tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post866012334330656485..comments2008-05-18T12:38:49.838+01:00Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-79775859447497788762008-05-18T12:38:00.000+01:002008-05-18T12:38:00.000+01:00PBristow, I'm sorry to say I never made it, but will soon, please keep that lovely enthusiasm going. Tristram: good to hear, you sound very sane about such things. Cheers.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-43716722507176305192008-05-18T05:01:00.000+01:002008-05-18T05:01:00.000+01:00Thanks, and well done on winning that contest in Bristol.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-70168171309284384572008-05-17T18:50:00.000+01:002008-05-17T18:50:00.000+01:00The ads look great and I'm looking forward to the series. Good to see you very briefly at Bristol…joelmeadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17843813459666056521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-2139229548064511892008-05-16T21:20:00.000+01:002008-05-16T21:20:00.000+01:00Thank you very much, Hot. There's also Captain Midlands to be considered in the hardest pensioner contest. And I distance myself from Tom's political statements, while welcoming his interest in all things Skrull.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-76117832609391974832008-05-16T21:16:00.000+01:002008-05-16T21:16:00.000+01:00Regarding that ending... looks like Gordon Brown really IS a Jonah! :(<BR/><BR/>(His reputation must be even worse in the Marvel Universe - not only economic collapse and the highest taxation burden in history, but also allowing the country to be invaded by Skrulls...)Tom FDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-38872821569117795322008-05-16T20:11:00.000+01:002008-05-16T20:11:00.000+01:00I've never heard of All Things Considered but I just listened to your episode and really enjoyed it. It was great to hear you talk about religious themes in Dr Who and Russell T Davis' attitude to christian themes despite his own atheism. Your comments on The Second Coming were especially interesting. As an atheist, I found the most interesting thing about that series was that it had an atheistic sensibility, ending with a world now free of religion (if I remember it correctly), but RTD based it in a world where God 'reveals' himself, thus proving his existence. Talk about an ideological dichotomy! A testament to Russell's genius, and his 'anti-agenda' style of writing. <BR/><BR/>At university I was friends with the head of the Christian Union, and used to go to one of those meetings where people talk about their contact experiences. It was really interesting to fully believe such things aren't real, but then hear people talk with such passion about these experiences. Hearing you talk about yours took me right back to those Monday nights. Thanks!Tristram_zx81http://www.blogger.com/profile/01572101546740470270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-30917430138725967722008-05-16T11:37:00.000+01:002008-05-16T11:37:00.000+01:00Just finished Captain Britain and MI:13 1, and I can't begin to say how good it was.<BR/>Absolutely brilliant, and I can't wait till the next one. <BR/>And move over Wolverine and Mystique, I think Spitfire is officially the newest hardest pensioner around!<BR/>Dane was written fantastically, John the Skrull is still awesome, Brian came across way better than he's been written recently. I'm intrigued to see what will develop with Faiza's character, and your Pete is, as always, the best.<BR/><BR/>Great art too, I loved the cover, the logo, and the spread with Spitfire and the skrulls is brilliantHotKniveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791800254492332596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-38544079675453177142008-05-16T05:33:00.000+01:002008-05-16T05:33:00.000+01:00Furious, you know I agree. I think it started as just the writers' desire to reverse expectation: when all Christians were seen as upstanding, them as villains was a refreshing shock. But now the reverse is the case. The failure to reverse that again is where the bigotry lies. (But of course this problem is shared by all theists. Except Buddhists, who are still the good guys. And I'm sure we don't begrudge them that.) Alex and Mart, thank you very much for those very kind reviews. I've been so pleased by the reception the issue has got. That lovely logo is by Rian Hughes.