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BentonGrey

#1380
October 02, 2017, 02:19:34 PM
Haha!  Well, I can't say I blame you.  There's a reason that it's a famous low point in the history of the League.  :lol:

On the Aquaman abusing his powers topic, I could be wrong, but I vaguely remember there being some type of fallout from that eventually.  Nonetheless, it isn't really something that should never have happened in the first place.
God Bless
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Deaths Jester

#1381
October 02, 2017, 03:11:52 PM
Wait...you go thru life sober?!? What the?!?
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HarryTrotter

#1382
October 02, 2017, 03:42:56 PM Last Edit: October 02, 2017, 03:53:13 PM by HarryTrotter
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 02, 2017, 02:19:34 PM
Haha!  Well, I can't say I blame you.  There's a reason that it's a famous low point in the history of the League.  :lol:

On the Aquaman abusing his powers topic, I could be wrong, but I vaguely remember there being some type of fallout from that eventually.  Nonetheless, it isn't really something that should never have happened in the first place.
Brain damage would explain a lot there.  :)
On a more modern topic,somebody managed to put in words my problem with Rebirth Batman- they replaced a-hole Batman with sad Batman.Its not much of an improvement.
Looking back at Rebirth,I would say absolute winners were Superman and Flash.While Batman and Justice League were the losers here.I also figured out last time I enjoyed reading Justice League was when McDuffie was writing it.Seriously,its been a mediocre decade.  :(
''Even our origin stories have gone sour.''
Jon Farmer

kkhohoho

#1383
October 02, 2017, 03:50:21 PM Last Edit: October 02, 2017, 04:17:24 PM by kkhohoho
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 02, 2017, 03:11:52 PM
Wait...you go thru life sober?!? What the?!?

Yeeup. I'm a teetotaler. I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, and I don't drink. Never had a single drop. And I am A-OK with that. :)
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Deaths Jester

#1384
October 02, 2017, 04:07:40 PM
Oh...so I don't have to share this bottle of vodka with your name on it?!? Good, cause I already drank it...
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kkhohoho

#1385
October 02, 2017, 04:18:02 PM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 02, 2017, 04:07:40 PM
Oh...so I don't have to share this bottle of vodka with your name on it?!? Good, cause I already drank it...

...That's not vodka. :mellow:
The Golden Age; 'A different look at a different era.'

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BentonGrey

#1386
October 02, 2017, 05:09:36 PM
Haha!  You've just blown DJ's mind, Kk!  :lol:
God Bless
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Deaths Jester

#1387
October 02, 2017, 08:10:04 PM
...but it was alcohol....
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kkhohoho

#1388
October 02, 2017, 09:00:01 PM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 02, 2017, 08:10:04 PM
...but it was alcohol....

Keep telling yourself that. ;)
The Golden Age; 'A different look at a different era.'

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1089779/chapters/2193203

Deaths Jester

#1389
October 02, 2017, 11:59:04 PM
Hey, I know booze a whole lot better than you...and that was booze!
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daglob

#1390
October 03, 2017, 02:11:37 AM
There is, of course, more than one type of alcohol...

kkhohoho

#1391
October 03, 2017, 02:39:31 AM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 02, 2017, 11:59:04 PM
Hey, I know booze a whole lot better than you...and that was booze!

If you say so. All I know is that I drank a lot of water the other day, the toilet was clogged for whatever darn reason, and an empty bottle was lying around just waiting for someone to give it a purpose. You do the math. ;)
The Golden Age; 'A different look at a different era.'

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Deaths Jester

#1392
October 03, 2017, 02:57:34 AM
Yeah, that wasn't the bottle I had, Kk. I gave your pee bottle to Benton instead...
Avatar picture originally a Brom painting entitled Marionette.

kkhohoho

#1393
October 03, 2017, 03:03:10 AM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on October 03, 2017, 02:57:34 AM
Yeah, that wasn't the bottle I had, Kk. I gave your pee bottle to Benton instead...

