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Choco1980 posted:For the record, "Grass Mud Horse" is a meme symbolizing protest against Government censorship of internet. It's characters closely resemble the Chinese characters for "gently caress your mother". Not the characters but the sounds. Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language and there are a lot of homophones so the words for grass mud horse, or just alpaca (cao3 ni2 ma3) are near-homophones for gently caress yo' momma (cao4 ni3 ma1).
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Jan 11, 2017 22:55
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ImpAtom posted:Superman of the new Earth died. The old Superman pre-Rebirth is around and took over as Superman. There are implications that new Superman may never have been Superman at all. (A lot of people theorize he might have been Kon-El but there's nothing backing that up.) 
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Jan 11, 2017 23:06
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Kinda looks like Beta Ray Bill in that crop.
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Jan 12, 2017 00:00
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ASM: Renew Your Vows continues to be the best thing ever (along with Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and Spider-Man & Deadpool). 
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Jan 12, 2017 00:19
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ImpAtom posted:[...] He's going to be revived in a couple of months so we'll probably get the answer when he fights The Comedian or whatever. purple death ray posted:[...] Yeah especially considering Rebirth claiming that the New 52 is the same universe as the old DCU, just with a decade of growth and relationships sucked out of it by the Big Mean Alan Moore Characters, there being two Clark Kents and two Lois Lanes running around is the biggest hole in that theory. wait what?
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Jan 12, 2017 00:26
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BROCK LESBIAN posted:Big fan of Pudgy Batman. FATMAN
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Jan 12, 2017 00:30
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kujeger posted:wait what? Man, someone's been under a rock. Dr. Manhattan used Flashpoint as a cover for his science experiment where he tried to mold the DC Universe into something different. Basically reverting characters and taking away the things that bonded them. Making them colder and less optimistic. Rebirth is about all that coming undone.
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Jan 12, 2017 00:31
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kujeger posted:wait what? Dc really wants to tie watchmen into every single thing.
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Jan 12, 2017 00:32
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And a mysterious figure heavily rumored to be Ozymandias has been teleporting characters into a secret prison because they're risking unraveling the entire thing. The entire Batfamily thinks Tim Drake is dead right now because he's in some extra-dimensional jail cell. I think he took Doomsday too? I stopped reading Action Comics pretty much instantly.
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Jan 12, 2017 00:34
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New Super Man is one of the unsung gems of the Rebirth line. It's friggin fantastic and you should all be ashamed that you're not reading it. Unless you are reading it. Then you should just feel less bad.
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Jan 12, 2017 00:35
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X-O posted:Man, someone's been under a rock. Dr. Manhattan used Flashpoint as a cover for his science experiment where he tried to mold the DC Universe into something different. Basically reverting characters and taking away the things that bonded them. Making them colder and less optimistic. Rebirth is about all that coming undone. purple death ray posted:And a mysterious figure heavily rumored to be Ozymandias has been teleporting characters into a secret prison because they're risking unraveling the entire thing. The entire Batfamily thinks Tim Drake is dead right now because he's in some extra-dimensional jail cell. I think he took Doomsday too? I stopped reading Action Comics pretty much instantly.  okay, I haven't really been following what's happening at DC (or Marvel for that matter) except for maybe a storyline here and there that seemed nice, and being sort of aware there have been more "reboots", but uh wow. I'll, uh, just go re-read watchmen or something. edit: and maybe new super man
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Jan 12, 2017 00:37
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It's really been in like, three issues out of the entire line of Rebirth books, which are almost uniformly great comics, so while it is dumb as poo poo it's been pretty easy to ignore.
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Jan 12, 2017 01:33
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It's been really heavily relegated to being in the background so far, and will probably remain that way until they wrap it up.
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Jan 12, 2017 01:36
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purple death ray posted:And a mysterious figure heavily rumored to be Ozymandias has been teleporting characters into a secret prison because they're risking unraveling the entire thing. The entire Batfamily thinks Tim Drake is dead right now because he's in some extra-dimensional jail cell. I think he took Doomsday too? I stopped reading Action Comics pretty much instantly. Wait, that's where Tim is? I've only been reading some of the Batman books, but I was aware of the Dr. Manhattan thing. If this is building to a big Crisis of Infinite Watchmen event, DC's gonna squander a lot of that good will Rebirth bought them. At least I hope so. Both companies need to be taught a lesson about events with line-wide tie ins.
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Jan 12, 2017 01:41
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Onmi posted:they think it's kinda fishy. Hello. I am deeply interested in this portrayal of the worlds greatest detective. What is the source? Is it collected in a paper tradeback yet?
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Jan 12, 2017 01:44
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I think for me DC's already squandered a lot of the goodwill they earned back with Rebirth. Batman has been terribly disappointing, as has the modern half of Wonder Woman. And they're already bringing back N52 Superman which is stupid as hell since the current Superman is the best thing they're doing right now. And the double shipping is starting to be a pain because 90% of the books are just moving super slow and not taking advantage of having two books a month.
