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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 15, 2013 21:38:50 GMT -5
It's said that he's been active for 10 years but only became public for 5 of them. 4 Robins in 10 years still seems excessive. Well.....5 Robins potentially. I'm not sure if Stephanie Brown exists in this continuity. Plus Jason Todd is Red Hood (As in the old Continuity) but I don't think that Joker did what fan's wanted to but couldn't (Beat the little s*** with a Crowbar) he did. Jason still died. they just left out the retcon punch nonsense in favor of Talia bringing him back with a Lazarus Pit. just as an aside, as it turns out a vast majority of people didn't want Jason to die, the problem was they were mostly children and couldn't afford the expensive phonecall to save him. and there are several people who came forward saying they voted several times. the actual difference between "kill him" and "don't kill him" votes was pretty small.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2013 22:59:35 GMT -5
I'm old, so I will put off reading digital comics as long as I can XD And I actually think of Bru as 'guy who wrote a pretty good Catwoman guy' lol Classic JD - made the jump to digital porn with no problem, but digital comics....meh. haha, well these are digital-only comics from Monkeybrain so there's no paper option at all for'em.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2013 8:02:20 GMT -5
I'm old, so I will put off reading digital comics as long as I can XD And I actually think of Bru as 'guy who wrote a pretty good Catwoman guy' lol I think of him as the "guy who brought Bucky Barnes back". He used to be "guy who co-wrote that awesome GCPD series" to me, until I sat down and read the 1st Cap Winter Soldier arc.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 16, 2013 12:55:29 GMT -5
So I read in the diversity in comics thread that there was a new Green Lantern. Looked him up.
What. The. f*** all f***?
Seriously he's an Arab-American and his Lantern mask is a stylized Balaclava?!
Really?
REALLY?!
Come on DC!
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Post by Legion on Jan 16, 2013 15:18:56 GMT -5
She doesn't(Well not yet anyway) and Joker did do all that. Jason has died and come back. Dunno how cause all the crisis s*** never happened. He was dug up by Talia and put in a Lazerus pit Nu52, we play even more fast and loose with crap than before! Mainly because we have no idea what counts any more ourselves!
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Post by Jiren on Jan 16, 2013 18:54:03 GMT -5
He was dug up by Talia and put in a Lazerus pit Nu52, we play even more fast and loose with crap than before! Mainly because we have no idea what counts any more ourselves! It's better than Retcon Punch Still the whole Talia & the Lazerus pit stuff was used before Flashpoint, The only difference is in NU52 she dug him up instead of Retcon Punch just merely waking him up.
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Post by Jiren on Jan 16, 2013 19:03:34 GMT -5
So I read in the diversity in comics thread that there was a new Green Lantern. Looked him up. What. The. f*** all f***? Seriously he's an Arab-American and his Lantern mask is a stylized Balaclava?! Really? REALLY?! Come on DC! It's actualy not that bad, His mask serves a purpose as he's being hunted down
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 16, 2013 19:10:12 GMT -5
So I read in the diversity in comics thread that there was a new Green Lantern. Looked him up. What. The. f*** all f***? Seriously he's an Arab-American and his Lantern mask is a stylized Balaclava?! Really? REALLY?! Come on DC! It's actualy not that bad, His mask serves a purpose as he's being hunted down I get that, but still a Balaclava on a person of Arab descent? Did they really not think that through? They could've given him a helmet type mask or an elaborate visor, you know like Kyle's awesome mask. Not saying he needed to go bare faced like Stewart or Gardner, just, you know something that doesn't bring up unfortunate stereotypes of his ancestry.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 16, 2013 19:11:32 GMT -5
Eh Johns is Lebanese himself and created the character, so he must not think it's too bad.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 16, 2013 19:16:45 GMT -5
Eh Johns is Lebanese himself and created the character, so he must not think it's too bad. But then again supposedly, from what I've read looking into this guy, Johns gave a good reason to give this character sympathy only to turn around and set the character up as a possible terrorist, soooo, maybe it was intentional?
