The Digital Distributor Monopoly May Be Over
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Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2014 5:24:55 pm PST #4795 of 5059
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Tom Scola - Jan 20, 2015 4:19:33 pm PST #4796 of 5059
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So, DC is running a Big Event in April, called Convergence, where different versions of DC heroes from different continuities battle each other, leading up to a new status quo.
Today, Marvel announced a new Secret Wars event in May, where different versions of Marvel heroes from different continuities battle each other, leading to a new status quo.
Sheesh.
DebetEsse - Jan 20, 2015 5:05:19 pm PST #4797 of 5059
Woe to the fucking wicked.
t gets out "Just Do A Planned Reboot Every 7 Years" soapbox.
t points at soapbox
Honestly.
P.M. Marc - Jan 20, 2015 5:33:07 pm PST #4798 of 5059
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
For reals.
But if they did that, then they couldn't do that thing where you have to buy every fucking book to make sense of what the hell is going on. Which is where the money is.
Kalshane - Jan 20, 2015 6:04:07 pm PST #4799 of 5059
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I'm more shaking my head at Marvel deciding to starting killing off (Wolverine, Deadpool) or cancel the books of (FF) the characters that Fox owns the movie rights to. It just seems really petty.
DebetEsse - Jan 20, 2015 6:41:15 pm PST #4800 of 5059
Woe to the fucking wicked.
See, Plei, I think they'd actually get a lot more readers if people knew going in that A)You start here. This is where you start. There is nothing before this that you need and B)This story will end at that particular time. It will not go on into infinity. You can believe that there will be some sort of ending.
Which is much more long-term thinking than most people can/do exhibit.
P.M. Marc - Jan 20, 2015 7:28:38 pm PST #4801 of 5059
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Eh, that's what movies are for. ::handwaves::
Hey, has anyone charted to see if the decline and fall of the superhero comic matches up with the decline and fall of afternoon soaps? Speaking of things with more similarities than differences, once you get past the surface and all.
Tom Scola - Jan 21, 2015 1:41:10 am PST #4802 of 5059
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Afternoon soaps didn't die, they just moved to prime time.
Superhero comics didn't die, they just moved to the multiplex.
P.M. Marc - Jan 21, 2015 6:23:56 am PST #4803 of 5059
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
You know, you're right about that.
Tom Scola - Feb 08, 2015 5:47:34 pm PST #4804 of 5059
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Poor Maggie and Hopey.