A YEAR OF GIVEAWAYS: Starman Omnibus Volume 2
51 Comments | Posted: January 25th, 2010 | Filed under: Contests
Why am I giving away a Starman omnibus? Because I actually wasn’t that crazy about it, even though I liked the first volume pretty OK and I’m fine with not owning a book I didn’t enjoy very much. Why only the second volume? Because whatshername sold the first on Amazon a couple of months ago. So, here we are. Maybe you’ve got the first one already but didn’t buy the second one. Maybe you wanted to get it for a friend. Maybe you just like buying the second volumes of things and wanted to shelve it with Ripley Under Ground and The Two Towers. Anyway, leave a comment that details your favorite second volume of whatever (maybe you like New Coke better than Coke Classic, for instance,) before 12:01AM EST on Saturday, January 30 to qualify for the draw, which is performed using the Random.org number generator.
Before you do that, however, give big ups to Charles Schneeflock Snow, a local cartoonist who won Robert Crumb’s adaptation of the Bible’s book of Genesis.
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Please note that because of shipping costs, this contest is for residents of the United States of America and Canada. You must leave your email address with your comment to qualify, as I’m not going to spend any time hunting down someone who didn’t want to be contacted about their amazing prize. One comment per person and yes, I will know if you cheat.
Through the benefit of hindsight, Ultimate Spider-Man is a better and more cohesive story than the original Marvel Universe Spider-Man.
I always thought The Godfather, Part II was the better film.
The Road Warrior is superior to Mad Max
I prefer the second season of the the mid-1990s Fantastic Four cartoon to the first. But, admittedly, that’s kind of like saying I prefer oxygen over poison gas.
Call me crazy, but I prefer season 2 of “Lost” to season 1 (and season 3, for that matter). I mean, Mr. Eko alone is worth the price of admission.
“Gremlins 2: The New Batch” has Christopher Lee and Tony Randall, and is thus better than the original “Gremlins.”
I think it’s probably universally agreed that Zsa Zsa Gabor is hotter than Magda Gabor.
Even George Sanders, who married both of them (not at the same time), would agree.
On the Satellite of Love, I prefer Mike to Joel.
I love when flawed-but-fun works get sequels that improve greatly upon the source material while retaining the fun. One such example would be No More Heroes and its sequel, coming out this week. It seems like they took every single bit that I hated out of that game and kept only the fun parts for the sequel, which will make for an awesome game.
As a firstborn son, it’s hard for me to acknowledge that any #2 is #1, but I do have to admit to certain abherations.
X2 is better than X-Men
Empire Strikes Back is better than Star Wars
Torchwood Season 2 is better than Season 1
High Society is better than Cerebus
But if I pick only one let it be AD&D 2nd edition. Ok, I’m really rollin’ old scholl on that one.
While I am able to acknowledge that Alien is the superior film, I would almost always rather watch Aliens because Bill Paxton is in it.
I like to say “Your Stepmom” instead of “Your Mom” as it infers that your mom’s original appearance/intelligence/etc. were so bad that your father had to move on to wife #2.
Leo McKern is my 2nd favorite Number 2.
I unabashedly prefer t.A.T.u.’s cover of “How Soon is Now?” to The Smiths’ original.
I know Terminator 2 by heart but I couldn’t quote a single line from the original except “I’ll be back”
Volume 2 of Rocketo. Volume one introduced this crazy, wonderful world, but that one scene, towards the end of Volume 2? You know which one I’m talking about. Some of the most powerful comicbooking I’ve ever seen.
Alternatively, Assassin’s Creed 2. Because being a Renaissance-era Batman is just far too much fun.
While there is much to love about the first volume of the “Jack Kirby’s Fourth World” omnibus, it is the second volume that sets my heart a-fluttering because it has the awesome story, “The Glory Boat”.
Terminator 2 over the first film, easily. And the T-1000 over the (villainous) T-800.
I always liked “Through The Looking-Glass” more than “Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.” Something about going through a mirror to another world appealed to me more than going down a rabbit hole to get there. I think it also has something to do with the fact that I was never an outdoors-type of person.
Clearly the appropriate prize-themed response here is “The Two Jakes” over “Chinatown” – but that never made a lick of sense to me, since it’s clearly wrong on every conceivable axis.
