Testing something.
I miss Oz. He'd get it. He wouldn't say anything, but he'd get it.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
P.M. Marc - Dec 22, 2003 10:33:42 am PST #1304 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Jon B. - Dec 22, 2003 10:34:26 am PST #1305 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
test confimed!
P.M. Marc - Dec 22, 2003 10:35:05 am PST #1306 of 10000
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 saw two new, I take it?
Jon B. - Dec 22, 2003 10:36:10 am PST #1307 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Yes. In Angel quotables too.
tina f. - Dec 28, 2003 11:09:15 am PST #1308 of 10000
One of my favorite Christmas presents was a gimongous coffee table book about the Marvel universe. It is written with much fanboy love. I had NO IDEA that Howard the Duck was a Marvel comic character!
Actual Jossverse content:
I bought Tales of the Vampires #1 this weekend. I liked it...the second Joss story (the last in the book) was good - it got lots of bonus points because of the LotR-related geekery, though.
UltimateDrew's Spike and Dru story had some really beautiful language but - for being such a HUGE part of the Spike/Dru story - (what happened in Prague right before they came to Sunnydale) it didn't really hold up for me.
Holli - Dec 28, 2003 11:17:30 am PST #1309 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Has anyone else read 1602 #5? I fee the need to squee over the tiny cartoon Neil on the first page.
And the story was pretty good, too.
DXMachina - Dec 28, 2003 11:23:59 am PST #1310 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Feel free to squee, Holli. It's been out for a while now.
I had NO IDEA that Howard the Duck was a Marvel comic character!
I finally started taking all my old comics out of my sister's attic when I was home for Christmas. Among the boxes was my complete original set of Howard the Duck. Great book. The movie was a terrible injustice.
tina f. - Dec 28, 2003 11:29:45 am PST #1311 of 10000
The movie was a terrible injustice.
One of the great things about this book is that it goes through EVERY single incarnation of the main Marvel characters with absolute detail - every bad TV show, unreleased movies and episodes. It leaves nothing out as far as that stuff is concerned. There are many a snarky comment about the HtD movie - but it doesn't keep them from mapping out what happened to the character in the movie. I've learned a lot and I've only really carefully read the Spidey chapter.
sj - Dec 28, 2003 11:42:47 am PST #1312 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
it didn't really hold up for me.
I am interested to hear why it didn't hold up for you. I really loved the Spike and Dru story.
tina f. - Dec 28, 2003 11:52:35 am PST #1313 of 10000
I am interested to hear why it didn't hold up for you.
Hmm. I only read it once and I think it didn't hold up for me for some silly reasons. First, I always had in my mind that Dru got sick from being attacked by an angry mob - and it seems like they were both attacked - but that's not why she got sick - so it just didn't fit with my picture of what happened as far as show canon.
Also - I've read some really great Prague Spike/Dru fan fic - and understanding a 12-page comic can't put that much detail into a story - the plot still wasn't as imaginative as some of the fic I've read.
Finally, one of the things I loooove about Tales of the Slayers and, to a lesser extent, this last run of Buffy comics that has focused on Buffy's life pre-season 1, are the suprises and twists. This story was pretty twistless. I guess the fact that Dru didn't get sick from the mob attack was kind of a twist, but it wasn't enough for me.
The good: I did really love the language. He did an excellent job at capturing both Spike and Dru's voices - which isn't easy. And I'm glad that it re-enforced the Spike really loved Dru and vica versa aspect of their story.
I guess I just wanted it to be twistier.