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Post by The Cheat on Aug 28, 2021 13:19:33 GMT -5
Depending on who is supposed to know this one does or does not bother me. Jim Gordon is an accomplished detective. The idea that he hasn't figured out that Bruce Wayne is Batman strains my suspension of disbelief more than the idea that he has. And I personally feel that Robbie Robertson figured out Peter Parker was Spider-man in the 70s. But superhero funnybooks are so inherently silly that it's a tightrope walk. I've heard that there was a reveal in the late 1990s or early 2000s when Aunt May said that she knew Peter was Spider-Man. I think it was part of May dying, but later getting retconned away as an actress disguised as her. That's a pretty awful idea, because Aunt May often complained about Spider-Man to Peter. If she really knew, then she would have been really screwing with her nephew's mind all those years. Same applies to Mary Jane. If she knew all along, then all those times she explicitly points out that Peter is missing while the gang watch Spider-Man is a bit of a dick move.
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Post by The Cheat on Aug 27, 2021 13:26:18 GMT -5
"It's a Doombot!" And heroes still being surprised by this despite it having happened to them every single time they've encountered Doom in the past! Does no hero in in the MU have senses capable of telling if someone is a robot? See also LMD Nick Furys (Furies?). As for "all scientists know science", this would appear to be a common misconception in real life too judging by the number of random psychologists, geologists, IT PhDs, etc, the media have been dragging out to comment on the pandemic just so they can say "scientists" back up whatever their alarmist headline of the day is.
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Post by The Cheat on Aug 25, 2021 13:21:02 GMT -5
I think in real life, impatience from no-one else being able to do things at super speed would lead to some sort of serious mental breakdown rather than just grumpiness ala Quicksilver.
If magic is off the table, I'd probably go for immortality, as long as I could voluntarily revoke it at any time.
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Post by The Cheat on Aug 25, 2021 13:08:49 GMT -5
The Clone Saga's my personal stopping point for Spider-Man continuity. Pete & MJ ride off into the sunset to start a family, leaving Ben to take the mantle and look after NY so he can't be said to be abandoning his responsibilities. Works nicely as closure for the story of Peter Parker.
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Post by The Cheat on Aug 21, 2021 13:00:41 GMT -5
Not enough of the 2020s has passed really, and there was some decent stuff in the early 2010s. 2015-2020 would definitely be my least favourite "half-decade" for Marvel & DC by quite a distance, and the way things are going I fully expect 2015-2025 to be my worst decade.
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Post by The Cheat on Aug 15, 2021 13:11:31 GMT -5
I'd have been far too young for me to remember now. Probably a Beano or a Dandy. Maybe Andy Capp in the local newspaper.
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Post by The Cheat on Aug 9, 2021 13:44:33 GMT -5
Sorry to disagree, but I thought the Yoda vs Dooku duel looked ridiculous and was unintentionally hilarious. I actually guffawed out loud in the cinema. Terrible CGI too. Agreed. Yoda with a lightsabre was just anathema to me.
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Post by The Cheat on Aug 7, 2021 13:48:18 GMT -5
So it's 1999, I've got Star Wars fever like I was 6 years old again, the movie is about to come out and what do I find at the bookstore (a Walden at the mall) but the official screenplay available for sale. Yes, they released a print version of the screenplay you could read before the movie. Stark contrast to today with studios desperately trying to contain spoilers from leaking out. But back then it really was different. The Internet was obviously already here, but not nearly in the way we know social media today. My resistance was weak, I bought it and read the whole thing fully knowing I was likely spoiling a fair amount of the surprise. And I loved it, and since there were no visuals to go with it, my mind had to imagine for instance Jar Jar, and the way I heard his dialogue in my head did not annoy me at all. I was convinced it was going to be a fantastic movie overall. I did exactly the same. Then I taped the Duel of the Fates music video off of MTV and re-watched it over and over again trying to match up the characters
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Post by The Cheat on Aug 3, 2021 13:12:31 GMT -5
90s for me, mainly because of DC. The triangle crew on Superman, Dixon steering the Batverse, Morrison JLA, Robinson Starman, and of course, the big one... Vertigo.