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-11771689563581704062008-05-16T00:57:00.000+01:002008-05-16T00:57:00.000+01:00Captain Britain and MI-13 1 review I've been posting round the net cos I'm that kind of fella<BR/>//////////////<BR/><BR/>Hey look kids, it's a great Secret Invasion tie-in. Writer Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Primeval, Marvel's Wisdom mini-series), penciller Leonard Kirk (Supergirl,JSA)and colleagues present a tale of Britain's greatest heroes in a time of trial.<BR/><BR/>Said heroes are Cap aka Brian Braddock, 'hot knife'-throwing spy Pete Wisdom, speedster-vampire Spitfire, John the good Skrull Beatle, Dr Faiza Hussain and ex-pat Yank the Black Knight, happily working together to prevent the Skrulls gaining a magical foothold in Blighty (as no one has called Britain since about 1930). 'Efficient' isn't the sexiest of words but that just what this issue is in terms of scene and character-setting, and wonderfully so. Characters are introduced on the fly, their personalities and powers sketched in with economy (with the exception of new character, reader POV person Faiza - I guess we'll see what she can do outside of triage next issue) as super Skrulls are beaten up left, right and centre.<BR/><BR/>Cornell's dialogue makes the characters sound British without being 'jolly hockey sticks' caricatures. Captain Britain comes across better than he has in years - no more the oaf or alcoholic - while Dane Whitman gets a well-motivated character tweak.<BR/><BR/>Leonard Kirk and inker Jesse Delperdang tell the story well, with attractive figures in motion against nicely rendered backgrounds. What's more, they give great hair. Forget good girl art, this is great hair art - look at Pete's flying forelock, gaze in awe at Dane's new do!<BR/><BR/>There's also a jolly nice (oops, I DO talk like that) Brian Hitch cover and a smart logo harking back to The Avengers (Sixties TV show, not the comic Marvel once published). If you've room for an extra buy this week, try this comic.Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-10649156136834745022008-05-16T00:08:00.000+01:002008-05-16T00:08:00.000+01:00Hey Mr Cornell,<BR/><BR/>Read Captain Britain and MI-13 today (more than once) and I gotta say, haven't been looking forward to a next issue so much since...well, since the Black Knight got me into collecting comics regularly in 1993 (when I was 9!!!). <BR/>It's great to see characters such as Brian and Dane be focused on as people, rather than ciphers to base mystical stories around, which I have often seen (not that I expected anything else after your other work). <BR/>Really impressive stuff!!!Alex Jamiesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-21888251333488789522008-05-15T16:04:00.000+01:002008-05-15T16:04:00.000+01:00Just had a listen to the All Things Considered Podcast. I too am greatly annoyed by the "Christian as villain" meme that's in most TV these days.<BR/><BR/>It's not only bigoted, it's also lazy writing, so it offends me on every level.<BR/><BR/>Do you ever watch an American show call <I>Law & Order</I> and it's associated spin-offs? My family has a game called "Spot the Cross," if a character has any sort of Christian token in their home, we know they're the guilty one. Since 9-11-01 it's expanded to include patriotic symbols as a sign of guilt, and anything Islamic as a sign of innocence. It makes the shows extremely predictable, & I just had to tune out.<BR/><BR/>It's become so bad on American TV that a couple of years ago a TV writer actually used it as a red herring on a show called <I>The Inside</I>. They had your stereotypical "creepy Christian" set up as the main suspect, but then in the last segment they reveal that all he was doing was helping drug addicts get into rehab. The real killer was someone else entirely.<BR/><BR/>Now I got to go and get my uncle out of the zoo.Furious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-74290703432639348892008-05-15T09:57:00.000+01:002008-05-15T09:57:00.000+01:00I'm way into it right now, Garpu. Not many episodes to go!Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-54225280563599085802008-05-13T20:01:00.000+01:002008-05-13T20:01:00.000+01:00Oooh yeah. That was a good episode. Seems like that poor writer gets saddled with a lot of character death. That was the first episode of the current season that I liked, I think. The first 2-3 episodes felt like they were trying to tie up a bunch of loose ends quickly before the writer's strike.Garpu the Forkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460312942820868366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-9940924791467623522008-05-13T16:37:00.000+01:002008-05-13T16:37:00.000+01:00I can lend it to you next time I see you. Don't think there were any collections.