One More Day Discussion Thread

[PhotoJones]

His art is just too McFarlane-ish for my tastes...

McFarlane-ish?

 

[fifthfiend]

Besides, how do you expect them to change what already happened? Another mindwipe or history change will only make things worse.

You don't fix a mindwipe with a mindwipe, you fix a mindwipe by having people's memories come back.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Larsen rules. I just read the CBR article. I can see the point of view where Spider-Man "can't" grow up past a certain point, but I don't agree with it. I'm also really wishing I could read BND at this point because some of Slott's ideas in that Fanboy Radio interview I mentioned earlier were awesome (the Bookie and Screwball being the best).

But, at the end of the day, paying good money for the mess that OMD created is still tantamount to financially supporting something I don't intellectually support on any level. Now, if they unraveled the threads of OMD, dealt with the consequences, and restored Peter to the same status quo that he's at when BND starts, as Larsen outlines, I'd probably get onboard then because they'd probably have made a decent story out of it. I still wouldn't like Peter and MJ being split up, but I could deal with it if it's just that aspect of OMD instead of the whole odious mess.

 

[PhotoJones]

Regarding Dr. Strange:

There are no rules to his universe and from a storytelling perspective that's problematic. When you look at imaginary situations, worlds like the world of Toy Story or even Rabbit have rules of their universe clearly defined. Heck in Roger Rabbit it's very clear how to kill a 'toon, so the viewer gets the feeling that the characters can be placed in peril and have their backs placed against the wall. This is exactly what I'm looking for in regards to our magic characters. Rules that govern them.

That's a far cry from, "It's magic. We don't have to explain it."

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

He's slept since then.








.....It's a Brand New Day. *groan*

 

[gildea]

Larsen rules. I just read the CBR article. I can see the point of view where Spider-Man "can't" grow up past a certain point, but I don't agree with it.

Not trying to put words in your mouth, but if you don't agree with pete not aging past a certain point would you have him die of old age and have someone replace him?

 

[Gilpesh]

Regarding Dr. Strange:



That's a far cry from, "It's magic. We don't have to explain it."

Wait.... he's proven again that he is just making this **** up as he goes along and people still buy this OMD/BND thing?

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

Peoples is stoopit!

 

[fifthfiend]

Not trying to put words in your mouth, but if you don't agree with pete not aging past a certain point would you have him die of old age and have someone replace him?

Speaking for myself I can't imagine why you're jumping all the way to death of old age, but if you translate that to "over the course of the next twenty or thirty years of comics he manages to progress to his mid-thirties or somewhere and retires the superhero gig, which maybe gets picked up later on by say his teenage daughter Mayday" then yeah, I could probably live with that.

 

[BrianWilly]

I know it's radical

and I know it would never work in the western industry, but I am absolutely, absolutely in support of aging characters. For various reasons I've said numerous times, I would absolutely be in favor of a canonical Fantastic Four led by Franklin Richards in twenty years or a Spider-Man in his forties..

 

[PhotoJones]

I agree. You can't keep the 616 on a non-aging, sliding time scale forever, and if you do, you're a fool. Marvel's got plenty of opportunities with other comics to tell stories involving younger characters.

 

[BrianWilly]

Holy shet did you just agree with me.

 

[PhotoJones]

It's been a long day. Shut up.

 

[BrianWilly]

Dan DiDio made fun of me when I asked him about this during a 'con. He's like "LAWL shure and soon we'll haf Nightwing older than Batman" and I'm like "fck you you assrocket I will cut you in the face" and he's like "bring it on again, girlfriend" and then I cut him in the face.

At least, that's how I wish it had went.

 

[PhotoJones]

If the characters aged appropriately, how would Nightwing ever be older than Batman?

 

[BrianWilly]

I DON'T KNOW. It wasn't even the question I asked. I was asking if Tim Drake was ever going to get to college if they kept having events that are supposed to span a whole canon year. Mind you, this was back in the time when I still sort of liked DiDio so I just nodded politely and giggled like a ******.

 

[PhotoJones]

Heh. You were an Asian kid a con. Heh.

 

[BrianWilly]

EDIT for too much racist. Believe me, you don't want to know.

 

[PhotoJones]

I forgot the word "at". You were at a con. You knew what I meant, though.

 

[shapeshifter]

We all know Tim Drake suffers from the same problem that Bart, Lisa, Maggie and Webster had. They do not age after a certain point. They can look younger in flashbacks, but do not age anymore.

 

[Harlekin]

That's not actually a problem for Bart, Lisa and Maggie. They aren't intended to age.

 

[CBG]

If Quesada was at DC, I'd bet he'd go OMD on Nightwing, and have him turn back as Robin.

 

[Darthphere]

That wasn't clever and or funny at all.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Not trying to put words in your mouth, but if you don't agree with pete not aging past a certain point would you have him die of old age and have someone replace him?

Sure. It's not ideal, but I dig legacy characters. My main problem with not advancing him past a certain age is the age itself. I think Spider-Man with a wife and child could easily be just as interesting as Spider-Man on the dating scene. But I'm still seeing that in Spider-Girl (albeit a fast-forwarded version where I didn't actually get to see Peter actually raise May), so I guess that's something.

 

[Themanofbat]

McFarlane-ish?

My first experiences looking at Larsen's art was his run on ASM, and he tried to be too "McFarlane-ish", in my opinion, which might have been the editorial mandate of the day.

I tried to read Savage Dragon, I think I have the first dozen issues or so, but I really couldn't stand to look at it...

But I like him as a person though...