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Ross (3284 KP) rated Deadpool Classic Volume 1 in Books

Aug 20, 2018

This collection of Deadpool's first appearances gets off to a very "meh" start, with a brief appearance in an issue of New Mutants. There then follows two distinct, but similar, storylines with more of a Deadpool focus. Here the artwork is great, but there is a dated feel to it, and the cod Irish dialogue from Banshee and Syren is cringeworthy.
The final issue is the start of Joe Kelly's tenure as Deadpool writer. Here the banter and 4th wall breaking is turned up a notch and Deadpool starts to feel better defined, albeit still in dire need of a decent enemy to face. However the artwork doesn't quite sit right with me, its all a bit too quirky and cartoony (big hands and faces and every other character has a cigar between his teeth). And adding this one issue into this collection just seems odd, as Deadpool as a character is very different to the previous stories, has a completely different setup and technology and just doesn't fit in at all.

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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Apr 10, 2020

"Edison Jones and The Anti-GRAV Elevator is a fantastic story that straps you in for a very exciting adventure throughout its pages."

Stop by my blog, and read my review for the Middle Grade/Young Adult action novel EDISON JONES AND THE ANTI-GRAV ELEVATOR by Author Michael Scott Clifton. Also, enter the #GIVEAWAY to #win a $15 #Amazon GIFT CARD, a bookmark, and/or a copy of the book!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2020/04/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-edison.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
Twelve-year-old Edison Jones is a prodigy with a passion for technology and inventions. Paralyzed from the waist down since the age of five, he hasn’t let his disability slow him down. Then his world changes overnight when his grandfather, a billionaire tech company owner, decides to enroll him in a public school. Algorithms, quantum physics, and digital engineering are easy. Finding his way in the bewildering world of boys and girls his own age is quite another thing . . . the biggest challenge of his life.

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Dork_knight74 (881 KP) rated Vice (2015) in Movies

Aug 3, 2019

Vice (2015)

2015 | Action, Sci-Fi

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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Ok. So while this movie was definitely entertaining, it had a lot of flaws that brought any believability down. The film work and acting were good and the stori was definitely an interesting concept. But things like trained guards not being able to hit the broad side of a barn with their weapons(except to kill an innocent bystander) but the protagonist can't miss? Or the fact that the "programmers" of the AI people didn't include a fail safe in case one got out of their high security facility to shut down or something? Also, the Robocop-esque scene where the AI can't hurt the head of the company(THAT fail safe was included)was predictable, as was the final scene. Not to mention it made for a bit of a weak ending. Anyway, all that being said, the movie was enjoyable enough ti watch through to the end and played out well. It also posed some interesting questions as to the morality side of technology use by us humans. Overall this one is worth a watch.

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Emily (1430 KP) rated A Madness of Angels in Books

Feb 14, 2020

A Madness of Angels

Kate Griffin | 2009 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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Refreshing to see the use of electricity and technology in modern day magic, instead of the usual trope of magic interfering negatively with tech. (0 more)

Enter the world of the Urban Sorcerer. Gone are the days when magic was solely the realm of those connected with nature, new technologies have meant new magic. For where there is life, there is magic, and that magic has been born out of the everyday lives of those living there. From the summoning of mythical bin lorries to combat a giant litterbug, to the use of the symbols and regulations of the London Underground as a warding spell, this breathes a whole new, modern life into the world of magic.

There is a shadowy evil stalking London. Almost all the sorcerers there have been killed. Matthew Swift had been one of them, but now he's back, this time with with the angels of the telephone wires on his side. (Or so he hopes, the situation is... complicated.) And he's not about to go down again without a fight.