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Booster Gold wins! by montessaurus	Aug 22nd, 2007 08:00:29 AM
Straight up, that book has got amazing potential. Book of the month, hands down. That teaser stuff at the end... just wow.
I hate Iron-Man by messi	Aug 22nd, 2007 08:01:27 AM
I want to punch that fascist.
sorry dude by montessaurus	Aug 22nd, 2007 08:04:02 AM
but before i go... BOOSTER GOLD, FUCK YEAH!
I have to agree Ambush! by Dr.Zeus	Aug 22nd, 2007 08:07:47 AM
For the most part, all of the Friday the 13th comic attempts, have done a poor job at capturing the essence of what makes the movies entertaining. But I have to hand it to DC/Wildstorm, both the 6 issue mini series and the two part Pamela's Tale have been really well done. At least someone has finally realized that, it isn't the "kills only" that make the story great, it's having a great story.
Bad Planet.... by BangoSkank	Aug 22nd, 2007 08:32:53 AM
I'd given up on this one over a year ago, but what the hell, I'll pick it up anyway... and it's not really a "Noah’s Ark", it's a prisoner transport I believe.
Nick Fury "killed" Captain America.... by BangoSkank	Aug 22nd, 2007 09:33:20 AM
....because he knew the skrulls were taking over the world and he needed someone allies in the underground movement against the invasion. This will be Marvels get-out-of-jail-free card for Civil War.... the return of Cap, legal non-gov heroes, the remasking of spiderman, and the dedouching of Iron Man.
Return of Cap is not the cap we know by messi	Aug 22nd, 2007 09:36:06 AM
it's the invaders cap/time travel. Reading Civil War again, it shows me how Captain America is more Superman than Superman is.
Maybe Spider-Man's a Skrull. by rev_skarekroe	Aug 22nd, 2007 09:45:12 AM
And it will be revealed that he has been so since before his marriage to Mary Jane. So the REAL Spidey's in suspended animation on a Skrull ship, and he comes back and he's 10 years younger than Skrull Spidey. Naw, they'd never tell us that more than a decade of Spider-Man stories actually featured a character that wasn't the original Spider-Man and expect us to swallow it...
stones' throw by Bloo	Aug 22nd, 2007 09:46:03 AM
some constructive critism, at times it seems you're trying to mimic some of the other @ssholes too much, discover your own voice, you're a good reviwer, I thought your cheap shot was an excellent bit of reviewing. I know the @ssholes have a reputation for being funny, or at least tyring to be huckhuckhuck, so maybe try some different things out.
maybe spider-man by blackthought	Aug 22nd, 2007 09:56:28 AM
killed cap. or something equally retarded.
TERROR! by roboknob	Aug 22nd, 2007 10:09:48 AM
So good! Terror was great in Robert Kirkman Team-Up. His own book back in the 90's was ok, a little gritty but it follows the same lines as this new mini-series so fans of this new series might want to rescue some of older ones from the .25 bin.
INC! by Squashua	Aug 22nd, 2007 10:57:25 AM
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Bloo by nemler	Aug 22nd, 2007 12:01:46 PM
Critiquing the critic. Classic. Wait. Damn it. Now I am critiquing the critiquer of the critic. See what you've started!
Nemlar is a D-bag... by loodabagel	Aug 22nd, 2007 12:05:21 PM
You know why...
Wait - Why does Waid get to use Vertigo characters? by willydevon	Aug 22nd, 2007 12:59:27 PM
The wall between Vertigo and DC characters has always been stupid...but why exactly does Waid get to use the Endless, while John Constantine and Swamp Thing are locked away for everyone else?
Wait - Why does Waid get to use Vertigo characters? by willydevon	Aug 22nd, 2007 12:59:28 PM
The wall between Vertigo and DC characters has always been stupid...but why exactly does Waid get to use the Endless, while John Constantine and Swamp Thing are locked away for everyone else?
Endless by Squashua	Aug 22nd, 2007 01:05:15 PM
Morrison used them in an early JLA involving Starro, and they were later used in JSA for Hector Hall.
