| Well, what can you say? This is a comic strip parody of “Harry Potter,” the series of mega popular children’s fantasy novels by J.K. Rowling, crossed with “Kill Bill,” the last grand opus from Quentin Tarantino, who’s apparently as much of an Otaku as well as a Wigger. I don’t think particularly well of either works, if you can believe that. Rowling’s writing get worse every book, from a genuinely enjoyable story for all ages to a prodding generic Sword & Sorcery epic resembling more the “Star Wars” franchise then anything by an actual genius of the genre like Roald Dahl. As for the movies, less said the better.
What I can recommend are the audio books read by Jim Dale, he brings a vitality to the books, and breaths Harry and company to life more beautifully then any bloated movie special effects could. “Kill Bill” gets points for flair& retro-kitch style, and the second “volume” greatly makes up for the first half, but a huge let down compare to his last and best film, “Jackie Brown.” |
Sure the frat boys will always love “Pulp Fiction,” but “Jackie Brown” showed that Tarantino could make an actual movie, not just string together some comedic bits over an 80′s John Woo flic. “Kill Bill” was a 70′s Chambara flic minus the comedic bits with Uma Thurman hamming it up like Mr. Pink explaining “Like a Virgin.” Gordon Liu was cool, though.
So why spend months mish-mashing the two? Because it’s the kind of idea couple of Jr. High school kids have, laugh about, and say to each other how “cool” it would be, half knowing something like that never could happen, that no one would put so much into something so ridiculous. It’s a ricockulous idea, all the more so to purse it to its conclusion. But don’t worry, pretentious git thouugh I am, despite all my efforts, my comics remain aggressively silly, free from intellectual taint, or worse, serious intent. So have fun, giggle a bit, and enjoy the comic. |