Oh. Sorry Benton. My bad... :unsure:
The Golden Age; 'A different look at a different era.'

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BentonGrey

#1394
October 03, 2017, 03:16:29 AM
That's what that smell was.....
God Bless
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HarryTrotter

#1395
October 03, 2017, 08:27:21 PM
So,Batman and Catwoman are engaged now.I guess now the policy at DC is that everyone must be married.
''Even our origin stories have gone sour.''
Jon Farmer

BentonGrey

#1396
October 03, 2017, 10:11:35 PM
I would actually be excited about this if the characters and the world held any value for me anymore.

However, there is this, which is nice:
http://textsfromsuperheroes.com/post/164653923449/catwedding
God Bless
"If God came down upon me and gave me a wish again, I'd wish to be like Aquaman, 'cause Aquaman can take the pain..." -Ballad of Aquaman
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daglob

#1397
October 03, 2017, 10:34:34 PM
Hmmm... I've read comics long enough to know what it means for a hero to get engaged or married to anyone...

kkhohoho

#1398
October 03, 2017, 10:44:01 PM
Quote from: daglob on October 03, 2017, 10:34:34 PM
Hmmm... I've read comics long enough to know what it means for a hero to get engaged or married to anyone...

It means that the hero makes a deal with the devil to have their marriage completely erased from existence? Or am I just totally off-base here?
The Golden Age; 'A different look at a different era.'

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1089779/chapters/2193203

HarryTrotter

#1399
October 04, 2017, 05:09:16 AM
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 03, 2017, 10:11:35 PM
I would actually be excited about this if the characters and the world held any value for me anymore.

However, there is this, which is nice:
http://textsfromsuperheroes.com/post/164653923449/catwedding
Jokes on them.We can only wish things to go that smooth with Tom King at the helm.
Why bother anyway?We al know this will last until a new writer takes over.
Also,Superman,Aquaman,Animal Man (I assume hes still around,we just havent seen him),sometimes Green Arrow (currently not,I think)...there must be someone else whos married.
''Even our origin stories have gone sour.''
Jon Farmer

BentonGrey

#1400
October 04, 2017, 01:02:23 PM
And of course, as far as I know, none of them are currently married, because marriage just makes them unrelatable or some asinine nonsense. 
God Bless
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HarryTrotter

#1401
October 04, 2017, 01:31:57 PM
No,Superman is married,that Im sure of.
I havent seen Animal Man in a while,but he had family in the N52 series,which I admit,I didnt get very far with it.
Green Arrow isnt afaik.Aquaman was engaged or something?
So really only Superman?That cant be right.Oh yeah,there was Scandal,if that counts.
''Even our origin stories have gone sour.''
Jon Farmer

kkhohoho

#1402
October 04, 2017, 02:56:58 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 04, 2017, 01:02:23 PM
And of course, as far as I know, none of them are currently married, because marriage just makes them unrelatable or some asinine nonsense.

Yeah. Superman's married, (and aside from that Nu52 nonsense, he's been married since the late 90's, so... good job?) and he even has a kid, but other than that, marriage just isn't a thing most Superheroes do these days, even though they should. With most readers these days in their late 20's or in many cases even older, marriage would only make them more relatable, not less. There's plenty of things you can do with marriage that you can't do with a single swinging bachelor, but most books just don't want to go through with it.

Also, if we really want to get technical, there's also Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl in the Legion of Superheroes, but that series has been canceled for years now, nevermind taking place in the freaking future. Oh, and does anyone know if Ralph and Sue are still a thing? Please let them be a thing. Or did they stuff her in the fridge again?
The Golden Age; 'A different look at a different era.'

