Monday, February 28, 2011

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Movie Night Discussion: "The Stranger in Me"

The association
Mama Blues 35, which informs and supports parents or prospective parents in trouble and who regularly holds coffee at Bell, an evening film discussion around the movie "Stranger and Me" on the topic of depression postnatal.
This event will take place on Monday, March 21 at 20:30 in cinema The Sévigné Cesson-Sévigné (43 rue du Muguet, such; February 1999 83 12 21).
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Jacques Dayan, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Catherine Bassereau, midwife and Helene Robert, midwife framework and coordinator of the perinatal health system, Well Being born in Ille-et-Vilaine.
Admission: 5 euros
Booking is advised to be sure of his place.
Reservation by mail mamanblues35@gmail.com until Friday, March 18 included, indicating name and number of people. Send your payment by check payable to "The Cinema Sevigne" at the following address: Mama Blues 35 - Patis Tatelin-35700 RENNES.
For the curious, some information Further below:
ABROAD IN ME
Original title: Das Fremde in mir
Year: 2008
Length: 99 min
Director: Emily Atef
Interpretation: Suzanne Wolff, Johann von Bülow Maren Kroymann, Hans Diehl, Judith Engel
SYNOPSIS
"Rebecca and Julian waiting in joy their first child. But just born babies, Rebecca feels inexplicable fear and helplessness in the presence of this tiny being dependent her. She sank into a severe depression and realizes she has become a threat to its Child. "
THE PRESS
" Emily Atef admirably avoids the pitfalls of film theory, focusing on the mother and obstacle course to learn to accept her illness, to dominate, and finally to cherish his child ... In the heart of this film, and applied austere in appearance, lies a tremendous faith in mankind and its ability to Trascender "(FIRST ***).
" The movie Emily Atef says both the descent into hell and rebirth of a family ... The adventure is filmed accurate results around a successful actress who arouse compassion despite the role difficult it embodies. This beautiful movie is an opportunity to dramatize a topic still taboo. No doubt many women will recognize something of their experiences. "(PROFESSIONAL MIDWIFE)
" The director filmed tactfully mental and physical rejection of a young mother for her newborn. The project alternates between a subjective approach (exploration of the neuroses of the young woman) and an objective approach (the emotional impact of disconnection on the family). "(Cahiers du Cinema)
" Suzanne Wolff whose stubborn silence, pain and distress expressed concern with amazing accuracy. "(THE WORLD)

Sunday, February 27, 2011

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Spider-Man: Back in Black

A Marvel Deluxe returns this month for the period Back in Black of Weaver.

It is necessary to begin to relocate some background. These adventures take place just after the Civil War , while the civil identity of Spidey is now known to everyone and that Parker and his family are doomed to a life of fugitives. At the time, Tony Stark is still the head of SHIELD, Flash Thompson still has his legs and Aunt May, who has taken a bullet (see Spider-Man # 92 ) is to the point of death.
The episodes collected here are drawn series Sensational Spider-Man (issues # 35 to # 40) and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ( # 17 to # 23 ). So it is no confrontation between Spidey and Kingpin (which took place in Amazing SM (see Spider-Man # 97 )).
the scenario, we find Peter David and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa . The drawing part is provided by Todd Nauck , Angel Medina, Ramon Bachs , Clayton Crain , Lee Weeks and Rick Hoberg .

We first Sensational SM . The first arc sees a strange person to engage in an experiment size on youth abducted in the street. These are inoculate a serum that gives them the same powers as the Monte-in-air but in degenerating, gradually transforms into true spiders (just a remake of The Fly , in the teletransportation less). The second story focuses on Eddie Brock (recently became Anti-Venom ), very bad shape (he is sick and has sold his symbiote auction), which is found in the same hospital as the auntie.
It was right next to an episode depicting the origins of Spider-Man and making a little reflection on his fate, his future. Rather introspective and even metaphysics. A nice pose before moving to Friendly Neighborhood SM.

In the first story, Parker teamed up with the Sand Man and tries to prove innocence the latter's father, wrongly accused of murder and threatened with execution. A little harder to follow perhaps the uninitiated, it refers particularly to double by Ben Parker and Spider-Man from 2211 (one with a funny helmet, relatively sophisticated, for those who remember) .
then continued with a more murky plot, which speaks of mystical spiders that try to reproduce using Thompson and Parker as guests (a bit like Aliens , but without the M41 and M56). For the record, Betty Brant is a fairly important role here. Finally, it concludes with an episode which a confrontation between Peter and J. Jonah Jameson ulceration have been fooled by his photographer for years. Rather well done, with some good tricks narrative found.

Overall, we here stories that leave and read with displeasure that focus both on the darker side of Peter (the dark "light" if I were spending the expression) and the spider mythology (broadly defined) that surrounds it. Nothing necessarily essential - especially as everything has been canceled - but it shows that it was entirely possible building plots that take into account the evolution of the character (his identity revealed, the fact that it is an off-the-law, his new powers ) without altering its fundamentals.

No bonuses, cons Panini has finally managed to turn the usual (stating that each contained Deluxe) of the jacket. Especially, it was still here 13 episodes, which is correct. No problem of translation, by cons (it must be something there), a new practice quite staggering: at one point, someone talks about SHIELD Text and a small inset is placed at the bottom of box. So far, everything is normal you say. Yes, but in fact the explanation of the acronym stops ... the fourth letter (!) and ends with " for details, see Internet . Basically, it means " good, we did not really want to break the ass, we've forgotten what it means to the L and D, Sort this out yourselves to find a fool who will explain it on the net ". There, he was still afraid. I almost admire ... We have really everything they did.

