BSS Chat Thread - That's Our Secret, We're Always Angry

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Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

Yeah but then he did Ender's Game so that resets all his progress.

# ? Mar 11, 2014 19:16

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 17:44

Shirkelton: Apr 6, 2009; I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Waterhaul posted:

Go Marvel and DC.

Congratulations to all the creators that made it happen that either died penniless or are spending their later years in crippling debt or illness.

Thank god the creator of Stardust or whatever froze to death on a bench, penniless, because apparently he was a wicked rear end in a top hat.

# ? Mar 11, 2014 19:17

Wheat Loaf: Feb 13, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

Zachack posted:

Based on his filmography I would guess he's OK working for cheap.

He appeared in an Uwe Boll movie, apparently because he'd always wanted to play a theatrical vampire with a cape. He'd probably be game.

# ? Mar 11, 2014 19:27

Waterhaul: Nov 5, 2005; it was a nice post,
you shouldn't have signed it.

Kingsley has appeared in a lot of poo poo but even he's still above Agents of SHIELD.

# ? Mar 11, 2014 19:40

Madkal: Feb 11, 2008; Fallen Rib

Anyone here going to ECCC this year?

# ? Mar 11, 2014 19:45

Ghostlight: Sep 25, 2009; maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me

This whole time I thought Guy Pearce was the Mandarin!

# ? Mar 11, 2014 21:01

Action Tortoise: Feb 18, 2012; A wolf howls.
I know how he feels.

Madkal posted:

What I am trying to say is that Mavel is creating its own continuity for its live action media output and that can be a hindrance, while DC is doing the exact opposite and it frees them up to be a little more creative.

Maybe Marvel should do shows for characters who aren't well known in the mainstream, like Heroes for Hire or Moon Knight. They could keep them isolated from other interconnected properties and also get them noticed by people who don't read comics.

# ? Mar 11, 2014 22:31

Len: Jan 21, 2008; Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!

Action Tortoise posted:

Maybe Marvel should do shows for characters who aren't well known in the mainstream, like Heroes for Hire or Moon Knight. They could keep them isolated from other interconnected properties and also get them noticed by people who don't read comics.

Supposedly that exact thing is happening. http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/disney-netflix-marvel-series/#more-629696

# ? Mar 11, 2014 23:22

irlZaphod: Mar 26, 2004; Kiss the Joycon to Kiss Zelda

Agents of SHIELD might not be so bad if the characters weren't utterly dull and/or annoying.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 00:25

Sundowner: Apr 10, 2013; not even
jeff goldblum could save me from this nightmare

There's news that 2000 AD are going to publish a 6 issue mini-series in a US format called "Brass Sun" for the direct market: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=48558

And here's an article from 2000 AD's publishing manager Ben Smith on the subject of how 2000 AD want to expand, and a bit about how comic shops might be the future of that: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=48558

Pretty interesting. After Dredd Underbelly sold out and elicited a very quick reprint order it seems like 2000 AD might expand in to pushing books in the US. I love my Prog and Megazine and don't want to see it change format but it'd be cool to see more US sized books given how well some of IDW's attempts on their properties have went over.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 00:29

SirDan3k: Jan 6, 2001; Trust me, you are taking this a lot more seriously then I am.

irlZaphod posted:

Agents of SHIELD might not be so bad if the characters weren't utterly dull and/or annoying.

Yeah that's a big problem, the show hinges on the audience caring about the characters getting imperiled but they are all so uninteresting nobody cares.

Show: Oh no Skye is dying! Care about this! Care about this annoying character! Do it!"

Audience: :geno:

SirDan3k fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Mar 12, 2014

# ? Mar 12, 2014 00:33

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

I'm probably going to murder the next person who pronounces "Corps" (as in Marine, Gl or Nova) as "Corpse."

I can only takes so much I tells ya.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 00:58

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

What if they are looking for those issues of GLC about the Corpse?

# ? Mar 12, 2014 01:00

Madkal: Feb 11, 2008; Fallen Rib

Rhyno posted:

I'm probably going to murder the next person who pronounces "Corps" (as in Marine, Gl or Nova) as "Corpse."

I can only takes so much I tells ya.

Hey. French is a stupid language.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 01:09

Alien Rope Burn: Dec 5, 2004; _{I wanna be a saikyo HERO!}

irlZaphod posted:

Agents of SHIELD might not be so bad if the characters weren't utterly dull and/or annoying.

Also they need better hairstyles. Seriously, what is up with having the worst hair on that show? It's appalling.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 01:17

Choco1980: Feb 22, 2013; I fell in love with a Video Nasty

CapnAndy posted:

Yeah, I never wanted it to be about superheroes. What I wanted was the guys dealing with all the poo poo the superheroes leave behind; neutralizing rogue Chitari tech, taking down Mandarin/AIM cells that Tony Stark never even bothered to look for, hitting a Cult of Loki that had sprung up, stuff like that.

A sorta similar situation happened in an episode. And it was still a macguffin hunt. This group tracked down a piece of this staff left behind by a berserker grunt from way back when the Asgardians fought here, who didn't actually leave Midgard, and turned out to be Peter MacNicol and holding on to it gave the user super-strength and like, super anger. So the episode was about finding the other two pieces of the staff. The group themselves started causing trouble as a cult of sorts. It was still not a great episode.

And I realize being part of this conversation that I forgot to watch the show tonight. Oh well, I'll catch it online later. Apparently this one finally has some comic book characters in it...Lorelei, sister of the Enchantress, and obsesser over wangs, of all people has shown up, and it looks like Sif is going to come down and kick her rear end a little.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 02:00

CapnAndy: Feb 27, 2004; Some teeth long for ripping, gleaming wet from black dog gums. So you keep your eyes closed at the end. You don't want to see such a mouth up close. before the bite, before its oblivion in the goring of your soft parts, the speckled lips will curl back in a whinny of excitement. You just know it.

