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Airing Of Grievances In Public Conversation Form (Potentially NSFW or NSF56K)

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  • Caveman PawsCaveman Paws Registered User regular
    I would have loved that comic book in 1988.

    Just a wee bit too slow DC, thanks for trying though.

  • sweetcreamscoopssweetcreamscoops Registered User regular
    He Man and Superman DID meet in the 80's.

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    Avengers Arena
    It's going to turn out to be a virtual reality thing and when they "die" they go back to the real world and have to watch their friends be terrorized and at the end Arcade says he showed them how awful they can really be and then X-23 cuts his head off and Chase says "Game. Over." and then they go surfing with Mettle in Hawaii

    hmmm
    all i'm getting out of that tweet is that COMIC BOOKS and deaths can be undone

    but uh
    nah

    Seyfert is going to be ignored after this
    and again, fuck avengers arena and fuck the people who like it

    This thread is for airing grievances about comics, not users of this forum

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    cshadow42 wrote: »
    While it may not be a Grievance, this should at least be good for a laugh.

    DC's latest crossover: Justice League vs He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
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    Think we'll get a fighting game out of it?

    well, with art that bad, it could be an injustice sequel

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    Isn't He-Man kind of...and I don't mean to antagonize anyone by saying this...but isn't He-Man just a cheap New Gods knockoff?

    What I'm saying is, my Injustice sequel should be centered around New Genesis and Apokolips.

  • herojoeherojoe IndianapolisRegistered User regular
    I also get a New Gods vibe from it.

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  • AutomaticzenAutomaticzen Registered User regular
    Isn't He-Man kind of...and I don't mean to antagonize anyone by saying this...but isn't He-Man just a cheap New Gods knockoff?

    What I'm saying is, my Injustice sequel should be centered around New Genesis and Apokolips.

    He-Man was a generic toy. In fact, that name He-Man was chosen because it was powerful, but didn't stick to a single theme. Original creator Roger Sweet actually made three different versions: a barbarian, a soldier, and a space-theme hero. Mattel picked the barbarian.

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    He-Man and all the assorted characters are literally creation by committee. Any resemblance to Jack Kirby's work is probably coincidence.

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    Wow, I think I've seen Space He-Man in some Star Wars convention pics.

  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    My childhood is ruined now!

  • Werewolf2000adWerewolf2000ad Suckers, I know exactly what went wrong. Registered User regular
    The confusion probably arises from the live-action He-Man movie, which absolutely is a blatant Fourth World rip off.

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    The 1980s Masters of the Universe movie works really really well as a Jack Kirby Fourth World movie. Skeletor as Darkseid, Dolph as Orion, the little troll guy as Metron, Evil Lynn as Amazing Grace - it even has boom tubes.

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited May 2013
    The 1980s Masters of the Universe movie works really really well as a Jack Kirby Fourth World movie. Skeletor as Darkseid, Dolph as Orion, the little troll guy as Metron, Evil Lynn as Amazing Grace - it even has boom tubes.

    It seems that was intentional: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/11/02/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-75/

    From the director:
    As the director of Masters of the Universe, it was a pleasure to see that someone got it. Your comparison of the film to Kirby’s New Gods was not far off. In fact, the storyline was greatly inspired by the classic Fantastic Four/Doctor Doom epics, The New Gods and a bit of Thor thrown in here and there. I intended the film to be a “motion picture comic book,” though it was a tough proposition to sell to the studio at the time. “Comics are just for kids,” they thought. They would not allow me to hire Jack Kirby who I desperately wanted to be the conceptual artist for the picture…

    I grew up with Kirby’s comics (I’ve still got all my Marvels from the first issue of Fantastic Four and Spider-Man through the time Kirby left) and I had great pleasure meeting him when he first moved to California. Since that time I enjoyed the friendship of Jack and Roz and was lucky enough to spend many hours with Jack, hearing how he created this character and that one, why a villain has to be even more powerful than a hero, and on and on. Jack was a great communicator, and listening to him was always an education. You might be interested to know that I tried to dedicate Masters of Universe to Jack Kirby in the closing credits, but the studio took the credit out.

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  • glithertglithert Registered User regular
    I have some kind of sleeping disorder. I slept two hours two nights ago, and none last night. I have a major shift at work today, 11 hours. It was practically unbearable. But once the dinner rush starts, this coworker of mine suggests that I can pass the time better if, while I work, I complain to her about something. "It's like magic! You'll be so busy hating shit you don't like, you won't even realize time is passing!" So I spend about 4 hours telling this girl about how Frank Miller and Mark Millar are assholes, how Jeph Loeb seems to make a hobby out of ruining things for people, and shitting on various comics that I don't like. She was right. My god, it passed the time like nothing. It felt like I was there for 15 minutes.

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  • AmiguAmigu Registered User regular
    Was she like "who or what are you even talking about?"

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  • glithertglithert Registered User regular
    I told her they were guys who wrote comic books. After our shift was over she asked me why I liked comics at all because "If these guys are as popular as you claim then there is something seriously wrong with the comic book business"

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    You're coworker is a saint.

    I know about comics and would shoot myself before hearing someone bitch about Millar and Miller (Ohh, new buddy cop show!)

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    glithert wrote: »
    I told her they were guys who wrote comic books. After our shift was over she asked me why I liked comics at all because "If these guys are as popular as you claim then there is something seriously wrong with the comic book business"

    well, that's like saying that the popularity of Justin Bieber shows that there is something seriously wrong with the music business

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Frank and Mark aren't related, right?

