|
Lurdiak posted:Kids of toy-buying age probably have no idea who the gently caress Darth Vader is. He's on Rebels and has been in quite a few of the video games that have come out in the past decade. Certainly much more visible than Boba Fett.
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 18:44
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 17, 2024 06:39 |
|
|
Lurdiak posted:Kids of toy-buying age probably have no idea who the gently caress Darth Vader is. They totally do. Kids of the generation after ours grew up in a world where their Star Wars trilogy is the prequels, but Darth Vader is both its most visible and recognizable character in that series (and the series in general) and such an emblematic character that his name is synonymous with "evil". Everyone knows who Mickey Mouse is, despite the fact that he hasn't been a box office draw in decades. Darth Vader has hit the point where his name is cultural jargon, and that's pretty much impossible to remove from the collective consciousness when that happens.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 18:52
|
|
|
Speaking as someone who works with kids ages 6-18 pretty much every day, their Darth Vader hoodies and Darth Vader winter hats and Darth Vader lunchboxes and Darth Vader toys and their comparisons of Trump to Darth Vader and their Darth Vader everythings suggest they are familiar with Darth Vader. A lot of them are confused as to how Anakin Skywalker AND Darth Vader can both be Luke's dad, leading at least one kid to earnestly ask me if Anakin and Vader are a gay couple, but kids know who Darth Vader is.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 19:07
|
|
|
Edge & Christian posted:A lot of them are confused as to how Anakin Skywalker AND Darth Vader can both be Luke's dad, leading at least one kid to earnestly ask me if Anakin and Vader are a gay couple, but kids know who Darth Vader is. If you want to confuse them further, give them Marvel Star Wars Annual #1 from 1978, where Obi-Wan goes on an adventure during the Clone Wars with his two apprentices, Darth Vader and Luke's unnamed father.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 19:30
|
|
|
Superstring posted:That's weird. Wonder why the Star Wars playset of all things tanked. The launch bundle was actually Anakin and Ahsoka from the Clone Wars cartoon, 3 years after it was canceled.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 19:51
|
|
|
Norns posted:What kinda garbage parents aren't teaching kids about Darth Vader? My father had me know the "I am your father" line before I was cognizant enough to grasp that my father was my father. I was raised well.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 19:56
|
|
|
I just read Original Sin: Thor and Loki. Is Angela as cool a character as she comes off in the mini? Is Angela: Asgard's Assassin worth reading?
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 20:03
|
|
|
Yvonmukluk posted:Speaking of Widow tie-ins, what's happening with that Red Widow character? I think her saw her make a background cameo in an issue of Ms. Marvel, but that's all. Did she die? There was a YA novel Black Widow that partially starred Red Widow. I don't expect she'll make much of an appearance again in Black Widow any time soon but then again Waid did just use Maria Pym out of nowhere so I don't think we can say what random bits of continuity he won't use. E: Toxxupation posted:I just read Original Sin: Thor and Loki. Is Angela as cool a character as she comes off in the mini? Is Angela: Asgard's Assassin worth reading? So worth reading. Queen of Hel gets rough around the edges but Asgard's Assassin is very good.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 20:27
|
|
|
loving love MU Angela, but she needs to be on an Avengers team or do a team up book with Thor or some other big name to raise her profile. I don't think she'll be a big part of the Vote Loki story. Actually really pulling her for an MCU appearance.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 20:36
|
|
|
Bendis just pulled her back into the Guardians, didn't he?
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 22:29
|
|
|
Gaz-L posted:Bendis just pulled her back into the Guardians, didn't he? I haven't read this week's book but I hope so. I think that's where she's been used best. Asgard's Assassin was ok, but I stopped reading the Queen of Hel one because it was just boring.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 22:37
|
|
|
  http://www.newsarama.com/29262-disney-brings-tsum-tsum-to-the-marvel-universe.html
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 23:00
|
|
|
Gaz-L posted:Bendis just pulled her back into the Guardians, didn't he? She will be a Guardians member again in future issues. She will also likely be in Vote Loki, whatever that is.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2016 23:24
|
|
|
If Angela comes back to Guardians, that means Leah is only a few steps removed from Magik. Kitty probably still has her phone number? Different Magik, I suppose -- but love has overcome worse hurdles. (note: have not read Angela, I just know Leah survived Siege somehow)
NmareBfly fucked around with this message at 00:22 on May 13, 2016 |
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 00:17
|
|
|
I parsed that as Marvel Tzimtzum and was stoked for a very Lurianic follow-up to Secret Wars.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 00:49
|
|
|
Has there been any news about another Loki solo or him showing up literally anywhere at all? Because AoA was SO loving GOOD and I can't comprehend a 616 where that Loki doesn't exist.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 06:57
|
|
|
Loki's been in Thor. I mean the thor series not as in... ah nevermind
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 07:54
|
|
|
Vote Loki comes out next month. Christopher Hastings is writing it, he's no Al Ewing but he's good. And he's been pretty prominent in The Mighty Thor lately.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 11:36
|
|
|
Loki also appeared in the Ms. Marvel series, which featured a new magic ritual to summon him  (The spell actually requires  )
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 13:21
|
|
|
I hope infinity shutting down means we get a new Marvel Ultimate Alliance game
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 15:53
|
|
|
twistedmentat posted:loving love MU Angela, but she needs to be on an Avengers team or do a team up book with Thor or some other big name to raise her profile. I don't think she'll be a big part of the Vote Loki story.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 16:59
|
|
|
Castomira posted:Let's be real, the MCU would almost certainly either erase her sexuality or kill off Sera in her first appearance (or both). Actually, I think she's liable to be considered 'supporting' so she'd fit the MCU's acceptable diversity criteria. Marvel Comics are the ones scared to label her queer, what with Axel Alonso pulling that 'we don't like to label' poo poo.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 17:01
|
|
|
I just learned that Damage Control was secretly pulling the strings that led to Civil War. Like, uh, what?
