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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 26, 2024 3:51:58 GMT -5
I never could stomach Seinfeld. The characters were all obnoxious and I never found their antics funny. I don't like "cringe" comedy (one of the reasons I loathe The Office) and avoid it as much as I can. I enjoyed the first couple of seasons of Friends but burned out on it after that (I wanted to beat Ross with a nail-studded baseball bat). No matter what genre a given show is (sitcom, police procedural, medical drama, etc), I have to like the characters if I'm going to tune in week after week. Thus I've had no incentive to watch shows like Breaking Bad, Dexter, House of Cards, The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, et al, that wallow in their characters' vices and criminality. I don't have a problem with anyone who does enjoy such shows. They're just not my cuppa.
Cei-U! I summon my quirky TV habits!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 25, 2024 1:15:36 GMT -5
Star Trek's last episode "Turnabout Intruder" thoroughly dispelled any misconceived notion I may have had that this was some sort of culturally enlightened for its time series - a giant F You to anyone who might have even briefly considered the possibility that a woman should have the same rights as men. Turnabout Intruder is a thoroughly awful episode mostly due to Shatner's over-the-top scenery chewing. Ye gods, is he bad!
Cei-U! I summon a clothespin for my nose!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 22, 2024 4:17:06 GMT -5
In a new session.... this is interesting. Action Comics #1? This raises a question for me: Did the controversy over violence in comics only begin after WWII? No. Comics were being called out for violence, sexual innuendo, and "cheap political propaganda" (i.e., anti-Naziism) as early as May 8, 1940, when literary critic Sterling North published a scathing indictment of the industry in a Chicago Daily News editorial that garnered nationwide attention. The war slowed the momentum of the anti-comic book movement, but it was always simmering below the surface. For more details, I refer you to Chapter 1 of my book (American Comic Book Chronicles 1940-44).
Cei-U! I summon the straight skinny!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 21, 2024 15:25:22 GMT -5
I'm about halfway through the episode and finding myself glad I wasn't a participant because I would've been constantly fighting the urge to throttle George. But Jeff and Rob are doing a fine job of defending Roy's status as one of Marvel's greatest EICs despite the handicaps Stan and Cadence imposed on him so I'm content just to listen. But I did want to take a moment to dispel a myth I heard George repeat: Wally Wood did NOT draw all the women in The Cat nude because he was the inker, not the penciller. I wish people would put this tired old story out of its misery.
Cei-U! And now, back to the podcast!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 20, 2024 19:19:08 GMT -5
Roy helped develop the Ghost Rider concept but it was Gary Friedrich and Mike Ploog who worked out the details of his look and origin.
Cei-U! I summon the badass biker with the bonfire bean!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 20, 2024 18:10:01 GMT -5
Anyone have Sgt. Fury #89? I need to verify
In which issue of Sgt. Fury does he team up with Hansi?
ChatGPT
In the Marvel Comics universe, Sgt. Fury teams up with Hansi in "Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos" issue #89, published in October 1971. This issue features the Howling Commandos teaming up with Hansi, a German anti-Nazi resistance fighter, against the Nazi regime during World War II.
Sgt. Fury #89 is a reprint of #27. Needless to say, Hansi is not in either issue.
Cei-U! ChatGPT is stoopid!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 20, 2024 16:02:28 GMT -5
I should've hated the contrived finale of Castle but the series had been crap for the preceding three seasons anyway so I didn't care,
Cei-U! I summon the sorry decline of a once entertaining show!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 20, 2024 14:01:46 GMT -5
My favorite finales tend to be those that wrap up their major plotlines but make it clear the characters will continue on as before except that their exploits are no longer being recorded (see Bones, CSI: New York, NCIS: Los Angeles, Big Bang Theory, etc.). I don't mind series that come to a definite end (i.e., Mary Tyler Moore, Frasier) but I prefer the former.
Cei-U! I summon the satisfactory conclusion!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 18, 2024 15:17:52 GMT -5
Kirby firmly taking over the plotting. No doubt about it. From this point until around Thor #169, this series is pure gold (though inevitably there's a dud or two along the way).
Cei-U! I summon the Kirby Kozmik Klassics!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 18, 2024 4:50:47 GMT -5
I have to say that I found it quite interesting that all of you were pronouncing Ka-Zar the same way I (and a buddy of mine) did back when we were kids (i.e., with the short 'a' sound) - which, of course, we all later learned was incorrect, as it's apparently supposed to be 'Kay-Zar'. Actually, according to X-Men #10, it's pronounced "Kay-Sar." Cei-U! I summon the Savage Land swinger!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 15, 2024 5:57:24 GMT -5
Smoking in hospitals wasn't banned in the US until 1991(!), so I'm sure it was hunky-dory in '65 to smoke in a doctor's office. In fact, I can remember my mother and our family physician both lighting up during one of my frequent check-ups.
Cei-U! I summon the AMA-approved ashtray!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 14, 2024 15:47:30 GMT -5
Does Hulk’s measurements change also when he is angry or just his strength? I don't think it was every portrayed that way. But when you write it.... In the Ang Lee movie, Hulk got larger the angrier he got. One of many reasons that flick blew chunks.
Cei-U! I summon the ticket refund I should've asked for!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 14, 2024 15:26:08 GMT -5
...and here are my picks for April '66:
Amazing Spider-Man #36 Avengers #27 Atom #24
Brave and the Bold #65 Daredevil #15 Detective Comics #350
Fantastic Four #50 Green Lantern #44 Hawkman #13
Sgt. Fury #29 Strange Tales #144 Tales of Suspense #77 Tales to Astonish #79 Thor #127 X-Men #19
...all once again for 12 cents each, leaving 8 pennies to forward to next month's shopping spree. Sure wish my allowance was bigger, though, because it bwoke my widdle heart to leave Fantasy Masterpieces #2 and Flash #160 behind, not to mention various other Gold Keys and Charltons.
Cei-U! I summon the hankie!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 14, 2024 15:13:59 GMT -5
Okay, time to get caught up. Here are my choices for March '66:
Amazing Spider-Man #35 Avengers #26 Batman #179
Daredevil #14 Detective Comics #349
Fantastic Four #49 Flash #159
Green Lantern #43
Justice League of America #43 Sgt. Fury #28 Showcase #61
Strange Tales #143 Tales of Suspense #76 Tales to Astonish #78 Thor #126 X-Men #18 ...all for 12 cents each, leaving eight cents which, combined with the four cents left from last month's purchases gives me exactly enough to buy
Doom Patrol #102.
Cei-U! I summon the sweet haul!
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 14, 2024 15:00:40 GMT -5
What exactly made Night Nurse a nugget series from the bronze age? This isn't my set....I'd like it to be....but the price makes my eyes water. What made this one balloon? Don't get me wrong, I love a female character getting this respect in the back-issue market....but what made this series so popular compared to other bronze-age minis that are still quite affordable? I don't recall a MTU or MTIO featuring Night Nurse either.
It's probably due to one of its characters, Christine Palmer, appearing as the title hero's ex in the Doctor Strange movies. Seems like anything connected to the MCU gets its prices jacked up beyond its intrinsic value.
Cei-U! I hazard a guess!
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