I think they should do South Park- style animation with cut-out pictures of Christian Bale and Michael Caine.
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
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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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 21, 2004 9:15:10 am PDT #5542 of 10000
"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
Tom Scola - Aug 22, 2004 6:16:35 am PDT #5543 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
From JLU last night, it turns out that Wonder Woman's armor has a secret weakness. Could it be that IT DOESN'T PROTECT 80% OF HER BODY, not to mention SEVERAL VITAL ORGANS? Duh.
Michele T. - Aug 22, 2004 9:33:37 am PDT #5544 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Well, one could argue that since Diana is (in her original origin myth, anyhow) a clay statue brought to life by the gods, she doesn't have the same vital organs humans do. And hasn't the series hinted that Amazons are immortal, too?
Also, are Hawk and Dove real DCU characters? And why?
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 22, 2004 9:38:56 am PDT #5545 of 10000
"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 thought the whole point of the bullet-deflecting bracelets thing was that if she weren't able to do that, the bullets might actually HURT her ?
DXMachina - Aug 22, 2004 10:58:04 am PDT #5546 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Also, are Hawk and Dove real DCU characters? And why?
Yes, and God only knows. They were created by Steve Ditko around the same time he created the Creeper (i.e. the late sixties). They were supposed to be some sort of reflection on the Vietnam era, but I always thought they were terribly lame.
Wolfram - Aug 22, 2004 5:53:18 pm PDT #5547 of 10000
Visilurking
I was wondering what the heck their powers were exactly. I get that Hawk/Hank is stronger than Dove/Don? but they both seem to be really strong and have Flash-like speed or something. So is ithe only difference between them just that Dove is a "bleeding liberal" (or whatever the line was yesterday) and Hawk is NSM? And are they human? How did they get their powers?
For a second I was waiting for them to touch rings and activate their wonder-twin powers.
Also funny from JLU was that hammering dude pointing out the WW's armor wasn't meant to me so tight-fitting.
DavidS - Aug 22, 2004 8:23:22 pm PDT #5548 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I expect hammer dude was Hephaistos/Vulcan.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2004 3:59:15 am PDT #5549 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yes he was.
I really enjoyed Robin this week. I start to see more of what Steph sees in Tim.
Gotham Knight's art bothered me -- loved the musculature, hated the faces. And I didn't like how Batgirl was written -- too wordy. Her grumpiness with Babs was much better conveyed in her own title.
sumi - Aug 23, 2004 6:46:41 am PDT #5550 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Apparently Astounishing #4 is so shocking that they cannot even reveal the cover.
CaBil - Aug 23, 2004 8:04:02 am PDT #5551 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Sumi, I know who it is. The news broke on the various spoiler sites yesterday.
Who is it? It is Colossus .