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FIREFLY: THE ANIMATED SERIES
While it may only be a rumor, the prospect of a "Firefly" animated series is certainly exciting and it's sure to continue to make the rounds in the next few weeks. At New York Comic Con 2012 during the "Firefly" reunion panel, The AV Club quotes star Nathan Fillion as teasing the possibility of an animated version of the beloved science fiction series.
Further, The New York Post reports actor Sean Maher (Simon Tam) is actually aware of a project in the works.
"I know somebody who is actually trying to get that done, who has approached Joss [Whedon, the creator] about it," Maher told the New York Post. "He used to work with Guillermo del Toro."
Obviously, "Firefly" fans have been burned before -- and Whedon looks to be concentrating on his Marvel Cinematic Universe work at the moment -- but the possibility exists, and maybe that's enough for now.
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/16/us/spa...uns/index.html
About the size of Neptune with a radius 6 times that of Earth.
Wow, four suns. I'm suddenly reminded of Whistler's comment to the vamps in Blade 2 "Better get some sunscreen, buttercup." -
Quote:And alienating old fans at the same time.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
Looks like they are looking for new fans. -
Quote:Well Peter has met some alternate Earth uncle Ben's and recently there was a timewarp story where Peter met his Uncle Ben again, and I think in an anniversary issue years ago Doctor Strange gave Peter a gift that allowed Ben's spirit to return for a brief chat with Peter. Bringing back uncle Ben would completely wreck Spider-man as a character and would be even more catastrophic then Spidey making a deal with the devil.Originally Posted by Speculator
I know someone who has done some work for Marvel. Several years ago (back in the 80's and 90's, and maybe into the 2000's), there used to be a saying around the Marvel offices: "The only two people who stay dead are Uncle Ben and Captain Marvel". But now that new management has taken over and all the old editors are gone, I'm guessing all bets are off.
As to Mar-Vell, his death at the time was also part of Marvel ending their cosmic characters and books for awhile. Adam Warlock and Thanos were already dead, in fact Thanos' spirit was sent be Death to collect Mar-Vell. Soon after, Drax the Destroyer was killed off. Then comes the 90's, Starlin returns to Marvel and revives Thanos, then Drax, then Adam Warlock......but Marv stayed dead. Quasar was the new Protector of the Universe and Silver Surfer was the anointed champion to battle Thanos, so there was no need for Mar-Vell -
Quote:Well Rick Remender who wrote the AvX tie in that briefly revived Marv via the Phoenix and then had the Phoenix kill him again is said to have tweeted "how do you know that was the last of him?" His body did soft land on a planet and plant life began growing around it most likely due to residual phoenix energies. As soon as I read that and got past my disgust that they still won't permanently revive him I began to think of Star Trek 2 and 3 and how the Genesis energies restored Spock......Originally Posted by ChrisMoses
But with Captain Marvel, I think they'll bring him back just as soon as it's convenient. His death is surprisingly tenuous considering it happened like 25 years ago.
I would guess that the Current Carol Danvers Captain Marvel book (which I thought was pretty bad after only two issues) will have a revival at least teased.
Marv's death though did serve to inspire:
1. monica rambeau, she took the name then read up on Marv and was determined to live up to the name
2. Wendell Vaughn/Quasar: the next Protector of the Universe after Mar-Vell, determined to live up to his predecessor's legend, also reveal that his quantum bands are meant for the universal protector.
3. Genis, son of Mar-Vell. Determined to live up to the legend and make his father proud. unjustly had his book cancelled and killed off due to Joe Q mandate.
4. Carol Danvers, always had feelings for Marv and was there in AvX when he returned and his sacrifice and a pep talk from Captain America inspires her to take the name.
Here's the problem though as I see it: marvel has had the trademark to produce a Captain Marvel book since the 60's due to DC's oversight in not getting the trademark, hence DC cannot publish a Captain Marvel book and now just calls him SHAZAM. Captain Mar-Vell died a very mortal and rather FINAL death in a touching story and he is the only major character to perish in such a fashion. It's one thing to come back from bombs, bullets, lasers, teleporter errors, incineration, disintegration, etc etc etc., but to come back from a death such as his.......is tricky. CIVIL WAR THE RETURN; gave us a time displaced Marv who learns how he perishes and the cancer is slowly building in him so we had a good potential story about him reaffirming his legend and risking death in the present vs. the past only for Marvel to chicken out and make him a skrull copy. It's also been established during his two brief revivals that he doesn't WANT to return (Cosmic Powers Unlimited and AvX) and that he believes his time is done.
