Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

AICN COMICS REVIEWS UNCANNY X-MEN! TEEN TITANS! BIG EYES FOR THE CAPE GUY! AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!

Brubaker's finally pumped some blood into Uncanny X-Men by The Shyster	Jul 12th, 2006 05:55:49 AM
but seriously, fuck that picture of Prime, man.
Foist & Scheckond, bitches by The Shyster	Jul 12th, 2006 05:56:37 AM
Believe it.
Hmmm by DonnieDorko	Jul 12th, 2006 06:00:22 AM
Why nothing on the new Dilbert?..
Umm.. "OLD BOY"? by quantum_ken	Jul 12th, 2006 06:51:15 AM
Shouldn't there be some reference to the movie adaptation in the above review?
Ummm.. "OLD BOY"? by Deadshot	Jul 12th, 2006 07:08:35 AM
Nope,the film is based on the Manga. :-)
New comic talkback? by rev_skarekroe	Jul 12th, 2006 07:59:28 AM
About damn time. Of course, now I can't remember what I've wanted to talk about for the last two weeks.
ATOM's Ivy University- by RenoNevada2000	Jul 12th, 2006 08:08:22 AM
Was Ivy University built by Renaisance-era Italians? Blech on that design.
Morrison's DOOM PATROL by RenoNevada2000	Jul 12th, 2006 08:11:25 AM
IIRC, Morrison's DOOM PATROL was the origin of the Chief as evil prick/manipulator and the M. Mullah/Brain freaky love relationship.
Young Avengers 12 by AlgertMopper	Jul 12th, 2006 08:58:39 AM
Young Avengers 12: Take note artist, this is what you do when a writer turns in a halfassed script that takes all of 5 pages of actual story and you have to do your best strecth it out for a whole issue.
You Guys Review Shit Comics!! by BilboRing	Jul 12th, 2006 09:10:51 AM
As lame as they are, people read Spider-Man, Fantastic 4, Hulk, Superman, etc. Who cares about "Young Carrot Ninja Troopers" from Jojo Press?
Bru on X-Men by sideshowbob	Jul 12th, 2006 09:36:47 AM
I'm keeping this book on a short leash. Too "same old, same old" to me. I stopped buying X-Men back in the mid-90s because the Summers family subplots were becoming too convoluted (Cable is Cyclops' son, anyone?). Now I'm willing to give Uncanny another shot, and the story is about a new, evil Summers brother, ret-conned in with some shady business by Xavier? Ugh. *** Although I admit I did like Bru channeling a more concise Claremont with his use of captions.
Civil War by sideshowbob	Jul 12th, 2006 09:46:12 AM
So I haven't been buying a lot of comics these days, but I pick up most of the Civil War tie-ins last week, hoping for a overdose of guilty-pleasure fun. ** I end up feeling more like I ate something bad. These books weren't terrible, but they left me feeling terrible. I don't know if it was Captain America wishing he was back in the ice, or this weird "sugar daddy" relationship between Tony and Peter, or Reed not caring at all about Johnny being on life support, or what. These books are just striking one wrong chord after another. I don't want to complain about them too much (Isn't that the @$$holes' jobs? Where were you on this one, @$$holes?!?) But this event is just weird. You know it's bad when the best spinoff book--by far--is Wolverine's revenge bit on Nitro, which contains some wild leaps in logic and truly bizarre art by Humberto Ramos (yet I'm kinda digging it).
Fools Gold, only OEL from TP worth reading by DigitalDong	Jul 12th, 2006 09:49:23 AM
Amy's art is outstanding, and I love the fact that unlike her peers she's starting off with a generally generic idea instead of trying to be groundbreaking and in your face.
That other Marvel event... by sideshowbob	Jul 12th, 2006 09:49:29 AM
You know, the one where Corben re-imagines Poe, that book which is getting 0.000006% of the marketing power of Civil War or Brubaker's X-Men? THAT is one fucking hell of a comic book. If gonzo sales of Civil War spinoff books allow Marvel some financial flexibility to publish more stuff like POE, I say...bring on the crappy event books!
Sideshowbob by BilboRing	Jul 12th, 2006 10:21:07 AM
I have been away from comics since the mid 90s as well. The Spider-Man Clone Sage almost killed me. Scarlet Spider? What a turd of events. But I just started reading them again with Civil War. I actually like it a lot. It's weird about Reed not giving a damn about Johnny, but other than that, I really am enjoying it. The only other comic I will buy is Amazing Spider-Man. I won't get sucked into all of these crossovers. But so far I like what I am reading. I'm now trying to get al of the ASM backissues from #500 to present. Also, I highly recommend Dark Horse's Conan. I am keeping my sights on just ASM and Conan. Especially since comics are $3 each! What's up with that??????
Sidekick=The Pro x Brat Pack by EntrailSoup	Jul 12th, 2006 10:32:32 AM
Anyone remember Rick Veitch's Brat Pack mini-series back in the very early '90s? Was all about how the Heroes used their sidekicks to generate licensing revenue, and then replaced them when they died, showing the sidekicks slow descent into corruption/drugs/sex. Well, Sidekicks seems to be covering some of the same issues (particularly the licensing revenue)....only FUNNIER! The cartoony style and humor (and profanity) kind of remind me of "the Pro", just not as good. Worth a look though.
I've got a bad feeling about Brubaker... by loodabagel	Jul 12th, 2006 10:37:48 AM
Methinks this could end up like Milligan's run. High expectations, really poor results. Sure, there were a few good issues, but not enough to keep me on the book. Butabout those pesky new Teen Titans, I must admit it's felt like a real guilty pleasure ever since OYL, but I'm lovin the new characters, and by the way, isn't Cyborg now too old to be on the team? When are they going to kick his gray old butt out?
Brat Pack by Squashua	Jul 12th, 2006 10:47:30 AM
Brat Pack was fantastic. I highly recommend hunting down the trade as well as Veich's "Maximortal" and the couple of Maximortal / Brat Pack Super Specials. No, I'm not joking. http://www.comicon.com/veitch/ heroica.htm My comic shop owner wears a "Dr. Blasphemy" T-shirt all the time.
We need all new, all diferent X Men! by loodabagel	Jul 12th, 2006 10:50:16 AM
If I had a say, (sigh, I don't) I'd get rid of all the X Men, not necessarily kill them, but make them all leave the X Mansion for good. Cancel all the comics, I was think about about shutting down everything but Uncanny, but that simply won't be enough! I'd have to get rid of all of them, and start over from scratch. Well, maybe keep the proffesor or Cyclops around to teach the punks how to be super cool mutants. All new characters, a new artist, a new writer, the works. Preferably a writer who had never written X-Men before and didn't read X Men either. That way, we could really take the X Men in an exciting new direction, right? Restore their badassness.
Dug The Captain @$$hole Logo, Bug! by Buzz Maverik	Jul 12th, 2006 11:29:14 AM
Also, good reviews and interesting books!
Couldn't agree more Squashua by EntrailSoup	Jul 12th, 2006 11:31:45 AM
Everyone: if you haven't read "Brat Pack" or "Maximortal" go out and find them. You won't regret it. Somewhat in the vein of Watchmen in regards to deconstructing heroic archetypes, but actually darker and more pessimistic (stylistically rougher and almost pornographic). Both are very good reads.
Dave Farabee......... by cactusmaac	Jul 12th, 2006 11:40:09 AM
needs to write more reviews. And archive his old stuff somewhere. I'm surprised nobody reviewed Superman Returns.
Buzz Updates You On CIVIL WAR. by Buzz Maverik	Jul 12th, 2006 11:41:05 AM
Couldn't make it into the column in time due to too many of you humps jumping bail and me having to repair the old collapsible baton. Anyway, consider yerselves spoiler-warned: after issue two's stunning revelation by Honest Abe, now the world knows what's under his stove pipe hat. We begin to see the fallout on Abe's wife Mary, aka Crazy Lady. Meanwhile, Abe's best friend, the Actor, is lurking about but we all know that Joe Quesada has said the Actor will turn evil and committ and heinous act. Who do you think sent Honest Abe those free theater tickets? I know a lot of you long time fans are bitching about the portrayal of Forty Acres and Mule here, but Millar and McNiven are making the inevitible changes. Personally, I never saw them as gay, but when a sidekick is codenamed Mule, maybe Stan and Jack were doing a little double entendre all along. Still, we know how they were entertained by the Scarlet O. With the other heroes allying themselves with either the Marbel Model or the Drunk, Millar has accomplished what Bendis perdicted HOUSE O' M would do (but didn't):"It will make the internet shit a brick!" But how does Stonewall fit into all this?
Thanks for the Update, Buzz! by rev_skarekroe	Jul 12th, 2006 11:56:12 AM
Me? I'm looking forward to next year's Civil War: Reconstruction featuring all new characters like The Grand Dragon and Carpetbagger. And I hear they've got big plans for Ulysses!
Obscured Spoiler for 52: Week Ten RIGHT HERE by Squashua	Jul 12th, 2006 12:20:36 PM
My GOODNESS, Mr. Black Adam. I wonder why INTERGANG dropped off that resourceful refugee on your doorstep and where they really got her.
Dear BilboRing...... by Psynapse	Jul 12th, 2006 12:21:30 PM
Since you've decided to be this week's fuckwit that bitches about what the @$$holes choose to review (from what THEY like to read no less ya dumbass). Allow me to serve you one up: Please quit trying to make babies with your sister, one of you is plenty. (Ya fuckin' fuck....)
Ralph Dibny Narrates 52 by Squashua	Jul 12th, 2006 12:27:40 PM
http://dibnydiary.blogspot.com /
don't know about 12 issues of Shi'ar by oisin5199	Jul 12th, 2006 12:52:03 PM
Gotta say, Shi'ar and Starjammers are my least favorite parts of the X-Universe. They always seemed like Star Wars ripoffs shoehorned into the X-Universe and their stories were usually boring and convoluted. However, I do like Brubaker's style, which is world's improvement over the last few writers, including Claremont, who's just become unreadable lately. (Much respect for him and I hope he recovers, but I wish he'd retire). I really liked the character interaction, too. It's no Morrison or Whedon, but I'm looking forward to more.
That there's a whole lota reviews... by Shigeru	Jul 12th, 2006 12:56:48 PM
Good job @$$holes...it was worth the wait!
welcome back @$$holes by blackthought	Jul 12th, 2006 01:14:15 PM