Interest waning by Bluejack	Aug 22nd, 2007 01:24:23 PM
Not that y'all care about my angst, but comics have just not been doing it for me lately. Many of my favs are flat out sucking right now. Outsiders- these Five-of-a-Kind one shots have sucked sooooooo bad. Nightwing-whineybutt, enough crying Mr. Sensitive. Teen Titans- A friggin mess. Avengers- Spider-Man=whineybutt, Ironman is a douche, too many mighty thought baloons. Powers-GET ON WITH IT!!!! talk about slow! How many more cartoons fucking panels do i need to see! Walking Dead, once fresh now zzzz zzzz zzzz, where was I? Fables-hmm starting to bore me some now, but OK. So what do I have left? Invincible, Cap sans Cap, JSA and JLA (although enough with the hero observation style crap, it's issue 12!). Sorry for the run on, but I feel like my passion for comics is dying! I barely wan't to go pick up books! Damn you JQ and DD!
I agree bluejack... by BangoSkank	Aug 22nd, 2007 01:50:15 PM
Every couple of weeks I find myself trimming down my pull-list. On top of that, my weekly stack of three or four comics sits around unread for days now. Sadly it's not that I don't have time to read them at night, it's just the apathy I feel for them. I just dropped Walking Dead a few weeks ago... I just didn't give a shit anymore.
Wall between Vertigo and DC by rock-me Amodeo	Aug 22nd, 2007 02:21:25 PM
Also, if I'm not mistaken, there was an early issue of Sandman that featured both Constantine and the Martian Manhunter, or maybe it was two issues close together. I'm not near my longboxes, so I don't know for sure.
Walking Dead is easier to read as a Trade by Squashua	Aug 22nd, 2007 02:21:35 PM
Then you get a huge chunk at once and it's easier to digest. It's like waiting for the next Harry Potter book.
There's a new Booster Gold series??!! by JonQuixote	Aug 22nd, 2007 02:31:32 PM
And it's good??!! It seems just a few months ago that people were telling me DC killed off Booster and yup it was as permanent as permanent gets. WTF?? *** Anyway, this makes me happy and between this and the new Iron Fist series that's apparently kicking ass, maybe I need to swing by the LCS ASAP. 10-4 Good buddies!
Iron Fist et al. by Bluejack	Aug 22nd, 2007 02:47:37 PM
I debated putting The Imortal Iron Fist in my rant. I've ben reading it and it's good so far, but I'm dubious that it can make a long haul. BTW, It's a bit sad when the great comic of the month is f-ing BOOSTER GOLD!!!!!! Walking Dead has done the overwritten and unatural character interactions to death (no pun intended). It's getting like Lost. Doesn't anyone EVER speculate on ho wthese zombies were made? Wouldn't people want to find out? Wouldn't they want to find a way to stop it? I sure would. The story has become a big mope.
THE NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA by DuncanHines	Aug 22nd, 2007 03:15:31 PM
C'mon Marvel... Please make Sam Wilson (The FALCON) the new Cap. It'd be awesome.
So Now Spidey IS a criminal. by BilboRing	Aug 22nd, 2007 03:31:13 PM
Just read the latest ASM. What crappy stories. Just horrible. How about a full year dedicated to good old fashioned Spidey stories with no "MEGA PLOTS" or "LIFE TURNING EVENTS?" That would be an event...not having one....just Spidey kicking villian's asses and stopping a bank robbery or something. Sheesh!!!
Booster Gold frickin rules! GIVE HIM A MOVIE!! by jojo-pimp	Aug 22nd, 2007 03:38:11 PM
Seriously! doesnt have to be something as big budgeted or epic as Batman Begins or Superman Returns, but something smaller. I frickin love this character, and damned glad to see they are finally giving him a new series again, have action figures of him out now! I still have the entire first run of the original series in mint condition! hellz ya for Booster!
Aaron Eckhart for Booster Gold! by Thalya	Aug 22nd, 2007 03:45:15 PM
There, I said it first.
RE: Aaron Eckhart! by jojo-pimp	Aug 22nd, 2007 04:00:57 PM
Not bad, not bad!but dont you think he is a little too classy for Booster? I'm thinking someone younger and more arrogant maybe.
This week's Blue Beetle was pretty damn good. by Squashua	Aug 22nd, 2007 04:40:31 PM
A-yup.
