Quick Hits: Chris Reads Comics, Enjoys Some Of Them

On 07/14/2017 at 12:21 PM by goaztecs

So let's recap the current situation: Gym reopens and I'm excited. It's a 1000 degrees outside, so I go work out in an air conditioned room, then I go to the pool where it's a 1000 degrees outside and swim a couple of laps. I sit for a bit to dry off, then jump in the truck for the two minute drive to my house, than into an air conditioned house to take a shower. A couple of days of this and I now have a cold. I'm currently typing this with a stuffy nose, slight headache, and sneezing up a storm. We'll see if I decide to venture out for CD Friday. I also find it funny that I have a cold when it is 1000 degrees outside. Anyways that some personal randomness let's get started with this week's Quick Hits.

Chris Watches...

Other than Big Brother, I haven't watched a lot. I'll catch parts of some random show here and there but nothing really that pulled me in. I do however am saving Season 2 of Quantico for this weekend if I don't get sidetracked with anything.

Chris Reads...

Ok so I've been using my Android tablet as a reader for awhile now and last week I've jumped into comics. I'm currently reading through the 2016 run of Marvel and DC (holy cow there are a lot Batman issues) and I'm jumping around to characters that I want to check out and then move from there. Who knows I might find some of the characters I normally don't think about to be interesting or my new favorites. Also I'm trying not to spoil anything so I don't talk about any specifics

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD Issues 1-13 2016

This was such a fun story to read and it would have made a perfect one off episode in the show, kind of like how shows used to have special holiday episodes. I don't want to spoil it but I like the use of the current TV show roster with a sprinkling in of some Marvel favorites. This was a good read.

Arrow: The Dark Archer Issues 1-13 2016

Now this story was good because it takes place between I believe Seasons 2 and 3 and it doesn't include Oliver or his team. Instead the story focused on Malcolm Merlyn and a bit of his back story. Since it wasn't handcuffed with what goes on within the TV Arrow-verse the writers created such a cool universe and gave an explanation on where Malcolm was during this time.

Batman Issues 1-13 2016

Now this group of comics was different than the previous two because there were a couple of stories and they seem to overlap in other storylines that I have yet to check out so it seemed to jump around a bit especially towards issues 7, and 8. The first story I liked, the second story that involved monsters I really didn't care for and the end story that was somehow connected to both was entertaining. In fact the last story kind of reminded me of Arrow when they had episodes dedicated to Diggle. It involved a couple of familiar faces and a couple of new folks.

The thing that confused me was that the top of the books had a Rebirth banner, and I figured it was just another reboot. Within these books were a couple of headers that named the stories. The funny thing was that I guess I was supposed to read these after 48-52

Batman Issues 48-52 2016

I wasn't a fan of this group. I didn't like the story, and the direction Batman was on. What I did like was issue 52 because it was kind of like an explanation of how Bruce became Batman without taking the conventional routes we've seen in film. This easily made up for the previous issues.

I'm currently reading

Captain America – Steve Rogers Issues 1-13 2016

I read the first issue earlier this year because of the big story line reveal and I just started on Issue 2.

Chris Listens To...

I added a new podcast to my playlist. I started listening to Lance Armstrong's Stages. Lance and another host discuss each stage of the Tour de France and it is funny, insightful, and he explains what goes on during the race, what to expect, who to watch out for, and its just fun listening to a guy who enjoys the sport.

As for my quest to listen to every song in my iTunes library I am two weeks ahead of schedule and I am sitting pretty at 2,816 tracks left. Hopefully I can keep this pace and be done with it by the end of next month. I have a ton of stuff I'd like to add to my library once I hit zero.

Pickups!

Games

From a random trip to Walmart to buy some ice cream I picked this up because it was the last copy and on Clearance

I can't get myself to buy the Ghostbusters set because I refuse to support that terrible movie that released last summer. Maybe if it was $10 I'd buy it because I need the figures for some puzzles. As for this set, I'm not big on the Harry Potter Universe but it will be interesting to play.

Music

I didn't know there was a physical copy until I saw it was available on iTunes. I already own the mp3 and FLAC versions when Sprint and Tidal offered them up for a couple of hours the day after it's release, but the CD has three additional tracks (not a fan of the tracks)

I forgot to take a picture of it by itself so I'm using an Instagram pic.

Movies

From the same ice cream trip to Walmart I bought this

It was $5 but I really wanted it for the digital copy. I'll probably give my brother the Blu-ray if he wants it. If not it will live with the other Blu-rays under the TV.

Toys

Ok so this was two trips, the first trip was to Target and I'm not sure if I shared this already so I'll share it again just in case

Yeah I got another Bat but this one is a bluish color, which I don't have. It's also hard to find the Guardians of the Galaxy ship around here because of resell guy.

At Walmart during the same ice cream trip I spot these cars

Two Arkham Knight Batmobiles. One in a bluish silver and the other in a military olive drab. I also found two James Bond Aston Martin's from the movie Spectre. Love the movie, and I'll probably open one and display it with my opened Batmobiles.