<BR/><BR/>He also did the art on Rob's Wolverine story last year as well.Mark Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-32398783098057321152008-05-13T15:35:00.000+01:002008-05-13T15:35:00.000+01:00Ah, I must have a look.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-83909170365418748042008-05-13T13:42:00.000+01:002008-05-13T13:42:00.000+01:00He also worked on a great little book called Disciples from Image.Mark Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-35511842990842548682008-05-12T14:12:00.000+01:002008-05-12T14:12:00.000+01:00Oh, rushed, smushed. Etc.. I may now read the Punisher to see Laurence's work. I had a lovely time, thank you.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-3052024173836603992008-05-12T11:01:00.000+01:002008-05-12T11:01:00.000+01:00Didn't know Laurence was the new Punisher artist. Brilliant for him. He's a cracking artist (and we've got his stuff up on the walls next to some Helicopter/Knight page).<BR/><BR/>Hope you enjoyed Bristol.Mark Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-38323005045032639702008-05-12T01:44:00.000+01:002008-05-12T01:44:00.000+01:00I enjoyed the Sontaran episodes, too. I liked them better than The Doctor's Daughter. TDD should've been a 2-parter. It felt too rushed. As for BSG, I love it, too. Here in the US, DW & BSG are on the same network, on the same night!tlsmith1963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-38663792354143461232008-05-11T21:39:00.000+01:002008-05-11T21:39:00.000+01:00Laurence is a really good guy. I'm always pleased to hear tales from the Furious household. The one you're thinking of, Garpu. We're less than a week behind the US transmission. And yes, P, that is indeed where I'll be. From around teatime I should think. Thanks for that!Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-2312706647315297922008-05-10T00:56:00.000+01:002008-05-10T00:56:00.000+01:00[GAPE] <BR/><BR/>You're coming to Proud Lion? In Cheltenham? As in... *JUST DOWN THE END OF THIS ROAD HERE AND AROUND THE CORNER AND ALONG A BIT AND STOP WHEN YOU'RE MENACED BY THE DALEK IN THE WINDOW?!?!?!?* <BR/> =8o><BR/><BR/>[STARES IN STUPEFACTION AT THE SCREEN FOR SEVERAL SECONDS]<BR/><BR/><B>*WAHOOOOOO!!!!*</B> <BR/><BR/>[BOUNCES ENTHUSIASTICALLY AROUND THE GROUND FLOOR OF "SHERBORNE TOWERS" (as I've dubbed it), DOUBTLESS INVOKING THE WRATH OF 'ER DOWNSTAIRS. (WELL IT IS 00:36 a.m.)]<BR/><BR/>It appears that I am not completely and utterly isolated from all of fandom here, after all. =:o}<BR/><BR/>What time?pbristowhttp://pbristow.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-33794409256620075332008-05-10T00:55:00.000+01:002008-05-10T00:55:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.pbristowhttp://pbristow.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-30966654542413861432008-05-09T16:39:00.000+01:002008-05-09T16:39:00.000+01:00Which BSG episode are you on? if it's the one I'm thinking of, it was a good episode. (Don't want to give away spoilers!) <BR/><BR/>I'm enjoying season 4 so far of Doctor Who. It's more like the classic Who than anything so far.Garpu the Forkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460312942820868366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-44159941752378928652008-05-09T12:14:00.000+01:002008-05-09T12:14:00.000+01:00Nice to hear things are going well and that you're being fecund as all hell.<BR/><BR/>I'll be sure to check out the podcast on iTunes when it's released. <BR/><BR/>And don't go too feral. My uncle went a little too far with his "Holiday beard" and ended up spending all summer being chased by Bigfoot hunters.<BR/><BR/>We probably should have explained the situation to the hunters, but the reward was just sooo big....Furious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-69784823311588135662008-05-09T10:19:00.000+01:002008-05-09T10:19:00.000+01:00Say hi to Laurence Campbell for me. It shows how out of touch I am, but I didn't know he was still doing comics. He drew my only ever published comic, about a decade ago now, and he did a lovely job on it. He was a real pleasure to work with.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.eclectica.info/" REL="nofollow">Scott Andrews</A>Scott Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747027730841996369noreply@blogger.com