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Calaveron posted:Not if you have to use sound effects that literally express what the character is doing. It didn't occur to me until you said something that those were sound effects and not something the character was saying as she did those things.
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Dec 7, 2014 09:05
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I was about the complain about sound effects when I saw Byers2142 posted:Summers will start poo poo with anyone who even kinda attacks mutants. Anyone. the other day. I wish they were integrated better. I know there are some good examples but I can't think of any.
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Dec 7, 2014 16:24
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The Ka-"object" thing has grown common to the point of just being annoying.
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Dec 7, 2014 16:30
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Not at my computer right now but One-Punch Man does some loving amazing work with sfx text. I'll find some pages and post them once I get home if nobody else does.
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Dec 7, 2014 19:03
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Chinaman7000 posted:I was about the complain about sound effects when I saw Does this count? 
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Dec 8, 2014 02:51
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Frank Quitely's sound effects in Batman & Robin are second-to-none:  
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Dec 8, 2014 14:03
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I didn't even notice that when I read it. Nice.
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Dec 8, 2014 15:22
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"Note to Batmobile: Disable means pop a tire, not murder with hellfire missile, jeez..."prefect posted:Does this count? What's the source? Simonson Thor I assume. Edit: Found it - Thor #337. As a long-time comic nerd, Simonson's Thor run is a hole in my back-catalog I keep meaning to take care of. Madrox fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Dec 8, 2014 |
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Dec 8, 2014 18:37
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You really should, Simonson's run on Fantastic Four is pretty good too, AND he had to work around She-Thing! Here's a badass penultimate Ol' Horseface cover by Simonson.. 
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Dec 8, 2014 20:10
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AnonSpore posted:Not at my computer right now but One-Punch Man does some loving amazing work with sfx text. I'll find some pages and post them once I get home if nobody else does. 
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Dec 9, 2014 00:21
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The sounds are so loud they cast shadows.
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Dec 9, 2014 07:38
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Madrox posted:Edit: Found it - Thor #337. As a long-time comic nerd, Simonson's Thor run is a hole in my back-catalog I keep meaning to take care of. You should get it Thor 362     
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Dec 9, 2014 16:29
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It's also worth pointing out that that gif is made out of panels of the comic. The art is loving amazing and flows so smoothly it's easy to forget that it comes from a comic. 
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Dec 9, 2014 16:56
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bobkatt013 posted:You should get it I don't care how many times that shows up in this thread. It's exemplary of what this thread is for.
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Dec 9, 2014 17:52
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Why are the gods of Asgard armed with what appears to be m16's?
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Dec 9, 2014 17:55
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Some troops gave them the guns after a big battle. Also, the idea of the Norse gods raiding Hell armed with M16s is too awesome to pass up.
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Dec 9, 2014 18:03
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Evil Mastermind posted:It's also worth pointing out that that gif is made out of panels of the comic. The art is loving amazing and flows so smoothly it's easy to forget that it comes from a comic. The guy is a storyboarder, so it's not that unexpected. Still awesome though.
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Dec 9, 2014 18:20
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Bohemian Nights posted:Why are the gods of Asgard armed with what appears to be m16's? Why not?
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Dec 9, 2014 22:01
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Also, isn't the Executioner just a regular dude from the 9 realms, not an actual god?
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Dec 10, 2014 04:20
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Gaz-L posted:Also, isn't the Executioner just a regular dude from the 9 realms, not an actual god? I'm pretty sure he's Asgardian, and thus a hell of a lot tougher than your average Midgardian.
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Dec 10, 2014 04:30
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You might think it's difficult to show the Spectre as badass because he/it is just so powerful that nothing could really challenge him. The trick is to provide opponents against whom sheer overwhelming force won't help. Opponents like the US legal system. The Spectre, volume 3, #52 (1997). The Spectre goes to a prison and walks along Death Row, killing all the prisoners -- and the guards too, because they were dirty. And he leaves one man alive, because he knows that this one man happens to be innocent. "Are you gonna tell them that I'm innocent?" "No. That's a legal issue. It's not my business." "But they're gonna execute me! You have to save me! "No, I really don't. I only have to take vengeance. Goodbye." and the Spectre fades away... but he's bothered by this, especially since Corrigan was a cop and doesn't like the idea of the wrong person being prosecuted because then the guilty will escape punishment. So he gets an idea. The next night, the surviving prisoner is being strapped to a gurney, and insisting that they have to know he's innocent because why else would the Spectre have spared him. And the warden says, well, who knows why the Spectre does anything, really, just lie back and it'll all be over soon... and then the Spectre materializes. the warden is stunned, but recovers quickly: Spectre, you can't interfere with this! This is entirely legal! and the Spectre says: You misunderstand. I am not here to stop the execution. It is a mortal legal issue, and is none of my business. HOWEVER. I have told you that this man is innocent. If you execute him, then THAT will be murder. And I will avenge that murder... on everyone who was involved. Warden gulps. "You can't blame us for this! We're just carrying out the wishes of the people of the State of New York!" Spectre gazes down at him. "Then, in accordance with your logic... it is the people of the State of New York who shall feel my wrath." Warden says "... call the governor, we've suddenly got a reason to commute the death sentence."
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Dec 10, 2014 04:39
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Parahexavoctal posted:You might think it's difficult to show the Spectre as badass because he/it is just so powerful that nothing could really challenge him. The trick is to provide opponents against whom sheer overwhelming force won't help. Opponents like the US legal system. I really want to see these pages.
