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Quote:pity that, the yeti was indeed a thing of multicolored awesome.Originally Posted by ChrisMoses
I had changed it already...
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Quote:it depends on what you didn't like about 3/3.5. PF does make some very nice tweaks that clean some of the system up, but it's still essentially the 3.5 ruleset. there were a few tings from the Beta test of the game i wish they'd kept in, but that might've been too much a departure from the ruleset than paizo was comfortable with. im running a Pathfinder campaign now, but im using some extra stuff from a supplement called Trailblazer. Which has really seemed to hit it off with my group.Originally Posted by Oliin
I'm honestly curious, since I've not tried Pathfinder myself, but is it demonstrably different from 3.5e D&D? I mostly ask because for some reason I've never quite been able to pin down, I just don't like 3e and 3.5e D&D.
4e isn't my favorite and it's a little MMOish, but it can be fairly solid fun nonetheless (for me anyway).
OTOH, 4E isn't bad. there's a lot of stuff it does that works well, and like any other system there's a lot of stuff it does that doesn't. i like playing the game, but i don't (atm) ever see myself running a 4E campaign. -
Quote:Originally Posted by OzzieArcane
At first I read that as "Enter The (Hanna-Montana) Matrix" and I thought this forum had gone insane. Glad I just wasn't paying enough attention.make it so!Quote:Originally Posted by ApolloSteele
If that doesn't sound like an Internet Meme. I don't know what does.
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gotta love how we've managed to stray JUST enough from the actual OP but still somehow manage to stick to the subject line of the whole thread.
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Quote:well while they didn't get turned quite that young, are you somehow saying that Flintstone kids and A Pup Named Scooby Doo weren't awesome? your real name wouldn't happen to be Red Herring? ;pOriginally Posted by 8_Ball
Wow...a lot of the 80's-90's seemed to be "take a previously sucessful franchise and turn them into Babies". Not a HB cartoon but I think the only time that worked was Muppet babies.
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Quote:...and?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
That sounds rather Praetorian
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Quote:as was brought up, technically anyone can be Punisher, but only one man actually IS the Punisher. But that means writers will have to focus on the content of the character and what makes them heroic instead of just trying to figure out new ways to use their kewl powerz.Originally Posted by Lastjustice
Yeah I wondered that as at some point our tech will rival that of ironman and eventually surpass it. Who will be our super heroes then when anyone can be super man?
that depends on how far down the line the characters continue, and if they continue to have them mirror the present day. when they updated Spider-Man in the Ultimate universe, he wasn't a photographer, he was the Daily Bugle's web master. i imagine similar things will happens with Superman (there was a brief time when Clark was a TV reporter), he'll still be a reporter, but he will end up working for a different medium.Quote:I picture some character becoming period pieces. (such as Clark Kent having a job at a paper.) Things that made sense at the time they were conceived probably won't make sense the further things go. I just picture them making the events of the comics forever locked in the 20th century as medevil fantasy is always the way it is. -
Quote:*looks at the list, looks back at Zikar, looks back at the list*Originally Posted by Zikar
Holy cow, they made Super Ted?
Anyway, I notice that they didn't really do anything good until '96.
Yeah, I said it.
so, you are the fail my fail could look like.
thanks Old Spice! -
so, don't listen to geeks and always pander to as many people as possible regardless of the quality of the product. got it. i feel all learned now.
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Quote:that's because the movies were supposed to be more or less straightforward white hats vs. the black hats storytelling. empire bad, rebellion good. to go any deeper you really have to get into the Expanded universe material, and even the folks who support the Empire and do so because they believe the Empire to be the just and righteous government as opposed to these uppity rebels still are willing to do some pretty dark and dirty things if they have to. two off the top of my head are Baron Fel and Mara Jade. Both truly supported the Empire and belived that it was the best way to run the galaxy. Fel turned when he realized the Empire he supported died with the Empire, and Jade didn't really turn until years after that.Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
This, yes, but who did so with the intent of being a good person. The implication in the movies is that once the empire actually started, everyone in it was EVIL!!!11111
A monarchy has its flaws, especially when run by an evil dictator. After Going Rogue, though, I'm uncomfortable accepting the idea that not one person didn't say "The intent was good, but the execution flawed. Let's work with the system, rather than against it." -
are we talking someone that supported the concept of a single Empire? that a unified one galactic government was a good thing as opposed to the chaos that existed during the Old Republic?
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Quote:wait, SG:U is a favorite show of yours?Originally Posted by Durakken
It's that time again when the fall season begins...so when are the new eps on of our favorite shows...
SGU
Smallville
etc...
