 simim23
Female, 18-29, Southern US
 1435 Posts
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Monday, November 08, 2010 5:53:48 PM
"I read Batman: RIP and it didn't even actually show his death. It just left this open-ended mess and the story itself was almost incomprehensible."
THANK YOU!! I thought I was the only one who was left going "what... the... drat?" after reading it. |
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 ROK9
Male, 18-29, Western US
1838 Posts
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Sunday, November 07, 2010 3:42:43 PM
i dont read comics  |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23996 Posts
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Sunday, November 07, 2010 11:24:42 AM
Wow im such a geek, i knew all this! eek.. |
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 green_batman
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
730 Posts
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Sunday, November 07, 2010 10:22:51 AM
doriansilver: I totally agree. I read that recently and it was one of the best Batman comics I've ever read. I recommended it to it a whole bunch of my friends. :) |
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 doriansilver
Male, 18-29, Canada
58 Posts
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Sunday, November 07, 2010 9:23:49 AM
Regardless of the mess batmans "death" left in its wake, Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader? still doesn't fail to reduce me to a small, sobbing child. (It's Batmans funeral issue/send of.) That was one of my favorite things I've read from Neil Gaiman, and had some of the most powerful scenes in recent Batman memory.
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green_batman
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
730 Posts
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Sunday, November 07, 2010 8:53:33 AM
jinxiejae: I'd guess that the death of Batman wasn't there because it was too confusing and poorly written (not to mention that superheroes dying and coming back is becoming rather contrived). I read Batman: RIP and it didn't even actually show his death. It just left this open-ended mess and the story itself was almost incomprehensible. The more I read of Grant Morrison's stories, the more I wish they'd find a new Batman writer. |
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 Zieveraar
Male, 30-39, Europe
348 Posts
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Sunday, November 07, 2010 6:25:36 AM
I've read several of them, the Magneto/Wolverine one was really great although the whole Phoenix saga was quite good too, that one still lingers so qua impact the Phoenix storyline was much bigger. To say the least. |
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 Helgarin
Male, 18-29, Europe
491 Posts
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Sunday, November 07, 2010 6:24:58 AM
I have never really been a comic bok fan, but I thought the moment in the Sin City series in 'The Yellow B*****d' where Hartigan shoots himself to save the girl. I still remember after that intial dialoge about how she would never be safe; then when you turned that page it just hits you with that frame - didn't expect it at all. |
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 Suicism
Male, 18-29, Western US
3534 Posts
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Sunday, November 07, 2010 5:33:48 AM
Ok, I gotcha - somehow, in knowing the essence of this moral conflict that minor misdescription eluded me. |
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 jinxiejae
Female, 30-39, Western US
2475 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 11:29:36 PM
why isnt batman's death on here? that was a pretty "WTF ARE YOU F*KING KIDDING ME!?" moment. |
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 Bremir
Male, 18-29, Europe
361 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 10:05:27 PM
"Where were you the first time you picked up these issues?"
I would assume at a comic book store.
Though as much as I like comics, I haven't read any of these. |
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 TheShape
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
569 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 9:37:13 PM
@Tsuroyu
I was thinking the same thing. |
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 GuardinGnome
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2900 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 9:34:04 PM
It suprised me when Dr. Manhattan killed Rorshach at the end of Watchmen. |
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 cobrakiller
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
6848 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 4:29:11 PM
green_batman, thats what everyone says about everything. i have never the watchmen comics though and from the movie, i dont really plan to. |
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 Tsuroyu
Male, 18-29, Western US
49 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 4:16:52 PM
I'm sad that Marvel's Infinity Gauntlet series didn't make it. That was definitely the high point of my childhood love affair with Marvel comics. Thanos wielding the power of God, and all the forces of the universe coming together to try and stop him, but still failing; it felt truly epic, at least to my young self. And him finally only being beaten because of a stupid move and his own hubris. It was good good stuff. |
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 Lblaxplaya20
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
425 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 3:53:51 PM
@FAKEBACON
I see what you did there. |
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green_batman
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
730 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 3:15:18 PM
@cobrakiller: That was the movie version. The comic book version involved a genetically engineered psychic alien. Even though it sounds rather strange when you describe it, I actually though the book version was much better than the movie version. |
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 FAKEBACON
Male, 18-29, Canada
560 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 3:10:24 PM
@ skypirate "i love how the supper heros die and then come back..."
... as LEFTOVER HEROES!! hah REfried Bean Lad AWAY! |
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FAKEBACON
Male, 18-29, Canada
560 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 3:02:51 PM
dr.manhatten is an ass... a logical ass but still... |
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cobrakiller
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
6848 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:36:45 PM
wasnt it dr. Manhattans power that was used to make it the earth vs. him? then he finds it justifiable and leaves on his own accord after killing Rorschach. |
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 belunan
Male, 30-39, Western US
1511 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:32:32 PM
Shocking. |
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 thecranberry
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
728 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:20:42 PM
" He claims to have been acting in the interest of mankind, as people needed to be prepared for an inevitable alien invasion."
...No. That's retarded, and completely defuses the central dilemma of the story. He was trying to unify humanity against an imaginary outside threat, as he believed the only way people could peacefully coexist was as allies against a common enemy. The question is whether killing seven million people is justified by ending war. |
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thecranberry
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
728 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:16:54 PM
" He claims to have been acting in the interest of mankind, as people needed to be prepared for an inevitable alien invasion."
...No. That's retarded, and completely defuses the central dilemma of the story. He was trying to unify humanity against an imaginary outside threat, as he believed the only way people could peacefully coexist was as allies against a common enemy. The question is whether killing seven million people is justified by ending war. |
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Suicism
Male, 18-29, Western US
3534 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:11:38 PM
In what way cranberry? The comic did indeed involve a staged 'alien invasion.' |
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thecranberry
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
728 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:06:28 PM
Was that summary of Watchmen a parody or is the author a complete idiot? |
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