So in the last feww c hapters of that I have read since my last blog entry things have been kind of heating up in the book. When i say heating up i don't mean like it wasn't already full of action, but what i mean is that we know what eventually know what happens but know we can actually find out what happens when there captured. before any of this happens though anja asnd vladek have to go from hiding place to hiding place, which this is utterly impossible. the two of them make it through this by family members in the inside of the nazi regime. this isnt just a family favor though anja and vlade always have to pay family or not. these people, or more like an attitude or a state of mind, are called a kombinator. this makes you really, "think though if i was in the holocaust would i be a kombinator or would i just help out no matter what the risk?" another question to awnser is if i was would this be right i mean not only lawfully right but also morally?

for anyone who doesnt know about the book then you are definatelly not goinbg to get this blog but for those that do they'll know what's going on. vladek first mentions the term kombinator on page 118 hegoes on to give a definition of a kombinator , according to vladek, is "a guy who makes kombinacya, a schemer... a crook".

now that we know the definition of a kombinator we can finally ask and answer the question if we were in the halocaust would we be a kombinator? simple qustion right well that's what i tought but i found my self debating over this all weekend and also found myself flip-floping my decisions mor than an un expierenced president. at the end of it all though i came to an conclusion that kind of went both ways. in my conclusion i came upwith thati would be a kombinator.the one reason why is because vladeks cousin haskel was a kombinator and he survived through out the war. another reason is that it is posibble to save my family if i was a kombinator, i figure that if i'm helping out in someway i can basically buy time so i can live by making an escape plan especially if im close to the guards i can know where they are at at all times. but during my time as a kombinator i would be like haskel and hlp people but wont charge i wll kindly accept donations though but none is needed and this would just be something morally i would do because this is a horrible time and i would help out anyway possible along as i dont get burnt in the deal.

like i said earlier though earlier though this was a hard choice for me to make, but not only because there is a lot pros and cons but also because this effects with some moral desisions. for one is that if i was able to be like hskela kombinator will i be able to kill someone else to play my role and if i d will i be able to handle the weight of that burden and have tht person or peoples blood on my hand? then you think no i can't do that but then you think what about my family or friends. no one in thier right minds will want any ill will on them or will want there family to suffer especially the way you hear about the rumors about aushulwitz. so there is basically no way you can answer this but in my opinion i say this is morally not right, but during this time i would have to think aout my family and how to help them because i would always put them first before anything.

"MAUS"

for todays blog im going to be writing about the class book "Maus". This is an autobiography/ biography written by Art Spiegelmen. Spiegelmen was an underground comic book artist until he became noticed which sent him to main line comics. the good things about this book is that it is a graphic novel. even though it is a graphic novel it's not filled ith super heroes fighting evil doers but it actually tells a story of someones life in one of the worst time in history. aand even though this is a comic writing about a serious situation it doesn't water down this situation it tells it like it is and thats why i like maus.

the thing i really enjoy about this book is that it's a comic or a graphic novel. i have always been a comic book guy ever since i was little but, when it came down to school it was always reading books. so i had to basically seperate my school readings with my personal ones, but since this is a comic im basically getting the best of both worlds. the good thing that comics help with is the visuals of how these people lived. if this was just a book it would leave you to use your imagination to try and picture the scenes but with a comic it is already drawn out for you.

the other thing i really liked about this book was the "simplicity" of the book but it really brought a serious story to tell. this story is about the holocaust one of the worlds most nastiest things to ever happen, but they were able to kind of lighten the mood by using the characters as animals instead of people. also that even thought it is written in a simplistic way they dont fright away from what the story is about and that is the holocaust which was horrified with too much death espesially in a time of war. this is expressed in the story which comes to the third reason why i liked the story.

i also like the way that this story stuck with the truth. what i meant from this is that as serious as this story is they tdidnt sugar coat it and they said what needed to be said and didnt hide nothing. one example that comes to mind is after art's dad is telling art about his girlfriend, and her craziness, he tells art dont put this in the book, but he eventually did.

DC Comics "Blackest Night"

Alright finally i can do something different for my topic. Anyone that truely knows me knows that i'm a bif fanboy. i love everything comic book related. this is what i really wanted to write a blog about but i thought movies would be easier. finally though i can get alot of stuff off my chest on whats going on in the comic book world. to be percise im going to be talking about whats been going on in the dc universe because i kind of perfer dc over marvel. anyways i'll be talking about the blackest night. the blackest night is the best event to come from dc after final crisis. the blackest nighty is a comic book with a great story line. it also has beautiful artwork and also i love the way it had everyone in the dc universe involved in the series.

this event from dc first started with the prelude issues of the green lantern corps during the war of light. The blackest night is a main stream event that began in june of 2009 with its first issue issue zero was released at the comic con in san diego. this is a limited monthly series, with eight issues not including issue zero, who was written by geoff jones. before i go on thier is a few things that you must know first to get this event the green lanterns are not the only lanterns in the universe, the are accompanied by the rest of the color spectrum: Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue-Indigo-Violet, who have been at war with each other right before this event. and also another big thing you must know is that bruce wayne a.k.a. batman is dead.

the blackest night is a real short limited series but that is what gives every issue its greatness. what i really like about this story line is that you can get a sense of the characters emotions. the reason i say this is because with each lantern corps thier is there is an emotion that rules over that corps. another reason i like the story line is because the action it. i know that every comic book has action but this one in partically was action paced. i say this because this has about every character in the dc universe involved with it. also i loved the shock value that this story gives epecisally in the middle issue. the part im thinking of is the part in issue 5 when in the end batman who is dead comes back alive as a black lantern and shocks everyone but then spacks everyones emotions whick kills all the superheroes and transforms them into black lanterns.

a story line is nothing though if it doesnt have beautiful artwork and there is no exception here. the genius artist who worked with the writer during this event is ivan reis. i like this artist because he is no rookiehe has drew for companies like dark horse and marvel which shows he knows what he is doing. also the other reason i love this artwork is by the sense of detail that is given. they were so carful with the detail that they even got the detail in the rings in which theyy didnt have to do because we know what the look like because the logos of the rings are useually on the chest.

though most of the tie ins of the event werent drawn by the same artist they played a crucial part in the story. i really like that they had tie ins in this event because this series was monthly so without tie ins you would basically have to wait month by month to get back into this series. i also liked that the tie ins are there because it shows how big this event is. they basically had the dc universe in here not only did they have the main heroes and the green lantern corps but the even threw in comic book characters in which most of us have never even heard of but with them in the event it can spark peoples interest in these people.

So I have seen this movie a while back but never got a chance to review it. Personally my opinion of "Cop Out" was a silly waste of time. In other words, it's just what we need right now. This really didn’t catch my attention of a movie I have to see but looked good enough for me to see. This outrageously action comedy that riffs on cop movie clichés even uses those movies to lay down the main plot for them plot.it also has a excellent director in my eyes, who actually brought many comedys in which many people love It's got automatic weapons, Tracy Morgan in overdrive and Bruce Willis always doing what “Bruce Willis” does." Even if you think this movie is a mess, you have to admit it's no boring.

The actors in this movie where alright, with bruce willis who is no veteran to cop movies does his normal work with an attempt of humor. While on the other hand they bring in his partner, who brings the absolute comedy to the film. People call tracy morgan “too much the spotlight hog”, but here his monkeyshines gain momentum. The nuttier he acts, the funnier he gets. He overplays everything. Willis did normal bruce by acting serious but smirk is firmly in place, but for the first time in years he seems actually amused and looked like he enjoyed this movie.