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Quote:that is of course saying that they'll still be publishing Batman stories in 100 years. while im totally behind the idea that the characters ive grown up reading will still be read (in some moderately recognizable form) 100 years from now, i don't really think it'll happen. (but hey, if im still around then, i know ill be pleasantly surprised.)Originally Posted by Durakken
Because of this Batman's story will have to change nearly completely in the next 100 years... we're not even talking in the cyber age yet... by the time we get there there will be virtually nothing left of the Bruce character we know.
i do think that just because the tech changes, that for some reason Bruce's core character is going to end up changing to the point where he wouldn't be recognizable by current fans. -
NYCC, simultaneously a collection of pure awesome and a wretched hive of scum, villainy, and overpriced vendors. stand around in awe as folks you paid to see don't show up at all, but folks who were never on the schedule show up to make the whole damn thing worth the hours and hours and hours you're going to spend standing in line.
damn the lazy, next time i go to a con im renting scooters, and spot welding a cow catcher to the front of them. -
nope. Superman is DCU's.... wait for it... Superman.
also, the event you're referring to happened during a comic disavowed by DC editorial. any actual enjoyment you may have gotten out of said comic was obviously all in your head and due to the hallucinogenic drugs laced with the comic ink. DC Comics in no way endorses or admits the existence of said comic, and reminds all fans that the big uber awesome event to follow Infinite Crisis was Blackest Night, and NOTHING HAPPENED IN BETWEEN THEM!
That is all... if you know what's good for you.
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Quote:more power to you for your choice, and i dont mean to come across like im belittling the option to simply not pick titles up. but id just like to note that the event that caused you to stop reading them was so long ago, it might be worth picking up some of the current crop to see if they're worth getting. but this is just me trying to get more folks to read the stuff i like so it doesn't get canceled.Originally Posted by BlackArachnia
It's how some people simply live with themselves by standing by an ideal. It can get bad of course, but as long as no one is injured by my choice other than the industry I am spurning, then there is no harm. Even then, unless enough people make the same choice, 1 person will not hurt the industry. I can just sleep better at night, and not go into frothing rages at Quesada's name.
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Quote:only if it froze at the high five and began playing a generic rock tune as the credits started to roll.Originally Posted by JeNeSaisQuoi
Tango and Cash.
When they do the manly high five hand clasp thing...that's how every movie should end.
As much as I hated the Stars Wars prequels, if at the end of Revenge of the Sith, the Emperor and Vadar kinda glared at each other but then broke into grins and high fived like that, the movie would have been awesome. -
Quote:well in that vein there's always some non-superhero fare that might be of interest. Or something that pays homage to all the awesome of the spandex set, like Astro City or Planetary.Originally Posted by BlackArachnia
The problem is that alot of the other studios just do not have heroes that appeal to me. I was never interested in WILDCats or Savage Dragon. I do have the issue where they introduce Love Bunney and Mr. Hell.
if you gave some series a shot and found them not to your cup of tea, then yea, i can grok that your not much of a fan anymore. But the idea of not picking up ANY comics because im not pleased with a particular direction a couple of lines have gone would be like never picking up another fantasy novel because i don't like what they did during the fifth age of Dragonlance. or being a bit more specific, never grabbing another Forgotten Realms book because someone ganked Bruenor Battlehammer.Quote:I liked some of the DC heroes, and I liked the Marvel Universe. I could not stand the Ultimate Universe. I gave it a fair shot, mind. It just seems a waste of money to actually buy comics now.
it's not throwing away, it's moving on. the Pre-Crisis stories have ended, and in some cases that was a good thing, other times not so much. but if they bring back characters i like and tell good stories, then im going to give the new stuff a shot. i mean we've gone through 4 different iterations of the Legion of Super-Heroes thus far, and im still reading them regardless that my particular favorite iteration no longer exists in current continuity. (to clarify, the post-Zero Hour Legion tyvmQuote:Well I guess in the case of Marvel, and it's me standing by my decision that I will not start reading Marvel until they fix the OMD crap. That's not happening soon as we saw. For DC, I am sure there are good stories there, but unlike some people, I just can't through away the decades previous hsitory for the reboot. As someone was pointing out WOnder Womans post Crisis origin. I just thought that was wrong, and yet alot of posters here said they considered that canon. I just can't. )
i guess i can get behind that you don't want to pick up particular titles because they're no longer something you like. i still won't touch the mainstream Spider-man stuff, but i couldn't toss over the rest of the MU because of it. -
Quote:yea, this.Originally Posted by SMerc
Where you see character assassination, others might see character development. Maybe Dick has been about wanting to get out of Bruce's shadow. Maybe he has been rebelling against Bruce for years, now, in his way. But you know what? Rebellious children often end up -exactly- like the parents they swore they'd never become. Perhaps Dick's objection to becoming Batman was because it was someone else's plan for him, not on his own terms. Perhaps his objection has been subconsciously because he knew himself becoming Batman would mean Bruce is gone, and he knows he'd be unable to live up to the legacy of the man he admires most.
