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COMICS! |OT| April 2016. I Think You're Fearless
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whatsinaname
Member
Damn, Suicide Squad looks like fun. Might give it a shot in the theatre. (Even after I wasted $18 on BvS and told myself I would skip the next one).
echoshifting
Banned
Just skip JL
Don't skip SS
Yeahhhhhhh I'm checking my seat before I touch it from now on
I liked Batman V Superman enough to spend around $50 on it. I just wish the film had some levity in it is all.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I know! It's so amazing. He really does look like classic Ostrander Squad Boomer. All I need is for him to throw a pie at someone.
Tawney Bomb
Member
I just read that thread after your post. I could be happy never seeing a movie again.
TetraxShards
Member
Wait, $50? How?
I had not paid for anything at the cinema for awhile when I went to see that. 15 for everything was quite the shock to the system.
i think it's making me wait for Civil War to hit blu ray at the very least, we'll see if i cave and join the bug army for Rogue One.
I spent $14 for tickets for me and my GF opening with some friends. I then spent $30 this past Friday to see it with my mom and grandma.
Freezasaurus
Member
Just finished the third Revival hardcover. Now I just have a few singles to read and I'm all caught up. 
Tawney Bomb
Member
I already have a ticket for Civil War. Guess I'm bring my flashlight to inspect my seat.
Might just go the redbox route in the future though. I don't want to deal with a possible bedbug problem.
YAY! Just in time for the series to end this year.Just finished the third Revival hardcover. Now I just have a few singles to read and I'm all caught up.
bed bugs still probably the least annoying thing in a theater these days
Yeah, it is quite unique. But I've enjoyed it the whole way.
Yeah, it is quite unique. But I've enjoyed it the whole way.
At least they chew their food quietly.
TetraxShards
Member
I will eat my Minstrels and you'll sit there and like it.
I already have to go outside. At least let me have my food so I don't spend the movie fidgeting or something.
echoshifting
Banned
You guys are gonna have to skip out on all public places to avoid the bed bug plague
Airplanes
City Parks
Libraries
Public Transportation
Hotels
Malls
Schools
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Airplanes
City Parks
Libraries
Public Transportation
Hotels
Malls
Schools
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Poodlestrike
Banned
Clearly the solution is to just burn down EVERYTHING
echoshifting
Banned
I agree
I would be so pissed if we got bed bugs. Our bed is brand new and we dropped a ton of money on it. But I realize it's hopeless, everyone is gonna get them eventually at the rate things are going. I can't check my kid all over for bed bugs every time she comes home from school.
That said. I will be checking my theater seats with a flashlight from now on ;p
edit: why on earth is there no super villain named Bed Bug
edit2: OMG THERE IS
Jesus and his powers are fucking horrifying
Coriolanus
Banned
Man, a villain with that power in Marvel NY would be able to control... pretty much anyone that matters.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
That suicide squad trailer was so hype!
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Yeah it looks awesome.
Finished the third Runaways complete collection, which I believe should be the end of the BKV stuff, and based off recommendations is all I have. I enjoyed it pretty solidly, had some nice stuff. Definitely WAY better in the second run/book. Like, the first isn't bad, but it feels like it kind of doesn't live up to the potential of the setup and all that. Oh, and it has really weird compressed time in that by the end it's like they're established and it's a big thing and all that, but it's thrown off for me by the fact that not much actually happened and very little time had passed in story, which just feels weird with some of the beats it hits. But then the next run starts and they just have fun with it and it's great. Only "issue" is that it just kind of feels like it stops rather than having an ending, but oh well.
Oh, and Nico has got to be one of the most potentially frustrating characters to write in a shared universe in terms of powers. Like, it works perfectly fine in a single run, a challenge of "what spells haven't I used" for the author. But, like, I'm sitting here wondering if Marvel has a master file kept on every time she used a spell, as that seems like the only way to do it. I mean, sure, you could get away with ignoring the "research" and accidentally do a spell right, but that's kind of against the whole gimmick of the character. Also weird that in theory she just gets harder and harder to write, to the degree that I'd imagine she'd be straight up unusable by now had she been enough of a breakout character to pop up all over the place...
Oh, and Nico has got to be one of the most potentially frustrating characters to write in a shared universe in terms of powers. Like, it works perfectly fine in a single run, a challenge of "what spells haven't I used" for the author. But, like, I'm sitting here wondering if Marvel has a master file kept on every time she used a spell, as that seems like the only way to do it. I mean, sure, you could get away with ignoring the "research" and accidentally do a spell right, but that's kind of against the whole gimmick of the character. Also weird that in theory she just gets harder and harder to write, to the degree that I'd imagine she'd be straight up unusable by now had she been enough of a breakout character to pop up all over the place...
Freezasaurus
Member
Revival #38 DONE.
