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The [Superhero] fun train has no brakes!

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Dex Dynamo wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    Please have this JLA series be done by the Young Justice creators
    It, at the very least, has a way different visual style judging from those shillouetes

    I can see: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Zatanna, Firestorm, Either Martian Manhunter or Shazam, Maybe The Flash and a Lady With A Cape

    Lady With A Cape is either Dr. Light or Huntress, you can see the headgear spikes at the very top of her silhouette

    That could be a Batgirl too, I bet.

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  • Dex DynamoDex Dynamo Registered User regular
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Dex Dynamo wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    Please have this JLA series be done by the Young Justice creators
    It, at the very least, has a way different visual style judging from those shillouetes

    I can see: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Zatanna, Firestorm, Either Martian Manhunter or Shazam, Maybe The Flash and a Lady With A Cape

    Lady With A Cape is either Dr. Light or Huntress, you can see the headgear spikes at the very top of her silhouette

    That could be a Batgirl too, I bet.

    That's true--I went to Huntress immediately, but it could be any of the Batgirls with exposed hair, or Batwoman.

    As well as any other female character with Bat-style headspikes, but I don't think there are a ton of them outside of Dr. Light.

  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    That big arm next to Lady With A Cape is probably Cyborg

  • Dex DynamoDex Dynamo Registered User regular
    Also it looks to me like Martian Manhunter and Shazam are both represented

    Shazam is definitely in the bottom corner--big guy with a lightning bolt on his chest, and MM looks to be on the top row

    Straightzi
  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Here's my left to right top to bottom guesses
    [Superman] [Wonder Woman] [Batman] [Martian Manhunter] [Unknown]
    [Unknown] [Zatanna] [Firestorm] [Flash] [Huntress] [Cyborg]
    [Hawkgirl] [Shazam]
    

    I'm the least certain on Huntress, and I have no idea on those other two partial silhouettes

  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    I started watching Young Justice on Netflix, after JL/JLU and...meh.

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Javen wrote: »
    I started watching Young Justice on Netflix, after JL/JLU and...meh.

    brother!

    I thought I was the only person not in love with that show

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Young Justice is alright. It does get better, I will say that to its credit. But I was never in love with it.

  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited September 2015
    Granted I've watched the first seven episodes are okay. The voice acting and animation are good, but some of the dialogue just really goes against the grain for me.

    It is VERY geared towards the age group of the protagonists.

    If I were 14/15 years old and into cartoons I'd probably love it.

    But, the NAMES. Kid Flash is the worst name ever.

    Javen on
  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Javen wrote: »
    It is VERY geared towards the age group of the protagonists.

    If I were 14/15 years old and into cartoons I'd probably love it.

    But, the NAMES. Kid Flash is the worst name ever.

    Well, that stuff is straight from the comics

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    Javen wrote: »
    It is VERY geared towards the age group of the protagonists.

    If I were 14/15 years old and into cartoons I'd probably love it.

    But, the NAMES. Kid Flash is the worst name ever.

    Well, that stuff is straight from the comics

    And that's fine. I'm not even opposed to "teenage group of superheroes" as a concept, but I do wish they weren't basically copies of their parent characters, so really Kid Flash is the only one I don't like, because he's basically JL flash, just younger and thus even more obnoxious. I've always like Robin as a personality foil to Batman (though I'm surprised they went with Dick Grayson Robin and not Tim Drake) so that works well, and Aqualad/Superboy/Miss Martian (though that NAME again) all act different enough from their namesakes to be interesting.

  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    Javen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    It is VERY geared towards the age group of the protagonists.

    If I were 14/15 years old and into cartoons I'd probably love it.

    But, the NAMES. Kid Flash is the worst name ever.

    Well, that stuff is straight from the comics

    And that's fine. I'm not even opposed to "teenage group of superheroes" as a concept, but I do wish they weren't basically copies of their parent characters, so really Kid Flash is the only one I don't like, because he's basically JL flash, just younger and thus even more obnoxious. I've always like Robin as a personality foil to Batman (though I'm surprised they went with Dick Grayson Robin and not Tim Drake) so that works well, and Aqualad/Superboy/Miss Martian (though that NAME again) all act different enough from their namesakes to be interesting.

