The unREAL DC Boards Lounge 6.3

[TheCorpulent1]

I can't believe you didn't like All-Star Superman, lix. I loved it.

 

[lixdexia]

I can't believe you didn't like All-Star Superman, lix. I loved it.

different strokes.
i liked lex & lois, superman himself sucked and jimmy was the most irritating version of jimmy i've ever seen

 

[Anubis]

There you go again, letting that suck out.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

He can't really turn his suck dispenser off.

 

[lixdexia]

There you go again, letting that suck out.

making him a cross-dresser isn't edgy, it's tawdry.

 

[Anubis]

Uhhh, I don't think he was aiming for edgy. I'm pretty sure he was going for funny. Besides, dressing up like a chick for a day does not a cross dresser make. That requires waxing, tucking, and BJ's for implants.


You know what? I don't think you actually read All-Star Superman. That maybe you saw a couple of pictures and made your own story up in your head, like what I do when I see a Loeb comic.

 

[lixdexia]

You know what? I don't think you actually read All-Star Superman. That maybe you saw a couple of pictures and made your own story up in your head, like what I do when I see a Loeb comic.

i'm fully open about not having read it? why would i want to read it? i actively hate grant morrison's writting style, what sense does purposefully exposing myself to that make?

i watched the animated adaptaion. that's what we're discussing

 

[The Original Bamfer]

This is delicious.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The point of All-Star Superman, as I saw it, was basically to show us how a perfectly good person says goodbye to everything he loves. The movie did the same. I don't really know what they could've done better except maybe put back in the scene with the suicide girl.

 

[Anubis]

They took that out?!? Awww, that makes me

 

[lixdexia]

The point of All-Star Superman, as I saw it, was basically to show us how a perfectly good person says goodbye to everything he loves. The movie did the same. I don't really know what they could've done better except maybe put back in the scene with the suicide girl.

no, they did that fine. doesn't make me enjoy it though.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

Superman sucks. All the time. So..?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, I guess it comes down to whether you like the underlying concept more than anything else. I think the Question took issue with the praise I was giving All-Star Superman the comic one time because he didn't like stories dedicated to examining the fictional impact of fictional people on a fictional world in principle or something.

 

[Anubis]

I just liked how sad and awesome it was and stuff.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

Well, I guess it comes down to whether you like the underlying concept more than anything else. I think the Question took issue with the praise I was giving All-Star Superman the comic one time because he didn't like stories dedicated to examining the fictional impact of fictional people on a fictional world in principle or something.

That's about all I understood out of that entire paragraph.

 

[lixdexia]

again, i think the main flaw with the adaption was just how clearly episodic it was instead of being one cohesive story. i didn't read the comic to know how true to the story that is, but i feel it would be more acceptable in the serialized format of the comic than it is in the one 75min film

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I suppose they could've paced it differently, but like I said, it's the story of a man saying goodbye to everything he loves. That's a series of individual encounters, not something that necessarily flows together too well. I thought the conflict with Luthor provided a nice through-line in the narrative, though.

 

[Anubis]

Did they dump the whole creating our universe thing?

 

[Tron Bonne]

How did you guys get to see it early, anyway? Just happen to get lucky and find a store that let it slip early or something? I don't think the official release is for nearly another two weeks. I don't hold a huge amount of faith in it, mainly because I don't think it's given enough time, but hope it'll at least be decent. lix not liking it is a good start, though.

Well, I guess it comes down to whether you like the underlying concept more than anything else. I think the Question took issue with the praise I was giving All-Star Superman the comic one time because he didn't like stories dedicated to examining the fictional impact of fictional people on a fictional world in principle or something.

Yeah, I like the guy and all, but I think the idea of superheroes not being applied and grounded to real life standards is kind of lost to him, or he just hates it so much that he outright rejects it. I really liked those aspects of All Star myself, added an interesting meta-layer to the whole ordeal.

Also, hulu has The Mindscape of Alan Moore, been wanting to see that.

for anyone who cares
http://www.hulu.com/watch/202240/the-mindscape-of-alan-moore?from=fb_share

It's a pretty interesting documentary. It's essentially just a talking heads (or just head in this case) deal, but he's got a lot of interesting stuff to say, so no real big deal. I'm sure if you think he's just pretentious writer who thinks he's above everything, you'll probably just come back feeling it's been confirmed, but if you actually watch and listen to what he's saying, you'll see he's touching on a lot of pretty interesting stuff and just sees them as important. If you're a fan, you'll enjoy it.

 

[Drz]

How did you guys get to see it early, anyway?

Piracy.

 

[Mystirious]

The point of All-Star Superman, as I saw it, was basically to show us how a perfectly good person says goodbye to everything he loves. The movie did the same. I don't really know what they could've done better except maybe put back in the scene with the suicide girl.

Awwww why did they cut that scene out

That scene was neat

 

[chamber-music]

Anything that doesn't involve the fat guy from deliverence running around shouting "Mr Luthor" is good in my book

 

[Mystirious]

...

My mind

 

[sandwraith]

Dusted off some of my old stuff today. Found a blast from my childhood, an old Zoid I assembled back when I was in Secondary School. Black and Red Cheetah/Wild cat looking one, shocked me after I dusted it off by revealing it still had some juice left in the old batteries. Warmed my heart to see it still work. Missing one of those rubber knob things though.

Hey, didn't Grant Morrison ***k with Zoids at some point of his career?

 

[Mystirious]

Awwww that is really neat that you found that cool toy sandwraith