Re: Ain't It Cool News praises 2000AD

Nikolai Dante wrote:
> 1. This looks  like a review site of a fat American most of use have
> never heard of.

Wrong.  I'd suggest that /most/ 2000AD readers would have heard of Harry 
Knowles's film news website AICN.  The site is one of the most 
influential in the movie industry and was rated no. 1 "Entertainment 
News Site In The World" by The Times in August 2005.

It can make or break multi-million-dollar movies and studios are so 
concerned by its power that its main contributors are regularly wooed by 
studios or banned from lots.  Knowles has occasionally presented popular 
movie review shows with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel (the US equivalent 
of Barry Norman) and has his own review show on Sky Movies in the UK.

Knowles is big mates with Quentin Tarantino and has appeared as himself 
in movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and The Faculty.  He is 
the subject of at least two biographies.  Warren Ellis occasionally 
writes for AICN.  Bruce Willis and Sly Stallone go onto the forums to 
promote their movies.

> 3. I couldn't find a mention of 2000AD on his site anywhere until I
> entered 2000 into search and the dates were back in 2001

Yes, the user interface is crap and the search engine never returns any 
results, but that's part of the amateur-ish charm that users love.

The quote is taken from AICN's review of Mandroid.
A quick search on Google found it:
	http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35374#11

> 4. '2000AD does sci-fi comics better than any other publisher in the
> world" - first of all it would be '2000AD DO sci-fi.....' and secondly
> 2000AD is the name of the COMIC the publisher is Rebellion - sheesh.

We're talking about the USA here.  They call Lego bricks "Legos" and 
study mathematics in the singular.  If you expect them to stick to the 
Queen's English then you're setting yourself up for a disappointment.