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twistedmentat posted:Well, I always thought that FemShep and Carol had a lot in common. Pretty sure Captain Marvel would totally just left hook everyone if given the chance. Man, you know Carol Danvers has about 200 hours on Mass Effect 2 and some strong opinions about the ending.
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Apr 24, 2014 21:14
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Femshep is a really weird and creepy nickname, that is all.
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Apr 24, 2014 23:16
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I noticed that the Avengers Thread OP is missing info on the greatest Avengers property, which is of course MARVEL DISK WARS: THE AVENGERS. Everyone should check this out because not only is it bad, it's so entertainingly bad it makes Avengers Assemble even worse by comparison.
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Wanderer posted:Man, you know Carol Danvers has about 200 hours on Mass Effect 2 and some strong opinions about the ending. She's a big enough dork to do that. Though do you mean 3? 2 had a pretty solid ending for being the middle of a trilogy. Mr. Maltose posted:I noticed that the Avengers Thread OP is missing info on the greatest Avengers property, which is of course MARVEL DISK WARS: THE AVENGERS. Everyone should check this out because not only is it bad, it's so entertainingly bad it makes Avengers Assemble even worse by comparison. I am still curious on why there is only one female character. There's lots of girls for Japan to be super creepy over.
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Apr 25, 2014 06:51
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Because unlike the internet's view of it not all anime is aimed at pedophiles and sexual deviants. Some of it is for actual children.
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Apr 25, 2014 06:59
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twistedmentat posted:I am still curious on why there is only one female character. There's lots of girls for Japan to be super creepy over. I'm sure the main point of the show is selling toys to 5 year old boys. And toy companies are convinced that boys won't buy female action figures.
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Apr 25, 2014 07:04
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Mr. Maltose posted:Because unlike the internet's view of it not all anime is aimed at pedophiles and sexual deviants. Just everything anime fans talk about is for pedophiles and sexual deviants. And I'm joking about the second part, but I do find it weird that Wasp is the female hero of choice. You'd think Black Widow would be the one they chose. Though maybe because in Japan wasps are the size of birds and don't gently caress around, so she's actually the most bad rear end hero.
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Apr 25, 2014 07:05
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twistedmentat posted:Just everything anime fans talk about is for pedophiles and sexual deviants. Wasp is easy to write as being waifish and demure and kind of ineffectual. Even her shrinking power makes her easier to infantilize, which means that Japan is all over that poo poo. What I'm saying is that Japan is awful.
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Defiance Industries posted:Wasp is easy to write as being waifish and demure and kind of ineffectual. Even her shrinking power makes her easier to infantilize, which means that Japan is all over that poo poo. Hey cool, you've marginalized an entire country based on a lowest-common denominator tv show. Nice work  Maybe next you can connect the dots that demonstrate America's superiority by way of Power Rangers.
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Apr 25, 2014 15:52
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Kaleidoscope posted:Hey cool, you've marginalized an entire country based on a lowest-common denominator tv show. Nice work  ahem its called Super Sentai and its a japanese cultural export.
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Apr 25, 2014 15:56
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zoux posted:Power Rangers is also from Japan Yeah...uh...that was kinda the point...since Disk Wars is also a reappropriation and all...
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Apr 25, 2014 15:59
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Kaleidoscope posted:Hey cool, you've marginalized an entire country based on a lowest-common denominator tv show. Nice work Yeah but it's a tiny country.
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twistedmentat posted:Well, I always thought that FemShep and Carol had a lot in common. Pretty sure Captain Marvel would totally just left hook everyone if given the chance. Aren't most comic book problems already solved with punches? Lurdiak posted:Femshep is a really weird and creepy nickname, that is all. It's either Maleshep or Femshep to tell them apart. Otherwise they use the same animations and about 95% of the same dialog in the game.
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Trast posted:Aren't most comic book problems already solved with punches? Very true, but I'm pretty sure if Carol left hooked an annoying reporter, she'd end up killing her. quote:It's either Maleshep or Femshep to tell them apart. Otherwise they use the same animations and about 95% of the same dialog in the game. Her romances are way less creepy feeling though. I'm not joking when I say I'd love if the solo Captain marvel series pretty much turns into Marvel Mass Effect with a rag tag group of misfits running around saving the galaxy.