So let’s stick with esoteric trivia and go with the second actor to ever play James Bond on the screen – Sean Connery (there was a made-for-tv version of “Casino Royale” years before “Dr. No”).
RJ White said Godfather II before I could, so my favorite second edition is now this comment in which I agree with him about Godfather II.
Spider-Man 2 over the first Spidey film, definitely.
Miles Davis’ Second Quintet (including Wayne Shorter or George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, and Ron Carter) is head and shoulders beyond his first quintet (Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones). It swings just as hard as its predecessor and is at least 10 times more interesting.
Volume 2 of Preacher, probably my favorite of the series.
As mentioned above, X2 was superior to X-Men. Also, the second Blade movie and Hellboy 2 were both better than the first installments.
Ooh, and the second Dark Tower book, The Gunslinger, was better than any of what came before or after.
On the other hand, I remember lining up to see Ghostbusters 2, and as the people from the earlier show were filing out past us, one of them said to us, “Better than the first one.” If I could, I’d go back and punch him in his lying mouth.
Bill Cosby’s Leonard Part 6 is far superior to Leonard Part 5. In fact, I never even bothered to see part 5!
The second season of Buffy was far superior to the first.
I thing the Refreshments’ second major label release, The Bottle and Fresh Horses, is better than their first, Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy
“The Bends” is roughly a million billion times better than “Pablo Honey.”
Oldboy, the second film in Park Chan-Wook’s Vengeance Trilogy, is better than the first (or the third, for that matter).
I think I like the second season of The Wire better than the first, though it really came together for me in the third season.
That might not be my favorite second volume, but it’s the first one that came to mind.
While Spider-Man 2, T2, X2, Godfather II and Aliens all are better than their originals, I’d have to say Buffy Season 2 remains my favorite “most improved” volume 2. It takes everything that was great about the first season and makes it better, deeper and richer.
I have to go w/ Vol. II of Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits over volume I. Vol II was a dbl lp and had a bunch of unreleased stuff. Great? Yes. Hits? Definitely not. All in all it makes for a better and messier picture of Dylan than the one we’re presented w/ on the first comp.
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo was clearly superior to the original Breakin’.
I prefer Toy Story 2 to the original. I mean, the original is awesome, but the sequel is really awesome. Cowgirl Jessie is the best.
Patrick Troughton’s interpretation of Doctor Who is clearly superior to any other actor’s, before or since. His instant shift from cowardly clown to deadly serious and very believably menacing, the glint behind his eyes as he manipulates other characters, has been copied by many other Doctors since, but never equaled.
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
I’m not even that big of a Star Trek fan, but TNG was far superior to the original series.
I’ve always been more of a Picard fan than a James T. Kirk fan. It’s probably because at the end of the day, Star Trek: The Next Generation is a far superior television show than Star Trek (this argument doesn’t hold up as well when it comes to the movies though).
Oh no, I didn’t refresh the page to see my answer had just been used!
Here’s my second try at an original answer:
I’ve always preferred the second Darren (Dick Sargent) over the original Darren (Dick York) on the television show Bewitched.
I prefer Genesis fronted by Phil Collins over Genesis fronted by Peter Gabriel (“A Trick of the Tail” through “Duke” is prime Genesis time with the right balance of prog rock & pop rock.)
I liked the “A Dolls House” storyline in Sandman much more that the first storyline with Sam Keith. Or at least this week I do.
I like “She Died In Terrebonne” about equally as much as I liked “Twin Peaks”.
Superman 2 is way better then one. Great movie to quote as well. Kneel Before Zod!
Dark Knight over Batman Begins by a country mile.
Star Trek II over Star Trek. KHAAAAAN!
I don’t care how Lucas renumbers those movies, Empire will always be Vol. II and will always be the best.
I liked Hardbodies 2 over Hardbodies because Hardbodies 2 was about the making of a teen flick and thus poked fun at its own genre.
This second volume of Phonogram is superior in every way to the first one.
Star Trek II over Star Trek easy.
Ringo is totally better than Pete Best.
Mad props to Chuck Snow.
And, uh, Hitchcock’s remake of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH is better than his original.
Does a remake count as a second volume?
And Art is the last entry for this week’s contest! I’ll announce the winner on Monday!