The unDEAD DC Boards Lounge version 7.0

[Anubis]

Now Fifth knows how it's done.

 

[fifthfiend]

Congress unanimously passes universal health care. A small number of specific congressmen now have one testicle each.

 

[lixdexia]

Now Fifth knows how it's done.

dr. doom thinks lex luthor has some good ideas.

legitimately shocked.

 

[Anubis]

I'd like to think I'm more Jack Hawksmore than Doom. Don't need people to fawn all over me or anything.

 

[The Morningstar]

A number of banking executives who will never, ever be prosecuted for their massive acts of fraud turn up with their necks snapped.

That's a bad thing?

 

[Darthphere]

2 things:

1. Captain America is getting a new costume in Avengers. Automatically makes me worry he's getting the Ultimates costume.

2. New Transformers trailer, awesome. Blowing **** up with style, hopefully less dialogue.

 

[Drz]

Ultimate costume would be great and Joss Whedon is a huge fan of the Ultimates and was reported in Kapow! That he is trying to get alot of stuns done based off the action scenes from Ultimates.

New Transformers trailer gives me hope and i really liked that Sam is getting a backbone and having guts, but yeah heres hoping the movie doesn't have a 45 minute build up for a short finale. ^^;

 

[Anubis]

Anybody seen that Avengers Assemble thing on Youtube?

 

[Darthphere]

Ultimate costume would be great and Joss Whedon is a huge fan of the Ultimates and was reported in Kapow! That he is trying to get alot of stuns done based off the action scenes from Ultimates.

Joss Whedon liking garbage comics doesn't surprise me. I wouldn't mind some scenes from Ultimates being used in the movie as long as we don't get the A on my forehead or rapey Hulk.

 

[Drz]

Oh i doubt we'll ever see a mainstream superhero being controversial such as rape or cheating or being an anti-hero, the last part being something i hope someone will dare and do, alas nowdays the thing people do is try and get that fun charm that Iron Man inspired.

The A in the forehead would be the greatest live action joke ever tho.

 

[Darthphere]

Oh i doubt we'll ever see a mainstream superhero being controversial such as rape or cheating or being an anti-hero, the last part being something i hope someone will dare and do, alas nowdays the thing people do is try and get that fun charm that Iron Man inspired.

The A in the forehead would be the greatest live action joke ever tho.

They should make it a deleted scene or an Easter egg on the Blu-Ray. I can't see international markets loving up that scene.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Like, honestly, if that were in the movie and I heard about it before seeing...I probably wouldn't even see it. Not, like even kidding, it's easily the stupidest thing I've ever read in a comic book despite all the justifying Ultimate fans want to make for it.

 

[Drz]

It is a stupid joke and even Steve Rogers says so, whats there to justify? Cap spent too much time with Tony Stark.

 

[Tron Bonne]

It is a stupid joke and even Steve Rogers says so, whats there to justify? Cap spent too much time with Tony Stark.

It's existence and offense to the senses.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Thanks jerks, never noticed the "A" till now

 

[Drz]

Lol you're too easily offended. whats "offending!" is stuff like Phil Hester messing up with WW Odyssey continuity which isn't more than 9 issues long, how do people manage to do that?!

 

[Tron Bonne]

I'm not offended by the joke. My senses are offended by it's existence. We've been over this.

 

[BlackLantern]

you seem to have no sense.....of humor


this A on my head stands for Alacrity

 

[Tron Bonne]

You seem to have no sense....

...

 

[Darthphere]

Going back a second to the Superman hates America now debate. I reread the story to see what bothered me about it and it's a couple of things. He plans on going to the United Nations and publicly renouncing his citizenship. Ok, then what? He flies around with a UNICEF coin box around his neck? The idea of the United Nations is a lot better than the reality of the United Nations. When was the last time the UN did anything of merit? The second thing is, the story is written by David Goyer. This goes with the what now section of part 1. He's not a comic book writer. He writes a comic once every 11 years. He's not going to have to respond or pick up the pieces of this "monumental" decision by Superman. It's like when Brad Meltzer left JLA and just left **** out there for other writers to **** up even more or eventually fix. Finally, I know Superman is an alien but he was raised in freaking Smallville, Kansas. Him renouncing his citizenship seems like a slap in the face. Can you imagine fictionally what Jonathan Kent would tell his "son"? It just seems so out of character for Superman. I understand the context within the story, he's tired of the global community judging his actions as US policy. He essentially wants the right to do whatever he wants and not be tied in with the United States agenda. Still to renounce citizenship of the country you grew up in, that instilled the values that the Kents handed down to you, feels wrong.

 

[Anubis]

 

[Tron Bonne]

Going back a second to the Superman hates America now debate. I reread the story to see what bothered me about it and it's a couple of things. He plans on going to the United Nations and publicly renouncing his citizenship. Ok, then what? He flies around with a UNICEF coin box around his neck? The idea of the United Nations is a lot better than the reality of the United Nations. When was the last time the UN did anything of merit? The second thing is, the story is written by David Goyer. This goes with the what now section of part 1. He's not a comic book writer. He writes a comic once every 11 years. He's not going to have to respond or pick up the pieces of this "monumental" decision by Superman. It's like when Brad Meltzer left JLA and just left **** out there for other writers to **** up even more or eventually fix. Finally, I know Superman is an alien but he was raised in freaking Smallville, Kansas. Him renouncing his citizenship seems like a slap in the face. Can you imagine fictionally what Jonathan Kent would tell his "son"? It just seems so out of character for Superman. I understand the context within the story, he's tired of the global community judging his actions as US policy. He essentially wants the right to do whatever he wants and not be tied in with the United States agenda. Still to renounce citizenship of the country you grew up in, that instilled the values that the Kents handed down to you, feels wrong.

Hence why I said you're looking way too much into the story. I saw it basically as a gesture of Superman progressing from the old dated and hallowed 'American Way' into a globalized mindset. It's not a 'F you 'Merica', it's basically just discarding the out dated nationalism that's died in most of the Western world outside here. And...that's all. It's not even a new thing, since I think Supes has been a global hero for awhile, just an acknowledgement of it.

 

[BlackLantern]

so the American way is old and dated?? get the **** OUT you comme Pinko bastard

 

[Tron Bonne]

Unless this is 40-50s Post-WWII Cold War era, pretty much. And the 'comme''s are in the white house now, we got you at your own game, so suck on them cherries

 

[BlackLantern]

let's lighten the mood