    I mean Kid Flash is literally a younger version of JL Flash because they are both Wally West

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  • BionicPenguinBionicPenguin Registered User regular
    edited September 2015
    That doesn't sound right. I'm 99% sure Flash is Barry in YJ.

    Edit: Oh, I see what you're saying.

    BionicPenguin on
  • KingofMadCowsKingofMadCows Registered User regular
    edited September 2015
    Javen wrote: »
    I started watching Young Justice on Netflix, after JL/JLU and...meh.

    It's very different than JL/JLU. It's much more serialized and there's less variety in the types of episode. Yes, JL/JLU has continuity but most episodes can be watched individually and enjoyed without seeing any other episodes. You really can't jump into the middle of YJ, you have to watch it from the beginning. JL/JLU also varies greatly in the types and tone of the stories they tell. There are serious dramatic episodes, comedic ones, fun adventure ones, sad depressing ones, etc. YJ episodes are mostly serious teen dramas. YJ also focuses a lot on building up a big conflict and almost every episode ends with some dangling plot (and the eventual payoff might be a little disappointing), while most JL/JLU stories are resolved more satisfactorily at the end of each episode/two-parter.
    Jimothy wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    It is VERY geared towards the age group of the protagonists.

    If I were 14/15 years old and into cartoons I'd probably love it.

    But, the NAMES. Kid Flash is the worst name ever.

    Well, that stuff is straight from the comics

    And that's fine. I'm not even opposed to "teenage group of superheroes" as a concept, but I do wish they weren't basically copies of their parent characters, so really Kid Flash is the only one I don't like, because he's basically JL flash, just younger and thus even more obnoxious. I've always like Robin as a personality foil to Batman (though I'm surprised they went with Dick Grayson Robin and not Tim Drake) so that works well, and Aqualad/Superboy/Miss Martian (though that NAME again) all act different enough from their namesakes to be interesting.

    I mean Kid Flash is literally a younger version of JL Flash because they are both Wally West

    Yeah but JL Flash has way more memorable lines and scenes, except maybe for that last Kid Flash scene.

    KingofMadCows on
  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
  • DedwrekkaDedwrekka Metal Hell adjacentRegistered User regular
    edited September 2015
    Needs more Dakka

    Dedwrekka on
  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    Ugh, I need to cut almost all my comics

    I think ill only keep The shield, secret wars, and Thors?

    Silk and squirrel girl are the only ones i can think of off hand i can think of post relaunch

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    Dedwrekka wrote: »
    Needs more 38 caliber

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  • ArmorocArmoroc Registered User regular
    edited September 2015
    Dizzy D wrote: »
    It's not really intended as a jumping on point IIRC (I haven't reread it recently, but it was originally just the same series as Moore's Miracleman.). There is a definite break in the story between Moore's issues (showing the world that we know and how it changed) and Gaiman's issues (showing the world after it has been changed by Miracleman and his fellow superhumans). So it's a new story, but you might be a bit lost if you never read the Moore issues.

    Re: Misty Knight, I remember some issue of Uncanny X-Men back in the late 80s/early 90s where Forge said that he (co-?)designed Misty's arm. Retcon by Claremont?

    Alright! Thanks! So if I'm not mistaken this new #1 of MM is gonna be another reissue (actually #17 of the original run from the 90s) where Gaiman began writing. If that is the case I think I'll pick that up. I know enough backstory from the wiki too so I'll be good :)

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  • FuzzytadpoleFuzzytadpole Registered User regular
    Hey @Chincymcchilla , I was catching up in the previous thread and saw a post that I just got reminded of. It was about someone(me) saying that The Punisher shouldn't exist. I just wanted to clear something up if it matters.

    While I don't think I actually said that he shouldn't exist, I absolutely do believe that artists have a social responsibility for what they create, just like any other person. I am not gonna view a work that shows racism is bad negatively if someone takes the opposite message. I might however view a work negatively that says violence is good, and someone takes that message. I do not believe this view is inconsistent.

  • AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    I thought young justice picked up a lot of steam in its second season (maybe toward the end of the first), once they either had exhausted a lot of their teen superhero ideas or realized they should focus more on a big ongoing story

    then of course it ends on a ridiculous cliffhanger, so there's that

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Part 2 of SFDebris' origin of the Transformers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pslInqzN-2U

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  • FuzzytadpoleFuzzytadpole Registered User regular
    I hope that doesn't come across like I am calling you out or anything, it was just something I wanted to get of my chest.