Dear Psynapse... by BilboRing	Jul 12th, 2006 01:37:09 PM
I don't fuck my sister. I fucked your mom and gave birth to you, sonny boy. So don't talk to your daddy like that. Go bitch at your mom for being a nasty slut. The @$$holes (pronounced At-Ssholes??) review mostly shit. And it kills me that their reviews have more text than the fucking comics they read! Bwaaahahahahahahahaaa! Alright, my son. Go tell your mother to stop sucking your dick right now so you can get to Summer school.
My vagina isn't quite as sandy as my fellow Cog's, but by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 01:51:34 PM
Bilbo, the last thing you need to be doing is saying stuff like this, "The @$$holes (pronounced At-Ssholes??) review mostly shit." Especially when all your currently reading is Amazing Spider-Man. Wow. The empty space you must have in your head. I may be the minority here (am not) but reviews of Bru's first Uncanny X-Men, Invincible, 52, Dini's first Detective, Atom #1, The Things last issue, Young Avengers conclusion, a bunch of manga, indie jones and a comics catch-up review are not only awesome and wanted, but show a diversity of different comics that any rational person could appreciate (not being you). "And it kills me that their reviews have more text than the fucking comics they read!" Hopefully when you start school in about a month you can, I dunno, read a book that has more words than one of your Amazing Spidey issues. It'll be hard for you, but stick with it, a lot of words can be scary, especially if you have to read them all at once but you can do it!
Way to go @$$holes. Great set of reviews. by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 02:05:35 PM
You know what I dug most about Bru's first Uncanny? The upper left corner of the cover. I miss those. I liked Warpath being back in the mix, He was always obscure enough to be cool, but not overused I think. His vibranium knives were awesome and I've always liked how he was fast and strong and Indian - reminds me of Billy in Predator. Billy Tan does remind me of Finch, but I think that's more because of the colors by D'Armata, which I actually don't really care for. Dave, I'd love to get into the reason why you'd prefer Tan or Finch over Jim Lee. TB gold I say! I have liked all of Brubaker's Marvel work so far. He's got me buying Daredevil and Cap monthly and I'm going to be giving Uncanny my time as well. Now if noly Bachalo would get off the X-Men title, would it be possible to have not only one or two, but dare I say three good X-Men monthlies? Weird.
mother of god.... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 02:06:06 PM
You are a fool. The @$$holes review comics that deserve reviewing. They do it for people who deserve to read said reviews. People who don't understand this, that would be you monkey-boy, obviously are not members of that catagory. You can go and read the reviews on Shill-a-rama if you want. No one here will stop you. In fact, noone here values your life, much less your opinion. You are a simple, reactionary, unimaginative, mongoloid plebian. I could expound on your ineptitude, or lambaste you with explatives, but I'll leave that to Psynapse. He has a certain je-n'se-qua for it. I will simply leave you with this, and I encourage response because a verbal beating is no fun if it's over too soon; you could die in a fire while my dog ate your liver, and the only reason I would care would be for concern over Oberon's diet. Adieu.
FUCK! by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 02:08:42 PM
OK, so the last post was addressed to BilboRing. It's my first TB battle. Back the fuck off!
Right on Heathen. by Shigeru	Jul 12th, 2006 02:12:07 PM
BilboRing, for someone who has admittedly been out of the comics game for so long and who only reads 2 titles, you sure do talk a lot of shit. I will paraphrase the revered Buzz Maverick and say: you just want the books you read reviewed, with the reviewers telling you exactly what you think. I can honestly say I didn't pick up a single book reviewed this week, but I'm going to now because of the reviews. If you seriously, in all honesty, cannot fathom the stupidity of comments like "As lame as they are, people read Spider-Man, Fantastic 4, Hulk, Superman, etc." then leave and don't come back. Because this column writes the best reviews on the net, about a diverse and huge amount of books. You know, maybe there's a reason why you see AICN quoted on tons of comics and trades??
Now see...... by Psynapse	Jul 12th, 2006 02:16:46 PM
The best you can do is to copy my line and try to expand on it? Well I knew someone with a mother's basement dwelling nick like "BilboRing" would be lacking in actual originality anyway but damn son. Then again given the books you name an original thought is expecting way too much I expect. Aaah piss off ya zit-faced plebe.
GreatA'Tuin by BilboRing	Jul 12th, 2006 02:17:28 PM
Nobody here likes you. Go away and leave this site alone.
Yeah, Even If I Wasn't Marginally On The @$$ Roster... by Buzz Maverik	Jul 12th, 2006 02:17:47 PM
..myself, I have to say that this particular set of reviews made me interested in these comics, which is pretty hard to do.
Polly and the Pirates by BilboRing	Jul 12th, 2006 02:22:31 PM
Sounds really deep and moving. In a massive-after-Thanksgiving-din ner-turd kind of way.
me too Buzz, by Shigeru	Jul 12th, 2006 02:22:48 PM
esp THE ALBERIC HERESIES, Midnight Sun, have to pick up the trade to Polly and the Pirates since my store is sold out of 2-5, and how the hell did I miss that Dark Horse 25cent special??? ***
Oh, OK! Now I get it.... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 02:25:17 PM
BilboRing is in Jr High. That's fine then. Go ahead then, Kid. It's good that you're getting in some after school reading, but you do know that this stuff doesn't actually count as "homework" or "extra curicular activities", right? Anyway, I'll just be here. Having intelligent, insightful conversations about comics, games, X-men sexcapades, and various and sundry bread concoctions with my fellow Cogs. Run along now, I think the 3rd period bell is gonna ring soon.
Bwahahahahahaha!!! by Psynapse	Jul 12th, 2006 02:27:56 PM
Nobody here likes you. Go away and leave this site alone. HA! We're dealing with a fucking KID here. Come back when your balls drop you punk ass.
Yeah Psy... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 02:33:15 PM
That's why I went easy on him on him in my second post. I was kinda hoping to do a tag team on him, where you'd steal his lunch every other post, and I'd tell him why he sucks for letting it happen, but now I just feel sorry for the little tyke. Almost. ;P
Laughing is good by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 02:47:39 PM
thank you GreatA and Psy, thank you plenty! * Where's my boy, Kal-El? Aer you stuck in the Vegasverse. Do we need to have a Cog rescue mission? Bake the bread and ready the Spectregans! * If Buzz was marginally interested in a lot of these reviews then YOU KNOW all particiapating @$$holes did above and beyond their duties. *** I'm still in shock that Dave liked Uncanny
....' by blackthought	Jul 12th, 2006 02:50:03 PM