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    Millar is Scottish and Miller is American soooo

  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Kyougu wrote: »
    You're coworker is a saint.

    I know about comics and would shoot myself before hearing someone bitch about Millar and Miller (Ohh, new buddy cop show!)

    Whose the bad cop?

  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    glithert wrote: »
    I told her they were guys who wrote comic books. After our shift was over she asked me why I liked comics at all because "If these guys are as popular as you claim then there is something seriously wrong with the comic book business"

    well, that's like saying that the popularity of Chris Brown shows that there is something seriously wrong with the music business

    granted Miller/Millar haven't actually beaten women to the best of my knowledge, but the latter certainly likes to depict graphic violence against them.

  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    glithert wrote: »
    I told her they were guys who wrote comic books. After our shift was over she asked me why I liked comics at all because "If these guys are as popular as you claim then there is something seriously wrong with the comic book business"

    well, that's like saying that the popularity of Justin Bieber shows that there is something seriously wrong with the music business

    But there is.

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  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    edited May 2013
    glithert wrote: »
    I told her they were guys who wrote comic books. After our shift was over she asked me why I liked comics at all because "If these guys are as popular as you claim then there is something seriously wrong with the comic book business"

    well, that's like saying that the popularity of Justin Bieber shows that there is something seriously wrong with the music business

    But there is.

    Don't let the Bieber hear you say that. Underneath that innocent, childish demeanor lurks the Force Ghost of Emperor Palpatine.

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  • AmiguAmigu Registered User regular
    #cutformillar

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    glithert wrote: »
    I told her they were guys who wrote comic books. After our shift was over she asked me why I liked comics at all because "If these guys are as popular as you claim then there is something seriously wrong with the comic book business"

    well, that's like saying that the popularity of Chris Brown shows that there is something seriously wrong with the music business

    granted Miller/Millar haven't actually beaten women to the best of my knowledge, but the latter certainly likes to depict graphic violence against them.

    thats actually true of both their work but even so thats a pretty horrific analogy. No matter how shitty comics they've written equating or insinuating that it's the same or even close to the same as a dude who actually beats women is not even remotely cool.

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    glithert wrote: »
    I told her they were guys who wrote comic books. After our shift was over she asked me why I liked comics at all because "If these guys are as popular as you claim then there is something seriously wrong with the comic book business"

    well, that's like saying that the popularity of Justin Bieber shows that there is something seriously wrong with the music business

    But there is.

    Don't let the Bieber hear you say that. Underneath that innocent, childish demeanor lurks the Force Ghost of Emperor Palpatine.

    The wrongness of the music industry far predates and exceeds him. He is merely a symptom of the malignancy.

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    he makes music for preteen girls. not a big deal, plenty of other musicians out there who target plenty of different audiences. granted, i hate hearing his stuff, but that's why I try to avoid it.

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  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    Ya, I'd think this board would be more supportive of a young lesbian in the music biz.

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  • sweetcreamscoopssweetcreamscoops Registered User regular
    HA, get it because justin beiber is secretly a transexual and trans people are weird.

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    i am scowling at this new train of conversation.

    anyway, this is a comics forum and as far as i know bieber doesnt have a comic.

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  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    HA, get it because justin beiber is secretly a transexual and trans people are weird.

    Naw, I'm just old, and until he become basically the stuffed animal version of hardcore, I was never sure if he was a boy or a girl, I just knew I didn't really care.

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    The shred of a link is that thanks to the web comics is going the opposite way of the music industry.

    So there's that.

    But yeah I want to gripe about how Marvel had to send a correction email because it sent an earlier one to subscribers saying Assemble was cancelled. Come on folks. Get your shit together.

  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    Give them credit for not turning it into a diss of DC.

    "Oops, our bad, we thought Avengers Assemble was published by DC and were cancelling it along with everything else the other day."

  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    what the fuck is this conversation

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    this whole page, jesus

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  • Caveman PawsCaveman Paws Registered User regular
    edited May 2013
    this whole page, jesus

    Pushing your messiah down our throats isn't helping. (J/k, clearly(?))

    In other, slightly more bitchy, news:

    Nightwings gloves bug me. The red stripe that divides his gauntlet/wrist guards/vam braces. The red knuckle bumps. It's a bit too much clutter, even for a former circus kid.

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  • glithertglithert Registered User regular
    Are there any event tie-ins that were important to and enhanced the story of their event?

  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    The Superman Beyond tie-in to Final Crisis comes to mind.

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited May 2013
    Superman Beyond is critical to the end of FC. REally cool, too.

    The Journey Into Mystery tie-in issues are IMO far more important than Fear Itself.

    The Starlord tie-in to Annihilation: Conquest was WAY better and had longer-reaching implications than A:C did.

    The Ms. Marvel Secret Invasion tie-ins explain how there was a New York to even have the last battle after the Initiative responds was undermined and cut off at the balls (basically Carol killed a shitload of Super Skrulls and a super-Super Skrull as the only hero to defend New York for most of the event).

    These are certainly better, but you can generally say the same for a handful of various event tie-ins (depending on the size of the event and event itself), e.g. Black Panther SI tie-ins. Thunderbolts tie-in was important to Dark Reign. New and Might Avengers were supposed to be important to SI, but they really aren't—except for painting Hank Pym in a sightly different and immediately overlooked light.

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