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COMICS! |OT| January 2016. Didn't I promise? We're going home now.
- Thread starter Tyrant Rave
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WadiumArcadium
Member
I'm trying to to do this now. I have a feeling it won't be worth it.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Nope. Bloodborne was worth it. Got to see aspects of the game I wouldn't have bothered with if it wasn't there. Achievements/trophies can add value to games if the developer implements it well. Too many have this irrational hatred to any trophies
BKatastrophe
Member
Fucking Marvel. Honestly you may as well skip to Giant-Size Uncanny X-Men #1, because classic X-Men adds quite possibly nothing to anything.
It's an X-Force book, basically
Mr. Luchador
Member
Yeah, I find it really frustrating as I really want to like them but nothing really ever gets going. The odd occasion something does happen - such as Stan Lee introducing Sentinels - it's quickly forgotten for a 'monster of the week'. Although in fairness, Stan Lee did blow up all the Sentinels and Master Mold in the last issue he wrote, as well as their original creator (I think).
So...what is it
I don't get it.
I dont hate them, I think they are completely pointless is all
Comics from a universe, where slightly different decisions were made
Dudes! Watch Fringe 
Reading through Remender's Uncanny X-force and I just finished issue 24. Man, that fight scene was fantastic.
https://i.imgur.com/SPcbKv5.jpg
The ending death is so brutal! You can really feel for Kurt's pain as he reconsolidates the idea of missing his friend and killing this new monster.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Quick question for anyone following Earth 2 stuff from DC.
Is Helena Wayne
Is Helena Wayne
dead or alive atm
Last I saw she was alive in the weekly book. I don't think she's shown up in Society yet.
WadiumArcadium
Member
I probably wouldn't have finished the three different endings if not for the trophies. It's definitely not worth going for them for every game you play, but for a game I've really enjoyed I usually try to get the platinum. Bloodborne was another good example.
BKatastrophe
Member
You gonna make me re-read this. MY BACKLOG DAMN IT! I have Robin and then the JSA Omnibus Vol. 1 to read yet.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Do it!
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Welp. Finished Life is Strange. The choice was made
Loved it. #3 on GOTY list. Need to ponder more
Loved it. #3 on GOTY list. Need to ponder more
Freezasaurus
Member
It's really the presence of Mystique and Sabretooth that I'm interested in.
Also, what's the consensus on Totally Awesome Hulk? Thinking of giving that read today since #2 comes out this week.
Chloe or the town? I picked Chloe. Always Chloe.
BKatastrophe
Member
It is one of my favorites. Reading the entirety of that through Uncanny Avengers would be a fun couple of days.
I like new Sabertooth. He's Angel (vampire with a soul) now. I'm okay with that. I'm more curious as to Fantomex, because last we saw him in Spurrier's X-Force
one of his three personalities had become power hungry, insane, and then was rendered a vegetable by Hope.
Freezasaurus
Member
I read it for a while. Think I got bored and dropped it somewhere in the third or fourth story arc. It's basically the boring adventures of some eco-conscious hippies on a boat. Also Brian Wood is kind of a piece of shit. Don't buy it.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
i chose the town
Freezasaurus
Member
I think you may be a bad person.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Nope.
I connected with a lot of the town people and felt it had a nice tragic sad ending. A hero sacrifice. I couldn't be selfish and ruin everyone else. Plus I wasn't convinced the repercussions would just end with the storm. And I got a nice kiss from Chloe out of it.
I'm about 11 issues into Sandman and I wonder why I never got to reading this before. I'm really hooked. I love how Gaiman builds this mythology and leaves it just detailed enough so that you know what's going on through the art and dialogue yet there's still a lot of mystery to how everything works. I also really love how it balances being mystical and otherwordly yet still feels grounded through the physical personifications of each mystical character as well as following human characters in the real world (even though its supposed to be the DCU, which I didn't know at first). Issue 8 where
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The art is also gorgeous and it's one of the few comics I've read where I think it can only really be told to its full potential through comics. The story is just as interesting through its art than through narrations or dialogue. What sucks is I own the Absolute edition of vol. 1 so if I want to finish the story at the pace I'm going at, I'm going to have to dish out a pretty penny for the rest of them. Sorry wallet, it must be done.
