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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 28, 2024 10:23:08 GMT -5
I guess not technically purchased by me, but purchased by the money I make, but my wife surprised me with a TPB of Batman Long Halloween which I have never read. I wasn't a big fan of Tim Sale's art back then when I was first into comics. But I have come to appreciate his style a lot more since. So I look forward to reading it.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 28, 2024 8:50:51 GMT -5
Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty (1997)
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 26, 2024 9:15:19 GMT -5
Since being diagnosed with afibrillation back in 2019 I have given up 90% of my caffeine intake. I use to be a regular coffee drinker but not anymore. And that really isn't hard to do as I can physically feel the effects of excess caffeine intake on my heart. It counters my medications and I can feel it. I can have the occasional can/bottle of Coke when I crave it and it doesn't seem to effect me. In fact I went and bought a Coke yesterday before church that really hit the spot. I unfortunately since 2021 when I lost 50 lbs due to my heart condition have gained some of it back myself. But I can get back on track. I drink little beer anymore. If I want a drink it's vodka with zero sugar Sprite or ginger ale or wine. Though alcohol in general my doctor gets on me about. But hey I quick smoking. Doctors are never happy though smh
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 22, 2024 9:31:52 GMT -5
My beef with cover artists is that sometimes the quality between the cover and the interior was like night and day. Adam Hughes and Brian Bolland were cover artists for some dreadful Wonder Woman issues. Yeah the The "New" Defenders issues were very guilty of this and I actually bought them all. The likes of Jackson Guice, Frank Cirocco and Kevin Nowlan; the latter being the one that really drew (pun intended) me to buy the issues in the first place.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 18, 2024 9:59:21 GMT -5
James Cameron didn’t even impress me with Aliens. And ya’ll know how much of a fan of the franchise I am. But Stan Winston did.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 15, 2024 12:28:39 GMT -5
It started out as a financial choice back in 2011 when I got laid off. And even though in that time things have changed, I just never got back into it. I've made a few annual or opportunist type purchases over these last 12 years but the more recent ones in the last 4-5 years are still sitting on the table unread. I haven't even bagged or boarded them. Some months back I even started reading Age of Apocalypse again, one of my favorites for both the story and nostalgia and I haven't even finished it yet. So I just took that as a sign I might not be into comics anymore or just may not be for a good while more. If I am honest, part of it is still financial. I can afford to buy comics, but I still don't feel like they are justified. That the reason I am still buying them is collector mentality or habit. As oppose to my other hobby, gaming, which I feel like I get a great deal more for my money than from a comic book.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 13, 2024 23:42:11 GMT -5
Hahahhahah. Well, did they kiss? Unfortunately not. Because she was right. I am a very typical man.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 13, 2024 9:01:38 GMT -5
^This reminds me of a time I was working at a different location that usual for my job. Two of my female co-workers had gotten into a disagreement earlier in the day. By lunch time they were still cross with each other. After a back and forth before we ate lunch I told them both that they needed to kiss and make up. (A saying I heard from childhood and not meant in any other way it just came out of my mouth,) To which one of the them looked at me and said "you would like to see that wouldn't you?" To which I just *guess I'll die now meme shrug*. The other woman's response was "typical man". At least we all had a laugh and it lessened the tension.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 10, 2024 15:42:08 GMT -5
I'd chalk it up to the fact that at one time fast food as a whole's selling point was it was cheap. That may not be the selling point for every fast food place these days. I don't eat fast food often but when I do 99% of the time it is Taco Bell where I can still eat cheap. For reference (since I am a life long TB junkie) in the mid 90's tacos were .49 and soft tacos were .59. Presently they are 1.19 and 1.39 respectively. While just this week I ate two tacos and a burrito from the value menu for $5. The last time I got a 1/4 pounder value meal a month or so ago it was almost $10. And the other place I occasionally visit, Jack In The Box, I can get two tacos for 1.29. I either get two or three orders of them and am easily full. That's just my two cents. Well. there's always the possibility that Taco Bell doesn't have to deal with rising meat prices since what they serve is hard pressed to be called meat, so they are able to keep their prices lower... -M Fair enough. I don’t know what it is but it keeps me coming back. I totally share this opinion when it comes to Taco Bell. Warning adult language.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 9, 2024 18:01:27 GMT -5
I'd chalk it up to the fact that at one time fast food as a whole's selling point was it was cheap. That may not be the selling point for every fast food place these days. I don't eat fast food often but when I do 99% of the time it is Taco Bell where I can still eat cheap. For reference (since I am a life long TB junkie) in the mid 90's tacos were .49 and soft tacos were .59. Presently they are 1.19 and 1.39 respectively. While just this week I ate two tacos and a burrito from the value menu for $5. The last time I got a 1/4 pounder value meal a month or so ago it was almost $10. And the other place I occasionally visit, Jack In The Box, I can get two tacos for 1.29. I either get two or three orders of them and am easily full. That's just my two cents.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 9, 2024 16:26:48 GMT -5
Our son has been getting back into playing Warframe so the Xbox1 is usually being used when I get home. So I have been playing the 360, which is in our room. I just finished playing another play through of Army of Two: Devil's Cartel for the first time since I played it back with my boys when it first came out in 2013. Still holds up for a good third person cover shooter. The amount of weapon customization make it this the best of the Army of Two trilogy in my opinion. It also has the best graphics of the three. But I wasn't a fan of the story as far as the plot twist goes. But still a damn good game.