Deluxe A well-stocked and friendly but rather, by the choice of episodes from the series side and a complex period that ended, part of a much larger epic that new readers will find it difficult to grasp subtleties.

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3:00 AM in the snow.

I return to work during the Nuit Blanche.

I told my lift: let me corner of Rachel and St. Laurent.

And then I just walked.

for 40 minutes under the snow.

And it was beautiful.

Just beautiful and calm.

The sound of my footsteps, echo of laughter and music in bars, the muffled rolling of tires on the snow.

I walked like that until infinity ...

But my street came faster than expected.

is not serious.

It gave me time to be Zen.

For once.

Friday, February 25, 2011

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Fatal: Betrayal

Continued buggery super-heroic lead with Volume # 2 of Fatal .

The Plutonian, former protector of mankind, has become the greatest threat it has faced. Members of Paradigm trying to stop his killing spree by putting himself in search of a possible weak point, perhaps hidden in his citadel.
For its part, the bitterness and hatred Plutonian rehash too long restrained. He visits his former adoptive family whose members are visibly frightened. To prevent detection by the superman and his unusual sense, they are also more pronounced a word since his departure, condemning himself to a life of silence to protect their seeming security.
The Plutonian lonely, misunderstood, unloved ... he passed a point of no return and no longer facing the source of his resentment that in seeking to eradicate the violence.
While an old enemy of the former hero again discreetly surface, the army also gets involved and decides not to finesse in stopping all superhuman, including members of the paradigm, even for this to employ unconventional means.

After an excellent first volume , here is the rest of the series Mark Waid of (screenplay) and Peter Krause (drawing). The action is taken where we had stayed and, despite a small this summary, it is not immediately obvious in the plot go after these few months. A little history on the different characters might not have been too, just to recover more easily in the bath.
After this little time for adaptation, found pleasure in writing effective Waid. The latter reveals a little more in the past, painful, the Plutonian. One notices that, contrary that one might have thought, his first "gaffes" to go back very far. His current psychological state is not entirely due to mere lack of recognition of a growing population demanding, thereby qualifying the words and save the character complexity. Indeed difficult to stay calm and sane when you fear your own family or that you can not sleep with your girlfriend without making him take risks with important physical. This frightening powers, but also the disadvantages that go with it, well here are put forward and contribute significantly to offset the image, often idealized, super-hero.

The six episodes in this collection are followed by a short story (six plates) derived from Irredeemable Special # 1. Waid it done this time teamed with Howard Chaykin old and has a super-criminal, Max Damage, seeking redemption since he survived the carnage of Sky City. An explanatory page lets put this story in the chronology of events and even describes the powers of the individual.
The book ends with a small gallery of covers alternatives.

A title that retains all its interest and to reveal a darker side of super-heroic myth.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

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scenario. (ADD)

This morning, I enter the bus.

Background: the bus is crowded, it's the 24 around 9:15 in the morning, made at the height of Park Lafontaine So who picked up the world from east of the island.

The People try to settle, we are all made bread is not clear.
And here a young man sitting on the bench removable back (one for wheelchairs and strollers) is pointing the finger by a native English speaker who said

You see the sign with the stroller over the top of your head? Well, it is also for you young man!

The guy is super uncomfortable, gets up and makes a look of apology to the woman with the stroller that is also uncomfortable, because obviously she had not for use this option.

Then, Anglo is for the woman who sat on that bench and begins to bawl and say that it counts for her as well, it might settle.

The case is that the woman has in hand a huge bag that contains a massage chair, because she goes to work.
The guy starts to say, practically shouting and denigrating the clear, it is his responsibility to NOT take the bus with this kind of object, it should leave room for people on rush hour. She should leave early, before rush hour, to avoid being in the path. She could even think about paying for a taxi.

The woman defended herself obviously, but there was great unease.

And as is not the first time I hear such comments (once compared to a stroller, and it is the driver himself who told the mom not to move at rush hour ), I wonder what is your opinion.

ADDITION: I forgot to tell you what happened next.

I was facing the woman with the package and the bus braked sharply and j 'as I landed on the bag lady.

I am apologetic and she looked at me and smiled and said gently:

No problem, it's a massage chair is padded everywhere! You can t'accoter above as you like!

I said phew thank you, I wanted to break your things!

And she But no, really no problem is made for it, move it!
And it looks, smiling, bus stops and I wish him a good day.

And there it was stronger me and landing of the subway, I followed the guy.

Once at its height, I looked and I said

You know that this woman carries a massage chair, it gives care to people then?

The guy looks at me bewildered and said:

It did not report! She has no right to bring his bag like that, it is organized differently, it takes a taxi, bought a car. Here, she went ahead to not disturb people on rush hour!

And me Who tells you she is not a party in advance?

He stops for a moment, off again: Anyway, the bus is for get people quickly from one point to another, no matter to drag the big stuff like that, it should not take the bus this time!

Me: Ok , so it also counts for the strollers, then?

The guy who seems to have too much of what he says and rubs his head frantically:
It depends! But rush hour, it serves to bring the world quickly, worse he must live together and understand that and it should not bring his bag ...

Etc.., Etc..

I repeat again the same case.

Me: me, what I understand is that it is your opinion sir, to point line.

Him: No, that's how! It must be like that, it can not board the bus!

Me: No, it's YOUR opinion. Things are not necessarily as clear cut as that.

And he continues, but I leave the dock to board the subway.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Judge Dredd: Mandroid

is now eyeing the side of Mega-City One with Judge Dredd : Mandroid , published by Sun.

