2011 was a
year that gave us quite a bit of great wonderful stuff. So I walk through the year
like Anthony Bourdain sampling stuff good and bad (Well tasting stuff like
Andrew Zimmern is more of a reality) and I have finally come up with my list of
what is good and bad for the year that was 2011. So let us not delay any longer
and let’s find out what are indeed DR5WHO’s Best and Worst of Geekdom for 2011.
This list
will be mainly Movies, TV, Comics, and Doctor Who. I don’t play video games so that will not be
included on this list. I know there are some pretty cool and neat games out
there but I don’t play them so that disqualifies me from making a pick for
video games.
Ok getting
started with Comic Books. 2011 was a
pretty good year for comic books as DC Comics rebooted its entire universe and
started all books from number one and mainly reinvented itself. Marvel was Marvel and did the same thing they
always do with a big Marvel Universe Event in Fear Itself plus the killed Thor
or so we thought and well the introduced a new Spiderman in the Ultimate
Universe. Plus Digital Download for
comic books for the most part has taken off to great raves as now they come out
same day as print. So in all it was a
good 2011 for comic books and now here are my best and worst.
Best Comic
Book Of 2011
Detective
Comics Vol. 1 + 2
This booked
rocked. Scott Snyder and Tony Daniels
have month in and month out have written such an enjoyable storyline throughout
the year. First Scott Snyder’s Black
Mirror storyline that was in Vol. 1 was simply one of the better Batman stories
in a long time. It deals with Commissioner
Gordon’s son who is a complete psychopath who had the ability to make people
think he was well. It was freaky and a
really good story that takes a while to read but it is worth it. Tony Daniels story that relaunched Detective
is simply amazing. It has to do with a
new villain The Dollmaker and it is so bizarre and very demented that I love
it. So Detective Comics is my favorite
of 2011
Best Comic
Book Writer of 2011
Scott Snyder
– Detective Comics Vol.1 and Batman Vol.2
Besides the
comic of the year he is also writing the relaunched Batman comic book. So farthat story has been amazing and he
picks up where he left off with Detective by spinning a story with lots of
mystery that he made Batman a must read again.
Plus he is also writing Swamp Thing also and giving that character a
whole new reimagining.
Best Comic
Book Artist of 2011
Jim Lee
Since the
New 52 has launched the main flagship book has been Justice League. It has been drawn by DC Co Publisher Jim
Lee. Jim Lee is one of those artists
that when you look at his work you instantly love it. Well by far his work on
the new Justice League book has been pretty amazing. His take of the main DC heroes has been
pretty nice to look at and his new costume for Wonder Woman is by far better
than the last makeover for her. So it is
good to see Jim Lee finally have a try at the main heroes of DC and so far the
results have been pretty fantastic.
Worst Comic
Book Of 2011
Marvel
Comics Fear Itself
This book by
Matt Fraction was just a piss poor story.
It had to deal with an Asgardian relic that made whoever holds very
powerful and quite unstoppable. There
were quite a few of these relics and the whole story was just one big battle
with little story. It turned out to be
pretty boring and very disappointing as Matt Fraction has done well writing
Iron Man. This book is just another failure
in the Marvel Big Event Arsenal.
Disappointing Comic Book Of 2011
Fury of
Firestorm The Nuclear Men
Here is a
book that I was really looking forward to when DC launched The New 52. But having reading the past 3 issues I have
to say that I have been pretty disappointed with the writing. The overall story hasn’t been all that
enjoyable either as it seems that the two heroes that make up Firestorm do
nothing but bicker back forth. So far
this book hasn’t been what I expected and hopefully when the new creative team
takes over hopefully they can fix the direction of the book.
TV
Best TV Show
of 2011
Torchwood:
Miracle Day
There are a
lot of good Geek shows out there but there can only be one that was the best of
2011. That distinction goes to Torchwood: Miracle Day. From the very beginning to the very end there
wasn’t a show that had a great story that was pretty cleverly written. It wasn’t dumped down and took quite a few
risks. In true Torchwood fashion it pushed the envelope for a TV show. The story was pretty awesome also with a
great plot that kept me watching week after week. It was good to see a science fiction show
tell a story without being inundated with special effects and lots of aliens
for once but deliver us a smart and exciting story that doesn’t insult our
intelligence.
Worst TV
Show of 2011
The Cape
Yeah there
isn’t much to say about this one. I had
trouble making it through the first episode.
It was pretty lame and stupid and could have been something a lot
better. This is too bad because it would
be nice to have a superhero TV show.
What also is disappointing was that Summer Glau was in it and that she
was once again wasted in a lousy show.
Movies
The Best
Movie Of 2011
Captain
America
2011 had
some pretty good movies like Thor, Super 8, Paul, and Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hollows Part 2. But there can only be
one and that movie is Captain America. This
movie really had that excitement and great feeling of seeing something great
when you left the movie theatre. It also
was what a super hero/comic book movie should be. It had action a down to earth hero and quite
a few unrealistic things happen it that it was like the comic book was on the
big screen. Captain America was the
closest thing to a true comic book movie that had all the charm and fun of the
comic book.
Funniest
Movie of 2011
Tucker and
Dale VS Evil
This was for
a while was going to go to Paul or Bridesmaids (ok maybe not Bridesmaids even
though it had its moments) but then I saw Tucker and Dale VS Evil. Well without
giving too much away I loved this horror movie spoof with hillbillies and
college kids and the chaos that ensued.
If you combine the antics of Friday the 13th movies with a
couple of naïve hillbillies that couldn’t harm a fly and then throw in the oops
factor then that is what you get with this movie. I’m not doing it any justice with my
description so if there is a rainy day and you need something to past the time
and are in the need of some brain numbing comedy than Tucker and Dale VS Evil
is for you and the funniest movie of 2011.
Worst Movie
of 2011
Immortals
I remember
sitting in the theatre and going what type of insane train wreck am I
watching. Now I’m pretty guilty of
liking almost everything I go and see but there is no chance of that happening
with this movie. Almost from the start
of the movie I had that unfortunate feeling of “Oh Dear.” I mean the story was pretty poor and
borderline awful. In fact it crossed
into awful right at the big final battle.
The movie just didn’t make much sense at all which is to bad cause there
were a few sword fights that almost made up for the doldrums that I was falling
into. So by far, Immortals is quite
easily the worst movie of 2011.
Best Doctor
Who Story of 2011
The Girl Who
Waited
Tom MacRae
gives us an emotional story about Amy and the Doctor making a decision that is
unpopular with Rory. You knew what was
going to happen and seeing what the Doctor does is quite shockfull even though
it was the right thing to do. It was
also the story that gave Rory something more to do than being the third
wheel. In fact the Girl Who Waited was
one of the best stories to feature Rory.
In fact each character had significant parts in this tear jerker. An all-around great story and is my pick as
the best of this year.
Worst Doctor
Who Story of 2011
The Curse of
the Black Spot
This story
just never got me going. Plus it was not
really all that good. Especially the ending of the story which kind of sunk it
for me. I mean the pirates just take the
spaceship and fly off into space without being overwhelmed or anything.
What! I mean we have pirates who sail a
ship on the ocean and yet they can pilot a spaceship. OK, Come on now I know this is scifi but come
on.
So there you have it my best and worst of 2011. So here is to 2011 and I can't wait to see what is good in 2012
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