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I don't like that the criticism of the cover is being linked to "threats of violence and harassment". I hate that any disagreement on the internet these days seems to draw in people, whether trolls or honest zealots, who poison the well with behavior like that.
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I don't like that the criticism of the cover is being linked to "threats of violence and harassment". I hate that any disagreement on the internet these days seems to draw in people, whether trolls or honest zealots, who poison the well with behavior like that.
I'll admit I didn't much like that sequence in the book. It's not that I disagreed. It just felt like it only happened to make an argument at the reader instead of to have a thing in the book, and guys?
I grabbed the Thor relaunch with a woman as Thor. I've picked up four more issues after that. I am all onboard for a lady Thor. There is no need to lecture me on how it's fine and/or try and make me feel superior to people who do take issue.
Just give me the story you wanted to write! It's cool! I'm already sold!
I could be wrong here but I thought it was a less then subtle jab at the new WW creative team.
the complete lack of subtlety is what makes it bad
like if those panels were my only exposure to thor, i would think it was a badly written comic
but then i also feel that every use of thought balloons in comics for the last twenty years has been bad
it really feels like shes talking directly to the viewer which is
yeah its an important message but it sticks out like a sore thumb
It's directly addressing an issue women have to deal with. If they did Thor: Goddess of Thunder and pretended that her life was going to be the same as if she was a man, I'd be pretty unimpressed. Instead they're having her deal with real problems the other Thor wouldn't have to, and having her deal with it in a very Thor manner as opposed to treating those differences like something that holds her back. She's breaking through the assholes who don't think women can do important work, and not letting their attitude hold her back.
the difference is that that is well-written and the thor page is not
it's fine to address the issue, the way they write it is bad
Are you talking about that small part of the Thor page in the tweet or the actual Thor page? Because I don't see anything wrong with the writing when the whole thing is seen.
The Untitled CW Team-Up show got a few more details dropped:
It was being described as a love letter to team/ensemble films like The Magnificent Seven or Ocean's 11 as opposed to "lone gunman" type stories like Arrow and Flash.
The team will be disparate and not super similar to each other, with a really rag tag vibe.
The primary villain will be a major DC villain the neither Flash nor Arrow have utilized.
The three new heroes were chosen for their popularity and people will be "very excited" when the identity of the female hero is revealed.
Sounds a lot more like a proper Justice League/Society show instead of an anthology series like some predicted
So I'm guessing (Arrow Spoilers)
Sara gets Lazarus Pit'd
Last I heard was some speculative shit off Deadline that said
Wentworth Miller's Captain Cold
was gonna be one of the three main heroes, or at least a series regular
The Untitled CW Team-Up show got a few more details dropped:
It was being described as a love letter to team/ensemble films like The Magnificent Seven or Ocean's 11 as opposed to "lone gunman" type stories like Arrow and Flash.
The team will be disparate and not super similar to each other, with a really rag tag vibe.
The primary villain will be a major DC villain the neither Flash nor Arrow have utilized.
The three new heroes were chosen for their popularity and people will be "very excited" when the identity of the female hero is revealed.
Sounds a lot more like a proper Justice League/Society show instead of an anthology series like some predicted
So I'm guessing (Arrow Spoilers)
Sara gets Lazarus Pit'd
Last I heard was some speculative shit off Deadline that said
Wentworth Miller's Captain Cold
was gonna be one of the three main heroes, or at least a series regular
Which, honestly? Would make me super happy
Nah
I mean he's part of the announced cast (It's him, Victor Garber, Brandon Routh and Caity Lotz) but there are 3 heroes yet to be cast or announced on top of those
Really I am just fundamentally opposed to the whole natural language thoughts translated into thorspeech conceit
It makes her feel like not really thor, like only mjolnir is holding the essence of thor
I enjoy it because it makes her distinct from Thor Odinson and Beta Ray Bill and whatnot
If it is Roz Solomon, and it like 99.5% is, then she shouldn't sound and act just like Thor Odinson did, because she isn't Asgardian.
It's the same thing that happened when Donald Blake was Thor, the only difference is that Roz wasn't a creation of Odin, she was her own woman before she became Thor.
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Really I am just fundamentally opposed to the whole natural language thoughts translated into thorspeech conceit
It makes her feel like not really thor, like only mjolnir is holding the essence of thor
I enjoy it because it makes her distinct from Thor Odinson and Beta Ray Bill and whatnot
If it is Roz Solomon, and it like 99.5% is, then she shouldn't sound and act just like Thor Odinson did, because she isn't Asgardian.
It's the same thing that happened when Donald Blake was Thor, the only difference is that Roz wasn't a creation of Odin, she was her own woman before she became Thor.
I love the current Thor series but the scene with Absorbing Man and Titania felt suuuuuuper forced
Like it is fine addressing the fact that some men are gonna be shitty to a female Thor but everything about the scene felt like a giant WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU SHITTY COMIC FAN MISOGYNISTS sign was flashing over each page
It didn't feel like a natural part of the story which is a big part of handling messages like that well in a comic, or any story for that matter.
