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Considering that Part 2 has to cover both Joker and Superman sections I have a feeling that the Reagan stuff might get cut a little.
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I just wish the movie had some better artwork, it's kinda bland and clean similar to Year One.
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Who was the female talking to Bruce in the car race scene at the beginning?
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Sep 26, 2012 23:45
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TLG James posted:Who was the female talking to Bruce in the car race scene at the beginning? Carol Ferris. It was a little more obvious in the comic book.
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Seconding that robocop makes an awesome old rear end Batman. The high points action wise were the mudpit fight and the empty warehouse takedown. They really nailed it with the old cop telling the new cop to enjoy the show and the reverence the old guard had for Batman. If anything seeing the "batmobile" animated so big kinda seemed a bit off. It's weird that this is one of the few thing that Also the mutant slang seems even more ridiculous when actually spoken.
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Honest Thief posted:I just wish the movie had some better artwork, it's kinda bland and clean similar to Year One.
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Sep 27, 2012 18:23
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Something I didn't like was since they didn't have any narration they just had characters say some of the lines from the book. Like in the Batman/Mutant Leader fight in the mud pit having Batman actually say what he was doing came off as rather stilted.
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I thought The Dark Knight Returns was the poo poo back when I was 15 years old. Now that I review the tale in animated form I realize how utterly absurd it all is. Frank Miller has really been insane and out-of-touch for years.
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Guy Gardner showed up on yesterday's Green Lantern: TAS and it was a pretty good episode. They also introduced the Anti-Monitor and brought back the Manhunters. So far they haven't really said what was up with the Anti-Monitor so who knows what they're going to do with the backstory, all we know is that he reactivated the Manhunters.
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Baron Bifford posted:I thought The Dark Knight Returns was the poo poo back when I was 15 years old. Now that I review the tale in animated form I realize how utterly absurd it all is. Frank Miller has really been insane and out-of-touch for years. It actually seems surprisingly reactionary and kind of pro-fascism, so much so that it made me kind of uncomfortable to watch. It's kind of weird in light of how the oppressive government is in the wrong for wanting to stop Batman, but at the same time everyone who stresses either rehabilitation or due process as a response to crime is shown to be not only out-of-touch, but categorically wrong. The only effective justice is straight-up unrestrained brutality, effective because it unites the people and spurs them to action to take control of their city by brutalizing more people.
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Jack Gladney posted:It actually seems surprisingly reactionary and kind of pro-fascism, so much so that it made me kind of uncomfortable to watch. It's kind of weird in light of how the oppressive government is in the wrong for wanting to stop Batman, but at the same time everyone who stresses either rehabilitation or due process as a response to crime is shown to be not only out-of-touch, but categorically wrong. The only effective justice is straight-up unrestrained brutality, effective because it unites the people and spurs them to action to take control of their city by brutalizing more people. That is Frank Miller in a nutshell really. He never really snapped, he just finally went so over the top it was hard to ignore.
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Jack Gladney posted:It actually seems surprisingly reactionary and kind of pro-fascism, so much so that it made me kind of uncomfortable to watch. It's kind of weird in light of how the oppressive government is in the wrong for wanting to stop Batman, but at the same time everyone who stresses either rehabilitation or due process as a response to crime is shown to be not only out-of-touch, but categorically wrong. The only effective justice is straight-up unrestrained brutality, effective because it unites the people and spurs them to action to take control of their city by brutalizing more people. The Mutants' leader murders the mayor in his cell. If any real crime boss did this, he'd be finished. The reason that real-world governments have so much trouble prosecuting mob bosses is lack of evidence, not lack of firepower, so this would be a Christmas present for the prosecution. If the Mutants are so powerful that the city wants to negotiate even after this, then it's really a problem for the US military. Funnily enough, the President only sends in Superman and the army when Batman takes over Gotham, to punish him for doing such an awesome job. In order to save the city, Gordon arranges a mud-wrestling match between Batman and the Mutant leader. Batman wins and the Mutants switch allegiance to him because gangsters are like chimpanzees, falling in behind whoever beat up the last alpha male. The Dark Knight Returns is a silly fantasy where one lone guy with boxing skills takes on all criminals and saves the world, and the establishment wants to punish him for this. It's the sort of thing a conspiracy theorist would say after taking a huge does of meth. This book only gets worse with age, because soon after it came out, crime in America started falling sharply, partly due to the efforts of the establishment he so hates. New York City is now the safest big city in America. Baron Bifford fucked around with this message at 11:07 on Oct 1, 2012 |
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You know, I don't think anyone ever praised the book as logical or sociologically sound. The appeal to me (and as it always has been explained to me) is the psychology of Bruce and the Joker and this crazy world that's developed, and how Bruce copes with the planet going crazy around him. Also the art in general.
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Baron Bifford posted:The Mutants' leader murders the mayor in his cell. If any real crime boss did this, he'd be finished. The reason that real-world governments have so much trouble prosecuting mob bosses is lack of evidence, not lack of firepower, so this would be a Christmas present for the prosecution. If the Mutants are so powerful that the city wants to negotiate even after this, then it's really a problem for the US military. Funnily enough, the President only sends in Superman and the army when Batman takes over Gotham, to punish him for doing such an awesome job. Gordon didn't arrange the fight, Batman did. That was the whole point of him dressing up new Robin as a mutant and talking mutant jive speak so that word would pass among the gang to meet up at the mud pit. The favor Batman asks for is for Gordon to let the leader escape so that he can be publicly humilated instead of becoming a shining beacon to his followers (see OBL or jihadists) or so that the next in line doesn't take the violence to an 11 (see Mexican cartels) when someone new comes to power to prove how bad rear end they are. I never saw the mutants as gangsters like in mob movies, but more as a cult whose religion was violence. I mean if you take it in a literal sense then the mayor coulda called for national guard support to hunt down what essentially is a hostile army in his city. They are all nice enough to dress alike and have very definitive Jordi Leforge visors.
