Ultron
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Post by Ultron on Sept 7, 2006 23:47:21 GMT -5
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 8, 2006 9:54:31 GMT -5
Yep. Bah!
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Post by redstatecap on Sept 8, 2006 10:36:06 GMT -5
I'm actually very interested (in a sarcastic sort of way) in hearing how Bendis is going to justify having Ares on the team.
RSC
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Post by Black Knight on Sept 8, 2006 10:43:24 GMT -5
Yea it should be interesting, probably will be something like his justification for Wolverine on NA.
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Post by steed on Sept 8, 2006 12:09:58 GMT -5
I' mreally interested because the last time I saw Ares he was a villian who attacked the Avengers. Of course, that was awhile ago so lots of things could have changed.
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 8, 2006 12:13:30 GMT -5
Anyone else think Iron Man's armor looks a little cumbersome? I thought it generally got more streamlined as Tony modified it. This looks as bulky as the original suits.
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Post by steed on Sept 8, 2006 12:19:51 GMT -5
Maybe this is his special "God Fighting" suit he only wears when he's about to slug it out with a Greek or Roman god.
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Post by imperiusrex on Sept 8, 2006 12:26:30 GMT -5
the armor looks awful and Ms marvel looks like she was drawn in after the fact. Cho isn't my first choice for a team book...
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Post by steed on Sept 8, 2006 12:33:19 GMT -5
Is Ms Marvel team leader in this book?
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 8, 2006 12:43:02 GMT -5
Ms. Marvel is clearly standing in the foreground, not between the potential combatants. This lack of attention to perspective is reminiscent of the image posted in the Ultimates thread that hypes Ultimates 3. Can't they find artists today who can draw with attention to anatomy, perspective, foreshadowing, etc.? Is everyone working today a graduate of the Image school?
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Ultron
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Post by Ultron on Sept 8, 2006 14:00:46 GMT -5
The funnier part is that throughout Ms Marvel's breasts are bigger than her head!  |
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Post by bobc on Sept 8, 2006 14:37:22 GMT -5
But Dl--she has HUGE BREASTS, and that is the important thing.
Ares' entire character schtick is that he is a God of War, in the bad sense of the term, and he brings chaos wherever he goes. Only idiot Bendis would bring him into the Avengers--in fact, I'm anything but surprised. I'm sure Red Skull will be on the roster next.
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 8, 2006 17:51:04 GMT -5
The funnier part is that throughout Ms Marvel's breasts are bigger than her head! It’s one of her powers. Well, two of her powers. |
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Ultron
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Post by Ultron on Sept 8, 2006 23:37:30 GMT -5
Anyone else think Iron Man's armor looks a little cumbersome? I thought it generally got more streamlined as Tony modified it. This looks as bulky as the original suits. It looks lifted from the Ultimates. |
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Ultron
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Post by Ultron on Sept 8, 2006 23:41:28 GMT -5
I'm actually very interested (in a sarcastic sort of way) in hearing how Bendis is going to justify having Ares on the team. RSC Does he ever even justify anything? It doesn't look like he even needs to. The man's connected. The closest thing to a justification i ever heard out of him was the "think of it knowing what you now know about Wanda" debacle. |
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 9, 2006 9:22:32 GMT -5
The funnier part is that throughout Ms Marvel's breasts are bigger than her head! Do you suppose they sell bra sizes bigger than hat sizes  |
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Post by Ultron on Sept 9, 2006 10:45:02 GMT -5
Probably has to use the "Bro" or the "Mansier", if Kramer's still doing them, George Costanza's probably still selling them.
