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Bit scared to ask, but anyone check out Flash Forward? The actual story and stakes at hand are not, like, godawful, but the intro to the actual story -- putting Wally in a fuckin' supermax prison along with the worst of the worst criminals and murderers -- does the thing I hate where there's no way the characters in this universe are this callous but, whoops, they put it in the book while no one was looking and now we're stuck with the fact that Barry, Clark, Bruce, and everyone else in the hero community are just like "eh whatever he'll be fine in there" Also Lobdell is overwrought here. Purple prose doesn't begin to cover it.
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BrianWilly posted:Bit scared to ask, but anyone check out Flash Forward? The actual story and stakes at hand are not, like, godawful, but the intro to the actual story -- putting Wally in a fuckin' supermax prison along with the worst of the worst criminals and murderers -- does the thing I hate where there's no way the characters in this universe are this callous but, whoops, they put it in the book while no one was looking and now we're stuck with the fact that Barry, Clark, Bruce, and everyone else in the hero community are just like "eh whatever he'll be fine in there" That's just how Lobdell is though. At least in everything I've ever read that he's written. The man loves him some melodrama.
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BrianWilly posted:Bit scared to ask, but anyone check out Flash Forward? The actual story and stakes at hand are not, like, godawful, but the intro to the actual story -- putting Wally in a fuckin' supermax prison along with the worst of the worst criminals and murderers -- does the thing I hate where there's no way the characters in this universe are this callous but, whoops, they put it in the book while no one was looking and now we're stuck with the fact that Barry, Clark, Bruce, and everyone else in the hero community are just like "eh whatever he'll be fine in there" This is just proper ethical continuation of their characters after Heroes in Crisis. The modern JL members haven't been very good at those ethics for awhile now.
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Sep 20, 2019 02:09
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No amount of love for Wally is worth subjecting yourself to Lobdell and Booth.
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Sep 20, 2019 02:59
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I’ve never been real precious about Wally like a lot of people here are, but DC hosed things up with Wally on every level since the New 52.
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Teenage Fansub posted:The Justice League broke the Source Wall, which released this cosmic lady who had birthed the universe for evil before her kids, Monitor, Antimonitor and a new guy, shut her away. TwoPair posted:Luthor blew himself up and then came back in a clone body only genetically redesigned to match Perpetua's* original blueprint for humanity. Supposedly it makes him better in... ways... that we haven't really seen, in practice thus far it's just allowed him to act like even more of a prick. Grey Superman is a weird look I can't lie.
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BC is saying that James Tynion is taking on Batman from #86-100, then a new writer (not Bendis) comes on and Luke Fox becomes the new Batman. Spoiled in case there's truth to it. Reminder that Batman will be monthly, so that'll be in 2021. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Sep 20, 2019 |
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Teenage Fansub posted:BC is saying that James Tynion is taking on Batman from #86-100, then a new writer (not Bendis) comes on and Luke Fox becomes the new Batman. If that rumour is true than I am a bit disappointed. I was never really a fan of that character (or I guess on how he was written. Duke/The Signal should be the next Batman
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Madkal posted:If that rumour is true than I am a bit disappointed. I was never really a fan of that character (or I guess on how he was written. Duke/The Signal should be the next Batman At least it's not Rorschach 2.
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Thranguy posted:At least it's not Rorschach 2. That would be amazing.
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Sep 21, 2019 02:36
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Cass Cain should be the next Batman, but DC I'd too cowardly to do anything that cool.
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Official https://twitter.com/screenrant/status/1175505432418406400 edit: No word yet of his run ending at 100.
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I liked Tynion's Detective, so I'm pretty happy about him on Batman. Not a fan of someone else being Batman again, since it's already been done twice in the last decade (three times if you count Incorporated I guess), but presumably it won't last terribly long if it's actually happening at all since there's a new Batman movie franchise starting in 2021.
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Sep 23, 2019 15:54
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I'm only going to bother with King's 100 issues Rebirth run when it's out on omnibus. I've got enough to read until then and it seems to be real up and down as it is in terms of quality.
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chaosapiant posted:I'm only going to bother with King's 100 issues Rebirth run when it's out on omnibus. I've got enough to read until then and it seems to be real up and down as it is in terms of quality. It's super disconnected from everything else, and reads better in big chunks imo anyway because of how self indulgent it is (even as someone who mostly likes the run), so I think that's the right call.
