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Post by jessebaker on Dec 10, 2008 22:05:12 GMT -8
I'm kind of shocked that DnA and Giffen haven't made an active play to get the Infinity Gems dropped kicked into their sandbox, under the guise that they belong in the Cosmic Marvel line.
Then again, nebulously enough as the entire Infinity Gauntlet issue of "The Illuminati" was timelinewise (IIRC it takes place during the gap between AD and New Avengers starting, and after the end of the first She-Hulk series by Slott), who's to say that the Illuminati haven't already washed their hands of the gems via scattering them back into outer space?
Either that or Loki, the only invitee to Norman's Illuminati counter-group who Norman can't bribe (Doom) or threaten (Hood and Namor) or suck up to (Emma), is going to set up to be playing a long game of his-her's own, to provide Bendis with his own "Final Crisis" storyline as far as Loki getting his-her tranny hands on the Infinity Gems as soon as he-she finds out where they are and turning into Darkseid lite?
(Also, with Emma in Norman's Illuminati and Norman wanting to cuddle up with the X-Men, I have to think we might have a full-scale X-Men/Avengers war coming soon. Which could be the next major X-Over from Marvel, if they decide to slow burn the whole "Dark Reign" thing out.
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Post by jessebaker on Dec 8, 2008 17:59:06 GMT -8
Repost from the old forum that I think deserves posting again on this forum --------------------------- Robin: "Let's go!" Batman: "Not you, Robin. They have strict licensing laws in this country. A boy of your age is not allowed in a drinking tavern."
Dick Grayson: "What's so important about Chopin?" Bruce Wayne: "All music is important, Dick. It's the universal language. One of our best hopes for the eventual realization of the brotherhood of man." Dick Grayson: "Gosh Bruce, yes, you're right. I'll practice harder from now on."
Robin: "You can't get away from Batman that easy!" Batman: "Easily." Robin: "Easily." Batman: "Good grammar is essential, Robin." Robin: "Thank you." Batman: "You're welcome."
Batman: "Better put 5 cents in the meter." Robin: "No policeman's going to give the Batmobile a ticket." Batman: "This money goes to building better roads. We all must do our part."
Robin: "Boy! That was our closest call ever! I have to admit that I was pretty scared!" Batman: "I wasn't scared in the least." Robin: "Not at all?" Batman: "Haven't you noticed how we always escape the vicious ensnarements of our enemies?" Robin: "Yeah, because we're smarter than they are!" Batman: "I like to think it's because our hearts are pure."
Robin: "Holy molars! Am I ever glad I take good care of my teeth!" Batman: "True. You owe your life to dental hygiene."
Bruce: "Yes, Dick, your bird calls are close to perfect. If more people practiced them, someday we might have a chance for real communication with our feathered friends." Dick: "In that case I think I'll polish up my ruby-crowned kinglet and my rose-breasted yellow-tailed grouse-beak calls."
Dick: "Sorry, I'm not interested in dance lessons." Bruce: "Wait a minute, Dick. The junior prom's coming up, isn't it?" Dick: "Yes, but..." Bruce: "Well, we don't want you to be a wallflower, do we? Dancing is an integral part of every young man's education." Dick: "Gosh Bruce, you're right."
Batman to Robin: "When you get a little older, you'll see how easy it is to become lured by the female of the species."
Robin: "I guess you can never trust a woman." Batman: "You've made a hasty generalization, Robin. It's a bad habit to get into."
Robin: "That's an impossible shot, Batman." Batman: "That's a negative attitude, Robin."
Batman: "The green button will turn the car a la escarda o a la drecia." Robin: "To the left or right. Threw in a little Spanish on me, huh, Batman?" Batman: "One should always keep abreast of foreign tongues, Robin."
Dick: "Gosh, Economics is sure a dull subject." Bruce: "Oh, you must be jesting, Dick. Economics dull? The glamour, the romance of commerce... Hmm. It's the very lifeblood of our country's society."
Bruce: "Don't dip your oar in this sordid sea, Dick. You might be besmirched."