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muscles like this? posted:They also introduced the Anti-Monitor and brought back the Manhunters. So far they haven't really said what was up with the Anti-Monitor so who knows what they're going to do with the backstory, all we know is that he reactivated the Manhunters. With the Anti-Monitor around, they open the door to AM getting trapped in a Black Lantern battery!.
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They still don't even have Yellow Lanterns yet so I think that's kind of far off down the line, if ever. They haven't even introduced Sinestro yet. Although this is mostly because the first half of the season took place almost entirely outside of Guardian space. I'm also wondering if they're going to get rid of Hal's mask considering Guy doesn't wear one either and Hal was just fired from his day job and his girlfriend dumped him. The series is focusing solely on space stuff and he doesn't really seem to fight any Earth based villains or anything like that.
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muscles like this? posted:They still don't even have Yellow Lanterns yet so I think that's kind of far off down the line, if ever. They haven't even introduced Sinestro yet. Although this is mostly because the first half of the season took place almost entirely outside of Guardian space. I'm also wondering if they're going to get rid of Hal's mask considering Guy doesn't wear one either and Hal was just fired from his day job and his girlfriend dumped him. The series is focusing solely on space stuff and he doesn't really seem to fight any Earth based villains or anything like that. A domino mask isn't really a great disguise, they're probably just using it because it's become an iconic part of Hal's costume design. I'm thinking the Honor Guard promotion is where they'll introduce Sinestro, since they need to put him in some kind of mentor/partner relationship with Hal before he turns, and we never got any origin-story/Hal-as-a-rookie episodes.
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jscolon2.0 posted:I'm thinking the Honor Guard promotion is where they'll introduce Sinestro, since they need to put him in some kind of mentor/partner relationship with Hal before he turns, and we never got any origin-story/Hal-as-a-rookie episodes.
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Baron Bifford posted:In the first Green Lantern comics, Hal and Sinestro never met as Lanterns. The Guardians had already exposed and expelled Sinestro himself by that time (this was an age when the Guardians were un-corrupt and competent).
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In the very first appearance of Sinestro, they were quite competent. They did their own "periodic secret checks" and swiftly expelled him. They also didn't have to bother with any Alpha Lantern bullshit.  Did the Guardians become nasty before Geoff Johns took over the book? Baron Bifford fucked around with this message at 14:56 on Oct 5, 2012 |
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I think it was the Green Arrow/Green Lantern series when they became synonymous with "The Man" that was the first use of jerk Guardians. They're outer space Koch brothers.
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I don't think the Guardians were ever really "good" though considering in their first appearance they kidnap Hal and then wipe his memory of it ever happening. Anyway, in Green Lantern TV news, this week kind of explained TAS' version of the Anti-Monitor and apparently they're kind of stealing a little bit of Galactus for him as he wants to destroy stuff to absorb their energy. Oh and also in today's episode THEY KILLED HAL (probably not really.)
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Something else I forgot to mention in yesterday's Green Lantern: TAS? Hal gets his rear end handed to him by Ch'p.
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One thing that annoys me about the fight sequences in the GL cartoon is that they fight too much like Superman, throwing punches and brunting attacks. I know the rings are capable of granting such power but that's not their typical style in current comics. They should use more constructs so as to distinguish them.
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Is there any animated DC material on any of the major streaming sites? Preferably nothing I have to pay for like renting something from Amazon. I know there used to be some stuff on Netflix but is that all gone now?
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Senor Candle posted:Is there any animated DC material on any of the major streaming sites? Preferably nothing I have to pay for like renting something from Amazon. I know there used to be some stuff on Netflix but is that all gone now? I think Superman/Batman Apocalypse is on Netflix unless its come off recently
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Dacap posted:I think Superman/Batman Apocalypse is on Netflix unless its come off recently Yeah I looked earlier today and the only animated stuff was some Superman stuff from the 40's.
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Senor Candle posted:Yeah I looked earlier today and the only animated stuff was some Superman stuff from the 40's. If it is the Fleischer Superman cartoons they are some of if not the best Superman ever. Every single portrayal of Superman owes something to these cartoons.
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bobkatt013 posted:If it is the Fleischer Superman cartoons they are some of if not the best Superman ever. Every single portrayal of Superman owes something to these cartoons. They're coming out on Blu-Ray in a couple of weeks.
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I wanted to rewatch Under the Red Hood recently, but it looks like all the DC movies are off of Netflix now. When did that happen?
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Sulphuric Sundae posted:I wanted to rewatch Under the Red Hood recently, but it looks like all the DC movies are off of Netflix now. When did that happen? I don't know but it's a bummer! You can rent it on Amazon for like 3-4 bucks. I actually got a $5 credit for setting up my PS3 to stream and ended up watching it for free!
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So did everyone forget about YJ or they just find the second season so bland they don't want to discuss it?
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Everybody talks about it in this thread. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3450157
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So despite both series being back for a grand total of 2 weeks Cartoon Network has pulled the DC Nation block until January.
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muscles like this? posted:So despite both series being back for a grand total of 2 weeks Cartoon Network has pulled the DC Nation block until January. I was pissed this morning when they were pre-empted.
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muscles like this? posted:So despite both series being back for a grand total of 2 weeks Cartoon Network has pulled the DC Nation block until January. And replaced them with Johnny loving Test. 
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404GoonNotFound posted:And replaced them with Johnny loving Test.  Is that next week? This week was some dragon show.
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Who wants to take bets on how much of this is part of some horrible DC/Warner planning?
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