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I’ve been pretty late to the party all things considered, I put his graphic novel on the back burner while I tried to get knowledgeable on the DC Universe at large, so I missed a lot of the hype. Now that I’ve finally gotten around to it, I kinda hate it.

The idea itself is really cool and I think its a great way to make Multiverse characters more popular. But for christsake I hate the overly dark tone the Comic goes for. Batman itself has always been tied heavily to horror, but including that horror in the larger DC universe has been difficult and I think this Comic falls flat on its face in that regard. It feels like they cranked up the horror unnecessarily, far past even Batmans normal standards.

It feels like Marvel Zombies. The good ole “Hey look we killed all your favorite childhood characters gruesomely!” Instead of the tragic and disturbing characterwork seen in Batman media.

The titular Batman Who Laughs is actually okay in this regard, he feels like a proper character instead of a cardboard cutout with a logo slapped on him. But tonally the Comic just doesn’t work imo.

I look forward to see this character appear in more media that isn’t trying so hard to be scary. But I don’t think I’ll pay attention to many standalone pieces where BWL is the main character.

I stayed up till 2 am last night working on a simple cabinet. It took 6 hours. I had to quit for the night after half the formation collapsed and I couldn’t be bothered.

I picked up work on it again today, and after 7 more hours of work for a cabinet rated to take 90 minutes. I have just now realized I was using the wrong screws and need to disassemble it.

What did I do wrong? I misread the color coding on the packet. The monochrome packet. The manufacturers didn’t account for the fact that their packet wouldn’t be able to display blue red color coding.

I used to work retail 5 hours a day, 4 days a week. I dealt with some of the most disrespectful people imaginable. Yet this has actually come closer to breaking me.

HOLY **** that movie is a lot of fun. The human segments were much faster paced and felt way more involved, it was still rather boring, but was tolerable by Godzilla standards.

Alexander Skarsgard is a great casting choice. I can’t think of him as anything other than Randall Flagg from the Stand so its really fun seeing him go from an incredibly captivating villain to a cheesy action hero.

Kong’s characterization was amazing, he felt like an actual character rather than a big monster. The axe really helped him feel less generic.

Godzilla was always my champion though. His presence being held off to fights was a great idea. It gave him much more intimidation than in KotM.

Mechagodzilla is beautiful. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about the redesign, but I’ll take anything that isn’t the anime design. Him being possessed by Ghidorah was pure genius. (Does that also technically mean Mechaghidorah is in the movie?)

Although, I must admit I am definitely a little disappointed that KotM introduced 4 new monsters and let Rodan survive but GvK had em all hibernate I guess?

Overall, its an amazing action movie and a great way to spend 2 hours. I hope Legendary continues to make Monsterverse movies.