VogonPoet30

July 1, 2009 1:17 pm The pacing of the action in this issue is just about he most masterful thing I've ever seen.  This book was pitch perfect from start to finish.

May 25, 2009 1:14 pm

If you guys liked this, you should also check out the Thundercats fan trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb50GMmY5nk

 I'm not sure, but it might have been made by the same guys who did this GL one...it's every bit as impressive if not moreso because it makes the silly character designs almost work.

 

 

December 5, 2008 6:24 pm Good pick Ron.  I, too, had no intention of getting this title until I saw the pretty pictures.  Glad I did, because the story was pretty intruiging.  My only gripe is that Marvel's old character, The Angel (the Nazi-bashing adventurer, not the mutant) seemed out of place in the story that we've gotten so far. I was totally digging the no-capes, no-powers approach that seemed to be the order of the day, but my mind could easily change by next issue, though, because I have a fondness for the character's old stories.  It was just a head-scratcher when I saw him leaping over the Xavier School's fence: "Is that a cape?"

December 5, 2008 5:52 pm Where did I ever accuse you of anything? I'm not trying to pick a fight, here.

December 5, 2008 1:10 pm

To be clear:

Yes, liking or disliking a piece of art is subjective.  Labelling things good or bad, however, is placing an OBJECTIVE value judement.  If people want to make OBJECTIVE good/bad statements, then it's necessary to relate what "good" or "bad" writing is, something you can't get everyone to agree on, and then show why the author fits the stated good/bad qualifications.  Jupiter did just that a few comments up the chain, and that's an opinion that can be respected.  I guess I'm calling a lot of people's criticism lazy, and not their comprehension-abilities.

I'm fine with people not liking things, but I get tired of listening to people who dislike them, UNREASONABLY.

December 5, 2008 12:55 pm

@conor and drakedangerz : cool beans.

December 5, 2008 2:45 am That's news to me.  Not that I don't believe you, but what interview was that in?

December 5, 2008 12:58 am

...it's all in fun.

Lively debate, and playing devil's advocate in comic book discussion is way more fun than getting work done.

December 5, 2008 12:29 am Hopefully, like with Secret Invasion, there will be gems like Captain Britain or Jason Aaron's Black Panther to come out of the abyss that is likely to be Dark Reign.

December 5, 2008 12:22 am

While his breaks from the "rules" (good use of quotation marks, btw) are apparent in some of his work (especially recently), I think most of his JLA run, We3, and a lot of his earlier writing shows that he CAN tell straightforward narrative.  I'm not going to sit here and say that I haven't disagreed with some of his storytelling choices lately, but I do think that in most cases he gives the reader enough to put the pieces together.  While there are valid criticisms of his work, I feel like a huge majority of his detractors don't pick their battles wisely, and it's getting old.

While we're on the subject:  I've never done a drug harder than aspirin in my life, and I am able to comprehend the fiction of Grant Morrison.  It's not all drug-addled psychedelia!  Writing off everything the dude writes as trippy, incomprehensible drivel is lazy....now I'm just venting.

 Anyway...you're absolutely right about the absurdity of the good/bad argument, and you made my point much more clearly than I could have.