Cog Rescue Mission.... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 02:57:15 PM
Do we have a Cogmobile? Cogboat? I know! We should build a Cog-I-Carrier! It could be like a moble Cog Mansion. Who needs faulty boom tubes when we can just ignore international "no fly zones"?
Dibs on the keys... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 02:59:32 PM
Mobile, dammit! Mobile! I'm with Psy on the whole "edit feature up in this bitch" issue.
I'm afraid we just disagree Squashua.... by Psynapse	Jul 12th, 2006 03:09:53 PM
Personally I found this last arc of JSA to be a well done story that both re-affirmed both the team and it's members and why they work so well together and a nice 'final' story for one of their classic villains. I mean c'mon "She's a virgin, you over-educated moron!" was simply classic!
We can leave the Cog Mansion grounded by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 03:14:28 PM
Kal-El's in the Halo room.
I love you all. by BilboRing	Jul 12th, 2006 03:18:23 PM
I do.
JSA by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 03:18:42 PM
I haven't read the final issue of the last arc, but in the passing months I would always put off reading it until last because (besides #82) I was just bored with it. Maybe it's a throwback, but I couldn't get into. Squashua's comparison to Simone's JLA: Classified arc is an accurate one I believe. Oh well, wasn't horrible, but wasn't anything to buy in trade form either. Johns is writing the relaunch right?
The Cog-Manse.... by Psynapse	Jul 12th, 2006 03:19:56 PM
Has both spatiasl teleport tubes as well as several wings and rooms of trans-dimensional construction. Unfortunately Vale and I got REALLY drunk one night and used the blueprints for toilet paper. Since then we NEVER go anywhere in the mansion alone, cause you have no idea where you might end up.
Dammit! And I checked the Halo room. by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 03:23:57 PM
I was already to go too. I had my flying goggles on and everything. You ever seen a Turtle with flying goggles on? F*cking EPIC scary, I tells ya! It even gives me the hibbly-jibblies.
Rooms of transdimensional construction? by Shigeru	Jul 12th, 2006 03:29:56 PM
Is that like the Dr Who phonebooth mixed with the danger room mixed with a holodeck? I hit a wrong button in there once and was trapped at a Barbara Streisand concert for 2 days! Never really been the same after that...
2 days of Streisand by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 03:38:50 PM
a lifetime worth of rehabilatation.
Streisand? by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 03:41:10 PM
She's no Bea Arthur.
Uncanny by vagrant's choice	Jul 12th, 2006 03:45:35 PM
Dave, I agree with your Uncanny X-men review 100%.
Dini on Detective by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 03:47:43 PM
I liked the art deco feel, Prof. I said at the tale end of the last tb that Batman's captions and the font used felt like the opening title screen of the animated series, definitely deco and classic feeling. The white star bursts wouldn't have bothered me if I hadn't seen J.H. Williams III use them the same way in Desolation Jones. I love this guy as an artist, he's one of my top favs (Williams, Cassaday, Quitely, Darrow, Ladronn, Jimenez) but the way he drew Bruce was too wrinkly and not attractive as one would think Bruce is. Sometimes he looked like the mugger at the beginning of the issue. Loved the look of Facade and hope to see more of him in Dini's hands. The bit with Robin was good too. I'm loving the direction of Batman and Superman after Infinite Crisis. Any rumors for who's writing and drawing Action Comics when it has it's own locked in team?
That should have read... by vagrant's choice	Jul 12th, 2006 03:54:39 PM
My only doubts are regarding Brubaker
Yay, @$$holes doing mainstream reviews again! by nofate	Jul 12th, 2006 04:23:35 PM
Gotta say I've been skipping your reviews for the last month or so. This high and mighty "Marvel/DC stuff sucks" attitude had been getting tired. These guys own the market and avoiding their product is like avoiding a Michael Bay movie. Yeah it's been done before and a lot better and talented individuals, but sometimes you just gotta shut off your brain and enjoy the ride.
Wow.... by Psynapse	Jul 12th, 2006 04:31:38 PM
Thank you so much Nofate! The @$$es and Cogs have just been dying while awaiting the sunshine of your approval once more......
it's alright, vagrant by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 04:44:28 PM
I'm sure BilboRing could help bring us all up to speed with our public school education! Kidding! Promise, last one. I dunno, do you think we're supposed to like, Vulcan (really should have went with a different name, like, Bob. Bob Summers.)? Of course I'm sure everyone expects him to be saved or turned to the light by the end, but maybe he won't be? I liked what Dave said about Havok now being the surrogate Cyclops.
Oh, Psy by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 04:54:06 PM
snickers heee. But seriously, the @$$es review a bunch of stuff, including the big two, all the time. What gives people? This has been the biggest, bestest column eva!!! Or I could say that I was disappointed that Schleppy didn't comment on Kate Bosworth's pooper in a Superman Returns review, but that filthy little ape was too busy crawling through Alan Moore's beard probably. Oh well
When Morrison did the gay brain thing.... by cookylamoo	Jul 12th, 2006 04:59:21 PM
it was hysterical. It's not nearly as funny when you take it seriously and run with it. Let old jokes fade away.
JSA by dan grendel	Jul 12th, 2006 05:08:49 PM
I'm with Squashua on this one too. I enjoyed the look back on the Gentleman Ghost's origin, and the story had its moments, but it went on WAY longer than it needed to. Man, did it drag. By the end, I didn't care how it ended, as long as it ended.
OLD BOY movie by dan grendel	Jul 12th, 2006 05:12:28 PM
I've never seen the OLD BOY movie, so making any comparisons in the review was something I was unprepared to do. I also don't make it a habit of mentioning every spin-off from a manga in my reviews (though I have occasionally done so, if it has a point, like in my BOOGIEPOP review) simply because the Japanese spin so many things off of manga it seems ridiculous and unnecessary to list them all each time.
Schleppy? Alan Moore's Beard? by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 05:12:45 PM
But I agree with commenting on Bosworth's pooper. We should be doing that.
JSA - Grendel / Heathen by Squashua	Jul 12th, 2006 05:13:18 PM
I will admit that there were some good moments, but I figured out that whole virgin thing when it happened issues earlier. There were a couple of nods to the missing eyeball and Jade being dead, but overall this was a snoozefest. If it lasted 3 issues, I'd have been fine with it, but it was much too decompressed to be a good story. And that's why I said shame on them.
Psy, your replys are swift and on point! by nofate	Jul 12th, 2006 05:16:57 PM
I like that on my men >_O and Heathen, I guess you couldn't tell by my gay "yay" in the subject line, ass, but my point was I'm glad the @$$holes are doing more mainstream reviews. They've been sucking on the independent tit for too long now.
Only OEL worth reading? by dan grendel	Jul 12th, 2006 05:19:48 PM
I don't agree with that. I enjoyed FOOL'S GOLD, but with others like DRAMACON, PSY-COMM, THE DREAMING, THE ABANDONED, MARK OF THE SUCCUBUS, and plenty more, Tokyopop has lots of good OEL to choose from in addition to imported manga- and that's if you care whether or not your manga is "the real stuff"- which I don't. It's all manga to me, I just want quality.
Well I do confess.... by Psynapse	Jul 12th, 2006 05:21:08 PM
That a great deal of my enjoyment of the last JSA arc may be in large part to just how much I enjoy seeing Power Girl look like an actual female again....shudders from memories (mammaries??) of Infinite Crisis*
Umm..wait just a minute..... by Psynapse	Jul 12th, 2006 05:28:01 PM
The @$$es don't suck on NOBODY's teat. See they review what they PAID to review unlike the reviewers at other sites (I'm looking at YOU Silver Bullet and Newsarama).
haaaallgggh...poooowwwwer giiiirrrrrrrllll! by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 05:31:55 PM
I don't know how I'd pull it off (Or maybe she would?), but I would bang PG until I FOUND a way to make her feel it. Might take days....SWEET!
Don't forget IGN by nofate	Jul 12th, 2006 05:35:52 PM
They love reviewing the big two. Gotta say I like their grading system though, the gave a "Burn it" to pretty much the whole Blood of Apocalypse storyline.
but my point was that they don't just suck on the indy by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 05:56:55 PM

The Heathen, Grammar Police... by nofate	Jul 12th, 2006 06:18:25 PM
coming to the CW this fall. Check local listings. And last time I checked Conan and Battlestar Galactica are not from the big two. I'll see your 'shut the fuck up you whiny, incorrect teat of a man' and raise you a "lick my nutsack you sad, pathetic asshat"
They're not, but you missed the point as usual by The Heathen	Jul 12th, 2006 06:32:50 PM
nofate, read carefully what I've already typed before
Y is back! by Darth Kal-El	Jul 12th, 2006 06:51:22 PM
great reviews guys! keep it up!***nofate and bilbo-fuck you both you ignorant little kids. theres more to comics than the big 2 and your precious ASM comics. dont cdome in here spouting your childish shit and not expect to get called out for it. the @$$holes review books they buy with their own money for FREE. run your own comics review column and then review whatever the hell u want u fucking jizz garglers.
Vale's back! by El Vale	Jul 12th, 2006 07:32:14 PM
"As lame as they are, people read Spider-Man, Fantastic 4, Hulk, Superman, etc." That is the saddest, lamest and most ignorant thing i've read in the talkbacks since "No one here likes you". Good talkback guys, lots of fun.
ah... by blackthought	Jul 12th, 2006 07:43:00 PM