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twistedmentat posted:She's a big enough dork to do that. Though do you mean 3? 2 had a pretty solid ending for being the middle of a trilogy. Yeah, I more or less meant 3. twistedmentat posted:I'm not joking when I say I'd love if the solo Captain marvel series pretty much turns into Marvel Mass Effect with a rag tag group of misfits running around saving the galaxy. I kinda hope Rhodey ends up out in space with her at some point. Iron Patriot's not a bad book but I could stand to see more of Carol and Rhodey hanging out.
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Wanderer posted:Yeah, I more or less meant 3. Carol, Rhodey, and Flash hanging out? Just sticking all the members of the armed forces in space?
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Well, then you need Monica Rambeau, and Blue Marvel's a Korean War veteran, I think.
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Kaleidoscope posted:Hey cool, you've marginalized an entire country based on a lowest-common denominator tv show. Nice work Anime being all about creepy waifus isn't a one-off phenomenon confined to this terrible show. Hate to break it to you.
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Defiance Industries posted:Anime being all about creepy waifus isn't a one-off phenomenon confined to this terrible show. Hate to break it to you. No, it sure isn't, and I'm not asking you to give half a poo poo about any kind of anime, but it still strikes me as a little hosed to call an entire country awful because of their lovely cartoons.
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Kaleidoscope posted:No, it sure isn't, and I'm not asking you to give half a poo poo about any kind of anime, but it still strikes me as a little hosed to call an entire country awful because of their lovely cartoons. He made a joke on a comedy forum, chill the hell out.
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Were I to seriously say "Japan is awful" I would also cite many other things about Japan which are lovely rather than just animes. Like their business culture or stratified gender roles for example.
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Apr 26, 2014 06:49
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It was an stupidly uptight derail, living over here I'm sensitive to this weird uptick of casual nerd racism lately in games and comic cultures.
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Do you think Tony Stark goes to conventions dressed as lovely Iron Man and he takes pictures with every single Iron Man there? Do you think he organizes a group shot and then as everyone gets ready he tells everyone to hold the gently caress up, and everyone's all "what the gently caress is the hold up," he's having the real suit come in for everyone to gather around?
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EMH ruled because it had great stories (Kree/Ms. Marvel, Secret Invasion, Michael Korvac, Heroes for Hire, Kang, Winter Soldier, Beta Ray Bill); the art style, while not always the best (though I have a weakness for Kirby Dots), was always strong and consistent; the characters were, generally, complex and fun to watch, like Stark being a egotistic dick but really just struggling with the pressure of leading the Avengers, Pym going from idealistic super-scientist to bitter, borderline crazy vigilante, Banner negotiating with the Hulk, Danvers just being awesome, etc. The only caveats were that the intro was dumb, the finale blew (well, I just hate large ensemble episodes in general, because it's mostly lasers and kickpunching with little to no dialogue), and van Dyne is the most annoying/useless character in existence. I miss it almost as bad as I miss JLU. Assemble has it's strengths, though I don't know if they justify replacing EMH. The character art, while less unique (though I like it more) because they're clearly trying to invoke the MCU, isn't shabby at all; the voice acting is arguably better in many respects; the banter can be pretty funny at times, and when it doesn't fall flat, is actually stronger than some of the best stuff to come out of EMH, but more on this later; it doesn't slouch on referencing the Marvel canon at large, and the adaptations/adjustments it makes are reasonable and remain faithful to the source, and has even produced some great episodes on its own ("Planet Doom", which featured the Defenders, and "Hulk's Day Out"); the rogue's gallery is stronger, with Skull and the Cabal being more sinister and feeling more natural than Zemo and the Masters of Evil. The problems, aside from the backgrounds looking canned as gently caress, are sort of a matter of opinion: the characters are less characters than archetypes, which is why I'm pretty sure Bruce Banner hasn't even been referenced once the entire show--this ties into how the level of humor, and actual general intelligence/complexity has been dragged down and beaten into the ground (haha, Stark is egotistic, haha, Thor has problems with Earth customs, haha, Hulk has a collection of glass dolls, haha, Falcon is a manchild, etc.) In fact, if there is one overarching problem with the show, it's that it's basically Teen Titans with a weaker art direction and the adults are the children, and while it's still not even finished with its first season, it lacks the character development and drama to boot. It's definitely worth giving a shot, because it has the potential to become a very strong show in its own right, in spite of the fact it's obviously a vehicle for tie-ins to the MCU (for example, the Guardians of the Galaxy episode, which was actually pretty clever when it wasn't 90% incredibly contrived in-fighting between the Guardians and the Avengers), as well as the other members of Disney's Marvel bloc that share a continuity with the show (your mileage may very with Ultimate Spider-Man, but just know that Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. is as toxic as actual gamma radiation: the audience stand-in as well as font of exposition is Seth Green, and  Eliza Dushku is She-Hulk and that's all you really need to know).
