So excited!

[serendipity8791]

September can't come too fast, but I'm still super excited about IDW's Ghostbusters series!

I'm having random squee moments about it at the most random times.

That's in between the rest of my squee moments about the upcoming DH part 2, and The Hobbit. OMG the Hobbit! And Andy Serkis is starting to look like Peter Jackson, wild hair, beard and all! :D I guess that's what happens when you're second unit director on a Jackson production? LOL!

And then, Dan Aykroyd adds to my squee, by joking around about hunting down Bill Murray, whether it was just to see an old friend or to try to twist is arm over the Ghostbusters III issue is up for debate, but even if he meant it as a joke, it's still hilarious.

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[ilthit]

There's a new Ghostbusters series in the works?

Aah The Hobbit ahh ahh

[serendipity8791]

Yes! A monthly, ongoing series! IDW is the publisher. They've been doing one-shots for about a year or two, and now they decided to pick it up as a series. The main artist is Dan Schoening, so I'm ecstatic about that, although the writer, who also draws, might pencil some special issues, along with a couple of other artists who are attached to the project or interested in participating.

I just realized it was the official announcement of variant covers that I linked to, but hey, it is the latest news!

I'm more excited than I probably should be, seeing as I never managed to read The Hobbit. I got bored halfway through the chapter where the Dwarves arrive at Bag End.

[ilthit]

:D Congratulations! I hope it's a good one. I know you love the artist,but you know, I hope the writing will be good, too - that's always a wild card, unless they keep the same writer all through the run. Good art only goes so far!

I have read The Hobbit, though it didn't engage me as Lord of the Rings did. I remember it had a LOT of dwarves. Oh my. I couldn't keep up with the dwarves at all. I'll probably only start remembering their names and personalities after these two films.

[serendipity8791]

Well, I was pleasantly surprised about the writing in Ghostbusters: Infestation which was written by the same guy who's writing most of the ongoing series, as far as we know, so far. The character's voices were right, the characterization was right, there was one joke that felt forced, but, aside from that, no major hiccup in the writing. Unlike The Other Side and Displaced Aggression which were both... pretty bad.

I, somehow, managed to trudge through 2/3 of the Silmarillion but didn't get past the Dwarves arriving at Bag End, LOL. That's actually pretty funny, when you think about it.

[ilthit]

I'm a comics snob - when it comes to writing. I'm not so particular about the art, though I've been known to be turned off by certain types of art. *cough*tennisballboobs*cough*

I think I've read about as much of The Silmarillion as you have... You could totally give The Hobbit another go, though, it's not bad. I think everybody agrees the Gollum scenes steal the show, even from the dragon and the big battle - though this may not be the case with the film version.

[serendipity8791]

Tennis ball boobs, LOL! The boyfriend didn't like the art for GB: Infestation (which I actually loved, except for Egon's scrawny body when he's nearly naked... he's like a a walking skeleton with a big head, wtf...), but we both agreed the writing was decent. I should bring it to my parents and scan a few pages.

The Gollum scenes have their importance (I skimmed through those in the book), but the movies will probably be a lot more about the actual story of The Hobbit (all additional materials shoved aside, of course) than the Finding of the Ring. Oh, and scenery porn, of course. You can't have a Tolkien movie made by Peter Jackson and shot in New Zealand without scenery porn.

[ilthit]

I love scenery porn! Mountains, Gandalf!

[serendipity8791]

I went to see FotR in theatres 10 times partially due to the scenery porn!

And I really want to get "All that is gold does not glitter; Not all those who wander are lost" tattooed somewhere. Not the whole poem, but those two lines in particular. I think they sum up an ideal of life that I really would like to adhere to.

[ilthit]

They are really beautiful. Maybe a script going around an ankle or wrist?