I’ll call this movie more interesting that good. I give it tremendous props for getting very “granular” about the innovations that happened on Citizen Kane’s set. This was made just when HBO was about to make the leap from cable TV to cultural leader – it’s a little bit better than a made-for-cable movie, but still, you can tell, it’s just a little shy from being a *real* movie. Schrieber, as always, is great.
A few months back I read the first phone book sized collection of JBNM and yesterday I picked up the second one. Over 500 pages of lightning paced reversals and switcheroos later I’m here to tell you this is one of the greatest and most fun science fiction stories I’ve ever read.
In addition to the genuine satire about politics and early 1990s society, it is a ripping good yarn. With humor! And sex! And time travel! And Hellboy? And mutant powers that can turn women in Playboy models.
Please dig this stuff up and read it. I’m about to jump into (the current) Volume 3.
Deviates a bit from the comic, but still good and weird.