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Defiance Industries posted:Were I to seriously say "Japan is awful" I would also cite many other things about Japan which are lovely rather than just animes. Like their business culture or stratified gender roles for example. I'm not sure pointing out that there's a huge otaku/pedo audience out there that anime caters to (instead of the more appropriate "die in a trailer fire") is a racism issue. Comics in general have the same issue, so I'm not sure why pointing out that we should excise the cancer in the community (there's a pretty big crossover from what I've seen) is a bad thing.
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Taking about actually comics and not weird persecution complexes about Japan or nerds I read some of Ales Kot & Michael Walsh's Secret Avengers and it was actually not terrible, kind of fun actually. It tries too hard to make Coulson, NuFury and Agents of SHIELD stuff happen but when it's not doing that it's a light Hawkguy-esque book of Widow, Spider-Woman, Hawkeye, Hill and Modok doing thangs and fighting AIM.
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Apr 26, 2014 15:01
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What's the story of MODOK joining the Secret Avengers?
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Schneider Heim posted:What's the story of MODOK joining the Secret Avengers? MODOK was ousted as leader of A.I.M so he's teaming up with Maria Hill in a mutual benefits sort of way to take down the current leader. She want's to use him to make weapons for SHIELD and try to destory A.I.M while MODOK wants to put himself back as rightful ruler once Andrew Forson is dealt with.
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twistedmentat posted:I do find it weird that Wasp is the female hero of choice. You'd think Black Widow would be the one they chose. Though maybe because in Japan wasps are the size of birds and don't gently caress around, so she's actually the most bad rear end hero. 
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First Bass posted:[...] van Dyne is the most annoying/useless character in existence. You and me are gonna have issues, pal
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Schneider Heim posted:What's the story of MODOK joining the Secret Avengers? I have a lot less patient for the Spencer/Kot axis than Waterhaul I guess, but Secret Avengers is less awful than Iron Patriot.
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Waterhaul posted:MODOK was ousted as leader of A.I.M so he's teaming up with Maria Hill in a mutual benefits sort of way to take down the current leader. She want's to use him to make weapons for SHIELD and try to destory A.I.M while MODOK wants to put himself back as rightful ruler once Andrew Forson is dealt with. He's also the best Avenger ever 
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http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24b932/were_the_creators_of_the_east_of_west_series_in/ch5gso4?context=3 Hickman's New/Avengers run is done in May 2015
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Dacap posted:http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24b932/were_the_creators_of_the_east_of_west_series_in/ch5gso4?context=3 Just in time to reboot the series for when the movie comes out!
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Codependent Poster posted:Just in time to reboot the series for when the movie comes out! I think it's pretty safe to guess we'll have Vison, Wanda and Pietro on the team by June 2015
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Dacap posted:http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24b932/were_the_creators_of_the_east_of_west_series_in/ch5gso4?context=3 That's not surprising. In a recent interview he said that the third act of his run starts after Original Sin. Read a bit of the IAMA and Hickman said that he'll be doing his own stuff full time after Avengers. So it seems as if Avengers may be his last Marvel work for now. Thurm fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Apr 30, 2014 |
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Dacap posted:http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24b932/were_the_creators_of_the_east_of_west_series_in/ch5gso4?context=3 Oh man that's a bummer. But with one year to go there's still a lot of story to tell so bring it on.
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Thurm posted:So it seems as if Avengers may be his last Marvel work for now. I can't imagine he won't do anymore Marvel work in his lifetime, so I'll tend towards the positive outlook.
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