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  • Edith UpwardsEdith Upwards Registered User regular
    Antimatter wrote: »
    i wouldn't mind seeing classic style superman and batman stories where they fought crime the way they used to

    superman for the common man and batman against the mob

    Even rephrased that would be a tough sell.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Aw man

    apparently the original New 52 pitch for Green Arrow was by an unannounced, but supposedly prominent, writer that cast Ollie as a dude who was fed up with all of the supervillains and bullshit in Star City so he tackles crime the only way he knows how: with a bow and arrow. Presumably he was either a sport archer or kept the shipwrecked story.

    instead we got JT Krul writing Ollie Queen as NOTSteve Jobs, making qPads and qPhones and going up against the "Jersey Shore of supervillains".

    Yes that is an actual quote from the solicit.

    Fuckin' DC.

    I'm not shocked at this point. Waiting for John Constantine to become a 15 year old who finds a wizard school has prevented such emotions

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    They also changed up the Speed Force in a way I really like

    basically it is no longer this nebulous thing that powers all Speedsters and is also Speedster Heaven or whatever the fuck it was

    it is basically the realm of time and the timeline of Earth

    Flash is, essentially, its antibody

    It powers him and grants him superspeed and he protects Earth and makes sure everything is going alright

    He also serves as a generator for it, so everytime he runs he keeps the Speed Force going. He's basically a renewable energy source for it.

    Just localized to Earth?

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    They also changed up the Speed Force in a way I really like

    basically it is no longer this nebulous thing that powers all Speedsters and is also Speedster Heaven or whatever the fuck it was

    it is basically the realm of time and the timeline of Earth

    Flash is, essentially, its antibody

    It powers him and grants him superspeed and he protects Earth and makes sure everything is going alright

    He also serves as a generator for it, so everytime he runs he keeps the Speed Force going. He's basically a renewable energy source for it.

    Just localized to Earth?

    well it is the best planet

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  • Crimson KingCrimson King Registered User regular
    Erich Zahn wrote: »
    Antimatter wrote: »
    i wouldn't mind seeing classic style superman and batman stories where they fought crime the way they used to

    superman for the common man and batman against the mob

    Even rephrased that would be a tough sell.

    action comics was supposed to be this and then it turned into obama superman vs. capitalism superman and various species of timefuckery

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Its a sad fact that mobsters don't sell as well as supervillians.

    There's a reason the new Batman adventures forgot who Rupert Thorne and Roland Dagget were.

    I would love the mob in Gotham to have an insane resurgence because Arkham keeps the police and Batman so busy.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    why doesn't the mob just shoot Joker

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  • Edith UpwardsEdith Upwards Registered User regular
    edited June 2012
    "Sunovabitch has more doubles than Castro!"

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  • Edith UpwardsEdith Upwards Registered User regular
    edited June 2012
    I suddenly feel like we could write better comics herenow than DC.

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  • Crimson KingCrimson King Registered User regular
    the secret is to give the mob as much personality as the more colourful villains

    just because they're sane doesn't mean they have to be boring

    and a sane opponent might be able to challenge batman in ways he's not used to. he's so used to solving riddles and escaping elaborate deathtraps that dealing with mundane corruption might throw him off

  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Ha anybody read the comic series Locke and Key?

    My girlfriend bought the first collection and gave it to me when she finished. I liked it alright. The writer does a good thing of depicting the mental state of people who have been through a traumatic event.

    Though I'm not really sure where the story is headed. Though it isn't hard to guess there will be Lovecraftian stuff.

    Yeah, Locke and Key is really good. It is a bit of a slow boil series, overall, but it conistently manages to get crazier and crazier as it goes on. Without ever seeming like it has gone off the rails, either. Just a slow march of fracturing horror.

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    I'm pretty enamored with alcohol box Tony

  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    Ha anybody read the comic series Locke and Key?

    My girlfriend bought the first collection and gave it to me when she finished. I liked it alright. The writer does a good thing of depicting the mental state of people who have been through a traumatic event.

    Though I'm not really sure where the story is headed. Though it isn't hard to guess there will be Lovecraftian stuff.

    It gets so much better. Keep reading. The fifth (out of six) volume just finished up in singles so the hardcover should be out in July or so

  • LegbaLegba He did. Registered User regular
    Straightzi wrote: »
    I'm pretty enamored with alcohol box Tony

    Don't you mean... "enarmoured"?

