Without getting too much into comic history, the Silver Age featured some bizarre stories, and represented probably the least
serious versions of these characters.
Not exact matches
Fiennes had a splashy introduction to the screen: He was Heathcliff to Juliette Binoche's Cathy in a TV
version of Wuthering Heights; he was the German officer in Schindler's List, fully committed to the pathology and vanity
of the man; he was a bright young hope with a
serious deficiency
of character in Robert Redford's Quiz Show; and he was Almasy, a desert poet, a reckless lover, and on his death - bed much
of the time in The English Patient.
The series served as a more
serious version of The League
of Extraordinary Gentlemen that saw literatures famous horror
characters brought to life through Logan's eyes.
Producer Akihiro Imamura, sound director Akira Yamaoka, and CG and
character artist Takayoshi Sato answered questions from assembled journalists, confirming a November release date for the largest launch Konami Europe has ever attempted and casting
serious doubt over the possibility
of an Xbox
version appearing this year.
It all sort
of looks like a very
serious version of The Expendables, with Wahlberg putting on some crazy eyes to convey how out
of control his
character is.
The mechanics
of the time travel plot are more entertaining than the overly
serious romantic plot as Reeve meets up with a much younger
version of a
character he met earlier, wakes up in someone else's room and dresses up in a suit ten years out
of fashion.
Having been a huge fan
of the arcade and home
versions, I was excited to play the game firsthand, but had
serious reservations thanks to Killer Instinct's previously announced «freemium» (pay for each
character you want) system.
What has never been sufficiently taken into account by «
serious» criticism is the
character of these works as monumental and ironic put - ons, blagues, a favorite form
of destructive wit
of the period, inflated to gigantic dimensions — pictorial
versions of those endemic pranks which threatened to destroy all
serious values, to profane and vulgarize the most sacred verities
of the times.