no fate? by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 12th, 2006 08:57:37 PM
3...
Heath - Action! by Thalya	Jul 12th, 2006 09:00:36 PM
I think I saw a serious spoiler on LITG: Writer - Johns and his mentor, Richard Donner, himself! Pencils - Kubert (the one not on Batman). I think Kubert's been a lock for awhile now because I know the bros. got sweet assignments for Supes and Bats books.
Who is Manthrax? (from 52) by CA$H	Jul 12th, 2006 09:17:20 PM
52 Week six Booster calls Manthrax bob, and is corrected that his name is Bill. 52 Week Seven A reporter asks Manthrax his name when he admits he is fake, and he say "Bob Castell" Any theories, no-prize, Booster's sub-conscience warps time and space theories?
I think Dini's DETECTIVE was my fave last week... by Dave_F	Jul 13th, 2006 12:24:41 AM
Man, it was just...man, it's how you do a done-in-one story! Batman was cool, Bruce was cool, the villain was cool, the mystery was cool, and it was all resolved in the end without a motherfucking crossover. BOOYAKASHA! Seriously, I didn't know till the issue came out that Dini's run would be comprised entirely of standalone stories, but given that the DC Universe at large is more chore than joy to delve into these days, I couldn't be happier at Dini's isolationist policy. Robinson's run before Dini tried to be self-contained, but it still had OYL baggage with Two-Face (not to mention a resounding "thud" of a finale), so my initial enthusiasm for that went bye-bye. What Dini and Williams are doing, though? This is the kind of superhero storytelling I've been starved for for pretty much the entire last decade or so. What I'm talking about is stories that don't pant and struggle at being meaningful, at making changes, at reconceptualizing the players at sufferance of the writer's ego. No, I'm talking about stories that just spin a goddamn YARN. ***** Related tangent: Half the reason I'm so fond of Byrne's run on ACTION and SUPERMAN back in the day is because every story was just so solid. I don't quite love the stories like I do Alan Moore's "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?", but there's an amazing consistancy of quality that, taken as a whole, is just as great an accomplishment. I totally dig that story where Supes has to deal with Mxyzptlk! And the one where he goes back in time with The Demon! And the one where he remembers college girlfriend, Lori Lemaris! And the one where he fights that giant mummy that turns out to be a big robot underneath! Seriously. And that kind of yarn-spinnin' consistancy is also what I think of with Roger Stern's run on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, John Ostrander's SUICIDE SQUAD, and with all those Byrne/Claremont X-MEN's that folks forget to mention because they weren't the Dark Phoenix saga (the Wendigo battle! X-Men vs. Moses Magnum! Arcade's Murderworld!). It's a lost art, because every writer is DYING to make their mark on these characters that really function best in service of a certain timelessness. A simple detective story? Or clever altercation with a villain? Or standalone on the order of that UNCANNY where Kitty fought the demon in the mansion? Nearly extinct. ** And that's why Dini's run, should it continue as strongly as its opening issue, is so welcome. That first outing was just a wonderful little entity existing unto itself, with no need to reinvent the wheel. I want to hug it. Though, yes, J.H. Williams' art felt a touch avante garde for the Dark Knight Detective...I still want to hug it. ****** By the by, as regards the white impact flashes when Batman would clock the bad guys? I wonder if they might be Williams' artsy nod to the 90s Batman toon which would have the screen flash white for a split second after all the good punches. It gave an intense sense of impact - essentially as though the viewer himself had taken a lick. Williams' take didn't have that same effect, but I have to wonder if it was at least his inspiration.
Ahh by El Vale	Jul 13th, 2006 01:04:49 AM
Don't you love some good old fashioned enthusiastic Dave_F?
It's all a front, Vale. by Dave_F	Jul 13th, 2006 01:14:43 AM
Tears of a clown, dude. Me. Pagliacci. The same.
Cookylamoo nails Monsieur Mallah & the Brain... by Dave_F	Jul 13th, 2006 01:18:59 AM
Well, nails the handling of their relationship anyway: "When Morrison did the gay brain thing it was hysterical. It's not nearly as funny when you take it seriously and run with it. Let old jokes fade away." Dead on. Morrison's curse is that he's got a million and one ideas, and they nearly all turn to shit when anyone else tries to develop them. Problem is, development isn't always the best idea. Grant may be a little too haphazard tossing concepts left and right and moving on, but there's absolutely something to be said for the devil-may-care approach. He throws out the Mallah/Brain thing, and it's a great send-off to the pair in his utterly unreproduceable DOOM PATROL run. Johns gets hold the idea, and suddenly he's got to overthink it, to make it fit in continuity's straitjacket, to literalize what was brilliant in its implications. Likewise, Morrison's "Black Bug Room" from his NEW X-MEN run. When Morrison threw the idea out (I think when Cassandra Nova was performing some kind of mindfuck on Cyclops), no one knew WHAT the fug it meant exactly, but like so many thing Morrisonian, the important stuff could be gleaned from context. Quite simply, Cyclops was mentally immobilized by his fears/guilt/SOME-damn-thing, and Morrison being Morrison, he happened to give the act a buggy Kafka/Burroughs-esque descriptor. But NO, here comes Whedon, gotta revisit Grant's throwaway Black Bug Room and try to EXPLAIN it. It's stuff like this that kills the fun and spontaneity of comicdom's madder ideas. It's Midichlorian bullshit when all we need to know is that the Force surrounds us, binds us, and that if you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Cactusmaac... by Dave_F	Jul 13th, 2006 01:26:21 AM
...you're a man of wealth and taste. SUPERMAN RETURNS? Too tired to throw down on it as bedtime approaches, but maybe tomorrow. Personally, I found it...watchable.
cogs are midichlorian free...just lettin' you know. by blackthought	Jul 13th, 2006 01:35:37 AM

I hope i never get midichlorians by El Vale	Jul 13th, 2006 01:41:28 AM
I'm allergic to penicillin.
Oh, fiddleshit. by Dave_F	Jul 13th, 2006 02:02:27 AM
Did I just start a STAR WARS conversation at AICN? Calls to mind the line from that one Russian officer in HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER? "You arrogant ass. You've killed US!" Cue torpedo impact...
So Heathen... by vagrant's choice	Jul 13th, 2006 08:56:09 AM
Are you saying Brubaker
Anybody else get FLIGHT VOL. 3? by Shigeru	Jul 13th, 2006 09:10:00 AM
If not, shame on you! Haven't read through it but just flipping though, it looks like a lot of creators from the previous 2 volumes have returned. Which is a good thing, considering Vols. 1 & 2 contain some of the most poignant, beautiful comics I've read. Good stuff. *** In other news, Kirkman has ISSUES. Serious ISSUES.
Mmmmm.... Stellan Skarsgard.. yum.. by Thalya	Jul 13th, 2006 09:31:18 AM

Sure, Thalya by Shigeru	Jul 13th, 2006 09:42:02 AM
If you're into dudes with clams and barnacles growing on his cheeks.
I need insulin, not midichlorians by The Heathen	Jul 13th, 2006 10:08:34 AM
"What's a nubian?" Ah, classic Star Wars AICN talk. All we need is, Buzz to come in here with an awesome sounding 'better' take on what 'could' have happened. * Thalya, that would make sense for Action. I knew that Adam Kubert was attatched to something Supes related and I believe I heard mention of Johns, but Donner too? Should be interesting. Regardless, I'll have Superman, Action, Batman and Detective on my pull list and I never thought I would at some points. Same for Uncanny X-Men. Good times. * vagrant, I think that 'could' be an approach to Vulcan's character, but it's probably still too early to tell. He could be an Ana Lucia type character, that's a good comparison, by the end we could be rooting for him or he could be the new defacto X-Villian. Either way, I can't wait to see how it ends up. *** Shig, don't tell me!!! It's Walking Dead isn't it? Will this one have the force of 20 thousand hurricanes to the scrotum? Is that possible? I'm still getting over the last issue. Ahhh! Haven't read any of Flight, but have always been interested. I may have to check it out now that you recommended it. By the way, I've ordered Mary Jane Loves, Spider-Man for the past two months. : )
can't vulcan just destroy the whole marvel u by blackthought	Jul 13th, 2006 10:24:37 AM
since he's one of them omega mutants.
I Told George "Space opera opening crawl... by Buzz Maverik	Jul 13th, 2006 10:42:46 AM
...then a huge spaceship with a captive princess rolls almost endlessly across the screen, pursued by single, wounded fighter...see, it's a reversal of the first movie...no this isn't the first movie, it's the fourth. No the one you did in '77 wasn't the fourth because there were none before it...anyway, we all know WHO is in the fighter...yer going to try to have me killed again, aren't you, George."
Or is it Spider-Man, Loves Mary Jane? I forget. by The Heathen	Jul 13th, 2006 10:49:49 AM
Anyway, I ordered it. Who else is considered an Omega mutant now? I bet Magneto is again when we see him pop up in a year or so. Maybe the end of Civil War? And I'd like to say that although this Marvel Event In Seven Parts is flawed a great many of way's, at least Millar's reveal may actually have lived up to some of the hype
the whole wolverine healing factor is now by blackthought	Jul 13th, 2006 11:18:03 AM
beyond retarded...he probably now can regenerate from a bottle of oxygen he once breathed or some crap...whatever. confirmed omega mutants include Elixir, Chamber Iceman, Phoenix / Jean Grey, Mister M, Franklin Richards,Kid Omega, Rachel Summers and Vulcan...the summers/grey family is well represented no doubt. and what will batman/bruce wayne do with an actual blood son instead of an adapted ward?
or adopted in engerish by blackthought	Jul 13th, 2006 11:22:25 AM