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Post by The Cheat on Aug 1, 2021 13:06:26 GMT -5
Should be a tie button? Starlin is the far stronger creator IMO. Byrne the better craftsman IMO. Sums up my thoughts nicely. Byrne's art is top tier, but Starlin was the better ideas man.
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Post by The Cheat on Jul 29, 2021 13:14:58 GMT -5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 2021 AnnualWritten by Tom Waltz Art by Casey Maloney Summary: The Rat King travels to his surviving siblings domains to try and restart the Pantheon's games but decides to start a new one. Plot: As awesome as the plot with the Shredder being a host for a dragon god was I found myself glad to be done with the Rat King and his Pantheon family when Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi were able to team up and thwart their plan...so seeing the Rat King return here wasn't the greatest development in my eyes especially as it seemed to set him up as the next big bad for the turtles. It's not that the mysticism is bad, it's been a great addition to the turtles world...it's more that with the Dragon God dead it really felt like that it had reached its natural conclusion so to see it rehashed only with out the rest of the Pantheon playing the "game" this time just feels like it's going to be a case of been there seen that. I do like that it's bringing together the various bad guy factions as a unified threat to the turtles so that's promising but I just hope it doesn't come off as forced. Art: Though this is their first appearance with the Turtles Casey Maloney is probably someone you've seen before(even if you don't recognize the name) as they're sort of IDW's relief pitcher and has worked on nearly every other licensed book IDW has put out at one time or another. That said it's probably no surprise to hear that they're look is a little on the vanilla side, having a kind of "house style" look that is serviceable but never stunning. Grade:7/10
This felt to me more like it should have been a Free Comic Day recap comic than a full price annual. Saying that, it was nice to take a break from the extreme tedium that is the never-ending Mutant Town storyline.
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Post by The Cheat on Jul 24, 2021 13:17:03 GMT -5
"Yeah, well. that's the trouble with my stories - they always seem to build up to something that never actually happens." - Grant Morrison (in his Animal Man fiction suit)
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Post by The Cheat on Jul 21, 2021 13:17:37 GMT -5
I will admit to being a big fan of Shooters, so your mileage from my comments will vary. I watched a 7 hour interview that he was part of and he explained a lot of the " controversies" that he is blamed for. A lot of it sounded reasonable. (...) I'm assuming you're talking about the Comic Book Historians interview. It was actually just short of 8 hours, and then another 3 and half hour supplemental interview was recorded. I converted them both to mp3 format and listened to them over the course of a few days. It's pretty fascinating stuff. Top tip: I recently discovered the beauty of listening to podcasts at 1.5 speed. They're still completely understandable, and you can get through far more stuff that way.
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Post by The Cheat on Jul 20, 2021 13:26:23 GMT -5
Sound effects are part of the script. No letterer would add one on his own initiative. Cei-U! I summon the reality check!
Ok, so my details were wrong, but the overall story is right... From Shooter's Blog: “In that story, there is a scene in which Hank is supposed to have accidentally struck Jan while throwing his hands up in despair and frustration — making a sort of “get away from me” gesture while not looking at her. [Illustrator] Bob Hall, who had been taught by [comic book artist] John Buscema to always go for the most extreme action, turned that into a right cross! There was no time to have it redrawn, which, to this day has caused the tragic story of Hank Pym to be known as the ‘wife-beater’ story." While I tend to take Shooter's blog with a pinch of salt, he's stated outright that Bob Hall has publicly confirmed this was what happened. I'd imagine there would have been some sort of rebuttal from Hall if it wasn't true.
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Post by The Cheat on Jul 20, 2021 13:19:41 GMT -5
As someone who came into comics after the fact, all I know is most my favourite Marvel runs were under him as EiC. I get the impression the place was more of a "boy's clubhouse" than a professional workplace before his arrival (writers editing their own work, "it's done when it's done" approach to deadlines, some dubious payroll practices, e.t.c.), so I'm not surprised there was some push back/bad feelings when someone came in and expected them to actually treat their time in the office like a job rather than a party.
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