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Squizzle posted:Well forum friends, there is a great issue confronting the comic books. That issue is: How will BREXIT affect Captain Britain's many super powers? Will his Energy Projection be negatively affected? Can he now lift (press) fewer tens of tons? Does he gain eye lazors that only hurt brown or Slavic people? I'm sure his status of "appearing nowhere" will continue on unbroken.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 05:58 |
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 13:11 |
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If any of you guys live in the UK rip
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 06:00 |
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Squizzle posted:Well forum friends, there is a great issue confronting the comic books. That issue is: How will BREXIT affect Captain Britain's many super powers? Will his Energy Projection be negatively affected? Can he now lift (press) fewer tens of tons? Does he gain eye lazors that only hurt brown or Slavic people? It turns out despite what everyone was told his relative power output would remain the same, and possibly even increase.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 06:03 |
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Squizzle posted:Well forum friends, there is a great issue confronting the comic books. That issue is: How will BREXIT affect Captain Britain's many super powers? Will his Energy Projection be negatively affected? Can he now lift (press) fewer tens of tons? Does he gain eye lazors that only hurt brown or Slavic people? The white male Captain Britain will be taken out back and shot. Slowly all references to Brian Braddock ever being Captain Britain will be erased, and Faiza Hussain will have always been Captain Britain. The final step is Psylocke realizing she's actually Faiza's sister and was always Betsy Hussain. They did it to Captain America, Brexit will remind Marvel it's Britain's turn.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 06:46 |
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That unfunny joke reminded me of how we'll probably never see Nightrunner at DC, even if they remembered how stupid they are for not using Batman Inc.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 09:12 |
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Soonmot posted:Lol if you think American tv is going to adapt a story with a largely native cast. Although, I wished I lived in a world where that was possible And real talk, they could probably cast some super famous white men as Agent Nitz and Diesel Engine and just have them be disproportionately prominent on posters and ads. site posted:If any of you guys live in the UK rip
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 10:44 |
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I'm too gutted and angry to care about comic books right now. It's a victory for ignorance, fear, and stupidity, and the ones who will feel it the most are the ones who loving voted for it. Scotland, London, Norn Iron, Liverpool and Newcastle are cool, burn down the rest. I mean, Wales! loving WALES! It's gotten more from the EU than it's ever put in, they've funded regeneration programmes while successive governments have left it (and the North) to loving rot.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 11:11 |
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Sentinel Red posted:I'm too gutted and angry to care about comic books right now. It's a victory for ignorance, fear, and stupidity, and the ones who will feel it the most are the ones who loving voted for it. It is really funny Scotland is on that list.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 11:44 |
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Mr Hootington posted:It is really funny Scotland is on that list. Why wouldn't they be? They've wanted to stay in the EU all along, it was constantly getting lumbered with England's Conservative governments no one up there voted for that contributed strongly to a drive for independence. Which they'll press for even stronger now, and most likely get after this if a second referendum is held.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 12:25 |
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and now due to a clause in their last independence referendum, Scotland can hold another vote to leave the UK since they were removed from the EU by force
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 12:36 |
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Is Sinn Fein still taking about a reunification referendum, or did someone walk that back while I was asleep?
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 13:03 |
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Alaois posted:and now due to a clause in their last independence referendum, Scotland can hold another vote to leave the UK since they were removed from the EU by force This is what makes it funny. Plus they stayed because they figured GB would stay EU.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 13:09 |
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I've been having a killer headache contemplating the referendum and as much as I wanna avoid it as much as possible it's kind of frightening to think about, especially if it could be foreshadowing for November here in the US. "Without a bullet being fired"....class act, the UKIP. So! To answer the original question, goodbye Captain Britan, hello Captain Airstrip-One.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 14:49 |
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WickedHate posted:I've been having a killer headache contemplating the referendum and as much as I wanna avoid it as much as possible it's kind of frightening to think about, especially if it could be foreshadowing for November here in the US. Don't worry about November. If you have any worries come to USPol aka the
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 15:03 |
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Mr Hootington posted:Don't worry about November. If you have any worries come to USPol aka the I didn't worry about November until the thing everyone said wasn't going to happen across the pond happened. Thank god the New 52 is over because if the fantasy escapist world kept being as bleak as the real one we'd probably all
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 15:07 |
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WickedHate posted:I didn't worry about November until the thing everyone said wasn't going to happen across the pond happened. This will probably ensure the conservative fuckwits win the election here in a week though.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 15:16 |
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WickedHate posted:"Without a bullet being fired"....class act, the UKIP. Oh wait, this isn't D&D, is it? Any comic authors respond to this yet? Ton of Brits out there.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 15:28 |
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VagueRant posted:I actually had to look this up, I didn't believe Farage could've really said it. Kind of a perfect political move, because his supporters will write off any criticism as political correctness and only make him more popular. I imagine Al Ewing's next Ultimates script is just incoherent screaming.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 15:36 |
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WickedHate posted:I didn't worry about November until the thing everyone said wasn't going to happen across the pond happened. Thank god the New 52 is over because if the fantasy escapist world kept being as bleak as the real one we'd probably all Do not worry. Markets should stabilize in the US and Asia by the end of the week. It will hurt the US a bit but it shouldn't cause a global recession. Plus it is nearly impossible for Trump to win. Has this increased his chances? Yes, but we would need a recession, Clinton to die or be arrested, or a 9/11 type terrorist attack for him to win. VagueRant posted:I actually had to look this up, I didn't believe Farage could've really said it. Kind of a perfect political move, because his supporters will write off any criticism as political correctness and only make him more popular. It is general chat so why not?