Bruce's kids by The Heathen	Jul 13th, 2006 11:32:15 AM
Well, he has his kid with Thalya (no, not that Thalya!) that she hid from him, perhaps Selina Kyles new baby (I'm enjoying Catwoman btw) and he just adopted Tim sa a son, because he's be arested these days for having a boy ward. *** Chamber's an omega mutant? Hmm, sucks that there making him into some Apocalypse thingy. I always liked Chamber for some reason.
Omega Mutants by Heisenberg85	Jul 13th, 2006 11:42:22 AM
IGN did a column on them a while back. I remember Onslaught, Iceman, Franklin Richards, Vulcan and Mr. Immortal (of GLA fame) were all Omegas. There were more, but many of them were newew mutants that I didn't recognize.
(The Heathen) I concur... by loodabagel	Jul 13th, 2006 11:53:49 AM
Wolverine is just getting too damn powerful. I think we need to rocket his ass into deep space, where he will live as a peasant in an ancient feudal society. And I didn't bother to read House of M, but when you say that he jumped, does it mean he tried to commit suicide? Perhaps I was misreading it, but I never took Wolverine for a wimp. Oh, and about that Vulcan boy? No he cannot just destroy the Marvel U, because then there wouldn't be any comics left to write. More than likely, he'll get shot into deep space or the sun, depending on how evil Mr. Fantastic feels at the time. On another note, I've been a marvel zombie most of my life (or a marvel vampire if the @$$holes will let me keep the title) buta few years ago, I started reading Teen Titans ( I was a sucker for time travel stories) This led me to pick up a few issues of Outsiders, Batman, JLA Classified and eventually All Star Superman. I've always been one of the kids who absolutely hated Superman, so wasn't I surprised when I found myself wanting to read multple Superman comics, (and Batman, but I've always been into him.) So congratulations Mr. Morrison and Mr. Johns. Congratulations Mr. Quitely and Mr. Kubert. You haven't converted me to a DCophile, but you've certainly helped ease the pain of all the crappy Spiderman stories I've been putting up with. (Loeb and Cambell in '07, spideyfans. Check it out, I know I will)
Vroom. WASTELAND. by Dave_F	Jul 13th, 2006 11:58:12 AM
Checked it out based on your write-up last week and really dug it. Got me to reminiscing with friends about the rockin' PC game series FALLOUT, and lamenting the lack of good post-apocalyptic fiction in comicdom. But WASTELAND's a good step forward in that direction. I'm sort of hoping that the post-apocalypse will be the new "zombies" in comics, saturating us with so many entries that eventually one rises to the top as the WALKING DEAD of the lot. And there's a good chance it'll be WASTELAND.
Wow, my post was way too late by Heisenberg85	Jul 13th, 2006 11:59:31 AM
And that's why you never forget to hit submit for about an hour. Anyway, I've always loved chamber, ever since the generation x days. But they've now tied him into Apocalypse? Uggg. Does anyone else remember when he was on the cover of almost every issue of Generation X, regardless of how much he was in the issue? He was like that title's wolverine. And both Skin and Synch are now dead? That's what happens when you take a 5 year break from comics I guess.
The new WALKING DEAD... by Dave_F	Jul 13th, 2006 12:00:36 PM
Too dark? It's close to the edge for me, close to veering into exploitation territory. Hmmm. I don't want for WALKING DEAD to lose me.
Invincible by Luf	Jul 13th, 2006 12:02:34 PM
The book is full of good ideas, but the writing is abysmal. Every new villain or character gets an introduction, where s/he spouts 2 pages of monologue, explaining his/hers motives and origin. Most of the time this happens even without a reason to say it. And the dialogue in general...try reading only the first sentence in every bubble and skip the rest, you will miss nothing.
It's "Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane" by Shigeru	Jul 13th, 2006 12:03:15 PM
And I think the first digest trade came out recently. Glad to hear it's now on your list Heathen, I've been pimping that book like mad for a while now! That means I HAVE to get the Son of M trade in return, huh? * Flip through any of the volumes of Flight at your shop and see if you dig it. They are fairly short stories so just read a couple. It's worth it. * Walking Dead: 30,000 hurricanes.
true... by blackthought	Jul 13th, 2006 12:06:48 PM
catwoman's kid could be his as well...we'll see. i don't want bruce turning into the shawn kemp of dc.
I thought Chamber was ah, uh, never mind... by loodabagel	Jul 13th, 2006 12:22:00 PM
If I recall correctly his face was fixed by Weapon X but then it exploded again and then some one in Runaways was trying to be him and hey didn't he die somewhere? Ah well. Still, I have to give him credit for shooting laser crap out of his mouth instead of his hands.
Dave by Shigeru	Jul 13th, 2006 12:46:09 PM
Don't let one page spoil the whole series man! (I assume we are thinking of the same page?...can we speak in non-spoiler code?) You've been saying you "might be" getting tired of or are "thinking about" dropping Walking Dead for a while now. So what's it gonna be? I'm finding it quite fresh that things can change so much in that book.
WASTELAND #1 by Shigeru	Jul 13th, 2006 01:11:52 PM
I picked it up. Haven't read it yet but it looks cool as anything.
Deadworld owns Walking Dead's ass.... by Psynapse	Jul 13th, 2006 01:25:58 PM
F'real (an' shit). The one true original, accept no substitutes.
Actually, Shig... by Dave_F	Jul 13th, 2006 01:31:17 PM
While I've had issues with WALKING DEAD over the years - mostly the bloated ensemble cast being too much for my little brain to keep track of - I've been really onboard the current arc. The downed helicopter revived a sense of direction and focus for the series and even got the extraneous cast members out of the way for a bit. Cool stuff. Scary. That said, I'm pretty put off by the stuff with Michonne. Call me squeamish, but it's the same reason I avoid horror like THE HILLS HAVE EYES and AUDITION and the Rob Zombie stuff - even though I consider myself a horror fan. Torture, prolonged misery, rape...that level of depravity...it's just my personal limit. I'll deal if the greatness of the story warrants it, but Kirkman's not quite Alan Moore, y'know?
My supers campaign by Engineer_at_peac	Jul 13th, 2006 01:35:23 PM
I'm running Mutants and Masterminds right now for my friends, and I'm planning on having their next adventure take them on a quest for Excalibur, but besides the Arthurian legend, I'm also going to tie in the story of Beowulf. Good idea or bad idea? Also I wanted to share the favorite character I ever created. He was a skeleton of a speedster who fell in World War 2, brought back by the German lord of the dead to do his bidding. However, he gained free will once that guy was defeated. Now he is a skeletal hero with superspeed who can't die(no matter how much he wants to). His name: Dead Heat. That is just an awesome name right there, I'm quite proud of it.
I loved Audition by El Vale	Jul 13th, 2006 02:05:22 PM
I think Audition earns the right to have a conclusion that makes you cringe because it gets there slowly. You wanna see some horrible torture? Check out Miike's entry for the Masters of Horror series "Imprint". I've only seen one Rob Zombie film, and that's Devil's Rejects. I gotta say, that one was two tons of fun. Anyone with me? The most miserable time i've ever had in the movies was Irreversible. Fucking movie is more "horror" than most "horror" movies ever dare to be. Felt like being tortured, but never for torture's sake, you know? It's one of the best movies i've seen and i'll never see it again.
Chamber (as far as I know) by The Heathen	Jul 13th, 2006 02:08:56 PM
He was depowered by "M Day" or whatever they're calling it. He was seen in the rather surprising and good series, Generation M. In there he looked rough with a big hole in his chest on life support. The one in Runaways was an impostor. And then a few weeks ago they had a preview of New Excalibur that showed SPOILER Jono, but looking like a horseman of Apocalypse, or like Apocalypse himself. I missed out on all of Generation X past issue 20. Synch and Skin died? Balls. What about everyone else besieds Banshee, Jubilee, Monet and Emma of course. *** Shig, my navigator, you must by Son of M now. That's the trade! ; )
"Shig, my navigator..." by Shigeru	Jul 13th, 2006 02:29:24 PM
LOL I know what you meant, but that sounded really gay.
Horror Dave by Shigeru	Jul 13th, 2006 02:38:40 PM
I'm with ya on this arc reviving Walking Dead after a particularly dull few issues that saw Kirkman overuse his greatest flaw: overwrought dialogue. I too thought the Michonne stuff was maybe over the top (SPOILERS esp the page with her off-screen END SPOILERS) but scary nonetheless. Scariest parts by far were the "Governor at home" scenes, though. And while I've never seen a Rob Zombie film, I have to disagree with you on Audition. The first 3/4 of that film is so perfectly executed, slowly building and building and building suspense. It's like you are being bricked into a closet and slowly the light is escaping. It's like hearing a faint hum slowly get louder until (at the scene where she paralyzes him) it becomes a white noise roaring feedback loop. The part where she feeds the gimpy dude her own vomit was pretty rad too. "kiri kiri kiri kiri"
She fed him her own vomit?! by El Vale	Jul 13th, 2006 02:44:06 PM
I did not catch that. Gonna have to watch it again. And i agree with you 100% Shig: It builds and builds and builds and builds...
Yup. by Shigeru	Jul 13th, 2006 02:49:23 PM
Just like a momma bird to her baby. Very fruedian.
auditions makes me fear japanese ladies with needles by blackthought	Jul 13th, 2006 03:20:54 PM

didn't mean to add that s to audition...fuggin' grmmar by blackthought	Jul 13th, 2006 03:21:30 PM

I gots midichlorians... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 13th, 2006 03:47:35 PM
I gots'em bulgin' out my shell. I'm one o'them watchacall Jedis. WHO DARES TO DARE MY DARING? Whatever! LET'S FIGHT!
Rob Zombie's first movie by The Heathen	Jul 13th, 2006 04:08:41 PM

