tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post6213886755160335449..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: The Destroyer #5: Dr. QuakeJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-52851386258012166102020-02-18T14:12:03.294-06:002020-02-18T14:12:03.294-06:00I still love this series.I still love this series.copilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02770069419238993703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-10530598769106546972015-11-15T14:23:49.211-06:002015-11-15T14:23:49.211-06:00I read several in the Destroyer series. My all-tim...I read several in the Destroyer series. My all-time favorite was Mugger Blood. It featured the agitator reverend who manages to get his schmendrick stuck in a Russian torture device. A busload of guilty White liberals gets invited to the Bronx where they are promptly mugged, raped and killed. Remo Williams are looking for an old East German spy who has a lie detector. It is the most racist Doktor_Kuhnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14627251272042496377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-69151416848036909992015-10-13T13:20:21.318-05:002015-10-13T13:20:21.318-05:00The world is dangerous, Remo doubly so. The world is dangerous, Remo doubly so. Morgantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767050035472178526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-80163493996758572472015-10-13T13:19:09.296-05:002015-10-13T13:19:09.296-05:00Grant, you're a genius. You should be writing ...Grant, you're a genius. You should be writing these reviews.Morgantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767050035472178526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-34385337213693431292015-02-26T00:15:48.620-06:002015-02-26T00:15:48.620-06:00When I read Remo Williams/Destroyer #63, The Sky I...When I read Remo Williams/Destroyer #63, <i>The Sky Is Falling</i>, my only other exposure to the character was the 1985 movie, so I was totally unprepared for the dark, violent comedy of the novel. Chiun straight-up kills a handful of drunken partiers who are too loud in the hallway outside his hotel room, dropping them down an elevator shaft. Remo bullies even his allies, dragging one BritishFelicity Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983958177951363405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-63279818809498291952014-11-22T22:41:53.390-06:002014-11-22T22:41:53.390-06:00It's a little surprising to see a connection b...It's a little surprising to see a connection between a DESTROYER book and a sword and sorcery story (I guess), but SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN # 88 has a story that almost had to be inspired by this one (minus the science fiction) - Conan enjoys hot twins, they try to get him killed, he literally drags them away and gets THEM killed (a little less directly than Remo with the Forben twins, but it&#Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-37542935503132042982014-11-17T20:24:44.928-06:002014-11-17T20:24:44.928-06:00There's one recurring idea in the Destroyer bo...There's one recurring idea in the Destroyer books that wears thin for me, and that's the idea of Remo's training making him an incredible sexual athlete, but also turning sex into such a mechanical thing for him that there's no enjoyment in it (imagine an adventure series like the Bond movies - especially the Connery Bond movies - telling you that repeatedly!). And this book Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-46757060731206280822014-11-17T18:00:45.167-06:002014-11-17T18:00:45.167-06:00You mention that while Remo's "Supeman&qu...You mention that while Remo's "Supeman" nature was a cool concept, it takes away from the tension of the stories. I always felt the same. I read the Destroyer for the comedy not the action.<br /><br />You've mentioned on several blogs how you like female villains I wonder if you would like the anime/manga Black Lagoon<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lagoon<br /><brMatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695983348254508387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-68354520908546270842014-11-17T09:38:10.867-06:002014-11-17T09:38:10.867-06:00(These remarks are full of SPOILERS, of course.)
...(These remarks are full of SPOILERS, of course.)<br /><br />I'm glad to see your opinions of it. Your phrase "light-hearted spoofery and unexpected savagery" - especially if it refers to Remo himself more than anyone else - really underlines my attachment to these kinds of stories. As much as I often like "squeaky-clean" good guy characters, I can go to the other extreme Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.com