Events from the rich DC comic universe that should be adapted to the cinema

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Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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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

a real heart warmer

# ¿ May 11, 2017 05:32

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 14:34

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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Pick posted:

did it motivate the elongated man to be more cool & manly?

no he got really sad and then he was murdered too

# ¿ May 11, 2017 05:34

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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thanks dc really cool thing to put in your comics for children

# ¿ May 11, 2017 05:48

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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cool! cool poo poo! love these comics for children!

# ¿ May 11, 2017 05:50

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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basic hitler posted:

What is that? a poor man's Watchmen fanfic?

blue beetle is actually who nite owl in watchmen is based off of

# ¿ May 11, 2017 05:54

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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Tacky-rear end Rococco posted:

Is this supposed to be more or less disturbing than Superman wanting to gently caress his 14 year old cousin?

comic book writers are hosed up

# ¿ May 11, 2017 05:55

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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ted kord ruled and when he was killed that is when I stopped reading comics

haven't gone back, no regrets

# ¿ May 11, 2017 06:04

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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dan didio went on a NO HAPPY CHARACTERS!!! NO ONE CAN BE FUN!! rampage and they never really recovered from it

# ¿ May 11, 2017 06:05

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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Grem posted:

Ted Kord is back alive btw and it's not as good as it was, it's sad.

e: I have a Ted Kord tattoo.

it's like new universe ted kord tho right? all the characters are different and weird idk I don't like it!!

# ¿ May 11, 2017 07:09

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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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.

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.

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.

# ¿ May 12, 2017 04:29

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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look at this stupid, stupid poo poo

# ¿ May 12, 2017 04:48

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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8-Bit Scholar posted:

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.

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.

it's dumb as hell actually

# ¿ May 12, 2017 05:50

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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8-Bit Scholar posted:

Then don't? I wasn't aware anyone was forcing you to read anything you didn't want to read.

sue dibny was a fan favorite character from the lighthearted JLI if you liked that comic at all it was kind of hard to ignore them making GBS threads all over the characters from it, not to mention it was the heavily advertised ~world shattering~ event that leaked into all of the other books

# ¿ May 12, 2017 06:25

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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audience tastes and wants: seeing a beloved character get brutally raped and then murdered when she's pregnant

comic fans loving suck, identity crisis was garbage and so are you

# ¿ May 12, 2017 06:39

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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👏what👏comics👏need👏is👏more👏rape👏and👏murder👏of👏pregnant👏women👏

# ¿ May 12, 2017 06:44

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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hey guys remember this fun scene from I can't believe it's not the justice league?

well what if she was raped, and then murdered while she was pregnant

# ¿ May 12, 2017 06:48

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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Grem posted:

She wasn't pregnant when she got raped.

rape, and murder of pregnant women sorry the emojis make it hard to read sentences, if you're dumb

# ¿ May 12, 2017 06:49

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8-Bit Scholar posted:

Yeah that's kind of dope, as I said it presents a kind of sobering look at the reaches of the Justice League's power and the consequences for allowing your secret identity to be revealed. The primary threat of the whole story is that the love interests or families of capes would be threatened; to what extent would they go to address that? If the only limit on their power is a refusal to kill, are there not even worse things that might prompt them to do? It's a weird way to retcon some stuff, as DC likes to do, while writing a dark murder mystery that explores broad genre issues and concepts.

and it was executed in the worst way possible

# ¿ May 12, 2017 06:52

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Bogus Adventure posted:

Here are some of the better times of goofy DC stuff

superbuddies was the best thing DC ever did and didio is a moron for ruining it

# ¿ May 12, 2017 07:00

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literally a hog posted:

I feel like this could have been an alright more lighthearted/weird 60s-70s comics thread. Did you really have to spend 4 pages ranting about a terrible rape storyline that's highly disliked by most fans?

comics have burned me and I must let the world know

# ¿ May 12, 2017 07:40

Troposphere: Jul 11, 2005; psycho killer
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literally a hog posted:

Ok, but normally mods probate the weirdos who don't drop terrible derails.

Also there's been about 75 years of DC comics at this point. Focus on something else.