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 9, 2006 10:48:26 GMT -5
You know, a few years ago when I was coaching high school track and field, we'd go to a place when we were at the state meet at Eastern Illinois University -- Mexican joint that advertised "burritos as big as your head". I think we're on to an entirely new form of marketing here...  |
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 9, 2006 12:39:42 GMT -5
You know, a few years ago when I was coaching high school track and field, we'd go to a place when we were at the state meet at Eastern Illinois University -- Mexican joint that advertised "burritos as big as your head". I think we're on to an entirely new form of marketing here... Hmm…there’s a place in Bloomington, Indiana that also advertises “burritos as big as your head”; I wonder if they’re related? I think this place is called La Bamba. I fear that in New and Mighty Avengers we’re getting comics as big as Bendis’ swollen head. Too bad they’re not big-brained! |
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Post by imperiusrex on Sept 9, 2006 14:33:37 GMT -5
sad thing is, of course this is gonna sell. Joe Q will put out the hype machine at full blast (which is something he doesn't do for other titles like The Thing and anything else not written by one of his pet writers-it must've been a shock when Peter David actually made Madrox and X-Factor work despite little fanfare) so expect huge coverage in Wizard (check), top ten name artist (check), multiple covers (don't know this'll happen, but I am guessing), and virtually anything else he can bend over backwards to give Bendis. Sigh it must be nice to suckle at the teat of Marvel and get everything you need to push a book...
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 9, 2006 16:02:01 GMT -5
La Bamba is the name!!!!! Must be a college-town establishment.
Way to go rex! "Suckle at the teat" fits in nicely with the previous few posts!
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Ultron
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Post by Ultron on Sept 9, 2006 23:04:54 GMT -5
sad thing is, of course this is gonna sell. Joe Q will put out the hype machine at full blast (which is something he doesn't do for other titles like The Thing and anything else not written by one of his pet writers-it must've been a shock when Peter David actually made Madrox and X-Factor work despite little fanfare) so expect huge coverage in Wizard (check), top ten name artist (check), multiple covers (don't know this'll happen, but I am guessing), and virtually anything else he can bend over backwards to give Bendis. Sigh it must be nice to suckle at the teat of Marvel and get everything you need to push a book... I can understand (not really from a professional stand point) that people become "Buds", but the plainly obvious way in which BENDIS gets benefited versus other talented writers, just because he's someone's bud, is... quite shambolic. You know, people could say that BENDIS sells. But he never sold anything on his own properties in the Indy\Image days on his own name. He just networked the living hell untill he shoved himself in the uncanny position where being friends with the EIC just gets him all the hype machine \ marketing working to his benefit. Sometimes it's embarassing when there's talented writers out there making some very nice comics and they literally get treated like trash by the company... no attention... no marketting... nothing. |
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Post by balok on Sept 13, 2006 16:20:10 GMT -5
In a CBR interview Quesada answers a question by saying that Maduriera and Turner basically pick the projects they want to do. My guess is this is true of Bendis as well, and it may suggest that Quesada has lost interest in the editing job. Certainly I like it when companies pay attention to talented creators, but there must be some measure of control exerted when everyone's playing in the same sandbox. I wonder if Marvel has adopted a policy of capitalizing on short term popularity and worrying about the long term detrimental effects later?
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 13, 2006 16:35:44 GMT -5
Alex Ross generally gets to do what he wants at DC. However, he does it in the Elseworlds context, not in a regular mag. Makes a difference to me...
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 13, 2006 19:06:16 GMT -5
I wonder if Marvel has adopted a policy of capitalizing on short term popularity and worrying about the long term detrimental effects later? They may not have adopted the “worrying” part of the policy.  |
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Post by balok on Sept 13, 2006 20:29:08 GMT -5
A Greek god in a wifebeater. That's special.
I'll be giving this a miss.
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 13, 2006 20:42:26 GMT -5
A Greek god in a wifebeater. Are you talking about Hercules? |
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Post by Bored Yesterday on Sept 14, 2006 10:17:27 GMT -5
The darn thing is, that even though the sample pages for this book feature a big battle, the layouts don't convey any kind of dramatic story telling. I hate when there's a panel of people shooting ray blasts off panel, and there's no indication of what they are shooting at. That kind of shot can work in film, when it lasts like 2 seconds, but that kind of shot kills action in comics. It kills the drama. It makes the fight generic. They could be fighting anything and the panel would work equally well. (or equally poorly).
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