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Jan 12, 2017 01:46
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:New Superman died. Old Superman is still around. ImpAtom posted:Superman of the new Earth died. The old Superman pre-Rebirth is around and took over as Superman. There are implications that new Superman may never have been Superman at all. (A lot of people theorize he might have been Kon-El but there's nothing backing that up.) I can see I'll be getting a lot of mileage out of this panel in the foreseeable future. 
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Jan 12, 2017 01:51
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I have to say that as a relative outsider, the 'Dr Manhattan did it' twist to Rebirth is actually really intruiging to me, largely because committing to it in the first place was probably the hardest part to sell. I hear that twist and go 'well this should be interesting', as opposed to how most comic book twists go. Like, comparing to the 'Steve Rogers is Hydra' twist from around the same time. That's gonna be walked back/fixed/retconned at some point because it always is, that's just how comics work. But they can't back away from something like a Watchmen crossover, they're going to have to loving commit.
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Jan 12, 2017 01:52
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A comprehensive DC guide to walking back a Watchmen crossover: 1. Barry Allen fucks up the universe by running too fast. 2. ??? 3. Profit
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Jan 12, 2017 02:00
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Ghostlight posted:A comprehensive DC guide
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Jan 12, 2017 02:02
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Isn't the "remaking the universe to be BETTER the same secret plot line they used back in Infinite Crisis?
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Jan 12, 2017 02:03
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Nilbop posted:Isn't the "remaking the universe to be BETTER the same secret plot line they used back in Infinite Crisis? In this case, Manhattan's not "remaking the universe to be better" as much as he's "loving around with an existing universe for science*" *boredom
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Jan 12, 2017 02:04
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I have to say, as stupid as I think the general idea of the Watchmen stuff is, I love the idea of a nigh-omnipotent being recreating the universe to make it less optimistic and hopeful.... and the original Superman survives intact anyway  "I found a better story; one created to be unstoppable, indestructible! The story of a child rocketed to Earth from a doomed planet..."
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Jan 12, 2017 02:31
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Also seriously anyone here who's been burned by Marvel, give Rebirth a chance because it's got legitimately good comics. From Titans. I don't know about everyone else but I love when Superhero's have to sort out the logistics of being Superheroes with normal people   
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Jan 12, 2017 02:53
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I feel like it's only a matter of time for anybody burnt out on Marvel before they feel the same way about DC.
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Jan 12, 2017 03:05
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Poor Miserable Gurgi posted:Wait, that's where Tim is? I've only been reading some of the Batman books, but I was aware of the Dr. Manhattan thing. If this is building to a big Crisis of Infinite Watchmen event, DC's gonna squander a lot of that good will Rebirth bought them. At least I hope so. Both companies need to be taught a lesson about events with line-wide tie ins. Yep. And Adrian Veidt, self-proclaimed smartest man on Earth, the guy who enacted his master plan 35 mintues before the heroes even arrived to stop him... left Tim with his entire utility belt inside the sci-fi prison cell.
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Jan 12, 2017 04:07
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The Watchmen stuff is definitely dumb as hell but it's really funny to imagine just how loving angry Alan Moore must be about it all.
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Jan 12, 2017 04:17
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X-O posted:I think for me DC's already squandered a lot of the goodwill they earned back with Rebirth. Batman has been terribly disappointing, as has the modern half of Wonder Woman. And they're already bringing back N52 Superman which is stupid as hell since the current Superman is the best thing they're doing right now. And the double shipping is starting to be a pain because 90% of the books are just moving super slow and not taking advantage of having two books a month. Nothing in the solicits has shown that they are actually resurrecting the N52 Superman. Just because he's on a cover doesn't mean he's coming back.
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Jan 12, 2017 04:18
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Jan 12, 2017 04:21
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dordreff posted:The Watchmen stuff is definitely dumb as hell but it's really funny to imagine just how loving angry Alan Moore must be about it all. I like to think Moore's hate is the engine that keeps DC running 
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Jan 12, 2017 04:27
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Onmi posted:
Is this real?!
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Jan 12, 2017 04:31
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Justice League/Power Rangers #1
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Jan 12, 2017 04:32
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Jerusalem posted:I like to think Moore's hate is the engine that keeps DC running the sun in the DCU is actually powered by Alan Moore being forced to read through Before Watchmen constantly
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Jan 12, 2017 04:37
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So Superman's a battery filled with righteous fury?
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Jan 12, 2017 04:51
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dordreff posted:The Watchmen stuff is definitely dumb as hell but it's really funny to imagine just how loving angry Alan Moore must be about it all. I don't know, I'm sure there's some comfort for him in DC proving him right time and time again.
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Jan 12, 2017 04:56
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Yeah, people are always like "How DARE Alan Moore say that modern comics are creatively bankrupt and just recycle the past and have nothing new to offer" and then DC puts out something like Before Watchmen.
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Jan 12, 2017 04:59
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Then blame all the bad things that happened on one of his most famous characters
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Jan 12, 2017 05:06
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Poor Miserable Gurgi posted:So Superman's a battery filled with righteous fury? One which will never go out!
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Synthbuttrange posted:Then blame all the bad things that happened on one of his most famous characters Maybe it's an attempt to cast shade on Zach Snyder, and make his grim-shitted take on the characters an Aspect of Cosmic Evil the universe's heroes must fight against? I'm grasping at straws here.
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