Category Archives: Reviews

(movie) Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham(2023) – Batman i Lovecraft? MOŽE!

Svi već znaju da sam veliki fan Marvelovih filmova, serija i animiranih, kao i DC-evih koji se smatraju vječitom konkurencijom hehe. E, pa kada je ovaj bio najavljen nisam mogao vjerovati. Dugometražni animirani Batman koji u priči ima Lovecraftovu mitologiju? E pa gdje si tako dugo? Mike Mignola, koji je između ostalog napisao i Hellboya, imao je prste u ovoj mračnoj priči. Iako smo već u zadnje vrijeme navikli na svakakve Batman universe priče, od Jack The Rippera, preko Killing Joke, do danas, ali ova je zakon. Počne kao At the mountains of madness of Lovecrafta kada Bruce Wayneov brod tridesetih godina dvadesetog stoljeća krene tražiti nestalu ekspediciju Oswalda Cobblepota, Pingvina za one koji ne znaju, na Južni pol. Cobbletpot je nestao, nalaze većinu posade mrtvu i u pećini kozmički užas koji želi osvojiti cijeli svijet. Bruce skuži da je vrijeme da se nakon deset godina vrati u Gotham i ponovo odjene Batmanov kostim, jer je prijetnja puno veća nego se čini i seže unatrag stoljećima, a umiješana je i Wayne obitelj. Kao što sam nedavno pisao u recenziji Walking Dead stripa, sviđa mi se ta brutalnost u stripovima odnosno grafičkim novelama. Ovo nije Batman za djecu, ovo je mračna saga o Yog Sothothu, Chthulhu i ostalim Old Onesima, Batmanu, ljudima koji umiru oko njega, a koji su mu dragi, žrtvi i ultimativnoj žrtvi za čovječanstvo.U filmu se pojavljuje Oliver Queen poznati kao Green Arrow, Harvey Dent, Poison Ivy, a kao glavni negativac i dobro nam znani Ra’s al Ghul, te njegova kći Talia. Scenaristi se ne libe ubiti neke dobro nam poznate likove, kao ni ultimativni svršetak koji je bio pomalo šokantan čak i meni koji poznajem Batman univerzum i timelineove prilično dobro. Odličan, za sve koji vole Batmana i Lovecrafta.

8,5/10

(review) Primetime Failure – ‘Oxygen’

Primetime Failure from Germany are in no way strangers to the pages of this webzine, since we reviewed their last release here. This fantastic melodic punk band released their new e.p. with 5 songs delivering ultra melodic skate punk with pop punk sensibility and one of the best vocal melodies and backing vocal harmonies that I have listened in last couple of years, well since their last release. Lyrics are personal and I think many of us can relate to. My personal favorites are ‘I like what you’ve done with the place’ having such anthemic vibe and also ‘Blueprint’ which I listened to over and over again. Excellent release by this excellent band.

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(review) Tilintetgjort – ‘In Death I Shall Arise’ (Dark Essence Records)

The debut opus of Oslo based Norwegian band Tilintetgjort was carefully made to bring new impact to the scene and it did, now when I listened to it, I can safely say, it did. This one consists of six songs. Members of this band are in no way new or strangers to the scene playing or having played with likes of Troll, Den Saakaldte, Kvesta, Whip…to name just a few. Music of Tilintetgjort is that old shool Norwegian black metal sound, not dissimilar to nineties legendary albums and for sure influenced by all those legends, but it is also so much more, so we can even call it avantgarde black metal, being special, original and different from legions of clones out there. If I must compare this to some band it would be to early Dodheimsgard, at least I hear it like that. There are blast beats almost most of the time, apocalyptic cutting riffs, but also melancholic melodies and slower original and mid tempo to almost acoustic backed atmospheric parts, also wicked guitar solo can be heard occasionally along with dark ambiental parts.. Vocals are superb, courtesy of singer Svik, whose voice transforms so much from black metal screams to clean and beautiful melodies like in fantastic ‘Vinter og Host’ and there is a treat at the end of this album, 21 minute long epic Dommedagsmonument, as you can read, lyrics are all in Norwegian, but if you are into black metal for long you can judge from the song titles there are themes such as doomsday, alchemy, witchcraft… This is a brilliant fresh album and a very, very, strong debut.

9/10