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# ? May 11, 2017 20:28 |
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# ? May 11, 2017 20:28 |
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Gay City
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# ? May 11, 2017 20:29 |
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# ? May 11, 2017 20:31 |
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I'm starting to realize Zach Snyder's Superman is actually not that bad all things considered
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# ? May 11, 2017 20:37 |
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Supes got a weird mix of "Charles Atlas" and "1950s dad bod" going on there
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# ? May 11, 2017 21:23 |
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A woman with a gun, Batman's ultimate trigger.
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# ? May 11, 2017 21:39 |
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Supes got a weird mix of "Charles Atlas" and "1950s dad bod" going on there Its a sign of the times type thing. I'm sure some douchebag has written an article about the evolution of supermans body image over the decades but suffice it to say that hyper cut wasp waisted types of superheroes don't show up till much later. It's like how Johnny Weissmuller was cast as Tarzan in the 30s in large part because of his famous physique which looked like this:
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# ? May 11, 2017 21:45 |
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Drunken Baker posted:Yeah. I can't remember but I THINK they kidnapped him specifically so they could get infinite foreskins. namechange pls
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# ? May 11, 2017 22:06 |
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skasion posted:Gay City It's too dangerous for a woman.
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# ? May 11, 2017 22:30 |
skasion posted:There's now two of them, actually! Fletcher Hanks is amazing, his works sum up basically everything stupid and insane about superhero comics ad absurdum, with a complete lack of self awareness, right in the foundational years of the medium before any modern revisionist took ironic issue with the idea of godlike manchildren dealing ghoulish death to petty crooks. a volume that has everything he ever produced was recently published and all households should have a copy on their bookshelf. mine came with a coloring book too!
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# ? May 11, 2017 23:03 |
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How about the time they had a "draw Harley Quinn naked committing suicide" contest? http://www.cbr.com/dc-apologizes-to-those-offended-by-harley-quinn-contest/ e: The script called for a panel in which Harley is depicted "sitting naked in a bathtub with toasters, blow dryers, blenders, appliances all dangling above the bathtub and she has a cord that will release them all. We are watching the moment before the inevitable death. Her expression is one of ‘oh well, guess that’s it for me’ and she has resigned herself to the moment that is going to happen." http://www.cbr.com/jimmy-palmiotti-clarifies-controversial-harley-quinn-tryout-script/ ghosthorse fucked around with this message at 00:53 on May 12, 2017 |
# ? May 12, 2017 00:50 |
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The one where Spiderman is gay.
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:06 |
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Also this
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:10 |
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Bob James posted:The one where Spiderman is gay. lol they already did that
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:19 |
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What if they bring the gooniest moment in DC comics to the silver screen?
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:44 |
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man nurse posted:I'd like to see Robin being killed by Joker with a crowbar adapted to the silver screen. This needs full context. They were in Iran where Robin's mother was performing illegal abortions. Joker found out and threatened to tell the authorities, so Robin's mum told him where to find Robin. Joker then brutally beat him with a crowbar until a cliff hanger ending with whether Robin lived or died being voted on by callin. Overwhelmingly the vote was to kill him, although a lot of the calls were traceable to one guy's auto dial in machine. I think Robin's mum might've watched it happen and just ignored it. Later, Joker became the ambassador to the UN for Ayatollah Khomeini, meaning he could publicly go on US soil without being arrested.
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:44 |
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Bogus Adventure posted:What if they bring the gooniest moment in DC comics to the silver screen? A lot of people hated this and Infinite Crisis in general (general theme of the comic: the idealistic silly old comics aren't coming back, stuff is hard and comics are better for it) but I found Superboy Prime - basement dweller funny.
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:46 |
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Neurosis posted:A lot of people hated this and Infinite Crisis in general (general theme of the comic: the idealistic silly old comics aren't coming back, stuff is hard and comics are better for it) but I found Superboy Prime - basement dweller funny. I do like Superboy Prime the Internet Troll. It was the only thing that came out of Infinite Crisis that I liked.
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:51 |
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:58 |
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Troposphere posted:when the elongated mans wife was raped and then her memory was erased about it and then she was murdered when she was pregnant and her corpse was burned This is a really good comic, of due note, and it explores the importance and nature of secret identities in really great ways. People deride it for being "dark", which it is, but I've always found this seems to be out of objection to the fact that there's rape and women get murdered rather than objection to the story, which really raises some serious grey area questions about the nature of the Justice League, the power they wield, and of course the importance of memories.