Darn me for being away all day.. by Thalya	Jul 13th, 2006 04:40:23 PM
Shig, I'm talkin' Skarsgard from Hunt for Red October. Gyeh, don't remind me of the barnacles. And Heath, that's Talia, not Thalya, dear.
house of 1,000 corpses is truly crap... by blackthought	Jul 13th, 2006 04:41:22 PM
dave_f and h.lee's word's are being used and what not...check out this blurb, Dave Farabee of Ain't It Cool News reviewed Uncanny X-Men #475 and says, "This old school X-fan is willing to admit Marvel's mutants still offer a special appeal when done right. Brubaker
Screw Mutants and Masterminds! by superhero	Jul 13th, 2006 04:53:38 PM
Villains and Vigilantes is where it's at! Chew on that Suckas!:O)
D'oh! Like I'm known for spelling. by The Heathen	Jul 13th, 2006 04:55:40 PM
But I can twix the hell out of some peanut butter nethers in, Y's Warnagler though!
and looking at what the TB has veered towards by Thalya	Jul 13th, 2006 04:55:42 PM
Thank goodness I was away!
WRONG!!! (Yes, just like Spacey in the movie) by Psynapse	Jul 13th, 2006 04:59:21 PM
City of Heroes/ Villains is Where. it. is. AT. bitches!! NUTHIN' (and I mean NUTHIN') beats being able to BE your character in a 3d environment, FUCKING SHIT UP. ( I just took a toon from 0 to 20 in 13 freaking days!!Trust me, this is impressive for someone that actually has a life outside of the game, which I do)
Screw online gaming! Tabletop gaming is where it's at! by superhero	Jul 13th, 2006 05:17:30 PM
Sorry, Psy, I just can't, CAN'T get into City of Heroes! Online RPGs just bore the hell outta me! I know, I know...something's wrong with me but notning, I mean nothing, beats sittin' down at a table with a bunch of buds and playing an old-fashioned RPG campaign. Of course you have to actually GET the people together in one room but when you're able to it worth the effort lemme tell ya! Good times, good times...Right now in my campaign my players have been jumping from alternate reality to alternate reality in an effort to set their reality right after Neo-Nazi villains destroyed their universe and changed the world so that the Nazis won WW II! First they went to Super-Zombie World (ripped off straight from the pages of ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR) and now they're stuck on Super Medieval Anime World! Super-Craziness ensues and much fun is had!
superhero, that is the most ridiculous idea ever... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 13th, 2006 05:44:30 PM
And I want in.
it does sound cool by Darth Kal-El	Jul 13th, 2006 06:13:19 PM
ive never been able to get into table top games too much and ive never tried rpgs at all. see i grew up 7th day adventist and was taught that all those things where tools the devil used to take control of my fragile mind. now that i am an adult and no longer sunscribe to such childish notions i would love to try it out-only problem is all my friends are into video games or sports and poker and blackjack. being that im the geekiest of my circle by a longshot there is no way im talking anyone into playing rpgs with me.:-(. oh well there will always be the halo room
Dude.... by Psynapse	Jul 13th, 2006 07:27:54 PM
There is no way in hell getting to see, hear and feel your powers in action can be beat by rolling dice, applying modifiers, and then discussing the action. I've played D&D, Champions, Gamma World, Villains & Vigilantes and damn near any other RPG that came out between '80 and '93 (when having had enough of the basement geek fighting I had my chaotic neutral psionicist magic user slaughter my entire party out of spite and walked away from table RPG'ing for good). Anyone who digs Superheroes (or Villains lol), video games, and RPG's OWES it to themselves to give the CoH/CoV franchise a try. It has it's faults (the engine itself sometimes), but what it gets right it gets right like no other has before it or since.
i 'sunscribe' by Darth Kal-El	Jul 13th, 2006 07:54:27 PM
to mispelling monthly. i pick it up in the warnagler
then i misspell 'mispelling!' by Darth Kal-El	Jul 13th, 2006 08:32:23 PM
is there no end to my jackassery?
Can I go on record.... by Psynapse	Jul 13th, 2006 08:50:38 PM
Saying that this week's Banner is THE LIVING SHIT that only gets cooler each time I see it? 'Cause as far as Talkbacker Sandy Vagina here is concerned it's the muthafukkin' BEST one yet. Take a bow Bug, Take a goddamn bow man!crowd claps
M&M and V&V can stick it. MEGS is where it's at. by Squashua	Jul 13th, 2006 10:06:48 PM
Lame acronym, I know, but good old Mayfair DC Heroes is the shizzle.
half bear half eagle... by blackthought	Jul 13th, 2006 10:47:46 PM
a beagle...but a grizzly bear so it's a grealge...oh colbert, you slay me.
Mayfair DC Heroes SUX! by superhero	Jul 14th, 2006 01:52:01 AM
Although some of the source books were cool. Like that's where I learned that Metropolis is in Delaware...waitaminute...DELAW ARE???? Fucking DELAWARE???? I mean, no offense to Delawarians but, shit, man...that was hard to take... :O0
I'm drunk by El Vale	Jul 14th, 2006 02:58:56 AM

i'm sober by blackthought	Jul 14th, 2006 11:13:10 AM

I'm the shit by The Heathen	Jul 14th, 2006 11:27:10 AM

I have yet to take a shit. Today. by Shigeru	Jul 14th, 2006 11:53:59 AM

I am the Turtle by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 14th, 2006 11:54:32 AM

in a half shell? by The Heathen	Jul 14th, 2006 12:01:42 PM
TURTLE POWER!
The Prestige by The Heathen	Jul 14th, 2006 12:09:02 PM
preview looks awesome
Did i accidentally go to the TMNT TB? by Darth Kal-El	Jul 14th, 2006 12:11:57 PM
GO NINJA GO NINJA GO!
norton definately rocks by blackthought	Jul 14th, 2006 12:12:36 PM

He's in the Illusionist right? by The Heathen	Jul 14th, 2006 12:20:31 PM
and he does indeed, rock. His movie looked good, but The Prestige looks bad ass. *** T-U-R-T-L-E POWER!!!
You bitches better give Bug props on that logo.... by Psynapse	Jul 14th, 2006 12:23:38 PM
I mean shit, it's 10% cooler than the last time I saw it. Dude it's so cool now it's almost as cool as boobs. Almost.
Mutants and Masterminds is so awesome, I will now post by Engineer_at_peac	Jul 14th, 2006 12:32:15 PM
a summary of our last campaign. It's epic shit, man. In the previous issue, a prison breakout occured thanks to the Factor Four. It turned out that they were not nearly as vulnerable to ice as you had presumed, and had been playing possum so they could help fellow Crime League members escape from Blackgate Prison. During the prison breakout Agent 15 had shot an unconsious criminal twice, killing him. He shot him once in the face and once in the chest. Dr. Gizmo Grand and Agent 15 went on to restore the facilities defenses and stop a citywide breakout of Utahraptors(a large variant species of Velociraptor) which was brought about by the Sinister Simian. Agent 15 was arrested and given a restrictor collar. Which brought us to issue number 5. Agent 15 was brought to trial and only boss Vick Cage and Gizmo Grand were able to make it to support him. A new hotshot prosecutor had gotten the media into a frenzy about this and anchored a jury made of a superheroes' peers... the members of the Freedom League! Things looked bleak for 15 but in the prosecutions opening statement, he began to run as a bomb rocked the courthouse, where the jury was seated. Only Time Wizard managed to escape the explosion unscathed using his stasis fields. He froze time for a moment and informed Vick, Grand, and 15 that he could keep the Freedom League from dying by placing them all in stasis fields, but it would require all of his concentration. It was up to them to protect Time Wizard. As soon as time resumed, five gorillas wearing the colors of the Sinister Simian burst through the roof. The bailiff and guards ran for it. Gizmo and 15 put up a fight despite Gizmo not having his battlesuit and 15 having a collar that restricted his mental powers. A tossed chair from the powerless 15 knocked out the prosecuting attorney. The pair(and Vic Cage) appeared to be losing to the apes, however, until Gizmo got his datalink out of his briefcase and hooked it up. He mentally hacked 15's restrictor collar, causing it to fall off. Repowered, the team quickly took out the gorillas, saving the Freedom League. To their horror, they discovered the outbreak was citywide, however, with Gorillas everywhere. Even more shocking, however, was the revelation gained after unmasking the prosecutor. He was the very same man Agent 15 was accused of murdering! The charges were dropped and the case dismissed. After using telekinesis to carry the Freedom League in ambulances safely to a hospital, Gizmo guessed that the most logical point for these Gorillas to come from would be the top secret research hospital, St. Claire's, which was located in an underground complex on the northeastern portion of Freedom City. The team drove into the underground tunnel dispatching apes along the way until one ape surprisingly survived an attack and lashed back, jumping onto Gizmo's convertible. After a couple of rounds of combat they took him out, only to find themselves attacked by a super-fast skeleton, insisting they surrender! They shattered its bones, but were soon attacked by more odd creatures: a fly-man and an icy robot. As combat escalated, they were finally approached by an English gentleman who insisted everyone stop fighting. Gizmo recognized him: Sir Isaac Newton! Newton explained their story. They were all freaks of science created by evil masterminds who had banded together to fight for good: The Superfreaks. Icebox was a robot with ice powers who awoke in a refrigerator factory with no memory. Dead Heat was a speedster and World War 2 hero killed in battle, but brought back as an undead years later by the German Lord of the Dead. Flyboy was a teenage gangbanger who signed up for superscience guinea pigging in exchange for leniency, resulting in his hideous form. Electro-Ape was a scientific crackpot who put his brain in not just a gorilla body, but an electric MUTANT gorilla body. Their leader, Isaac Newton, was a clone of the original created to help the evil Clonerizer create a doomsday device. Clonerizer found his lack of computer skills and his inability to grasp Nuclear Physics annoying however, and fired him. Newton went on to make a lot of money suing companies for patents on devices based on the concepts of newtonian physics, as well as suing Fig Newton. These lawsuits stopped once the Supreme Court ruled clones could not hold intellectual property(or likeness rights) of their creator. This Isaac Newton clone also has control over Newtonian physics, including friction and gravity. It turned out the Clonerizer was behind this plan, teamed up with Sinister Simian. The Superfreaks joined our heroes and went to the facility to kick ass. And indeed they did, combining skills to find the lab of Clonerizer. Clonerizer bragged about his greatest clone creation, seen in silhouette, before activating an elevator and escaping down a long shaft. Before the heroes could follow, more clones emerged. Clones of all the Superfreaks, Gizmo Grand, and Agent 15. Icebox didn't ahve a clone, being a robot, and Grand's clone didn't have his battlesuit, which enabled the heroes to put together a quick and decisive victory. They then gave chase to an underground railway. Icebox formed an icecar for the tracks, Newton decreased gravity making it light as a feather, and Dead Heat pulled it, quickly catching up to another car. Inside the team found Clonerizer and Sinister Simian, who surrendered. Agent 15 found them unprobe-able with telepathy, which was confusing. On the tram they found a device controlling all the clones, and surmised that it was also causing the clones to release an enzyme which kept them stable. Destroying the device, all the clones around the city began melting, including the Clonerizer and Simian they had just captured. Gizmo Grand used his EMP to thwart a bomb assassination attempt, and the heroes went back above to celebrate their victory. Unbeknownst to them all, or perhaps forgotten, the capsule containing the imposing figure was unnacounted for. In a secret lab somewhere, it's fist pounded against the glass barrier, shattering it. A muscular figure stepped out. "Where am I?" it asked. "Who am I?" it repeated. "Shhh..." it was told as an apelike hand patted its head. "All will be explained to you in good time... Centurion." You are probably unaware of who the Centurion is. Let's just say he was the world's greatest hero, killed in action ten years ago saving the universe. You've heard of him. Bet you didn't want to read that, did ya? That's what you get for questioning the single best Superhero pen and paper RPG rulest ever, Mutants and Masterminds 2nd Edition.
If we're gonna do this.... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 14th, 2006 12:59:16 PM
...let's do it right. COWABUNGA, BITCHES!
Engineer, I pretty much understood none of that by The Heathen	Jul 14th, 2006 01:28:17 PM
Not that I'm raggin you, but I just don't get it. Completely over my head. But I will say, sir, that you have bold words for anyone who likes Superman Returns when you've just posted that recap essay of a pen and paper RPG. I think Knights of the Old Republic or Oblivion will do me just fine for RPG's.
that is a sweet logo by Darth Kal-El	Jul 14th, 2006 01:58:46 PM
and engineer i second the 'over my head' sentiment. once again,not a dis just something i know next to nothing about. i would like to tho. i seriously wish i had more geek friends i could get into pen and paper rpgs or heroclix or whatever with. all i have in RL are friends who want to play halo or fight night round 3 or poker. but it sounds cool as hell
It's official..... by Psynapse	Jul 14th, 2006 02:25:31 PM
This weeks logo is now as cool as boobs. Is that totally tits or what?
Engineer by El Vale	Jul 14th, 2006 02:58:02 PM
I am NOT reading that.
Hehehehe by Engineer_at_peac	Jul 14th, 2006 03:16:41 PM
None of that really has anything to do with rules or why it is a great game or anything. I just posted a synopsis of what happened last time I GMed, which I had already written ahead of time and sent to my players who missed the game. And I would not blame you for not reading it. As a matter of fact I'd reccomend you not read it. It's not above your head, it's just like reading about some crappy comic you've never heard of and didn't know any of the characters. Kind of like the last few weeks reviews... ZING! I kid, I kid. Now Superman Returns, when I say I hate it so much that I hate anyone who likes it, I am being a little hyperbolous. But rest assured I did hate it. I saw it, felt it was alright, and maybe it would grow on me. So I went and saw it again. And this time I just hated it. So much. It has nice cinematography, good direction, and keen special effects. I like Brandon Routh. Everything else can go to hell. Actually, that's a decent idea for a sequel. Superman battles the devil. X-men 3 was no masterpiece, but by the virtue of that I didn't hate it, it was better than SR for me. The main reason I love Mutants and Masterminds is its robust and easy character creation system, where I can create things like a clone of Isaac Newton with power over Newtonian physics, or a skeleton speedster that can't die named Dead Heat.
i second that vale by blackthought	Jul 14th, 2006 03:18:31 PM