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 17:14
|
|
|
Gaz-L posted:Actually, I think she's liable to be considered 'supporting' so she'd fit the MCU's acceptable diversity criteria. Marvel Comics are the ones scared to label her queer, what with Axel Alonso pulling that 'we don't like to label' poo poo. Loki's a whole mess of gender fluidity and sexual identity stuff to the point where his most recent run made that central to the character, Hulking and Wiccan are the two most important characters of New Avengers, and Moondragon and Quasar were The Huge Deal to the point where Quasar's solo series was basically all about getting Moondragon back. I think it's a more complicated issue now than "acceptable diversity criteria". They still got a long way to go, obviously, but discounting the advances Marvel has made as some sort of walling off is, I think, a fair bit disingenuous.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 17:15
|
|
redbackground posted:I just learned that Damage Control was secretly pulling the strings that led to Civil War. Like, uh, what? That was Guggenheim's attempt to do his very own "Max Lord is EVIL" thing, but nobody gave a gently caress because it was crazy stupid.
|
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 17:22
|
|
|
Lurdiak posted:That was Guggenheim's attempt to do his very own "Max Lord is EVIL" thing, but nobody gave a gently caress because it was crazy stupid. I completely forgot about it until the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Civil War book
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 17:23
|
|
|
Has Unworthy Thor beeen in any book(s)?
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 17:29
|
|
|
BetterToRuleInHell posted:Has Unworthy Thor beeen in any book(s)? One.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 17:34
|
|
BetterToRuleInHell posted:Has Unworthy Thor beeen in any book(s)? The Odinson is a pretty big supporting character in Thor (lady version)'s book.
|
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 17:35
|
|
|
He showed up on the last page of the last arc in Jane's book, having been imprisoned by an unknown group for what must be a fair bit of time.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 17:35
|
|
|
You mean Thorr or Odinson? Because both yes, and what do you mean by "been in any books"? Like, shown up anywhere? Because the latter does that all the time being that he's still a superhero, but if you meant like carried a solo then as far as I know, no.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 17:36
|
|
|
Lurdiak posted:The Odinson is a pretty big supporting character in Thor (lady version)'s book. That's a stretch, when Aaron was spinning his wheels until Secret Wars started and he could drop the big identity "shocker" Odinson was but he's been on one page and in one flashback issue in the current run. He's about to get another hammer, which Jane will wield by the end of her tenure as Thor so she can be Thunderstrike the 2nd or whatever.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 18:49
|
|
|
X-O posted:I haven't read this week's book but I hope so. I think that's where she's been used best. Asgard's Assassin was ok, but I stopped reading the Queen of Hel one because it was just boring. Yeah I liked the start of Queen of Hel but after a while the writing got way too smart about winking at itself and I cut out at issue 4. Like, okay, breaking the 4th wall is cute sometimes, we all know that but goddamn Bennett cool your jets even Deadpool doesn't do that poo poo that much. That said, 1602 was one of my fave Secret Wars tie-ins so I'm not knocking all the Angela books.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 18:58
|
|
|
Has Marvel more or less discarded the idea of continuity between books except when it comes to crossovers? The x-books seem to be aware of each other's general goings-on, and everyone is aware of Pleasant Hill and stuff when it's convenient, but you also have books like A-Force where Captain Marvel and Medusa, people who are involved in serious world-ending poo poo in their own books, or who are expressly out of the universe for months on end, are running around having lighthearted wacky adventures as if nothing is going on. That's better than the alternative (being slavishly devoted to continuity and editorial decrees over good stories), but I was wondering if Marvel had made any sort of official decision about stuff like that. Or is it just a matter of A-Force's writer not clearing stuff with the Avengers office or whatever?
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 22:42
|
|
|
I think the general assumption is that unless things are explicitly shown as happening at the exact same time (ie during crossovers/event series) then they're not.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2016 22:47
|
|
|
JoshTheStampede posted:Has Marvel more or less discarded the idea of continuity between books except when it comes to crossovers? The x-books seem to be aware of each other's general goings-on, and everyone is aware of Pleasant Hill and stuff when it's convenient, but you also have books like A-Force where Captain Marvel and Medusa, people who are involved in serious world-ending poo poo in their own books, or who are expressly out of the universe for months on end, are running around having lighthearted wacky adventures as if nothing is going on.
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2016 00:32
|
|
|
So Visions wife's mind was based on Wanda's? That explains a lot.
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2016 03:18
|
|
|
I dropped off after the Avenger's event was over, are any of the all-new all different books worth reading?
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2016 09:21
|
|
|
Vision. Squirrel Girl. Patsy Walker.
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2016 10:13
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 17, 2024 06:39 |
|
|
I've heard good things about Howard the Duck.
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2016 16:06
|
|