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Avengers II: Age Of Ultron - Sequel Assemble! [Superheroes]
Black Widow, I assume, I had to load the URL manually to cache it before it would show in-line. And was disappointed/relieved when it wasn't just a picture of an actual black widow spider.
So the final trade of Azzarello and Chiang's Wonder Woman dropped today and I binged the whole run after stopping shortly after the first First Born arc
Man what a great book
It isn't perfect, it has some pacing issues and Azzarello kept cramming in really bad puns for some reason that detracted from the really grandiose, dark story he was telling.
But man it wasn't like anything else from either Marvel or DC outside of maybe the first arc of God of Thunder. Just an amazing, horrifying, awesome story with one of the best supporting casts in ages.
Also The First Born is legitimately the creepiest villain I have seen in years. Motherfucker is unsettling.
Its mostly just the gods throwing puns around and that made a lot of sense to me.
@Solar what was the creepiest scene in WW for you?
I was probably most freaked out by
Cassandra feeding Kronos the remains of Hades (who might have been still alive, either that or Cassandra just heard him cause she's nuts) over and over because they fell out of the hole carved out of his stomach so he was always eating but never not hungry.
@Solar what was the creepiest scene in WW for you?
I was probably most freaked out by
Cassandra feeding Kronos the remains of Hades (who might have been still alive, either that or Cassandra just heard him cause she's nuts) over and over because they fell out of the hole carved out of his stomach so he was always eating but never not hungry.
That was pretty creepy, for sure!
Typically though physically gory stuff like that isn't a huge deal for me, I am more into the existential horror stuff. When Diana goes to marry Hades, and the handmaiden before her ceremony was dripping blood and it turned out to be Persephone, that was pretty intense though. Like, the whole idea that Hades does try to be kind and loving, but doesn't realise how cruel and harsh what he sees as kind and loving can be. And then we see that she had a breakdown and tried to kill herself, but Hades wouldn't let her leave, so now she just bleeds from her slit wrists forever so she can never forget, and she's basically trapped in this necropolis realm forever, with only the sound of her own blood dripping endlessly on the soul-forged floors of that empty palace to break the silence of the endless grave... that's pretty intense man!
@Solar what was the creepiest scene in WW for you?
I was probably most freaked out by
Cassandra feeding Kronos the remains of Hades (who might have been still alive, either that or Cassandra just heard him cause she's nuts) over and over because they fell out of the hole carved out of his stomach so he was always eating but never not hungry.
That was pretty creepy, for sure!
Typically though physically gory stuff like that isn't a huge deal for me, I am more into the existential horror stuff. When Diana goes to marry Hades, and the handmaiden before her ceremony was dripping blood and it turned out to be Persephone, that was pretty intense though. Like, the whole idea that Hades does try to be kind and loving, but doesn't realise how cruel and harsh what he sees as kind and loving can be. And then we see that she had a breakdown and tried to kill herself, but Hades wouldn't let her leave, so now she just bleeds from her slit wrists forever so she can never forget, and she's basically trapped in this necropolis realm forever, with only the sound of her own blood dripping endlessly on the soul-forged floors of that empty palace to break the silence of the endless grave... that's pretty intense man!
Yeah, I fuckin' loved that.
I need to finish that series, I've only ever read the first two trades.
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saw there was an extended trailer with finalized effects for AoU, thought it was like an older trailer with finalized effects. Watched the first ten seconds and stopped myself! MOVIE IS SO CLOSE. MUST RESIST.
He was pretty fucked up in the comic. He basically was abusive to those around him. But at the same time, he did love them. He did actually just not understand why this hurt them, why they didn't want what he did. He just... existed differently to everyone else, because he's the God of the Underworld and that just requires a seperate perspective which is not necessarily worse but can be worse in terms of how it makes him act towards certain other people.
Like, Hades wanted to love. Wanted to so badly... but his love is too brutal and cruel (from our perspective) for anyone that is not Hades to bear, because Hades is not like anyone else in a fundamental manner.
Which was why the solution was so incredibly, awesome elegant; make Hades fall in love with himself, because Hades can endure and even enjoy his own nature. Diana made him stop hurting others and made him happy, she solved the problem by being willing to try and help everyone and love everyone, no matter who or what they are. And that's Wonder Woman, through and through, perfectly. Like, the pure idea of Wonder Woman, the warrior-diplomat of a better way, solving an maddening conundrum of by making a perfect shot at it with a bullet of divine love... that's brilliant, it's the ur-act of her as a character concept and I don't think I've ever read a comic that realised this on the page so well.
DC's giving folks another reason to pick up issues of the Convergence two-issue stories as they plan to put 8-page stories previewing what's coming out after the event. The list for the first group of previews and where to find them are in the box below.
