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Random Stranger posted:Nope. The reason he started this was a run of terrible adaptations of his work like the film From Hell. After that and LXG (let us not call it by the comic's title) in particular where a producer talked up how much Moore loved the movie, Moore started demanding his name not be used on things. At first Moore didn't give a poo poo about terrible adaptations of his work, it was a free royalty check, and he probably didn't give a gently caress about LXG except he ended up getting involved in a lawsuit over it that was specifically about poo poo they changed from his comic being stolen from another writer (Tom Sawyer being in the movie). It was a frivolous lawsuit from an insane woman who also claims the scripts for Terminator and The Matrix were stolen from her, but he had to hire a lawyer because of it and that's what caused him to completely disavow any adaptation of his work. He specifically requested his name not be attached to the Zach Snyder Watchman film in any way whatsoever, and gave his royalties to Dave Gibbons, so I don't know if they asked him or not about other Watchman spin-offs, or just continued to do that , but I'm sure he doesn't mind his name not being in the comic. That's honestly probably why it's Frank Miller and not Alan Moore in the comic.
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How could someone steal the script of the Terminator from her when it was stolen from Harlan Ellison
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Ghostlight posted:How could someone steal the script of the Terminator from her when it was stolen from Harlan Ellison Every Hollywood film (and a lot of other media, but it always happens with movies) gets someone coming out of the woodwork to sue the studio for "stealing" their idea. It has happened, but ideas are cheap and easy. "What if I put a bunch of public domain characters together as action heroes!" wasn't an new idea when Moore created the League. The thing is, for anything that might have even the slightest bit of traction, studios find it way easier to say, "Okay, you had something similar. How about we give you ten thousand dollars and you go away," than to fight it.
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Glob in the centre panel just reassessing the whole situation. "Oh my gosh, Mr Shaw is hurt- oh, Ms Pryde is the one who hurt him... maybe he did something bad?"
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Apr 15, 2021 01:43
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Marauders 16 was so loving cathartic.
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Gaz-L posted:Glob in the centre panel just reassessing the whole situation. "Oh my gosh, Mr Shaw is hurt- oh, Ms Pryde is the one who hurt him... maybe he did something bad?" "I ain't loving with her, she's scary."
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Darthemed posted:
Who is that? I’m inclined to say Ben Reilly buy he’s not blond
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thetoughestbean posted:Who is that? I’m inclined to say Ben Reilly buy he’s not blond
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Darthemed posted:It's a blond Ben Reilly. Not sure if there's an explanation in an issue somewhere before this miniseries as to his hair color change. Blondes have more fun.
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Darthemed posted:It's a blond Ben Reilly. Not sure if there's an explanation in an issue somewhere before this miniseries as to his hair color change. He's from an alternate world, that's all you really need.
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Apr 15, 2021 17:07
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Original Ben was blonde, he dyed his hair when he made the costume. What are you guys talking about?
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Rhyno posted:Original Ben was blonde, he dyed his hair when he made the costume. What are you guys talking about? Now my spider man knowledge might not be up to date but isn’t he a clone of Peter Parker, a brunette
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thetoughestbean posted:Now my spider man knowledge might not be up to date but isn’t he a clone of Peter Parker, a brunette He got all the recessive genes 
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Relatable content from Iron Man #8. Somewhat less relatable, from Batman: The Detective #1. 
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Apr 15, 2021 19:44
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is that midnighter in a batsuit
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Chinston Wurchill posted:
looks like rockabilly batman. 
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thetoughestbean posted:Now my spider man knowledge might not be up to date but isn’t he a clone of Peter Parker, a brunette I said right there that he dyed his hair. As Spider-Man Ben was blonde.
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Is the confusion here that while Ben did his hair, these panels seem like he's a clone who has yet to escape a clone facility so he should still have Pete's brown hair?