  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    hey keith
    how you doing

  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    why doesn't the mob just shoot Joker

    "I'm seein' double here! Four Jokers!"

  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    what if the mob is intentionally creating supervillains to keep Batman and the cops busy

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    It's been done.

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    what if the mob is intentionally creating supervillains to keep Batman and the cops busy

    This is the plot of SpecSpidey.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    So in the Spider-Man episode of EMH, Drake Bell voices Peter Parker like in USM. He's 17 and looks just like Bagley/Immonen Peter so it makes sense.

    But

    according to Josh Keaton's Twitter, he recorded all of Spidey's lines for EMH, which they then cut out and replaced with Bell's without telling him.

    FUCKING LOEB WHY

    KEATON IS THE BEST SPIDER-MAN

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    So in the Spider-Man episode of EMH, Drake Bell voices Peter Parker like in USM. He's 17 and looks just like Bagley/Immonen Peter so it makes sense.

    But

    according to Josh Keaton's Twitter, he recorded all of Spidey's lines for EMH, which they then cut out and replaced with Bell's without telling him.

    FUCKING LOEB WHY

    KEATON IS THE BEST SPIDER-MAN

    This is

    upsetting.

    Josh Keaton is a rad dude who just loves Spider-Man.

  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    They also changed up the Speed Force in a way I really like

    basically it is no longer this nebulous thing that powers all Speedsters and is also Speedster Heaven or whatever the fuck it was

    it is basically the realm of time and the timeline of Earth

    Flash is, essentially, its antibody

    It powers him and grants him superspeed and he protects Earth and makes sure everything is going alright

    He also serves as a generator for it, so everytime he runs he keeps the Speed Force going. He's basically a renewable energy source for it.

    Just localized to Earth?

    Aurora Borealis? At this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely in your kitchen?

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Yeah.

    That and while Bell isn't bad, Keaton is seriously how I read Spider-Man's voice after Spectacular Spider-Man and MvC.

    He is just perfect at it.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    Oh give Loeb a break, you try doing his job so efficiently

    (His job is being a supervillain and eliminating all joy)

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Yeah.

    That and while Bell isn't bad, Keaton is seriously how I read Spider-Man's voice after Spectacular Spider-Man and MvC.

    He is just perfect at it.

    SpecSpidey is how I picture every Spider-Man character now when I think of them.

    Everyone's all, "Willem Dafoe is the perfect Norman!" and I'm just, "listen."

  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    SpecSpidey Goblin might be my favourite villain

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uX1hCsm8-Y

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Steve Blum sounded like he was just having so much fun as Goblin

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  • Dex DynamoDex Dynamo Registered User regular
    So I'm finally watching Avengers EMH

    In the Captain America episode, we're all in agreement that the Hydra soldier who tried to hide behind Cap's shield was named Bob, right?

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Ed Boon hints at Doomsday, Nightwing and Robin in Injustice

    normally I wouldn't buy into it at all since it is just him saying STAY TUNED

    but apparently he did this sort of thing with the MK9 cast and would just outright say no if a character wasn't going to be in and MAAAAYBE to those who were

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    Doomsday?

    Sure! Why the fuck not???

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Because Doomsday is a fan favorite character now?

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Well I mean

    if there was ever anything Doomsday would be perfect for

    it is a fighting game

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited June 2012
    Veldrin wrote: »
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    Best Hulk
    It looks like the Greendale Human Being from Community got hit by gamma rays.

    Also, Thor looks a bit like meatloaf (but that might be the batwing hat.) I love the hammer

    "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall posess the power of THUR." (Might be a trick of the light, but I still think it's funny.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    nah, not the Greendale Human Being

    the Green Man

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gx6HSc66Z4

  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Steve Blum sounded like he was just having so much fun as Goblin

    At times he sounds a lot like Spike from Gremlins.

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Green Goblin in Spec seems an awful lot like Joker to me, at least in clips I've seen

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Green Goblin in Spec seems an awful lot like Joker to me, at least in clips I've seen
    Well to be fair, they are somewhat similar characters.

    Both are geniuses and use a psychotic motif with their gadgets and sadistic humor


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  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Green Goblin in Spec seems an awful lot like Joker to me, at least in clips I've seen

    Goblin tends to have that effect in many adaptions. Never got that vibe from the comics, though.

  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    I love it when Joker acts like that, as well
    In the comics he's too much of a horror character for my tastes

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