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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 5, 2015 6:45:06 GMT -5
Nononononononononono. No threads about breasts or any other part of the human anatomy.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 5, 2015 6:40:14 GMT -5
Pretty much what it says. Pick a song or piece of music that comes to mind when you think of your favorite characters.
For Batman I chose the theme to Mask of the Phantasm. Kind of a copout going for something that is already a Batman theme, but this captures the feeling of Batman very well. Dark, but still heroic. And I'm a sucker for choirs, which the Danny Elfman theme doesn't have as much of.
My favorite character at Marvel is Magik. For her I chose Dracarys from Game of Throne. Her story is very dark, and she commands a large army of demons, so the military march vibe also fits. This theme basically says 'don't mess with me.'
Another Game of Thrones theme, this time for the Linda Danvers version of Supergirl. I think it fits for an angelic being.
More for the pre-flashpoint Stephanie Brown, since the current version doesn't have the same ambitions as before. As a more upbeat character she gets a more upbeat song. The lyrics can also refer to her being unusual in the bat-family and having to work for acceptance.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 5, 2015 2:00:55 GMT -5
The way I see it DC's problem since well before the reboot is that the editors that came in in the 2000s don't think like editors or writers. Didio particularly is a marketing person who has no skill in any other area. This focus on marketing over storytelling is what lead to Identity Crisis, the killing of Stephanie Brown and Jack Drake, the erasure of Linda Danvers, making the heroes hate each other, Amazons Attack, Countdown to Final Crisis, ect. Because the reboot wasn't accompanied by a significant change in who the editors are we ended up with idiocy like having 4 Robins in 5 years, making Barbara Batgirl again while keeping The Killing Joke as her defining story, forcing BQM to use an 'iconic' character in Smallville of all places instead of the character he wrote, the editors not caring about keeping the person writing Superman informed because who cares about that when Grant Morrison is on the other Superman book, ect.
As an idea I like Truth. The execution hasn't been there. I think Superman needs an Eternal-type story to focus on Superman's supporting cast, bring back some of the characters that have been lost since the triangle era, and reestablish Superman as someone who inspires others, including other heroes.
Not reading Batman anymore except for where Stephanie Brown appears.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 4, 2015 7:35:44 GMT -5
My favorite Iron Man armor was the neo-classic from the end of the Armor Wars storyarc, though I wish the silver centurion armor had been given more time before being blown up.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 4, 2015 7:27:33 GMT -5
I've heard of a few comic writers leaving to write for television. Very recently fans of Stephanie Brown were begging Brian Miller to come back, but really why should he? He's making several times as much money and has to put up with less bs like being forced to make Barbara Gordon Knightwing in Smallville because Didio was in a mood.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 4, 2015 3:16:09 GMT -5
Finished the season. Still don't care much for the fight scenes and find it too similar to Nolan's Batman in some of the 'mask' scences, but otherwise it was great. A good cast, probably the best interpretation of Fisk I've seen.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 3, 2015 2:59:44 GMT -5
Also-Diamond and other measures of physical copies sold don't take into account digital sales, which seems to be where most of the growth is coming from. People no longer have to go to specific kinds of stores to get their favorite comics.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 2, 2015 12:27:33 GMT -5
Let's be clear about a few things. Just because someone does great work most of the time doesn't mean they are exempt from criticism when they mess up. The Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Sin City, ect. don't excuse All Star Batman and Robin. Miller didn't even draw All-Star Batman and Robin. That was Jim Lee. The art in All Star is very good, in fact I'd say it's better than the art in any of the other examples when it isn't showing cheesecake. In this case I was talking about the writing. I'm also pretty sure Miller didn't draw Year One.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 2, 2015 11:54:21 GMT -5
The point of threads like these is to laugh at the bad art, not to engage in a philosophical discussion about whether adding extra joints to a person's knees and elbows and having none of the limbs be close to the same size is stylized or just bad art. But that discussion is the only interesting thing about this thread. Otherwise, it's just an exercise in cheap mockery. Cei-U! I summon the meat in the sammich! So tell me what the difference is between this thread and the 'worst cover ever' thread. Are covers so much more subject to criticism and laughter than panels? Even when those panels actually take up twice the size of any cover? When did criticizing one panel become an attack on the artist and his skills/knowledge? It's really rich that I get accused of 'hypocrisy' and then the person who makes the accusation presents a series of plain images as 'the worst ever.' I never said a word about or against Eric Canete, his skills, or his knowledge, and I have no intention to. I did not question why he was given the job or say that he should be fired, and I have no intention to. But to everyone who says that it is 'mean' or 'nitpicky' to single out a panel for critique, if that is the case then we should also never single out individual panels for praise.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 2, 2015 10:21:05 GMT -5
Let's be clear about a few things. Just because someone does great work most of the time doesn't mean they are exempt from criticism when they mess up. The Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Sin City, ect. don't excuse All Star Batman and Robin. And at no point did I ever say a word about the artist. Maybe he's done great work in other places. Maybe he hasn't. And as has been shown, it isn't just a panel, but a two page spread, meaning 10% of the comic was devoted to that image.
Anyways, this is being taken way too seriously. The point of threads like these is to laugh at the bad art, not to engage in a philosophical discussion about whether adding extra joints to a person's knees and elbows and having none of the limbs be close to the same size is stylized or just bad art.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 1, 2015 7:46:28 GMT -5
Finally got around to watching the first 2 episodes. 1 was very good. Didn't like 2 as much. A couple of scenes were a little too close to scenes from Nolan's Batman (waterfront fight and 'where is he!'). Episode 2 seemed darker than was necessary.
I think the fight scenes are overdone, but the lawyer stuff is great.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 1, 2015 4:39:26 GMT -5
My god. Iron Man's head...
I knew he was really a robot the whole time!
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 1, 2015 4:20:12 GMT -5
Wasn't alive at the time, and my father hadn't started collecting comics until the 80s, so my knowledge is limited to the big name stuff like Death of Gwen Stacy and stories that were collected in 'greatest of all time' anthologies. I know it was a pretty good time to be following Spider-Man and Batman, and that the seeds were being laid for great runs on X-Men and Teen Titans, but the more obscure stuff like Red Sonja I know very little about. Overall it looks like the only time both big companies had their creative acts together.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 1, 2015 4:03:31 GMT -5
Wow. This time I was really bracing for criticism-specifically over this episode's antagonists. Having her 'creators' be the villains of a story where Supergirl is doubting her 'realness' seemed like a good idea, but I wasn't sure the execution was up to snuff.
And yeah, I also love the last scene. I like to think those kinds of scenes are a testament to how well Peter David crafted these characters.
I hope that when making things emotional I've been avoiding slipping into the angst that typifies so many bad comics. Seeing the trailer for Jessica Jones made me go 'dang, that's dark.' I'm sure it'll be fine, but I wish there was a female superhero show somewhere in-between that and the CBS Supergirl.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 1, 2015 0:48:46 GMT -5
Then I guess no topic of 'worst ever' should ever include Rob Liefeld because no matter how ridiculous his drawing is, it's still obvious he has some skills and can draw. Are we now going to defend panels of women standing in a way that breaks their backs because that's a stylistic choice?
If you want to see exaggeration done right, check out certain anime like One Piece. If you want to see stylization done right, check out something like Bill Sienkiewicz on New Mutants. At best this is a depiction of a skeleton that has been shattered.
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