WadiumArcadium
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Slice and dice! I loved that Turtles game.
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COMICS! |OT| November 2016. Wilde for comics, 2 Hickman books this month.
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Slice and dice! I loved that Turtles game.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Man I've not played a turtles game is a loooong time. The platinum game wasn't very good either, was it? We had one for the sinclair when I was a kid. I adored it. When I look up screenshots now though, it looks hideous haha.
What's the deal with the tmnt universe book? Is that just totally a side thing?
Freezasaurus
Member
Turtles in Time still best turtles game.
Also, from what I understand, the story is now going to be told across both the main book and Universe. All your monies are belong to IDW.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
WHAT DID I DO. Haha. I suppose, they've been doing all these little micro series things, it'll be simpler if there's just the one consistent book that houses this stuff if it's going to exist anyway.
Freezasaurus
Member
I wasn't a big fan of most of the Micro-series. Secret History of the Foot Clan is really good, though.
I have 3 series that I plan to read again/sart and do a write up on
All of Stray bullets
TMNT plus spinoffs
Sherief of Babylon.
still gotta read thor and infamous doom so I can start last week haul.
also say what you guys want about the movies, That superman, Batman, and wonder woman statues from the movie are amazing.
All of Stray bullets
TMNT plus spinoffs
Sherief of Babylon.
still gotta read thor and infamous doom so I can start last week haul.
also say what you guys want about the movies, That superman, Batman, and wonder woman statues from the movie are amazing.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
pseudocaesar
Member
So IST have the War Of Kings Omnibus for cheap, what should I read before it for it to make sense, or is it pretty much self contained? Also, I have the Guardians Of Galaxy By Abnett And Lanning Omnibus... should I read that before or after? From what I can see the War of Kings omni contains some of the issues from the GOTG omni, is that right? So I should the GOTG omni after?
pseudocaesar
Member
Ive been keen on those for ages, but being out of print means they are absurdly expensive. Im not really keen on reading it digitally but unless they plan on reprinting Annihilation anytime soon I guess I will have to.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
LordOfLore
Banned
Freezasaurus
Member
Figure joints are my mortal enemy. Statues only m8.
Unworthy Thor is basically how he gets the Ult hammer just in time for the SHIAR WAR.
In omni form it goes:
Annihilation (Out of print)
Annihilation Conquest
War of Kings Prelude (April 2017)
War of Kings
War of Kings Aftermath (Feb 2017)
Guardians of the Galaxy by DnA is interspersed within the three War of Kings omnis. There is no proper "place" to read through the GotG omnibus.
pseudocaesar
Member
Excellent, this helps alot, thanks heaps. Bit strange that they released the War of Kings 5 months before the prelude to it though lol.
I am in love.
Coriolanus
Banned
TWD: All Out War finished. Was pretty dang good, much better handled than the conflict with the guvnah.
Kirkman did write himself into a knot at least twice, tho. The first with the herd attacking the Saviours base. It was made clear that they had no fucking idea how to get through it, and then, bam, they're right outside alexandria's gates, lobbing grenades. The second was when mulletbro and the rest of the ammo gang got stuck in the van. Hocus pocus and hey presto, we atop the sniper building now. How lardo moved the whole group? It is a mystery.
The second is a minor annoyance, but the first was quite badly done. Hrm.
Kirkman did write himself into a knot at least twice, tho. The first with the herd attacking the Saviours base. It was made clear that they had no fucking idea how to get through it, and then, bam, they're right outside alexandria's gates, lobbing grenades. The second was when mulletbro and the rest of the ammo gang got stuck in the van. Hocus pocus and hey presto, we atop the sniper building now. How lardo moved the whole group? It is a mystery.
The second is a minor annoyance, but the first was quite badly done. Hrm.
The Zdarsky video is perfect
BKatastrophe
Member
The Platinum game wasn't bad, but it was certainly their weakest game. The open world aspect was poorly utilized and ultimately led to pointless wandering until a fight occurred. The combat had some cool mechanics, but wasn't particularly deep. The music was entirely forgettable. It's the first Platinum game that I dropped out of a lack of motivation as opposed to taking a break out of frustration or intensity.
It's not bad, but it's not worth picking up for anything more than a discount. And I'm saying this as a Platinum fanboy who loves Korra. That's right, it's one of my faves.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Should have bought more boxes scrub.
Freezasaurus
Member
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Haha. I probably won't pick it up at all. It's a shame though, I think the turtles has the right premise and the character's have the right attributes to build a really nice game around.
Finished volume 3, yea, I'm finding trouble thinking of much to say that differentiates my thoughts from the last 2, but it s just a really good fun time. Nothing too surprising like some of the twists in their origins in the last 2, but with a lot of the origin work done, they were able to clear the deck and give some really exciting things with Splinter, emotionally paying off some of the character ideas they've been building. Great!
Off Topic, but in the realms of re-imaginations, I also finished watching season 4 of Bates Motel. Damn. Since it's a prequel, there's obviously certain key things you know will happen inevitably. No matter what spin they put on it, there's things that WILL happen. So it's a testament how they've build the relationships throughout the past 4 seasons where you're really rooting against that pull of destiny for specific characters to escape what is set in stone. A very compelling and ultimately very sad character study that I think has been a real success.
