Two Words, One Answer.
Ghost Rider 2
 Ghost Rider (Two-Disc Extended Cut) $34.95 very eager to watch the movie but have not just yet. saw the movie trailer, and that is why i wanted to get this movie.  Ghost Rider Volume 2: The Life & Death Of Johnny Blaze TPB (Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)) (v. 2) $13.99 I don't get the negative reviews on this series at all. I've really enjoyed it. It's fast, well written, has an interesting, spooky premise, has cool visuals, and has great, well done, well choreographed action sequences that have a lot of impact, use the environments the characters are in to great effect, and just feel brutal. In this particular volume, the art is handled by the normal artist, Mark Texeira, as well as guest artist Richard Corben. While I prefer Texeira's art, both Corben's art and Texeira's art tell the story well and give the action a lot of impact. Neither is on the level of a McNiven or a Cassidy, but they (especially Texiera) work very well for Ghost Rider, and depict the action very clearly and intensely. Combined with Way's plotting, Texiera also manages some very dramatic shots. As for the writing, Daniel Way comes up with a lot of little nuances that hieghten the story and are really appropriate for the character. There's one scene where Lucifer litteraly rips off Ghost Rider's leg and beats him with it -- that's not something you could do with just about any other character, but it works really well for this. There's another part where Ghost Rider tells a hardcase sherrif to stay out of his way or he's going to regret it. Naturally, the hardcase starts to tell Ghost Rider "well, you might as well kill me now then because . . ." Before he can get any farther, Ghost Rider has already thrown him about twenty feet into the windshield of a car. Way seems to get the Ghost Rider character, and comes up with a lot of clever and cool ways for Ghost Rider to fight -- again, many of them using his environment -- and for me it just makes the series a lot of fun to read. Great action, well done characters, fun character and situation driven humor that doesn't detract from the seriousness of the story (like the problems Lucifer has directing his army of the dead,) and an overarching storyline that's interesting and epic in nature and even a little bit spooky, all combine to make this a fun, fast, exciting, enjoyable read. This series has made Ghost Rider and Johney Blaze cool to me, and, like I said, I just don't get the complaints. My only complaint would be that I read through the collections too quickly -- faster than most similar sized collections -- but the writing, pace, and action are all very appropriate to the character, so it really shouldn't be a complaint.  Ghost Rider $19.99 Ordered it for my son, and he loves it!! Plan to purchase more games from this site. |
|