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# ? May 12, 2017 02:26 |
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8-Bit Scholar posted:This is a really good comic, of due note, and it explores the importance and nature of secret identities in really great ways. People deride it for being "dark", which it is, but I've always found this seems to be out of objection to the fact that there's rape and women get murdered rather than objection to the story, which really raises some serious grey area questions about the nature of the Justice League, the power they wield, and of course the importance of memories. The point is, the murder, and ESPECIALLY the rape, are completely and utterly superfluous to the story. They're NOT NEEDED. Hell, there's a rumor that supposedly the only reason there was a rape in the story was some guy in the planning stages just out and out said "We need a rape". The villain could have just as easily menaced the rape victim and threatened to do worse, and you'd have gotten the same result. Really, the biggest example of how toxic the rape was (besides all the obvious stuff) that the idea was "this villain has become lame, we need to make him not lame any more", but once they did that, later writers didn't have any idea what to do with him except have him constantly talk about rape and do creepy sexual poo poo. It got to the point where this was even referenced IN THE COMICS THEMSELVES (one hero said of his now constant rape-talk "It's like it's his POWER now."). It did nothing to fix, improve, or bring anything new or interesting to the villain. It was just pointless "THIS IS ADULT AND MATURE AND EDGY" and in retrospect, it shows, big time.
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# ? May 12, 2017 03:27 |
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Cornwind Evil posted:The point is, the murder, and ESPECIALLY the rape, are completely and utterly superfluous to the story. They're NOT NEEDED. Hell, there's a rumor that supposedly the only reason there was a rape in the story was some guy in the planning stages just out and out said "We need a rape". The villain could have just as easily menaced the rape victim and threatened to do worse, and you'd have gotten the same result. i think the issue is that it is a comic book and comics are for children. actual adult concepts take more than the dialog of a few comic panels to explore.
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# ? May 12, 2017 03:37 |
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A good batman one would be adapting batman as the insane violent manchild depicted in All Star Batman and Robin where after kidnapping an 11 year old whose parents have just been murdered (killing several cops with the batmobile in the process and ditching his date) he calls the kid a retard then earnestly and pathetically looks for the boy's approval and acts sulky when the kid finds his toys dumb and juvenile
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# ? May 12, 2017 03:40 |
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Cornwind Evil posted:The point is, the murder, and ESPECIALLY the rape, are completely and utterly superfluous to the story. They're NOT NEEDED. Hell, there's a rumor that supposedly the only reason there was a rape in the story was some guy in the planning stages just out and out said "We need a rape". The villain could have just as easily menaced the rape victim and threatened to do worse, and you'd have gotten the same result. and instead of letting the character deal with it they murdered her when she was pregnant on I think her anniversary or husbands birthday or something lol. it was pointlessly dark.
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# ? May 12, 2017 04:29 |
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8-Bit Scholar posted:This is a really good comic, of due note, and it explores the importance and nature of secret identities in really great ways. People deride it for being "dark", which it is, but I've always found this seems to be out of objection to the fact that there's rape and women get murdered rather than objection to the story, which really raises some serious grey area questions about the nature of the Justice League, the power they wield, and of course the importance of memories. When I first read Identity Crisis, I liked it because for the same reasons. However, the more I thought about it, the more I changed my mind. It would have made for a fantastic Elseworlds story, like Kingdom Come or The Nail, but it completely FUBAR'd DC's continuity by taking a stinky dump on the lighthearted history of those characters. It's something that they've been reeling from ever since, as evidenced by DiDio & Co making GBS threads out a new Crisis or retcon every couple of years. It also goes without saying that the comic didn't need a graphic rape scene. I'm in the camp that agrees that artists should have the creative license to delve into the darker areas of human nature, but that was disgusting and in poor taste.
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# ? May 12, 2017 04:35 |
every time I think "i'm going to get into comics", something happens. Either I read a ridiculous loving panel from the silver age or some cheesy grimdark poo poo that should only appeal to a certain kind of angsty 13 year old and I just think, naaah. One time I went to north carolina to visit some friends and take a week of class at their wackadoo bible school. One of the 6 men i shared a doube-wide with in the hills of north carolina was way into planet hulk, he was in his early 30s, and after dinner every night he would read a page and go "HAHA OH WOW..." and then relay the full page of events, not even paraphrasing but painstakingly explaining every frame without really ever letting anyone actually look at the book. So i've never even read a comic that didn't come bundled with a video game box set. Is there a reason to try and get into the medium at 27 or is this something you have to grow up reading to like?
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# ? May 12, 2017 04:45 |
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look at this stupid, stupid poo poo
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# ? May 12, 2017 04:48 |
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basic hitler posted:every time I think "i'm going to get into comics", something happens. Either I read a ridiculous loving panel from the silver age or some cheesy grimdark poo poo that should only appeal to a certain kind of angsty 13 year old and I just think, naaah. It's a big medium with a testy fanbase, so it's hard to like everything. I like tongue-in-cheek stuff more, so I really enjoyed Cable & Deadpool. It had a good run and the two played off of each other pretty well. The Insuperable Squirrel Girl is also pretty fun IMHO. She beats a lot of bad guys with troll reasoning, and you get to see a more pensive side of Galactus in one issue.