I'm a DC drone, by the way by Engineer_at_peac	Jul 14th, 2006 03:22:31 PM
So maybe that's why I hated SR and not X-3. Because I don't know the X-men nearly as well. While I like the characters, I'm not very versed in them beyond a couple of Marvel Essentials and the 90's animated series. Superman, though, I know everything about him. And I can't tolerate mistakes. My favorite comic movies are Spider-man 1 and 2, Batman Begins, Batman: Phantasm, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Road to perdition(well I don't know if that counts, graphic novel), and Sin City.
I am all that is GEEK by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 14th, 2006 03:24:03 PM
Kal, being that I am at least familiar with all geeky topics, I of course have knowledge of P&P RPGing. Ask, and ye shall be provided for. Thus spoke A'Tuin.
If he can't die, why is he named Dead Heat? by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 14th, 2006 03:26:21 PM

I tried to read it Engineer... by superhero	Jul 14th, 2006 03:29:00 PM
Really I did. I just couldn't get through the whole thing. I have some M & M books so I sorta knew what you were referring to at points but not really. Wanna know what's hysterical? Whenever my buds and I play V & V together we marvel as to how much like an episode or the Giffen/DeMatties JLA every one of our sessions comes out like. It's like the most ineffectual super-group ever because of the random dice rolls that it becomes an exercise in hysterically funny and inept super-heroing. Somehow, though, the good guys almost always win in the end in my game.
Dead Heat is undead by Engineer_at_peac	Jul 14th, 2006 03:35:45 PM
He is dead, but he can't be... uh... slain? He keeps reassembling. He can't be put to rest, although he really wants to be. My heroes are often innefectual too, superhero. This one guy in our group, Agent 15, he is a mentalist. Powerful telekinesis, telepathy, and mind control, as well as flight and a force field, and psionic blades that can really hurt. Powerful guy. Well rounded. His combat tactics usually include pulling out his shotgun and shooting people. It's like if Collossus carried around a tazer. Aside from that, during combat, he often just takes one person and keeps flinging them against the wall until they're knocked out, and then while everyone else is still fighting, he will go over and start breaking bones interrogating him. AND HE CAN FREAKIN READ MINDS!
Those are definitely good comic movies, Engineer by The Heathen	Jul 14th, 2006 04:13:54 PM
I second that. You may be right about why you didn't mind X3 like you did Supes Returns. I've seen them both only once, but X3 grates far worse because I've been so connected with them. The thing is, I've been just as connected to Superman, but with Supes it was my younger childhood and with X-Men it was my pre-teen/teenager years and I felt like I had more invested with the merry mutants. I think Superman Returns has some flaws, but I still enjoyed it rather a lot. The Last Stand depressed and angered me the first time enough. Oh well, I can't wait for Spidey 3, Nolan's Batman sequel, Singer's Superman sequel and I want to have a kick ass Wolverine movie - just keep Ratner away from it. *** Hey, Y - Denzel Washington as Master Chief?
Engineer.... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 14th, 2006 04:13:59 PM
Whoever is RPing Agent 15 is a freaking genius. No shit! That guy is comedy gold.
Vale's thoughts on Superman Returns by El Vale	Jul 14th, 2006 05:19:28 PM
Crap, i'll let Vern say it for me: "Ah shit man, I'm gonna say it. I had more fun watching X-MEN 3. (Those are the seven words you recite to bring on a deadly nerd curse.) SUPERMAN is a better piece of filmmaking but I didn't connect with it as much. Singer has already established the type of things that can make these super hero stories more exciting and relevant, and now he abandons them in his new movie.***So this one's kind of the reverse of BATMAN BEGINS. It's got great action but not a good enough story. One of these days you nerds are gonna get both in the same movie and your Hawaiian shirts are gonna burst into flames."
i will keep that firmly in mind greatA by Darth Kal-El	Jul 14th, 2006 05:42:39 PM
since i do want to take a pass at the table gaming its nice to know i have someone relatively close if i decide to go for it.and heath that would be awesome!just the voice tho. i dont think they should show master chiefs face in teh movie."Ohhh you shot me in the ass!"(training day)
comic con by Darth Kal-El	Jul 14th, 2006 05:52:54 PM
i was going to stay out there the whole weekend but financial obligations have made that impossible. i will be there all day satruday tho. if any of u @$$holes or tbers make it out to Con and happen to see me say hey! here is what your boy Kal looks like in case u forgot-http://tinyurl.com/oje8 o-
Giant Size Wolverine #1 description by The Heathen	Jul 14th, 2006 06:35:42 PM
"Wolverine has been injured before, but never like this. Blasted with 5,000 rounds of machine gun shells and lifted to the edge of earth
if i could i would by blackthought	Jul 14th, 2006 06:45:30 PM
go to comic con that is...i figure over the years the cogs will have their own booth and crap...with booth babes of coarse.
hell yes by Darth Kal-El	Jul 14th, 2006 08:14:42 PM
booth babes galore when we get our place in con! and yeah that sounds pretty cool to me heath. maybe if they showed him like all scared up on one side or something but still ok on the other. i dont know. maybe half cybernetic? now im going to get slapped by the nerd police for this but i have not beat any of the halos. i know i know! i just play multiplayer. in fact when one came out it was just my drinking game of choice before hitting the bar. but with 3 and the awesome looking graphic novel coming out im currently trying to beat halo 1 and work my way from there. please dont kick me out of the cogs...
I don't know about you... by El Vale	Jul 15th, 2006 12:09:12 AM
But i love...LOVE the idea of Wolverine growing out of a pube. But you're right Heath, taht sounds fucking awesome. Made me want to read a Wolverine comic fer chrissakes!
Well... by Thalya	Jul 15th, 2006 09:47:22 AM
If Wolverine could grow out of pubes, that could explain how he's in so many frickin books, wouldn't it?
Amen Thalya, Amen..... by Psynapse	Jul 15th, 2006 02:33:00 PM

it sure would Lady C. by The Heathen	Jul 15th, 2006 02:37:14 PM
Kal-El!!! 5 lashes! Dude, get off the tb and have yourself a Halo campaign marathon! The first one could take a while, but the second is ten hours tops. And after that, read the two Halo books for your geek jones, Halo: The Fall of Reach and Halo: First Strike. Ahhh!!!
Yes!! by Darth Kal-El	Jul 15th, 2006 03:04:49 PM
I love getting lashes! but seriously i know i know im working on it!are we back on pubes? it would be my nicely trimmed friend and my colombian friend who initiated the discussion.
A nicely trimmed man! by The Heathen	Jul 15th, 2006 03:23:06 PM
Bringing it back! Awesome. We made need to fill in GreatA on that one ; ) Where are you at on the campaign Kal-El? * Shig, read Walking Dead. Fuggin A, Kirkman. Please, please, please let Rick, Glenn and Michonne kill the hell out of the Governor. Still counting on Tyreese, Herschel and others to come through. Damn, I'm so hooked on this book. * I got the Southland Tales comic in the mail yesterday. I'll let you know what I think later.
Speaking of pubes by El Vale	Jul 15th, 2006 03:38:08 PM
My pube-trimmer broke. What am i supposed to do now?!
monday yet? by blackthought	Jul 15th, 2006 03:52:11 PM

razor blade, Vale by The Heathen	Jul 15th, 2006 04:26:49 PM
but be careful, even strokes. ; )
i'd go with acid, just burn em off by blackthought	Jul 15th, 2006 04:31:40 PM