But with Bruce "dead", and Tim not old enough, Jean Paul dead at present I believe? (and proven not a good choice anyway), Jason crazy murdering people, Dick had to step into the role, whether he wanted it or not. Because he believed there had to be a Batman. And after being forced to grow into the role, is it so inconceivable that what he wants has changed? That he -does- want to be Batman, after all? Many are the times life surprises people with activities, ideas, and roles that they learn to accept and even cherish, despite initially rejecting.
That is how I would write it if I were the one doing the comic, at least. Dick has been fighting what part of him knew was destiny, fighting to keep Bruce, the one true Batman, around, but now that he's come to terms with it, he's not going to give it up.
btw, damn you for beating me to this explanation. Next time Gadget, NEXT TIME!!! -
Quote:they found enough people to move back into Coast City.Originally Posted by Crosshairs
What i would like to know is where they found 13 million people insane enough to want to move (back) to a city with people like the Joker, Killer Crock, Bane, and i´ll just stop the list right there.
It´s like they put up a worldwide add. "Are you masochistic and/or have a deatwhish? Move to New Gotham where our specialy preppared psychotics will slowly dissolve you in acid when they get around to it."
"Hey, remember that city that got wiped out by an alien despot? come on back here, we promise the next time we get wiped out, we'll bring cookies!" -
Quote:no, DC is doing what they've been doing for years with their characters. (Flash & Green Lantern most notably) im not saying i really agree with it, but there's precedence.Originally Posted by Comeuppance
Soooo, DC is just copying what Marvel did with Captain America? Meh.
yeah. i hit that point after the end of Batman R.I.P. i haven't even been able to bring myself to pick up the last 2 issues of Batman because it's covering the 'last Bruce Wayne story' by Morrison before Final Crisis.Quote:Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
Once again, **** you, Morrison.
i also LIKE having Grayson as Batman and while im not fond of Damian, i do like that he also his own Robin so that Tim can go on being a hero of his own. While it would never happen, i wish Bruce would have been away much longer, if not actually killed. (though his 'death' was just the capper in the crap sandwich that was FC) With Grayson playing the Bat and Tim trying to run Wayne Enterprises, they could have had years worth of decent stories to tell.
But nope, he was away, sales were made. now it';s time to reestablish status quo before the next crossover that 'shakes up the status quo!' -
Quote:seriously? it was the Crisis that killed DC for you? just to let you know, a few things have changed since then.Originally Posted by BlackArachnia
As sad as I am to say this, right now, I just don't want to read any comic. Quesada has killed Marvel for me, and DC has been dead for a long time due to the Crisis on Infinite Earths. I am now wishing Marvel would do the same thing. Anyhow, the mystery has been solved.
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yea, sadly the reason Luthor's arc 'mysteriously' disappeared after NML was because at the same time they were using him with the whole B13 storyline and later President Lex over in Superman. ive never been fond that NML's been more or less completely forgotten these days, but then it's been almost 10 years since the end of that storyline. so im pretty sure the editors are hoping no one notices.
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Quote:JLU more or less mimicked what happened in the comics too, since Eiling downloaded his consciousness into the Shaggy Man in order to be able to thwump the JLA. they ended up leaving him on an asteroid since he couldnt be killed or held.Originally Posted by The Lone Hero
Isn't it always a general who becomes a metahuman monster in comic books?
General Wade Eiling injected himself with the 'Captain Nazi' serum in JLU in order to 'protect' the world from the Justice League. -
Quote:to be honest it depends on who you talk to. for me it was just a quick jab at the "trilogy" because while the 3 stories had their moments, i think they're pretty bad and are on the same level as stuff like Secret Invasion or Civil War. The first one (complex) was a convoluted mess that wrapped poorly and and ended with a twist that came completely out of left field ruining a character ive liked since he was intro'd (Bishop). The second one (Messiah War) just seemed like a pointless crossover where nothing happened. No development, no explanations, the whole thing really just showing Scott to be an even bigger dick than normal and a way to remind folks "hey, we're still publishing a cable comic". The last one Second Coming, i thought was the best of the three and had a lot of awesome elements to it. One of those elements was neither Cable nor Hope's involvement. It felt like it was a good crossover that had the 'messiah angle' just tacked in there so that we could just get it out of the way. Lot of potential and a lot of good scenes in it, but the Cable/Hope storyline just dragged it down.Originally Posted by ChrisMoses
I really liked the Messiah stuff... Does it have that reputation? I haven't heard that opinion on it.
and sir, judging by your list, no Captain America, Iron Man, or Thor? or even Ultimate Spider-Man? son, i am disappoint!Quote:I'm not the biggest Hulk fan to begin with, though I followed Incredible Hulk leading up to the Hercules hostile takeover of the title, and found myself enjoying Hercules more than I ever did the Hulkster.
well, as editor in chief, he IS the guy that signs off on the stories and says "yup, go do it!" so yeah, there is a reason he gets his share of flack.Quote:Originally Posted by The_Foo
This thread is awesome because Quesada is responsible for every **** decision Loeb makes, apparently.