Bubba Ho-Tep

What we have here at Shady Rest is an Egyptian soul-sucker of some sort.”
–Jack

Here’s another film from last year which has found a larger audience on video. Just as Buffy (especially in the earlier seasons) used horror-movie conventions to comment on adolescence, serving them up in a blend of horror, humour, and drama, Bubba Ho-Tep does the same for the geriatric set. A monster’s stalking old people, but our heroes refuse to go gentle into that good night.

It may be purchased from Amazon.com (includes a special price if you purchase it with Kill Bill, Vol. I) or Amazon.ca.

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Daleks are back!

cb writes, Just saw this on Slashdot. The BBC and Terry Nation’s estate finally came to an agreement over using the Daleks in the new Who series. BBC story here. UPDATED: Spelling mistake fixed. (It now reads “BBC” in place of “BBS.”)

Weekly Comics Discussion

This
week is a big one. I’ll be picking up the 12
cent Batman, League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen Vol. 2 as a TPB, Essential
Avengers Vol. 4, Exiles #50, Marvel
Age Emma Frost Vol. 1: Higher Learning as a
digest, Marvel Age Spider-Man Vol. 3,
Ultimate Nightmare #1, Ultimate
Spider-Man #63, Ultimate X-Men #50, and
X-Men: The End Book One #1. I’ll try to
review the cheap Batman issue first, since it’s
likely to sell out first. Then, I’ll hit the first
issues, and finally follow up with the trades. (The
Marvel Age Spider-Man Vol. 3 review will
wait until my overdue copy of Vol. 1 arrives so I can
review them in order.)
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