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As one commenter put it, this is why they don’t invite Bruce to movie night. 🙂
Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter (or possibly multiple chapter for this one) of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were 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.
Over 70 chapters but the last few are really short and will possibly run together. That’s how far we have to go until we’re done, and we’re currently slightly over halfway to the end. Last time we saw that Orlov is still very much in the dark about what’s going on around him. Not a good place to keep your operation center head in but Commie Op-Center is a fool’s project because a fool is behind it.
So far we haven’t seen that hurt Commie Op-Center but we’ve still got almost halfway to go, so I expect it will happen sooner or later. Right now we’re checking in with our two undercover operatives. I didn’t know soldiers would also work as undercover agents, but Striker isn’t exactly an official branch of the US military, they’re part of a crisis management team. Maybe it requires other skills and this is the story where we get to see it in action versus the previous novel. We’ll find out because it’s time to check out this week’s chapter.
Chapter 36: Tuesday, 12:26 AM, Helsinki
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“Somehow I know I’m going to get blamed for this.”
Prime #9
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (February, 1994)
“Atomic Lies”
WRITERS: Len Strazewski & Gerald Jones
ARTIST: Norm Breyfogle
COLORING: Keith Conroy & Violent Hues
LETTERER: Tim Eldred
EDITOR: Hank Kanalz
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The most excitement came when Ant-Man got a tiny chair.
I wrote about this earlier in the week in case the archives need a reminder for context.
Over at The Clutter Reports this week there is no actual report, just a notation that there’s…nothing to report. There’s also another week of distractions coming, which I’m getting sick and #$%^$#^# tired of! Can’t I get a week where I can just work on stuff without going all over the place or doing some virtual phone call?
I’m hoping this week there aren’t a lot of anthologies to deal with like last week. Two is already too many for my schedule. Meanwhile there’s the Chapter By Chapter review of Tom Clancy’s Op-Center to continue, plus whatever else comes along. Have a great week, everyone!
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My experience with the Starship Troopers franchise is seeing part of the CG animated series (a previous Saturday Night Showcase) and the Rifftrax Live in theaters for the first movie (here’s a link to the studio version for purchase, but you’ll need a copy of the movie due to rights issues). It just wasn’t a franchise I got into, but I do want to finish watching the TV series I mentioned. There have been a bunch of movies and I think series set in the universe as put together by the first movie, but I guess it isn’t a proper representation of the original 1959 Robert Heinlein novel. Dave Huber, contributing to Bleeding Fool, recently posted an article about wanting a proper adaptation with the reports of a potential reboot movie by Neil Blomkamp. I’m not really familiar with his works, or the novel, so I can’t tell you if this is a good idea or not, but Huber didn’t seem happy about it.
This made me think of a version I was told at the time, via the anime fan magazine Protoculture Addicts, that was closer to the books according to the article. A six part anime produced by Sunrise, the anime studio known for the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and thus used to doing anti-war series with robots, was produced as an “original video animation (OVA)”, Japan’s version of a direct-to-video animated production. Never really saw it before but since Huber’s article made me think of it I went to check it out. I just couldn’t get into it for the same reason I didn’t get into the movie. Oddly enjoyed the series more, but the terrible air schedule in syndication meant I missed when they finally aired new episodes. It’s available online and I own one of the DVD sets, so someday I should finish it.
I bring you the fan translated anime because there has never been an official release of the 1988 OVA, even when the 1990s movies came out. You’d think someone would have run for the rights immediately before the movie hit the theaters. This is a playlist (unless I’m forced to relink the video) so you can see all six episodes right through. Enjoy.
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I do love showcasing videos and articles that clear up misconceptions about characters that are so prominent that even the writers seem to think they’re true. Bam! Smack! Pow! contributor Mark Lynch lists five such misconceptions about the Dark Knight, including a few I’ve been pushing back against for years.
BW’s Daily Video> The Problem With Batman’s “Prep Time”
NOTE: Some bad language
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I have my own thoughts on Batman’s Prep Time.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on March 31, 2025 in DC Spotlight and tagged Batman, commentary, DC Comics, DC Universe.
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