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Waterhaul posted:Coulson's always been a fetishized character, he's a balding middle aged white dude with the power to be super amazing at everything and friends with all your heroes. COULSON IS WAID.
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Endless Mike posted:Except no one is fetishizing Coulson in the SHIELD comic. He just wants to cuddle.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:Man, why DC didn't snatch Soule when they had the chance? Going to the place with lawyer characters was just too right for him. RIP his She-Hulk too, though :/
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Mar 4, 2015 21:19
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bobkatt013 posted:He just wants to cuddle. Me too. 
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Mar 4, 2015 21:43
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Endless Mike posted:Me too. I hope you don't cuddle the same way that Coulson does, or we will have to get Dutchboy on the case.
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Mar 4, 2015 21:51
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Endless Mike posted:COULSON IS WAID. If you didn't get this in the Ms Marvel issues, I have no clue how you read the issue with those blinkers on.
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Mar 4, 2015 22:34
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bobkatt013 posted:I hope you don't cuddle the same way that Coulson does, or we will have to get Dutchboy on the case. Better warn Tigra to steer clear.
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Mar 5, 2015 00:55
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Rhyno posted:Better warn Tigra to steer clear. Though I think he'd enjoy hanging out with John Jameson.
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Mar 5, 2015 02:17
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Did I miss something important in a non-GL book regarding Hal Jordan and his drama-bomb turn in the main series? That sort of "I must become the villain" self-hate is usually reserved for terrible YA fiction and people who don't know how to sever a relationship properly (like I'll be doing to Green Lantern...). What's Hal's logic, again? The past few story arcs have cast the Corps in a bad light with the rest of the universe, ok cool, and Hal is leader of the Corps, right gotcha, and his solution to cosmically bad PR is to... steal a construct generator and go on the lam so that the Corps will band together to catch him? And he makes sure to beat his best alien friend to a bloody pulp in the process? "It's tough being chief of police, everyone's down on cops these days... I know, I'll steal a tank and drive it into the woods, my squad will feel united when they're forced to gun me down! Better cap my lieutenant in the knee on my way out so everyone knows I'm serious." Wasn't the Corps just united against a common, love-to-hate-them enemy (New Gods) during Godhead? The event where Hal saved the day twice over? Making the latest turn of events even worse, he just had that bro-time issue at the bar with Guy, and I was led to believe he announced a comeback of sorts in another series with some full-page "guess who's back" reveal. If Hal wants to take a heel turn out of some bent sense of duty, at least be consistent about it, DC.
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Space Fish posted:Did I miss something important in a non-GL book regarding Hal Jordan and his drama-bomb turn in the main series? That sort of "I must become the villain" self-hate is usually reserved for terrible YA fiction and people who don't know how to sever a relationship properly (like I'll be doing to Green Lantern...). What's Hal's logic, again? The past few story arcs have cast the Corps in a bad light with the rest of the universe, ok cool, and Hal is leader of the Corps, right gotcha, and his solution to cosmically bad PR is to... steal a construct generator and go on the lam so that the Corps will band together to catch him? And he makes sure to beat his best alien friend to a bloody pulp in the process? Well, the whole thing is a plan of the Templar Guardians to salvage the reputation of the corps, from what I can gather. Their plan is to use Hal as scapegoat so the universe trust the corps again. Somehow. Maybe. In short, Venditti's a TERRIBLE writer. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying Lobo. Cullen is taking the core aspects of the character and giving them a spin to make them more serious. And so far, Lobo being a professional ruled by his own code of honor is working pretty well. Suddenly killing all of his supporting cast was a crazy but great move.
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Swamp Thing had an amazing finale this week and it went all metafictional in the best possible way. I haven't read 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez though, has anyone here read it and Soule's Swamp Thing and can therefore explain the significance of Alec reading the book during this issue? I mean, I know it's the book Jonah asked him to read but I suspect there's a much deeper meaning than that given the crazy thematics going on in this issue.