Sergeant Nate Slaughterhouse is a veteran of the Space Corps. He fought on hostile planets and delivered dozens of fighting, until one day, seriously injured, it is recovered half dead on the battlefield. Placed in cryogenic suspension, he owes his life as cybernetic implants that now constitute the bulk of his body.
The psychological shock is intense. Demobilized from Nate, with his wife and son for Mega-City One. Here, the family found an apartment block in a filthy, plagued by crime. They are short of money, without jobs, without any psychological help. Slaughterhouse thought to have lived through difficult times, but it's hell in the megalopolis that is going to know the worst. And when he finally has nothing to lose, he will do what he always does: killing.
Unfortunately for this brave victim of such circumstances, the law in Mega-City One, is made by the Judges. Dredd, who took a liking to a veteran, if indeed he might feel in will find himself obliged to hunt him down.
They should have the same side, life has decided otherwise ...

branch U.S. Comics Sun is not at his first attempt on the famous Judge Dredd, from the equally famous British weekly 2000 AD. Last year, the publisher had already published a collection of short stories, whose content and assorted looks very particular could just discard it.
Here, these reserves are not expected to be as it is one long story , written by John Wagner and illustrated by Kev Walker (who officiated at Marvel Zombies ), Simon Coleby and Carl Critchlow . Graphically, the result is efficient, especially for the first part (in fact this volume contains two different arcs forming a whole), with a style and dark shadows and contrasts that are able to transcribe both the violence of the city's destruction of its inhabitants. The second part is more conventional and less inspired but still quite honest.
The story is particularly harsh and uncompromising, the events occurring with a cold logic that enhances the horror and inevitability. Especially, Dredd must face here, not a monster or a hardened criminal but a man who fundamentally good, in desperation, will depart from the Act only reference to a judge who will nevertheless be a little less cynical than usual (initially at least). What could have been a banal story of revenge is finally enhanced by a moral questioning interesting and, above all, a relentless increase dramatically, giving the impression that the characters can only undergo a crushing and inhuman consequences.

You'll understand that it is not very gay. The book reveals disturbing, muscular without being simplistic and sometimes even moving. It also has the advantage of presenting the world of Dredd (based combat armor, blocks glaucous also immense and strong sense of desolation) in a coherent and accessible.
Technically, nothing special to report. T good, hardcover and (very) small gallery of covers.

From SF brutal and scary.
To avoid night of blues.



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Adaptations of Comics to Film: The Boomerang Effect

recent years, the adaptations of comics to the movies come thick and fast pace, with the inverse of the quality that she deserves to be more.
Petit point on the perverse effects of poorly conceived business practice.

Seen on TV! "
We've all seen this teaser on a bunch of products for mass consumption, but do you know what Affriolé even a commercial?
Yes, the small Seen at the Cinema " tape that can actually or mentally commodities it is responsible.
It is necessary at the beginning of this article, (re) make a point on the business aspect of comics (or any literary work elsewhere). Yes, the books must be sold, yes, it is normal to take into account the economic aspect of a work, no money, it's not dirty.
By cons, no, cultural products can not sell like Bolino or Kinder Bueno, and bring the artistic aspect of a work remains the surest way, precisely, do not sell well.

But, first things top ...
The porous side of the various fields of entertainment is not new. Already in the 80s and 90s, often spent a license movies to video games, sometimes making detours through the comics, novels and role playing. And at that time (not so far anyway), what characterized the implementation of a work from one medium to another, it was often the poor quality of the result.
Even then, a Rambo on the Amstrad was pitiful compared to Ikari Warriors (veterans will appreciate this example prehistoric!). It was found that the reverse process was equally true a few years later, with the movie adaptation of ... Mario Bros. (for the idea of adapting to the cinema a platform game with a mustached plumber jumping on mushrooms and spends his time in pipes, or should really be incredibly optimistic or totally unconscious) and TV series as Mortal Kombat.
short, it was not obvious, with few exceptions, such as Call of Cthulhu , declination in the RPG and the eponymous new pantheon created by Lovecraft. Except that an RPG, it's not supposed to affect millions people. And we come to the first brake structural adaptations night cinema: the audience.

When a comic has sold 100,000 copies in the U.S. nowadays is a huge publishing success. If we get 10,000 sales in France for a work distributed in bookstores, is also a success. In other words, in figures, books (or comics specifically) do not address the same audience as the film. On the big screen, audiences in the millions, and revenues in the tens or hundreds of millions. A Superman or Spider-Man can not rely solely on Readers of comics to fill the rooms and their goals. Instead, we must address the widest possible audience.
We come to the frightening concept of lowest common denominator. That specialize in television and film are accustomed to regard as suitable for everyone, unlike the "segmenting." Again, to be honest, there are exceptions and modifications as more successful than others. Watchmen , for example, do not betray the spirit of the original story while adding a modern dimension and perhaps a greater fluidity than the comic (by getting rid of famous scenes from pirates), but for success, how many dismal failures?
Daredevil, Hulk , Ghost Rider, all examples of frightful turds, bad damn fast and curly. Consider the
Spider-Man , considered, to my great astonishment, as a success. It is typically the kind of silly movies and soft knee, without any creativity or personal touch, which are supposed to apply to everyone. So to anyone. And besides, it's directed by Sam Raimi, a guy who can make masterpieces like A Simple Plan or stuff much fun as hell until . His version of Spider-Man, by comparison, seems very bland. I'm going a bit far, but it's hard to call a gadget otherwise sanitized, drowned in boredom and lack of inspiration. The third installment (oddly generally the least appreciated) starts to offer some interesting things, but at this rate, it would have in Raimi makes 50 so that we have a chance not to fall asleep before the end . Or come out happy and satisfied to have seen a "real" Spidey.