Batman: "That's one trouble with dual identities, Robin. Dual responsibilities. "
Batman: "In fact, Mr. Wayne is taking Mrs. Harriet Cooper, a devotee of Miss Glaze's, backstage before the performance to meet the dazzling star." Robin: "While Dick Grayson, I suppose, stays home and works on his essay on glaciers?" Batman: "Right again, Robin."
Robin: "To the batcave?" Batman: "And up the batpoles." Robin: "The batpoles?" Batman: "Even crimefighters need their sleep, Robin."
Robin: "Picked up the seal pulsator yet, Batman?" Batman: "We're still over land, Robin, and a seal is an aquatic, marine mammal." Robin: "Gosh, yes, Batman, I forgot."
Robin: "Where'd you get a live fish, Batman?" Batman: "The true crimefighter always carries everything he needs in his utility belt, Robin."
Robin: "Batman, maybe I should stay home tonight. Homework, you know." Batman: "I think you should acquire a taste for opera, Robin, as one does for poetry and olives."
Robin, to Carpet King: "You must be that gentleman I've read about. Aren't you a king or something?" Batman: "Robin, England has no king now. England has a queen, and a great lady she is, too."
Robin: "Gosh, Batman, this camel grass juice is great." Batman: "Beware of strong stimulants, Robin."
Batman: "Robin, the Constitution provides that a man is innocent until proven guilty. And the Constitution is the cornerstone of our great nation. We must abide by it." Robin: "Gosh, when you put it that way..."
Batman: "Man-eating lilacs have no teeth, Robin. It's a process of ingestion through their tentacles."
Batman (after cracking a safe): "It's not difficult, if you have steady nerves and a good ear. Quality is destroyed by the tenor of criminal life."
Batman: "An older head can't be put on younger shoulders."
Robin: "Venus seemed like a nice girl in that costume." Batman: "I suspect she is a nice girl down deep, but she's fallen in with bad companions. And who knows what her home life was like."
Batman: "Go back outside and calm the flower children." Robin: "They'll mob me!" Batman: "Groovy."
Batman: "You know your neosauruses well, Robin. Peanut butter sandwiches it is."
Batman: "Too many Bessarovian Cossacks around here, Robin. If I'd joined you in the fight, some of them may have been injured."
Robin, about Batgirl: "She's gone again! For once, Batman, let's follow her." Batman: "No, Robin. With my head sticking out of this neosaurus costume, I might not appear like an ordinary, run of the mill crimefighter. "
Bruce: "Just because we're traveling, I don't think that Dick should neglect his studies, so we brought along one thousand key works of literature, his biological specimens, and also his own desk." Dick: "Yes, I expect to study hard."
Batman: "You're far from mod, Robin. And many hippies are older than you are."
Superintendent Watson: "Well, I think this calls for a cup of char at venerable Ireland Yard." Robin: "Char?" Batman: "Yes, Robin, a colloquialism for tea."
Catwoman: "Let noone say that Catwoman is not the best-dressed woman in the world." Batman: "There are no fashion shows where you're going, Catwoman." Robin: "And how could a feline feloness like you also be a fashion model?" Batman: "Ah-ah. Give credit where credit is due, Robin. She may be evil, but she is attractive. You'll know more about that in a couple of years."
Robin: "If we close our eyes, we can't see anything." Batman: "A sound observation, Robin."
Robin, about Catwoman: "Do you think she'll kill Batgirl?" Batman: "Or worse, Robin. Or worse."
Batman: "Nobody wants war." Robin: "Gee, Batman. Belgravia's such a small country. We'd beat them in a few hours." Batman: "Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years."
Joker: "Let bygones be bygones. I'd like to shake hands with both of you. Can't we be friends?" Robin: "I'd rather shake hands with a spitting cobra!" Batman: "You're being cynical, Robin. To err is human, to forgive...divine. "
Batman: "What took you so long, Batgirl?" Batgirl: "Rush hour traffic, plus all the lights were against me. And you wouldn't want me to speed, would you?" Robin: "Your good driving habits almost cost us our lives!" Batman: "Rules are rules, Robin. But you do have a point."