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Well, the book is one of the greatest classics of latin american literature and it chronicles the rise and fall of the Buendía Family and their town, Macondo; through the eponymous 100 years One ofthe biggest themes on the book is the notion of fate. Nearly everything that happens to the Buendías is told on a prophecy told to the patriarch at the beginning of the book and while many members try to defy it, it only sets the stage for the prophecy to come true. The book is somewhat dense to read since lots of characters share the same name (in fact, their names kind of determine they personality) and there are time skips, flashbacks and remembrances spread through all the story.
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A secondary reading of 100 Years has to do with a central event (the banana farm massacre) that actually happened to Garcia Marquez in his own youth. The Mexican Magical Realism stuff that surrounds the town (folks with 99% identical names, folks dying resurrecting casually, a child born with a tail, an insomnia plague and so on) is a distraction from the real horror of man's inhumanity towards other men -- and for what? For control of fruits to sell to other countries. For profits. Understanding that, and unlocking the implications of it, is an apocalyptic event that is powerful and formative. The novel effectively ends when one of the Buendia lineage comes to grips with the sheer importance of the massacre, realizing that all the nonsense of the town is unimportant given the bloodshed. Haven't had a chance to pick up Swamp Thing, but if there's a kind of kernel of truth thing going on with the run recently, I could see them invoking 100 Years to tease out how traumatic it may be.
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What the gently caress DC? Endgame's final, Superman 40 and Multiversity 2 have been delayed until April 29th. Oh, and Batman Eternal's final issue has a page and price increase. EDIT: New interview with Venditti about Green Lantern http://www.newsarama.com/23725-green-lantern-writer-on-hal-s-new-ring-free-direction-for-june.html I...I don't know how to feel about it. The idea itself sounds good and interesting on paper but Venditti's execution has been pretty bad so far. Dark_Tzitzimine fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Mar 7, 2015 |
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Personally I would be stoked if they made Hal the next big villain for the New 52 after Convergence, have him beat up the Corps, become some sort of Final Hour threat and then have him die heroically to show what a hero he truly is and was. After death his spirit can become a new Doctor Fate to let him have a voice while still showing he has evolved as a character.
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Waterhaul posted:Yeah it's a spy book that's very much trying to pander to a certain audience and seemingly alienating a lot of long time Grayson fans but Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD it is not. Maybe like Agents of SHIELD. You love me  I wish the writers would reach beyond 'shirtless is sexy' and 'girls dig this guy'. Tim Seeley talks constantly about sexy games spies must play. You wanna do something novel? Have him gently caress some guys. How's Batgirl holding up? I am MONTHS behind on comics atm.
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From Bleeding Cool, Didio talks about Doomed, Mystic U, Prez and Section 8Dan Didio posted:Mystic U by Alisa Kwitney is part of a new look at the mystic side of the DC Universe along with Dark Universe and Hellblazer: John Constantine, and the writers had recently held a mini-summit. His take is, if you are reading Dark Universe ahead of the Guillermo Del Toro project, or Constantine from the TV show, then maybe picking up Mystic U might not be a bad idea either.
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I can't wait to find out what happens when an alien virus infects someone and how they change in the process.
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Was Taters posted:You love me Batgirl's pretty good. Still doesn't feel a whole lot like Barbara but I'm learning to accept this and move on. It's definitely written for a younger audience and as such sometimes comes off as forced or obnoxious with the way it leans on social media & smart phones but given that the mastermind behind Barbara's trouble was just revealed as an AI based on Barbara's brain pattern its understandable. It also doesn't feel like an old person trying to write for teenagers. It feels pretty authentic, though I'm like 30 so I might be easy to fool. The art is still great.
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Dan Didio posted:I can't wait to find out what happens when an alien virus infects someone and how they change in the process. Alternately, if 90s SciFi cinema is to be believed, they'll go around loving everything in sight.
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FilthyImp posted:Bloodlines. With a big, brooding, strong character. The kind I love to see in comics.