"Doomed" (Written by Scott Lobdell with Art by Javier Fernandez)
"Convergence: Superman" #2
Reiser is just like every other college student — he worries about his grades, family, friends, girls, battling the Alpha Centurion in the streets of Metropolis as a Doomsday-infected monster…
"Earth 2: Society" (Written by Daniel H. Wilson with Art by Jorge Jimenez)
"Convergence: Justice League" #2
The heroes of this new Earth battle over a mysterious device that could remake their old world or destroy the new one!
"Green Arrow" (Written by Ben Percy with Art by Patrick Zircher)
"Convergence: Speed Force" #2
The series takes a more macabre tone, as Oliver Queen faces off against a murderous trucker in Alaska before he is called home by his half-sister Emiko (from the Jeff Lemire run) to help her save Seattle from nefarious forces.
"Green Lantern" (Written by Robert Venditti with Art by Billy Tan)
"Convergence: The Atom" #2
On the run, RENEGADE Hal Jordan is confronted by both sides of the law at a galactic outpost. Beware his new power gauntlet, and watch out for his new partner!
"Green Lantern: The Lost Army" (Written by Cullen Bunn with Art by Jesus Saiz)
"Convergence: The Question" #2
On a planet more alien than they can begin to imagine, John Stewart and a small group of Green Lanterns encounter new life, new dangers, and a mission of survival unlike anyone's faced before!
"Midnighter" (Written by Steve Orlando with Art by ACO)
"Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle" #2
Midnighter's on the hunt for the Perdition Pistol, a legendary weapon believed to fire bullets with body-snatching demons inside -- but you shouldn't listen to everything the old stories say….
"The Omega Men" (Written by Tom King with Art by Alec Morgen)
"Convergence: Batman & Robin" #2
The Omega Men kill Kyle Rayner?
"Prez" (Written by Mark Russell with Art by Ben Caldwell)
"Convergence: Batgirl" #2
Social media sensation Beth Ross is about to become the first teen President -- but only if she can survive her first diplomatic run-in with the UN. Will her Pad Thai craving get in the way?
"Red Hood/Arsenal" (Written by Scott Lobdell with Art by Denis Medri)
"Convergence: Titans" #2
Jason and Roy face off against the forces of Kobra!
"Section Eight" (Written by Garth Ennis with Art by John McCrea)
"Convergence: Harley Quinn" #2
From the pages of "Hitman" and the dumpsters of the Gotham City Municipal Dog Pound, a mysterious figure emerges. Could Dog Welder really be back from the dead?
Like, you can tell he put thought and care into setting that up and it really made so much more sense than the editorially mandated Diana/Clark set up. Like, you'd have thought that the writer of Wonder Woman would be able to control the direction of her personal life over some other writer in some other book but no! No, it seems not.
And really, it's a great match. The Goddess of Love and War, defender and herald of a better, brighter way, and the Hound of War, born of the apocalypse, raised in heaven to defend it against the same boundless rage that surges in his own veins. That's proper mythical shit right there, man, and it was all undone.
Solar is no stranger to voicing his opinion on the President's dealing with DC, personally telling him to "bomb DC" during the 2014 White House Christmas Party.
"I turned to the president and I said, something to the effect of, 'Mr. President, you need to bomb the DC Editorial Offices, because if you don't, DC will put Diana and Clark in a relationship on your watch and the course of world history will change,'" he told the Washington Free Beacon.
The internet forum poster, who sought the GOP presidential nomination in 2012, said Obama had a "condescending smile on his face and laughed at me."
He said he told him: "Well Solar, it's just not that easy."
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To be fair, he's often portrayed as one of the nicest gods in the mythological sources, so it is a bit surprising.
Hades was never really nice in the myths. He just happens to be one of the least dickish gods. Plus the realm of Hades was mostly just a boring fugue plane and Hades was a rather passive god.
Interestingly, Ares is also one of the least worst gods, mainly because he was just too cowardly and incompetent to cause as much harm as other gods.
Like, you can tell he put thought and care into setting that up and it really made so much more sense than the editorially mandated Diana/Clark set up. Like, you'd have thought that the writer of Wonder Woman would be able to control the direction of her personal life over some other writer in some other book but no! No, it seems not.
And really, it's a great match. The Goddess of Love and War, defender and herald of a better, brighter way, and the Hound of War, born of the apocalypse, raised in heaven to defend it against the same boundless rage that surges in his own veins. That's proper mythical shit right there, man, and it was all undone.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE PROSECUTED ZACK
WHAT IS OBAMA DOING ABOUT THIS
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AtomicTofuShe's a straight-up supervillain, yoRegistered Userregular
So the final trade of Azzarello and Chiang's Wonder Woman dropped today and I binged the whole run after stopping shortly after the first First Born arc
Man what a great book
It isn't perfect, it has some pacing issues and Azzarello kept cramming in really bad puns for some reason that detracted from the really grandiose, dark story he was telling.