JQ!!! by Ambush Bug	Aug 22nd, 2007 06:31:57 PM
Hellz yes there is a new BOOSTER GOLD series and it's damn good. As is IRON FIST. If you do end up checking out any of those new titles, let me know what you think. Good to see your Canadian head pop up back in the TBs. Hope all is well.
There went the only JQ who ever really mattered. by SleazyG.	Aug 22nd, 2007 06:36:56 PM
sniff
Booster Casting by Ambush Bug	Aug 22nd, 2007 06:37:04 PM
Actually I always thought Owen Wilson would've been a perfect Booster with Luke playing Blue Beetle. But that was long ago when these guys weren't such big names. I would go with Eric Christian Olsen from best known as the guy who played Jim Carrey's part in DUMB AND DUMBERER: WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD and recently seen as one of the Germans in BEERFEST. Still, I'd go with Matt Dillon or Nicky Katt as Guy Gardner.
RE: Booster Casting... by jojo-pimp	Aug 22nd, 2007 09:14:40 PM
I could see him (Olsen). Honestly, and people may hate this, but i have always kinda pictured Paul Walker. Yeah..he is like this generations' keanu, but he has the look, the build, and i could see him playing a total cocky ass, yet a badass at the same time.
best line of this week... by maxwell's hammer	Aug 22nd, 2007 09:20:55 PM
From The Order #2: "Seriously, y'all, I'm punching a bear in the face! What the hay is going on?" oh, how I laughed.
Booster Gold by Sunqist	Aug 22nd, 2007 09:28:50 PM
That kid who played Dick Casablancas in Veronica Mars. He might be a little young, but just picture it.
I just think Booster would work great as a film.. by jojo-pimp	Aug 23rd, 2007 05:46:46 AM
kinda like how Spiderman got cocky in the beginning of SP3 with being a super hero and all the fame to later redeem himself as a hero....only of course, a much better script this time! lol
Alternate best line of the week... by Squashua	Aug 23rd, 2007 09:53:16 AM
Birds of Prey: Barda: ... Sin: ... Barda: BEHOLD, child: The MEGA ROD -- cosmic weapon of her who led the female furies of dread Apokolips. Sin: Look, big sister: CHARIZARD -- third evolve of Charmander. Attacks with flamethrower, seismic toss or hyper-beam.
Booster Gold on JLU was practically ideal by CarmillaVonDoom	Aug 23rd, 2007 09:54:15 AM
What a great episode of an amazing show! Oh, and props for a nice column guys...grrr...got another title to pick up now! (Terror, Inc. sounds great, I thought Lapham did some bold stuff on Batman)
LardBagel is ordinary by nemler	Aug 23rd, 2007 10:52:58 AM
He knows why...
Wouldn't Ben Stiller... by loodabagel	Aug 23rd, 2007 10:54:21 AM
Make the better Blue Beetle? Eh, maybe not. He's looking older these days. Actually, Steve Carrell could do a good Blue Beetle, with Chris Evans as Booster, if he wasn't already the Human Torch.
It is on sucka! by loodabagel	Aug 23rd, 2007 10:55:57 AM
Also, Charizard is really the SECOND evolve of Charmander, right?
Charmander by rock-me Amodeo	Aug 23rd, 2007 11:03:04 AM
Actually, Charmander evolves into Charmeleon. Charmeleon evolves into Charizard. In an unrelated note, I was once voted "coolest 2nd grader ever" by my daughter's 2nd grade class. Knowing this kind of stuff DOES eventually yield some positive results!
ah, second EVOLVE... by rock-me Amodeo	Aug 23rd, 2007 11:14:23 AM
I get it. technically, charizard is the third level but only the second EVOLVE. Got it. Well, Sin is still learning english, what's MY excuse? okay, back to programming...
Can we please not aspire to give the Frat Pack work? by Thalya	Aug 23rd, 2007 11:41:12 AM
I think Eckhart's class would be great for Booster's PR side. As for those thinking he'd be a good Cap? What they hay are you smoking? And Matt Dillon as Guy? I could see it, personality-wise, but he's gotta have that whole Irish redhead tough thing going.. Dillon's way too slim for that.. And jojo, without all the emo-dancing too, huh? Thank goodness Booster's too preppy for that.
