Blader5489
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I thought PJ and I were the only ones who liked his Wolverine arc. Lo and behold, a new ally to fight against the darkness!
Heh.
I thought PJ and I were the only ones who liked his Wolverine arc. Lo and behold, a new ally to fight against the darkness!
People complain that my reviews are long and it takes a while to skip past my reviews if they choose. Paragraph-breaks would simply make my post physically longer. That, and I figure the compactness keeps every issue review seperate.
I'm just saying, normally I would be inclined to read them but the lack of spacing makes it onerous if not impossible.
...Also in general it can't be a good creative decision to tailor your form to suit people with no intention of reading your work.
[Birds of Prey #115 - Well if that don't beat all! Sean McKeever made me care about Misfit! You know, I think I might get to LIKE that kid if McKeever stays on this book for awhile longer. Still can't abide Black Alice though. I just hate goths, and I hate their stupid reasons for their stupid behavior. I also think Black Alice has a really cheapass power that's bound to screw some REAL hero over in a moment of need. But that's not really the point. This story has some good Alice/Misfit/Oracle interaction, and the explanation of the whole Killer Shark thing, which leads into the next issue (and I can't wait.) I was sad to see Simone leave the book, but it seems like this is one book DC never gives to a creator that can't work with it. Dixon, Simone, and now McKeever have all done great things with it. 8/10.
But I'll tell you what beats all: the new color of kryptonite, this vaunted new silver kryptonite, you know what it turns out to do? It gets Superman really stoned. No, seriously, that's what it does. He thinks the Justice League, which thanks to Green's lazy writing includes a corporeal Red Tornado, look like cartoon characters, and he thinks it's "never too late for breakfast." I've been stoned, I've been on mushrooms, and magic-silver-K apparently just puts Superman somewhere between stoned on some diggity-dank and tripping on shrooms.
This week? That book has been amazing since the first panel. By the way, was [blackout]Orion's death[/blackout] about as perfect as it could be, [blackout]aside from the fact that it precludes his prophesied defeat of Darkseid from ever happening[/blackout]?I have to say Death of the New Gods kicked ass this week.
For Superman, yes. For readers, no.Silver Kryptonite is officially the greatest Kryptonite ever.
Hulk #2 - OK, Jeph, it's still fun, and I'm still reading, and Iron Man (for once) is a sympathetic character again. And I'm enjoying it, which is more than I can say for any Hulk-related storyline since...well, since the last Hulk #1, actually. 8/10
Just read Runaways. Whatever, I hate you Whedon
Iron Man as Director of SHIELD is basically him trumpeting into my brain, "I am Adolf Hitler."
It is amazing how in about 12-13 month's time, RUNAWAYS has gone from "Dread's #1 Marvel book" to "Meh, that's still here? It's kinda alright."
I didn't like a single thing about the last issue. The issues come out too far apart and I don't even really care about most of the characters anymore. A competent writer better take over the book next.
Iron Man as Director of SHIELD is basically him trumpeting into my brain, "I am Adolf Hitler."
That's a fair point. I suppose this is akin to the Asop's Fable about the boy, his father and the donkey riding from town to town; trying to please everyone is ultimately futile.
The problem is I rarely get too much consensus feedback. There are those who comment, basically, "your posts are too god-damned long and it is a chore skipping them!" and there are those who go, "great reviews!" and very little in-between, besides folks commenting about specific points I have made and so forth, which is natural MB custom and what I expect.
Plus, with the 20,000 character limit, I have to make more posts to cram everything in and sometimes I would rather get in as many reviews within as few posts as possible. Good lord, you won't believe how many times I have cursed at that text limit per post.
Watch. With paragraph breaks, a post of my usual length is about twice as long on the screen and it won't be long before someone complains about it. "Wah, I have to scroll for so long!" And I really, really don't like using spoiler tags in the B/T topic. I use them when I repost my reviews in other topics but this one is spoiler-tag free.
But, you've made a decent point about the breaks and I may use them from now on. It is a more natural way of typing for me anyway.
It is amazing how in about 12-13 month's time, RUNAWAYS has gone from "Dread's #1 Marvel book" to "Meh, that's still here? It's kinda alright."
Elmo does that too.Dread is now referring to himself in the third person.
Just for the hell of it, I hope Superman starts keeping a lead box of silver kryptonite in his sock drawer for those extra-stressful days.But I'll tell you what beats all: the new color of kryptonite, this vaunted new [blackout]silver kryptonite[/blackout], you know what it turns out to do? [blackout]It gets Superman really stoned. No, seriously, that's what it does. He thinks the Justice League, which thanks to Green's lazy writing includes a corporeal Red Tornado, look like cartoon characters, and he thinks it's "never too late for breakfast." I've been stoned, I've been on mushrooms, and magic-silver-K apparently just puts Superman somewhere between stoned on some diggity-dank and tripping on shrooms.[/blackout]
Ouch, Spoons. Watch it.Never heard of Moore before. Ramos is meh
While I never comment in these threads, I do read them every week and look forward to your reviews in particular.
As for a solution that I think would cater to everyone: Why not just put each issue's review inside it's own spoiler tag? That way you could break up each issue's review into paragraphs and at the same time make your posts take up even LESS space on the page for those that for some reason want to skip your detailed reviews. Win, win, right?
Whatever you do, keep up the great reviewing.
Dread is now referring to himself in the third person. iloveclones is very dissapointed........
Agreed though how quickly Runaways has become bad. Shame on you Marvel.
Who ever wanted to see the kids in early 1900s New York? Nobody. There's more than enough to keep them busy in present day California; especially with Secret Invasion coming up and Xavin on the team.
Can I write Runaways, please?
Elmo does that too.
And Cookie Monster talks in I think "second person". How exactly did this help us learn how to talk as kids? I don't get it.