I have a hard time seeing how the David Goyer/Joseph Gordon Levitt movie can take this story to its full potential, since I think many things are going to have to change for it to work or else it'll be another Watchmen deal or possibly worse.
Morpheus meets Death is my favorite so far because of how grounded it felt in the real world, being set in NY specifically, yet you're following two characters who represent the abstract
The art is also gorgeous and it's one of the few comics I've read where I think it can only really be told to its full potential through comics. The story is just as interesting through its art than through narrations or dialogue. What sucks is I own the Absolute edition of vol. 1 so if I want to finish the story at the pace I'm going at, I'm going to have to dish out a pretty penny for the rest of them. Sorry wallet, it must be done.
I have a hard time seeing how the David Goyer/Joseph Gordon Levitt movie can take this story to its full potential, since I think many things are going to have to change for it to work or else it'll be another Watchmen deal or possibly worse.
Freezasaurus
Member
I think
that you were playing in regards to how a story should end. I felt like the game was pushing you to be selfish at points, but ultimately left it up to you.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
I think
they were pushing you to both. Hell Chloe basically pushed you to do it. Chloe had a great arc and grew and it was the fitting end. And I couldn't feel happy wasting a town just to ride off with the girl. That'd catch up eventually. Now if they didn't have you interact with all the people in the town it'd be easier to chose it, but that's what makes it such a 50/50 like call
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
They along with Magneto are the main reasons I'm not interested in it.
Freezasaurus
Member
But is the interest enough to suffer that creative team?
Yes. Land did good work on the Future Imperfect mini
TetraxShards
Member
He isn't.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Is Bunn bad too? I've only read his Deadpool Secret Wars book.
Freezasaurus
Member
He's hit-or-miss.
Is Uncanny Avengers an actual sequel or is it just similar style?
crimsonspider89
Banned
Bunn's Magneto was good. Hoping his Uncanny continues that path.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Sequel. Definitely read it if you enjoyed X-Force.
BKatastrophe
Member
I guess we'll see when it drops, won't we?
Like TyrantRave said, it's a sequel, carrying most of the same themes, as well as the Apocalypse storyline. Plus, there's only one character from X-Force that carries over (Logan), so Remender gets to develop a whole new group of characters. Plus, Acuna's art is sublime
my name is ed
Banned
Its not a sports comic like Buddy Joe Hooker said but it does take place in a region with a toxic football culture. All sports references in book are 100% accurate. You might want to check out Inoue's Real or Slam Dunk
Also, it will always be a little funny to me when people mention Friday Night Lights. I've never watched it but parts of it was filmed at my high school.
Well, yes and no. Theres no submessage I planned on making by posting that page specifically. I just thought it was a good example of the book and I usually prefer posting an interiors example rather than a cover. It has been a while since I read it but it didnt seem to have a spoiler in it from what I can remember...
Thanks Dalek!
It was interesting for a bit. I'm a fan of Kristian Donaldson's work but he was only on it for three issues. Wood is pretty much a bad person so if that matters to you feel free not to buy it. The story is interesting in that it asks what happens to environmentalists after a global environmental catastrophe happens. Of course the answer is basically nothing happens and that is stretched for god knows how many issues. There are better ways of spending money.
Glad to hear you are loving it so far. It only gets better and better peaking at vol 9 IMO. The prequel, Overture, is tremendous and Endless Nights is a good addition to the mythology.
As to the show, we will get a well meaning but undercooked version of what makes Sandman so great. Should have been a slow burning HBO series. An animated one in a perfect world.
BKatastrophe
Member
Honestly my only issue is that I wish Uncanny Avengers was longer. AXIS has such a poor reputation, and the post-Axis run was just okay.
It really isn't. Completely at odds with making a cool settlement.
Bro, that's my page
some people are just too far behind on Messi continuity.
Multi omnibus collection. Shitty glue binding included.
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