Bought and Though: Roughneck Edition (aka May 24th)

[Elijya]

How long would a Bendis talking head thread last?

we called it the TB

 

[masteryoda]

Id argue that theyve been written out of character for so long that when a writer like Dan Slott comes on and writes them in character we forget what the characters were like before other writers messed them up. Thats just me.

Don't you mean that Dan Slot writes characters the way they were written years ago and it turns out that nobody is interested or buys his books and we remember why the characters aren't written that way anymore?

 

[Darthphere]

Don't you mean that Dan Slot writes characters the way they were written years ago and it turns out that nobody is interested or buys his books and we remember why the characters aren't written that way anymore?

Yeah something like that


I mean no.

 

[masteryoda]

 

[Ben Urich]

Re: DD #85
Anyone else excited to see Punisher back in the real MU again?

 

[Elijya]

tres

 

[GNR]

Re: DD #85
Anyone else excited to see Punisher back in the real MU again?

Hell yeah.

I would also like to say that Iron Man #8 featured the greatest use of Spidey's tech arms to date.

 

[Assassin]

Re: DD #85
Anyone else excited to see Punisher back in the real MU again?

what # did this arc start with

 

[Xofenroht]

Just tell me why he did it? Why did he write Agent Hill (or whatever her name is) to say: "...Mr. Parker". Another identity reveal...they really did do a good job of making him seem powerless and his suit seem quite pointless.

 

[gildea]

Slott was playing on our complete and utter moronic ability to become OFFENDED at EVERYTHING in this country now. Starfox was a very fun character all throughout the 80's and early 90's, but here in paranoid-land, his character would be treated EXACTLY like that.

It wasn't a destruction of the character, it was a look in the mirror for us to see how completely silly our court system, the rampage of litigation, the complete disregard for self-responsibility and how easily offended our society has become. I thought it was brilliant.

And I missed Nextwave this week, dammit!

I would have agreed with that assessment right up until our protaganist (shulkie) thought she was violated by starfox (which given his powers is quite possible) at which point it became a satire not of us IMO but of the time that produced a character like starfox.

I don't see how you can argue the court was being silly when our main character turns like she did.


I should point out i don't consider this the destruction of a character but more the 'evilling' of him.

 

[iloveclones]

Just tell me why he did it? Why did he write Agent Hill (or whatever her name is) to say: "...Mr. Parker". Another identity reveal...they really did do a good job of making him seem powerless and his suit seem quite pointless.

Nick Fury already knew this. I assume she has access to all the files he did and already knew.

 

[Anubis]

Well, there was the fact that they had a bunch of telepaths picking his brain apart.

 

[Langoth]

Daredevil is at the top of my list for the BT this time around.

 

[Assassin]

well?????

 

[Anubis]

Oh, Daredevil #82

 

[Langoth]

Favorite Part?

"Righteous Cons are gonna bring you down!"

Hukk!

SMASH

SNPT!

 

[Ben Urich]

Favorite Part?

"Righteous Cons are gonna bring you down!"

Hukk!

SMASH

SNPT!

Yeah.
That and that Punisher gets bored on the outside, so he just wastes some people so he can get into Ryker's and watch the show.
What a ****ing badass.

 

[Xofenroht]

Nick Fury already knew this. I assume she has access to all the files he did and already knew.

I know that. I was moreover whining about that particular panel Bendis wrote and how she just called him Mr. Parker and cut to the chase. Clever clever little S.H.I.E.L.D. agent...but man...wow.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Well, I finally caught up on my Marvel books, and have started reading my DC...and, thought I'd finally look on here to see everyone being as excited as me at the great miniseries, The American Way....only to realize, nobody seemed to pick it up!

Let me just hype to those how have a bit of cash to spare to pick up this great miniseries. It is in no way tied to anything else; it's all it's own book, and each issue has me dying for the next one to come out. Reading this reminds me of when I first read Watchmen back in the day. The book is very political and racial in it's messages; but, after seeing the last page of the last issue, #4 BTW, I am putting this book at the top of best miniseries of the year. And, while I'm a Marvel mark, it's a shame so much of this week was spent talking about Nextwave and nothing about American Way. This is definitely the Book Of The Week!

 

[Anubis]

I'm waiting for the trade.

 

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I never even heard of it.

 

[Assassin]

thanks anubis

 

[Elijya]

I never even heard of it.

Don't you rarely read anything outside of Marvel?

 

[Elijya]

Well, I finally caught up on my Marvel books, and have started reading my DC...and, thought I'd finally look on here to see everyone being as excited as me at the great miniseries, The American Way....only to realize, nobody seemed to pick it up!

Let me just hype to those how have a bit of cash to spare to pick up this great miniseries. It is in no way tied to anything else; it's all it's own book, and each issue has me dying for the next one to come out. Reading this reminds me of when I first read Watchmen back in the day. The book is very political and racial in it's messages; but, after seeing the last page of the last issue, #4 BTW, I am putting this book at the top of best miniseries of the year. And, while I'm a Marvel mark, it's a shame so much of this week was spent talking about Nextwave and nothing about American Way. This is definitely the Book Of The Week!

I picked up the first couple of issues, but they're in my "to read" pile which I've amassed from books I didn't get right to from the past few weeks

 

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I think I'm doin' a pretty good expansion job considerin'.