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Comic Corner: Angels and aliens

» ‘Angela: Asgard’s Assassin Vol. 1’ review

Brittney MacDonald
Life & Style Editor

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| @theotherpress.ca

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he character of Angela

comes from the minds
of Todd McFarlane and Neil
Gaiman, the writers who
originally brought us Spawn

 

themes surrounding her in
Angela: Asgard’s Assassin.

In this world, the concept
of Heaven (or Heven, as it’s
referred to in the book) is
treated in the same way that
Asgard is—gods and angels are

: actually really powerful aliens.

: Angela is an Angel, a warrior

: who goes around making deals

: that balance the scale of life and
: ; death.

This iteration is written
by Kieron Gillen, and hasa
: distinctly Xena feel to it. Angela

: has entered Purgatory in search
: of her friend Sera, which allows
: Sera to act as a plot device to
: explain Angela’s backstory. It
: works well, and at no point did I
: feel bogged down by text or that :

and the Sandman. As you would :

expect, there are heavy religious : there was a lack of action.

The overall comic book,

: though short due to it being a

: single issue, is well-laid-out.

: The characters are introduced,

: and there is a conflict that is

: resolved by the end, as well as a
: new conflict that is introduced
: to entice readers towards

: buying the next issue.

: Bennett, is as close to perfection
: as you could expect. It’s well-

: detailed with believable

: feminine anatomy and

: some incredibly imaginative

: creatures. I loved every page of

> it.

: comic twice because of details
: that are brought up in the end.
: There are elements present in

: in the plot, despite the fact they
: aren’t mentioned until near the

end of the book.

: art and narrative are so

: well intertwined extremely

: promising for the series, and

: would recommend it to anyone.

The art, done by Marguerite

T actually had to read this

the art that actually play a role

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Tailor-made for comic book lovers

» ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ movie review

: from the basement of his hoity-
: toity tailor shop and convinces

Megan West
Columnist

OOOSS

he latest comic book

adaptation from director
Matthew Vaughn is Kingsman:
The Secret Service, a cheeky
homage to the classic James
Bond 007 franchise.

The film centres around
an at-risk London teen
named Gary “Eggsy” Unwin
(Taron Egerton), who lost
his father, and Harry Hart
(Colin Firth), the director of
an elite and highly secretive
spy organization called the
Kingsman, who makes it his
mission to give the rough-

Hart runs the organization

Image © 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

: Eggsy to rise to his potential

: and become a Kingsman

: through a series of challenges
: that will test his loyalty and

: ability.

Although Egerton and Firth

: are highly entertaining and

: exceedingly dapper throughout
: the entire film, the first half

: and second half felt like

: entirely different movies. While :
: the first half presents itself

: as an exciting and intriguing

: rags-to-riches adventure, the

: second half becomes a satirical
: and almost cheesy joke of a

: spy movie. Crass humour and

: corny special effects are all well
: and good fora graphic novel
around-the-edges boy a chance. offevedd no ineight inte what
: the movie was really like, which

: left me feeling confused and let
: down.

: for me at least, was the fact

: that newcomer Egerton did

: an exceptional job playing a

: believable thug as well as a

: believable spy. The character
: development in this movie is
: rather touching and I found

: it to be one of the best things
: about the whole experience.

: for comic book lovers than

: anyone else, I would caution

: anyone looking for a serious

: spy film to be advised that what
: they’re really in for is not what

: they might anticipate. Overall

: though, it wasn’t half bad and

: there was something to be said
: for the fact that it tried to be

: different—even if it didn’t work
: forme.

   

Jupiter ascends
to sci-fi fluff

» ‘Jupiter Ascending’ movie review

: Kalique Abrasax (Tuppence

: Middleton) to retrieve Jupiter.

: Jupiter gets caught in the

: middle of this inheritance

: battle when all she wants to do
: is be normal.

fr) fr) e fr] 9 Story aside, the visual

: effects are spectacular,

he Wachowski siblings especially in 3-D. From the

made a name for : spaceship combat to the
themselves with The Matrix alien creatures, the universe
Trilogy, becoming known for the Wachowskis built is
their creative world-building — : something to behold, mainly
and originality. That’s exactly ; 11S originality. Icould see
what they deliver in theirnew : them delving even deeper in
sci-fi epic Jupiter Ascending. : 4 sequel, which will probably

Earth is one of the many

: happen.
planets that alien royalty, the : Sadly, the writing 1s
Abrasax family, harvests for nothing to get excited about.
aserum to make themselves | Even though I went into
immortal. When the queen

: this movie with semi-low
dies, her three heirs fight over : expectations, I hoped for more
her inheritance, including

: from the script. Some scenes
all of Earth. Little do they : were just goofy when they
know that Jupiter Jones

; were meant to be romantic
(Mila Kunis), an insignificant | emotional. The only solid
human who cleans houses,

: acting I noticed in this film is
is the reincarnation of from Eddie Redmayne, who
the queen, making her : plays the evil Balem Abrasax.
the rightful heir to the

: Speaking of goofy, the alien
inheritance. Incomes Caine; Dames could have been better.
Wise (Channing Tatum), a

; If you are in the mood for
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Steven Cayer
Senior Columnist

 

The only saving grace,

Perhaps more of a movie