Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!
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Tom Scola - Apr 30, 2008 11:08:12 am PDT #1503 of 5059
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Laga - Apr 30, 2008 11:10:18 am PDT #1504 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm still glad I was wrong
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2008 11:19:19 am PDT #1505 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Laga, he did turn up in one issue of Countdown.
Frankenbuddha - May 01, 2008 3:51:52 am PDT #1506 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
In spite of all the B.S. that Morrison is spouting, does anyone else think they're doing this because their Corporate Overlords ordered them to resurrect the character for a movie franchise?
That sounds as plausible as anything I can think of(and moreso than GM's justifications).
Miracleman - May 01, 2008 4:17:16 am PDT #1507 of 5059
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
In spite of all the B.S. that Morrison is spouting, does anyone else think they're doing this because their Corporate Overlords ordered them to resurrect the character for a movie franchise?
Hadn't thought of that.
But if so, that's still kind of stupid. Most of the target audience age-range would be more familiar with Wally West, not Barry Allen.
Frankenbuddha - May 01, 2008 4:33:50 am PDT #1508 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
But if so, that's still kind of stupid. Most of the target audience age-range would be more familiar with Wally West, not Barry Allen.
I think in the minds of executives, anything that brings a character a lot of publicity is the only thing that matters. They don't care which Flash as long as it's the one people are talking about.
IOW, if executives thought a campy, Adam West-style Batman would sell more tickets than a Dark Knight, they'd do it in a Gotham minute.
CaBil - May 01, 2008 4:44:55 am PDT #1509 of 5059
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
The history of the Flash is not as embedded in the public consciousness as say Batman or Superman. For instance, at the time of the first Superman movie back in the late 70s, Clark Kent was working at a TV station rather than a newspaper in the comics and they changed that because everyone knows that Superman is Clark Kent, reporter for a major metro newspaper. Everyone knows that Batman is Bruce Wayne, billionaire playboy.
Maybe one in ten people know that the Flash is anyone else other than a guy who runs really fast. Barry Allen, Wally West, Bart Allen, the lightening bolt that hits a chemical rack of a police scientist as a origin story? Why bother changing the comics, right now the corporate Overlords are trying to figure out to restart the Superman movie franchise, launch the Wonder Woman franchise and the Justice League franchise, which wouldn't have time to deal with individual members origin stories...
Tom Scola - May 01, 2008 5:07:41 am PDT #1510 of 5059
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What pisses me off most about killing off Superboy was that they killed him off right during a lawsuit with the Siegels over the rights to the characters. I have no illusions about the amount of corporate cynicism at TimeWarner.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 01, 2008 8:44:43 am PDT #1511 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I suspect the Earth-Prime Superboy becoming a murderous emo caricature that Will. Not. Go. Away. around the same time stems from a grudge over that lawsuit.
Steph L. - May 02, 2008 8:53:56 am PDT #1512 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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