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Sep 23, 2019 16:00
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Sinteres posted:It's super disconnected from everything else, and reads better in big chunks imo anyway because of how self indulgent it is (even as someone who mostly likes the run), so I think that's the right call. Word. I'm still working through my back catalog of the Morrison and Knightfall arcs. Also reading Gotham by Gaslight for the first time. It's neat, but not super pulling me in.
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chaosapiant posted:Word. I'm still working through my back catalog of the Morrison and Knightfall arcs. Also reading Gotham by Gaslight for the first time. It's neat, but not super pulling me in. Read Batman: The Cult. Do it
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Mr Hootington posted:Read Batman: The Cult. Do it That's on my Amazon wish list. Along with about 10 other Bat-books. We'll see which ones my gf picks for xmas/bday coming up.
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Sep 23, 2019 18:16
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chaosapiant posted:Also reading Gotham by Gaslight for the first time. It's neat, but not super pulling me in. I wish Gotham by Gaslight was longer. I loved it, but it really feels like there should be more. 48 pages just wasn't enough.
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Tynion's Detective Comics was one of my favorite books of the Rebirth era and I collected all issues, so I'm hoping he'll pick up on some of those threads again (too bad Cassandra is in Outsiders rn) He's not without his own issues, of course. I'm not looking forward to the seventh or eighth iteration of some villain who wants to bring down Batman 'cuz Batman's methods don't work or whatever. But I'm at least confident that he'll put in a lot of things I like as well.
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catlord posted:I wish Gotham by Gaslight was longer. I loved it, but it really feels like there should be more. 48 pages just wasn't enough. I just finished the first half of it where the antagonist is apprehended, and it just felt kind of limp. I had guessed who the bad guy was as soon as he appeared on page and he just kinda goes "eh whatever you got me" at the end. Trying to be vague to avoid spoiling it, but it seems like the book is more interested in the gimmick of a Batman in a Victorian era than in actually making the story interesting. I was kind hoping that Jack would be Joker and it would be a twist on the mythos of how Batman meets Joker, only this time in 1800s London. Granted, I haven't read the second half of the book, and it could turn out to be amazing. We'll see.
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chaosapiant posted:I just finished the first half of it where the antagonist is apprehended, and it just felt kind of limp. I had guessed who the bad guy was as soon as he appeared on page and he just kinda goes "eh whatever you got me" at the end. Trying to be vague to avoid spoiling it, but it seems like the book is more interested in the gimmick of a Batman in a Victorian era than in actually making the story interesting. I was kind hoping that Jack would be Joker and it would be a twist on the mythos of how Batman meets Joker, only this time in 1800s London. I assume that limpness is because they were limited to 48 pages. I mean, solving the Ripper Murders in 48 pages? Master of the Future is fun, but it's not deep or anything. Weirdly light though, which I must admit is a nice change.
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So there's all kinds of rumors that a new Arkham game will be announced soon, possible today. The rumors also claim that this will be a game that will feature some kind of faction war between League of Assassins, Order of St Dumbass, and the Court of Owls and will be co-written by Snyder. I love Batman, I love the Arkham games, and I love this idea. And that got me thinking: is No Man's Land the only real Batman story that features multiple "factions" battling for territory and such while the heroes are caught in the middle? I almost always enjoy that premise. And for that matter, is there ever gonna be a No Man's Land Omnibus? Edit: holy poo poo, no omnibus, but there is a novelization of No Man's Land? That comic was a bit scattershot and hard to follow (for me), has anyone read the novelization of this or any of the other Batman stories? Are they worth picking up? chaosapiant fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Sep 24, 2019 |
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As far as turf war stories you could read War Games. Don't read War Games though.
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Madkal posted:As far as turf war stories you could read War Games. Don't read War Games though. I won't read War Games. I might need to give No Man's Land another chance. When I read it the first time, I had ordered all the No Man's Land trade paper-backs as well as the first Morrison-run trade and I think I was just ancy to get through NML so I could read Morrison's work.
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chaosapiant posted:Edit: holy poo poo, no omnibus, but there is a novelization of No Man's Land? That comic was a bit scattershot and hard to follow (for me), has anyone read the novelization of this or any of the other Batman stories? Are they worth picking up? I remember enjoying the No Man's Land novelization as a kid. If I remember correctly, it was written by Greg Rucka. I also remember reading a Knightfall novelization a bunch of times
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Yeah, I think I still own the NML novelization and got about halfway through it before questioning what I was doing with my life that had led me to reading a Batman novel. It's not bad and does away with some of the extraneous plotlines (ask me my feelings about the Nick Scratch storyline), but it is ultimately a novel about Batman. I probably wouldn't recommend it unless you're just really into the idea of reading a book without pictures about Batman instead of the comics.