Carrell as Blue Beetle?!? by Psynapse	Aug 23rd, 2007 12:36:17 PM
Holy refried fucksteam Looda, can I have some of what you be smokin'?? That must Funk-aaay assed weed m'frein....Puff puff give bitch!
Booster is my hero. by cahcat	Aug 23rd, 2007 01:29:47 PM
it's nice to see some Booster Gold love. He's my favorite hero and thanks to him I'm the comic book collector I am. It was a happy day for me when this new series came out! Can't wait for more.
Good Selection This Week! by Homer Sexual	Aug 23rd, 2007 02:49:55 PM
I love, and am glad to see the appreciation for, Friday the 13th comic and Checkmate. The Booster Gold review and comments are ALMOST enough to get me on board, having been a huge JLI, Blue&Gold fan. But the 52 arc really turned me off to this character and now I have no interest in him. Someone more arrogant than Aaron Eckhardt? Does such a man exist? He always plays jerks, very convincingly. So convincingly that it's hard for me to think he is not a jerk in reality. One thing he definitely is in reality: Box Office Poison. Not that a Booster Gold movie would ever be made (And Paul Walker would be good if such were to occur). Captain America is becoming a movie? Well, THERE is some difficult casting. Really difficult, probably best to go with an unknown.
Booster Gold casting by Jinxo	Aug 23rd, 2007 03:30:12 PM
Not exactly the spitting image for the role but I'd go with Kevin Dillon. Best part of Entourage. If there's a flaw it might be that Booster is too similar to Johnny Drama: former success turned arrogant wannabe but who also has a very human side.
Well, they can't all be zingers... by loodabagel	Aug 23rd, 2007 10:45:50 PM
Will Arnett as Guy Gardner. Top that, sucka.
Remember the Cogspace... by loodabagel	Aug 23rd, 2007 11:51:10 PM
Oh the days of zombie fighting, troll skull-fucking, bread and space bases...
As if they ever ended? by Psynapse	Aug 24th, 2007 12:24:50 PM
Art imitates life, life imitates art and Cogs to a one are still QUITE the comic-reading-ey persuasion. (Though like Snow White's stepmother I may have to kill Blackthought before too long)
I Kept Imagining Cog Meltdown... by Buzz Maverik	Aug 24th, 2007 01:30:03 PM
Sort of a Mexican standoff. Or a Colombian standoff, given that yer all Colombian. Somebody (probably Thalya) starts shooting, Psy uses somebody for a human shield...
Nah... by Thalya	Aug 24th, 2007 01:44:59 PM
I'd start shooting before the standoff.
Standoff? Naaah..... by Psynapse	Aug 24th, 2007 01:58:14 PM
We'd be WAAAAY more inclined to slaughter wantonly OUTSIDE the group than inside. (Given that our cloning technology on the Cog satellite HQ allows us to replace limbs at will we never count the minor dismemberings we visit upon each other occasionally)
I'd be in the corner eating my banana bread... by blackthought	Aug 25th, 2007 11:19:28 AM
while the wholesale slaughter commences...blackthough has priorities you know. wholesale slaughter outside though? i'm in, where do you we start psy?
Jason Bateman would also make a good Blue Beetle... by loodabagel	Aug 26th, 2007 09:30:37 PM
Just saying... Okay, I bought Hard Boiled this weekend. Now my Frank Miller collection is a lot more complete, and more respectable as well, I think. But I got to thinking, if you could have any writers complete library, who would it be? I picked Grant Morrison. Brian K. Vaughan was my first choice, but his repetoire isn't as big, and I've already got most of it.
I vote for Garth Ennis. by stones_throw	Aug 27th, 2007 07:59:02 AM
He seems to have had quite a varied career, writing a lot of different stuff and I've yet to read anything by him I haven't loved. Everyone should read 303.
... by blackthought	Aug 28th, 2007 10:45:29 PM
remember that one time?
Oh yeah.... by rock-me Amodeo	Aug 29th, 2007 10:11:10 AM
you mean with all that stuff...and the thing happened?
yeah... by blackthought	Aug 29th, 2007 11:03:59 AM
that time...wild, wasn't it?
... by rock-me Amodeo	Aug 29th, 2007 11:29:10 AM
... :>)

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