DC’s Creative Director (why do comics need someone to direct creativity all of a sudden?) and big name writer, has gone on record being a fan of villains. This explains why the Red Lanterns and Larfleeze have had their own titles.

I don’t have the above linked-to DVD because with my current budget I have more important things to spend money on. DVDs Worth Watching (sister site to Comics Worth Reading) has seen the DVD (or maybe they got the Blu-ray–I linked to the combo pack so everyone wins) and there’s one line that was pointed out by fellow Friday Night Fighter Brian Snell of Slay Monstrobot of the Deep that shows me that the wrong people are in charge at DC Comics.

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Today’s Comic> Doctor Who: Prisoners Of Time #9

Doctor Who Prisoners Of Time #9

The only Doctor Who monsters to actually scare me. They wouldn’t have worked here.

Doctor Who: Prisoners Of Time #9

IDW Publishing (September, 20130

WRITERS: Scott & David Tipton
PENCILER: David Messina
INKER: Giorgia Sposito
COLORS: ScarletGothica
COVER ART: Francesco Francavilla
LETTERER: Tom B. Long
EDITOR: Denton J. Tipton

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Today’s Halloween ComicFest> Batman: Li’l Gotham Special Edition

Batman Lil Gotham Comicfest edition

Did they release a set of figurines based on this?

Halloween Comic Fest 2013 – Batman: Li’l Gotham Special Edition

DC Comics (December, 2013)

WRITERS: Dustin Nguyen & Derek Fridolfs
ARTIST: Dustin Nguyen
LETTERER: Salda Temofonte
EDITOR: Sarah Gaydon
“BATMAN” CREATOR: Bob Kane

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Jake & Leon #179: Of Mice & Martians

Parents who eat Oreos...have children who eat Oreos.

Parents who eat Oreos…have children who eat Oreos.

Just in case someone hasn’t seen that ad. The study Jake mentions is real, and I’m surprised it took as long as it did for me to come up with that joke. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if someone already made it by now. I haven’t seen it.

  • Reviewers Unknown: I thought I posted my review of the new The Tomorrow People to RU already. Well, better late than never.
  • The Clutter Reports: If you’ve missed previous postings, I look at the “He-Man Meets Ram-Man” minicomic.

If you’re reading this from the homepage the rest of this article is going to be behind the “jump” because it’s also going to serve as a “programming note” rather than take up extra time. You will be happy to know that I grabbed a few new comics to read and there are a couple of titles I still want to follow, just not as many as I used to. I’ll explain all of that in a moment. I also picked up a bunch of the giveaway comics as part of Free Comic Book Day’s “Halloween Comic” event. So you’ll be getting a bonus comic review…at 12 AM ET! New comics will be at the usual 12 PM slot (and we’ll have a “Best Scene” winner next week). But that’s just a warm-up for what’s to come here at the Spotlight.

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