Batman: "Cattail Lane and Nine Lives Alley. The Grimalkin Novelty Company is on that corner." Robin: "Grimalkin? What kind of a name is that?" Batman: "An obscure but nevertheless acceptable synonym for cat, Robin."
Robin, looking at Batgirl: "You know something, Batman?" Batman: "What's that, Robin?" Robin: "She looks very pretty when she's asleep." Batman: "I thought you might eventually notice that. That single statement indicates to me the first oncoming thrust of manhood, old chum."
Robin: "Gosh, if I could just figure out that riddle. Why can't I get it?" Batman: "Maybe your mind's on that cute little teenager who waved to you on the way across town, eh?" Robin: "Awww, come on, Batman."
Dick: "Awww, heck! What's the use of learning French anyway?" Bruce: "Dick, I'm surprised at you! Language is the key to world peace. If we all spoke each other's tongues, perhaps the scourge of war would be ended forever." Dick: "Gosh, Bruce, yes. I'll get these darn verbs if they kill me!"
Robin: "What do we do, tip off Commissioner Gordon?" Batman: "No, not on your life, old man. The Penguin and I have a score to settle."
Dick: "Wow! The rings of Saturn! This is sure some fun, Bruce." Bruce: "Astronomy is more than mere fun, Dick." Dick: "It is?" Bruce: "Yes, it helps give us a sense of proportion. Reminds us how little we are, really. People tend to forget that sometimes." Dick: "Gosh yes, that's right. I'll bet I see those rings a little differently this time!"
Robin: "Gosh, there could be diplomatic repercussions if we fail this time, Batman." Batman: "That's not the point, Robin. What's important is that the world know that all visitors to these teeming shores are safe, be they peasant or king." Robin: "Gee, Batman, I never thought of that. You're right." Batman: "It's the very essence of our democracy."
Batman to Robin: "Stop fiddling with that atomic pile and come down here!"
Dick: "Gosh, botany is tough. I'll never learn to recognize all these trees!" Bruce: "Come come, Dick. Pine. Elm. Hickory, chestnut, maple. Part of our heritage is the lure of living things, the storybook of nature." Dick: "That's true, Bruce. I'll learn to read that book of nature yet!"
Batman: "Robin, you haven't fastened your safety bat-belt." Robin: "We're only going a couple of blocks." Batman: "It won't be long until you are old enough to get a driver's license, Robin, and you'll be able to drive the Batmobile and other vehicles. Remember, motorist safety." Robin: "Gosh, Batman, when you put it that way.."
Bruce: "When we have more time, I'll acquaint you with the various processes of sculptoring. It's a fascinating art to which I devoted many hours of study." Dick: "I sure would like to hear about it, Bruce."
Batman (during a bat-climb): "Careful, Robin. Both hands on the Bat-rope." Robin: "Sorry, Batman."
Robin (about Lydia Limpet): "Gosh, Batman, those look like honest eyes." Batman: "Never trust the old chestnut, 'Crooks have beady little eyes'. It's false."
Robin: "When we put the fake jewels in Miss Starr's safe and take the real ones out, we could be nailed as crooks." Batman: "That's a chance we have to take, Robin. In our well ordered society, protection of private property is essential." Robin: "Yes, you're right, Batman. That's the keystone to all law and order."
Dick Grayson: "I thought Lima was the capital of Equador." Bruce Wayne: "As you can see, I was right. It's the capital of Peru." Aunt Harriet: "Oh, I just love this game of capitals. It's just so educational! " Bruce: "Not only that, if we don't know all about our friends to the south, how can we can carry out our good neighbor policy?"
Bruce: "Most Americans don't realize what we owe to the ancient Incas. Very few appreciate they gave us the white potato and many varieties of Indian corn." Dick: "Now whenever I eat mashed potatos, I for one will think of the Incas."