They were all homophonic puns, and I took it as his way of saying "The gods don't always mean what they say".
So the final trade of Azzarello and Chiang's Wonder Woman dropped today and I binged the whole run after stopping shortly after the first First Born arc
Man what a great book
It isn't perfect, it has some pacing issues and Azzarello kept cramming in really bad puns for some reason that detracted from the really grandiose, dark story he was telling.
They were all homophonic puns, and I took it as his way of saying "The gods don't always mean what they say".
I enjoyed them
The one that pushed it for me was Hera's crystal clear one
Strife doing it makes sense because who else would make terrible puns all the time other than the goddess of strife
So the final trade of Azzarello and Chiang's Wonder Woman dropped today and I binged the whole run after stopping shortly after the first First Born arc
Man what a great book
It isn't perfect, it has some pacing issues and Azzarello kept cramming in really bad puns for some reason that detracted from the really grandiose, dark story he was telling.
They were all homophonic puns, and I took it as his way of saying "The gods don't always mean what they say".
I enjoyed them
Well I certainly read this as "homophobic puns" at first and boy was I confused
Mostly over what a homophobic pun could even be, and I did not want to try and figure one out
Here's a list of comics sitting at two nominations in the Best Non-Big Two comic poll:
Prince of Cats
Manifest Destiny
Manhattan Projects
Chew
Daytripper
Lumberjanes
2000AD
G-Man
Nowhere Men
Hellboy
Trillium
Fear Agent
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend
Here's a list of comics with only one nomination:
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Bitch Planet
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Three
Stray Bullets
Goon
Sixth Gun
BPRD
Abe Sapien
Mouse Guard
DMZ
the Walking Dead
Invincible
Elephantmen
House of Mystery
King City
Orc Stain
Wrenchies
Fatale
Alex & Ada
Lazarus
Revival
Roche Limit
Scalped
Still time to nominate or second whatever else you want
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Its mostly just the gods throwing puns around and that made a lot of sense to me.
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They posted an article going "Is this unnamed Inhuman's name actually Gordon?" basis his theory on a simialr character popping up in the comics.
Except Gordon was named as such on the show in at least two different episodes, IIRC. :razz:
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I knew that voiceover was coming even before it started.
I was probably most freaked out by
That was pretty creepy, for sure!
Yeah, I fuckin' loved that.
I need to finish that series, I've only ever read the first two trades.
To be fair, he's often portrayed as one of the nicest gods in the mythological sources, so it is a bit surprising.
He was pretty fucked up in the comic. He basically was abusive to those around him. But at the same time, he did love them. He did actually just not understand why this hurt them, why they didn't want what he did. He just... existed differently to everyone else, because he's the God of the Underworld and that just requires a seperate perspective which is not necessarily worse but can be worse in terms of how it makes him act towards certain other people.
Like, Hades wanted to love. Wanted to so badly... but his love is too brutal and cruel (from our perspective) for anyone that is not Hades to bear, because Hades is not like anyone else in a fundamental manner.
a crime I say
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It is such a shame, really it is
Like, you can tell he put thought and care into setting that up and it really made so much more sense than the editorially mandated Diana/Clark set up. Like, you'd have thought that the writer of Wonder Woman would be able to control the direction of her personal life over some other writer in some other book but no! No, it seems not.
And really, it's a great match. The Goddess of Love and War, defender and herald of a better, brighter way, and the Hound of War, born of the apocalypse, raised in heaven to defend it against the same boundless rage that surges in his own veins. That's proper mythical shit right there, man, and it was all undone.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE PROSECUTED ZACK
WHAT IS OBAMA DOING ABOUT THIS
Steam Switch FC: 2799-7909-4852
Hades was never really nice in the myths. He just happens to be one of the least dickish gods. Plus the realm of Hades was mostly just a boring fugue plane and Hades was a rather passive god.
Interestingly, Ares is also one of the least worst gods, mainly because he was just too cowardly and incompetent to cause as much harm as other gods.
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They were all homophonic puns, and I took it as his way of saying "The gods don't always mean what they say".
I enjoyed them
Now I want one!
That's genius marketing
B-Rock "The Islamic Shock" Hussein Superallah Obama says Clark/Diana is his OTP and that you are a plebe and some stuff I'd rather not repeat
Strife doing it makes sense because who else would make terrible puns all the time other than the goddess of strife
Well I certainly read this as "homophobic puns" at first and boy was I confused
Mostly over what a homophobic pun could even be, and I did not want to try and figure one out
Here's a list of comics with only one nomination:
Still time to nominate or second whatever else you want