So in response to finishing that I started the first Army of Two last night (I can't find my copy of Army of Two: 40th Day, the second installment) and it, not so much holds up for me. I feel like things like switching weapons, throwing grenades and the fact that it isn't as smooth to enter cover as the third one are dated. This one came out in 2007. They are two very different games. I feel like in this franchise EA did nothing but improve it with every installment. 40th Day (2010) gave you moral choices as part of the story. Where you could choose to do the "right" thing or "wrong" thing. But even then it didn't always net the result you would expect by taking either side consistently. I don't remember much about the controls though. And it's not in the XBox market so I will have to order a physical copy if I can't find mine.
With the bit of the clunkyness of the first Army of Two I looked through my like 50 plus downloaded games and I totally forgot how many games I have on the 360. I started remembering how great of sales Xbox market had back in the 360 heyday. There's at least a dozen games of those that I bought that sounded interesting to me that I haven't even played once. I think I might be taking an extended Warframe break to play some of these games. I mean a bought them for that reason lol Also reminds me of just how small game downloads were back then or how much better storage they had. Granted I bought the 250GB hard drive separately. But I can barely download 5 games on the Xbox1 500GB without swapping around with install and uninstall. I feel like Xbox1 should have come with a standard 1TB hard drive for the same cost as what the 500GB did at launch, not charging extra like they did.
So I started to play a game called Remember Me. Which I already had a save file with 7% progress so I just started a new game. Some of it I remembered some of it is new to my memory. The only critique I have is that it isn't always obvious where to go. The traveling or parkour is almost identical to Assassin's Creed except you can't climb on just anything. I guess it's actually more like Mirror's Edge but not as good at directing you where you need to go.
All that said the story is very interesting so far. But sometimes in other interactions with characters and situations the direction is sometimes unclear. Last night I gave up on an interaction because I thought I was doing all I could but I wasn't. Chalk that up to being tired or that had a few drinks while playing but it just felt frustrating. I'll try again tonight or this weekend well rested and sober. The combat (so far) is a lot like a combo of Assassin's Creed minus a weapon (so far) and smash em up games like God of War or Darksiders, but it's hand to hand combat (so far). But it does have a skills system that you earn "points" for in battle to learn that skill. I'm interested to see if combat stays this way or changes to a shooter. The story takes place in 2084 so you'd think with the tech that has thus far been shown I could do better than melee attacks. But I'll find out soon enough I guess. So far though really interesting game.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 9, 2024 10:23:02 GMT -5
While my first Batman comics were in the 90's, most memorably issues of LOTDK, when I did discover a LCS and back issues a lot of the Batman comics that caught my eye ended up being 80's Batman. Detective Comics #535 I am pretty sure was my first 80's Batman comic that I bought strictly for the eye catching cover. From there I talked to LCS patrons and I got pointed to A Death in the Family, which then sent me on a mission to read the issues following up to that story. Which I remember being the most disappointed that the cover artist didn't do the interior art. It was my first introduction to Mike Mignola. And I still wonder how it would have looked if he did do the art. Not that Jim Aparo's wasn't top notch. He is one of my favorite artist for Joker. Then I went back to issue #400 and just started trying to get those issues prior to Starlin's. I liked the Max Allan Collins' issues a lot. I especially remember, unforutantly only one, issue that Kevin Nowlan did the art on. I remember it had like some murderous mime on it trying to kill Batman with a knife. Dunno why that issues always stands out in my head. I can't remember the story but I can remember the cover vaguely. And that 80-page issue leading up to #600 with some hulk of a villain similar to Bane which had some nice pin up art in it. Can't remember the villain's name. And as someone mentioned KGBeast. It's been awhile since I read it but I remember liking it. Than there is a Lonely Place of Dying which debuts my favorite, if not only, Robin I ever liked; Tim Drake. Who went on to have an excellent solo series, though that started in the 90's. There was an issue in Detective Comics, I don't remember the number that Harlin Ellison wrote about some night that Batman goes on patrol and all the situations he comes across were really just mundane despite the looks of things. It had a nice panoramic cover too. I have far less Detective Comics than I do Batman. There maybe some one shots too that I don't remember that came out in the 80's. Then of course the 80's held the best Batman (live action) movie ever made. I maintain that. Though I wasn't around for the Adam West movie as a kid, I have seen it and enjoy it as well. Probably the second best Batman movie. Wish I could say Mask of the Phantasm too but that was the good ole 90's.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 8, 2024 16:16:12 GMT -5
He wrote Wolverine #32-109 which I enjoyed for the most part. Some were hit or miss. The strongest issues for me was the combo of Hama and Silvestri. But I know for the most part Wolverine isn't popular here.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 5, 2024 10:48:43 GMT -5
To me Daredevil #353-364 by Karl Kesel and Cary Nord are what caught my attention. I am otherwise pretty indifferent to DD. Don't dislike him or like him. In the hands of a good writer/artist he can catch my attention. But I have never been a stalwart fan.
As to the Miller question I cannot really answer. The only DD I have read pre-Miller were random issues that I bought for the character appearances in them not for DD himself. I think the Miller part is good. I think it was a good story. I can't say if he "saved" DD though.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 5, 2024 9:34:27 GMT -5
With that project, with his experience of writing his own stories, he found himself frustrated with Starlin's story, as he felt it was spinning its wheels, repeating the same cycle of beats (fighting, talking, getting beat, getting back up and rinse and repeat). It killed his enthusiasm, plus the workload of two compromised projects took its toll on him and his confidence. he already had the failure of the unrealized JLA/Avengers (killed by Jim Shooter) and Games, and now he was replaced on Infinity Gauntlet, because he fell behind. When I finally read Infinity Gauntlet, I found the story underwhelming. I enjoyed Thanos Quest more even though it's the appetizer. As a Starlin and Thanos fanboy (I dunno why Cei-U even talks to me lol) I totally agree. The lead up was actually better than the event.
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