Freezasaurus
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Call in sick and read Stray Bullets all day.
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COMICS! |OT| June 2015. Alright fanboys, it's time to pick a side once and for all.
- Thread starter Spike Spiegel
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Call in sick and read Stray Bullets all day.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Oh, man. It would be so funny to see them go flying out from in front of you the whole time.
Freezasaurus
Member
Eh, I like Ivy's new hairstyle. So much so that I may bite when the inevitable DCC statue is solicited.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
The New 52 suit looks great in the game. The JL3000 one is pretty great too, but I feel like it's a little too goofy for a first playthrough.
not gonna lie my dude, I fuck with anime on occasion
I think I'm gonna change my avatar soon even if mine looks waay better than that dude's tho
also ps: whatever value the term SJW once had disappeared when it was co-opted by reactionaries who apply it to anyone whose politics even hint at the fact that the world we live in is in many ways unjust and unfair to specific groups of people and has been since forever. use it if you want but I'm gonna lump you in with the rest of chumps if you do
Serpentine
Banned
noooooooo
Tyrant Rave
Banned
my boy
So we're no longer using "bible basher" and similar terms because those can be used by some atheists who happen to be assholes? Good to know. Seriously though, just leave it, not everyone who uses the term spends their days browsing reddit and posting threats on twitter.
GrandHarrier
Member
Guys I stayed up way too late playing Batman.
Way too late...
Gonna be a long Knight at work.
Way too late...
Gonna be a long Knight at work.
The "SJW" term was created by idiots and has 99% been used by complete idiots, so you're welcome to use it and know you're branded one by people reading your posts. It's base anti-liberal lingo.
GrandHarrier
Member
We're mourning the passing of the age of anime and welcoming the age of comics.
BKatastrophe
Member
Finished Origin of the Inhumans.
Black Bolt's REAL power is levitation, but he was genetically engineered to manipulate electrons (which got tied to his vocal cords, causing his scream) and also an enhanced fighting instinct.
Well shit.
On another note, and I'm not sure if it's controversial or not, but I don't like Stan Lee's writing. I know this is obviously years past a time where this would be relevant, but I finally have an honest opinion on it. It feels like he doesn't trust the artist to convey the proper image, so he needs to narrate EVERYTHING while it's happening. On top of that, he performs about 98% of all narration and exposition through character dialogue, so it just ends up being a wordy speech-bubble mess on every page. It's not enjoyable to read.
Finally, started on the second volume of Dixon's Nightwing, entitled Rough Justice. Fucking great. Love it. And the art being so bright and colorful somehow...works. Really enjoying that book so far.
Black Bolt's REAL power is levitation, but he was genetically engineered to manipulate electrons (which got tied to his vocal cords, causing his scream) and also an enhanced fighting instinct.
Well shit.
On another note, and I'm not sure if it's controversial or not, but I don't like Stan Lee's writing. I know this is obviously years past a time where this would be relevant, but I finally have an honest opinion on it. It feels like he doesn't trust the artist to convey the proper image, so he needs to narrate EVERYTHING while it's happening. On top of that, he performs about 98% of all narration and exposition through character dialogue, so it just ends up being a wordy speech-bubble mess on every page. It's not enjoyable to read.
Finally, started on the second volume of Dixon's Nightwing, entitled Rough Justice. Fucking great. Love it. And the art being so bright and colorful somehow...works. Really enjoying that book so far.
WadiumArcadium
Member
That's '60s comics in a nutshell isn't it? I haven't read that much stuff from that era but it all seems pretty similar in that regard. Lee's writing has got a charm to it but it's obviously dated.
GrandHarrier
Member
Yeah I think it's just the style for the era. Going through the old Legion archives I've noticed it a bunch. You just learn to accept it as part of the charm.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Sounds like late 90's to early 00's Claremont.
That's 60's comics across the board. It's also 90's X-Men come to think of it.
Yeah, that's really daft. Especially since Inhumans powers aren't entirely random, so a man who would be king feeling that he was silenced from being himself and becoming literally so because of his subconscious fears was a nice character angle.
BKatastrophe
Member
Right, and I know that. I read Essential Uncanny X-Men and Essential Mighty Avengers back in the day. It's how I can appreciate dialogue now. Granted, you get used to it, but something about this felt different. I dunno. It's been a long-ass time since I read 60's anything. Like, the back half of By Right of Birth was most definitely 60's, but it didn't feel the same as this. Didn't feel so overcrowded.
I know right? Still, it explains why he can fly in the first place, though I just assumed it was something akin to Falcon.
Though, according to the origins and By Right of Birth, some Inhumans are special cases. The first Inhuman had energy blasts. Karnak, despite not being exposed to the mists, developed his ability prematurely.
So it's possible Black Bolt is just a special case.
I guess origin stories and prequels going back and overexplaining things, therefore shitting up what made a character allegorically interesting in the first place is nothing new.
But it is weird that that stuff still gets commissioned from pitches. I'm really okay with never seeing any "past secrets!" stories about long established characters any more ever. Give them new secrets.