Reread and caught up completely in 24 hours.
Reread and caught up completely in 24 hours.
Future Foundation
Member
Jai Courtney's been on point from the jump. That first group picture of all of them, he looked like such a gross fucker - it was perfect.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Ok, ok, fine. Suicide Squad looks like it'll be fun. Probably.
Freezasaurus
Member
It does look really fun based on trailers. Unless you don't like fun.
Poodlestrike
Banned
The original 06 run is the only one you need.
Congrats on never learning from your mistakes.
Freezasaurus
Member
Reading comics?
It was bad enough you read comics once....but twice!?!!!!!!!
I still have too many things to read once, but i'd like to give Immortal Iron Fist, Y the Last Man, and Umbrella Academy a reread in the near future....
Is it all collected?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Not in one thing, sadly. And some of it's out of print :/ But you can find the TPBs or pick it up on Comixology easy enough.
BKatastrophe
Member
Black Panther #1
Hooooooooooooooooly shit. This some goodass comics right here. Really intrigued by the political angle of the book. Weird that I didn't expect it to go that way, given the way the book was pushed by Coates, but I'm all in.
Bloodlines #1
Midnighter #11
This book never ceases to stop pleasing me. Everyone in here is so OP it's ridiculous and I love it.
Harley Quinn and the Suicide Squad April Fool's Special
Well...damn...that's rough...shit...
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers #2
Hooooooooooooooooly shit. This some goodass comics right here. Really intrigued by the political angle of the book. Weird that I didn't expect it to go that way, given the way the book was pushed by Coates, but I'm all in.
Bloodlines #1
Midnighter #11
This book never ceases to stop pleasing me. Everyone in here is so OP it's ridiculous and I love it.
Harley Quinn and the Suicide Squad April Fool's Special
Well...damn...that's rough...shit...
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers #2
That was interesting. Thanks for posting.
echoshifting
Banned
I actually think the Staff of One is such a friend to both the writer and the artist that it is the main reason Nico has been a popular character in post-Runaways books and why I think she will remain one for a very long time. It is a weapon that can do literally anything, making it one of the most powerful in the Marvel Universe, but you can only cast each spell once. That doesn't mean it can't perform the same function more than once, just that you have to think of a different way to say it and a different way to portray it than what's come before. So, as a writer, you get to play with this ultimate device with this very clever restriction that also gives you and your art team the chance to show off creatively within the bounds of whatever book Nico is a part of. It also is totally overpowered when you need it to be but it never feels overpowered, because the reader knows Nico shouldn't "waste" her most powerful spells in situations where they are not needed. She always has to use just enough magic to overcome the odds or do whatever the group requires.
I'm sure Marvel has a master list of Nico's spells and hopefully it is searchable by many different parameters. I just think it would be so cool to write. It was a gift from BKV to the MU.
That new Suicide Squad trailer is awesome. So many GIFs. It's damned well cut too (Sony pls).
I've been at a stag weekend so not much reading requiring brainpower, but I had the digital versions of Morrison's run on Action Comics and then Seven Soldiers to read. They're still both great.
I've been at a stag weekend so not much reading requiring brainpower, but I had the digital versions of Morrison's run on Action Comics and then Seven Soldiers to read. They're still both great.
jessica jones is great for the first half then meh until the last episode
whatsinaname
Member
Tried reading the Trillium trade yesterday night and got about 3 issues in. Either the three Roman Holidays I had at dinner got to me or I am too dumb to understand what's going on.
RepairmanJack
Member
Wicked + Divine 12-17
I think I hate Wicked + Divine. It's just a mixed bag of emotions! I go from being confused to caring about a character I've never even seen before to thinking I hate a character but actually liking them to only be confused as shit by them by the end of the issue(talking about you re-re-remix!) then left with a cliffhanger that confused the fuck out of me even more.
I hate you Wicked + Divine.
Edit: Anyone have a suggestion for a good horror series to get into? Preferably more story driven horror if possible.
I think I hate Wicked + Divine. It's just a mixed bag of emotions! I go from being confused to caring about a character I've never even seen before to thinking I hate a character but actually liking them to only be confused as shit by them by the end of the issue(talking about you re-re-remix!) then left with a cliffhanger that confused the fuck out of me even more.
I hate you Wicked + Divine.
Edit: Anyone have a suggestion for a good horror series to get into? Preferably more story driven horror if possible.
American vampire
Outcast(already has a show coming out, by kirkman"
Wythes
And then there is a popular one about an astronaut being possessed in space I believe. Can't recall the name
RepairmanJack
Member
Thanks, yeah I think I saw a thread about the astronaut one in OT.
Now on to #18 for more confusion.
I hate to say it, but: welcome to the human experience? People are weird and dumb and sometimes cool.