Dick (working on a jigsaw puzzle): "It's so much harder with the pieces upside down." Bruce: "Of course. Think of what excellent training it is for your visual memory." Dick: "Gosh yes, I guess that's true."
(in Batmobile, on golf course) Robin: "Let's get going and make an emergency bat-turn!" Batman: "Not this time, old chum. Have to think of the golfers. The retro-rockets would burn up the course for a hundred yards."
Batman: "Human mechanisms are made by human hands, Robin. None of them is infallible. It is a lesson that must be faced."
Batman: "That's life, Robin, full of ups and downs. It ill befits any of us to become to confident."
Batman (about to cross the street): "Remember Robin, always look both ways."
Robin: "It sure is a shame, Batman. A restaurant with such terrific chow turning out to be a mere front for some criminal scheme." Batman: "Look at it this way, Robin. That $100 cover charge is pretty stiff. Penguin's 'terrific chow' is hardly within the budget of the average worker." Robin: "Gosh yes, you're right, Batman. All the needy people in the world, all the hungry children." Batman: "Good thinking, Robin."
Dick: "Gosh Bruce, Greek is still Greek to me." Aunt Harriet: "It's Greek to a lot of Greeks too. It's one of the world's oldest, most important, most beautiful languages." Dick: "It may be, Aunt Harriet, but can't we take a breather and work out in the gym for a while?" Aunt Harriet: "But the mind needs excercise too, Dick." Dick: "Well, my mind is getting muscle-bound. " Bruce: "Ahhh, there is an old saying, Dick. A sound mind and a sound body. A worthy goal."
Batman: "Ma Parker's girl is more dangerous than her three boys." Robin: "Her legs sort of reminded me of Catwoman's." Batman: "You're growing up, Robin. Remember, in crime-fighting always keep your sights raised."
Robin: "But what is it?" Batman: "Saribus Sacer. A species of ancient Egyptian beetle, sacred to the Sun God, Hymeopolos. And from which the term scarab is derived. But, you should know that, Robin, if you are up on your studies of Egyptology." Robin: "You're right."
Batman: "I know. Hieroglyphics self-taught are a chore, Robin; but, it is a surefire way to unravel the secrets of the ancient mystics."
Batman: "Experience teaches slowly, Robin. And at a cost of many mistakes."
Robin: "I am a little hungry." Batman: "Of course, Robin. Even crime-fighters must eat. And especially you. You're a growing boy and you need your nutrition."
Batman: "Remember the Boy Scouts' motto." Robin: "'Be prepared'." Batman: "It would do well to keep that in mind at all times."
Robin: "We better hurry, Batman." Batman: "Not too fast, Robin. In good bat-climbing as in good driving one must never sacrifice safety for speed." Robin: "Right again, Batman."
Batman: "Tarnished reputations are unfortunate, Robin. We can live with those. However, a threat to all of Gotham City is something else."
Robin: "Self-control is sure tough sometimes, Batman!" Batman: "All virtues are, old chum. Indeed, that's why they're virtues."
Robin: "How about rushing the place, Batman?" Batman: "Shh. I think not, Robin. All they've done so far is stolen a few items, attempted to kill you, me, and Batgirl. No, I think they plan something really big."
Dick: "Bruce, let me ride Waynebow. I'm light enough." Bruce: "No, Dick, I couldn't allow my own ward to ride my own thoroughbred. People might think it was funny."
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Post by jessebaker on Dec 2, 2008 22:12:47 GMT -8
Speaking of which, I'm utterly shocked at the format that Marvel has chosen to FINALLY reprint the original Guardians stuff in, IE their "Premire Hardcover" line.
They have a HC coming out with the very first batch of Guardians stories from the various early 1970s Marvel anthology books. I'm shocked that they are putting it out in THAT format, when they could have, instead, put out a single Essential volume of all of the pre-1990 GOTG appearances, since it's the 90s series that people want to read and not the early stuff.