I don't think Blackbolt being that way via genetic engineering is much different from him getting it from the mists, which itself is genetic engineering. Especially considering he was given his voice in vitro. He was all but essentially made that way and forced to deal with the consequences of it when they weren't the faults of his own.
And yeah, that type of writing really gets to me, especially claremount. I love New mutants, but fuck can claremount word spiel. Magik's origin was especially jarring due to that style.
And yeah, that type of writing really gets to me, especially claremount. I love New mutants, but fuck can claremount word spiel. Magik's origin was especially jarring due to that style.
Shin Johnpv
Member
UGH I know the feeling dude. I went through this 2 years ago. You have my sympathies and condolences. It's just the fucking worst. : ( I hope they've caught it early and your pup is going to be ok, keeping everything I can cross, crossed for them.
I just caught up with more of the thread and read she's only 2.5 fuck dude, I'm so sorry.
GrandHarrier
Member
Shin please get excited for Batgirl with me.
Shin Johnpv
Member
It really does. The game goes from like an 8 or 9 to a 5 when ever you enter the Batmobile. Rocksteady jumped the shark with a Burnout style tank with this one.
I think with the mists the point is that it kinda is your own fault, on some level. That's actually the only interesting thing about the Inhumans.
Magik is a good example, but to be honest it's a Marvel disease - see Ultimate Tony's body brain, Nightcrawler's... everything, the Spider-totem shit (& Sins Past...), etc etc These characters already have perfectly good origin stories, that's why they're popular. Have them do new interesting things that pay off in the long game.
ThyMusicMan
Member
I approve of this message
I don't want to say it is bad,, just not doing enough to keep me on it.
Also its not really fair,, pretty much no mater what its not going to live up to Fractions Hawkguy.
Yes, this is one of the artist on my "auto buy list" lol
And dammmnn,, I didn't even think about how great a Del Mundo OHC would be....
Sorry to hear man,, I grew up with a Doberman for 16/17 years when I was younger,, she had a tumor removed from her back (when she was 15 or so), and wasn't the same after that, and my mom was especially devastated when we had to say goodbye. I think she was off work for like 2 weeks after that:/
My wife and I were just talking about how we want a dog,, but its hard for me to really commit because the fear of being heart broken
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Also,, lighter note, don't think I can wait till Friday for Batman, will most likely go pick it up today
))Freezasaurus
Member
Hey, remember the Iron Man anime?
Shin Johnpv
Member
Batgirl Arkham DLC or Batgirl comic? DLC I totally will. I can not WAIT to play as Barbara kicking ass. Though I hope its longer than the Harley and Red Hood DLCs which seem to be like 10 - 15 minutes each.
Give me like a solid 2 - 4 hours as Barbara.
Freezasaurus
Member
They need to if they ever want to justify a $40 season pass lolololololol.
Shin Johnpv
Member
You're going to be able to get the stuff from the season pass outside of the season pass right?
It looks like the season pass is going to be a lot of costumes and I don't give a fuck about that, or challenge maps. Just give me that Batgirl DLC.
Also LOLOLOLOLOLOL at $40 season pass, fucking aye WB.
ThyMusicMan
Member
Lol
my name is ed
Banned
Hmmm. Has Stan Lee's agent and the Charlotte Observer gone too far?
Yes
Fucking lol
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/article24962776.html
Yes
Fucking lol
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/article24962776.html
Freezasaurus
Member
Of course. They'd lose a ton of money on it if you could only buy the bundle.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
They shove it down your throat at first because it's the new hotness, but once you get a bunch of gadgets for it, it's amazing.
Stan's yet to encounter a character he didn't want to take credit for
whatsinaname
Member
Thor #604-#624: That was pretty decent. I especially enjoyed Gillen's dialogue. The problem with it was the narrative flow. Either Gillen went with a style where he depicts sequences that happened right after Major Events (like in No Country For Old Men) or some event fucked everything up. (I have a feeling it is the latter).
At least it gave me some background going into
JIM #622-#623: This feels a lot more structured. And reading this after Thor, I can see why everyone hates Loki and these first two issues seem to be setting things up nicely.
Even though I am trying really hard to forget having read Johns' Green Lantern, I think there was something about a paycheck getting docked or some fine to be paid.
At least it gave me some background going into
JIM #622-#623: This feels a lot more structured. And reading this after Thor, I can see why everyone hates Loki and these first two issues seem to be setting things up nicely.
Even though I am trying really hard to forget having read Johns' Green Lantern, I think there was something about a paycheck getting docked or some fine to be paid.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I love when mainstream media sources act like having a *gasp* woman character in comics is this new, amazing thing. "Finally, comics have a character women can champion." Same thing happened a couple years back when they realized that Marvel had a gay character. Then again with Batwoman in DC.
GrandHarrier
Member
Spoil me. I don't get it until later.
Tizoc
Member
I wouldn't know, the game runs like ass for me :V
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
PC version?