Yeah, I saw that episode. It was good for the ten minutes before it just became "oh here's a stick let's chase after that from nondescript location to nondescript location in our goddamn plane like always".

# ? Mar 12, 2014 02:09

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

Endless Mike posted:

What if they are looking for those issues of GLC about the Corpse?

I highly doubt this idiot is even aware of that. He just walked by the stand reading titles as he went.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 02:35

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

I watched a playthrough of the infamously terrible Predator: Concrete Jungle game on youtube, and I was pretty surprised when it listed Grant Morrison as head writer. Itt's the most I've enjoyed something written by him.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 04:06

Was Taters: Jul 30, 2004; Here comes a regular

Madkal posted:

Anyone here going to ECCC this year?

Yes.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 05:47

Dr. MonkeyThunder: Sep 21, 2005; All is, if i have grace to use it so...

Rhyno posted:

I'm probably going to murder the next person who pronounces "Corps" (as in Marine, Gl or Nova) as "Corpse."

I can only takes so much I tells ya.

To be fair, that is an incredibly stupid way to spell "core".

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:46

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

Dr. MonkeyThunder posted:

To be fair, that is an incredibly stupid way to spell "core".

Anyone with a 5th grade education and has ever heard of the Marine Corps should be aware of how it is spelled and pronounced.

Yes, even in Indiana.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:48

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

Dr. MonkeyThunder posted:

To be fair, that is an incredibly stupid way to spell "core".

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:54

Sarchasm: Apr 14, 2002; So that explains why he did not answer. He had no mouth to answer with. There is nothing left of him but his ears.

Dr. MonkeyThunder posted:

To be fair, that is an incredibly stupid way to spell "core".

Take it up with the French.

I was once playing Halo with a guy who hit the rank of "Colonel" and in his excitement shouted "Hey guys, I just made COLL UH NELL." I corrected him--gently, if you'll believe it--and he refused to believe me. Made a big show of getting the dictionary to prove how dumb I am. "I have the dictionary now!" he would shout. "I'm opening it! I'm in the Cs! Here it is and... Oh."

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:54

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

Why the gently caress would a space organization use a term with such a loaded earth-based etymology, though. That's the real question.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:56

StumblyWumbly: Sep 12, 2007; Batmanticore!

Silent s's and x's are just especially dumb

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:57

Action Tortoise: Feb 18, 2012; A wolf howls.
I know how he feels.

Lurdiak posted:

Why the gently caress would a space organization use a term with such a loaded earth-based etymology, though. That's the real question.

I always assumed that's how Hal translates what they call themselves since he's in the military. Like how in that one Alan Moore story there's someone who's never experienced light so they would never know what a lantern is.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:00

Ghostlight: Sep 25, 2009; maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me

Sarchasm posted:

Take it up with the French.

It's dumb even for the French. They added the 'p' because they wanted it to look like corpus.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:42

BENGHAZI 2: Oct 13, 2007; by Cyrano4747

Lurdiak posted:

Why the gently caress would a space organization use a term with such a loaded earth-based etymology, though. That's the real question.

Because gently caress you that's why.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:48

CapnAndy: Feb 27, 2004; Some teeth long for ripping, gleaming wet from black dog gums. So you keep your eyes closed at the end. You don't want to see such a mouth up close. before the bite, before its oblivion in the goring of your soft parts, the speckled lips will curl back in a whinny of excitement. You just know it.

Because alien magic wishing ring.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:59

cafel: Mar 29, 2010; This post is hurting the economy!

Sarchasm posted:

Take it up with the French.

I was once playing Halo with a guy who hit the rank of "Colonel" and in his excitement shouted "Hey guys, I just made COLL UH NELL." I corrected him--gently, if you'll believe it--and he refused to believe me. Made a big show of getting the dictionary to prove how dumb I am. "I have the dictionary now!" he would shout. "I'm opening it! I'm in the Cs! Here it is and... Oh."

To be fair the poo poo show surrounding the pronunciation of Colonel in English is all the fault of a bunch of 19th century dudes who liked to get together and jerk it to Latin who decided to change the contemporary spelling to something more 'appropriate', but couldn't swing the largely illiterate populace to change the pronunciation as well. Honestly your friend has more sense then they did.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:30

Sundowner: Apr 10, 2013; not even
jeff goldblum could save me from this nightmare

This might be a long shot (not sure what the 2000 AD readership is like on here) but can anyone tell me what the latest subscription gift was for Dredd Megazine #345? It seems to be a Strontium Dogs collection but I can't find anywhere online that actually talks about it? I'd imagine most review joints just get the basic book and not the subscriber extras.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:55

McGurk: Oct 20, 2004; Cuz life sucks, kids. Get it while you can.

Hey scrubs go buy this at your comic store. It's cool beans.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:24

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

TheManWithNoName posted:

Hey scrubs go buy this at your comic store. It's cool beans.

I just bought the Locke & Key Vol.6 with slipcase or I would've snagged that one today. Gotta wait til the next paycheck.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:30

Teenage Fansub: Jan 28, 2006

Yeah. If you aren't giving all your cash to David Lapham today, you're living wrong.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:30

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

Teenage Fansub posted:

Yeah. If you aren't giving all your cash to David Lapham today, you're living wrong.

I said next week!

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:32

Fritzler: Sep 5, 2007

Rhyno posted:

I'm probably going to murder the next person who pronounces "Corps" (as in Marine, Gl or Nova) as "Corpse."

I can only takes so much I tells ya.

I think I mentioned this last time you brought it up, but I was in the Marine Corps for 6 years. You would be surprised how many marines pronounce it wrong. We are pretty dumb.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 09:19