Alex + Ada | Comic Review

Volume 1, Illustrated by Jonathan Luna and Written by Sarah Vaughn
Image Comics | Release 2014
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It has been a while since I read a comic book series that has drawn me in as this one has. Alex + Ada is a interesting story set in the future where A.I. (artificial intelligence) has been made possible. In this society the world is on edge with the evolution of A.I. and forbid any A.I. with any free will to exist after one of them attack people. Going against what they are initially program to do.

This story follows Alex. Alex receives an advance A.I. for a present from his grandmother for a companion. The story follows him trying to make Ada (what he name his A.I.) more human. Allowing her to have free will.

I really intrigue with this storyline. The believes in this story are interesting what they think is acceptable in society with these man made machines. It gives me a terminator vibe where society is obsees with technology which later leads to their destruction. This story has made me more interested in reading more books base on robotic/A.I. fiction. The idea is not that far from our society today. What society is trying to achieve with technology. I am looking forward to see where this story lead to and how rights evolve in this society.

 I really like the illustrations style of this comic. The coloring is bright and the images are simple but yet it draws you in. You could see the signature style of the artist.  This his other work (Sword, Girls) I love how clean the line work is.

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If you guys have read this comic book series what do you guys think? And do you guys have any recommendations?

Doctor Who Review - 8x02 "Into the Dalek"

Directed by Ben Wheathley and written by Phil Ford & Steven Moffat 

The episode starts a little confusing for me (but what doctor who episode doesn’t). We end up realizing that it’s a war against the Daleks and the Doctor ends up getting involved.

As a whole episode it was interesting. The whole episode became the question of what is good and what is evil, also if something evil can be good. The episode was too similar to past episodes for my liking. I wish that it had been something more on it’s own. Don’t get me wrong I do like when shows do reference to past episodes, but this one was a little too much. There were a couple of references to the First Doctor, to the Nine Doctor, and to Eleven also.

In this episode we did get introduce to a new character Pink. The ex-soldier. I am interested to see where this character goes. However, I didn’t like that he was immediately paired up with Clara. It would be nice to just have characters that are friends in the show and not love interest.

Capaldi Doctor is looking to be a lot darker, which I like a lot. I am intrigue to see where that is taken. It’s something different from the current doctors that we have seen.  

The lady that keeps appearing in “heaven” is creepy. I am interested to see where that leads.

Overall I did enjoy the episode as it was but didn’t really love it. I thought a lot of the lines where force. They didn’t seem to come out naturally. I think I just need to get use to the new Doctor.

I give this episode 3/5 Tardis.