DC Relaunching Everything? - Part 5

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[Anubis]

It's trailers....for comic books. Which I don't like on general principle due to the whole trying to turn comics into story boards for movies.

A trailer has no bearing on whether the book will be good or not. Just like a trailer has no bearing on how good a movie will be.

Because in the solicits it mentions Maxwell Lord running Checkmate and trying to hunt him down/at war with Brother Eye (who makes Kevin Kho O.M.A.C.). I wish I could see some panel previews, but the art also really has me hooked.

That's why I don't follow characters. Because then you feel obligated to read crap that you know will be crap just trying to see what Max Lord is getting up to. It's written by Didio. DIDIO. It's gonna be s**t. But hey, it's your money.

 

[trustyside-kick]

It's trailers....for comic books. Which I don't like on general principle due to the whole trying to turn comics into story boards for movies.

A trailer has no bearing on whether the book will be good or not. Just like a trailer has no bearing on how good a movie will be.

Well it is still getting the product out there to people who do not check their website or comic news in general and in the end seeing a simple solicit in video form can convey differently to people. Plus having some interior art no matter how silly motion comics is helps too. Like I was considering to get Grifter, then didn't want to...then saw some interior panel work finally and kinda wanted to but didn't still in the end. Was a maybe for me. Seeing the commercial? Actually helped. Now I wanna give the first issue a shot and go from there.

That's why I don't follow characters. Because then you feel obligated to read crap that you know will be crap just trying to see what Max Lord is getting up to. It's written by Didio. DIDIO. It's gonna be s**t. But hey, it's your money.

I have all around general interest in it, though. Art, plot idea, character concept...I'm getting it digital for one, so if I do not like issue 1 I don't have a hard copy that I need to get rid of. All 3 of the solicits so far really interest me. I've accepted and understood though that this is supposed to be a somewhat quirky book, too.

 

[trustyside-kick]

Oh I forgot to add Green Lantern to the mix. Though it isn't because of the concept for it (though yea the idea is interesting for plot so far). It is because they are supposed to FINALLY reveal about the Indigo Tribe.

 

[Anubis]

Well it is still getting the product out there to people who do not check their website or comic news in general and in the end seeing a simple solicit in video form can convey differently to people. Plus having some interior art no matter how silly motion comics is helps too. Like I was considering to get Grifter, then didn't want to...then saw some interior panel work finally and kinda wanted to but didn't still in the end. Was a maybe for me. Seeing the commercial? Actually helped. Now I wanna give the first issue a shot and go from there.

You see, I do it differently. Seeing a trailer isn't gonna do it for me. Same with a movie. I've been burned too many times. I gotta take into consideration all the stuff that goes into the comic. Character and concept. I've read Grifter in Wildcats and he was an awesome character. So, he's got that going for him. Concept. It's basically "They Live" in the DCU. Now, I liked "They Live", but souly for the fight between Piper and Keith David. (Which was awesome.) But who cares about that? The story is of a dude, who sees aliens...everywhere. He's the only one that can see them, and nobody else knows that not only are they being invaded, they've already permeated the entirety of society. Now that's interesting. But not enough make me buy it. Great concepts and cool characters aren't enough.

Next we have the creative team. Now, Art's easy. Just look at the pics. They look pretty good. Guy can do terrifying and amazing action as well. So, that's a plus. Now the all important writing. The thing that ties all of this together. Great character. Great concept. Great art. meaningless if the guy writing it is a putz. This guy however has done some pretty good stuff. Thunder Agents gets tons of praise and from what I've seen, it's kinda cool.

So, Cool writer, cool artist, great character, cool concept. That's a buy. I've used this method of choosing books since always and It's resulted in me picking up good books 98% of the time. (The occasional Loeb talent level falloff not withstanding.) That's all that I need. Not some half assed trailer with fancy moving pictures.

Also, these NEW people that they're trying to bring in? Not gonna happen. Like all other big shake ups, big bump for a couple of months, then epic fall off. The people that are reading comics now are the same people that will reading it in 4 months give or take a few. That's just the way it is. What they're doing is a band aid, not the penicillin they need. True change has to come at the distribution level. All this stuff is window dressing.

I have all around general interest in it, though. Art, plot idea, character concept...I'm getting it digital for one, so if I do not like issue 1 I don't have a hard copy that I need to get rid of. All 3 of the solicits so far really interest me. I've accepted and understood though that this is supposed to be a somewhat quirky book, too.