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 15:54 |
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VagueRant posted:I actually had to look this up, I didn't believe Farage could've really said it. Kind of a perfect political move, because his supporters will write off any criticism as political correctness and only make him more popular. I was reading along as Warren Ellis live tweeted the votes coming in, was a good way to experience the whole thing.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 15:55 |
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VagueRant posted:Guys, I just finished reading Scalped and my body feels post-coital right now, holy poo poo. It was like Breaking Bad and Banshee had a baby that matched the peaks of both of those shows. And I'm not sure I've seen any TV show or even a novel stick the landing so perfectly. That climax delivered on EVERYTHING. Scalped absolutely slays and Southern Bastards is an excellent spiritual successor to it. When Scalped came out were there a lot of Native American activists mad about a white guy writing about a corrupt Indian reservation?
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 15:57 |
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Kieron Gillen wrote some initial thoughts here.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 16:15 |
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The financial drop is basically this sketch IRL. I know it affects everyone but taking comfort in assholes getting hosed as much or more than they gently caress up the world is one of the only ways I have to cope with this sort of thing and why I read the Schadenfreude thread in PYF so much.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 16:26 |
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I know it's hosed up but I take some cold comfort in knowing that our sister country across the pond is as stupid or stupider than us actually giving a loving reality tv show star a legitimate shot at the highest office in the land. Schadenfreude's a real bitch.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 16:43 |
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Toxxupation posted:I know it's hosed up but I take some cold comfort in knowing that our sister country across the pond is as stupid or stupider than us actually giving a loving reality tv show star a legitimate shot at the highest office in the land. Schadenfreude's a real bitch. Eh, a reality TV star being nominated for President isn't any crazier than an actor having already been President, or a Saturday Night Live star being a Senator, or not one but TWO stars of the movie Predator being governors.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 16:46 |
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The idea that leaving the EU could possibly lead to a good chuck of the UK also breaking up is just astonishing. Go Scotland Go!
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 16:54 |
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Gonna have to change the name to "the K".
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 16:55 |
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Die Laughing posted:That unfunny joke reminded me of how we'll probably never see Nightrunner at DC, even if they remembered how stupid they are for not using Batman Inc. The big problem with Batman, Incorporated was how boring all the alternate Batmans were. The only ones I really liked were Knight and Squire, or rather Beryl's Knight.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:00 |
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Toxxupation posted:The big problem with Batman, Incorporated was how boring all the alternate Batmans were. The only ones I really liked were Knight and Squire, or rather Beryl's Knight. I thought the Native American ones were pretty good. Lots of the others were just Morrison throwing around ideas with a vague hope that someone might do something with them (see The Multiversity, Seven Soldiers, New X-Men, etc).
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:05 |
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Are there any comics where the baby boomers are the villains, like they are in real life?
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:05 |
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Doctor Spaceman posted:I thought the Native American ones were pretty good. Lots of the others were just Morrison throwing around ideas with a vague hope that someone might do something with them (see The Multiversity, Seven Soldiers, New X-Men, etc). I thought the idea for Man-of-Bats and Red Raven was a good one, but one that was executed in the greyest and dullest way possible, just like how most of Batman, Inc itself is the least interesting possible take on what a community of Batmen would mean.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:07 |
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Grant Morrison's Batman sucked because it tried making funny Silver Age stuff gritty and realistic to "explain" how they fit into canon, which seems like the opposite of his normal shtick. I'm not a huge fan of the Silver Age but Batman imagining fighting a rainbow monster in an isolation induced psychotic break is dumber than Batman fighting a rainbow monster.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:07 |
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Madkal posted:Are there any comics where the baby boomers are the villains, like they are in real life?
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:08 |
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Toxxupation posted:The big problem with Batman, Incorporated was how boring all the alternate Batmans were. The only ones I really liked were Knight and Squire, or rather Beryl's Knight. Beryl is always a delight, though, especially in GMozz's JLA Classified arc.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:08 |
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WickedHate posted:Grant Morrison's Batman sucked because it tried making funny Silver Age stuff gritty and realistic to "explain" how they fit into canon, which seems like the opposite of his normal shtick. I'm not a huge fan of the Silver Age but Batman imagining fighting a rainbow monster in an isolation induced psychotic break is dumber than Batman fighting a rainbow monster. Actually Batman R.I.P. is one of the best Batman stories of all time??? And there's a bunch of lightness to it, too. Batman and Robin is just awesome Batman poo poo with the best Batman and the best Robin before ROBW ties in, and even after is pretty much just Dick and Damian beatin' on dudes.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:11 |
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Endless Mike posted:I was gonna say Prez, but given that's set in the near future, the establishment are probably Gen Xers. Prez #2 in particular should only be read while wearing protective gloves, because every page is just packed with satire that is razor sharp and wants to cut.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:19 |
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Not being devoid of levity doesn't mean something isn't stupidly dark. But I've long since accepted I'm in the minority on Morrison's Batman, and I'd probably like it better if I took to Damian like most readers.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:20 |
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Madkal posted:Are there any comics where the baby boomers are the villains, like they are in real life? Everything by DC.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 17:35 |
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All those classic comics are actually macabre as gently caress, Morrison doesn't really make them gritty or realistic.
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Aphrodite posted:It turns out despite what everyone was told his relative power output would remain the same, and possibly even increase.
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