Well, I will not continue this way, if you enjoyed some adjustments, fine, you probably your reasons. For cons, I think that it is now, after several years of decline, interest in the effect of "boomerang" of these changes on our comics.
The first of these effects, the worst that present both the U.S. and France, this false impression that the viewer of a film could potentially become the future readers of the comic book franchise . It's like if you consider that the guy who drinks wine at the restaurant will perhaps participate in the harvest next year . Me that a little booze, frankly, I can tell you that it is unlikely.
Seriously, go back on this infinitely perverse. Publishers in the broadest sense of the term, consider that when the film adaptation of a franchise out, the chances of selling are greatly increased.
This principle of communicating vessels are actually in a sense (readers of comics will often see the film adaptations) but not the other (the viewer does not rush lambda on BD). How
be sure? For a very simple comparison.
The film adaptation has never been so numerous and drain millions of viewers in North America and Europe. However, in recent years, sales figures, with regard to comics, are rather sharply downward. Not only is the comic industry in a few decades, lost many readers, but the wave of "promotion" in the film is not contained. Consider some recent figures
. In May 2007, Captain America: Fallen Son flows 170,000 copies in the U.S. (a good figure today, but nothing compared to sales in previous decades). In June of that year, World War Hulk also reached 170 000, New Avengers is 160 000 ...
Three years later, not only DC Comics truste first places, but what counts! The first
titles (Batman ) in November 2010, reaching over 100 000 copies. In December 2010, no one reaches 90 000. Even and Green Lantern Brightest Day are well below 80 000.
The decrease is constant and, when up there, it is mainly due to important events related to comics ( the death of Captain America for example, or Blackest Night at DC ), not the massive influx of regulars cinemas.

These famous "new players" that the editors hope and cajole to the extreme, it never did see the trace. Or very anecdotal. Yet, these same editors have taken the party today, to approach them. To people who do not exist. Or at least, who do not read comics.
Some examples?
few years ago, Ultimate Spider-Man is specifically created to attract younger readers who are unfamiliar with the past (loaded) of the hero. This time, it serves . Fresh, pleasant to read, the early years Bendis and Bagley are making a run exceptionally well in length. And it does not affect the series history of the Monte-in-air. This will be the only good idea unfortunately.
Obviously, this concept does not fit on the long term (as, inevitably, after a few years, the Ultimate universe also generates its continuity and thus supposed disincentives to purchase). We will therefore Ultimatum , an event winded and questionable value, at the base supposed to wipe the slate clean. In fact, it is the quality that will quickly escape from the range. Always
about Weaver, Quesada will implement the controversial One More Day throwing again the hero's past to the winds, while, however, the character had matured and interest. Those who read the series grumble, those who do not read ... not read it yet.
Such missteps will multiply to almost become a norm. Until recently, the series Iron Man Legacy (without interest) is launched by Marvel to suit the hypothetical readers from the viewing of Iron Man II Favreau. The same argument is echoed by Panini, who in his editorials, never fails to praise the supposed qualities of a comic adapted film.

Gain exposure and media coverage, it, nobody can blame the publishers. It is even more logical and sensible. But destroying the significant progress of the inspired authors to address a lack of the public is not particularly a good idea. On the other side of the Atlantic, it's a stupid idea, and when it leads us, she has not won in intelligence. For the intro
Losers example, the henchmen paniniens find nothing better than not talking almost only ... Film! This is stupid because if you read the intro, is that it has already bought the book. So no need to surround it with a pseudo halo-based prestigious Hollywood lights. Yet at Panini, we continue to praise the films in the comics for ... sell these comics (even if only in Kick Ass example). This does not detract from the content but surreptitiously installs the idea that comics would only be the poor relation of artistic universe where the cinema is king. Paper, knighted by adaptation, therefore accede to the supposed literary aristocracy.
One can even question some journals that regularly come in at number # 1 while series contained therein has not changed and still evolving. Funnier still, the quest for "new player" is so ingrained in the genes that publishers Panini (which is never the last when it comes to anything) goes even publish in some collections, several numbers # 1 of the same series but with different content. For Daredevil in Marvel Deluxe example, Panini will release a first number # 1 (containing episodes signed Smith, Quesada and Mack), then they will release a ... second number # 1 (for the same series of the same character) with the start of the run of Bendis. Oh, sure, a number # 1 is reassuring. For fans by
cons is really absurd and famous for newcomers, it's a trap con (put a "1" on a book has never contributed to its contents more accessible) . Yet while the interest of a shared universe with a continuity of several decades is its wealth, it seems that publishers regularly tempted to believe (those who do not read what they publish) everything is as accessible as the latest film insipid they saw on the big screen.


In the end, what the film adaptations of comics have such real effects?
Do they make fun of comics readers? Often I am tempted to say no.
Do they attract new readers? No, they are not even able to stop the bleeding now.
Do they highlight the characters? Well ... er ... honestly ... Daredevil / Ben Affleck, Spidey / Tobey Maguire ... good, everything is said (to be honest, Robert Downey Jr. Tony Stark is embodying a pleasant surprise, it must be exceptions).
But ultimately, they have no positive effects could royally fuck it, we, selfish players and avid readers. Except that regularly, it is taken on the face of the perverse binz: Series launched quickly and badly written, runs the whole balanced with nettles, a general nervousness, a constant back for the VF, the choices based on criteria staggering, and finally, an impression that we still do not care a bit about our mouths. Or even that it is not for us, which is still an achievement!

