Cowman

No, no, he's absolutely right.

Furthermore, Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile was TOTALLY Steven E. de Souza's vision. And that Bat Credit Card? SO Joel Schumacher's vision.

So quit saying they sucked!

Oh I don't know.

All the Timm-verse Batman, Superman, and Justice League stuff was "for kids"; and it was ALL better written than the Transformers movie. Avatar: The Last Airbender is another one that has quite a plot to it.

I just don't buy the "it's for kids, so it's okay that it's stupid" argument.

Oh, THAT'S what those were.

All I saw was a moving mass of little metal pieces. I thought maybe they were supposed to be Cthulhu horrors infected by the transmode virus or something.

World War Hulk sucked hugely. Actually made me actively dislike the Hulk.


And, to be fair, a lot of my grievances are based on semantics. But hey, it's the internet. Yer kinda expected to be nitpicky and short-tempered.

And also more boring.


Don't take it as a personal attack or anything; I was mostly just being snarky. But I DO kinda roll my eyes whenever this argument comes up. Yeah, I know it was kinda the point of THIS thread, but look through any other thread about comics and you'll see it pop up.

Now whether or not that makes it "truer" or not, I'm not gonna argue (after all, a heckuva lotta people think Twilight ISN'T complete **** ). I just find it a slightly snobbish kind of argument. Especially considering most indie comics wouldn't exist without the success of the mainstream stuff.

It's like when people badmouth Garfield for no other reason than it's popularity. Just rubs me the wrong way.

Mainstream comics have a lotta ****y stuff about 'em. But there's quite a lotta fun and awesome stuff about 'em too. And to write them off with a "I don't read THOSE comics anymore" type of comment seems very small minded to me.

But maybe I'm wrong.

Maybe I really am the only comics fan who LIKES the fact that Spidey and the rest haven't grown old and died. Maybe I'm the only one who likes the crazy storylines with evil twins, clones, aliens, and the X-Men fighting a vampire invasion.

Stuff like 'One More Day' can break yer frickin' SOUL. But there's always more on the way, and a lot of it is really fun stuff.

So poo-poo mainstream comics all ya want. I'll be standing on the front lines with 'em till my last breath. Bring it on, ya comic snobs. Bring it on!

*YAWN*

Yeah, yeah; mainstream comics, bad. Timelines make no sense. Stupid storylines. Plot by commitee. Yadda yadda yadda.

Why don't ya throw in something about Wolverine being overexposed next? That's original. Don't mind me over here readin' X-Men comics; I'm listening. Honest.

They DO make an exception for Halo.

Though the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games are even bigger sellers for the "frat boy" demographic.

Well, just speculating here, but in the "Smoke and Blood" (or whatever the title was) one-shot, the science team found a way to nullify vampire mind-control. It involved something with nanites and Madison Jeffries that I never really got, but whatever.

So, I'm thinkin' they inject him with the nanites; Wolverine goes in knowing he may get infected, but with the nanites he can retain his free will. And thanks to Jeffries being able to communicate with the nanites, the X-Men will know exactly where the vampires' HQ is.

True.

For example, I'd totally buy a redone version of the entire Mass Effect trilogy combining all the best parts of the three games.

Here is my plan for making an All-Star Batman movie popular:


Make the movie a blow for blow copy of the comic.

During the entire film, have silouhettes of Timm-verse Batman and Robin sitting in movie seats at the bottom of the screen and ragging on it.

Wait, maybe it'll help if I put on this bright orange jacket!

Actually, I'm predicting that as "all part of the plan". I think Cyclops is pulling a Trojan Horse type deal.

Nah, that's all over with.

Supposedly his healing factor was nerfed after that storyline.

Eh, I give 'em six months.

Then he'll probably go crawling back to Mothra.

Personally, no.

Do I agree that some characters like Deadpool and Wolverine are a bit overused?

Yes. (And Wolvie is one of my favorite characters)

Does it bother me?

Not really.


Wolverine DOES seem to attract more ire about his multiple appearances than, say, Batman. Of course, it doesn't help that he is so often written poorly.

Ah, but he's totally got an out now.

"What? No, I'm not Wolverine. I'm.... um..... Daken! Yeah, that's the ticket!"

Me three.

Heck, just the entrance of Ghidorah was worth the whole thing.

"Oh, it's shifting into some 'final form'. Okay, that's..... wait, that looks like....... it's........ HOLY ****, IT'S GHIDORAH!"