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HarryTrotter

#1403
October 04, 2017, 03:11:26 PM
IIRC they showed up in N52 Secret Six.Ralph was Big Shot and Sue was evil.But at least that means Identity Crisis didn't happen,so yey I guess?
''Even our origin stories have gone sour.''
Jon Farmer

kkhohoho

#1404
October 04, 2017, 03:15:00 PM
Quote from: HarryTrotter on October 04, 2017, 03:11:26 PM
IIRC they showed up in N52 Secret Six.Ralph was Big Shot and Sue was evil.But at least that means Identity Crisis didn't happen,so yey I guess?

...

Well frick.
The Golden Age; 'A different look at a different era.'

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HarryTrotter

#1405
October 04, 2017, 03:32:36 PM
Quote from: kkhohoho on October 04, 2017, 03:15:00 PM
Quote from: HarryTrotter on October 04, 2017, 03:11:26 PM
IIRC they showed up in N52 Secret Six.Ralph was Big Shot and Sue was evil.But at least that means Identity Crisis didn't happen,so yey I guess?

...

Well frick.
Maybe things changed later on.I dropped that series pretty fast (you can probably sense a theme by now).

The Shadow-Batman #1 I didn't got far with the last one,so maybe this will be better.This issue was average.

Superman #32 Superman spends a lot of time monologing about not killing.I suspect this was ghost written by Mark Waid.  :)
And the person who hired Deathstroke-
Spoiler
Amanda Waller.
. Expected something different,I guess.
''Even our origin stories have gone sour.''
Jon Farmer

HarryTrotter

#1406
October 05, 2017, 08:08:14 AM
I checked that,and Animal-mans marriage fell apart after his son died.Ofc it did.
''Even our origin stories have gone sour.''
Jon Farmer

BentonGrey

#1407
October 05, 2017, 01:09:12 PM
 :banghead:
God Bless
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kkhohoho

#1408
October 05, 2017, 01:41:53 PM
You know, after reading Justice League Detroit, I've come to realize that modern comics do in fact NOT suck. Are there problems? Certainly. But if JLD was any indication, the 'good old days' wasn't exactly a bed of roses either. There was bad continuity and publicity stunts then, and there's bad continuity and publicity stunts now. It's just with the advent of mass-media, it's a LOT more noticeable nowadays.

That said, when I hear about some of the stuff they're doing today, (like with Ralph and Animal Man,) I'd be lying if it said it didn't make me feel like my previous position was vindicated. ;)

And speaking of Animal Man, where's Grant Morrison when you need him? Just have him pop in and whip up another Dues Ex Machina or two. It'd make just as much sense as some of the stuff they're doing these days.
The Golden Age; 'A different look at a different era.'

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HarryTrotter

#1409
October 05, 2017, 02:57:51 PM
QuoteYou know, after reading Justice League Detroit, I've come to realize that modern comics do in fact NOT suck. Are there problems? Certainly. But if JLD was any indication, the 'good old days' wasn't exactly a bed of roses either. There was bad continuity and publicity stunts then, and there's bad continuity and publicity stunts now. It's just with the advent of mass-media, it's a LOT more noticeable nowadays.

True,but there are good stuff and bad stuff in every age.JLD started in 1984,right?Around the same time Alan Moore took over writing duties for Swamp Thing.Rest is history,as they say.Its just that we have 33 years of hindsight now.Swampy is venerated,JLD is forgotten.
Now you have hype-machine working 24/7 and telling you whats going to be an instant classic.But lets face it,in 33 years from now (if humanity and comic fans are still around) nobody is going to remember Omega Men.

QuoteAnd speaking of Animal Man, where's Grant Morrison when you need him? Just have him pop in and whip up another Dues Ex Machina or two. It'd make just as much sense as some of the stuff they're doing these days.
Grant is now EiC of Heavy Metal Magazine.How the mighty have fallen.
But they really try to imitate him.They have no idea what they are doing,but they are trying to imitate him.
Speaking of which,Hitch is leaving Justice League soon.Priest takes over.Honestly,he was always a hit or miss for me,but lets see how this goes.
''Even our origin stories have gone sour.''
Jon Farmer
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