Marvel has a trademark that they stubbornly refuse to let go but also don't know what to really do with it. Either make a viable replacement and stick with it (Genis or Carol) or else suck it up and revive Captain Mar-Vell. -
Quote:I haven't touched Before Watchmen as I think that is an area of stories that we didn't need to go to, but that's just me.Originally Posted by ChrisMoses
It's an impossible task, because I always wait for the perfect breaking point. Maybe you guys can help by telling me what is scheduled to end anyway, or what is dumb and I shouldn't be reading! Or, hey, maybe you'll learn something yourself. WARNING: Marvel heavy.
I currently read:
AVENGING SPIDER-MAN - Was really boring, but Minimum Carnage just started, so I'll be into it.
AvX VS - Series just ended.
BEFORE WATCHMEN MINUTEMEN - I'm in for all of these.
BEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE
BEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN
BEFORE WATCHMEN NITE OWL
BEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS
FANTASTIC FOUR - I've loved what Jonathan Hickman has done with the Fantastic Four, but I know he's leaving soon. These are good candidates for culling when Hickman is gone.
FF
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY - One of my favorite series, but I think it's about to end...
MORNING GLORIES - This book by Nick Spencer was one of my favorites through the first 10 or so, but since then, it's seemingly become more about being as mysterious as possible without ever really getting around to any plot development.
POWERS - This series just ended, but a followup series is coming, called Powers: Bureau IIRC. It was one of my favorite series, so I'll follow it in whatever form.
UNCANNY X-FORCE - I think this is a keeper. As much as I don't like Wolverine, the core team and everything associated with it has been really interesting. Especially the current story arc with Evan.
WINTER SOLDIER - I want to end this one, and told myself I would as soon as the current story arc was over, but it seems that It's spilled over into another arc. Brubaker just isn't doing much for me with this book.
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN - This is one of my favorites, again despite Wolverine. The students and X-Men as teachers are really great. Jason Aaron has probably made this my favorite Marvel book.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #693 – $3.99 - You'll never take my Spider-Man from me. Even if the last story arc with Alpha fell kind of flat.
AVENGERS ACADEMY - Like with Wolverine and the X-Men above, I really like the young superhero student angle. This series came out of Avengers: The Initiative, which was one of my favorite things to come out of Civil War. I really like some of the characters, but the recent Academy characters weren't so great. An arc just finished that really had a conclusive feel, so maybe the book is done with anyway; now feels like a good time for it to be, or for me to be done with it, at least.
DARK AVENGERS - This is really the Thunderbolts. I have no idea what has been going on lately - Did they change the title to trick LCS pull lists with the guideline "pull all "Avengers" titles? Anyway. I've been with the series since just before Warren Ellis made it a great book, but it's been running on steam pretty much since then. If it isn't ending, I'm just about done with it.
DEADPOOL - A keeper.
DEFENDERS - This series went from really great to plodding. I think it's this damn Concordance Engine stuff; I'm tired of it.
FIRST X-MEN - I've read the first two issues; I don't see any real reason I should stick with it.
HAWKEYE - Favorite new book.
GUARDING THE GLOBE - Just started. Interested to read more about some of the heroes seen in passing in Invincible, but I don't know if that's really enough.
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN - I've liked the book since Matt Fraction took over; I think it's about to end - Is that true?
MIGHTY THOR - Reading primarily out of duty thanks to the tie-in with Journey Into Mystery.
ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN
ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES - I'd been reading these since their reboot, but the only one I'm even remotely interested in is Spider-Man. But now they're all tying into one another and uggggh.
VENOM - Enjoyed the first bit, but since the new writer (Cullen Bunn, maybe?) took over, it was a little lame. Still. In for Minimum Carnage.
X-FACTOR - One of my favorites.
