To Otogi or not to Otogi?

March 4, 2007 at 1:53 pm | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

I bought the series ” Otogi Zoushi ” in it’s box set, and I have yet to finish this series. Mind you, I bought the series back in October with the idea I would be done enjoying it by December and be able to review the series by then.

Ah, but we all know about the ” best laid plans ” and all that.

So, I guess I shall Otogi again ( yes all the episodes ) real soon, and when I’ve completed the series, I shall have a review for you all to read.

But, just so we’re clear, I’m behind on everything have have been trying to either read, play or listen to or watch in general so again another cliche ” patience is a virtue!”

A World Without Heroes…Kingdom Come

March 2, 2007 at 2:10 am | In comics | Leave a Comment

” Look….up in the sky…. it’s a bird…. it’s a plane…IT’S SUPERMAN! “

Yes, I used to loved that simple statement and still do today. I think that when we think of iconic superheroes, the first name that rolls off our lips is Superman, but why is that?

Okay here comes my shameless plug now…one might only read the story of “ Kingdom Come ” to get the real answer to the above question….

As a baby, sent from the doomed planet Krypton, baby Kal-El, would be found by a kindly couple in the fields of Smallville, Kansas. The baby is adopted by this couple, Martha and Jonathan Kent, and the baby is raised as their own son. They name him Clark, and they teach him the lessons of right and wrong, and as Clark’s powers and abilities start to manifest under the Earth’s yellow sun, he is taught to use his abilities for the good of man. And thus, a legend is born…..continued here

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