Spotlight on Fandoms: Grosse Pointe Blank

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So what is Grosse Pointe Blank?

( Even a hitman deserves a second shot. )

I'm done now, right?

No?

( Welcome Back Pointers! )

( The Characters: )

( Why should I watch it? )

( Where can I get it? )

Questions? Comments? Favorite Quotes?

( OOOO! QUOTES )

Fandom Spotlight: Ghost Rider (movieverse)

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Once upon a time, back in 1972, Marvel decided to start publishing a supernatural comic based loosely on a popular song called "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and an updated version of a western hero. Ghost Rider managed to get decent enough sales to warrant its own monthly series, and put out issues filled with supernatural western motorcycle stunts and bad dialogue until the mid-eighties. It was brought back in the mid-nineties with a new guy as the title character, and published about a decade worth of x-treem crosshatched supernatural adventures with a ridiculously convoluted storyline and character background, and more spinoffs than you can count. And then that series was cancelled in the late nineties, and then brought back a few years ago with the first main character as the title character and more convoluted adventures--

But this Fandom Spotlight has very little to do with that comic.

Ghost Rider is a movie that was released to theatres in February of 2007 by Marvel Pictures, which was directed by Mark Steven Johnson and starred Nicholas Cage. Since the comic was so complicated that no sane person should dive right into them, the producers decided to create a story by combining three different comic series published by Marvel: the 50s western Ghost Rider, the 70s Evil-Knievel-esque Ghost Rider, and the 90s urban Ghost Rider. The final result isn't all that good (watch Spider-Man if you want a good superhero movie), but it sure is RAD. (Spoilers ahoy!)

( Okay, It is RAD! But what is it About? )

( Our Characters! )

( Bonus: Seriously, what is the deal with you guys and combining Ghost Rider & My Chemical Romance? The two have nothing in common! )

In conclusion, if you're looking for a deep, well-crafted movie with high production values, brilliant acting, and a plot that will cause you to rethink the priorities in your life ... this is totally not the film for you. On the other hand, if you're looking for a fun popcorn flick that you can heckle and enjoy, I definitely recommend that you rent this movie and check it out. Be sure to heckle. You might need to watch it twice in order to heckle it properly. Throwing popcorn at the screen helps, sometimes. So does pointing and saying "YOU."

(Blackheart-mun recommends the extended cut. Not because it has added Blackheart scenes or anything. What? He throws a hissyfit that wasn't in the theatrical screenings that we may or may not have seen four times or so and it kills me every time.)
(Blaze-mun also recommends the Extended Edition, especially for the very informative documentaries that helped her write that first paragraph without having read any of the comics. And it was only three screenings, since we didn't make it to the fourth.)

(Right. We saw TMNT instead. But that's an entirely different spotlight. Also, we should never write these things at nearly three in the morning. We're no longer allowed. Says I.)

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Spotlight on Fandoms: Fandoms for October 7th

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Ironically, it is on Tabula Rasa weekend that I don't forget to post next weeks fandom picks on time. XD The RNG has chosen

Batgirl (Cassandra Cain era), Women of the Otherworld

and

The Song of the Lioness

for next week.

iseewhatyoumean, walks_two_paths, blackmagic_eve and threeweapons, please comment here to let me know if you will be able to post on Sunday.