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Comics Essays Etc
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Written by Tony Lazlo, CC2K Staff Writer
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In this exclusive interview, the creators behind IDW Publishing's new series talk about how they've taken the Bard's world and turned it into a new comic-book universe.
 What if Hamlet were Batman?
Those are the kinds of questions
that the brainy creators behind IDW Publishing’s new limited comic series
Kill Shakespeare like to ask. More to the point, both Anthony
Del Col and Conor McCreery enjoy posing questions that lead to dream
match-ups and meet-ups among the most famous characters from Shakespeare’s
venerable pantheon, all of which unfold in a fantastical Elizabethan
dreamworld that’s equal parts Sunnydale High and the Globe Theater.
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Games Current Reviews
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Written by Big Ross, CC2K Staff Writer
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 Alan Wake fails at the one thing it should have gotten right: a satisfying story.
First
off, yes, I know. This review is a bit late. But I have a perfectly
reasonable excuse, which I won’t bore you with. But the (perhaps only)
advantage to writing a delayed game review is that I get to see what all
of the other critics have had to say about the game. Certainly
interesting, when you’re going to write a dissenting opinion (as I am
about to). Read on for my full review! |
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Television Collision
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Written by Phoebe Raven, CC2K TV Editor
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 It’s summer time again and while this year there are an astonishing amount of Summer Shows that keep me entertained (Persons Unknown, Haven, Hung, True Blood, Royal Pains, Mad Men, Boston Med, So You Think You Can Dance…), I still maintained my summer tradition of picking one show of the past to catch up with. The choice for 2010: Australian hit drama McLeod’s Daughters (2001-2008).
I had previously watched a few episodes on German afternoon television, but as is the plight with so many good shows, the German dubbing leaves a lot to be desired. Especially since Australians have that cool accent. Without this accent, the show might as well have been set somewhere on a ranch in America. But it’s not: it’s the Australian outback, complete with cattle, sheep, horses and Utes (pronounced “yoots” as in “utility vehicles” or pickup trucks).
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Books Essays Etc
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Written by Beth Woodward, CC2K Books Editor
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 With less than a week to go before the premiere of the latest film in the Twilight series, New Moon, CC2K’s Book Editor and resident Twilight expert Beth Woodward looks back on the book series and reflects on why she hated Breaking Dawn.
Picture it: Washington, DC. July 2008. I was having an unusually slow day at work, so I got on the internet and browsed my way over to the Entertainment Weekly website. They had just published an interview with Stephenie Meyer. I had read Meyer’s book The Host, about a group of body-snatching aliens, a few months earlier and really liked it. After I read the interview, I found another article talking about the Twilight series and the upcoming movie. I had always been a fan of paranormal romance, so the concept—a normal teenage girl falls in love with a vampire—was intriguing to me. So that day, I went out and bought the first book in the series. And I devoured it. (No pun intended.) Within a week, I had gone through both New Moon and Eclipse, and I couldn’t wait until Breaking Dawn came out.
Yes, it’s true. I drank the Kool-Aid.
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Movies Essays Etc
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Written by Tony Lazlo, CC2K Staff Writer
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 I’m happy to see that Ryan Reynolds knows the Green Lantern oath by heart.
The star of Warner Bros’ upcoming sci-fi epic recited the oath for a youngster who asked an audience question, then later suggested that a raffle prize (his GL ring prop) be awarded to the boy if no one claimed it. (Someone did. Shucks!) |
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Movies Essays Etc
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Written by Tony Lazlo, CC2K Staff Writer
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 Rather than recount Zach Snyder's bubbly panel for his upcoming movie-thing Sucker Punch, I'm just going to try and describe what I saw. The trailer looks insane.
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