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MarkBiz

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November 5, 2012 5:47 pm Anyone else make a connection between T-Dog's and Dale's deaths? Last season Dale's death came after he made an impassioned plea for morality regarding that kid they took hostage that everyone else wanted to kill. This time T-Dog dies after making an argument (far less passionate than Dale's) that they should think about trusting the inmates or at least treat them more humanely.
July 20, 2012 6:27 pm Excellent review, Paul. I absolutely loved the movie. I completely agree that this movie unified the previous two and made everything feel like one epic Batman story. The Joker was never mentioned by name, but his effect on Batman and Gotham loomed over the entire film. Nolan's use of Bane was fantastic and inserting him into the League of Shadows was a brilliant way to tie everything together. Every character had something to do and it all felt important. When the credits started rolling i felt completely satisfied, both for this one film and for the entire story told throughout the trilogy. The focus on the legacy of Batman what he stands for creates a feeling of a larger world with many more stories to tell. What we saw was only the beginning, Gotham lives on and so does Batman. What happened in Colorado is incredibly sad and tragic for many reasons, the very least of which is the black cloud that hangs over Dark Night Rises. Movies are meant to be enjoyed and at their best, they give people a place to escape their everyday lives' for a short time. It feels strange discussing and celebrating something that is so closely linked to a real life tragedy. I think there is a way to treat what happened with the respect it deserves, but separate it from the movie that happened to be playing when it happened. A monster blindly and brutally killed people, and he deserves to be hated and punished. Innocent people died leaving loved ones behind, and they deserve to be mourned and their loved ones deserve our support and sympathy. Also, Christopher Nolan made an excellent movie and he deserves our praise and we deserve to be able to enjoy and discuss it. We can't let a murderous monster take that away too.
July 15, 2012 1:26 pm I have kind of a different take on this. I became a huge Stephanie Brown fan during Miller's Batgirl run before the re-launch. I also have no interest in the smallville book. I hope to one day see Stephanie back in the DCU proper. I'm kind of glad she won't be in this book, because if she ever does make back to the DCU(no matter what costume she's wearing), I feel like it would have less impact and confuse new readers if she was already running around as Nightwing in the Smallville book. It probably doesn't matter that much either way, but personally I want to see her introduced into the bat books before I see her anywhere else. Of course if this was her only chance to see the light of day in the new 52 era DC, I'd rather she was used here than not at all.
June 1, 2012 8:34 pm I'll stay hopeful, but that doesn't look like some shit you can survive. Tell that to the giant hole in another character's head in that book though, I guess.
June 1, 2012 8:08 pm yeah, well sorry's not gonna bring him back, now is it Josh. Although it's not like he would be any less dead if i hadn't seen that image. If you can't tell, I'm kidding. I've said my peace and have now moved on to the final stage of grief, drinking.
June 1, 2012 5:23 pm and that's certainly fair, it's just that everyone is usually so good when it comes to that book in particular, I took it for granted. It's different than most books because everything that happens in it is so permanent, especially death. Spoilers schmoylers is usually my attitude, and I listen to the podcast all the time even when i haven't finished my stack. I just make sure I read the pow's first if it's something I'm reading.
June 1, 2012 5:10 pm that "spoiler free" silhouette on the Walking Dead panel sure looks like a certain character that I really like and have been concerned about since reading the last page of last issue. I might be wrong, but I'm not as impressed as others on the editing job for the panel. I don't get to buy my books until Sunday, so maybe it's my fault for looking before then, but you're supposed to leave WD alone. I thought we had a deal! God I hope I'm wrong.
December 23, 2011 2:11 pm wow! I have never been the first to comment before. You're right Josh, we are pretty awesome, and thanks, you're not so bad yourself.
September 8, 2010 3:26 pm It has to be Walking Dead. It's the book that I always take for granted when thinking about my favorite books, because it's so consistantly good. Great art, great writing, great characters. The story never gets stagnent, it's always moving forward, and Kirkman is a master at the last page cliffhanger that makes WD the first book I read when I get home from the shop when it comes out. Just try and remember the last "bad" issue of Walking Dead. I bet you can't.
July 2, 2010 5:30 pm I'm really disappointed that Donald Glover was never listed among the serious candidates. I've never seen him act seriously, so I can't speak to his chops, but his overall demeanor would be perfect for Peter and his ability to deliver jokes would be great for spidey. I won't speculate on why he wasn't considered, but I hope it's not because they thought people wouldn't buy a black spiderman. I say with so few marketable black super heroes (ones that might actually get their own movies) maybe casting some good actors of color in the roles of traditionally white characters is just what this genre needs to insert some much needed diversity.