posted by Travis at 8:51 AM

We went to see Hellboy yesterday, and it's really good. If you like comic book movies, you should really enjoy it. However, having said that, if you are getting a little tired of comic book movies and comic book characters, you should steer quite clear of Hellboy. I was introduced to the Hellboy comics by Yoshi, and I read through all the books he had, including Seed of Destruction on which the movie is largely based, in a single weekend. I really liked the blue-collar attitude of Hellboy and the humor that was always present. I think the movie captures all of that while adding some things to the story that weren't in the original book. It's good.

I forgot to mention that while we were in Detroit we saw Dawn of the Dead. I was extremely impressed with it. I am not a big fan of the original, quite the contrary. I thought it was damned stupid. However, DotD 2004 is a great horror movie. It has a lot of style, some light-hearted humor, and lots of zombie action. I really can't recommend it enough.

Finally today is the 10th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, so I've been listening to all my Nirvana recently. It still holds up pretty well. I was about 16 when I first heard Nirvana, and I really loved their energy. Sure, they were just playing four different power chords over and over, but no one else was doing it and, at the time, it was sorely needed. I didn't weep when he died, mostly because I didn't know him. I was actually getting ready for a date when they announced on the news that they found his body. My first thought was, "Damn that sucks," but that quickly turned into, "Hey, I can bring this up if there is a lull in the conversation." It's probably a good thing that he went out at the top of his game, otherwise he might have ended up the butt of every joke like David Crosby or Keith Richards.