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE - AWFUL BOOK. I think it's ending any minute now regardless.
AVENGERS VS X-MEN - Ended
CAPTAIN AMERICA - Used to be one of my favorites, but it's been pretty mediocre pretty much since the reboot. So like 18 issues by now.
MANHATTAN PROJECTS - I keep deciding to quit this series, then reading another issue. It's not my typical fare, but it is interesting...
NEW AVENGERS - Ending soon?
SCARLET SPIDER - Wait, is is Scarlet Spider interesting with Venom for Minimum Carnage, or Avenging Spider-Man? Now I'm confused.
UNCANNY X-MEN - Ending soon?
ATOMIC ROBO FLYING SHE DEVILS O/T PACIFIC - I'm a fan of Brian Clevinger's Atomic Robo, just not the format of many miniseries... es. Does the plural of miniseries exist? Miniseries'?
AVENGERS - Ending?
WALKING DEAD - I've grown a bit weary of the current "No One is Safe" story, but I'm in.
HIT-GIRL - Millar's Kick-*** universe sometimes makes my eyes roll, but I've liked this miniseries.
INVINCIBLE - I'm ready for Mark Grayson to do something again. I imagine that's what issue #100 will be for.
SECRET AVENGERS - Ending soon?
WOLVERINE - I started reading it again to see how/why Jeph Loeb brings back Sabretooth (after the fact he was seen again in Uncanny X-Force) and instantly regretted it.
As to the Marvel stuff, I'd wait for the already overhyped "Marvel NOW!" relaunches then trim down the reading list.
I agree that Cap's current run has been a bit dull, but as part of Marvel NOW! they plan to revive the original Red Skull in a somewhat unique way and make him a new foe for Uncanny Avengers. That should make Cap's life more interesting especially since from what I read this is a copy of the Skull's mind that he made and had stored back during the war so it will not be the true Red Skull that survived the war only to return to menace Cap for years with things like the Cosmic Cubes, return in clone body of Cap or try to take control of Cap's body and kill Rogers like he tried recently only to finally perish (or so it seemed) -
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/10-c...er-110627.html
kind of odd they didn't mention Captain Mar-Vell, despite some fake revivals (Skrull-Vell) and 2(Cosmic Powers Unlimited #1, Avengers v X-men) very brief returns he's stayed dead and his death still shows that sometimes no matter what, heroes do perish and their legend inspires others to carry on for them. -
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/10-w...-all-time.html
I find myself unable to disagree with this list. -
Quote:I enjoyed Spider-Man Unlimited, though I do agree the cape wasn't needed but I think it was a nod to the comic Spider-man 2099.Originally Posted by DarkGob
Aw, I liked the Spider-Man Unlimited costume.
Counter-Earth Green Goblin and Laurel 'n Hardy Carnage/Venom were all kind of silly though.
Basically Marvel wanted to compete with Batman Beyond, but between Pokemon/DIGIMON ratings and I think some in-house production problems the show didn't make it.
Batman Beyond costume: integrated weapons including built in grappling rope launchers (web shooter inspired I'm sure) as well as launching batarangs from the wrists and sensors and stealth mode.
Spider-Man Unlimited: stealth mode, integrated webshooters with standard and impact webbing, launchable spider-stingers, sensors, gas filter in mask......
Terry McGuiness = future Batman Peter Parker on an alternate futuristic Earth.
Nope, no similarities
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Quote:H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot trumps the 2000's FF cartoon and even season 1 of the 90's FFOriginally Posted by Smersh
No hate for the 6-episode 2000's Fantastic Four cartoon? I'm disappointed.
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Quote:I have everything prior to RA3, C&C 3 and 4. Wanted to try them despite any weak reviews they had.Originally Posted by Dark One
If you want the C&C games worth playing, there's always C&C: The First Decade. It's got the original C&C, Tiberian Sun, RA1 & 2, Renegade, Generals, plus the expansions for those games. None of that ******** RA3, C&C3 or 4.