Basically, bad films, it is usual, environmental practices but are they also influenced comics who, at the base, were good but sometimes end up looking like their distant cousins animated. Ie they focus on announcement effects, silly action, special effects, superlatives and stalled narrative.
It works sometimes. On an audience not looking, very young or novice, but what about what we've really come to look in the comics? What happens to these historical players, adults, the faithful who have always accompanied the footsteps of their heroes? (And also filled the pockets of their authors and publishers?)
What was nice to find in the marvelverse recent years, it was exciting sagas, less Manichean conflict than in the past, deep characters, subtle relationships, drama, controversy, or painful moments of magic. Much risk taking, artistic advances that fail most often to the cinema on the pretext that only warm, not spicy soup may be suitable for everyone. Also provided boomerang effect, in turn, are stripped of some series which made their appeal, although, fortunately, it is not (yet) a general rule. Each medium has

its qualities and defects. And of course everyone is free to have their preferences. However, the effects of fashion, who regularly put the ease (or "comer") on a pedestal are harmful in the long term and, especially, suggest that the medium or technology take precedence over content and creativity which, of course, is heresy and, incidentally, the best way of stopping any series.
The belief is to believe that a work must be simplified and standardized in order to sell "plus" is an absurdity. And focus on the number at the expense of quality is a mistake, even for securities mainstream. Simply because what can grow in number and it's the quality. Or
artistic integrity. Or know-how, call it what you want. Stripping
a work does not make it more attractive, except to think that the vacuum is attractive, it simply makes it poorer. This poverty is bearable level adjustments, which are nothing more than derivatives, but it becomes painful when it spread to the heart of this universe of paper that we thought - correctly - that richer and today is threatened by a race to the bottom which is likely to precipitate his loss. Or at least remove him, year after year after flap flap, which did its magic and pleasure of our readers.



ps: on a related topic I would point out an article in the last Brazil, interested in comics transposed onto the big screen and in which I was pleased to speak a little. FYI, Jeremy Manesse was also questioned on the subject.
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Monday, February 21, 2011

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The Unwritten - Between the Lines

decidedly February is a month full of quality publications, since this is the first volume of The Unwritten , fantasy eyeing the metaphysics of writing.

Tommy Taylor is the main character in a series of successful novels which depicts a young magician and has created a craze in the world, surpassing even the popular media when Harry Potter. Fans are eagerly awaiting a hypothetical 14th book, the author have disappeared long ago.
Tom Taylor, he is the son of the writer and the supposed inspiration for the character. It connects festivals and book signings, a success surfing proxy that allows him to eke out a living but also has its bad sides, like those lunatics who, from time to time, take it for what it really is not: a sorcerer.
One day, a meeting will change Tom's life. An unknown challenges in the audience and reveals that a photo is supposed to represent the child is in fact a fake. It also suggests that the past of the young man is oddly formed voids and disturbing elements. It does not take more to unleash the wrath of fans of the series, ulcerated have conducted boat by what might be an imposter. Others believe illuminated explain the mysterious past of Tom in that it would actually be born with the novels and coming straight lines lying on the paper by its creator.
Tom Taylor will quickly see that in the dark, very dangerous characters are very interested in words and their power ...

Ah 'Vertigo' ... a label that does not lie so much, in general, the series that rep ... hours , thin, no, I have made this intro Saturday (see American Vampire ). That said, the context is somewhat the same: an original series, well thought, the rich and fascinating topic. The subject is however very different, but let us first look at a creative team. The script, Mike Carey ( Faker , Neverwhere , God save the Queen , X-Men Origins ), a specialist in fantasy worlds and strange. Drawings, Peter Gross. Well, obviously, this is not the look that is the main attraction of this series. Nothing horrible, just a mat style, no soul (except for a few performances, such as the "world on the other side of the door," impressive and inspiring). To make a comparison, it looks a little like Buckingham (the designer, not the palace). But nothing insurmountable, especially since the theme offers plenty to look at these first five episodes.

Carey talks about the power of words and stories, the magic that manipulate Storytellers and scribbling of all sorts, a vision which I am particularly sensitive because I share a very long time and continues to amaze me to this incredible power that is to feel remote, to a perfect stranger, emotions that we will generate by simply filling in an ordinary letter paper. This is the very definition of magic. Not one of the taverns, the real, which, by signs and symbols to influence the physical world and the mood of our fellow men.
The author goes so patiently build a clever back-and-forth between fiction and the real world, each chapter opens on a few pages adventures of Tommy Taylor before returning to the woes of the real Tom Taylor. The line between hero paper and flesh will fade quickly, however, and from that moment on, the doors of the Imagination will be opened on broad philosophical questions. The reflection is of course on the impact of fiction on life, but it goes further and questions about what makes a human being a "reality" in the eyes of others. Thus, without pictures, without social security number, without birth certificates or registrations in a vague administrative register, is it possible to demonstrate to others his own existence? What is the evidence that we reject or, conversely, to hold credible, hardly used, without any real reflection on their importance?
Worse - for signs of the times - the power of information, even if erroneous, and its transformation into mass hatred and veneration by a crowd as terrifying as versatile, makes one wonder about our reflexes and the vagaries of the over-communication. For, in the era of the Net and the "buzz", relevance is buried under a flood of sordid trash, quickly uttered, not assumed, but particularly painful for that is the target. That is indeed the word of an "author" in the broadest sense of the term, when the natural filter of editing can no longer separate the wheat from the chaff?
Mike Carey brings everything to even begin to answer since, ultimately, even manipulated, the crowds still react very strongly compared to the writings, the Paper, noble medium par excellence and remains not only just as promising in the era of pixels, but almost reassuring.

