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When the Sony ebook reader came out I immediately jumped at the chance to get one.  After all,  carrying every book I own is the most alluring dream a literate person could dream of.  Like the nascent technologies of the 1980s laptops, the image quality and size are lackluster.  Not the best thing for a reader.

Then Amazon upped the ante with a large collection of works available online, cheaply, for their new “Kindle.”  It wasn’t perfect, It suffers from the same issues I hold against Sony’s technology.  Too small screen, difficulties displaying certain documents.  It’s maddening! How am I supposed to load up my PDF copies of d20 games if my device only displays a quarter of the page?

Amazon has answered most of my questions with their new “Kindle DX” a larger screen, native pdf reading, and a slightly higher price (nothing is perfect).  Naturally all I have right now is the announcements, but more writing will occur.

I say slightly biased because I am a true believer in the X-Verse, but I am also a fan of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. Yes, I know he’s too tall and not stocky enough, but I can’t think of anyone else who could channel this X-Man as well. 

From a comic book lover’s perspective, there are countless things that are wrong with this movie.  I’m not familiar with Wolverine’s Weapon X years, but there was a lot more Wolverine/Sabertooth connection than I expected in the movie.  I liked how the movie dealt with the Kayla Silverfox  storylineup to the point where she dies, although she should have been able to put up more of a fight, and well, stayed dead. Gambit was alright, a little weird, but not as bad as it could have been.  They also didn’t manage to explain the James Howlett-Logan-Wolverine transition very well.  Those who went to the Midnight showing with me were confused.  I’m seriously thankful that they didn’t find a way to bring in Jean Grey.  As a purist, I wanted some Alpha Flight and a little more Canada, but what can you do, it’s a adaptation.  The most outrageous flub, I can’t even say…it’s just, argh.

As a movie-goer, this flick was fun. Good fight scenes, fun young mutants.  The storyline was consistent enough for a summer blockbuster. It could have used a little more work on the timing, more time was spent finding Stryker than we were set up for. While it was cool visiting Wraith and Blob in Vegas, one of them should’ve had the answers we were looking for. If you’re looking for a good movie to watch in the upcoming weeks, this is it.  It’s a good action film for what its worth.  If you’re a purist who goes into hives when something is out of alignment with cannon, don’t go, read your copy of Incredible Hulk #180 and follow it with Origins: Wolverine, and forget this movie even exists.