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http://www.newsarama.com/comics/10-w...er-111019.html
Can't argue with most of them especially numbers 10 and 2. -
Quote:From what I hear the Ultimate C&C Collection disc was released and is totally buggy. Way to go, EAOriginally Posted by Noyjitat
Good ole westwood. Command and Conquer has been really ****** since they closed down westwood. The only reason I've still kept up with the recent C&C's is because I like Joseph Kucan. One of the coolest game villains and he really did a good job playing Kane. He was one of the developers of the original c&c as well.
"Kane lives in death" -
Quote:Ultraman TIGA definitely was given a comical/dumbed down dubbing, Ultraseven's dubbing was decent at best but still better then Tiga's.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Actually thinking back I'm not sure if they intentionally tried for a comical dub or just the voice actors couldn't take the script seriously. USA's Dynaman was just over the top script wise.
Also I saw some of the banned Ep 12 (dubbed version), and I can see why Tsubayara has stricken that episode from Ultra history. -
Well barring anymore hiatus or delays TRON Uprising new episodes start Oct. 16.
Episode 8
"The Reward" October 19, 2012 Beck's night off with his friends is ruined when the Occupation arrests an innocent program falsely accused of being The Renegade. When Zed and Mara are also caught up in the melee, Beck has to make a daring rescue using a new four-seat "light roadster" that was offered as bounty for The Renegade's capture.
Episode 9
"Scars, Part 1" October 26, 2012 Beck must confront his mentor and convince Tron to halt his revenge against a program named Dyson, Tron's former friend and ally, who is now his mortal enemy. Tron's history before the occupation will be revealed, and viewers learn exactly what Clu did to injure Tron and force him into hiding.
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http://www.newsarama.com/tv/10-best-...er-111018.html
Couple of changes from when they last had this list. I'd personally switch #4 and #5 but #1 cannot be argued with. -
Quote:This. Also it is possible someone could buy up the game after the shutdown happensOriginally Posted by Necrotech_Master
im not giving up hope until the servers are shut down -
Quote:I can think of other terms to describe this message from NCSoft.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
This sounds more like a "suitable time" message to me. -
Quote:Truer words have seldom been spoken. I don't care what games they produce in the future, NCSoft has lost me.Originally Posted by Turjan
- people won't forget this, nor will they forgive.
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Anyone else think they could have managed to sell the game?
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Quote:Yes but those two were of the Babylon 5 era, I'm talking about Babylon 4 and Valen's war with the shadows.Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague
...There have been a couple. They weren't very good. I don't think Straczynski can do the series right anymore - he was more of a big picture kind of guy.
That's two we've lost so far.
Commander Sinclair
Dr. Franklin
G'kar
Zack Allen
Zathras
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Quote:Already working on this, I've recorded all blueside zones and GM's except for KRONOS which I'll be taking care of real soon.Originally Posted by Knack
What do people think of a video capturing project for City of Heroes so we have something with which to remember the game? In the time left, we could video capture (preferably in the highest quality you can manage) zone fly overs, major story arc and task force events, big AV fights, giant monster fights, meaningful trial moments, and cut scenes and post them to Youtube or Vimeo. If you're interested, post a link to your vid in this thread.
Also some old alts on another server that I rolled and never started were still in the original hero and villain tutorials so I recorded them too. -
Quote:It will depend on how many have moved on to other jobs. Then comes considerations like:Originally Posted by Thunder Knight
Since it's Paragon's General Manager that's handling the negotiations with NC Soft, I don't know why people are starting to assume that "saving" the game would somehow involve NOT re-hiring as much of the previous dev team as possible. I doubt they wouldn't jump at the chance.
1. Which will pay better
2. Benefits whether medical or 401K
3. Who the new COH Owners/Investors would be and would they want the old staff back or seek newer talent at possibly cheaper salaries?
4. Overall stability and long term future of new owners/investors.
5. Any NDA/No Competition clauses
While some may love to come back, certain practicalities may prevent them. -
Quote:"In Valen's name..........."Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
Was kinda surprised no one posed about this, but Michael O'Hare, B5's Commander Sinclair, passed away Friday, September 28.
I was glad they got him back in for that two parter in Season 3 that resolved Sinclair's story and Babylon 4.
Still wouldn't mind JMS getting a Babylon 4 prequel series or movies produced. There are many stories to be told of that era.