Caution, do not let cool for my extrapolations. The Unwritten is a series that is easily affordable, with action, suspense, real bad and a main character very endearing. By cons, obviously, when one looks a bit like writing in general, it is a pure delight as it feels to navigate a sea of old and familiar that it feels good to come across some old Captains face etched by the spray. O)
The literary references are multiple, it is Mary Shelley to Conan Doyle, to Oscar Wilde, George Orwell and Rudyard Kipling same the last chapter which is also enshrined. Nice reminder of what the British were able to provide Letters.
Finally, it was right to preface a (very smart one, unlike the last Rex Mundi ) by Bill Willingham, author of Fables , which will evoke Karic but also Guard finally come to a very interesting concept of unification of the fantastic genres.
short, very good. And that translates Manesse, So no surprises.

A great idea can lead us to consider the immense opportunities that proves to be an intelligent and practical bridge between pop culture and literature more "institutional".
Not to be missed.

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Geek: Season 03 - Episode 01

quick tour of the summary of the 11th number Geek . If you do not follow the seasons, rest assured, there is still time to get started!

the menu so a large file on the generation Toys : design, market conditions, the different profiles of collectors or the steps before entering the shops, design the packaging, there's something seriously delve into the wide world of toys.
Also an interview with River Bernard Werber , novelist visionary who literally teeming with ideas. Yann Leroux tells him about the psychology of avatar, or how to lift the veil on this small image buffer between the self and others. It goes to something more technical with holography, possible alternative to the already classic 3D. Over a point on the supposedly free games and illusions, but also an interview with Syd Mead , the discovery of the 9th art and a half or a highlighting of "guardians" of the SF , which collect and restore the objects from the filming of movies and cult TV series.
More news usual course, on film, music, video games, science and all topics pertaining to such pop culture that gives us worlds as diverse and fascinating!

For my part, I am pleased to draw the portrait of Oliver Peru, artist and talented multi-card (and very nice as well) and cook up a small review on the Mountains of Madness, an adaptation of the comic book's title story of Lovecraft.

You just have time to run screaming (of joy or sorrow for those who run once every 7 years) to get one at your tobacconist and, upon your return, breathless but happy, you can experience chronic the day devoted (yet!) to a very promising series Vertigo. A makeshift jogging, a good mag, a small column from his store, slim, would not it be just that happiness? Add an apple pie and Megan Fox, and this would be heaven! But do not dream, there is not so easy good pies. O)

Sunday, February 20, 2011

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Florence Nightingale - The Woman and Her Legend by Mark Bostridge

Here is a book I read, not for my pleasure, but to save on voice recorder to enable a visually impaired person to enjoy it. This is not the kind of reading I normally comment on this blog and I do not believe that this biography will interest many readers, but it is also a book for personal use, I note that my impressions soon.


Abstract:

In England, Florence Nightingale was a legend. In the nineteenth century, this young woman of good family refuses to follow the life of wife who is drawn to her and is fighting to follow his vocation to become a nurse. At the time, this profession notorious for only recruits poor women alcoholics without medical training. While Florence is formed abroad and runs a clinic, the United Kingdom fought alongside France in the Crimea. Reportages scary light up the British on the status of their wounded soldiers in military hospitals: careless, together in unhealthy places, they die like flies from lack of care or disease. Florence is then sent on site at the head of a group of nurses, and carry out radical changes despite opposition from the military hierarchy and the internal disputes among its recruits. It will become "The Lady with The Lamp, "the lady with the lamp that makes the night round the hospital, an icon whose status it will use to renovate profoundly the status and role of the nurse.


My opinion:

I do not know Florence Nightingale discovered before reading another book about it long ago, and it's quite fun to explore the biography of someone so famous in his home country that does not bother to show it, so it is unknown on this side of the Channel. If his influence has been especially remarkable in Anglo-Saxon, her life is nonetheless extremely interesting. The girl (since they never married) has completely reformed the nursing profession, hospitals English (she even wrote architectural treatises on their construction), basic medical practices in institutions or at home, the health organization of the British army (it has also addressed the health and social problems in India but with less success), but it has also invented new diagrams to illustrate the statistical and epidemiological information that it used extensively, and paved the way for a certain freedom for women in her condition, previously sentenced to a life of housewife wasting their erudition often large. A true pioneer, so.

To complicate matters, we must know that Florence Nightingale was achieved in his youth, a serious and chronic illness that forced her to remain cloistered in his room most of the time. It has yet lived very old and since her bed, was able to accomplish great things described above playing marvel of its influence to pull strings politicians and scientists a good position.

Her forced retirement has meant to force him to communicate by letters a lot. which is obviously a boon to historians who got down to his biography. Mark Bostridge is not the first, and before him, and the writers have described the rumor Florence Nightingale very different guise: as an icon of holiness and devotion First woman as authoritarian and impatient then. ;

Mark Bostridge's biography has the advantage of reconciling these two views and a portrait of Florence Nightingale extremely comprehensive, and we imagine all the more true it is extremely well documented. It covers all the salient features of his personality, the best and the worst. The order is chronological but also arranged by subject, on a very clear pattern. The abundance of details and characters are sometimes a bit disturbing and the language particularly well give a bit of trouble the reader who does not feel quite at ease in the language of Shakespeare (especially when it 's acts of reproductions of letters from that time). But generally speaking, if you want to know the life of this character interesting history, this book is THE essential reference. I can not imagine that we can match the accuracy or completeness.


