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Victim of The Night

8 hours ago

Originally Posted by Captain Terror

Ok, so as a kid I used to like the Defenders comics, because the Hulk was my guy and I was also a Valkyrie fan. By the time I was reading them we're talking issue #75 or whatever, and it was all mostly standard superhero fare. I recently got this collection which includes the first dozen or so issues, but also all of the other titles that led up to the formation of the team. These all came out before my time, so I'd never read any of them.

What I did NOT know before I got this was that the origin of the Defenders was tied up in all kinds of occult shenanigans with demons called The Undying Ones and some guy named Necrodamus and Namor robbing graves and whatnot. I did not intend for this to be my October read but it turned out to be perfect.

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I loved The Defenders. I see that Nighthawk and Hellcat are not in that first issue you posted. Bummer.
I loved the old Doctor Strange and the Dormammu stuff, all that. Plus the Silver Surfer when he meets Mephisto.

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Fouke-a-delic

2 hours ago

Originally Posted by Wooley

Right, I'm halfway through the collection and it's just been Hulk/Strange/Namor with an occasional assist from Silver Surfer . Flipping through the remainder it looks like Valkyrie will be showing up soon.

There's a volume 2 so I'll be picking that one up also

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49 minutes ago

Originally Posted by Captain Terror

One thing I remember about As Above So Below is that they would run into a dead end and the main girl would be like "I wonder if one of these bricks opens a secret passage?" And then like the second brick she tries does, indeed, open a secret passage. Is that accurate or am I misremembering? I didn't hate it but just remember being bugged by stuff like that although I too was ultimately charmed by the main character. Will no doubt watch again at some point in the future.

This is very accurate, lol.

But for me, it kind of added to the charm. The idea is that it's one big puzzle, and they are using clues to navigate it, and once I got over it being kind of goofy (there are MANY shockingly fast and accurate guesses), I was fine with it.

What bothered me was the way she'd be like, "Okay, we need to find the correct stone. If we pick the wrong one, we will all be crushed to death." And then they'd pick a stone in like 30 seconds with just a brief discussion. I mean, that's definitely how I decide things when I'm stressed, but I don't like my odds of escaping the catacombs.

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Master of None

39 minutes ago

Originally Posted by Takoma11

As Above, So Below, 2014

Scarlett (Perdita Weeks) is an archaeologist who is obsessed with alchemy and with pursuing the legendary Sorcerer�s Stone. After a risky foray into an Iranian cave system, Scarlett is certain that she can find the Stone in the Catacombs beneath Paris. With her former boyfriend and fellow scholar George (Ben Feldman) and cameraman Benji (Edwin Hodge) in tow, Scarlett enlists local guide Papillon (Francois Civil) to take them deep under the city. But the deeper they go, the more it seems that some force is working against the explorers.

Compelling and spooky, this is a solid horror adventure.

The most important thing to put in this review is: a big sorry to ApexPredator, who has been championing this film for YEARS, to which I�ve always responded in my mind �Yeah, but found footage . . . �.

If, like me, you�ve been put off by the found footage aspect or by the sense of it being a Descent knock-off, I�d encourage you to give it a chance. This was fun and scary without being overly depressing or formulaic.

FULL REVIEW

This is a film I've been hesitating to check out for years. Maybe this is a sign.

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