But it does seem to be the mythical ideal age. Not that any of them match our earth years, but at least most others get to grow up (I swear Mirage looks way older than Kitty, in the main continuity), or have already reached the magical unchanging post-pubertal age.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
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§ ita § - Sep 16, 2004 3:26:59 pm PDT #5945 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mr. Broom - Sep 16, 2004 3:30:45 pm PDT #5946 of 10000
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
I think the age Kitty has in the current continuity (especially as drawn by Cassaday in Astonishing) is an in-between sort of thing--you see her in the first few pages of #1 and she looks rather grown-up and capable, early twenties, let's say. Occasionally, though, she'll have those expressions that bring out the teenage girl in her. It's a good way of keeping her age nicely ambiguous, the way a lot of the X-Men are.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 17, 2004 1:19:51 am PDT #5947 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 swear Mirage looks way older than Kitty, in the main continuity)
Wasn't she supposed to be, somewhat? I had the impression that when New Mutants started up, Kitty was around 14 or 15 and Danielle was supposed to be 17, second oldest to Sam.
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2004 3:50:21 am PDT #5948 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not talking two years -- he looks to be solidly late 20s, or however old Storm is. Which she isn't.
sumi - Sep 17, 2004 5:57:49 am PDT #5949 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
So, Astounishing #5 comes out on Wednesday?
Tom Scola - Sep 18, 2004 2:24:52 pm PDT #5950 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Interview with Jhonen Vasquez (Invader Zim)
Ultimately, my idea was to take his sights off world domination, as ZIM begins to understand that there is a beauty in human life, an understanding that sets him on his path to becoming a public legal defender. I was very inspired by Ben Affleck's powerful courtroom scenes in Daredevil, and I wanted to move people to tears like those scenes moved me. But the show was canceled before any of that, thus leaving our audience of ten unfulfilled.
Tom Scola - Sep 18, 2004 2:27:38 pm PDT #5951 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Cereal:
There, there. What projects are up next for each of you?
Jhonen: I'm the Puppymaster. I control the puppies.
DavidS - Sep 19, 2004 12:32:00 pm PDT #5952 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So I finally saw The Batman cartoon. Hmmmmmmmm.
It's very different from both the Dini-cartoonverse and the current comics continuity. This Batman is still in his twenties, only three years into his mission. After Alfred (who's tougher, less effete) it's almost a clean slate. I did like the way they did the Joker - very Kabuki inspired, with a fighting style out of Mad Monkey Kung Fu. It looked good though. Also, liked his strait-jacket ensemble with the Burton-esque stripes. I thought it was an interesting choice to make the Joker more of an equal physical combatant.
Gotham looked cool - dense, urban, goth. Interesting focus on the Gotham PD. There's much more emphasis on Bruce Wayne Puts On The Mask rather than Bruce Wayne Is The Mask.
Have to chalk it up to Ple's different versions of the myth.
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2004 2:44:01 pm PDT #5953 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
There's much more emphasis on Bruce Wayne Puts On The Mask rather than Bruce Wayne Is The Mask.
From what I've read, it sounds like Batman Begins is going to be the same way.
Wolfram - Sep 20, 2004 5:49:47 am PDT #5954 of 10000
Visilurking
Did anyone catch JLU? Can someone tell me why Green Lantern needed to leave Earth for personal reasons? I didn't understand that little exchange he had with that older green faced guy at the beginning. Also, is Lex Luthor no longer a villian, or was he just blowing smoke up that reporter's ass?