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Saturday, February 19, 2011

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American Vampire: the Yanks have sharp teeth!

A new breed of vampires against the backdrop of industrial revolution and upheaval, that the pitch of this new series, American Vampire at Stephen King, which helped.

Skinner Sweet is an off-the-law. Not a romantic desperado or a thug with a big heart is a rot of the worst kind. Cold as a snake, sly as a fox, he does not hesitate to stumble even when the kids need. It is what the Wild West has produced the worst. Fortunately, the Pinkerton agency was able to put an end to his criminal career in apprehending. It remains only to hang him and forget her look bad.
But all is not so simple. Not only are the accomplices of Sweet escape but in the ensuing scuffle, the killer receives a drop of blood in the eye. Bad blood. That will forever change his nature.
Sweet has been tainted by a vampire. A vampire with old, came from the old lands of Europe, who fear the light of day and wears sissy. The meeting between drinkers of blood from the literature and America will make a leap in the evolution of Dentus. Sweet because he, and walk in the sun will be stronger, faster ... "Larger than life" image of the continent where everything is possible.
45 years later, in 1920, two young girls landed in Hollywood, lured by the lights of a film emerging which already creates false idols. They will quickly discover that the West has lost none of its wildness. It was just ... changed in shape.

Ah 'Vertigo' ... a label that does not lie so much, in general, it hosts the series are well worth a visit. Again, the rule is respected. Scott Snyder is to that we owe the concept and scenario American Vampire . Stephen King, who has participated in writing, reveals in the preface that, first contacted to find a promotional slogan, it has finally got the bandwagon and write the origins of Sweet, which is so unlike adaptations from his novels ( The Dark Tower , The Scourge ), his first creation to direct a comic.
The drawings are the work of Rafael hot dog, jumping frog " Albuquerque (uh, sorry for the nickname invented, it is a small valve music, not sure anyone understands it ). The visual appearance is certainly more exciting, with some nice flat areas, true "reds", a dynamism during the action scenes and plans often effective.

For the plot, yes, we may be tempted to say that a vampire story is far from original. Yet it is poorly known authors who, with their Dracula made in Wild West, we speak almost no country that fans of hemoglobin. Because the central theme of this first arc of five episodes is the savagery in the broadest sense, but the illusion shattered dreams and even the cruelty of Hollywood illusions.
The metaphor may even go further and join History, by drawing a parallel between these new vampires, whose parents are European, but who, faced with the harshness of these new lands and hostile, will become more ferocious than their fathers, and the evolution of U.S. based by the son of the old continent that exceed in everything (often in trouble sometimes) distant cousins Italian, French or Irish. Even if our report complex, tinged with envy, admiration and fear, with our friends from overseas may find themselves in this tale, both entertaining and profound.
Revenge, love, violence, heroism and monstrosity, All these themes ultimately the heart of lives, well away from our current comfort, we chose to forget or to romanticize. Vampires Snyder and King are not romantic. They do not drink at a bar in True Blood, they are not the attraction of the local high school with their Tronches of cake, "pale" and "mysterious." Them, they bite, they tear, they kill. Not because they are vampires, but because that is what every living being. And if you do not have to smell the fresh blood at the back of your palate, make sure it's because someone, somewhere, bites and kills you. So you can have meat under cellophane Leclerc corner and forget that you too are a predator who gets drunk and dreamed of civilization that he will one day live without killing. Which is impossible. And vampires, and for us.

The translation is perfect, I would just revert to the term "lousdé", the choice of spelling seems to me unfortunate (though, in slang, construction phonetic n is not always absurd). Loucedé largonji actually comes from (not to be confused with or largonjem louchebem a little different), a jargon long before the best-known as Verlan date nineteenth century. Currently, the largonji is virtually no longer present in the spoken language (there are exceptions, like "crazy", but not quite obey the same rules), except in the form "in loucedé ", a term commonly used and understood well that most people know its origin. This slang is based on replacing the first letter of a word (when it is a consonant) with an "L". The original consonant is then added to the end and decorated with a vowel based on phonetics to form a suffix ("B" becomes "be", "J" becomes "ji", etc.).
"cheating" gives "in loucedé" and "jargon" turns into "largonji. The coding is simple, but for a person who does not know the key is not used or heard, it makes conversation almost impossible to follow.
Well, it was a bit off topic, but I rarely get to speak largonji. O)

An excellent use of the vampire myth and a beautiful evocation of an America as harsh and fascinating, all complemented by a loss of self that is all the more impressive very often lack the French authors.

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Marvel Classic: New with the Old

out this month of a new quarterly called Marvel Classic , a magazine offering a selection of episodes from the Silver Age.

A lot of movement these days toward the booth, because after the launch of Marvel Stars , the relaunch of Marvel Icons and Marvel Heroes , and before the arrival of the future X-Men Universe , Panini launches a new publication based in fact on an interesting concept: the new edition at a low price, dating adventures of the Silver Age of comics, a period rich in creativity and sees Stan Lee to the foundations of marvelverse.
This first issue looks at the origins of the most famous heroes of the House of Ideas. We are witnessing the first steps of Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy # 15 to those of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense # 39 or Thor in Journey into Mystery . Other characters or teams complete the picture, since we also find the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men, Hulk and Captain America.
We know of course that, as the "Marvel way" to the former, designers, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko , played an important role in the creation of these narratives and their development .