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Parallax posted:I remember enjoying the No Man's Land novelization as a kid. If I remember correctly, it was written by Greg Rucka. I also remember reading a Knightfall novelization a bunch of times I had the Knightfall novel too-- it gave me the very false impression that Abattoir and Cornelius Stirk were big deals, as well as Bane's crew of awful nobodies who I can probably still list off the top of my head thanks to that book (um, let's see-- Trogg, Zombie, and Bird or Byrd or Byrde, and you know what, all these years later I finally get the joke).
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Are there any good Batman novels, whether cribbing from comics or not? My gut tells me “no, and why would there be” but I kinda want to be wrong.
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The Forensic Files of Batman wasn’t bad. It’s a series of short stories written by Doug Moench about Batman using real forensic techniques.
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I haven't watched the show or even really followed up on it since the first preview looked corny, but why in the gently caress is Jorah Mormont Bruce Wayne? He has a straight up English accent and he's blonde. How does that work? He should be Alfred.
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Archyduchess posted:I had the Knightfall novel too-- it gave me the very false impression that Abattoir and Cornelius Stirk were big deals, as well as Bane's crew of awful nobodies who I can probably still list off the top of my head thanks to that book (um, let's see-- Trogg, Zombie, and Bird or Byrd or Byrde, and you know what, all these years later I finally get the joke). Hey now, Abattoir was a big deal. Well the greatest thing he did was get killed by Batman but that still counts. I don't remember what he looked like or did or anything but being on a Batman body count means something.
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chaosapiant posted:I haven't watched the show or even really followed up on it since the first preview looked corny, but why in the gently caress is Jorah Mormont Bruce Wayne? He has a straight up English accent and he's blonde. How does that work? He should be Alfred. Wigs and dialogue coaches exist. This is going to blow your mind but did you know Tom Holland also has a British accent but Spider-Man in the movies is still from New York?
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Vince MechMahon posted:Wigs and dialogue coaches exist. This is going to blow your mind but did you know Tom Holland also has a British accent but Spider-Man in the movies is still from New York? Right, but I've seen clips of the show. He still has his accent and everything else. He looks and sounds exactly like Jorah Mormont. Edit: to reduce confusion, I didn't follow the show until I heard Jorah was in it, then Youtubed some clips.
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chaosapiant posted:Right, but I've seen clips of the show. He still has his accent and everything else. He looks and sounds exactly like Jorah Mormont. Well then you're right and that's stupid.
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So apparently DC will be doing some kind of partnership with All Elite Wrestling, the so-far-so-good new wrestling promotion. I don't know if they're doing an AEW comic, but that might prove challenging considering their TV show starts next week and all they have so far is four PPVs and YouTube videos of the wrestlers chilling out at hotels and airports.  Looking forward to Jericho drunkenly losing the championship belt again and having to get Batman's help in tracking it down.
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That is a very flattering rendition of noted dad-bod-haver Chris Jericho. (No shame, I'd be very happy to have his physique.) Can't wait for the show next week!
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Gavok posted:So apparently DC will be doing some kind of partnership with All Elite Wrestling, the so-far-so-good new wrestling promotion. I don't know if they're doing an AEW comic, but that might prove challenging considering their TV show starts next week and all they have so far is four PPVs and YouTube videos of the wrestlers chilling out at hotels and airports. I love how someone just decided to draw Moxley like The Goon. Or in more DC terms Bibbo, Superman's other pal. Holy poo poo why does Jericho have telekinesis? Lol he looks like a mid boss you'd encounter in an SNK game. If he's levitating anything it should be "a lil bit of the bubbleh"
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Gavok posted:So apparently DC will be doing some kind of partnership with All Elite Wrestling, the so-far-so-good new wrestling promotion. I don't know if they're doing an AEW comic, but that might prove challenging considering their TV show starts next week and all they have so far is four PPVs and YouTube videos of the wrestlers chilling out at hotels and airports. The first one's definitely Howard Porter. I'm trying to place #2. Maybe Ramon Villalobos trying extra hard not to be cartoony?
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