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Jan 16, 2013 19:43:00 GMT -5
Dude's name is getting cleared and he's going to be on The Justice League. He'll be alright.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 16, 2013 22:20:37 GMT -5
Also I've been watching Ultimate Spider-Man on Netflix, and......well it is decent..... Just wish the show would be a bit more serious. I know Spidey cracks jokes but watching this show there are so many jokes thrown around it is as if Spider-Man traded minds with Deadpool. Also for the life of me I don't get why they made Luke Cage a teenager. He freaking got his powers from being in jail! I'm only 5 episodes in and so far the only real highlights for me are Mary Jane(who for some reason is gung ho about being a journalist instead of an actress) and White Tiger( rawr ).
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jan 16, 2013 22:48:26 GMT -5
It's like they amplified Spider-Man's most well-known trait (the snarking) to an unbearable level. But in fairness, the action sequences are some of the best I've seen on any superhero show. Plus, Phil Coulson from the Marvel Studios films is on the show, and he's played by the same guy who plays him in said films.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Jan 16, 2013 22:51:50 GMT -5
I couldn't get through the first episode.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 16, 2013 22:54:24 GMT -5
It's like they amplified Spider-Man's most well-known trait (the snarking) to an unbearable level. But in fairness, the action sequences are some of the best I've seen on any superhero show. Plus, Phil Coulson from the Marvel Studios films is on the show, and he's played by the same guy who plays him in said films. Ditto for J. Jonah Jameson. Which is another shame. 5 episodes in and they've been absolutely wasting J. K. Simmons as JJJ. Earth's Mightiest Heroes only had Simmons as JJJ for the first part of their dedicated Spidey episode and even then they used him better than this show, a freaking dedicated Spider-Man show, has.
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Post by Talent Name on Jan 16, 2013 23:57:16 GMT -5
I loved Ultimate Spider Man just for the wise cracks, it did stick to the comic somewhat as well. I can't wait for season two this Monday. That one and the Avengers Earth's Mightiest heroes are two of my favorite current cartoons.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2013 7:58:16 GMT -5
So I read in the diversity in comics thread that there was a new Green Lantern. Looked him up. What. The. f*** all f***? Seriously he's an Arab-American and his Lantern mask is a stylized Balaclava?! Really? REALLY?! Come on DC! It's actualy not that bad, His mask serves a purpose as he's being hunted down Also, he's panicking and not necessarily in full control of the ring. He should be glad the ring didn't give him a clown face for a mask.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 17, 2013 9:04:31 GMT -5
I couldn't get through the first episode. me neither. I actually found the cutaway gags somewhat funny, but the show itself just doesn't work. Spider-man has none of the likeability he should, coming off as some ADD-addled sociopath. and Jeph Loeb's Son Nova is a huge jerk. plus apparently this is supposed to be set in the same universe as Avengers, but Luke Cage and Iron Fist aren't kids on that show. plus Paul Dini said it was the most miserable experience he's ever had writing and Jeph Loeb is unbearable to work for (I guess Loeb follows the John peters mold of failing upwards. must pay to be best friends with Joe Quesadilla). that's not a good sign.
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Post by Legion on Jan 17, 2013 15:27:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I cannot stand the USM show.
It's just too kiddy for me.
Avengers: EMH was brilliant tho, cannot believe they let Loeb cancel that for a soft reboot and more of his ersatz son appearing.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 17, 2013 16:47:06 GMT -5
So I swung by the comic shop today and grabbed the New 52 WW TPB. I also grabbed Superman: Red Son(heard great things about this book), issues #2 and 3 of the new Deadpool series(hearing your praises of it made me take the dive. Shame my store didn't have the first issue), as well as the first two issues of the New 52 Ame-Comi Girls series. What? I collect the Ame-Comi figures and I always had that one cheesecake series when I was an active reader.
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