BKatastrophe
Member
I think it would have been better if they'd just had you played as one of the boys and had A.I. allies with online co-op replacing the A.I., then that would have been fine. Also condensing the levels as the open world is more detrimental than beneficial. Same problem with Transformers Devastation, except that had excelled on a mechanical and cosmetic level far beyond TMNT:MiM.
It is very weird but the content of that Prelude omnibus will not hurt your enjoyment at all. Looking at it is more of a primer to the primer stuff already in the War of Kings Omnibus. You already have most of the leadup stuff to the actual War of Kings event books in the main omnibus with the Kingbreaker and Emperor Vulcan stuff (Yay for X-Men in space stuff!) and Darkhawk (Yay Darkhawk!). In fact you could probably skip the Prelude Omnibus and just pick up the Aftermath Omnibus. I am not a fan of all the repetitive content in these DnA cosmic omnibuses I have to say though. It feels like alot of padding to make a $100 big book. They could have cut this stuff down to two books instead of three instead of reprinting stuff in the GoTG omnibus.
Freezasaurus
Member
Man, Wayward is a great book, and the writings on Japanese culture in the back make it even moreso. Last week's issue had a fascinating piece on Japanese love hotels.
pseudocaesar
Member
Yeah you're right. I might skip the prelude for now, i'll pick it up later though if i do a re-read.
So for now I should go off;
-Annihilation
-Annihilation Conquest
-War of Kings
-War of Kings Aftermath
Has anyone got any inkling as to whether or not Annihilation will get reprinted soon?
Haven't heard anything yet, unfortunately.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
HEY ED, WHAT WAS THAT SHIT YOU WAS SAYING BOUT CHICAGO?
echoshifting
Banned
I Hate Fairyland 9-10: Still a fun, guilty pleasure. It doesn't aspire to be anything more and that's fine.
Annnnd I'm all caught up on Iron Man
Invincible Iron Man 13-14: Really enjoyed the writing here and it's nice to spend some real time with Tony, dealing with his grief and the other personal fallout of CWII. Can't help but feel that Deodato doesn't rise to the occasion. There is a panel in 13 which I feel is probably the most important moment of the comic, where
. And there's quite a few instances of this during the (#14)
, where the art doesn't quite live up to the writing...doesn't quite sell it. All that said I did enjoy these issues a lot.
Infamous Iron DOOM #1: I had high hopes for this and it was even better than I expected. I'm a big Maleev fan...I think it's generally accepted that action is not his strong suit
. But here, it works. His depictions of Doom's powers are spectacular. Man I just loved this whole issue. The opening scene is
. Fucking
who I had assumed must have gotten lost in a drawer somewhere until this issue. Hickman wrote a great Doom, one of the all-time greatest. But Bendis is showing his strengths here...he writes a damn good Doom too.
So nice to have Maleev's wonderfully expressive faces after the last couple Deodato issues of Invincible.
Annnnd I'm all caught up on Iron Man
Invincible Iron Man 13-14: Really enjoyed the writing here and it's nice to spend some real time with Tony, dealing with his grief and the other personal fallout of CWII. Can't help but feel that Deodato doesn't rise to the occasion. There is a panel in 13 which I feel is probably the most important moment of the comic, where
Tony is looking up at MJ when she confronts him about not being at the funeral, and he's clearly supposed to look torn the fuck up, but he just looks bored
meeting and the resulting conversation
Infamous Iron DOOM #1: I had high hopes for this and it was even better than I expected. I'm a big Maleev fan...I think it's generally accepted that action is not his strong suit
which is one of the reasons he goes together so well with Bendis
hilarious and has a great "hmmmm!" moment at the end
DIABLO
So nice to have Maleev's wonderfully expressive faces after the last couple Deodato issues of Invincible.
echoshifting
Banned
That's Miss Thing and if you like her you should read Fraction's FF run (not Fantastic Four. FF). Really fun book.
Freezasaurus
Member
I'm reading Ant Man. She is lovely.
Freezasaurus
Member
Definitely check out the Fraction / Allred FF book, then. It was super-fun.
Is it a spoiler to ask of that is just a suit she wears
Freezasaurus
Member
Nah. And yes it is.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
So the original guy is back doing the essays? Good. I didn't care for the one about Ireland the issue previous.
You got a problem with Ireland m8?
YEAH IT IS!
It's funny that I recall hearing a lot of complaints about it dragging in here, IIRC, but I actually felt it probably should've been a little bit longer to flesh out the fighting better. Honestly felt like more of a skirmish than a war to me.
I've been waiting for the price to drop on that one. Like, I was really, really excited for it when I saw the IDW elements when it was first revealed alongside Platinum working it of course, so it hurts that it apparently isn't great. But once the price is right I'll definitely pick it up, and worst case scenario I'll use it for group play (no couch co-op why?!) like I do with friends when we hang out on weekends, and we can at least get some laughs out of it if it is indeed crap.
Freezasaurus
Member
Yeah, it's Zack Davisson, who wrote all of the backmatter in the hardcover.