Maybe the bar in 1985 was set so much lower.
Kind of. Shows like The Simpsons & Buffy had a big effect on dialogue in comics, I think.
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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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.
DavidS - Jul 25, 2005 10:08:18 am PDT #8458 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2005 10:13:09 am PDT #8459 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It didn't help that they were trying to cram a hell of a lot of plot into it.
Wolfram - Jul 25, 2005 10:25:52 am PDT #8460 of 10000
Visilurking
Seems like they're trying to cram a lot of characters and cross-comic references in it. Every couple of pages there's an asertisk after a line of dialogue and then at the bottom MW tells you to see Teen Titans vol. 56 or Aquaman vol. 239 for background or continuation of a storyline. Also every character they draw just has to have a line of dialogue. I wish they did it the JLU (tv show) way where they show 100 superheros but only a handful of them get lines.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 25, 2005 12:12:50 pm PDT #8461 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 remember when someone posted a link to that Crisis spoof months back, I looked at it and imagined the editor yelling "It's not working! George is drawing new characters faster than the writer can kill them off!"
Kalshane - Jul 25, 2005 2:24:32 pm PDT #8462 of 10000
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.
The DC Animated Universe is done for good.
I could have sworn I've read there's another season of JLU in the works, but it wasn't approved until after they finished up Season 4, so Epilogue was written as if it was going to be the last DCAU episode ever.
Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2005 5:02:56 pm PDT #8463 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I could have sworn I've read there's another season of JLU in the works,
I went looking and found a mention of another season on AICN. Not exactly the most reliable of sources.
Sheryl - Jul 25, 2005 5:03:38 pm PDT #8464 of 10000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
I had read that there's going to be another season of JLU also, Kalshane. Don't remember where I read it, though.
CaBil - Jul 26, 2005 12:09:02 am PDT #8465 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
People who went to the JLU panel at San Diego saw the first five or ten minutes of the new season opener.....
At least, that is what I was told by someone who attended.
Gandalfe - Jul 26, 2005 2:32:31 pm PDT #8466 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
From Brian K Vaughn's site:
In other star-effing news, I had lunch with Pulitzer Prize winner (and inspiration for my upcoming run on Dark Horse's THE ESCAPIST) Michael Chabon, and dinner with BUFFY creator Joss Whedon, who was nice enough to invite Ruth and me to the world premiere of the final cut of SERENITY, which is as perfect a movie as any of us will see this year.
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2005 3:24:37 pm PDT #8467 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Man, I'm going to be so disappointed. Everyone who's seen it is raving way too much.