Once again dude, your money.

 

[trustyside-kick]

You see, I do it differently. Seeing a trailer isn't gonna do it for me. Same with a movie. I've been burned too many times. I gotta take into consideration all the stuff that goes into the comic. Character and concept. I've read Grifter in Wildcats and he was an awesome character. So, he's got that going for him. Concept. It's basically "They Live" in the DCU. Now, I liked "They Live", but souly for the fight between Piper and Keith David. (Which was awesome.) But who cares about that? The story is of a dude, who sees aliens...everywhere. He's the only one that can see them, and nobody else knows that not only are they being invaded, they've already permeated the entirety of society. Now that's interesting. But not enough make me buy it. Great concepts and cool characters aren't enough.

Next we have the creative team. Now, Art's easy. Just look at the pics. They look pretty good. Guy can do terrifying and amazing action as well. So, that's a plus. Now the all important writing. The thing that ties all of this together. Great character. Great concept. Great art. meaningless if the guy writing it is a putz. This guy however has done some pretty good stuff. Thunder Agents gets tons of praise and from what I've seen, it's kinda cool.

So, Cool writer, cool artist, great character, cool concept. That's a buy. I've used this method of choosing books since always and It's resulted in me picking up good books 98% of the time. (The occasional Loeb talent level falloff not withstanding.) That's all that I need. Not some half assed trailer with fancy moving pictures.

I get that and do that myself with some books. Just I never read the WILDCATs stuff. I plan to delve into the Wildstorm stuff after I read more Vertigo titles. Few things at a time. Trying to be nice to my wallet.

 

[X Knight]

correct me if I'm wrong.........

but, there appears to be no Asian characters in the relaunch..........no??

 

[CConn]

The Atom is Asian, Mr. Racially Aware.

 

[X Knight]

The Atom is Asian, Mr. Racially Aware.

well........just......one??

 

[trustyside-kick]

well........just......one??

O.M.A.C. is another. The August General Iron dude or w/e his name is in JLI looking at one of the covers. Cassandra Cain is still in cannon just they aren't focusing on that yet I think they made mention that should would appear when they continue on Batman Inc. stuff again. They may be making new villains but they aren't throwing old ones out that means and Chesire I wouldn't be surprised if she shows up down the line. I doubt we will see Judomaster III though since she was from the latest JSA series.

 

[CConn]

I wouldn't have noticed.

Everyone is just a shade of totally uninteresting gray to me.

 

[X Knight]

well.....Cass is the only one I care about.........lol

 

[trustyside-kick]

I wouldn't have noticed.

Everyone is just a shade of totally uninteresting gray to me.

I wouldn't have noticed without thinking, but it is only because race means nothing to me. Is it nice if they are of a certain race? Sure at the end of the day but it's not something that pulls me to a character.

 

[Green Ghost]

BleedingCool posted this DCnU "Ad":
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH3W1gQYiD4[/YT]

t:

 

[Franklin Richards]

I wouldn't have noticed without thinking, but it is only because race means nothing to me. Is it nice if they are of a certain race? Sure at the end of the day but it's not something that pulls me to a character.

I know white males make me buy books. Can't get enough of that Vanilla Thunder.

 

[RoughNTumble]

BleedingCool posted this DCnU "Ad":
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH3W1gQYiD4[/YT]

t:

I did not expect that to be both hilarious and accurate

especially the action comics thing

 

[Cain]

I'm sure Dr. Hoshi will still be around; she's always around.

 

[Cain]

I know white males make me buy books. Can't get enough of that Vanilla Thunder.

As a latino I must say that Vibe will always go down in my book as the greatest character of all time.

 

[WompuM]

Really? Better than Jaime Reyes?

 

[Cain]

Really? Better than Jaime Reyes?

Your sarcasm detector is broken; and Kyle Rayner >>>>> both of them.

 

[RoughNTumble]

just read justice league 1

I had a big stupid grin on my face the whole time

I can't believe it ended so quickly and I have to wait another month!

 

[Anubis]

Well, Jim Lee was drawing it, so, you know, Multiple Splash pages take a good chunk of the story out.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Well, Jim Lee was drawing it, so, you know, Multiple Splash pages take a good chunk of the story out.

 

[Anubis]

Actually, that A-hole law sketch from Robot Chicken would have been funnier.