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Post by jessebaker on Dec 2, 2008 20:25:08 GMT -8
It's been confirmed that Legion won't be outright rebooted, as far as them using the team to launch an all-new Adventure Comics anthology series. Also, it's been stated for AGES that Bendis's Spider-Woman is still on for after Secret Invasion.
As for Guardians of the Galaxy, does it even have ties to the OG GOTG book? Or is it just a placeholder name that stuck, since Giffen and DnA couldn't think of an original name for the series?
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Post by jessebaker on Nov 26, 2008 20:33:17 GMT -8
Thanks. Caves sadly didn't successfully load onto the website when I uploaded it but Deadly Assassins did. I'm re-uploading Caves tonight and hopefully it will work this time around.
I'll probably take "The Deadly Assassins" down this weekend and put up some new stuff (I'm thinking a couple of episodes of Daria and maybe some music videos). Bakervision remains a work in progress so I would love it if you guys could give me some feedback regarding content you'd like to see.
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Post by jessebaker on Nov 24, 2008 17:39:32 GMT -8
But let's face it, with DC introducing Rainbow Lanterns, you know ONE of the new flavors of Lanterns is going to get his/her own new series. At which point, why not kill two birds with one stone and make Jaime the new Blue Lantern?
Given that Jaime is the current poster boy for happy go lucky teenage super-heroes, why not make him the Lantern of Hope? He can carry his own title characterwise, already has semi-ties with the Green Lanterns, AND could give DC a fun cosmic based book to counterbalance the constant "war, death, enslavement" spiel that DC has been on with their space-themed books lately. ESPECIALLY since they are gearing up for yet another "Massive Space Empire" storyline with the upcoming REBELS '09 relaunch.
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Post by jessebaker on Nov 24, 2008 15:37:01 GMT -8
I think X-Factor and Thunderbolts are safe. X-Factor got enough of a sales boost from Messiah Complex to keep it safe for the time being and with the dire status of X-Men spin-offs right now, X-Factor serves a niche as far as giving Marvel an X-Book that's relatively stand alone-ish compared to the rest of the line's incestfest.
Thunderbolts, from what I've heard is pretty safe. Diggle's the new writer and I would think Bendis is simply going to steal the current status quo for his own neferious purposes via Dark Avengers and leave Diggle to reconstruct a new T-Bolts team, with Speedball back as Speedball, Songbird as leader, and a new influx of B/C-List characters replacing the departing cast members Bendis has yanked for use in Dark Avengers. The book has a devoted following/fandom, so I could see Diggle turning the team into a super-powered version of "The Losers" ala the Busiek/Fabian N. run from T-Bolts #13-50.
With Blue Beetle being cancelled and Ted (apparently) back amongst the living after the second Booster Gold arc, I want to see Jaime Reyes lose his BB powers and become the Blue Lantern. Not only because it means Ted can go back to being Blue Beetle, but also because it means Jaime gets a new book launched out of "The Blackest Night" and a reason for DC to let Ganthet and the Green Lanterns make regular appearances alongside Jaime to ensure he doesn't get cancelled a second time via the sales boost of being best buds with the GLs.
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Post by jessebaker on Nov 23, 2008 21:10:26 GMT -8
My Mogulus channel has launched though I am still figuring out how to run the sucker. I've uploaded two Doctor Who Omnibuses for now: The Caves of Androzani and The Deadly Assassin.
The Deadly Assassin hasn't seen a DVD release yet, so I figure a lot of you guys might get a kick out of it. And Caves of Androzani is a definate classic Doctor Who story too.
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Post by jessebaker on Nov 19, 2008 17:06:21 GMT -8
Inspired by the kids on 4chan, who have started to use the live streaming website "Mogulus" to air cartoons and horror movies, I'm thinking about setting up my own Mogulus channel for streaming shit.
I'm thinking about a predominantly music video channel (got a shitload of music videos on my hard drive), some old school Doctor Who omnibus serials (among which, the as of yet released on DVD "The Deadly Assassin" serial), episodes of Daria, The Shield, MST3K, and other tv junk I've downloaded over the years.
