DC bringing back "The Titans"

[fifthfiend]

OK, the "worst writing in a dozen years" tag is getting way over-applied recently. Is it that one issue of Civil War Frontline? Is it Amazons Attack? Is it Batgirl-gone-crazy? Is it the first couple arcs of Fastest Man Alive? Is it One More Day? I DEMAND AN ANSWER!

Wow.

There's been a ****-ton of worst writing in the last few years.

 

[Aristotle]

Yeah, there really has. I'm voting One More Day, though. Still, it's tough not to give that vote to Civil War and Batgirl-gone-crazy.

 

[fifthfiend]

Someone needs to combine all of them into one uber-comic that we can all hate. They can get a *****y whinebag of a Supergirl to mindrape Batgirl into helping her murder Superboy to precipitate an Amazonian invasion that sparks a Civil War that throws Wanda Maximoff into a fit of insanity that causes her to break up the Avengers by turning Bart Allen into a lameass who erases Spider-Man's marriage.

And then it turns out Jean Loring staged the entire thing, cause it was the only way she could think of to get that sweet, sweet Atom-cock.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

OK, the "worst writing in a dozen years" tag is getting way over-applied recently. Is it that one issue of Civil War Frontline? Is it Amazons Attack? Is it Batgirl-gone-crazy? Is it the first couple arcs of Fastest Man Alive? Is it One More Day? I DEMAND AN ANSWER!

One More Day, obviously. I was making with the hyperbole there. Although, in terms of my personal attachment to the character, Batgirl's character assassination probably is the worst thing I've read in years. It still pisses me off now almost as much as when I first read it.

 

[Aristotle]

It happened at a time when I was being all metatextual and like, "I don't care what happens to the characters, because it's a universe unto itself, I'll just enjoy all the stories" and ****. Then I realized that was a big ol' load o' ********.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It happened at a time when her series ended on a pretty great note and I was looking for further development. I saw the Robin covers with her costume and hints that she would be in that series in the solicitations and I was all excited. Then I bought the issue and was like, "Oh, they claim she's evil and heading the League of Assassins. Whatever, I'm sure Robin'll find out that it was all a big mistake and set things right, and then she'll hang out with him." But no. No. Instead I got something... else.

 

[Anubis]

I was thinking this morning about how they really dropped the ball with this, and I can't help but think they did all this just so they could bring Ra's back in that mediocre crossover. There is a ton of ways they could have removed Nyssa from the equation, what made them think messing up Batgirl was the best way to go?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

My guess is that DiDio didn't like her. Seemed like he wanted to streamline the Bat-family, and since the core of the Bat-family is and always will be Batman, Dick, and Robin (either Tim or someone else), Batgirl was considered expendable.

 

[Anubis]

I think it's more along the line that they were all pretty meh about the character in general and didn't care when Beechen came up with the s**t story one way or the other as long as Nyssa was taken out.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The sad consequence of having a series that doesn't sell too well, I suppose.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Preview of Titans #1

Churchill's art has improved considerably, but it still fills me with meh. I'll give Titans a shot if Tempest ever joins.

 

[WompuM]

Interesting preview. I guess Alfred is evil now.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He's a Skrull.

 

[Darthphere]

Judd still can't write Nightwing. Pedro is disappointed.

 

[WompuM]

Isn't Pedro your weiner?

 

[Darthphere]

Pedro is Judd's BFF who died of AIDS.

 

[MetalloX]

Spoilers for #1?

 

[Anubis]

Nightwings costume is really tight, Wally says something about his kids, Kory's boobs continue to be perfect, and Beast Boy misses Cyborg.

 

[Darthphere]

And Pedro is still dead.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Nightwings costume is really tight, Wally says something about his kids, Kory's boobs continue to be perfect, and Beast Boy misses Cyborg.

I bet Kory's boobs aren't going to be perfect when Churchill draws them.

 

[DoomJester]

I like Churchill's art... I think he's great! I'll freely admit that I was very tempted to buy the book for the art... but then I figured the book really would suck... and that it really wasn't worth it...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I can't stand Churchill's art. He's had some decent issues, but more often than not his style just annoys me.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Review of Titans #1

It's not kind. Also, it contains some spoilers, so if you were actually planning on reading this, beware.

 

[DoomJester]

Haha, I knew it!

 

[Aristotle]

Review of Titans #1

It's not kind. Also, it contains some spoilers, so if you were actually planning on reading this, beware.

Hmm. I haven't got a chance to read the book yet, but the review seems like the guy's out to hatchet the book because of the art. Yeah, yeah, he's a "team kinda guy," but he clearly can't stand the art, and I think he decides to find harsh critiques from there, instead of just reading the damn thing.

Having characters attacked and not resolving them in one issue? Any other review would call that a cliffhanger. In this age of decompression, what the hell plot thread is ever even close to resolved in one issue? But here, Winick is crucified for it.

The reviewer does a pretty piss-poor job of explaining the supposed continuity gaffes, as well. He never explains to me why a Teen Titans lineup without Supergirl, Donna and Kyle in space, and the Titans East Special can't occur in temporal proximity to one another.

He barely acknowledges the fact that [blackout]the Titans East massacre wasn't really a massacre, and most of the kids survived, even though that massacre was one of the most massive complaints against the special[/blackout]! And I'll bet money he was doing some of the *****ing.

His complaints about the timing, what attack happened when, why didn't Wally do this and that, yaddayaddayadda, also seem to fall flat. Maybe when I crack this book it'll become apparent what this dude is *****ing about, but as far as I can tell, there's no reason to believe that such questions won't soon be answered.

Then the guy just rips into this whole idea about the Titans being the cast of Friends, and sure, that seems like a silly idea, but on the other hand, superhero comics really have turned into action-soap opera. Is it entirely out of the question to imagine that one group of old friends is, in some ways, similar to the cast of a sitcom-soap opera? And what the **** does any of this have to do with the actual comic book again?

He continues rambling on and on and meandering through more and more contrived complaints, most of which will almost certainly be answered by the second or third issues. That's what "story arc" means in comics. Not everything gets tied up in one issue. In fact, almost nothing ever gets tied up in one issue.

Believe this review if you haven't read comics since 1970, and you still think comics are written one-and-done style. Otherwise, this guy is one big man-child screaming a temper tantrum about absolutely nothing.