In some versions, yeah, he was a fake person his son was meant to live as that eventually took on his own personality and became his own man beyond Thor
Others he was a normal dude who shared his mind/body with Thor after finding StickMjolnir
And others he was just an identity Thor made up
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Yeah I had to google Donald Blake to confirm that. All this time I had just assumed he was a real person.
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Wow, brag about getting your own variant why don't ya.
I admit, I had a cheap laugh at the villain from that Thor comic going all "THOR IS A WOMAN NOW? FEMINISTS RUIN EVERYTHING"
I can appreciate the effort to take an obnoxious argument and allow a superheroine to punch it in the face, but the way it was handled in the comic kinda felt a bit too much like a Sinfest strip.
Ciaran Hinds. He already played Caesar in "Rome" and someone with the last name Fujima in "Miami Vice", so he's basically got all the ethnic angles covered.
why is absorbing man the go-to for being the misogynist guy he's literally married to a murderous feminist
I mean she knocks him out like immediately after that rant and then lets Thor knock her out as a freebie because she respects what Thor is trying to prove
why is absorbing man the go-to for being the misogynist guy he's literally married to a murderous feminist
I mean she knocks him out like immediately after that rant and then lets Thor knock her out as a freebie because she respects what Thor is trying to prove
but why would he be making that rant to begin with
I'm all behind a misogynist asshole villain but c'mon there's got to be a better choice
Man how has some writer not tried to revamp the Wrecking Crew by now
They all have basically the same costumes they did in the 70s and the same personalities/members
Actually no apparently James Robinson killed off Bulldozer(off-page) and replaced him with his daughter with very little explanation
Which us
Something I guess
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Vandal Savage's status as someone that's claimed to be about a hundred different historical figures might make casting him as a non-white dude kind of difficult, I think.
I don't think ghengis Kahn, khafra, or cheops were white
You run into narrative issues with the id we a no matter what race you make him
why is absorbing man the go-to for being the misogynist guy he's literally married to a murderous feminist
I mean she knocks him out like immediately after that rant and then lets Thor knock her out as a freebie because she respects what Thor is trying to prove
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this is good to know. I wonder what the deal is with those "threats of violence".
seems to be the ultimate clarification on the matter
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It's directly addressing an issue women have to deal with. If they did Thor: Goddess of Thunder and pretended that her life was going to be the same as if she was a man, I'd be pretty unimpressed. Instead they're having her deal with real problems the other Thor wouldn't have to, and having her deal with it in a very Thor manner as opposed to treating those differences like something that holds her back. She's breaking through the assholes who don't think women can do important work, and not letting their attitude hold her back.
Really it isn't any different than this.
it's fine to address the issue, the way they write it is bad
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Are you talking about that small part of the Thor page in the tweet or the actual Thor page? Because I don't see anything wrong with the writing when the whole thing is seen.
you gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket
I don't think anyone should suffer either sport :P
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Last I heard was some speculative shit off Deadline that said
was gonna be one of the three main heroes, or at least a series regular
Which, honestly? Would make me super happy
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It makes her feel like not really thor, like only mjolnir is holding the essence of thor
I mean he's part of the announced cast (It's him, Victor Garber, Brandon Routh and Caity Lotz) but there are 3 heroes yet to be cast or announced on top of those
If it is Roz Solomon, and it like 99.5% is, then she shouldn't sound and act just like Thor Odinson did, because she isn't Asgardian.
It's the same thing that happened when Donald Blake was Thor, the only difference is that Roz wasn't a creation of Odin, she was her own woman before she became Thor.
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so basically Vandal Savage's superpower is the flastical
As far as we know.
Why I fear the ocean.
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Like it is fine addressing the fact that some men are gonna be shitty to a female Thor but everything about the scene felt like a giant WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU SHITTY COMIC FAN MISOGYNISTS sign was flashing over each page
It didn't feel like a natural part of the story which is a big part of handling messages like that well in a comic, or any story for that matter.
Others he was a normal dude who shared his mind/body with Thor after finding StickMjolnir
And others he was just an identity Thor made up
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Wow, brag about getting your own variant why don't ya.
Now hear me out.
Ed Quinn. Dude is charismatic as fuck.
I can appreciate the effort to take an obnoxious argument and allow a superheroine to punch it in the face, but the way it was handled in the comic kinda felt a bit too much like a Sinfest strip.
Ciaran Hinds. He already played Caesar in "Rome" and someone with the last name Fujima in "Miami Vice", so he's basically got all the ethnic angles covered.
but why would he be making that rant to begin with
I'm all behind a misogynist asshole villain but c'mon there's got to be a better choice
If you need a dumb superpowered filler antagonist it's either him or Wrecking Crew
Man how has some writer not tried to revamp the Wrecking Crew by now
They all have basically the same costumes they did in the 70s and the same personalities/members
Actually no apparently James Robinson killed off Bulldozer(off-page) and replaced him with his daughter with very little explanation
Which us
Something I guess
Ultimate wrecking crew was a super powered cleanup crew that fixed all the messes that super villains caused.
Basically Damage Control with superpowers?
I don't think ghengis Kahn, khafra, or cheops were white
You run into narrative issues with the id we a no matter what race you make him
That is the dumbest thing