For younger children, inevitably, the shock may be important, the design obviously does not correspond to today's standards but, more importantly, is the narration that reveals severely dated. It's almost more a curiosity, and with a hindsight, it is therefore necessary to embark on this reading. Parts are also quite amusing. The FF for example, then they make their first appearance (in Central City at the time, and not New York), damage and staggering enough free. The Thing out of the sewers hard, destroying a road, Johnny Storm ignites and instead to leave the vehicle on which he works, he prefers to go through the roof in the melting ... even Sue (Jane), aka the Invisible, behaves so little smart, so it is invisible precisely, it shakes all pedestrians on a street, while their screaming to let go, just to make them panic (and remain discreet)!
short, no need to put an ugly little mess in town. O)

Future issues of Marvel Classic be dedicated later to a single character or a particular team. The question is: Who is really this collection because, despite its price certainly attractive, it is duplication with Integrals (and even triple-employment with Marvel: Origins ) On which the collectors tend to fall back on a priority basis (the works are more beautiful and more complete). Rest new readers, but without the nostalgic side, these stories may soon prove to be rather stodgy. Too bad, unlike the U.S., it is not possible to determine precisely the sales figures, that would have quickly revealed the failure or success of an idea which, though not totally bad, yet adds a further title in the already complex maze of collections dedicated to the American publisher.

Almost injugeables by today's standards, the stories collected here, however, a real historical value, even symbolic, and can see, with a benevolent eye, the naivety of the era.

Friday, February 18, 2011

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confession. Just as well

Me The girl who constantly blubbering about reality shows.

Who was still rec participants as the moon, the concepts and purpose insignificant really stupid (which is always found).

I am addicted to Dinner almost perfect.

I know but ...

is not a little ashamed?

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Life of Henrietta Lacks immortal, Rebecca Skloot

I have a lot of opportunity with partnerships: I have to choose them because I am rarely disappointed. It happens more often is that I am surprised by a book I thought that is interesting and richer than expected. This is the case of "Life of Henrietta Lacks immortal."

Abstract:

In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a young mother's black American South, died of cancer of the cervix uterus particularly virulent. Before his death, the doctor who was taken care of, without informing him, some cancer cells. These will not only be the first human cells to survive in the laboratory, but they multiply at a phenomenal rate and seem immortal. Produced on a large scale, these cells, called HeLa, used material irreplaceable research laboratories around the world without anyone knowing who they are from and without the family of Henrietta is notified.


My opinion:

This book lies halfway between documentary journalism, biography and popular science. In parallel, we discover three distinct narratives.

There are first the fabulous history of a lineage of cells that constitute a true miracle for scientific research. These "HeLa" are apparently known to all biologists the world who still use them daily to develop vaccines, study their reactions in many situations (they were even sent into space!), associate them with animal cells, etc.. Yet their story is full of dangers as far as success. Rebecca Skloot undertakes to tell us all the ins and outs of this scientific adventure in language accessible to the uninitiated reader (believe me, I am part of this category). It also takes the time to describe the main actors. If we sometimes focus neurons to properly followed, it really is not insurmountable, and narrative divided into short chapters lightens the reading. It's absolutely fascinating.

other hand, the author also develops a biography of Henrietta Lacks, from his childhood until his death. Given the title, one might expect that this part forms the vast majority of the book in fact is far from being the case, for the life of Henrietta, besides the fact that it was cut short by cancer, does nothing exceptionally well. But that's life typical of a black woman descendant of slaves in the southern United States shortly after the end of segregation racial, and as such it is an opportunity to propose a representation of his social milieu. What the author is quick to make, passing over the transition themes of racism, extreme poverty, of promiscuity and even incest.

Finally, a third party intimately mingled with the other two, the author tells of her research to reconstruct the history of HeLa cells and Henrietta, and in particular the steps of his meeting with children and the family of Henrietta Lacks. This meeting was not an easy one, given that the family, very little education, including poorly taking and outs of research without their knowledge and burned by bad experiences with journalists and profiteers, was more than suspicious to him. And then we fall into the side (too?) pathos of this story is the middle of the fourth world that the American journalist is found. Lacks Family varies between violence and absolute credulity and Rebecca Skloot must tame the wild animals as members whose responses are unpredictable. Outside Deborah (and perhaps why it is highlighted), the predominant reaction is quite unpleasant "These are the cells of our mother, we want money!". This part put me uncomfortable, I can not decide whether there was exaggeration or condescension on the part the author, nor to attach myself to the fate of a family difficult to understand.

If the style does not make a literary unforgettable, it is in any case instructive reading and information that raises very pertinent questions. How far will and must go, the medical ethics and science? The history of rules and abuse in this area by the author told us proves that there was a marked improvement since the days of Henrietta Lacks, but a long final chapter also shows us that not everything is settled. Henrietta finds himself in the position of a farmer who finds a treasure in his field, unlike that one, it did not discovered this treasure and been able to benefit. Companies have made fortunes by reproducing and reselling HeLa cells, but generally, it is especially looking for the benefit of mankind that these cells were used. So what? How to prevent the descendants of Henrietta of being so poor as to be unable to afford the doctor And why only them? Why are they more deserving?

I realize that I was a little long, but that is because this reading deserves a multifaceted presentation at its height. Beyond the very interesting biography of a character Historic totally unknown, this book allows us to explore historical themes or very current scientific and sociological, all very informative and subject to debate. In short, a very rich reading that I recommend. A big thank you to Editions Calmann-Levy for this great discovery.


For more information:
- the opinion of Lise's blog Livraddict , which I find particularly well formulated.