The final two cars I found in the same dump bin as the Batmobiles

Two ZAMAC '67 Pontiac GTO's. ZAMAC cars are basically unpainted cars. I found one a couple of weeks ago, and now I found two. I probably won't find the Treasure Hunt cars in the wild because resell guy hits the stores hard.

Anyways I am off. Have a good weekend Pixlpeeps, Its my weekend and I'm going to go either sort through some crap I've been saving on my external drives, watch some YouTube, or eat cold pizza while watching the Gangland marathon on Spike. Have a good weekend!

That's all for now, more later!

-Chris

For this week's song of the week, I'm sharing the one I shared on Facebook. I think it took place during the Bastille Day events. How do you not like a marching band playing a Daft Punk medley? Have a good week

KnightDriver

07/14/2017 at 09:17 PM

I'm considering making that '67 Pontiac GTO "my car" but it really belongs to someone older. I should have a car from about '84 when I learned to drive. I'll have to think about it, but I do love that '67 Pontiac.

goaztecs

07/19/2017 at 11:42 AM

I'm not big into cars but damn that is one good looking car.

07/20/2017 at 10:42 PM

This 1970 Dodge Charger has always been my car.

70charge

07/25/2017 at 09:44 PM

I know that car! Thanks Fast and Furious!

Super Step Contributing Writer

07/15/2017 at 05:34 AM

I wasn't watching that medley earlier only because on my feed, it was all about the reactions to it by political officials and I'm just not that interested in dissecting every damn comment or physical gesture of a person no matter how I feel about them. But the music is good. Lol

I hope you get over your cold quickly. I gave myself fat ...

I watched the first episode of The Handmaid's Tale today and I'm not sure it's my thing. Depressed whisper voiceovers in dystopian settings are overdone imo. But with all the Emmy noms and since Hulu already charged me for the month, I'm willing to give it a shot.

I can't get into single issue comics. I did buy an Aquaman one for like 10c before Hastings shut down, but that 10c was why. I love Batman and want to read long Halloween, but i get annoyed by how DC milks that character, where I think Marvel has their stories more evenly spread out.

I actually got The House of Gold and Bones graphic novel I ordered from Half Price Books, which is written by Corey Taylor (Stone Sour/Slipknot) and illustrated by a couple other people, so I'm excited to read that. I just finished The Overture and I'm intrigued by the setting so far.

I'm honestly surprised Armstrong is still marketable enough to have a podcast like that, but then all it takes is a mic and an opinion. I was annoyed with him for reasons beyond sports, but I'm glad you're enjoying the podcast; always fun to hear passionate people discuss their passions, in any case.

I think I'll still be wearing Hydrograd out this weekend, but the work trip to OK, MO, and AR this week had me listening to classic rock in the van. Think I'll learn Peace of Mind by Boston on guitar.

I still need to see that Ghostbusters movie and Fantastic Beasts. I saw the book at HPB the other day, but forgot it was a literal collection of fictitious beast descriptions ... Think I may have gotten that as a kid, actually. Or maybe one about Quidditch rules?

Of course in n out is in that picture. Lol I had culvers in MO and really wish one was closer to my house. TECHNICALLY there are some 30 mins away, but that doubles in Dallas traffic, especially with all the construction.

I remember seeing Total Recall on Netflix I think it was, at least the first part. So many classics I still need to see, like Alien and Blade Runner.

I kinda want to see those James Bond Hot Wheels now.

07/19/2017 at 11:57 AM

Yeah the cold sucked but I'm over it now, so I should head back to the gym. I might go in a bit but I will probably skip pool day because the weather folks say its going to rain today.

I've heard about that show but I'm not making the jump back to Hulu. Heck I need to use my Netflix account. Yet another reason to go to the gym. The only thing on the TV is ESPN, and I don't really watch any of their programming other than sports.

Single issues are weird. You jump into a story and then have to wait, or track down another issue for another character to continue it. I like to just read the entire thing in a couple of sittings.

I think everyone knew about Lance and looked away because the sport was already dirty, and he had a hell of a story. I don't think he's loved by the mainstream audience but who knows in a year or two, people do love a good redemption story.

Yeah I'm not touching that Ghostbusters flick. Funny thing is that I think at the local Toys R Us they still have the Lego Ecto-1 from that movie and it won't move.

Yeah there's no way I'm driving 30 minutes for food especially through traffic and construction. I write this knowing full well I've done it before and I'll do it again when the Krispy Kreme 30 minutes away will open.

You have to watch Total Recall. It's a little cheesy, but fun.

07/19/2017 at 07:05 PM

Total Recall I actually have seen the majority of at least. It was on Netflix.

I've never understood the Krispy Kraze. They're too rich for me, and I'm one hell of a sweet tooth.

07/25/2017 at 09:43 PM

I dig them especially the day after you buy them because pop'em in the microwave for 10 seconds and they're good as new.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

07/18/2017 at 02:21 PM

Total Recall is awesome! Get your ass to Mars!

I need to read more comics. Doing so relaxes me a lot. Just hard to find the time.

07/19/2017 at 11:58 AM

Total Recall is such a fun summer flick.

I like it. It plays out like a TV show in my head and I can't wait to see what happenes next. Speaking of, I need to recharge the tablet I have my comics on.

PixlBit