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    edited September 2015
    BTW, if anyone's wondering, Thors continues to be everything I could have wanted it to be.

    OmnipotentBagel on
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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    In a surprise twist, Diggle isn't Green Lantern or The Guardian; he's Magneto wbr8oqhm3nfo.jpg

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  • BionicPenguinBionicPenguin Registered User regular
    That's...not real, right? Surely, that's some fan made thing...right?

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  • TairuTairu Registered User regular
    That looks really really bad

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  • masterofmetroidmasterofmetroid Have you ever looked at a world and seen it as a kind of challenge?Registered User regular
    It could be the photo

    Superhero costumes and bad lighting have a long relationship at this point

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  • BionicPenguinBionicPenguin Registered User regular
    Maybe, but Arrow has had a couple bad costumes.

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  • Diablo FettDiablo Fett Registered User regular
    didn't see this mentioned here yesterday

    the Marvel "Creative Committee" has been disbanded, at least for Marvel Studios

    assuming some of the things in the article are true, like how their notes led to Wright walking off of Ant-Man, that's a pretty huge deal

  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    didn't see this mentioned here yesterday

    the Marvel "Creative Committee" has been disbanded, at least for Marvel Studios

    assuming some of the things in the article are true, like how their notes led to Wright walking off of Ant-Man, that's a pretty huge deal
    Yesterday my friend El Mayimbe of Heroic Hollywood reported on Periscope that there has been a shake-up of the Creative Committee at Marvel,

    they arent.

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  • Diablo FettDiablo Fett Registered User regular
    the stuff i was talking about came from faraci, not mayimbe, who has a much better track record with this stuff (though still not spotless)

    it's also being reported by sites like the hollywood reporter so it's not just rumormongering

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    I imagine Feige is gunning for that though. Creative differences talk and Wright leaving Ant-man really hurt Ant-man's early buzz)\ and Whedon is still publicly bashing Marvel Execs because of crap in avengers 2. Solving that issue is probably a big priority.

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited September 2015
    I give Young Justice a tons of leeway because they did an awesome job with Blue Beetle.

    The way it recaps the blue beetle legacy was genius.

    Kyougu on
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  • GustavGustav Friend of Goats Somewhere in the OzarksRegistered User regular
    Not gunna lie I'm excited for the book about the behind the scenes of Marvel Studios in a decade or two.

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  • FakefauxFakefaux Cóiste Bodhar Driving John McCain to meet some Iraqis who'd very much like to make his acquaintanceRegistered User regular
    I imagine Feige is gunning for that though. Creative differences talk and Wright leaving Ant-man really hurt Ant-man's early buzz)\ and Whedon is still publicly bashing Marvel Execs because of crap in avengers 2. Solving that issue is probably a big priority.

    The question is, how much was Feige a part of that issue? He's now the undisputed master of Marvel Studios, more or less, but he's had a lot of power for a while now. It's not 100% clear if his decisions have fed into these problems or if he's been trying to alleviate them. If it's the first of those two, then Feige getting more power isn't necessarily a good thing.

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    It's true that everyone needs an editor, but Disney's brand quality control is a beast in and of itself. If it turned out that Feige was drunk with power and started screwing up their lucrative superhero franchises, he'd be out on his ass. Restructuring happens all the time, it's just that we're hearing about it because of the size of the property.

  • GustavGustav Friend of Goats Somewhere in the OzarksRegistered User regular
    I think it also gets attention because of Ike Perlmutter. Who is kinda of a child's idea of an eccentric billionaire made real.

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  • DedwrekkaDedwrekka Metal Hell adjacentRegistered User regular
    Ceno wrote: »
    It's true that everyone needs an editor, but Disney's brand quality control is a beast in and of itself. If it turned out that Feige was drunk with power and started screwing up their lucrative superhero franchises, he'd be out on his ass. Restructuring happens all the time, it's just that we're hearing about it because of the size of the property.

    I figured that since they restructured every other studio they got ahold of, they were just waiting for a gap in the release schedule to make it happen.

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