Nericus

Gratz and pre-gratz!

Gratz.

My two mains just wrapped the 6 alignment specific Day Jobs now. Feels good to literally have them all.

SCyFy would desecrate it.

I wouldn't say altered so much as glossed over, particularly in regards to the Ted Healy days. They did skip the fact that after Curly replaced Shemp that they went back to work for Ted for a bit before finally getting sick of his drunken stupidity as well as being cheated of money and THEN they went to Columbia.

Shemp returning due to Curly's stroke was correct, Curly not recovering was correct, Shemp's sudden death was correct, the Joe Besser part was definitely glossed over and made to look like they never made any with Joe Besser at all which isn't true. They adjusted the act so that Larry took more of the slapstick abuse and Joe didn't as it wasn't quite his thing. Joe also left amicably due to his wife being ill, he wasn't just tossed by the studio and replaced by DeRita.

But TV time constraints will cause such things.

One can only imagine how the Stooge's estate must feel. Oh sure, C3 Productions which was created by the Stooges and pretty much owns the Stooges I'm sure gave this project a green light. Still, I would hope that if they have any reservations about the plot or casting or about the thing in general that they would exercise some control if possible.

Still, here's hoping the big red button labeled "abort" gets pressed for this project.

Yeah he did do the game, but how much arm twisting and money did it take? It has long been rumored that he has been the biggest reason for why Ghostbusters 3 hasn't happened. Ghostbusters 2 not doing too well didn't help either, of course.

And soon after Winter Event should come the Valentine event.....

Well Lucas does like using the movies to test new CGI tech, hence all the revisions of the classics and the CGI extravaganza that was the prequels.

Of course, it is his sandbox we are just playing in it....

That was just the laser discs ported over to DVD without even being remastered. I swear he did it as an afterthought.

Indeed, Captain Marvel/Shazam is the only DC hero that could replace Superman since he himself was created to be Fawcett Comic's version of Superman.

I liked how CM was used in Justice League Unlimited, Batman/Superman Public Enemies, and the Return of Black Adam.

DC is sitting on a potential gold mine with the character.

Too bad that Marvel has a hammerlock on the rights to publish a book titled Captain Marvel, eh?

I'll have to read up on that later. As to Marvelman I don't think he'd fit in too well in the MU unless he's revamped and brought in. If they try to "shoehorn" him into MU continuity like they did with that cheap superman knockoff the Sentry then it won't work.

Heh, maybe Marvel is holding out to see how the DC vs Superman Creator estate lawsuit turns out. If DC loses the rights (and that is a possibility last I checked) can you imagine Marvel stepping in with an offer if for no other sake then to make DC squirm and beg to keep Superman? If Superman is lost to DC, then DC will need yet another Crisis series to shuffle Superman out of their continuity. Crisis of Infinite Trademark Suits.....nice title.

Yeah I remember that one and checked it the other month. Long since fixed along with the other known hotspots. Used to be a place in Shark where you could have gotten the graveyard badge in a week due to a hotspot.

I know. I advocated 14 days then as well, and still do.

What hurts the NJO/Vong War was that for me it was getting a bit lengthy. The hardcover books had the main events and the paperbacks inbetween had a few events in them and some plot revelations but the series was just getting too long. By the time the last novel came out I was glad. The other thing that hurt it was Lucas' interference by mandating that Anakin Solo be killed off due to the fear that fans would watch the prequels and be confused by Anakin Skywalker in the movies vs. Anakin Solo in the books. (I'm not kidding). The writers didn't even have Anakin Solo due the big fade away into the Force and as of yet, he has not appeared as a Jedi Ghost. This threw things off a bit as I remember they planned for Jaina vs. Jacen in this series as part of some Vong ritual but some things had to be aborted.

It also began to use the concepts of Unifying Force and Living Force from the prequels and led to a major change for Luke and the Jedi code about the Darkside, which while good sadly didn't last.

Dark Nest Trilogy: decent story, Luke and Leia finally learn about Padme thanks to the Deus Ex Machina that is Artoo Detoo, we see that Jacen is kind of skirting the darkside a bit but seems to have a more well rounded view of the force and seems to be similar to Qui-Gon in attitude, imo. But it also pretty much restores the classic light vs dark mentality of the Force from the movies.