Should I do it? Should I tempt fate and the copyright gods? And if so, can you guys suggest some stuff for me to upload?
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Post by jessebaker on Nov 12, 2008 21:57:42 GMT -8
Between DC and Marvel, DC will adapt better as far as a post-Bush/President Obama world. In spite of all of their darkness, DiDio HAS made a huge point of having most of his stories end with the ray of hope through all of the darkness:
Identity Crisis ended with Jean Palmer being caught without any major murder/suicide scenerio regarding her killing Ray Palmer and then herself and the rest of the DCU taking the revelations in stride, save for Batman.
Green Lantern Rebirth was the story we never saw back in 1994 as far as the Big Seven confronting Hal Jordan and bringing him back from the abyss. The Rayner/Stewart fanboys may bitch and moan, but the story was a major one of redemption as far as dealing with Hal's fall from grace and him finally redeeming himself and purging himself of the forces that corrupted him in the first place.
Infinite Crisis ended with the Batman and Wonder Woman working through their shit (WW killing Max Lord, Batman being a huge ass piece of shit) and realizing that they need to be more human and less obnoxisusly self-righteous with their more questionable action. And Superman, while losing his powers, remains completely upbeat with the fact that the world will survive without him.
52 dealt with themes of hope too: From Animal Man's wife holding out hope that he would return to her, the theme of Vic Sage pulling Renee Montoya out of her booze-filled bottle hell as his final mission in life, the situation with Steel being able to make up for his utterly out of character assholeness at the start of the series and not only successfully saving his niece from Luthor but being the one who drove the final nail into Lex's good-guy persona, and Booster Gold saving the world after everyone and their mother wrote him off as a ego-driven loser.
Seven Soldiers had the moments too, from the entire Manhattan Guardian arc to Mister Miracle beating Darkseid and death itself.
DC will do fine. Marvel, not so good.
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Post by jessebaker on Nov 9, 2008 21:03:56 GMT -8
My theory on everything:
Earth is nuked because of it's own Cylon problem. The whole "it's all happened before" thing isn't just a past/present/future" thing but also a "it's all happening at the same time" sort of deal.
The human Cylons have been around for ages and are like space missionaries, bringing about artificial intelligence-related evolution across the stars. On Earth, they find a horde of Torrie and Anders Cylons and one Simon Cylon who doesn't know he's a Cylon.
There is no real specialness about the Final Five. Indeed, we learn that each section of space gets randomly selected Cylons: five for infiltration (done at birth as far as Cylon babies being put in place of real human babies who are promptly murdered at birth) and seven to organize the local robots, with the robots themselves being told to treat the seven as if they created them to preserve the illusion that they are not part of a grand robotic revolution going on throughout the universe.
This ties into Cavil meeting up with re-enforcements from another section of the galaxy who discover their remaining fleet. This fleet includes our missing Final Fiver: Zack Adama.
Zack has been going around the universe, gathering up the remaining Cylon forces into an armada designed to find the true Cylon homeworld. Zack wants to know why the Cylons were created and confront the true creator of the human Cylons: Count Ibis (also known as Space Satan).
This is where the final batch of episodes lead us, as the Fleet and Six's Cylons race Cavil and Zack's forces to the Cylon homeworld to claim it. But Ibis wants to destroy both sides and reclaim his daughter: Starbucks, who he resurrected using his technology to create humanoid robots.
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Post by jessebaker on Nov 7, 2008 14:09:03 GMT -8
That reminds me, of something else that's been going through my mind.
Jezabel Jett=Batman's long lost half-sister?
If Grant wanted to totally freak everyone out with the ending of Batman RIP, as far as a "fate worse than death" thing, you think Grant might reveal that Batman committed incest via being seduced by the evil half-sister he never knew existed?
The notion of Batman going MIA because he fucked his sister would be SOMETHING major, especially in light of Morrison seemingly making a point that no one will guess the big shocking twist he's come up with for Batman RIP.
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