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# ? May 12, 2017 04:52 |
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Troposphere posted:
It's even stupider when you find out who did it.
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# ? May 12, 2017 04:53 |
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Vakal posted:
If they didn't undo the new 52 change to Huntress, that's Bruce's daughter from an alternate timeline a decade or so ahead of the main one. So the moment is supposed to be more of a family disappointment one.
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# ? May 12, 2017 05:06 |
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Neurosis posted:This needs full context. They were in Iran where Robin's mother was performing illegal abortions. Joker found out and threatened to tell the authorities, so Robin's mum told him where to find Robin. Joker then brutally beat him with a crowbar until a cliff hanger ending with whether Robin lived or died being voted on by callin. Overwhelmingly the vote was to kill him, although a lot of the calls were traceable to one guy's auto dial in machine. I think Robin's mum might've watched it happen and just ignored it. Later, Joker became the ambassador to the UN for Ayatollah Khomeini, meaning he could publicly go on US soil without being arrested. Lol I read this and then was getting ready to make a "I actually had to Google this to see that it was fake" post. It's not fake. basic hitler posted:every time I think "i'm going to get into comics", something happens. Either I read a ridiculous loving panel from the silver age or some cheesy grimdark poo poo that should only appeal to a certain kind of angsty 13 year old and I just think, naaah. Superhero comics are garbage and if you think that they're stupid you should read Watchmen, which of course is now being incorporated into DC's retarded universe without any loving hint of irony.
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# ? May 12, 2017 05:16 |
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This one time, Wally West ran really fast and punched a guy, and it was cool, so no, superhero comics are not garbage. You must be thinking of your face.
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# ? May 12, 2017 05:25 |
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Sunswipe posted:It's important to remember why Green Lantern called his friend "Pieface." lmfao
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# ? May 12, 2017 05:28 |
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Tacky-rear end Rococco posted:This one time, Wally West ran really fast and punched a guy, and it was cool, so no, superhero comics are not garbage. You must be thinking of your face. Was this before or after Flash's past three incarnations and his half alien sister arrived from earths 5, 29 and 57 to help him escape from the third level of hell, where he had been trapped in the future by a psychic vampire masquerading as Lee Harvey Oswald?
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# ? May 12, 2017 05:30 |
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# ? May 12, 2017 05:38 |
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Cornwind Evil posted:Really, the biggest example of how toxic the rape was (besides all the obvious stuff) that the idea was "this villain has become lame, we need to make him not lame any more", but once they did that, later writers didn't have any idea what to do with him except have him constantly talk about rape and do creepy sexual poo poo. It got to the point where this was even referenced IN THE COMICS THEMSELVES (one hero said of his now constant rape-talk "It's like it's his POWER now."). It did nothing to fix, improve, or bring anything new or interesting to the villain. It was just pointless "THIS IS ADULT AND MATURE AND EDGY" and in retrospect, it shows, big time. I am not sure it's entirely fair to blame the work for what it inspired. DC's continuity has always been its biggest strength and weakness and the fact is is that due to the massive length of the print history of these characters, pretty much every conceivable thing has been done and ultimately retconned at some point. DC's continuity matters until it doesn't. Bogus Adventure posted:When I first read Identity Crisis, I liked it because for the same reasons. However, the more I thought about it, the more I changed my mind. It would have made for a fantastic Elseworlds story, like Kingdom Come or The Nail, but it completely FUBAR'd DC's continuity by taking a stinky dump on the lighthearted history of those characters. It's something that they've been reeling from ever since, as evidenced by DiDio & Co making GBS threads out a new Crisis or retcon every couple of years. Similarly, I'm not sure what "lighthearted history" this story is making GBS threads upon. It's a dark story using familiar characters to tell it. The purpose of superhero stories, in the grand lexicon of human expression, is to serve as modern day sources of myth. DC's heroes are as much concepts as they are people, and so they're ideal for a story where they explore the potentially horrifying consequences of a superhero lifestyle. I can't argue taste or no taste; all my life I've basically been consuming media filled with tons of violent and sexual imagery so I guess I've a tolerance for it now, but to my understanding the rape is portrayed as a horrific action and not just some sort of excuse for titillation. I might be misremembering, it's been a long time since I read it. As I recall also, it is the crime that causes the protagonists to make the instrumental choice about the memory wiping, isn't it? So it's not completely superfluous, though again, I may be misremembering some points.
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# ? May 12, 2017 05:47 |
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This is avatar material.
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8-Bit Scholar posted:I am not sure it's entirely fair to blame the work for what it inspired. it's dumb as hell actually
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