Pages Tagged “Neil Gaiman”
Reviews
- Beowulf (in 3D) Impressive monsters and realistic animation. Better than 300, a bit reminiscent of the recent Lord of the Rings films.
- Chivalry
Beautifully drawn and illustrated, a charming tale of Arthurian legend brought into modern times. - Norse Mythology
★★★★☆
Neil Gaiman
Entertaining, sometimes gruesome, sometimes funny and sometimes sad collection of stories about Odin, Thor, Loki and the other gods of Asgard. - The Sandman - Season One ★★★★★ The Sandman has been brought to life. And it’s amazing.
- Stardust (Movie) ★★★★★ Light-hearted fantasy adventure built around a love story, Stardust takes itself just a touch more seriously than The Princess Bride. Enjoyable on its own, and stays true to the heart of the book.
Blog Posts
- Art or Eyesore?
A few miles from Hearst Castle, a trash collector spent fifty years cobbling together his house out of junk and found objects. As Cambria became more trendy in the 1970s, neighbors wanted him to tear down the multi-level “eyesore,” while others saw “Nitt Witt Ridge” as a folk art monument. It’s still there, and still […]
- Bosley, John Bosley
I’ve just started re-reading Neverwhere. When Richard and Door first meet — after her injury has started to heal, anyway — he introduces himself as “Richard. Richard Mayhew. Dick,” A page or two later, Door calls him “Richardrichardmayhewdick.” IIRC Neil Gaiman said he stole the joke from Douglas Adams, who had someone refer to “Dentarthurdent” […]
- Color-Switchin’ Coraline Apocalypse
A file format mix-up switches the color channels on Coraline artwork, making for a hellish-looking image. I ran afoul of the same problem w/a company logo.
- Buggy Recipe
Found this ad for Coraline in this morning’s newspaper: It’s kind of hard to read, between the pixel size and the printing, but the funniest bit is the blue sidebar on “Finding the Tastiest Beetles:” Beetles are delicious creatures that live close to home. If you use beetles from your backyard or basement, check them […]
- More B5 Books: Babylon 5 Chronology
Wow.  The Babylon 5 Scripts team keeps finding more ways to get my money.  The latest: The Chronologies of Babylon 5.  And it includes every single piece of B5 canon, down to the six short stories JMS wrote after the series ended and even the unproduced Crusade scripts. The script books have mostly been interesting for […]
- Stardust is Good
Went out to see Stardust with a group of friends, and we all enjoyed it. People have been comparing it to The Princess Bride, and it’s an apt comparison: both are light-hearted fantasy adventures with a love story at the heart. Stardust takes itself a bit more seriously, though there’s plenty of humor. The concept: […]
- Fantastic Films?
2007 looks to be a good year for fantasy adaptations, at least of books I’ve read. What I’ve seen of Stardust (Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess) looks great. I’m psyched up for His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Phillip Pullman)—and I’ve got to say I’m glad they’re doing each book as its own movie, instead […]
- Fry Day at Comic-Con
I spent more time walking around outside today, so I did get to fry a bit. (Not too much, fortunately.) Oddly enough, one of the first hall costumes I saw on Friday was Thor. Caught the Stardust preview. It looks very promising. Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess were there, of course, plus screenwriter Jane Goldman […]
- Mirrormask DVD could take a long time
Neil Gaiman writes that Amazon lists 2025 as the release date for the MirrorMask DVD. Twenty years seems a long way away, but Sony are probably just scheduling it that far off because during the Great iPod Content Uprising Years of 2013-2024 people aren’t going to have much time for things like actually watching films, […]
- Serenity and MirrorMask: Worth the Wait!
It’s refreshing when a movie you’ve anticipated for years actually lives up to your expectations. It’s unprecedented when it happens twice in one weekend. MirrorMask and Serenity were both amazing. The MirrorMask theater listing looks like a tour schedule, with the film opening in a few more cities each week. Unfortunately, at least some theaters […]
- Wham!
Neil Gaiman weighs in on the flap over adult-oriented comics in a Denver Library: It’s been twenty years, and newspaper headlines still oscillate between “Wham! Bam ! Pow! Comics Have Grown Up!” and “OH MY GAAAD THIS COMIC NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN HAS CONTENT NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN IN IT!” articles. Bizarre. (Ironically, the people […]
- Neverwhere 3.0
Also in comics news, the nine-part adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere begins in June. The basic premise is this: In urban areas, we tend to tune out the homeless to the point where we don’t even see them. What if we really don’t see them? What if there’s another world, just slightly out of sync […]
- Counting Goldfish
Neil Gaiman writes about the re-release of The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish: There were copies of the new edition of THE DAY I SWAPPED MY DAD FOR TWO GOLDFISH, with the Enhanced CD in it. It’s bigger than the original edition, has a new Dave McKean cover (mostly because people seemed […]
- MirrorMask Preview (SDCC 2004)
Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean talked about MirrorMask and showed a clip from the fantasy film in the vein of Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal.
- Comic-Con Report: Days 1-2 (2004)
First weekday trip to SDCC, including webcomics, MirrorMask, extended Return of the King, writing fantasy/sci-fi combat, and trying to eat in the Gaslamp..