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    Joss Whedon's X-Men: What We Didn't See, Apparently

    Want To See Joss Whedon's Next Web Project?

    Up, Down And Away In This Week's Comics

    Get Gifted With Whedon's X-Men Motion Comic Trailer

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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    10/20/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon's X-Men: What We Didn't See, Apparently
    Hulk here. Hulk queer. #xmen
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    10/20/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: Get used to it. #xmen
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    Belabras ate my dingo! promoted this comment MonkeyT was starred MonkeyT was unstarred
    Image of Lassus Lassus
    10/20/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon's X-Men: What We Didn't See, Apparently
    In Union Square?

    Really?

    This oughtta be interesting. #xmen
     Reply
    Lassus was starred Lassus was unstarred
    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/20/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon's X-Men: What We Didn't See, Apparently
    That last scene was kinda creeeeeepy #xmen
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    Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Brian Fowler Brian Fowler
    10/20/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Yeah, what the hell is Scott doing there with Emma? He's married! #xmen
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    Pope John Peeps II promoted this comment Brian Fowler was starred Brian Fowler was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/20/09

    @Brian Fowler: Wooo. You should read an Xmen comic made after about 2004. #xmen
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    Pope John Peeps II was starred Pope John Peeps II was unstarred
    Image of Brian Fowler Brian Fowler
    10/20/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I think I'll pass. I liked Scott and Jean together. #xmen
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    10/20/09

    @Brian Fowler: Jean Grey is dead, and she isn't showing any sign of really coming back this time around. #xmen
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    Image of Brian Fowler Brian Fowler
    10/20/09

    @Evdor: Scott just let her stay dead?

    Why didn't he track down and force Mr. Sinister to cough up on his clones of her?

    Mr. Sinister always has clones of Jean to spare, doesn't he? #xmen
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    Brian Fowler was starred Brian Fowler was unstarred
    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    10/20/09

    @Brian Fowler: Mr. Sinister always has spare clones. #xmen
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    10/20/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon's X-Men: What We Didn't See, Apparently
    Does everything get better with Modok? #xmen
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    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was starred OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was unstarred
    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    10/20/09

    @OW-Holmes: Bringer of Fear:
    all signs point to yes. #xmen
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    Image of dnwilliams dnwilliams
    10/20/09

    @OW-Holmes: Bringer of Fear:

    of course
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    Belabras ate my dingo! promoted this comment Edited by dnwilliams at 10/20/09 5:15 PM dnwilliams was starred dnwilliams was unstarred
    Image of AshThePirate AshThePirate
    10/20/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon's X-Men: What We Didn't See, Apparently
    I'd rather see Robot Chicken do a take on Astonishing than some lame ass motion comic (which is short for "we're too cheap to animate the whole thing") #xmen
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    Image of Plague Plague
    10/20/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon's X-Men: What We Didn't See, Apparently
    Modok walks away with it. #xmen
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    09/27/09

    In reply to Want To See Joss Whedon's Next Web Project?
    Didn't you guys just run this last week (or a couple of weeks ago)?

    [io9.com]
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    09/27/09

    In reply to Want To See Joss Whedon's Next Web Project?
    I hate motion comics. If I want to watch a movie, I'll watch a movie. If I want to read a comic, I'll read a comic. I don't want some weird hybrid with the worst attributes of both.
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    09/26/09

    In reply to Want To See Joss Whedon's Next Web Project?
    I hate motion comics.
    Its as dumb as having a book which scrolls its text at a pre-determained rate.

    Comics need variable pacing based on viewer and content. They have creative paneling to appreciate, its not all square frames.

    The only thing missing from comics which could improve them is music. Purhapes some new cbr format could link music to pages.
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    Image of LauraAnnT LauraAnnT
    09/26/09

    In reply to Want To See Joss Whedon's Next Web Project?
    At least it actually has different voice actors for different characters, which the Watchman motion comic didn't. And they had the gall to show that snooze-fest on TV.

    Mostly, I find motion comics boring. The pictures won't move as fast or as dynamically as my brain can make them. They ask us to both move the pictures with our minds AND sit back and passively watch it. My brain just misfires. And dialogue that sounds great on the page sometimes doesn't in audio.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Edited by LauraAnnT at 09/26/09 3:32 PM LauraAnnT was starred LauraAnnT was unstarred
    Image of janai janai
    09/26/09

    In reply to Want To See Joss Whedon's Next Web Project?
    The newly trailer?

    Really?
     Reply
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment janai was starred janai was unstarred
    Image of darwinDMG darwinDMG
    09/26/09

    In reply to Want To See Joss Whedon's Next Web Project?
    Motion Comics:

    Perfect for people who hate to read and can't stand great animation.
     Reply
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment darwinDMG was starred darwinDMG was unstarred
    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    09/26/09

    @darwinDMG: Second :D
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    Image of Jake Stevens Jake Stevens
    09/26/09

    In reply to Want To See Joss Whedon's Next Web Project?
    So what is the difference between a motion comic and a cartoon?
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    The Curse of Millhaven promoted this comment Jake Stevens was starred Jake Stevens was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/26/09

    @Jake Stevens: The animation is a lot worse in a motion comic.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    09/26/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: that is to say there isnt animation in a motion comic. its stills with audio.
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    Image of mrmonkey72 mrmonkey72
    09/26/09

    @GreyHammer: Not true, it's edited stills with audio.

    I don't know. I can't do the whole motion comic thing. It always ends up just looking bizarre. I'd rather just read the comic at my own pace with my own imagination doing the voices.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment mrmonkey72 was starred mrmonkey72 was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/26/09

    @GreyHammer: Theoretically, but when they make the mouths move and stuff, that's animating.
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    Image of Rocketknight Rocketknight
    09/26/09

    @Jake Stevens: It fails in more than one medium simultaneously.
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    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    09/26/09

    @Jake Stevens: Similar to reading Japanese Manga on YouTube. Some of them are quite amazing with songs and special effects noises that follow the story.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/26/09

    In reply to Want To See Joss Whedon's Next Web Project?
    "gushingly glad"? Yoiks.

    It's nice though. I like motion comics. They should be able to put out a lot of them fairly quickly. Although it looks a little weird when the faces are manipulated. I don't necessarily think that motion comics characters have to move from smile to frown, or move lips when they talk. I think we can all imagine that part.
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    Edited by Pope John Peeps II at 09/26/09 11:07 AM Pope John Peeps II was starred Pope John Peeps II was unstarred
    Image of Bongoes Bongoes
    09/26/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I wish they would just make it a cartoon. I like comics I like cartoons, but this is like a weird hybrid that I find hard to watch. And I hate the voices.
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    GreyHammer promoted this comment Bongoes was starred Bongoes was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/26/09

    @Bongoes: Yeah that's what I mean. Motion comics are fun mostly because they combine the fun of great voice acting with the fun of single-panel visuals.

    I think if you're going to make an animation, make an animation. Motion comics should have a bit of life in them, but I don't think you need too much.

    Just take a look at this, for example. maybe the single greatest motion comic ever made. I watch it pretty much once a week. There isn't much motion, and some AMAZING voice acting.

    [www.simonsays.com]
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/22/09

    In reply to Up, Down And Away In This Week's Comics
    *makes mental note to buy the collected TPB of "Superman: Secret Origin" next year*
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
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