Legacy novels: well I guess it was inevitable that someone descended from Anakin Skywalker would try to follow in his footsteps. As I recall the series ended up being cut short a bit due to some negative reaction of the fans and some things were left unresolved at the time.

However strictly speaking the Star Wars EU started long before Heir to the Empire:

Splinter of the Mind's Eye is a science fiction novel; it is a sequel to both Star Wars and its novelization Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker. Written by Alan Dean Foster and originally published in 1978 by Del Rey, a division of Ballantine Books, it was the first original full-length Star Wars novel to be published after the release of the 1977 Star Wars film, retroactively making it one of the earliest Expanded Universe works.

The principal characters are Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Darth Vader. The characters of Han Solo and Chewbacca do not appear, and Solo is only referred to by Luke Skywalker as "a pirate and a smuggler" he once knew at the end of the book. The book was originally written to be filmed as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the original film was not a success.

[/b]The Han Solo Adventures[/b], by Brian Daley, is a 1979 trilogy of science fiction novels set in the Star Wars fictional universe two years before the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). The trilogy follows the smuggling days of Han Solo and Chewbacca before the movies. The books were released April, June and August 1979 respectively. They also were published as an omnibus edition in 1992.

The events of series are incorporated into the timeline of the rest of the Star Wars Expanded Universe by being contextualized in interludes in Rebel Dawn, the final book of Ann C. Crispin's The Han Solo Trilogy, published in 1998.

Adventures of Lando Calrissian is a trilogy of science fiction novels set in the Star Wars galaxy 5–2 years BBY. The series serves as a prequel to the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The trilogy follows the smuggling days of Lando Calrissian before the movies and helps further establish his character. The trilogy was written by L. Neil Smith. The books were released July, October and December 1983 respectively.

In A.C. Crispin's The Han Solo Trilogy, this series is brought into chronological context with the rest of the Star Wars Expanded Universe.

Heir to the Empire pretty much reboots the EU books and the above books are referenced or loosely tied in at best.

Really? I thought Marvel got all the rights to everything for the character and that it was a done deal?

Ah well, more reason to bring Mar-Vell back. I respect Jim Starlin and the Death of Captain Marvel story, but Marvel pretty much wrote themselves into a corner with how Mar-Vell was killed off. Now writers and editors are loathe to bring him back due to how he perished, and what a touching story it was.

IMO, its time for Marvel to either man up and bring Mar-Vell back, or else restore his son Genis-Vell, or make an all new replacement and stick with it and not sabotage it with stupid editorial decisions like that stupid U-decide contest.

Granted that restoring Genis would be easier then bringing Mar-Vell back, but I think I'd rather have Mar-Vell return. Either a messianic themed resurrection or else a complete universal reboot event which so far is what Chaos War could end up being.

Death has fled and thus dead heroes are temporarily back on Earth, albeit still dead. Question now is when Hercules defeats the Chaos King will any of the dead be revived? Alpha Flight, maybe? Captain Mar-vell, hopefully?

He was?

Seriously though, I do hope that this LONG OVERDUE change to the EIC position leads to many good things such as:

1. The retcon/removal of OMD/BND/OMIT
2. Less mega crossover events
3. Restoration of certain cosmic titles (Nova, Guardians)
4. The retcon/removal of OMD/BND/OMIT
5. Enough of the "death events" such as what is coming up in the FF
6. The retcon/removal of OMD/BND/OMIT
7. The reestablishment of Galactus as a major universal force instead of jobbing him
8. The retcon/removal of OMD/BND/OMIT
9. The creation of a new Captain Marvel character that isn't going to be shafted by editorial mandate and forced to have his series relaunched due to some stupid U-decide contest.
10. The retcon/removal of OMD/BND/OMIT
11. If #9 cannot be done, then restore Captain Mar-Vell to life
12. Did I mention: The retcon/removal of OMD/BND/OMIT?
13. Also the Highlander rule of "there can be only ONE" needs to be applied to the Hulk. Let us hope that Red Hulk isn't around for much longer.

From what I've read they are reprinting the Marvelman stories, but I don't think he's been brought into the main MU yet.