Karthik Chronicles

If you have no idea what I am going to blabber about just check this link. The DVD is releasing on 14th August, I thought why not write about it since I got to see it. Its funny how Marvel picked up one of the lesser known characters from it’s universe for making it into a STV(Straight to Video) animated movie. But hey I am not complaining I have always liked Dr. Strange’s character so no problem for me.

The main thing about the film is that they have changed the origin story of the Doctor Strange but only a little bit. The first introduction of Doctor Strange where he sees the wizards fighting the dark creature even though they had used a cloaking spell was the best. I will give a synopsis of the story:

Dr. Stephen Strange was one of the most gifted surgeons in medicine before his hands were left shattered and useless as a result of a car crash. Spending his fortune in pursuit of a way to fix his fractured body, the dejected doctor believed all was lost until the Ancient One offered him hope and healing in Tibet.

Training mind, body and soul with the Ancient One and his pupils, Doctor Strange’s scope, power and compassion grows as he steps closer to his mystical fate. But to fully embrace his destiny and protect the worlds of magic and reality, Strange must face betryal, death and the emergence of Dormammu.

The way the depict the training of Doctor Strange is wonderful, it’s all about learning magic and accepting the unacceptable. We see how a disheartened surgeon becomes the Sorcerer Supreme of the earth realm. The last fight with Dormammu ended to fast I believe they could have made it a bit more longer.

Coming to the animation. I for one have really liked the other three Direct-to-Video animation films by Marvel(Ultimate Avengers, Ultimate Avengers 2 and The Invincible Iron Man). This one also had very crisp animation. The character designs were excellent except for Dormammu since it seemed he was more or less just made of fire and some weird lines; other than that the other character designs were great. The character design of Doctor Strange was very good. They showed three different types of designs for him. First was when he was a surgeon and the next when he loses all his hope and became destitute. The third one was of him becoming the Doctor Strange and the clothes were really cool. The most unfortunate thing is that this the only animated movie that will ever be made for Doctor Strange since the next and the last animated film that Marvel is going to make with Lions Gate is Avengers Reborn(about kids of Avengers becoming the New Avengers or something). At the end of the film when Wong says that they have found new prospects and one of them named Clea seems to be the best was a great dialogue which suggested a possible sequel but as we know that is not going to happen. So, this was my small review on Doctor Strange Animated Film 2007.

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I am a very big comic book fan, be it marvel heroes or DC guys, I always liked all those superhero comics. But when you grow up you like to read things that are better but no one can make read works of literature that is something I will read only when I am like around 50 or something. I came across a mature comic book with a weird title “Y: The Last Man”. I had read a bit of its synopsis from wikipedia and was quite a bit interested in the theme of the book. So I went ahead found the comic to read it.

The comic book’s story revolves around the character named Yorick Brown, who is the last man on earth and that is literally, this happens when one day the whole of the world is wiped out of male mammals including humans and animals. The only males to survive this apocalyptic fate are Yorick Brown and his male capuchin monkey. He has no idea why he and his monkey survived whatever that killed all the males of the world but he will find it out soon.

The story’s theme is one of the most famous male fantasies that is to be the only man on earth, but in the comic they deal with what might really happen if all the men were wiped out. It shows how many woman would be troubled and how many of them would want to become leaders and do all that they couldn’t when they were with men. It shows the chaos that would ensue with the genocide of an entire sex. It’s quite mature and not recommended for kids but adults might find it fun to read. The artwork in this comic is superb and the cover art works is one of the nest I have seen. The writer of this story is definitely a brilliant man. The story is all set to end with its 60th comic as written on wikipedia. I hope the ending of such a story be great too.

You won’t always finding me reviewing comics so this is like one of those once in a blue moon stuff.

I guess the title says it all but I would love to give my own opinion. I really like reading comic books and nearly I am able to get many new comic books the problem is understanding how the comic story has went and learn who are the new characeters. After searching a lot I saw that Wiki has lots of info on comics after checking some info i came to know it can be said as central hub of information for comic books. I came to know full stories of many characters their origins and even their present comic book which is a very good thing for all those guys who have started reading comics a bit late than other people. The fact is Wiki still remains to be a hub of all concentrated knowledge. Whereas google searches sites Wiki defines it so you may go ahead and search for all those characters in comics whoose names and origins you always wanted to know.
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