tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647195748461599269.post3792630044207881013..comments2023-04-12T08:26:51.629+01:00Comments on Islington Comic Forum: Books: From HellIslington Comic Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13654481844004506004noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647195748461599269.post-74716121144001938952012-07-18T00:19:42.675+01:002012-07-18T00:19:42.675+01:00I feel "From Hell = Matrix sequels" will...I feel "From Hell = Matrix sequels" will come back to haunt you one day.Wilburhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05654004203991450130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647195748461599269.post-46507239958451705312012-05-22T17:51:19.495+01:002012-05-22T17:51:19.495+01:00I think out of all the Alan Moore books out there ...I think out of all the Alan Moore books out there From Hell is the one I've read the least (like - 2 times? If that?). Feels like this is something I should rectify... Correct me if I'm wrong tho: but isn't the 3% of non-bleak stuff only there to make that 97% feel even bleaker - to use the WORST POSSIBLE EXAMPLE EVER: it's like that bit in one of the cursed Matrix sequels when Ted Theodore Logan and Trinity "Man-Face" go above the clouds for - like - 3 seconds and go "it's so beautiful." And then - it's back into the murky, oppressive and oh-so-limited colour palette of the rest of the film........ It's that small dash of light that just makes all the black erm - NON MORE BLACK! (or something?) <br /><br />But yeah From Hell = Matrix sequels. You heard it here first.Islington Comic Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654481844004506004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647195748461599269.post-63424719967710027572012-05-22T15:09:15.243+01:002012-05-22T15:09:15.243+01:00True, From Hell is cerebral and labyrinthine, but ...True, From Hell is cerebral and labyrinthine, but it's also full of warm touches, the kind Alan Moore doesn't get enough credit for. The old man being bathed in the tub (yes with the weird jabberwocky nob); the escape from London to the in-comparison paradise of the countryside. You know, just in case anyone was thinking it was 100% bleak. It's only 97% bleak!Wilburhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15546805581907588800noreply@blogger.com