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Dec 10, 2014 04:50
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Kind of a terrifying threat too. Terrorist Spectre is nightmarish.
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Dec 10, 2014 05:00
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infinitesimal adj 1: taking on values arbitrarily close to but greater than zero 2: immeasurably or incalculably small A word exists to describe it! Infinitesimal! That is the word! 
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Dec 10, 2014 05:02
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PFlats posted:infinitesimal adj I'm pretty sure they meant "less than 1 yoctosecond" (since "yocto" is the smallest metric prefix) there; that there's no word to describe the specific fraction of a second he spent, not no word to describe the period of time at all. At least, that was the implication I got? 
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Dec 10, 2014 05:27
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PFlats posted:infinitesimal adj Look they're just writers, you can't expect them to know about language.
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Dec 10, 2014 05:35
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Idran posted:I'm pretty sure they meant "less than 1 yoctosecond" (since "yocto" is the smallest metric prefix) there; that there's no word to describe the specific fraction of a second he spent, not no word to describe the period of time at all. How about "YOLOsecond"?
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Dec 10, 2014 10:39
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This is comics we're talking about. It's hard to make a quick acronym out of "You Only Live Like Five or Six Times, Unless You're Really Popular Then You Get A Stamp Card Good For A Dozen Uses."
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Dec 10, 2014 11:29
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Captain Bravo posted:This is comics we're talking about. It's hard to make a quick acronym out of "You Only Live Like Five or Six Times, Unless You're Really Popular Then You Get A Stamp Card Good For A Dozen Uses." They'd gladly give out lifetime passes to the popular guys, but that'd get really confusing for this particular use.
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Dec 10, 2014 11:43
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I hate when they make Flash that fast. If he was really that quick, every other hero on the planet would be useless. He could simultaneously prevent every accidental death at once. He could end world hunger, he could wreck every terror cell on the planet. He could gather and disarm every IED in the desert. There would be no more conflict. Slow him the gently caress down.
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Dec 10, 2014 14:40
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Yeah, there's that one Impulse gag where Riddler is like "I've hidden a bomb under a porch somewhere, to find out which-" and then Impulse is holding the bomb and says "I just checked under every porch in the city." Why even have a comic at that point? Just print out a flyer with an image of Flash and the text "He solved all the problems through brute force."
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Dec 10, 2014 14:44
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Cassa posted:Kind of a terrifying threat too. Terrorist Spectre is nightmarish. Ostrander did some magnificent stuff with the Spectre. What vengeance should the Spectre wreak on, for instance, people who were doing ethnic cleansing as vengeance for the previous ethnic cleansing that had been done as vengeance for the ethnic cleansing previous to that? If your answer is anything other than "deem that everyone innocent within the nation has been murdered, and everyone still alive within the nation's current borders is guilty... and then purge every single one of the fuckers all at once", then congratulations: you have too much humanity and compassion within you to be the Spectre. (Well, almost every single one. He kept two alive: one political leader on each side. Just so they could see what he was doing.) There was also the story where Madame Xanadu managed to steal the Spectre from Corrigan. She intended to use it to bring about a golden utopia! Feed everyone! Heal all diseases! Spread equality! ... BUT FIRST, she had to wreak terrible vengeance on the industrialist polluters who were raping and murdering the Earth! And Corrigan - who at this point is little more than a solid ghost - and his companions manage to summon Madame Xanadu to them, and confront her. And he yells at her. "You think the Spectre is just some power source you can use however you want? I lived with it for almost seventy years! It's made of rage. You're never going to get around to changing the world, because there will always be people to punish! Your targets might be different from mine, but your methods will always be the same! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? TO END UP JUST LIKE ME???" and Madame Xanadu says "... no." and she relinquishes the power of the Spectre.
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I guess the lesson of the Spectre is that it's a really good thing Ghost Rider's power level is relatively low and that he's an idiot.
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Dec 10, 2014 15:23
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There's a running thing with Ghost Rider that the second half of that causes the first. The human sides of him just can't think big and angry enough to tap into the full well.
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Dec 10, 2014 15:36
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Skwirl posted:I really want to see these pages. I do love John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake's work, I should look up some Grimjack panels for the thread one of these days.        And this is the reason his lawyer mentioned Vlatava.    
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Dec 10, 2014 15:50
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Which event was it where The Spectre decides all Magic on Earth is Evil and decides to go about destroying all sources of Magic, killing the old wizard Shazam and blowing up Atlantis?
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Dec 10, 2014 16:49
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Wade Wilson posted:Which event was it where The Spectre decides all Magic on Earth is Evil and decides to go about destroying all sources of Magic, killing the old wizard Shazam and blowing up Atlantis? Infinite Crisis, I think.
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Dec 10, 2014 16:56
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It's Day of Vengeance which leads up to Infinite Crisis.
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On one hand, I think Ostrander is one of the best writers the medium has been lucky to have, and I also really liked scenes I've seen of his Spectre run in a lot of places. But I don't think anything to do with the stories mentioned are badass or cool or even interesting. The antagonists are all strawmen and the Spectre gets away with broad stroke simple solutions that work not because they make sense but because the character threatens and is capable of genocide to get his way. Maybe there's something I'm missing, but what message is even being conveyed there? edit: also the Flash should totally be Quicksilver fast, not literal lightspeed fast. Thanks for listening. Chinaman7000 fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Dec 10, 2014 |
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