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'We Are Robin' article http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2015/03/09/we-are-robin-comic-book-exclusive/24635301/ quote:Instead of just one Robin, DC Comics is unleashing a whole flock of them on Gotham City this summer.
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Teenage Fansub posted:'We Are Robin' article Colour me intrigued. The more I read about the post-Convergence stuff, the more things I am seeing DC saying right. I really hope they don't screw it up.
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"We are Robin" sound pretty intriguing, although I have to admit I'm not fully convinced yet about the idea of any random kid getting involved in superheroics.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:"We are Robin" sound pretty intriguing, although I have to admit I'm not fully convinced yet about the idea of any random kid getting involved in superheroics. I enjoy that aspect of Tim Drake. His life wasn't changed forever by a tragic event he was seeking vengence for and he never trained for years and years before becoming a crimefighter. He's just a normal teen who realized Batman needed Robin and made the decision, unconnected to any personal reasons, to spend his life helping and protecting people. WickedHate fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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WickedHate posted:I enjoy that aspect of Tim Drake. His life wasn't changed forever by a tragic event he was seeking vengence for and he never trained for years and years before becoming a crimefighter. He's just a normal teen who realized Batman needed Robin and made the decision, unconnected to any personal reasons, to spend his life helping and protecting people. Then his entire family was killed.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:02
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bobkatt013 posted:Then his entire family was killed. Yeah, Identity Crisis was terrible like that.
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Did anything remotely good come out of Identity Crisis? A single thing? Even the potentially good things like Ralph & Sue: Deadman Detectives didn't last.
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ImpAtom posted:Did anything remotely good come out of Identity Crisis? A single thing? Or pretty much never really happened. And no Identity Crisis was complete garbage with the only thing decent were sock puppet suspects that made the rounds here.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:20
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ImpAtom posted:Did anything remotely good come out of Identity Crisis? A single thing?
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I never get tired of the idea that Deathstroke, a dude who got his rear end handed to him by Nightwing more than once, could take down the Flash and Green Lantern in three pages.
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redbackground posted:Did IC create the idea of Calculator becoming basically the evil flipside of Oracle? That was all eventually wasted as an idea, but I think it was a good one. Yeah, that was basically its sole redeemable facet - and even then it was a minor setting detail rather than a plot point. IC was so bad you guys.
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Rhyno posted:I never get tired of the idea that Deathstroke, a dude who got his rear end handed to him by Nightwing more than once, could take down the Flash and Green Lantern in three pages. I've said it once and will say it again, Deathstroke is the worst character in comics.
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Rhyno posted:I never get tired of the idea that Deathstroke, a dude who got his rear end handed to him by Nightwing more than once, could take down the Flash and Green Lantern in three pages. Its due to Deathstroke corrupting Brad Metzer's favorite character. http://bradmeltzer.com/other-works/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-with-the-judas-contract/
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Yeah, that was basically its sole redeemable facet - and even then it was a minor setting detail rather than a plot point. IC was so bad you guys. Nah.
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TwoPair posted:I've said it once and will say it again, Deathstroke is the worst character in comics. And like, the best villain on all comic book tv shows. I fuckin love Manu Bennet.
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Rhyno posted:And like, the best villain on all comic book tv shows. I fuckin love Manu Bennet. Don't forget Ron Perlman.
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Beefstew posted:Don't forget Ron Perlman. Ehhhh, that show never really did it for me. Besides, Ron will always be Hellboy in my head. Let's hope Joe Mangi-I can't remember how to spell his last name-o does a good job in the film version.
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ImpAtom posted:Did anything remotely good come out of Identity Crisis? A single thing? It eventually lead to 52 so that was a happy accident. It also kind of led into Jason Rusch being the new Firestorm so that was cool.
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Madkal posted:It also kind of led into Jason Rusch being the new Firestorm so that was cool. Yeah. Until New 52 Firestorm wrecked him.
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