Harvey Dent style by The Heathen	Jul 15th, 2006 05:32:44 PM
That's the last place I'd want a Two Face, but not the last place I'd want two faces
Did someone say... by Psynapse	Jul 15th, 2006 10:45:37 PM
Tits? Yay for boobies!( In a completely non-erotic but nonetheless amusing anime fan service kind of way)
Hmmm.... by Thalya	Jul 16th, 2006 12:56:18 AM
Something just occurred to me with what might be happening at DC. How to make the New Gods et al more in line with their God-like level, which is clearly what DC's doing with their "look to the skies campaign"? How to make Darkseid relevant again? In the set-up issue, have Darkseid squash Superboy Prime like a bug.
I think we can pass... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 16th, 2006 09:51:55 AM
on explaining the "well-trimmed man" thing. Unless it's funny. Then go right ahead. Oh, and I'm gonna apply for EiC at Marvel. I'm perfect. I'm fat, I can't draw, and I suck at guitar. No one'll even notice 'till it's too late. Oh and if they need some bullshit ego-stroking company-wide mandate....I hate feet, everyone must wear shoes. Yes, even Namor!
that whole hate feet thing... by blackthought	Jul 16th, 2006 01:47:42 PM
is that a rob liefeld thing...cuz that man cannot draw feet worth his life among many other things he can't draw...like everything...um...true, the acid thing though...i thought we were talking about hobos...burn em' off with acid...alas not. darkseid squashing superboy prime...i dunno...superboy prime pretty much is now the most powerful individual i can think of in dc and he don't like getting squashed, though i'm pretty sure he'd lose on iron chef. well its 100 today...which is a nice number and all but for a temperature its retarded, not as retarded as wolverine's current healing factor. is it true he can regenerate from his own saliva?
Wolverine is so powerful by El Vale	Jul 16th, 2006 02:50:40 PM
He can regenerate from his own farts.
We're giving the House of Ideas too many! by The Heathen	Jul 16th, 2006 03:36:31 PM
"Regenrates from a fart. Brilliant!!!" Ha, ha. 100 for a temperature is retarded, at leas tyou humidity isn't as bad out west. Fuck, 97 in Florida with it so humid you instantly break into sweat from stepping outside is ball boiling uncomfortable. Liefeld can draw feet/ Oh, so that's what the triangles at the end of their 'bodies' are. Hmm.
please ignore the multiple spelling errors in the above by The Heathen	Jul 16th, 2006 03:40:35 PM
"at least your" - "feet?" - It's due to working on Sunday. That's not the tits, it's the balls.
i'm not out west...the midwest is pretty fuggin' humid by blackthought	Jul 16th, 2006 03:49:36 PM
ha triangles at the end of their bodies...oh classic liefeld style...if anyone ever utters my art with that statement i'd cry...you know you draw in the classic liefeld style...NO!!!!!!!!!! house of ideas my ass.
we just hit 110 by Darth Kal-El	Jul 16th, 2006 04:09:40 PM
here in loma linda and yeah its fucking balls!lol-the liefeld style!heath im pretty fucking close to the begining but im moving along.house of ideas justin's ass!and 5 more days til i get to go to CON!!!
take your time, explore and stuff by The Heathen	Jul 16th, 2006 04:39:37 PM
that's half the fun with the campaign. There's so many things you can do that Halo literally was the first XBOX game that I bought and everything else just couldn't live up to it. Have you played Breakdown (awesome, trippy, sci-fi) or Riddick (current gen, rocking 360 graphics)? Those were some bad ass games too.
Saw POTC by BayouWilly	Jul 16th, 2006 04:42:09 PM
Best summer movie and best movie I saw this year. I dunno, I'm always so late with shit on here. Maybe I'm just a pirates mark but that movie kicked ass, in my opinion.
what i read - fantasia - Psy and T. on a personal note by Arkhangelsk	Jul 16th, 2006 07:13:40 PM
okay, so, you all know i'm a brubaker whore, but i know his turns on Athority and the Deadly Genesis mini were way below par for him. it looked like he just didnt know how to write team books. but i think all that's gonna change with his Uncanny run. this was probably the best "gathering of eagles" issue i've read in a long time. the egypt sequence reminded me of Alias in its heydey when they'd have action sequences abroad. all in all, an amzing issue. and i also nearly pissed my pants when i saw the little heads in the upper left corner. DAMN STRAIGHT!!! this week here in Montreal was the opening of Fantasia. i attended the fest for its first five years, but then just gave up on it cause the audience just got dummer and dummer every year, and the film selection just got worse and worse. but i won some free tickets for this year, so i thought i'd give it a shot. i'm sad the projection room moved from the Imperial, which was a grand ole gothic theater, to Concordia's Main Hall, but since i got my BA at Concordia it makes it almost okay. anyways, saw A Chinese Tall Story and was completely blown away. it is now one of my favorite movies of all time. and i even had a great time in the room with all the other attendees. looks like Fantasia might be back to its old glory. i also ttok advantage of the fact the Concordia is near 1,000,000 Comics and managed to drag my girlfriend in there. (she surprised me by picking up some manga from the 1$ bin). I managed to track down Punisher The Tyger and Gargoyles #1. Tyger was even better than i had thought. it is just amazing. words fail. (i also picked up some old Demon issues by Ennis, and laughed my ass off). Gargoyles, though, disappointed me. I just love the show (bought it recently on dvd and dug the hell out of it) but this issue was just empty, and the art... well.... it just sucked. maybe things'll pick up. -------- on another completely different note. Psy. Thalia. did you guys get 2Gold and Rogue's e-mail? what do you think? i'll give a shot at reopening my comics forum, but i'd really like to know what you guys think. e-mail me.
its almost monday by Darth Kal-El	Jul 17th, 2006 12:51:04 AM
sunday night and im just chilling having some beers and playing some halo with my boys. just multiplayer stuff tho but heath i appraciate the tips on campaign. i started slowing down and im seeing a lot more stuff i was missing.willy man i saw POTC last weekend and i loved it especially the creature effects on davy jones and his men. tell me that shit was not badass!!the onely downer was i had a couple of douchebag kids being cocks right behind me but im over it.its the price u pay for going to the movies on opening weekend.on comics-i just picked up the first 2 ex machina trades of course because of the column and GODDAMN! that is a good fucking book!im giving it kal's highest recomendation! i cant wait for COMIC CON!!!! if i get approched by any of the @$$holes or even u TBers we are having drinks! first round is on your boy kal!
Wolverine is so powerful by El Vale	Jul 17th, 2006 02:12:18 AM
He once helped Joaquin Phoenix out of a burning vehicle. And then he exploded. And then he grew out of some poop he left unflushed at the X Mansion's ba
Heath and Kal-El by Shigeru	Jul 17th, 2006 10:54:22 AM
Either of you XB Live goons download the LOST PLANET demo? The screenshots in EGM looked killer.
Lost Planet demo by The Heathen	Jul 17th, 2006 11:55:08 AM
I'm not an XB Live goon! (I would be though) I'm old school son! I got the demo from my OXM Magazine and it friggin rocks! It moves even better than it looks and that's saying something. The way the character jumps and the snow and the explosions and the big fuckin alien bugs - it's bad ass, Shig.
not to mention by The Heathen	Jul 17th, 2006 11:57:43 AM
the giant chain gun that you can detatch from the mech you can also use and walk around with like Drake and Vasquez from Aliens
See I kinda want a 360 now. by Shigeru	Jul 17th, 2006 12:02:07 PM
And maybe a PS3 just for Heavenly Sword. Sigh.
Question for the folks here- by BayouWilly	Jul 17th, 2006 12:34:11 PM
Do you go to the other parts of this website? I say this because I find that Herc is so annoying and so bad at what he does... it's damn near ruining my experience knowing that he exists on the same planet that I do. I love his response to the question of the ten best films about America with "I hate America". No sense of irony in that statement did I detect. I like most every reviewer on here... except for Wheelie over there.
Lost Planet.... by GreatA'Tuin	Jul 17th, 2006 12:41:31 PM
Yeah, it looks cool. But does it have a fraky little remote that doubles as both a gun, AND a samurai sword? Red Steel, baby. Wii will pwn your soulz, suxxors!
lost planet by Darth Kal-El	Jul 17th, 2006 01:41:29 PM
it does indeed fucking rock! i cant wait til next year to be able to play it. it is so imppresive graphically that screenshots really dont do it justice. you really have to see it in motion to appreciate the realism of the graphics. and the gameplay is awesome as well. shig u need a 360 man! need it! ***and willy i read other parts of the site but i always prefer this tb and this column. herc seemed ok last i read him. what did he do again?
Herc by Shigeru	Jul 17th, 2006 02:40:21 PM
I try to stay away from the TV portions of this site because #1) TV sucks for the most part, and #2) I can't st

Talkbacks

AICN COMICS REVIEWS UNCANNY X-MEN! TEEN TITANS! BIG EYES FOR THE CAPE GUY! AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!