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Apr 15, 2021 20:28
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Bucnasti posted:looks like rockabilly batman. Are the bat ears made of his hair? If not why not?
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Lobok posted:Is the confusion here that while Ben did his hair, these panels seem like he's a clone who has yet to escape a clone facility so he should still have Pete's brown hair? It's the other way around actually, he and Ultimate Jessica Drew are sneaking into a cloning facility.
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Probably not as funny as it is in my head Asbestos Lady, she won't kill you right away but in a few years, oh buddy...
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Hey when it's the late forties and you've already had your fire guy fight a water guy you only have so many obvious options left.
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bessantj posted:Probably not as funny as it is in my head If that's from the storyline I'm thinking of (it might not be!), it was printed around the time asbestos bans and limitations on its manufacture were becoming a major talking point, after like sixty years of scientists knowing it was immensely carcinogenic but the industry successfully lobbying against regulation. So in that way it might be kind of analogous to supervillains themed around, like, hazardous nuclear waste that became en vogue when radioactive waste disposal was an issue in the spotlight.
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Lol, actually, on looking it up, Asbestos Lady was not invented for that flashback but is in fact an original WW2 era Human Torch villain, because of asbestos' flame-retardant properties. That's actually really funny.
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yeah, that actually makes a lot of sense. who else is going to fight sets-you-on-fire-man?
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Android Blues posted:Lol, actually, on looking it up, Asbestos Lady was not invented for that flashback but is in fact an original WW2 era Human Torch villain, because of asbestos' flame-retardant properties. That's actually really funny. Haha I was going to guess that actually.
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Is that Brick Frog from the Venture Bros?
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bessantj posted:Probably not as funny as it is in my head "Oh, and Namor was there too, but he's an rear end in a top hat."
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Zaodai posted:Is that Brick Frog from the Venture Bros? Haha that's Frog-Man!
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That's Frog-Man
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Asbestos Lady is possibly best known for giving us this classic panel: 
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Android Blues posted:If that's from the storyline I'm thinking of (it might not be!), it was printed around the time asbestos bans and limitations on its manufacture were becoming a major talking point, after like sixty years of scientists knowing it was immensely carcinogenic but the industry successfully lobbying against regulation. So in that way it might be kind of analogous to supervillains themed around, like, hazardous nuclear waste that became en vogue when radioactive waste disposal was an issue in the spotlight. I was thinking of this exact thing recently. Like the cocaine villain from the 80s. Have any new villains been created recently based on current cultural ills? Like is there a social media villain out there?
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In the third Batman: Arkham Asylum game (the bad one, I don't remember what it's called), there was a collectivist anarchist villain who really seemed to leverage that schtick. I vaguely recall him being called like Vox Populi or something? Edit: I looked things up. It was Arkham Origins, and the guy's name is Anarky, who evidently appeared in Detective Comics 608. For what that's worth Double edit: he's from the late 80s I guess, but goddamn if he didn't give me real flashmob social media organizing vibes in the game mercenarynuker fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Apr 16, 2021 |
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Bucnasti posted:I was thinking of this exact thing recently. Like the cocaine villain from the 80s. Have any new villains been created recently based on current cultural ills? Like is there a social media villain out there? Most social media companies are run by the worst scum of the earth and are very villainous.
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mercenarynuker posted:In the third Batman: Arkham Asylum game (the bad one, I don't remember what it's called), there was a collectivist anarchist villain who really seemed to leverage that schtick. I vaguely recall him being called like Vox Populi or something? Anarchy has actually been around in comics since 1989, so he’s not a quick grab at the zeitgeist. I’m trying to remember the name of the absolute dogshit team of “woke” villains that Sam Wilson fought as Captain America but all I can remember is one of them throwing a grenade while shouting about trigger warnings.
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Bucnasti posted:I was thinking of this exact thing recently. Like the cocaine villain from the 80s. Have any new villains been created recently based on current cultural ills? Like is there a social media villain out there? 
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