jcw3 (John)
jcw3.bsky.social
jcw3 (John)
@jcw3.bsky.social
Leftist. Comic geek. Superhero movies should all be animated. 26. He/Him.
Having an absolute blast with Kamen Rider Gaim. You can tell this is a Gen Urobuchi show, because the protagonist is shellshocked and traumatized by his encounter in the Fruit Dimension by the middle of episode 4
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A hundred pages into Armor by John Steakley. This book is so insanely good.
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Read The Power Fantasy #12 today. So good
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Starting Local Man tomorrow - as someone with a deep love for 90s antiheroes, I am so stoked for this.
October 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Some personal news.

(comic TPBs/manga volumes count as books, shut up)
September 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Think this Batman Elseworlds comic I picked up at HPB yesterday might have an unconventional interpretation of the character.
July 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Insanely petty (complimentary) moment for Lex Luthor in It's Superman! (2005). Can hear this in Clancy Brown's voice.
July 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Really liked this passage in It's Superman! by Tom de Haven. Plenty of neat stuff like this in this book. Compelling and immersive period piece.

"Rhubarb pies! That woman made the sun come up."
July 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
silver age dc had real banger designs
July 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Keith Thompson's art makes the Leviathan books work. The starving bears art took my breath away when I first saw it. I wish there was more hi-res Thompson art for these books.
July 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Kamen Rider W expecting me to sympathize with this whiny, abusive, selfish incel asshole and also the mother whose best idea for helping her grieving daughter was lying to her had me so annoyed bro
July 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm sorry, but the citizens in Kamen Rider Kuuga turning on Kuuga is completely understandable given the absurd secrecy Ichijo has him under. Kuuga should have been introduced to the police and public by episode 15. A 3 km explosion in the middle of Tokyo - yeah, I'd panic too!
June 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I watched Men in Black 3. If the last half of this movie was less predictable and more engaging, it would be near-perfect. 9/10. Jokes landed better, Smith, Brolin and Jones were at the top of their game, and Boris was a great new villain.
May 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I watched Men in Black II. 7.5/10. Lifeless, dull movie, but the charisma and chemistry of Will Smith & Tommy Lee Jones prevents it from being a complete disaster. Nothing about it is good other than their performances, do not recommend. Nice to have a competent J after thirteen days of MIBTS.
May 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Was so mad by Men in Black: The Series towards the end. 6/10. Insulting character assassination of Agent J, dumbing him down to galvanize Agent K & the rest of MIB, increasingly dumb writing (esp. S4), repetitive plots, secret history gags that didn't land, overreliance on bad comic relief.
May 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I finished Danger Club. 7/10. What had the potential to be a good but not great gorey superhero action comic in a collapsing world turned into a tedious, detached cavalcade of cosmic bullshit. I don't recommend - the solid enough fights in the first don't do enough to justify the second volume.
May 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Finished rereading Fear Agent. 9.5/10. A character study of a deeply broken man clinging to the last scraps of decency he has, in this gonzo 50s sci fi style universe. Never feels ashamed of what it is, always earnestly tells Heath's story to the best of its ability. Easy rec. Amazing comic.
May 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I don't know how the Coffee Worms have become my favorite Men in Black side characters, but they have. Love them.
May 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I watched Sinners (2025). 10/10. Probably the best movie I'll see all year. One of the rare movies worth going out to theaters to support. Went in knowing nothing but Michael B. Jordan and vampires, glad I did. Some jawdroppingly good scenes. Highly recommend.
May 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I rewatched Men in Black (1997). 9/10. The secret history comedy isn't for me, but Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and really the entire cast give great performances and sell it wholeheartedly. Loads of fun. Starting the cartoon tomorrow.
May 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I watched Chappie. 8.5/10. Fun sci-fi movie - human characters could stand to be a bit more improved - Hugh Jackman's the only great performance in this. Chappie's great - but I wish we'd gotten to see him do more stuff, ridiculous as that sounds.
May 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Raven Stratagem gets a 9/10. Slight step down from the first book due to inconsistency in POV quality, but still the same strengths of Ninefox Gambit. The Jedao 'mystery' and the fact that *everyone* agrees the Hexarchate is a problem but no one agrees on what to do about it - great stuff.
May 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I watched Prospect (2018). 8/10. Classic sci-fi story, a lot of practical effects (buttons and knobs, not CGI holograms), tense, terse negotiations and conversations - but due to really bad audio choices, you can only understand 70-80% of it. Lot of wheezing, mumbling, slurring. Mixed bag.
May 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow pissed me off. 6/10. Potentially interesting dieselpunk pastiche ruined by spending the whole movie with a misogynistic caricature of a naggy ex-girlfriend and unscrupulous, unethical, incompetent journalist. Bafflingly bad choice - overshadows everything else.
May 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I finished The Case Study of Vanitas. 7.5/10. Largely not for me - far too many bishounen sparkles & chibi comic relief gags, and the whole 'vampire' thing almost feels like an afterthought - the vampires are fine in the sun and normally don't even need to drink blood? What's the point then?
May 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM